Dallas’ p.o.v.
I listen to Elder Jensen as he explains what he and Elder Venetia have uncovered so far and the more I hear, the more I realize that even the Royal family has secrets.
Centuries ago, the Elders were chosen to keep the Royal family honest and ensure they didn’t put themselves above the Laws. It seems we need to clean house within the Elders; some have become too comfortable with their powers or at least the powers they think they have.
I am not saying that each Elder is guilty of bending the rules to their favor or hiding information that is important to the Royal family and every Shifter in this Kingdom.
“How do you plan on bringing this to King Vaughn’s attention, Dallas?” Elder Jensen asks.
He knows I want to bring this out in the open because it concerns me more than anyone else, but we need a solid plan to get this in front of the Royal family and the Elders.
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Dallas’ p.o.v.Elder Venetia is waiting for us at the Palace. She leads us to the Throne room, where the Royal family and the Elders are waiting for us. She turns to face me outside the door and gestures for us to stay.“Jensen managed to get everyone in the Throne room, even every other Royal family member. Once I go inside, we need you to wait two minutes and then you can walk in. King Vaughn will have given the order by then.” Elder Venetia says.I look at her retreating figure and let her words run through my head. In a few hours, the entire Royal family will know the truth soon; the cold and ugly truth.My Squad walks into the Throne room to spread around it and seal off any exits. Once everyone is in place, Joshua gives me the all clear and I walk into the Throne room. Daxton and Darius walk on either side of me, both holding one of my hands to show me their support.“Which one of you is
Even before I am fully awake, I know that this is going to be a day from hell and I have had enough of those in my life.If just one more thing in my life goes wrong, I am out of here and I will never set foot in this territory again.“Did the bond form?” I ask Charna, my Lycan, if it did it will make my day better or at least I hope so.“It did form.” She replies, but her tone of voice tells me that something is wrong.I turned eighteen a week ago and found a connection with the future Alpha, Nico, one of the people on my list for hurting me, over and over again.No, he never hit me and neither did anyone else.Okay, maybe I need to explain something for you to understand what I am talking about.On my sixth birthday I had been at the lake with my Father, who is our Pack’s Beta, and the Alpha and Gamma family. I had gotten bored with the games they were playing and I had wandered off in to the forest, most of our territory is forest.I knew to keep an eye out for the markings that te
I walk into my bedroom and grab my suitcases from the back of my closet, I place them on my bed to start packing the remainder of my belongings. There are only a few sets of clothes left in my closet and only the daily necessities in the bathroom.Most of the things I want to take with me are already in my suitcases, I made the decision to leave Shadow Valley Pack at my Sweet Sixteen party and I already know where I am going.I will be going to the Elders, to learn everything I need to learn to become the best Beta I can be and I will find a Pack that will appreciate me for who I am.My weapons are in the trunk of my car, I take them out every time I need them and place them back after I have cleaned them. All that is left is my luggage and then I will make sure that everyone understands who are responsible for me leaving.Okay, let’s get introductions out of the way. My name is Dallas, I am eighteen years old and my Lycan, Charna, showed up a year ago. My life hasn’t been a bed of ro
Dallas’ p.o.v.Six months laterI took my time to travel to Scarlet Crescent Pack, I needed time to myself and I wanted to take time to write down all the questions I have had for years.I arrived at my destination after travelling for almost a week.Charna enjoyed running around in unknown territory and neither one of us feel sorry for ourselves.It is almost as if there never was a bond between me and Nico, no pain after he accepted our rejection and no sense of loss for us.I arrived at Scarlet Crescent Pack in the early morning and I am glad that I had the letter from the Elders printed, it saved a lot of trouble at the gate.A Squad Captain was waiting for me at the main building, the building that houses the Elders and where I will get my education.I was given a schedule for the first week and then he showed me the territory we were staying in.We might live within Scarlet Crescent territory, but we can’t enter the territory that surrounds the Palace. At least not with permissi
Daxton’s p.o.v.“Good morning, Daxton.” I hear Carl, our future Alpha, say. I doubt it is a good morning if he is standing behind me, he only comes looking for me if someone told him to come and get me.“Who send you?” I ask him, as I turn to face him. I want to look into his eyes when he answers me, it will tell me if he is aware of why he was send here.“My Mother, I believe it has to do with an invitation from Shadow Valley Pack. Between you and me, I think Dad might order you to go.” Carl answers and I know that he is telling the truth.I am forty seven and I still haven’t found my true Mate-bond, I never met a woman my Lycan felt a connection with. I have been waiting for twenty nine years to find that connection, but so far I haven’t been able to find her and I gave up on finding her years ago.The people around me are still hoping that I will find her one day, they want me to go to other Packs to look for her. I did that for over a decade with no results and now I no longer wan
