LOGINOlivia POVThree months after we saw the humans off with their furious but quite effectively chained captive, I sat on a bench watching the groundskeepers put the finishing flourishes on the labyrinth at the end of the meditation walk.The air was redolent with freshly tilled soil and shorn grass. N
Olivia POVI’d seen humans before, though never more than two at the same time. At first glance, they’d seemed like wolves in their skin, then at second glance, they’d clearly been neither alpha, beta, nor omega, which sometimes did happen with wolves. Usually, when a pup was born without a secondar
Olivia POVThe celebration started in a small way at the temple.As Luna, I was frequently asked to call for the Goddess’s blessing for pups, newly born or unborn, but it was quite special to do it for my own child.As I stood there by the Orb of the Goddess, my hand upon it, Elroy stood on the othe
Now that I had been released to acknowledge Olivia as my true fated mate, I found myself growing increasingly dazed by her, unable to believe my luck, my astonishingly good fortune that this woman whose beauty had made me instantly ache to take her to my bed had become my wife, my Luna, my life comp
Elroy POVThe task before us was clear. We not only had to root out the remnants of Emma’s schemes but also reform the political and social environment in which they had been hatched and supported.What wasn’t clear was just how to do it.I had started by talking to Emma’s willing supporters, but wh
Olivia POVI watched Emma plunge a dagger into her father’s chest before she threw her head back and shouted something like, “Jeh mang lah coor de monpear poor rejoin da tapussence.” Then she reached into his chest to pull out Hermes’s heart. Several wolves around me screamed in horror.Elroy moved
Olivia POV“What an exceptional Pack Lunaris is,” Emma enthused after the meeting had adjourned and it was just she, I, and Ines in the room.“We should withdraw so the staff can clean up,” I said with a smile as I stood up.“The WPI will benefit greatly from your participation,” Ines told Emma as w
Elroy POVI had been walking to Olivia’s Lily Room to have a serious talk with her when I first heard the wafting sound.I had been thinking hard about our new goals. We needed to support the WPI, of course, but that wasn’t enough. I saw that the Pack needed a restructuring of opinion and of attitud
“So, the keep no longer feels like home?” I asked before I nodded to myself. “That’s a good thing. You and Eloy have made a home together at the Palace.”She nodded, though I saw a little sadness in her eyes. I had seen it before when we talked about Elroy, but I knew it would be pointless to ask he
Claudia POVWith Iris’s help, I was regaining my strength fast, but it wasn’t fast enough to suit me. In fact, nothing about the current situation suited me.For eight years I had been half-alive, vaguely aware of the world around me but trapped in a silent darkness that barely left me aware I was s







