LOGINSarah POVAfter the onsite security personnel and police had come, taken Ella’s body along with our statements, and then left, it was early morning. I worried about the girls, but they were as keyed up as I, and finally we all just piled on Zane’s bed, which was now my bed as well. Zane had his arms
Sarah POVGinnyWolf: Sarah is a MOON WOLF??!! Are you KIDDING ME?WhiteKnuckling: This is a hoax. Total bullshit.PPPPJohnP: I knew it.ShangHairSurprise: Will she be reforming the Luna Temple again?Rosemary&Sage: Hey now, PPPPJohn, THAT’S bullshit.With a laugh, I put the phone in the purse Lainey
Sarah POV“We all fear death,” Zane said.That wasn’t what I meant at all, and I told him so. My dress turned to silver in the moonlight, and I held his warm hands in mine.“If you seek the truth, stop seeking enemies and find the moon,” I and the statue and someone else said, speaking as one.He lo
Zane POVIt was thallium poisoning.“The treatment is proceeding with Prussian blue, which traps thallium to keep it from being further absorbed, as well as activated charcoal and forced diuresis,” the doctor, whose name I learned was Vassles, told me.Sitting by Sarah’s bedside, I was trying hard n
Zane POV“Alpha Zane!”Never, in all the years he had been working for me, had I heard such a sound of panic in Hans’s voice.I looked up and out my window. Hans wasn’t in the house. I saw him frantically waving at me over by the poppy garden almost a mile away.I ran down the stairs and out of the
Sarah POVThe day was lovely—perfect, even. The girls were back in school and making up for lost time, Zane was in his office and waved to me as I walked past the villa, and all the “lieutenants” had gone home.It was odd to look back on the past year. Had there ever been more than a day here and th
Zane POV The three of us found Mavis in the succulents, swearing under her breath about overwatering. She was exactly as I had found her last, wearing denim coveralls, a utility belt, and a Coolie-style straw hat. “Sarah, Alpha Zane,” she greeted us, wiping at her cheek with the back of a garden-g
Sarah POVLate evening of our second day, the tribunal let us know I could continue as goddess-mother, though my case would continue to be under review. There were all sorts of warnings and the order to come to the temple for training, but we were allowed to go home without having to see each other
Sarah POVThat is, I knew nothing until I woke up. It was nice at first. The bed was pleasant, so white and soft.Then I thought of a poem: “The armies of those I love engirth me and I engirth them.”With a groan, I rolled over and buried my face in a pillow. Oh, goddess. They had to have drugged me
Sarah POVOllie drove us through the park for about a mile before we stopped at a small station along the one-lane road. There was no gate, but it was obviously a checkpoint. Zane rolled down the window on his side, and a man dressed in white with a blue sash draped over his chest leaned in to look







