All Chapters of Outside The Pack (Mated To The Night Book 1): Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

“Tonight, on the night of the new moon, we honor their memory, and we celebrate the good tidings soon to come.”Vince swallowed what remained in the bottle, and everyone around the circle did the same, including me and Tavi. After a few moments of reverent silence for their dead, the conversation slowly started up again. Tavi, with tears on her face, stood and walked a few yards away from the fire. I followed her.My heart ached, knowing what the Kings had done over the years to maintain their dominance, and I mourned for the packs who had suffered because of them. Though I was never part of the Kings’ pack, I felt disgusted with myself for believing that place could ever be my home.“Tavi, wait,” I said, catching up to her. “I had no idea—”“I know, it’s okay.” Tavi turned to me, tears glimmering on her cheeks, her arms wrapped tight around herself. “It’s not something I like to talk about.”“I don’t blame you.” It was startling to see someone who was normally a ball of sunshine be s

“Maybe I’m not being clear enough, Night, so I want you to watch me as I say this to you—I never wanted to come here. All I wanted was to be free of my situation back home. I just wanted to feel…safe…” I trailed off. The moment I’d said, “watch me” and pointed to my mouth, his eyes had dropped to my lips. The furious, hot energy between us began to shift and morph into something more tender.Night’s own lips began to part as he looked at my mouth, and his eyes shifted from an intense emerald to a softer chartreuse shade of green. My stomach filled with flutters as he shifted toward me, bending slightly. Is…is he going to kiss me?Before I could find out, a howl pierced the night air. Night stiffened, his head cocking toward the sound of the howl. His expression darkened, and he pushed me toward the door.“Get inside, and don’t leave my mother’s side.”I stumbled against the door, looking at him with wide eyes. “Wait, what’s happening? What’s wrong?”He glanced back at me, and for a mo

“Aw, Night, come on.” Her voice dropped into a whine. “I’ve never asked you for a favor or anything, but Bryn is so depressed and trapped inside all the time. Couldn’t she have free rein of the compound so she can breathe a little? Please? I’ll take full responsibility for her.”I snorted. “You can barely take care of a houseplant.”“Night—”I raised my hands, and she quieted. “Alright. I suppose I can ease up on her restrictions a little more.”Tavi’s eyes brightened. “That’s great! Night, I promise you won’t regret this!”I nodded along. I’d agreed begrudgingly since I couldn’t think of a good reason to keep tight reins on Bryn anymore. What she’d said last night about being unable to escape the camp was true; I would drop everything to track her down myself if I found out she had escaped into the forest. Keeping her bound to Mom’s cabin had been more to make sure Bryn stayed in line than anything, but now that she’d stopped trying to escape, those restrictions weren’t really necess

“It depends,” Jasper said. “Whenever we have time or if we badly need something that only the humans can provide. Colville takes a while to get to, so we rarely have wolves to spare for the trip. I think we go once every couple of months.”That was another difference between the Kings and the Wargs. The Kings had plenty of cities nearby that they frequented as often as they liked. Only male wolves were allowed to go, and from what I’d heard, the usual purpose of the trip was to fool around with human women, not bring back supplies. The Kings had so much excess material and clothes from the humans that the most fortunate families in the pack had to have small storage sheds just to have some place to store it all. Mom and I, of course, rarely benefitted from those sorts of goods.“Oh! There’s the schoolhouse,” Tavi said, pointing to a quaint brick building. “There’s a stubborn section of the roof that always leaks when it rains. Someone always repairs it, but it doesn’t help.” She turne

And then there was a knock on the door.“Come in!” I called, finishing up the table. I suspected that I was about to see Dom. He came around often to have tea with me and Violet (though I knew he was there to check in on me), but when I turned to the door, it was Night who stepped inside.“Oh.” I straightened in surprise. Butterflies filled my stomach at seeing him again so unexpectedly, but I tried to calm them down. He was probably still mad at me for the way I’d snapped at him earlier.“Violet’s already gone to bed,” I said carefully. “Do you want me to see if she’s awake?”“No. I came to speak to you.”“Oh,” I said again, feeling dumb. “I…do you want to sit down at the table?”He nodded, silently taking a seat. I sat across from him, my hands in my lap.“Sorry that the table’s wet,” I said. “I just wiped it down.”“That’s fine.”I pressed my lips together and wiped my hands over my jeans. Why isn’t he saying anything? I squirmed, desperately looking anywhere but directly at his ha