BRIANNA’S POV  My body knocked on Dez’s door a little harder than necessary and when he opened it he was clearly in a panic.  “Love?” He studied my face and looked behind me, “Why aren’t the boys with you?” He dragged me inside and grasped my face in his hands, “That’s enough Artemis, it’s not time right now, let Brianna back out.” I felt a jolt run through my body, taking a huge breath in like I had been holding it in the whole time, all the pain flooding back to my chest as I dropped into Dez’s arms.  “Love, what’s wrong? What happened?” Dez looked me over and was searching in my eyes for something.  “They… they lied to me Dez,” was all I managed to stutter out before the tears started to flood my f

I woke up entangled, where some part of all three of them was holding me, and I had never felt as complete waking up as I did that morning. My eyes were starting to flutter and I could feel one of them tracing a heart over my birthmark on my right hip, Xander.  “It looks like our mark,” Xander’s voice cooed as he kissed it and made me giggle.  “It does,” I traced a finger over his mark, “do you have a birthmark that looks like the mark you gave me?”   “I don’t think so Precious,” he nipped playfully at it, making me squeal and waking up the boys.  “I could get used to waking up past noon,” I smirked.  “Whatever the Luna wants,” Xander joked back. 

“So naughty Luna,” Alaric pushed him away from me and brought me back into the room as he shook his head at me, “you really must be meant for him, you’re both crazy,” he smirked at me, “we don’t have time for that before dinner Dear, try and think about something else before you really make his self-control snap.” “We’ll have to keep you two apart tomorrow,” Xander chuckled, “or the pack will be getting a show and then your secret will be out.” “What secret?” I raised my eyebrow at him.  “That you have less self-control than Wyatt does Precious,” he smirked, “it’s like a game to you to see how far you can stretch his line, and let me tell you, here he may hold back but out there, he will claim you without hesitation.” “You’re supposed to be helping Xander,” Alar

"I didn't, I don't know how to do that," my voice was still timid as I stared at Wyatt who was grinning at me as he swept his thumb across my jawline. "You did," Xander turned me to face him, "I could feel you roll the power off of you Precious, it was enough to even make me take notice." "He's the old Alpha, you shouldn't have been able to make him submit," Alaric spun me to him and was looking genuinely curious at me, "we can't even make him do that," he paused and my forehead was becoming tense as I tried to reconcile what they were saying to me. He lifted my chin and kissed my forehead, instantly relaxing it, "Walk us through what happened when he apologized, because it was instant the way he submitted to you." "Maybe he did it as his form of apology?" Alaric thought about it for a moment as he looked at Xand

It was a bit of a drive to the building that was meant for big gatherings, it held several smaller private rooms, and a bigger one that they told me was meant for formal balls, but it was where they did pack initiations for anyone who wanted to witness them.  My stomach was flipping the closer we got, I tried to ignore it until now. I wanted to be excited, but I didn’t want to disappoint anyone either. I also didn’t ask many questions which I was kicking myself for now. I wanted to be able to go with the flow and not freak myself out beforehand, but that method was clearly backfiring.  I took a deep breath, staring at the double doors standing in front of me, as Xander squeezed my hand before he stepped in front of me. The boys formed a line as they became rigid and bulked, blocking anyone from being able to see me as we stepped out, and my breath h