MasukSilas jumped up. “Evan! You can’t make jokes like that. You are a member of this council, and you should behave as such.” Theo, Yarrow and Marcus looked at each other, and I could see the divide. Yarrow held out his hands. “Silas…”I pressed back into my chair. “I don’t think he was joking.” I pursed my lips. “I feel like you said a dark inner thought out loud there, Evan.” I sat back. “Probably not the smartest decision you’ve ever made.” Evan laughed as he turned his dead eyes onto me. “It’s not going to matter what I say here today.”Silas paled. “What do you mean?” He backed away from the others. He looked at me with wide eyes. “Is this why you demanded we bring all our guards…and the spear?”Marcus started to slow clap. “Come brother. You can’t be this dense.” He dropped his hands. “Can we get on with this little charade?”Theo raised his hands. “Let’s calm down.” He turned to look at me and smiled. “Nothing has been decided.”I sighed. “Listen, while I am not old, I am also no
There was a knock on the door, and it swung open. “Alpha…The council and their guards are here.” Tawny, an Omega, stepped back with a bow, and the Elder Council walked into the office. I lifted a brow, and with a sarcastic smile. “Come in.” I waved a hand at the few chairs I had, and the five men walked in. I lifted my lip in disgust, which I covered with a cough when I saw there were no women in their ranks. Nix scoffed. Your surprised? Megan snorted from where she was wrapped around our magic. Come on, Amy, they scream progressiveness with their nine hundred-year-old cloaks, and the arrogance that old men carry. I had to cough again, but I waited until they were all settled. “You will have to forgive me. I didn’t know you were coming, and I have never been introduced to all of you.” I crossed my arms and leaned onto my father’s desk. “What can I do for you, gentlemen?”One man smirked. “Forgive our intrusion, but we have heard rumors of a pack operating on these pack lands, and w
I shifted back and looked at Ronnie. He shrugged. “It could be your father.” I lifted a brow, and he winced. “I mean, it could be.” I nodded toward the house, and we headed inside. The Omegas were rushing back and forth, and I checked the progress. Everything looked exactly as I needed it to. Half the rooms looked lived in, while the other half looked still dusty and closed off. “Why do you want the pack house to look like this?” Ronnie peaked into the closed-off ballroom. “Half lived in.”“Because I need them to believe it.” We headed upstairs, and I found Greyson waiting by the office. “My dad?” He nodded to the left and turned. He led me to another room and opened the door. Cass and my dad were sitting across from each other. “Hey.”My dad looked at me with a haggard smile. The I.V. was still behind him, emptying into him. “Hey pup.”“Hey Daddy.” I walked over and crouched down beside him. For a man who looked no older than twenty-eight, he was really showing his age right now. H
I told my father to relax as Rowan and I started getting to work. Any and every abled bodied wolf came from the house to help break down the med tent. I had the guards move the wolves still healing to the med building in the farthest rooms. The ones that were healing but able to move on their own shuffled towards the pack house. “Amy, everything is broken down here.” Ronnie huffed out a breath. “The doctor headed back to the hospital with the people taking longer to heal, though your father refuses to go anywhere except the pack house.” I pinched the bridge of my nose. “Where is he?”Ronnie shuffled a foot. “I had Greyson put him into his bedroom.”I nodded once. “When we get confirmation that the council is here, I need you and the others to-”Ronnie waved me off. “I have everything ready with the descenting spray. Don’t worry.” I nodded and checked the clearing once more. “Let’s head back.”I turned on my heel and we started back. “Are the guards moving everyone to the Agora?”Ron
The doctor moved to my father’s bag first and showed the rest of us how to open it fully. Then we all split off and ran around the room to every wolf and opened their infusion. The last one was a frail-looking woman, and I felt bad. “I’m sorry I have to do this.” I opened her I.V. and watched as she paled, and shook.She gasped but just closed her eyes. “It’s okay. We all understand.” I patted her hand and stood. Her arm snapped out and grabbed me. “We are going to make it through this, right?” Her eyes were fully of pain and worry. “I don’t know.” I wouldn’t lie. “But I know we will do everything we can to keep you all safe.” She nodded once before releasing me.I was on the other side of the room when another call came in. This time it was Ronnie. “Trey. Good. Have they questioned anything yet?” He was quiet for a few more seconds. “Bring the car to the opposite side of the airport and wait until they decide to run instead.” He waited a few more seconds. “Exactly.” Ronnie sighed.
Alannah gaped at me. “No.” She did one slow blink before she turned to Ternen. “Baby?”His smile as he leaned over to kiss her lips was heart-wrenching. He pulled back to cup her face. “You did it, baby. You have done the one thing that most Omegas have dreamed about.” A tear escaped his eye. “I’m so proud of you, baby. Now I can rest easy knowing that you have the rank to protect our pups, all on your own.” He looked to me. “I know you would have helped, but this way…” He looked back to his mate. “This way it’s better.” Alannah took a shuddering breath before she nodded once. She turned to face me. “I know you have to go.” She was putting on a brave face. “But thank you for staying and making me see sense.” She looked down at her pups in her arms and she kissed both on their heads. “I almost ruined the best thing we have ever done for my own selfishness. But I have Taryn and Talia now to worry about.” She looked back up. “Just like you have packs to worry about. So go.” I nodded on







