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
I tuned out of the conversation as it continued behind me. Jordan and Orlando could engage with each other without my supervision.A Luna who is rejected by her Alpha does not do well in life afterward.What did that even mean, other than that he wasn’t in love with me anymore, if he ever had been?
Olivia POVIt was getting late when we arrive at the inn where, so long ago it seemed now, I had switched placed with Ines. The hostess welcomed us without question, for which I felt nothing but grateful.Jordan and Orlando came with me to what the hostess said was the best room at the inn. I admit
Olivia POVI sat in the temple for the rest of the day. Jordan brought me some lunch and then some dinner. Elroy didn’t visit.Elroy, my husband, mate, and Alpha. What sort of future would I have without his support? What would my child’s life be without it?If Elroy and I separated, I would be sad,
Olivia POVI awoke at dawn, and the sky was a delicate pink spreading out from the horizon against the lightening blue of the fading night. I dressed in warm Luna robes, raised my hood to indicate I did not wish to converse with anyone, and then slipped down to the kitchen, where I loaded up a small







