FAZER LOGINEthanIsaac and his future Beta, Katherine, join me and my future Beta, Cameron, for a meeting the next morning. Isaac lays out a map on the conference room table. “Most of our trouble is from the north. But they do have a tendency to sneak around the east side and try to breach the guard line there. It’s never been a huge battle, but all these little skirmishes are wearing a hole in our defenses. We need to put a stop to it.”I nod. “Well, we’ll give them the show of force they’re looking for,” I say. “I have enough warriors to reinforce both sides.”“Last night, I caught a whiff of rogue scent on the western flank.” I look up. It’s the first time Katherine has said a word, but until now, she hasn’t needed to, I suppose. It’s good intel, and I appreciate it. I nod toward her. “Then we’ll need a full perimeter, at least until we get enough intel to break past our territory and get them where they’re hiding.”The scent of chocolate mint wafts by me, and I forget my next sentence and
EthanMy unofficial aunt and uncle, Shelby and Sam, are riding with me in the SUV on the journey to the resort. Sam was once Beta for the corrupt Alpha King Gene, though Sam has always been an honorable man that I count as family. I’m not crazy about having my aunt in harm’s way, but there’s no stopping her from coming to see my biological aunt Kelly, mostly because Kelly’s daughter is pregnant, and they haven’t seen them in so long. Her son, Isaac, is set to be the Alpha in this territory once we handle the problems here. Apparently, descendants of the original rogues who took over when the place was abandoned think they can waltz in and claim it as their territory.Not with my four fathers in charge. A tall man greets us on the outskirts, his hair the same shade of red as mine. He waits as our driver parks and meets me at the door almost before I have a chance to step out.“I’d know that hair anywhere,” he says with a laugh, holding out his arm amiably. “Cousin, it’s good to see
*Trisha*I’ve been staring at the ceiling for half the night, gazing at the rays of moonlight that slip through the curtain dancing on the ceiling. I don’t have my wolf yet, but I feel like she’s already restless. I understand my mom’s point of view. I’ve heard a thousand times about the kidnapping when I was a baby, how some crazy woman snuck away with me and how they were lucky to find me. I don’t want to scare her again, but this is different. I just don’t feel like I belong here, not right now, and something about that moonlight is tugging on my heartstrings, begging me to leave the castle. My sister doesn’t want me to go, but she seems to at least understand that I’m hearing some sort of calling from somewhere far away. Every time I drift off to sleep, I see him in my dreams. It’s strange because he always looks like someone different, or at least, there’s been three different versions of him that I’ve counted so far. Sometimes, he asks for my help. Other nights, he’s just th
Damon“Father, I really think you ought to—”“Nonsense, son!” My father, Alpha King Rohan, bellows from his spot out on the castle balcony. He’s very good at bellowing, especially when he’s got an idea in his head.That’s never a good thing.“My spies are going to do a perfect job of infiltrating the Dark Forest realm,” he continues. “They’ll fit right in. No need to worry about anything, my son. Your daddy has got this.”He smiles the way he always does when he thinks he has a good idea, which unfortunately is all too often. “Thinks” is the operative word. And I know that the idiots he’s chosen for the job are going to screw everything up. “Father, Hans and Brutus don’t know the first thing about spying,” I say. “Pick someone else from the kingdom—anyone, please.”“Pshaw,” he says. He looks at me like he’s just seen me for the first time and changes the subject abruptly, as he always does. “My boy, have you found a mate yet?”I shake my head. “Father, I’ll be twenty-one next month.”
Twenty Years After the Events of Pregnant with Four Alphas' Babies*Trisha*I groan as my phone alarm goes off and give it a slap, missing it the first time before my brain finally clears from sleep, and I hit it again before it gets louder. I don’t want to wake the whole castle, after all, or anyone in it, really. I know the guards are always down the hallway, but luckily, it’s pretty easy to get around them. Mom and the Dads couldn’t keep the hidden tunnels in this place a secret forever, and now that I know about them, they’re my best tool when I need to sneak off for an adventure. And today I really need to get away. Mom has been after me about my birthday coming up—well, all four of our birthdays since we were all born on the same day. But she keeps bothering me about finding out who my mate is like she did with my four dads, and the whole idea is tedious. There’s far too much to explore in this world for the Moon Goddess to hook me up with someone who’s going to be overprotec







