The new day rolled in without incident. Daniel hadn't found himself in a guest room again, but Eva had not come to bed that night, leaving Daniel frustrated and restless. By morning the alpha's mood had darkened with no sign of lifting any time soon. His head pounded in protest against his exhaustion and him being up before the sun had even breached the horizon; throbbing with each step or slight movement. Having seen Kade off, Daniel silently made the trip up an old dirt track hidden at the back of the packhouse grounds. Young light began to creep coyly through the network of the branches and spring foliage of the forest as the alpha walked away from the packhouse, slowly burning away the nip in the air that settled at night when temperatures still dipped into single figured. Up ahead, about a mile away and settled deep into the for

When Ian had decided to bargain with the alpha of the Hellhound pack, he had believed he wouldn't get anywhere. To his surprise though, Alpha Daniel had taken the safety of his pack seriously and held it above the pride of having his beta and mate shot. So here he was, in the back of a truck, wedged between two giant bikers as they took him somewhere safe as agreed. Ian didn't know much, just that there was some old farmhouse on pack territory where they felt he would be safe. In return, he simply had to tell them what he knew. What happened after that remained to be seen but Ian didn't care. He had bought himself time which was more than he would have had if he stayed where they had been keeping him.  He wondered how the alpha would react when he learned that the person behind all of this was right under his nose the whole time

By dawn the fire had been put out but all that remained was rubble and the charred and ashened carcasses of vehicles and warped metal frames. Luckily no one had been in the building at the time of the fire so there were no casualties but nothing was salvageable. The scent of burnt wood and chemicals still hung on the air as the rubble smouldered against the pale grey light of the morning. Warriors, scouts and guards had been moving about the packhouse and grounds in a flurry as wolves made their way through the land looking for clues to where the Mad Alpha was or better yet, finding him.  The news of Kade's death had hit the back like a sledgehammer. It had knocked the spirit out of the pack as everyone silently processed that one of their own was gone. Daniel had refused to speak about it and didn't let his mind dwell on the fa

Ethan could have killed Bethany too and finally be free of his awful family that he despised with all his soul. However, he knew she would prove useful so he made her pack up a few belongings and sit in the car while he set the old house on fire with his father’s corpse inside.    They sat in the old battered car as the fire consumed the house, orange and yellow flames dancing against the black backdrop of the night, reaching for the sky like damned souls. The fire quickly grew to a vengeful inferno thanks to the winter gales feeding the greedy element until even the freezing sheets of rain could do nothing to dampen the thick black smoke or the wicked flames licking up the side of the burning building.    They officially became packless that night.    Ethan k

Eva had admitted to herself she had been putting off asking Bethan to go over the events of her attack again. The first time had been hard enough for the shy girl. It felt like Eva was just going to be rubbing salt into the wounds. She had to do it though. Too many people had died and Eva would never forgive herself if she didn't at least try to get Bethan to remember something else. She just hoped this was the last time she would have to make Bethan relive that horrible night. Knocking on the bedroom door, Eva waited until Bethan answered. It didn't take long, as if Bethan had been waiting for Eva to turn up, her brown eyes dull and shadows smudging the skin under her eyes."Bethan." Eva smiled softly. "Can I come in?" "Sure." Bethan whispered, stepping aside to let the older she-wolf in. The room was still as immaculate as the first time Eva had stepped in and she was starting to wonder if Bethan was even sleeping in the bed. She quick