Darius’ p.o.v.The moment the invitation came in, I knew it would mean trouble between my Mother and my twin Brother.And yes, I say my Mother for a reason. Daxton might be my twin Brother, but she always treated him less than me and for the first ten years of our lives we even believed that we were separated by a whole year.It wasn’t until our former Alpha overheard a conversation between me and Daxton, that we were told that we were twins.It explained quite a lot of things to the both of us and Daxton has pulled away from our Mother ever since, there even was a time he refused to acknowledge that she was his Mother.We still don’t understand why she favors me over Daxton and we both doubt that we will ever find out.I listen to the words my Mother speaks, but I don’t respond and I don’t have to. Daxton can take care of himself, but I am starting to get agitated by Mother’s relentless quest to get Daxton to take a chosen Mate and preferably Daniella.None of us likes Daniella, it g
Dallas’ p.o.v.Okay, this is not what I had been expecting. I don’t believe anyone in our Squad had seen it coming and I am still a little baffled.Captain Jordan announced his retirement at the ceremony that would make me a full pledged member of the Squad, but it turned out to go a little differently after his announcement.Elder Jensen had appointed me as the new Squad Captain and everyone had started cheering for me, but I had been unable to say a word. I have been here a little over six months and now I have my own Squad.I know there have been a few others that made Squad Captain within a year of arriving, but I am not sure if this is what I want or need in my life at the moment.I mean, it is an honor that they believe that I can handle this. There is a downside to it though, I might have to visit Shadow Valley Pack and I am not sure if I am ready for that at the moment.“Captain, Elder Jensen wants to see you. He is waiting in your office.” Joshua, my second in command, says a
Ever since Dallas walked out of the Pack-house, the atmosphere had gone downhill.Most Pack-members had witnessed the events in the dining room and those that had been busy with other tasks, had seen the footage. Some had recorded the events and spread them across the territory, making sure that everyone knew what had happened.Alpha Leon had given his Pack-members the order to never discuss what happened with outsiders, but he knew he had a lose canon in the form of Dallas. He had been to stunned to react quick enough and when he had realized he needed to stop her, she had already been gone.No one had been able to find a trace of her, pinging her phone had failed too and there was no bank account in her name. It was as if she disappeared into thin air.They tried to find her browser history, but that had been wiped clean. Not a small trace was found of Dallas or her ever living within the territory, because her file had been gone too.Alpha Leon had a suspicion that Dallas had been p
Dallas’ p.o.v.Elder Venetia is waiting for us at the Palace. She leads us to the Throne room, where the Royal family and the Elders are waiting for us. She turns to face me outside the door and gestures for us to stay.“Jensen managed to get everyone in the Throne room, even every other Royal family member. Once I go inside, we need you to wait two minutes and then you can walk in. King Vaughn will have given the order by then.” Elder Venetia says.I look at her retreating figure and let her words run through my head. In a few hours, the entire Royal family will know the truth soon; the cold and ugly truth.My Squad walks into the Throne room to spread around it and seal off any exits. Once everyone is in place, Joshua gives me the all clear and I walk into the Throne room. Daxton and Darius walk on either side of me, both holding one of my hands to show me their support.“Which one of you is
Dallas’ p.o.v.I listen to Elder Jensen as he explains what he and Elder Venetia have uncovered so far and the more I hear, the more I realize that even the Royal family has secrets.Centuries ago, the Elders were chosen to keep the Royal family honest and ensure they didn’t put themselves above the Laws. It seems we need to clean house within the Elders; some have become too comfortable with their powers or at least the powers they think they have.I am not saying that each Elder is guilty of bending the rules to their favor or hiding information that is important to the Royal family and every Shifter in this Kingdom.“How do you plan on bringing this to King Vaughn’s attention, Dallas?” Elder Jensen asks.He knows I want to bring this out in the open because it concerns me more than anyone else, but we need a solid plan to get this in front of the Royal family and the Elders.&ld
Elder Jensen’s p.o.v.Venetia and I are slowly connecting the dots; this has been an elaborate ruse to keep us from finding the truth.We know that the deceit started after Dyala left the Palace and her Father discovered the truth about the necklace. However, we never got an answer to the question: Why did the Luna of Silver Eclipse Pack tell Dyala to take the necklace?We haven’t found a single report that deals with that part of the story; it almost looks like it was kept from the records on purpose. What would we uncover if we had an answer to that question?I decided to leave that question for another time and to concentrate on finding out which Elder hid the truth about Dyala. After all, hiding the truth didn’t change anything in the end; Dyala didn’t want to return to the Palace.My Grandfather had been forced to stay home, my Grandmother was going through a terribly difficult pregnancy a
