LOGINCarmella’s POVI cannot wait to get the hell out of here.“Carmella! Where are you?”I roll my eyes toward the ceiling.Of course.Before I can answer, my bedroom door opens and my aunt Seraphine walks in.I force a smile.“Hi, Auntie. How can I help you?”She stops in the doorway and looks around my room.Then at the bag sitting on my bed.Then at me.“It looks like you’re going somewhere.”“Yeah. I’m going to visit some friends.”Her eyebrow rises.“They need help with some ancient relics they have. Necklaces, actually.”“Oh?”She gives me the look.I stare right back at her.See, one thing I can say about my Aunt Seraphine, even though she is annoying, she is actually trying to help me.She knows exactly why I'm leaving.She closes my bedroom door behind her.“You need to hurry up and go. Louis will be here tomorrow.”I groan.Just hearing his name irritates me.“So what exactly am I supposed to tell your mother and grandmother when they realize you’re gone?”I smile sweetly.“Tel
Sloane’s POV A second later, a huge smile spreads across her face.“Oh.”I know that look.“Our secret package is here.”My eyes widen.“No way.”“I’ll be back!”Elena spins around and rushes straight back out of the dining hall.I smirk.Then I look across the room.Caden is sitting there flirting with some girl.Of course he is.“Oh, shit.”Nova looks at me.“What?”“Carmella is about to get one hell of a welcome.”Valeria's eyes widen.“The witch is here?”“Yep.”“Oh, I need food.”“What?”“I need food because I need a front-row seat for this shit.”She starts walking away, then abruptly turns around.“Actually, wait. I need my phone. I'm recording this.”“Valeria!”She takes off running.I look at Nova.“Our future sister-in-law is crazy.”Nova snorts. “I like her.”We grab our breakfast and deliberately sit on the opposite end from the guys.Because we're still mad.Well…We're pretending we're still mad.They don't need to know Nova has already decided she wants to climb Elias
Sloane’s POVI see it.I see the exact moment my sister’s rage takes over.Nova and I are different when we’re angry.Me? I’m showy as hell.When I’m pissed, you know I’m pissed. You can see it on my face, read it in my body language, hear it in my voice. There is no mystery. If I want to beat your ass, you will probably know about it five minutes before I actually do it.My sister?She is a quiet assassin.Nova can be furious and look completely calm while she’s mentally planning your funeral.Maybe that’s why she and Elias fit together so well.Elias is nothing like Draven.He’s quieter. More private. He doesn’t want everybody knowing his business.Draven?My mate doesn't give a shit.He’ll boast. He’ll be loud. He’ll be proud. And if you don’t like it, that sounds like a personal problem to him.Usually people say opposites attract, but Draven and I have a lot of similarities.Apparently Nova and Elias do too.I follow behind my sister as she storms toward the pack house.We pass L
Elias’s POVI give my mate a look of pure confidence.She is ready for war.Who is she ready to kill?More like who’s about to become chopped liver?Or should I say who’s about to become raw meat for her wolf after a damn deer hunt?Sabine.Definitely Sabine.Sabine is standing across the training yard smirking because she has never watched my mate spar.Then again, neither have I.According to Elena, and Elena is an excellent fighter, easily capable of ranking among our top warriors, male or female, and Nova is better than her.There are apparently two reasons for that.One, Nova is an Alpha-blooded female.And two, she's what they call a Celestial Wolf.I still haven't seen her wolf.Hopefully, we can go for a run later tonight. Maybe I'll link Draven and see if he and Sloane want to come with us. Sloane can't risk shifting right now because of the pup, but maybe she can ride on Draven's back.That could actually be fun.I roll my shoulders as I watch Lucien and Beta Marcus finish d
Draven’s POVI yawn as I slowly wake up from probably the best sleep I've had in a long damn time.Don't get me wrong, I slept pretty good at Moon Valley with my mate beside me, but there's something different about being in your own home, in your own bed, knowing your mate is here and she's not supposed to leave.And she won't be leaving the bed, unless she makes me buy a brand-new mattress because she refuses to sleep in this one again.Then, apparently, we' would be buying a new fucking mattress.I smile to myself and slowly blink my eyes open and fell so warm and cozy.Then I look down.And freeze.Well.This is definitely not how we went to sleep.Somewhere during the night, we lost our clothes.My eyes go wide.I know damn well we didn't have sex because I would've remembered that. So what the hell happened? Did we get hot?Because not only are our clothes gone, but the blankets are halfway across the damn floor.Thank the Goddess I locked the door last night because my mother h
Elena’s POV“Girl, so yeah. They are both in the rooms with their mates.”Valeria looks at me like I've just told her the Moon Goddess herself is downstairs doing shots.“Already? It's early! It's not even ten o'clock yet, and they're already done for the night?”I nod as the three of us make our way upstairs.“Yep. What's crazy is Nova and Sloane didn't want to give those men an ounce of attention at first. Now look at them. All coupled up and sleeping in the same beds.”Ryder giggles beside us.“Well, soon they'll probably both be like me.”She rubs her pregnant belly.“Well, the other one will be like me too. We already know Sloane is going to be.”Valeria and I both roll our eyes.Then, as we continue up the stairs, I see her.And just like that, all three of our smiles disappear.Fucking Sabine.She's walking toward us with that same bullshit expression she always has on her face.Her chin lifts the second she sees us, and she walks right past like the hallway belongs to her.Val
The War of a Hundred YearsThree hundred years ago…before the realm fractured…before the Moon fell silent…There was a war of wars.Not the kind whispered about in pack halls.Not the kind fought over land, power, or pride.This war was of internal rot.It started quietly, like something festerin
Elias’s POV As we pull up to the Stone Mountain ball, I exhale slowly, trying to keep my face neutral.Because yeah…I’m nervous.Not just nervous...I’m fucking terrified.And there’s no way in hell I’m letting anyone see that.Caden’s voice fills the SUV, loud as ever, talking about how many gir
Draven’s POV“Bro… how many times are you gonna change your tie?”I leaned against the doorway, arms crossed, watching my twin for what felt like the tenth damn time as he adjusted, loosened, then redid the same black tie like it personally offended him.Elias shot me a sharp look in the mirror, ja
Third Person POVThe sirens rang through the Blackwood Pack lands like a five alarm fire in the California Hills. It was just after midnight when the alarms brought the pack to life as the red emergency lights were strobing violently across the grounds lighting up the darkness with pulsating flashe







