LOGINThe sitting room was silent for a moment while they took in the plan I suggested. Through our mindlink, Cassian said to me, "I never knew you had such a devious mind. I like it." My face reddened slightly at his praise, and I spoke back to him through the mindlink. "Do you think it's going to work?" "I don't see why not. With a little planning and tweaking, it should." Finally, Max whistled. "Remind me never to get on your bad side, Luna. That's a good plan. And what's more, your sister and her mate won't be expecting it." "I don't see how it'll work though?" Saoirse asked. "I mean...how will you get the Red Moon in time to seize it and not run into their warriors while they're on their way here?" I'd been expecting Cassian to speak up since he was more versed in matters like this, but he simply gave me a mental nudge, pushing me to go ahead. "With a small team, it should be relatively easy to stay out of sight of the marching warriors," I replied. "And if that won't be possibl
"What was the meaning of that?" Max raged as he walked into the Alpha house, Saoirse and Barry tailing him.Cassian and I had since returned home from the pond, dressed, and sat in the living room waiting. "What are they planning?" He continued. "I know they're planning something stupid. They have to be. Why else would they do something as unnecessary and foolish as what they just did?" "Um... Unnecessary? Foolish? They attacked us. On two fronts." Saoirse asked. "Unnecessary and foolish," Max repeated. "Their attack was poorly coordinated, and their ruse impractical. So they set fire to a bunch of trees. It's not much of an issue since we got it under control fairly quickly. And we have enough warriors that even if they'd staged an attack on three fronts, we would have been able to hold our own. They know this. Their fighting numbers were already greatly reduced due to our first attack on them. So the only thing they achieved today was killing off the warriors who were dumb enough
A small part of me was nervous at being on the same battlefield as my former pack mates, but on opposing sides. Would they recognize me? In their eyes, would I become more of a traitor than I already was? I scanned the clearing to see if there was anyone I recognized, but since they were all in their wolf forms and fighting, it was difficult to know. Once upon a time, they would have scented me and known I was one of them. Now, that Red Moon Pack scent was gone. In fact, since I hadn't yet joined Cassian's pack, I was technically a rogue wolf. I did as Cassian instructed and tried to stay close to him as much as possible, but it was obvious from the way he fought that Cassian was no longer the one in control. And if I was being honest, the sight of wolves ripping into each other was making me feel slightly sick. I could fight. I'd had basic combat training back when I was still in Red Moon, but combat training was vastly different from seeing the guts spill out of the stomach of
Iris and I dashed for the door at the same time. "Max, how did they get so close?" I shouted through the mindlink. "What happened to the sentries on guard?" "We can't get through to them," Max replied grimly. We both knew what that meant. Those men were probably no longer alive. "Meet me at the border," I ordered and shut off the mindlink. Only when I raced outside my house did I realize Iris was right beside me. My eyes widened. "What are you doing? Get back in the house!"Her expression was determined. "I'm coming with you.""Like hell you are!" I snapped. "Go back in the house, Iris." "I will not!" She said stubbornly. I screeched to a halt and caught her before she could run past me. "What are you doing!" "I should be asking you that!" I said. "Did you hear the alarm?"At that moment, said alarm fell silent. I could hear the sounds of my pack members running around, getting ready for what was coming. They were trained already on what to do. Those who couldn't fight would
Before we mated, I'd thought waking up with Iris sprawled on top of me was one of the best feelings in the world.It didn't compare to waking up next to her now that we'd actually mated. The mate bond was a curious thing. It didn't just connect our minds and make it easier to feel each other's emotions. It was like it bound us physically also. Everywhere my skin touched Iris, an electric current seemed to spark. I glanced down at the woman on top of me. Her hair was disheveled and her mouth slightly open as she slept. I couldn't help the smile that curved my lips. Iris was incapable of not rolling around in her sleep, which was how she'd ended up right on top of me, with her head thrown back.My heart felt like it would burst with the force of the emotions coursing through me. So much happiness that it almost felt like insanity, satisfaction, pleasure. Those feelings only grew stronger when I realized that although she was asleep, some of the emotions I felt were hers. I played w
Hours must have passed, because when I glanced out the open window of Cassian's bedroom, it was dark outside. Cassian and I lay on the bed, atop the sheets, a slight sheen of sweat on our bodies. I was sprawled against him, feeling like I could barely move my limbs, and his grip on my waist was loose. Our hearts had calmed their incessant pounding, and now beat slowly, softly, in time with each other. My stomach rumbled, breaking the silence, and Cassian started to pull away. "Stay," I said, holding on to him. "You need to eat," he replied. "I can't believe I let you go this long without food." "I wasn't hungry," I said, still holding on to him. "You are now. And honestly, you should be. You haven't eaten real food in weeks." "But I wanna stay in bed," I whined, pouting up at him. He chuckled. "You stay in bed then. I'll make you something."When he got out of bed and immediately went to pull on some pants, I sighed, and rolled out of bed too. My leg and back muscles screame







