Cass's POV The sound of my father's fist connecting with Ezra's face was enough to stun everyone into silence. I didn't move. I'd seen my other mad, and even angry a few times in my life but he was always in control of his emotions. I'd seen him fight before in military tournaments, in training troops, and he never held back when training me. It was then that I noticed his body position. He had put himself slightly between myself and Ezra. This wasn't a man out of control. This was a man defending his child.  I couldn't help the warmth that I felt in that moment. Even though instinct told me that my mate had been attacked, my logical side and my emotional side were enough to overpower those feelings. I had been dealing with so much lately on my own that I didn't even know how much I needed my dad until that moment. The isolation was, of course, my own doing. I would have to work on that in the future I decided.  Ezra hadn't fallen, but he certainly

Cass's POV The following weeks went by at a break neck pace. The small fight that broke out near Alpha Marcus's pack house was mild. While we did have a few casualties, it would be much worse if the vampires decided to start a real war with rogues on their side. It was decided that while it was not a great plan to tell my mother what was going on, it was best to place her under protection. She wouldn't know it was happening, but Dad and I would and that's what matters. We told her that I was taking an opportunity to go study some thing abroad and I needed her and Dad to house sit for me, but I needed them to come out a few weeks early so that I could show them the ropes out here. She jumped at the opportunity to get the heck out of Arkansas and this close to LA. I did my best to entertain her a spend time when I could. It was hard dodging werewolf affairs and pretending to be normal around my mom. I wish badly that she was strong enough to be told the truth, but I knew she w

Cass's POV I had only had a glimpse of everyone when this taller than average young teenager came a kidnapped me. Even being tall for her age, the girl was still shorter than me. I couldn't help but laugh. "Okay Blaire. You've successfully kidnapped me. We can slow down now." I took that moment to slow the both of us so that I could take a look around. To say that I was wowed would be a fierce understatement. The great room that I was in was incredible. It resembled the grand lobby of a lodge, although at the moment it was empty. Everything was rustic and wood. There were multiple fire places, and groups of couches and rocking chairs placed around them. They were clearly there for pack members to gather together. Looking up I could see that the different upper floors could overlook the railing and see all the way to the ground floor. The entire room smell of cedar and magic. It looked like the most cozy place I had ever seen. I just wanted to grab a book and

Cass's POV Over the two weeks that passed, I trained hard. Harder than I've ever trained in my life. It felt amazing. It made me feel alive. My days consisted of the same routine. Wake up early, eat, train, get to know the warriors and the Alphas that came and went, train some more, eat some more, and at night I would shift and go for run with the moon.  I had orignally planned to head to Rome to meet with the elders after two weeks but had decided to get one more week under my belt of training. It also gave me time to find out what the plans would be to keep working to raise our armies while I was away.  It drove me insane to not know what we were raising an army for. The vampire attacks were not always obvious. Since the appearance of the King on US soil, there had been fewer and fewer bodies left for the world to see. The larger cities, however, had been reporting the homeless disappearing. Less and less were on the streets. Humans of course woul

Cass's POV The beauty of the stone palace in front of me was remarkable. I stretched my neck and leaned my head back to look up so that I could continue to take it all in. It was clear that this structure was old, ancient even. It was taken care of though. Pristine. There was something about this place that drew me in. Almost as though it had a power all on it's own. I was drawn it. I could feel it seeping into my very essence. Filling my soul. It felt right. As though it was mine all along.  "It's beauty is capitivating is it not?" I drew my attention away from the alabaster wonder in front of me. I was greeted by the youngest appearing of the council members. He was tall, and extremely handsome. Although he was much older than he appeared, as humans go, he gave off the appearance of a man in his fifties. Bits of silver in his dark hair that probably only made him more handsome with age. His eyes were green and seemed extremely kind. He had on a wedding