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Chapter 46
I dropped Maggie at the pack hospital on my way to the office, though she seemed much more herself after she had showered and dressed for the day. I strode into the packhouse, adjusting my tie. The Alpha’s of my neighboring packs would be arriving later in the day to be filled on the situation with Cerathe. I had initially wanted to keep it to myself, let my pack handle the threat, but Zane had been adamant that all of the Mercian packs deserved to know that King Jonas was plotting to move against us. Gerdie wasn’t at her desk, having called out again to deal with a personal matter. I made a mental note to assign one of the warriors to greet the Alpha’s as they arrived.
I smelled her as I reached the door to my office. The scent of apples and cinnamon filling my nostrils. Pushing the door open, I found Selene seated behind my desk wea
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The Assassin's Mate Chapter 47
“Last I checked Montgomery, you were the only one who had an issue with the Cerathean king.” Alpha Norman drawled. “I don’t see what your issues with him has to do with the rest of us.” Frowning, I pinched the bridge of my nose between my fingers. It had been over an hour and the majority of the other alphas were still on the fence about joining forces against Cerathe. I had told them everything that Selene and Rory had told me when they arrived at my house almost a week ago, but none of them seemed to care. “What you fail to realize is that my pack is the only thing standing between your own and a king hellbent on genocide.” I huffed. “If I fall, we all fall.”&
The Assassin's Mate Chapter 48
Unknown I tucked myself into the bushes, concealing my scent, as I watched the Alpha’s house. Word had gone out that the entire guild was to move on the Dark Moon pack, the King was growing impatient over his soldier’s inability to conquer them. I had slipped into the territory through the main roads, posing as someone visiting on vacation. It wasn’t unusual for wolves to travel back and forth across the border, though those who fled tended to use secret routes to avoid being stopped by border patrols. Not that I could blame them, most of them were refugees from attacks against their pack or family, they would have good reason to be afraid of crossing at the normal places. In the short time I had been in Mercius, I had discovered the Alpha had a mate and children. That information had been omitted from
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Between Lucas refusing to mark me and seeing him with Maggie in the restaurant window, I had been avoiding him to nurse hurt feelings. I threw myself into growing my assassin training. Three new wolves had joined us. While Lucas had made the normal training mandatory pack wide, the additional training had been volunteer only. Out of ten wolves who had shown promise in the early stages of pack training, only three had agreed to join my team. I was disappointed, but with time, my numbers would grow. “You think you might wanna ease up on them?” Fenrick asked after one particularly brutal training session. “No. This isn’t like anything we’ve experienced as guild members. We’re defending an entire pack from the king and other a
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We followed the scent to the midway point to town. My eyes scanned the thinning woods before me, catching sight of a man’s back. I shifted, snagging clothing from the pack on Vic’s back before signaling for the group to shift and fan out, each armed with weapons and tranquilizer guns from the pack. I crept quietly toward the man, recognizing him as I closed the distance between us. “Hello EJ.” I called out, suppressing a chuckle as he turned wildly toward the sound of my voice. “Alive and well I see.” He replied, a sinister smirk playing on his lips. “No thanks to you.” I sneered. “Come to finish what you started?”&nb
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Maggie My hands trembled in my lap as I sat on the exam table waiting for the pack physician to return. Something was wrong, but I didn’t know what. Though I had done well to hide it, I hadn’t been able to shake the fatigue that cause Lucas to send me to the pack hospital a few weeks before. I didn’t want to worry him with the threat of the guild moving on his territory. He had already had one close call with an assassin, I didn’t need my health distracting him on patrol. Though I hadn’t told Deven about the absence of his wolf gene, I knew stress wasn’t the source of my feeling unwell. The tension between Lucas and I at the reappearance of his mate had dissipated. We had returned to a comfortable routine, growing even closer than we had been before Selene showed up. Training with the pack left me feeling more confident, which m
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Daniel “Aurora. To what do we owe the pleasure?” I grinned at the older she-wolf standing on my porch. “This isn’t a social call Daniel.” She frowned. “Can I come in?” Stepping back, I motioned for her to come inside. I had known Aurora since my days in the guild. She had been my handler as well as my daughter’s. We had been close enough that she attended my wedding to Abigail. One of the few members of the guild that I maintained contact with once I retired. It wasn’t unusual for her to pay us a visit, her and Abigail had become fast friends over the years. What was odd was her demeanor. In all the years I had known her, she had never visited my home on business. “Aurora! I’m so glad
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Selene Making my way to the pack hospital, my mind replayed the moment in Lucas’s office. He had forgiven me for breaking the bond, now I just needed him to give into our reforged connection. A plan formed in my mind as I strolled into Rory’s office. “What’s got you so chipper?” She smiled at me from behind the stack of medical records on her desk. “Did you find a place?” “Actually, I was thinking about tonight’s haze.” “Oh?” She raised an eyebrow at me, folding her hands beneath her chin to indicate I had her full attention. “I know I’ve been kind of dodgy about discussing the Lucas issue, but I’m hoping if I can
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We talked for hours, with me eventually shifting my position so that I was curled in his lap against his chest. I had never been so intimate with anyone, sharing with him my fondest childhood memories. Even though my attitude had changed toward our mate bond, it was the first time I truly understood how well we were matched. It made me wonder for a moment why I had fought against our bond in the first place. Lucas stood from his seat, scooping me into his arms as he did, eliciting a giggle. Toying with his loosened tie, I looked into his eyes, plastering on my most innocent face. “Whatever are you doing, Alpha?” I laughed.
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