Storm Two days after my birthday, it was the dreaded Thursday, and we were getting ready to go to the Celtic Moon Pack. To say I was nervous is downplaying things a lot. I was as nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof. I was seriously terrified! I was so scared that even in my wolf form, I hadn’t been able to sleep a wink last night. Leah came into mine and Lilly’s room dragging a small suitcase behind her for me to put my things into. She had decided it was going to be easier for me to use one of her small suitcases since my two duffel bags were all large ones. I packed what I was going to need to get me through the next four days. Clothes, shoes, toiletries, my hairbrush and some hair bands, deodorant, perfume, phone charger, purse. Leah and the girls had assured me we were going to be staying at the family home, and that we would not be attending any functions while we were there, so we only needed to pack for comfort. After I had packed everything that I was

Storm Leah came around to my side of the car, and opening the car door, she stood there and waited for me to get out of the car. “It’s okay, hop out of the car, there is nothing for you to worry about, Lena,” Leah said. “What if this goes wrong? You know what Alphas do to rogues. Just because your father loves you and could never bring himself to harm you, that doesn’t mean he wouldn’t hesitate to kill me!” I told her, my voice barely more than a whisper. “He won’t hurt you,” she whispered back. “Okay, riddle me this then Sherlock. When your father rang you the other day, did he issue an Alpha order for you to bring me here? Or did he happen to merely mention you bringing the rogue who was sharing a dorm room with you home to meet the family?” I snapped; my voice filled with sarcasm.  Leah rolled her eyes at me in frustration. “Look, what if you and I make a compromise? Okay? We will see how things go tonight, and if you don’t feel comfor

Alpha Doyle Sean and I heard the car pull up and we began to make our way outside. Just as I had gotten to the bottom of the stairs, one of our housekeepers had stopped me, needing to discuss an issue regarding two of the cleaning staff. This annoying issue had me sending Sean outside ahead of me to greet the girls alone. Once I had dealt with the housekeeper’s issue, I once again began to make my way outside. I glanced around, seeing my daughters and their stray. As I began walking towards them, Lilly, the ever impatient one, ran towards me throwing herself into my arms in excitement. Laughing, I hugged her before setting her back down and walking towards Julie. Julie smiled at me as she gave me a hug before stepping aside so I could make my way over to Leah. As I approached her, I saw that Leah had a good grip on the arm of the rogue who was standing beside her. The rogue had her head lowered, and her eyes locked on the ground in front of her. When I got closer to

Alpha Doyle I was fast approaching “Loughainwillin,” and I hoped that I wasn’t too late to help my second chance mate. It relieved me to no end when I saw that she was still alive, but the relief turned to anger when I saw her and Sean in the middle of a dog fight. They both had patches of blood on their fur and were equally viciously trying to kill one another. It surprised me that the girl could fight. She was doing well to hold her own against Sean. He was a remarkable fighter with a fierce reputation. But my surprise soon turned to anger at the thought of anyone hurting my mate, and I quickly rushed into the middle of the fight. Catching Sean by surprise, I knocked him off his feet, pinning him to the ground. “Stop!” I shouted at him through the mind link. “What are you doing? We agreed she was going to have to die!” he shouted back through the mind link, struggling against me, and trying to get free. “She is my mate!” I shouted back.

  Storm Seeing me step back away from him, Alpha Doyle looked as though he was hurt by my reaction. Seeing the hurt look on his face left me feeling lousy. I didn’t want to hurt him, that hadn’t been my intention. Great, now I was panicking, freezing, and feeling guilty. Nice combo! Boy, I was becoming certifiable! “What Lake is that?” I asked, pointing at the body of water. I could tell my question had caught him by surprise. “Loughainwillin,” he replied, throwing a quick glance at the body of water. I just nodded at his answer as I looked at the body of water. “So, why did you run?” he asked again, looking at me and awaiting an answer. “Because I know what Alphas do to rogues,” I stated quietly, as I avoided looking at him. “You just assumed we were the same as other packs?” he asked. “Are you going to try to tell me you never once considered killing me when you found out that a rogue was on your territory and li