As Diana and Rayvin handed out the coffee, Susan looked at Diana. “I don’t get how you can run a pack without a full top tier,” Susan said. Five wolves stopped and looked at her. “Susan,” Remus sighed. “We have a full top tier,” Rayvin said. “Not really. Your Gamma is mated to your Beta, you are missing two members,” Susan insisted.“Susan!” Remus voice was sharp and no one could miss the underlying command for her to stay quiet.“I don’t know how other packs do it, but our top members are strong and good at what they do. We are more than capable of handling our pack business,” Mikael told her. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to offend anyone,” Susan said. Rayvin frowned and tried to figure out what was going on. ‘I need to talk to Remus on my own, can you distract Susan?’ she mind linked Mikael, Diana and Ben. ‘Why?’ Mikael asked.‘Something’s up with Susan and since I can’t mind link Remus to ask what it is, I need some privacy,’ Rayvin explained. They all agreed to help her. “Remus, M
Mikael had called an emergency meeting of the Alpha Council. Rayvin was sitting next to him in his office, waiting for the meeting to start. “I thought the time for emergency meetings was over,” Mikael sighed. “I’m sorry this all landed in you lap,” Rayvin said, taking his hand. He smiled at her and placed a kiss on the back of her hand as he intertwined their fingers.“It’s not all bad. I got you back, so I won’t complain too much. But I wished it had been during calmer times. I feel like we don’t get enough time together.”“That’s sweet. But I think we will be okay. Gray and Bee met during similar times. They seem to be doing just fine. And they didn’t even know each other. We will have times of peace and quiet as well. You might even think back and wish for a not so quiet life,” she told him.“I have a feeling as long as I have you in my life, I will never be bored,” he said. “I will do my best to live up to your expectations,” she promised and turned towards the screen as she h
“Really? A human mate?” Mikael asked for the third time. He saw Rayvin laugh and nod. “Yes, a human mate, a sheriff,” she told him again.“The moon goddess must have gone temporarily insane,” he muttered. “And why are we keeping this a secret?” “Because she wants to tell her family, but she is feeling a little insecure. We are giving her time to feel secure in the mating, to let her see that her human will be just as interested in her as she is in him,” Rayvin patiently explained. They were in Mikael’s office in the house and Rayvin had just told him about her conversation with Milly. Mikael still had a hard time believing it. “So how did it go with Remus?” she asked as she was leaning against his desk while he was sitting in his chair. “Good. He has the potential to become a great Alpha,” Graham said. He had to reluctantly admit that he liked the man. Remus was nothing like his father, but that wasn’t necessarily bad, just different. “I know. I just wish both he and his father co
Rayvin was putting on the black cargo pants and the black long-sleeved t-shirt she always used on her missions. Her ability to turn invisible meant she could have worked in bright red colours if she wanted. But it put her in the right frame of mind and sometimes it was good not to rely on your powers. She was lacing up her boots as Mikael walked into the closet. He was already dressed in similar clothes and walked up to her and placed a hand on her back. Rayvin could feel his worry and knew it was because he didn’t want her to come on the mission. He hadn’t said anything because he knew she needed to be there. But his Alpha instinct was always to protect his Luna, even if it didn’t make logical sense. “Do you want to say it at least once?” she asked as she stood up and faced him. He gave her a weak smile.“I really wish you would stay home,” he said.“I know, but I won’t,” she replied.“I know,” he told her and gave her a light kiss.“Is it okay?” she asked.“It is, I know you can do
“Do you think I should have gone with Remus in the third car?” Diana asked, as they were on their way home. “No,” Rayvin said. “Okay, something is up with you. Both of you. You have been strangely insistent that I don’t get involved in this operation. What’s up?” Diana asked Rayvin and Mikael. “Don’t know what you’re talking about,” Mikael said.“You’re sounding a bit paranoid, Diana,” Rayvin told her. “Right,” Diana said, eyeing Mikael and Rayvin. ‘How long do we have to pretend we don’t know?” Mikael mind linked Rayvin.‘Until she tells us,’ Rayvin insisted. Diana kept giving them irritated looks throughout the drive home. They got regular updates over phone. The third car had successfully handed over to Laika and was hanging back. They were heading away from the city. Ben waited for them outside the pack house and drew Diana in for a kiss as she stepped out of the car. Rayvin smiled at them. Mikael was talking to Ben about how it had gone as they all walked up to Mikael’s offi
The news regarding the Beta pup spread like a wildfire in the pack. Diana and Ben had gone over to his parents to tell them in person and they called her parents and Milly. Diana was radiating and Ben seemed to keep physical contact with her at all times and glared when people came too close. Rayvin found the whole thing very sweet. The teams watching the cabin reported the humans were still holding up in there. They hadn’t left it during the day they had been there. Rayvin had talked to Remus about how to get at least one of their warriors close enough to the cabin to let them hear what was happening. They decided that if the human stayed another night, Laika would try to sneak closer. There was a part of the cabin where there weren’t any windows. If Laika could get close enough to the cabin without being detected, she could take up posts along that part. Rayvin and Mikael were having dinner with the pack as they were waiting to hear back from the teams in the field. Nikolaus came
Late in the evening, they finally got the information they had been waiting for. The humans had ended several hours of driving around in circles by entering a warehouse in an industrial part of the city. After some careful recon, the teams could report it seemed like there were numerous humans in the warehouse. Rayvin called Alpha Brutus to let him know they most likely had found the headquarters. He told her he was sending five agents to them. They would arrive the next afternoon. Diana arranged for the warriors that had been watching the humans to be relieved as they had been in the field for days. The following day, Remus joined Rayvin and Diana to welcome the agents from Mistvalley. He then headed to the airport to go and interrogate the Alpha of the rogues. The agents from Mistvalley were used to taking orders from Rayvin, and it helped that she knew how they worked. The agents were free to move as they wished in the area. They would avoid contact with the pack as much as possib
Wyatt was surprised at how good his day was going. When Milly had invited him to meet her family, he had been nervous. Ever since he had met her, when she had stolen his breath away along with his heart. Things had just been amazing. He had never thought someone like her would accept a request to go on a date with someone like him. But the lovely Bella had been unusually persistent that he should ask Milly out. When he had, and she had excepted, everything had just continued moving forward between them. She had been open about her past, that she was spending time with the Blackfurs to get a new start after a tough period in her life, ending in her starting to experiment with drugs. Wyatt had no problem telling her he wasn’t bothered by her past. Despite not knowing her for long, he felt like he knew who she was. And he had no doubt in his mind she was sincere when she told him she had left it all behind her. When they had arrived at Millys parents earlier, he had been a nervous wreck