* * * Jasper’s POV * * * Once Damian has entered Benedict onto the security system, we enter the pack through the gates and bid Damian good night. “So, what name shall I actually call you?” I ask him.“I prefer Alexander, so I would like to stick to that unless we are performing official duties,” Alexander tells me.“Very well. Are you coming back to mine? I will wake Sarah up and introduce you. I have so many questions: where is Sarah’s mother? Where has she been? How do you feel about being a grandpa? Why did Sarah’s power activate when I said her full name? …” I begin my tirade of questions.“Woah, Jasper, slow down. Her mother has remained hidden to protect Athena. She is currently working in a small pharmaceutical shop in a little human village. It works for her as she still feels like she is helping people. We create her a new identity every five years and move villages. We simply attract too much attention when together, although that doesn’t matter now. We can be together in

* * * Eve’s POV * * * “I have announced an emergency evacuation to the pack. They are to leave their belongings and meet at the packhouse. Those with babies will travel by car. The others with pups young enough to ride a wolf will travel in wolf form. It’s the quickest and safest option, but what of the humans who don’t know of our existence?” Alpha Reece tells us. “Max, is something the matter?” I ask him, noticing him typing furiously on his phone. “I have messaged the other Alphas and my father, along with the Alpha of the Sea View pack. I have told them all that there is a threat to every pack in existence and they should evacuate to New Moon immediately, without delay. Or to another location that is easily defendable. We can’t delay and risk being too late again,” Max sighs.“I hope they get there in time,” I say as I take his hand in mine.“We pray to the Moon Goddess, that’s all we can do.”“The humans that don’t know of our existence are about to be enlightened. There is no

* * * Eve’s POV * * * We carry Jasper’s dismembered body parts to Max’s and my home. Once he is laid on the bed and we have placed his body parts together, I pause to speak to him.‘You will be back together in no time, Jasper. We will use vampire venom to help speed up the healing process.’ “If we weren’t under threat of an attack, I would be tempted to place his body parts in the wrong place,” laughs Max.“He would kick your arse, and you know it. Now put his leg in the right place, the right way around and step back and let the vampires use their venom,” I scold him, but I can’t keep the laughter from my voice when he turns Jasper’s leg around with a sheepish expression on his face. “How does that work?” Max asks.“We bite his flesh where the limb was severed, and the venom will help the tissues knit back together. So to speak. I’ve never done this before.” Max and I watch, fascinated as the vampires' bite Jasper’s flesh, administering their venom. We stand waiting for five min

* * * Eve’s POV * * * The alarms are still sounding as we rush from the meeting room and out of the packhouse. The pack grounds are in chaos, those with children are bickering about who will fight and who will stay with the pups, the young are scared and crying as they cling onto their parents and caregivers. Everyone, please do NOT panic. You are well protected and the safe house is just a precaution. Proceed calmly and quietly to your destination, we will protect you, Alpha Paul commands using his Alpha tone through the mind-link. The pack calms, only the young are frantic now and everybody goes about their business. “Are you worried?” I ask Alpha Paul. “I swallow my own fear to expand the safe zone of others, to become the stoic leader they deserve,” he tells me. “So, you have a safe house? We were only gone a short while,” I ask him. “I had planned to tell you on your return. We changed the doors and key codes to Charles’s underground hideout. We felt it would be a good pla

* * * Eve’s POV * * * My heart rate spikes; my heart is sitting in my throat and my stomach is churning. “Release her,” Alpha Paul commands them.“You’re not our Alpha. You’re not our King. You do not command us,” the vampire spits at him.The wolves close ranks around the vampire, shielding him from the pack. My blood begins to simmer, how dare they willingly stand for one of their own kind to be slaughtered.“I am Evelyn Rose Jones, my wolf is Cora. We are the Moon Goddess’s own blood and we are the Alpha of all wolves. We are the Alpha Queen. You will submit and end this campaign. You will kneel,” I command. My tone merges with Cora’s to deliver an Alpha command that contains raw power. The wolves around me drop to their knees, perhaps we should have been a little clearer, Cora mutters.The wolves before me stand on shaking legs as their knees give way and their wolves force them to submit to me. The vampires are shocked to see such power, but it has no effect on them. “Release