LOGINAegis's POV The queen arrived at half past seven with an entourage of six.She moved through the room with the confidence of someone who had never once questioned whether a room belonged to her, and that, more than height or entourage or the jewelry that caught the light when she turned, was what made people step back as she passed.Ella and her family swaggeres in soon after. A low growl rumbled from the back of my throat. Her eyes found me across the space and she took an unsure step back. I smiled mischievously at her.She turned away immediately.That's what I thought, my dragon snickered. Her father was behind her, doing his own version of a scan. Her mother beside him was exactly as I imagined---Blonde bombshell in pastel colors, pearls and a permanent I'm better than you scowl.Ella's eyes come back to me twice more before she settled. Gaining some confidence back, she glared hatefully at me. Her family whispered against themselves. My eyes shot to my eyebrows when she
Aegis's POVI had been to three of these charity events like thi many times in the past year.They were always the same. Good lighting, better wine, people performing generosity for an audience of other people performing generosity.Everyone thier best and looked thier best. I had always found them exhausting.Tonight I found them useful.The venue gleaned with shining lights hung from high ceilings, round tables dressed in white, a projector screen at the front of the room for the evening's presentation of charitable causes and their funding needs.An eclectic band in the corner played a soft catchy tune while the catering staff moving through the crowd with trays of champagnes and extragant but tiny pieces of food.The event paused dramatically as I walked in, Noah and Kira flanking me like last time. The guests looked around themselves warily anyivipating my next move, yet fearful that they'd be c
Aegis's POVThe next phase of the plan was to separate my pack from the shit show that was about to hit the fan.I had to admit though, putting the call across was hard. The pack had come to me through a series of events I hadn't engineered. But i always knew deep down that it had never been mine to keep.Sighing sadly, I put a call through to Bianca.She picked up on the first ring, which meant she'd been expecting the call, which meant Noah had probably warned her.That's what I get for having friends that knew me almost as much as i knew myself."I'm transferring the pack back," I rushed out immediately the call connected.My throat tightened against an invisible boulder. This was going to be hard but it had to be done.Brianna sighed before groaning. "Aegis—"I cut in desperately, pushing through there weight behind my throat. "It was always yours. And now
Aegis's PovThe thing about the truth is it doesn't need help spreading.It just needs a crack in the wall. After that, it moves on its own.The Alpha's Pack house's living room had become a situation room somewhere between Tuesday and Thursday and nobody had formally announced it, it had just happened the way things happen when a group of people are all watching the same thing unfold and need somewhere to do it together.Kira was cross-legged on the floor with two phones, switching between feeds. Noah was at the table with his laptop. Two of my pack's trackers were on the couch monitoring different channels. Brianna stood near the window with her arms folded and the particular expression of a woman watching a garden she planted finally come up in other words blissful.I was in the armchair eating an orange and watching all of them."Another one," Kira said, holding up a phone.A middle aged woman sat in what look
Aegis's PovI almost didn't go. I sat in the car outside the eastern border house for a full three minutes arguing with myself about it.She's not your responsibility.She was kind to you.That was a long time ago.Kindness doesn't expire.My dragon said nothing. She had learned, in the past few weeks, that some arguments I needed to have with myself without commentary.I got out of the car. The Luna had practically raised me -- She deserved this much.The house was smaller than I remembered. Or maybe I had made it larger in my memory the way you do with places that meant something to you when you were young. A stone path to the front door. A garden on the left that someone had been maintaining — the flowers were recent, tended, which meant either Elias had a conscience or the staff had continued out of habit.Even though she'd disregarded all the opulence and chos
Alpha Elias's POVThe calls started before I got home. My advisors were all over themselves In panic. Everyone seemed terrified about the crisis.To have a former member of the pack come out to say bad things about the pack was terrible on its own. But when that former pack member was another Alpha who'd consulted for the palace..It was treason.And my head seemed to be caught on the stake.The first was the Harmon group, a small group of rich wolves i'd worked three months on landing. Thier base payment paid for my Lamborghini. They were professional and apologetic enough to inform me that they no longer wanted to keep working with my pack. They also professionally demanded their money back.The second was the eastern trade coalition. They were more efficient and downright insultive in their response and demand for their money back.My life was falling apart right before m







