LOGINKerris POV I forget all about my worries about Zach. What could be the problem now? The Yellow Corn Grill is a local restaurant just outside the Moon Shadow. Why's dad asking to meet there instead of coming here or to the house I now live? "Dad..." My heart starts to thump. When will all the worries end? I thought I was past the point of trouble by now, especially after catching the male who poisoned me. I steal a glance at Caleb while still holding the phone to my ear. He looks away. As a high-born warrior wolf, it's quite possible that he can hear dad on the other end. "Kerris?" Dad says. "I need you to get here in ten minutes. Remember what I told you? That you're a very special--" He stops. Or did someone snatch the phone from him? What follows is a beep sound and the call ends. I tap the redial but can't get through. "Is everything alright, Miss Hart," Caleb asks. One foot is between the elevator door, and his expression doesn't betray whether he heard dad's words or not.
Tyrel (Third-person POV)Tyrel shifts back to human form and walks bare feet into the Moon Shadow pack for the first time in a whole week. He has been running the pack by proxy because he needs time away from everyone. He needed the space to deal with what he just learned.Zach Stone is not Zach Stone. A demon is wearing his uncle's skin. How long has it been so? Weeks? Months? Years? It doesn't matter. The Alpha King is the creature he must capture. This is probably a good thing. A stronger reason to cleanse the throne.Ty is aware that pack elders believe he's hiding due to shame. Emily, the idıõt cūńt, truly is pregnant, and they're all disappointed. The old bãståŕds, sniffing around things that aren't their business. Only a few of them know she's being detained for drugs. None of them know the drugs in question is a deadly poison, and so they don't realize that Emily Hart may never return to the Moon shadow. She won't keep the bãstârd child either. The consequences for her crim
Zach POVJustin's sharp gasp is a distant sound when I let my wolf out. Because he fears it's the beast that would emerge if I shift. It is Ares who pushes out of my skin, diving into the woods to begin the hunt. Apart from my Beta, I can't tell who else is following behind as we race deeper into the forest. I don't spare a moment to look back. If Emily truly escaped close to dawn like they said, that's less that twenty minutes ago. Being an ordinary wolf, she could not have gone far in that time. Goddess forbid that she's made it out of the kingdom. I can sense other wolves around and guess they're the search party who went after her earlier. Barely ten minutes into the hunt, I cross the border into the Crow Moon Pack with Justin sticking close. It is Chief Gamma who comes to greet me first, dragging with him, my person of interest. He pulls the prisoner out by the arm and make her fall on her knees before me. "Your majesty," he bows in greeting. 'Gamma Simon,' I return. "Sh
Zach POVThose people deserved to die! I don't spare the time to think of how, why or when I came to the conclusion. It just feels true. They all got what they deserved. More words continue to fall out of my mouth as Justin stares at me with terror in his eyes, "Emily, whose last name should not be Hart, is going to die, too. She'll get divine retribution for plotting evil against someone who called her family." The old me would feel as horrified as my Beta for saying this aloud. Two weeks ago, it was unthinkable that I would shamelessly own those killings the way I'm doing now. I'm supposed to be wallowing in guilt. Those were all people I should've watched over as their warrior and king.Am I finally coming to terms with the fact that I'm evil and nothing can change it? Not even my beloved white wolf? Or is it that Kerris giving herself to me in spite of the beast has changed how I feel about myself. If she wants me despite the monster, it means I was wrong about the tough guy.
Zach POV'I should have taken the woods.'I watch the trees speed past my Cadillac, feeling a strong need to be out there among them. "I know the moon is waning," Justin says. "But I'm glad you're riding instead of racing. It's safer." It's the first time he has spoken since we got in the car. I'm about to tell him that I'm no longer in danger of having the beast come out to do violence, but another thought hit me. Every passing day feels more and more like my days of worrying about the monster are now behind me. I glance at Justin in the driver's seat. His expression has been odd ever since he received the package. No. He's been like this since we got the call from Caleb. I refused to believe he has any sympathy for the person we're going to meet. I would rather not hear him try to talk me out of hurting them, so I haven't asked what's on his mind. All I want right now is to get to that prison and do my duty. "You don't agree?" He asks. "Nope. Racing's always better than ridin
Kerris POVEvery eye in the lab turns my way. Taking off my gloves, I follow Zach out of their midst, nervous about what he wishes to tell me.After he left this morning, I've spent the rest of the time reliving our chat during breakfast. I came to the conclusion that maybe I overreacted. He is right, after all. It's not his job to tell me who I am. Unsure where he'd like us to talk, I stop just outside the staff room of the pharmaceutical division."We'll talk in my elevator," he says, motioning for me to keep walking. He's so close behind me that I can feel the warmth of his body, reminding me how much I long for him.I still feel he should've told me that I'm getting the white wolf, but if I'm honest with myself, that's not the real reason I got upset this morning. My reason stems from the few ideas I have about his conversation with Madison Marlowe. I can imagine what kind of arrangements he has in mind concerning me and the female whom everyone considers his girlfriend. Datin
Tyrel (Third-person POV)After failing to meet Kerris at the Den on Saturday night, Tyrel spent a better part of his weekend learning about her new tattoo and the mismatched eyes. He went to visit the pack's herbalist, Mrs Morrison, to ask what it means.Ty didn't tell her where he saw the tattoo,
Tyrel (Third-person POV) Alpha Axel. It must be no one but the depraved sonovabıtch. Who else would be spending such a fortune to buy a prostitūte? The filthy rich scûm! An image of Kes on her knees in front of him flashes in Ty's head. No wonder she could settle her debt so quick. She's booked
MadisonWhen the phone rang and Kerris walked out of the office earlier, the look on the Alpha King's face told Madison that everything she was saying is a waste of her breath. Zach will not send the girl away no matter what. Despite this realization, she couldn't be silent.On Saturday night when
Kerris POV "Really? Do you see... her?" I ask.I’m excited beyond words. I really am getting a wolf? Yet beneath the excitement is an anxiety that I can't shake. Because Zach believes I'm a witch wolf like the evil sorceress he killed."Yes, I’ve seen her eyes,” he replies with a nod. “And I see h







