LOGINNo one said a word. Tears leaked from the corners of Sori’s eyes. Elara held her close. I moved to stand up, but she put up her hand and shook her head. I think if I got any closer the tears would flow freely. She was barely keeping it together and didn’t want to become the center of attention.
I pursed my lips, but nodded. Every cell in my body wanted me to pull her into my lap and send the world away.
When I looked back to the room, most eyes were still on the walls, the windo
No one said a word. Tears leaked from the corners of Sori’s eyes. Elara held her close. I moved to stand up, but she put up her hand and shook her head. I think if I got any closer the tears would flow freely. She was barely keeping it together and didn’t want to become the center of attention.I pursed my lips, but nodded. Every cell in my body wanted me to pull her into my lap and send the world away.When I looked back to the room, most eyes were still on the walls, the windows, the floor. Except for Seith and Sid—if looks could kill, Lucien would be flat out on the floor and not breathing.Lucien still studied the mug in his hands, and the witch looked like she was trying to blend into the wallpaper.What did we learn besides that Selwyn was working for Rodgrick the entire time?There had to be more than just a magicked bond.“What are we missing?” I finally said, breaking the silence.“What do you mean?” Lucien asked. “I just tol
I fought the urge to just start by pleading my case to Bear. Everyone else in the room didn’t matter, but everyone who was anyone looked up to Bear. He was the Alpha of the Alphas, and as much as I didn’t want to admit it, his opinion mattered to me.More than Bina’s.I wasn’t going to grovel. I just had to tell it like I knew it happened.“Silverpine has been magicked for decades,” I started, staring at my hands still holding my coffee cup from breakfast. The coffee was cold, but it felt like a security blanket that I could focus on.I heard Bear’s voice, but he abruptly stopped. I don’t know if he was shushed, but it did give me the internal push to keep going.“I didn’t know this until about six months ago when Selwyn cursed me,” I took a deep breath. “I need to start at the end to get back to the beginning. Stay with me.”I dared to look up and around the room. The expressions were neutral, except for Bear’s gruff arms crossed, just wait
When Sid arrived, I pulled him back outside. I didn’t want wolf hearing to catch our conversation. The house itself was warded against prying ears and eyes.Sid’s concern was obvious—he was rigid, jaw clenched, eyebrows furrowed, and his eyes bore into mine. “What’s wrong?”“We need to investigate the Pack,” I reluctantly explained. “The witch explained her scrying ability. She uses a drop of blood to scry for her father. It can find her bloodline, and she’s cast a spell over it, or something like that, to rule out the mother’s line.”“So what does that have to do with the Pack,” he asked.“She did a show and tell at breakfast,” I continued. “Her scry zeroed in on Coralridge. There was no pendulum swing, or circular hesitation, that damned pendant all but torpedoed itself into the heart of our territory.”“Shit,” he mused. &
There were only four place settings on the table. I pulled out the chair to Gabriel’s left, leaving Bina to sit across from me when she finally made it downstairs.I heard a baby start crying above us. I sat down, looking at everything but Gabriel—whose eyes were on me as if daring me to comment about the sound. I didn’t know much about babies, but that baby up there sounded very pissed off.I knew exactly who that baby was, but I’d built every ounce of hope on my future on my offspring being a boy. The disappointment of a first-born girl ate at my very soul. Rodgrick and Selwyn were going to win. They were going to keep Silverpine.“So,” I said, finally turning toward Gabriel, who’d given up staring at me once the screaming from upstairs quieted down. “Have you heard anything on Silverpine?”“There’s probably a lot you haven’t heard. Being on the run and all,” he replied, tryin
It took some convincing, but Bear agreed to wait to come downstairs until after we had breakfast with Lucien and the witch. But more importantly, until after we got rid of Timergen.He was scheduled to head back to the HC, but his cooperation with us was tenuous at best. Allowing him to sit in on the storytelling could blow up in our faces. As it was, he continued to push to let Silverpine know their missing Alpha was here. It was only at Bear’s insistence to wait that he agreed to give us a few more days.Only a few more days.That wasn’t near enough time to have a plan when we didn’t even know who or what we were fighting against. All we knew is that the Luna-kissed were in jeopardy of being hunted… again. Luna chose me to protect them.Me.Why?I was in no position to defend an entire bloodline. I didn’t even have a bloodline. Kali wasn’t mine. Even though I adored her, bio-dad was on scene right now. That in and of itself was going to pr
Maw rocked Kali as I came up behind them. My golden-haired tyrant sounded like she was almost done crying herself out.It pained me to hear that tiny little being cry and scream, but every doctor we talked to said that she was in no pain, there was nothing in my diet causing her colic or stomach upset. Every blood test came back normal. Even Elara could find nothing magickally going on.Maw looked bone tired when she handed me the baby. Kali opened her eyes and gave me her typical accusatory stare. “Oh, I only left you for a little bit. I had to take care of something.”Maw stood up from the rocker and smoothed her robe. “Everything turn out okay then?”I shrugged my shoulders and sighed, “Who knows. Luna pulled us all into the soul realm and told us to stop acting like children. Then she told us that Lucien and his witch girlfriend had to move into the Pack House.”Maw laughed and shook her head. “Here? Wi







