Keira’s POVTwo men I don’t recognize are at my door.“Hello, can I help you?” I ask. One man, with brown hair and a small scar on his right cheek smiles at me.“I’m hoping you can, Keira.” Shock and terror wash over me. I take a step back and the men rush at me. I turn and make a run for it up the stairs. I feel someone grab my ankle. I turn and kick the faster man off me. He falls back and into the second man. I continue up the stairs. I get to my apartment and close the door. I lock it. I hear them pounding on the door. They are hitting it so hard the whole door vibrates.“Keira! Open up!” They shout.“Keira. We have a message for you, from Dawson.” Just hearing his name makes my stomach turn. Fear runs up my spine.“We have your friends, Lily and Mason. If you want to see them alive, you come back.” He pounds on the door causing me to jump. I stay cowering on the other side of the door, not making a sound. I hear them laughing to themselves. Then out
Dawson’s POV“You’d really challenge me for Alpha? Son, you aren’t ready for that, think about the pack.” My father says.“Begging will get you no where. Accept the challenge, I already have to support of the warriors, don’t make this worse.” “How dare you threaten me. No wonder your fated mate left you. I accept your challenge.” He declares. I try to hide my smile. “Excellent. We’ll do it now, outside.” I can tell my father is surprised by how quickly I want to do this. An Alpha challenge isn’t some small sparring match, it’s to the death. We’ve just agreed to one of us killing the other, and I’m fine with that. I get out from behind my desk and walk past my father.“Be outside in thirty minutes.” I walk down the hallway and outside. Harrison follows me. “Dawson are you sure about this?” He asks.“Not like I can take it back now.” He’s kept his distance from me since Keira left. I don’t blame him. I know he doesn’t approve of kidnapping Marcus an
Beta Harth’s POVI’m with the scout team to find out what happened to Mason and Lily. “Sir, should we go up to their gate or is this a recon mission?” “Let’s announce ourselves. We don’t want to provoke them even more.” I hope this goes well, starting a war is not in anyone’s best interests. We walk up to their gate to announce ourselves. We are greeted by two warriors.“Stop and identify yourselves.” One of the warriors says.“I am Beta Harth from Elk Forest Pack. We have come to see Alpha Julian.” The guards look at each other in confusion. “Alpha Julian is dead.” The other guard says. I’m completely thrown off by what he’s saying.“What? How?” I ask.“He was challenged for the Alpha seat and lost to his son Dawson.” Dawson is now the new Alpha, and he took it through a challenge. Which means Julian wouldn’t hand the position over to him so, he took it by force. Something bad is definitely going on here. “What about my daughter Keira?”
Keira’s POVPale Moon Pack watched Dawson kill his father and take over as Alpha. What is going on in that pack.“What about what you told Keira about her friends. Is that true?” Theo asks.“Of course it’s true.”“Dawson kidnapped the future Alpha of Elk Forest Pack. Has he completely lost his mind?” I ask.“Wait, your friend is the future Alpha?” Theo asks.“Yeah, Mason and I grew up together. He was the Alpha’s son, I was the Beta’s daughter… and we were the same age.” I explain.“They came right to the pack looking for you. They over heard Alpha Dawson talking about you, so they couldn’t just let them go. So we decided to use it as a way to get you to come back. We wouldn’t have to bring you back ourselves. We’d just drop the news on you and you’d come running back. That’s what Alpha told us to do.” He’s right. As soon as I heard what he said I wanted to go rescue them. “Have you reported finding her?” Theo asks.“No, but if we don’t che
Keira’s POVThat night it was hard for me to sleep. I didn’t feel at ease and I kept thinking about everything that’s happen today. I know everything is changing and I feel like I’m the cause. If I never became Dawson’s mate, his father would still be alive. Maybe I’m not a good mate? I’ve never been a mate before, heck I’ve never been in a relationship before. There was this assumption that I’d end up with Mason. I get up from bed frustrated and tired. I get dressed and head out of my apartment. The cool night air feels good and the streets are quiet. I just walk down the sidewalk thinking about Shepard. I know I should be thinking about my family, and the war brewing between Pale Moon pack and Elk Forest. But For some reason Shepard’s face pops into my mind. The look in his face when he learned the truth about me. He looked so hurt. I’ve never felt so distant from him since meeting him. His face hurt me. I feel bad I lied to him. I wish we could have met under different
Keira’s POVThe next morning Alpha Theo asks for me to come to his office. I walk up to the pack house to meet him. But first I’m met by Shepard. “Good morning.” Shepard says.“Morning.”“Are you headed to see Theo?” He asks.“Yeah.”“Great, I’ll join you.” We walk inside and head towards the Alpha’s office. Shepard walks in with out even knocking. “Morning Theo.” Shepard says.“I see we aren’t knocking today.” Theo says. Shepard laughs and takes a seat in front of Theo’s desk.“Well you seem to be in a better mood.” Theo notices. “Would you rather I be a grump all the time like you?” Shepard asks.“I’ll ignore that. Good morning Keira.” Theo turns to me.“Good morning Alpha.” I say.“Have a seat I think we need to finalize our plans.” Theo says. I take a seat next to Shepard.“I’m afraid we’re going to have to get involved with what’s going on.” “How so?” Shepard asks.“I don’t want to put your pack in danger.” I say. Theo raises his hand.“Not the pack, just us. I think it woul
Theo’s POVShepard and Keira leave the office to get ready for their trip to Elk Forest. I call Grace for into my office for one last meeting before I leave. There is a knock at the door.“Come in.” I say. Grace enters the office and closes the door. Every time I see Grace I feel a sense of ease. After my mother died, it felt like Grace tried to fill the void. I wasn’t the easiest child. I know I don’t express myself or my feelings very well. I know I relied on my knowledge and my status to get me through my life. But recently I’ve found myself wanting something different, something more.“You wanted to see me.” Grace says.“Yes, I’m about to head out and I wanted to know if you had any questions for me.”“I have one, but is not about filling in for you.” She says.“Go on.”“Why are you doing this?” I’m taken a back by her question. “Should I not help Keira and the two largest packs keep the peace?” I ask. I know I’m avoiding the question. I st
Dawson’s POV“Have we heard from Shadow Pack yet?” I ask Harrison.“Nothing yet.” He says. I scream a cry of rage and knock everything off my desk.“What are these guys even doing? They are worthless. They can’t find one girl?! ONE girl?!” I say.“Sir, we should talk about Elk Forest. We have been given word their army will be approaching soon. It looks as though war is inevitable.” Harrison says. I never thought they’d actually come here, but I guess taking their future Alpha is a problem.“Have our warriors battle ready. I’m not backing down. If Elk Forest wants to be wiped out in the process, so be it.” Harrison looks unsure, but he holds his tongue.“Yes sir.” He turns and leaves. I won’t lose. I’m the Alpha now. Beta Harth’s POV“Our warriors are almost to the border.” Gamma tells me.“Good. We’ll gather just outside the edge.” “So you think he’ll back down?” He asks. Suddenly the Alpha walks in.“Harth what is the status of o