Dallas’ p.o.v.Preston called Alpha Aaron of Iron Moon Pack. I want to read the file on Dyala and her Mate, and Alpha Aaron is the only one who can give me permission to do so.I could ask the Elders, but that would involve informing them about why I want to read that file.My suspicions are not confirmed yet and I might have everything backward. Dyala’s file might give me the answers or they could prove me wrong.The five of us drive over to Iron Moon Pack and Alpha Aaron is waiting for us at the front door of the Pack-house.“Preston, it's good to see you again. I have everything you requested in my office; please follow me.” Alpha Aaron says after Preston introduces us all.We follow him into his office and I am surprised to see that his Beta and Gamma are absent.“They won’t be joining us. Only my family and the family of Dyala’s fated Mate know that the stor
King Vaughn’s p.o.v.Two things have been on my mind ever since the trial, one is that damn picture from the broken necklace. It looks so familiar, but I can’t tell you what it is. The other thing is Captain Dallas; there is also something familiar about her.Quinlan has been following me around ever since he turned eighteen. He will take over the Throne from me someday. I even discussed my thoughts with him, but he couldn’t help me to find some answers.Like the rest of my sons, he was impressed with Dallas’ work. She came well-prepared, but after reviewing the case again, we realized that the pictures and footage of the doll and necklace weren’t attached. Everything else was there and for a moment, we thought she accidentally forgot to attach it to the file.My oldest Son, Weston, pointed out that it was never in the file and had been shown from a separate location. According to him, this mean
Darius’ p.o.v.We had a restless night; at first, we all struggled to fall asleep due to the extensive information we received from Elder Jensen. After we finally did fall asleep, Dallas woke up to reveal that Charna had felt a pull toward the Royal family during the trial.Charna hadn’t mentioned it, because she didn’t understand why or where it came from. Now that she had more information it confirmed what we all suspected: Princess Dezra is Dallas’ Mother.“If she is your Mother, how are you going to reveal it to King Vaughn?” Daxton asks while we go through our morning routine.Dallas doesn’t say anything, but she doesn’t have to; it is clear to see that she is thinking of an answer. I’m unsure if I could come up with a way to explain this to King Vaughn; it doesn’t really concern me.“I am going to ask Elder Jensen to set up a meeting with the Elde
Dallas’ p.o.v.“Wake up, Little One.” I hear Darius say next to my ear. I slowly sit up, stretching myself as I settle between my Mates.I see the Pack-house appear before me as we round the bend in the road, Jesper and Belinda waiting for us on the front porch. Jesper has the biggest smile on his face and it doesn’t take a genius to figure out why.I congratulate both of them on the pregnancy before informing them that we will proceed directly to the Alpha floor for a meeting and that I would like both of them to be present.“Let me warn the Omegas to have dinner delivered to the Alpha floor. It will make it easier to talk and we don’t have to worry about cooking ourselves.” Pearl says before making a beeline for the kitchen.Elder Jensen follows us up the stairs while talking to Jesper; it sounds like Jesper’s Father is up to his usual tricks. Still hoping to force Jes
Dallas’ p.o.v.I have no intention of telling them why I want to know all of this; I still have a few questions that I know Walker can’t answer.“Who informed you about my Mother’s death, Beta Walker?” I ask, knowing that whatever answer he gives will be a lie.“I believe that it was her Brother. I wasn’t really listening. All I could think about was how to explain to you that your Mom was gone.” He answers, but it all sounds too rehearsed to me.He has given me all the information I need; now, all I have to do is make sense of it.“Let’s go home. I am done here.” I say as I get up, quickly followed by both my Mates. Even Elder Jensen follows us out of the office, ignoring the questions from Alpha Leon.“I have questions and I have answers. I will follow you to Silver Eclipse Pack.” Elder Jensen says through the mind-link.
Daxton’s p.o.v.I had a good night's sleep, but Cyran has hardly slept at all. He hates that someone tried to hurt our Mate and I think he wants to find those answers more than any of us.“We only know about that necklace because of our ancestors. Dallas is right, we need to thank Walker for being an Ass.” Cyran growls in my head.We have breakfast in the main dining room; we would like to leave as soon as everyone has finished their breakfast. Rayden and Ruth will stay behind to hold down the fort and Marco has a smile on his face when Dallas tells him to protect his Sister.“Don’t worry, Uncle Preston. Your Pack will still be here when you get back.” Carl says teasingly, quickly moving behind Joshua for protection.It is silent in the SUV as we head out to Shadow Valley Pack, each of us lost in thought about the necklace that Dallas was supposed to receive on her sixteent