Infection of the Soul

[Hyacinth]

I came here seeking help, hoping to find allies.

But Ashlynd got here first. With all of her power and influence as Luna, I shouldn’t be surprised. I should have known something like this would happen. That it was inevitable.

With my back to the cold stone wall, I think about my son, my mate, and everything that has happened since that day we returned home to start the rest of our lives together, only to have it all fall apart.

But mostly I think about Alpha Davis and what he said about when Slate and Ashlynd met.

He said it looked like the meeting of two fated mates, but I know that cannot be true. Slate and I are fated mates. You only get one of those in a lifetime if you are very very lucky. Most wolves never find their true mate.

So there is no way that he saw what he thought he saw.

I had no idea that Ashlynd and Slate had become engaged on the same day I had been kicked out of the pack. It seems like too much of a coincidence. What are the chances that both Ashlyn