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
He was quiet for a moment, something shifting in his expression. "You're asking me to let people die defending me. Defending what we've built here. That's not—I'm not accustomed to being worth that." "Get accustomed to it." Jeremy's voice was firm. "Cas, you've been family for five years. You thin
"We make them defend the indefensible," Jeremy finished. "They'd have to publicly argue that five-year-old Grace is a threat. That families like ours are dangerous. That species integration is wrong." "Most supernatural communities won't support that openly. The Council's held power because they'v
My Cheating Mate Jeremy pov Grace's fifth birthday party was winding down. The backyard was a mess of torn wrapping paper, half-eaten cake, and exhausted children running on pure sugar. Grace herself was showing Uncle Cas—she'd dropped the "Lord Castellan" entirely by age three—her new art suppl
"On it." Marcus was already moving. "Emma, call our coven allies. Every vampire group that's formed agreements with wolf packs. Tell them what's happening." She nodded, pulling out her own phone. "And Cas—" I looked at my friend. My daughter's Uncle Cas. The vampire lord who'd become family de







