Sabrina’s POV“Hey, Baby?” Ted calls to me. It’s been a little over a week and I have started to observe my surroundings more. “Out here,” I call from the back patio, where I am pretending to read.“What are you doing?” He asks, kissing my head.“I’m listening,” I tell him. “I can’t fix what I don't understand. I’m working out ways to run the house that will be more effective.”Ted smiles. “Okay. Here.”He hands me a book. I open it and it says ‘Luna Lovely Sol.”“Your Mom’s?” I ask. Her given name is Lovely, unique to say the least.“It’s the journal she kept her first year as Luna,” he explains. “I thought it might be helpful.”“Thanks,” I smile and kiss him. “I have a break if you aren’t too busy, we can sneak away,” Ted wiggles his eyebrows and smiles.“Can you think of anything else?” I tease as I stand up.“Not around you I can’t,” his smile widens as we run into the house.I start to head to our bedroom, but he pulls me into a closet. “Ted, anyone could walk in on us,
Sabrina's POVThe Dining Room freezes as Ted glares at Stacey and Evelyn. They turn and are headed in the direction of Ted’s office. Ted takes my hand and pulls me with him.“Anna, please get the Nanny,” I call as Ted pulls me threw the hall.“For Tony too,” Betty tells her as she and Bill run behind us.Once we are all in Ted’s office, I am about to close the door.“No need, I want everyone to hear this,” Ted says as he stands behind his desk. He waits for me to stand beside him. Bill and Betty stand behind Stacey and Evelyn. “Have you two completely lost your minds? What in hell and heaven would possess you to loudly, blatantly, and may I say, stupidly, disrespect your Luna?”Neither answer but look at the ground. Ted continues.“You both will work directly for the Luna, until she decides your disrespect is punished. Baby, I hope you have them scrubbing toilets and cleaning boots.”“Having seen Evelyn’s work as a maid, I wouldn’t let her clean a dog's bowl, much less a toilet,” I an
Ted’s POVI am in the office, when Bill looks in carefully.“I am calm now,” I tell him.“I can smell why,” Bill sits in the chair in front of my desk. “Betty is terrified. How angry are you at her for telling you the truth?”I look up at him and clinch my jaw.“Are my Gamma and Beta families feeding into these feelings, or trying to change them?” I ask, trying not to sound angry.“Wow,” Bill shakes his head and rolls his eyes. “Good to know you trust us.”“With my life, yes. With my mate, less so,” I get out, trying not to sound threatening.“She is not Lynn, man. Don’t blame Sabrina for Lynn’s choices. Sabrina was broken. You didn’t see her the night we pulled her from the house. She was covered in bruises, her lip split. Jorge and I were careful not to touch her. Crystal too. Crystal even kept her distance. She repaired herself, or better, Sophie repaired her. The Luna I see is nothing like the girl I pulled from that house.”Suddenly, I feel my head split open.“Fuck,” I grab the
Ted’s POVI go back to Sabrina while the pack is gathering.I sit beside her as she sleeps.“If you keep watching me with all this anger flowing off of you, I will not get a restful sleep,” Sabrina says, taking my hand.“You can feel my anger?” I ask her, laying my forehead on her hand.“You kidding? Sophie can probably feel your anger,” Sabrina tells me.“I’ll have the kids brought up here when you are ready,” I tell her. She and I look at each other in the eye. “I’m killing Stacey and Evelyn in about an hour.”“You think that is best?” She asks me with no emotion.“Don’t shut down on me, Baby. I need you to talk to me,” I tell her.“I’m not shutting down, Ted. I’m thinking. I have a head injury and you are asking me to think about the punishment for the ones who put me in here. The ones who tried to take me away from my daughter,” I stiffen at her comment. “Tell me what you are hiding.”She may not have a wolf, but she can read me like a book.“They tried to take Sophie, Carl stoppe
Sabrina’s POVTed has turned to the crowd to focus on Stacey and Evelyn.I stand beside him, my eyes focused on them as they stare at the ground, crying.“Speak,” Crystal orders, making them tremble.“We were told by Joesph Waterman to bring the Luna to him,” Stacey mumbles. “He was my mate.”The room became loud with whispers and gasps.“When did you find each other?” I ask, remembering that she came to me crying before I met Ted.“Two days ago, he came to the hotel,” Stacey tells us.“What was the plan after I was taken?” I ask.“To kill you,” Stacey cries. “He wanted to weaken Alpha Sol, but also to anger him into attacking his brother. His hope was that one side would lose and he would get to be Alpha at a pack.”“Why go after Sophie and Zach?” I ask, trying to stay calm.“To anger the pack to attack,” Evelyn answers, choking on her tears. “Also, so the Alpha would need a new heir.”Again, there were gasps around the hall.“I gave the Alpha my innocence. He was supposed to make me
Ted’s POV“No,” I tell her tenderly. “I won’t risk your life.”“Then, Sophie and I will leave. You can’t protect her if she is always a target. I can’t protect her against wolves. But I can leave, I can distance myself from you,” she tells me, while holding my hand. “It will break my heart, but she is more important than my heart.”I sit beside the bed and kiss her hand.“Give me a week to investigate this attack, give me one week,” I beg. At first, the mate bond was all that held us together, but now, it’s different.She has a way of walking that I can’t stop staring at. She has a face she makes at the kids when they misbehave that makes her look prettier. The way she talks to me, like I’m a person, not just an Alpha. The way she puts toothpaste on my toothbrush for me. How she sings to Sophie, but also to Zach. The way her eyes look past my face, into my soul. Her way of looking at all sides of a problem. How, no matter what, she looks for a peaceful solution. I am truly in love wit
Ted’s POVWatching the Waterman group leave gave me an idea.“Bill,” I say with a smirk. “Let’s go have a chat with Stacey and Evelyn. I have a feeling they will be full of information.”We start down to the jail.“Carl said Waterman seemed to not know Sabrina and Sophie are human,” Bill starts a conversation as we walk.“I agree with Carl. Edwin mentioned Sophie’s wolf. Sophie is the least likely person in this pack to have a wolf,” I scoff. “Stacey must not have met her mate’s family, no way she doesn’t share the new Luna Sol and Princess are human.”“I know that Sedit believes that Sabrina and Sophie are dead, but in case any Dragon comes close, wouldn’t it be nice to have them covered,” Bill explains. “Maybe we should have Sophie’s birth certificate changed to include you as the father. That way, if Sedit ever finds Luna, he won't come after Sophie.”I look at Bill as we are about to enter the cells.“You just need me and Sabrina to sign. You already had it done,” I smirk.“Honest
Sabrina’s POVWhen I wake up, Ted is bent over my bed, his head near my leg, his butt in the chair next to me. I can see he showered since yesterday. My head is still hurting, likely will for a few days. I know I have at least a concussion.I run my hand through his black hair and he wakes up.“Hey, Baby,” He mumbles through his sleep. “Hey, yourself. What did you get up to last night?” I ask.Ted leans back and looks at me. “I had a meeting with the old man Waterman. The father of the Alpha who tried to hurt you. He was aware of the attack. I think he planned it himself. I don’t have proof, I’m looking for the proof, but it’s a feeling in my bones. He came with a typed treaty for me to sign. He had plans all laid out. No way he pulled that all together in a few hours. He also has no idea you are human.”“Wouldn’t the fact that you don’t carry a mark prove that?” I ask, with a laugh.Ted smiles. “Very logical, but no. Some Alphas aren’t marked if their mates are of a lower rank.”“Wh