LOGIN"Hope Reed-Castellan." Caden's voice. Was it my imagination or did it sound—different? Deeper? "You're avoiding something. What's wrong?" The way he said my name. The intensity in his gray eyes. The—the way he was looking at me like he could see through every excuse. Did he know? Did he feel the
The Next Generation Hope pov I stood with my family at the pack gathering, trying to focus on Alpha Marcus's speech about the anniversary of the Great Integration War. Twenty years. Twenty years since my parents' generation fought extremists who wanted to eliminate hybrid babies like me. Twent
"Months." I looked at Rose. At Hope sleeping peacefully despite violence that had erupted around her. "Rose, we might—we might be able to go home. Back to Crescent Moon. Back to our life. In months. Maybe weeks if Uncle Cas's hunts go well." "Home." She said it like prayer. "Nate, we can—we can re
I found the leader. Recognized him from intelligence reports Uncle Cas had shown me. Marcus something. High-ranking Thomas follower. True believer who thought hybrid babies were abomination worth killing. He saw me. Smiled. "Reed. The wolf who betrayed his species. Who bred vampire. Who created mo
The Rejected Mate Nate pov The explosion at 3 AM threw me out of bed. Not close—maybe a mile out from the safe house. But loud enough. Violent enough. Coordinated enough to be exactly what we'd been dreading. Attack. Real attack. Not just threats. Actual extremists attempting to breach secur
"The pack bond is fundamental to wolf identity. Being cut off from it is—is genuinely traumatic." Uncle Cas paused. "I have a proposal. Would you like to hear it?" "What kind of proposal?" "Your parents visit weekly. What if—what if we increase that? What if pack members rotated through Nightsha
"We can arrange that." My voice was darker than I intended. "Emma, whatever you want—" "No." She shook her head. "I want—I want her to be useful. To actually help undo some of the damage she's caused. And then I want her gone. Exiled. I don't care if she lives or dies, as long as she's never anywh
"That's not much of a choice," I pointed out. "It's more choice than she gave any of you when she told hunters about Grace's birth." His voice hardened. "Jeremy, Emma, I understand you want justice. Want punishment. But right now, you need tactical advantage more. Let's use Dr. Chen to destroy the
The reinforced door cracked open. Emma's face appeared, Grace clutched to her chest, Marcus standing behind them both with his claws extended. "We're okay," she said. "We heard the fighting. Dad killed one of them before they reached us." "There were three. Lord Castellan got the third." I pulle
My Cheating Mate Jeremy pov I'd been holding Grace for maybe twenty minutes, marveling at how something so tiny could be so perfect, when the alarms started blaring. Not hospital alarms. Pack alarms. The specific pattern made my blood run cold: Perimeter breach. Multiple hostiles. All warrio







