Breeana stood for a moment stunned into silence. Sarah Keyes stood in front of her wearing a loose top and free pants, her blond hair looking unkempt and wrapped up in a messy ponytail looking nothing like the girl she remembered."Let's get out of here." Sarah grabbed her hand and pulled her. Breeana's sense of preservation kicked in and they began to run through the forest.The outraged cries of their pursuers finding their slaughtered colleagues reached their ears and they increased their pace."We are running towards a destination, yes?" Sarah panted."The Blue Moon pack house is some meters away. If we are running in the right direction.""If?"Breeana would have laughed if her life hadn't just taken the most bizarre turn. Werewolf hunters were hunting down non-rogue wolves and Sarah freaking Keyes, who hated her guts, who was supposed to be thousands of leagues away on the south pole, had just saved her life. She had so many questions that could come when they weren't about to b
was easier said than done asking Sarah to come with them. She outright refused and Reece had to order her as the Alpha of her pack to not throw away her life for a fruitless endeavour."But I have to, for Damien. He would have done the same for me. Surely you understand, you would do the same for Breeana, wouldn't you? And you aren't even true mates."Reece nearly winced. If the girl didn't want to follow them, why were they forcing her hand? One look at Breeana's expression made him clear his throat. Right, she'd saved his mate's life. Because of her, he could be with Breeana today."Look, firstly, Breeana and I are true mates and I would do the same for her but I wouldn't want her to do the same for me while carrying our child and unable to shift to protect herself. I doubt Damien would want you to risk the life of your child to get revenge for him. There is no further discussion to be had. You will go with us and that is the end of the matter.""But…" Sarah looked towards Breeana f
"That is unthinkable. You can't just force the entire pack to have mandatory training every day. We have it once a month and they still don't turn up. Why do they need to when the pack warriors are here to protect them? Or do you think the warriors are subpar?" Elder Elvis raised a brow sounding thoroughly unconvinced."I am not doubting the prowess of our guards but with the current amount of insecurity we have, it is a valid concern. It'll just be for one hour daily. I don't want our people to be sitting ducks when this fight comes to us."The elder scoffed as though he had heard something extremely ridiculous. "Insecurity? With all due respect, Luna, perhaps you should pay more attention to the current status in the werewolf society. We are currently at the most peaceful and civilized that we have been in a really long time."Breeana's cheeks burned.This morning she had woken up inspired to do more for her pack, especially in the wake of that attack. If Sarah's words were the tr
Blood stained the broken glass and Breeana's head swam. She should move. She needed to get help, but how? Her hands shook and her legs refused to work.She hadn't felt so weak and helpless before as she put pressure on the wound praying for the goddess to keep death at bay for just a little bit more time till Reece could come. Because surely he had felt her. He would come.Breeana closed her eyes.Twelve Hours Before"We are taking five." Horace announced in his booming voice and Breeana could see most of the pack collapsing sweat drenched and relieved.Truth be told she was also out of breath. When she instituted training for the entire pack, she had seemingly forgotten that she would also participate in the training.The pack would go in batches for an hour per batch as planned and would be paired up based on individual body size and weight with a member of the pack's military as a trainer.Being the Luna of the pack, no one would spar with her so she'd ended up with Reece. Reece wa
The silence became awkward very quickly. What exactly did one say to a sister whose mate the person had sort of stolen?Breeana had no idea.Ariana sipped the wine in her glass daintily. Okay so she was the only one feeling awkward here. The diner was almost empty. They were the only guests there. The way Ari had wanted it."Ari–""It's so quiet here." Ariana tucked her short hair behind her ear."Never thought there would come a day when I would pick a human establishment over a wolf's."Ariana explained to her earlier on the reason she wanted them to meet outside their pack lands for this. It would seem like it wasn't only Breeana that had been on the receiving end of so much backlash.Ariana couldn't go anywhere without scrutiny or ostratization by some members of the pack. And with the increased patrols even the woods were no longer a secure location for delicate conversation. Much less one of this nature that was extremely fragile already.Hence the location of their dinner. It w
It was getting old. It was like Reece could not catch a breather even if he tried. He was beginning to understand why his father had aged so quickly. He woke up in the wee hours of the morning to an emergency.Reece got up quietly so as not to wake Breeana up. She needed as much sleep as she could get with her burning the candle on both ends. She was training as if her life depended on it and at the same time finally immersing herself in the pack's social life with help from her sister.It was wild. Reece could almost not believe that Ariana had forgiven Breeana so easily while she still gave him the cold shoulder. It was like the life-and-death experience had bonded the sisters in a way he failed to comprehend. Not that it mattered, it wasn't like he needed her friendship anyway.Breeana's parents were still distant but less distant than they had been before the sisters had made up. But that wasn't the problem now. The problem now was the wolves at their border. Reece shifted and ran
Breeana watched in shock as her brother found his mate. They gazed at each other as though the world had stopped just for them.Breeana stole a glance at Reece wondering if that was how they had been entranced with each other at that very moment of discovery before they had realized who they were to each other.The cheers from the Primo pack members cut into this deep reverie. They whooped and cheered so much that Alex and his mate looked away from each other abashed."Zinora has been given an able-bodied mate." Adelaide nodded. "He will do."Breeana wanted to congratulate her brother but felt that he would want to know his mate a little bit better before he would talk to her about it. She couldn't wait to tell her parents and Ari about this.She wanted to just mind link them about it but it seemed like a piece of news to share in person.She gestured for Allen. "Tell Ari to come to the pack house once she's done at the clinic. Don't tell her about Alex. I want to do it myself."Allen
"The Primo pack cannot stay here." Elder Elvis announced and the others concurred. Reece was more frustrated than usual. That might have had something to do with the fact that he had been cockblocked by his sister-in-law who was also his ex, or the tense conversation with his father-in-law the day before. It might also have been because he had been up since the crack of dawn explaining to the elders who were way older than him that the ancient laws of seeking refuge could not be revoked."I don't think I have to explain to you the relevance of the ancient laws. You of all people should stand for the upholding of this law.""Alpha," Elder Asher said, the voice of moderation and Elder Elvis's counterweight. "You must understand the reason the law is almost obsolete. It is because two Alphas cannot dwell in the same territory. One must give way to the other. As much as we care for our displaced brethren, we cannot destabilize the structure of our pack for them."Reece contemplated it. He