LOGINSloane's POVI looked over at Nova while Mom sat on the edge of the bed, absentmindedly twiddling her thumbs.I still couldn't believe it.I couldn't believe that bastard had pulled Nova onto the Gamma quarters and confronted her.The whole thing was insane.For days, Trenton acted like he wanted nothing to do with us. Nothing. Then suddenly he is showing up where Nova is, feeling the mate bond, and acting like he had some right to question her?It made no sense.My wolf purred softly.I still want my mate.I sighed.Wolf, mate doesn't want us. You heard what Nova said. His wolf wants us, but he doesn't. That's probably why you still feel that pull.She growled.I want my mate. My mate wants me. Your mate doesn't want you. That's the difference.I rolled my eyes.The human controls the wolf. You know that. We have to function in both worlds. If wolves ran everything, you'd already be with him. But that's not how this works.My wolf huffed.Human, I know.Then she retreated to the back
Nova's POV Return To Silvercrest PackSaturday afternoon.... We’d done a damn good job laying low and quietly moving most of our things out. No one suspected a thing.I sighed, looking over at Sloane. “We’ll be out of here soon, sister.”She smiled weakly. “I’m grateful. I’m tired of hiding my scent, and this nausea is getting ridiculous.”“Just stay in here today,” I told her. “It’s Saturday. We don’t have anywhere to be. Elena’s already at Blackwood.”Sloane sighed. “Grandmother wants to have dinner with us tonight.”“You should be fine by then. Morning sickness doesn’t usually hit at night, right?”“No, it doesn’t.” She rubbed her stomach. “I should be okay.”“Good. We can’t risk alerting anyone, especially Grandmother, Grandfather, Father… and definitely not Leon’s punk ass. He’d run straight to Dad singing like a canary.”I grabbed my phone and checked the time. 1:30. Lunch would be wrapping up soon, so it perfect timing.“I’m going to grab us some food. Want anything specific
Draven's POV I stormed down to the dining area, agitation crawling under my skin like ants. Today was fucking with me for no good reason. Not only had my little brother marked his fated mate and was now flaunting it in my face, but Elias had basically cursed me out in front of the pack, like I was nothing. Like I wasn’t his co-alpha. I sighed. I needed a real phsucal release. Bad. I couldn’t drink to relieve some stress because Mom had hidden every drop of werewolf liquor in the damn packhouse, and ordered the omegas not to give me any. Running only did so much. I needed something else. I mind-linked Kim. "Come to the packhouse. Leave the pups with your mom. Your mate’s on patrol, right?" "Yes, Alpha,* she replied quickly with a purr. "I’ll be there.* I smirked. "Meet me in the dining hall." She giggled through the link. "I’ll be there." I grabbed a tray and loaded up. The weekend spread was amazing today. There was salmon, barbecue, burgers, hot dogs, pizza. I sat down
Lucien’s POV Elena and I left Elias’s office hand in hand. I’d never seen my brother look so broken. Elias had always been the strong one of us, the rock. Stronger than our father, even. Though I’d never say that in front of our mother. She was the strongest of all of us mentally. A force of nature wrapped in a she-wolf. As we walked through the packhouse halls, some of the she-wolves smiled and bowed respectfully. Others scowled, their jealousy plain on their faces. I linked Elena immediately. "Don’t worry about them. Some of those girls are just jealous. You don’t have to worry about anything, because I’ve never hooked up with anyone. You’re my first, last, and only." Elena smiled and leaned in, pressing a quick kiss to my cheek. *You were my first everything too,* she sent back through the mind link. We headed down the stairs toward the dining hall for a late lunch. We’d run for hours after completing the bond, and it was already pushing three o’clock. The kitchen staff was
Elias's POV I stormed up the stairs toward my office, fury rolling off me in waves. My brother had really done it this time. He had thoroughly pissed me off. So what he's been sober for a couple of days now and, actually showing up to morning and afternoon training with the Warriors and elite squads. I still wasn’t convinced he wouldn’t slip back into his old habits, but that didn’t give him the right to ride my ass about how I was the one in the wrong. Who the hell stood up for this pack when he decided not to be the alpha he was supposed to be? When we received the title, he could barely stand beside me, or barely wanting to take it from Father, and now he had the nerve to tell me I was doing something wrong? My wolf, Apollo, huffed inside my head. I sighed heavily. “What is wrong with you, Apollo?” "Something is wrong, Elias." His voice was grim. "You’re snapping at Draven, hell you're snapping at everyone, and you tried hitting on that young omega in the kitchen. She told
Draven's POVI walked the pack perimeter with Caden, the afternoon sun warm on my back. “Bro, I’m just talking to you straight up. It’s time to buckle down and get your shit together. You’re the Beta. You can’t still be out here acting like you’re fucking sixteen years old and like you just got your first piece of ass.”Caden sighed heavily, kicking at a rock in the grass. “I know. I know, man. But if a beautiful she-wolf throws herself at me, do you expect me to turn her down? I’m not turning down shit but my collar and I very rarely wear collar shirts. I haven’t met my mate yet, and I want to have fun. We’ll see what happens when I do meet my mate.”I sighed, rubbing the back of my neck. “I’m just saying… there’s a lot of shit going on right now. The council keeps sniffing around, and I don’t want to play any games with them. We’ve still got those rogues camped in the unoccupied territory, they’re supposed to head out today. We need to be on our P’s and Q’s. You being out of commis
Trenton’s POVAs we headed into the cafeteria, everybody looked damn near ecstatic after the run. Wolves were laughing, eating, talking loud as hell, replaying the first shifts like it was some legendary event. Honestly… it kinda was.I was glad I had already showered, but I still needed to change
Elias’s POV I sigh as I step out of the kitchen area, finally done meeting with the head Omega, her staff, and the Gammas.Yeah, I did all of that, and that should be my Luna’s job, but I don’t have one.So it falls on me. Like everything else. My mom is still Luna… technically, but she’s semi-r
Draven’s POV Two Years Later....“Son, you are one of the most powerful Alphas in this country. You need to get your shit together.”I roll my eyes, leaning back in the chair like I don’t have a care in the world.Because honestly?I don’t.My dad keeps talking, going on and on, and his words are
Draven’s POV “…I’m sorry, what the fuck did you just say?”I know I heard her wrong.I know I did.But there’s no way in hell she actually just said that shit.Raven smirks.Not nervous and there was no hesitation at all.A whole damn smug ass smirk.“You heard me,” she says smoothly. “I’m reject







