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
“I’m in this for keeps, Zane, whatever happens.”He covered my hand with his own, and for a long, sweet moment we just sat there and let the world keep its own counsel for a bit.Then the girls returned and made awed noises at the salmon roses.After all that, it was hardly a surprise the girls fell
Sarah POVIt was something of a joke in the human community that when human children are around Grace and Chloe’s age, a parent will go see them play the part of a tree in the school play. I knew it was biased, but I found it somewhat ridiculous that werewolf alpha pups the girls’ age were expected
Sarah POVI just stared at him for a bit, and then the most I could manage was, “What?”“One or two of these things I could just accept as coincidence, but all this? And my dream? And the way the Luna Temple accepted you? There must be wolf in your genes.”“But that’s just it. I had my DNA tested as
Sarah POVGrace was performing scales, and Chloe was working in the playroom on her wood carving from what she had dubbed “the perfect bit of teak.” Zane was in his study conferring with his legislative board on over the internet.I was in my study, the French doors open to a lovely day. I swear, th







