ALPHA AUGUST POV I was waiting for Athena at the border when Dr. Roby made her way around the coven house, stalking toward me all in a huff. I held my breath, bracing myself for the tongue-lashing she was sure to give. "August Cole Mangata, you agreed that Athena could take my sight? What if something happens to her on the way back to the pack? I'll never be able to regain my sight again. How am I supposed to be a doctor without my sight?" Dr. Roby crossed her arms around herself for comfort, clearly distraught. I pulled her to me. "I know this is a lot to ask of you, Vanessa, but I wouldn't ask if I didn't think it was our safest option. I give you my word that nothing will happen to Athena, and I will make sure your sight is returned. Please trust me when I say that I will die before I let any harm come to you." "You're lucky that I'm starting to love your girls like they're my own, but you still owe me one. No, you actually owe me two. This is a monstrous ask, you know?" "I
ALPHA AUGUST POV Where were all these neonates coming from? I should have had more warriors with us. More were on their way, but they weren't going to get here fast enough. Bishop was trying to decapitate one of the bloodsuckers just as Athena jumped off Liam's back onto one of their shoulders, removing its senses so Liam could rip its head off. "Mine," Bishop growled, jealousy seeping out of all orifices ready to take Liam's head off. Liam shielded Athena with his body. "Not now, Bishop, focus on keeping us alive." Our women were too quick and determined. Between Athena removing their senses and Jeanie slitting their throats, my wolves gained the upper hand, and the bloodsuckers started to retreat back into the forest. "Don't let a single one live. I ordered Liam." He and four other warriors took off after them. I knelt down, allowing Athena to climb onto my back. Asher did the same for Jeanie, and we took off toward the pack. ATHENA POV We finally made it to the packho
MELIA POV This time there was no beautiful lighted gas to enchant us through the portal. It was like we blinked and fell through a dark closet right into Alpha August's massive chest and arms. I know he was trying to catch us so we wouldn’t get hurt but he was like running into a brick wall, not that Dr. Roby seemed to mind as she gazed up at the Alpha. Mom must have given her her sight back as she came through the portal right after dad and Margot, waving her hand behind Dr. Roby's head. “I promise to the goddess that I will never ever take my sight for granted ever again.” Dr. Roby sighed in relief as she stepped out of the Alpha’s arms towards mom. Everyone gave a little chuckle in acknowledgement before dad cleared his throat. “Where would you like me to take Margot?” Dad looked down at Dr. Roby. “Follow me” Dr. Roby walked out of the Alpha’s office and dad followed close behind. “Mom, are you going to tell us what happened to your head now?” I moved my eyes from her to Al
MELIA POV BEEP, BEEP, BEEP. SNOOZE. I pulled my blanket up over my head. BEEP, BEEP, BEEP. SNOOZE. I pulled my pillow down to cover my ears. BEEP. "Fine, fine I'm up already." I threw the pillow across the room. I hate 5am training. Why is anyone up at the goddess forsaking hour? I ripped my blanket off and stomped towards my bathroom. If I'm late not only do I look horrible as the future Alpha but I have to run extra laps. "Ugh." I sighed out loud. "Melia, Melia where are you?" Maisie barges into my room unannounced. "I'm in the bathroom, Mace." I finished putting on my sunscreen and walked back into my bedroom. "What has you all chipper this morning? Don't tell me you got laid last night." I winked at Maisie as I made my way to my closet. "You're so gross." Maisie made gagging noises. "Don't get dressed. Bring your outfit out here so I can show you a cool new trick I learned this morning." "Mace, we don't have time for this, we will be late to training." I whined as
MELIA POV "Oh, good you all are finally here." A very tall and beautiful woman greeted us at the front gate of a very large cabin. She had all white hair with piercing sky blue eyes, judging by her wrinkles she was probably in her 60s. Not that it stopped her from rolling around in the dirt. She was covered in soil. "Mom did you forget we were coming?" Dr. Roby asked. "No, dear. I just lost track of time in my garden. Anyway let's go inside, you can all have a spot of tea while I get cleaned up." We walked to the front door of the cabin and Margot swung the door open to greet us. "Maggie." Maisie and I cried out in unison as we sandwiched our sister in a hug. "I missed you guys too." She didn't whine about us squishing her, she just hugged us back. "Alright girls, let's all make our way into the house." Ms. Lenoir smiled. We made our way into the cabin but we didn't release one another. Maggie led us into the sun room and we sat down together on a comfy white couch. "Vane
MELIA POVThis has been the worst week of my life. I thought I was winning over most of the pack members at this point. I show up to training earlier than anyone else, I'm powerful with and without my magic, I can keep up with the Elite warriors during training, I make it a point to be friendly, and remember everyone's name that I meet, even the omegas. But ever since Alpha August's knuckle draggers have been cracking down and enforcing the new rule of not allowing anyone to leave the pack territory everyone has been pissed and for whatever reason they're taking it out on me. I was supposed to be sparring for my Sentinel spot this morning and I have a shitty feeling it's not going to go as easy as I expect.I was up early enough to walk to the training field this morning and I decided to do it without any company. I wanted to get some extra stretching in and practice my combos a little more before anyone else arrived.I made it to the field and started stretching but it wasn't long un
MELIA POV "Melia, you can't go shimmering me around without telling me beforehand. I wanted to congratulate your sister on winning her new Sentinel spot and I didn't get a chance before you rudely interrupted." "I'm sorry Alpha but we have several important things that need urgent tending to. First, your new rule of no one leaving the pack is causing everyone to hate me. Second, your rule of never questioning ranked members in public is bullshit. Third, how are Margot's bracelets controlling her? Is she going with us to get her chrysoprase stone? Will she be able to go through her awakening? Fourth, how are we going to stop my new vampire friend from using pack members as puppets? Lastly, Brandy was using black magic during our sparring match. I don't know if she knows she was using it or not." "Wait, what? How do you know she was using black magic?" "My amethyst stone glows when I come into contact with dark magic." I lifted my bracelet for him to see my amethyst charm dangling f
MELIA POV Mom shimmered in bright and early the next morning. Of course she was just as chipper as usual, overly excited about our awakening happening in just two days. She happily fluttered around my room like a beautiful butterfly opening all the curtains letting in an exacerbating amount of light. "Mom please I've only gotten a couple hours of sleep last night and if I'm going to be productive at all today I need a few more hours of sleep." "I'm sorry honey but I will crash soon and you won't get to see me until late tomorrow evening so get up and have breakfast with your mama. There is a lovely garden here behind the pack house that we can get comfy in. I think I even saw a hammock or two out there the last time I was here. We could always take a nap in them just like old times." "Fine. Mama but only because Alpha August won't like it." I removed my pillow that was covering my face. "Great! You get dressed and I'll have breakfast waiting for you out back." Mom was gone just as