I watched in suspicion as Khaos helped Duke rebuild the walls he had shattered with his fists.What was his motive here?Why had he singled me out?How did he know about my past?Was I really that easy to read?Duke certainly had no idea – but was that because he was too close to the situation? Too emotionally involved to be able to form a reasonable, logical excuse for what happened?Khaos had been here five days and already he had gotten under my skin, sussing me out in a way that nobody had been able to do before. How did he do that? How did he crawl into somebody’s minds and figure out their secrets? The ones that should stay dead and hidden, lest they spill out and ruin the few good things in one’s life.Even though I had never met Violet, I suddenly felt sorry for her. It can’t be easy to be mated to a wolf who possessed the level of perception that Khaos did. Already I knew that he didn’t view the

Alpha DukeFirst of all, let me start off by saying that I am forever grateful for the way you have handled my last few weeks in this pack. I’m not stupid, I know the end is near, but it doesn’t make it any easier to accept – especially as I know the clock is against me and I don’t want to take these secrets to my grave. Call me selfish, but I would rather face the Moon Goddess with a clear conscience before she makes her judgement. But more on that in a moment.I’ve instructed the pack doctor to write this letter for me, word for word as I speak it. You can confirm this with them, but make sure you read the entire thing. They won’t allow you to confront them, they will always be bound by doctor/patient confidentiality, even against an Alpha’s orders. I couldn’t take the risk that you would somehow find this letter early and demand answers. I may have been your father’s most powerful Beta, but I was always a coward

So Helen came back, with her tail firmly tucked between her legs, and she took me as her mate to ensure that she was still in a position of power. From what she told me, Fang had promised that if her baby was a boy, they would overthrow Grey, challenging him to position of Alpha and raise their baby as the future heir. It would be easy, they would have the support of the pack, Fang told her. They were already questioning just how long Grey could continue to rule without someone to ensure his place, and the security of the pack’s future and they would welcome his brother with open arms, it kept it within the same family.How true that it, I couldn’t say. All I know from that moment on, is that Helen refused to speak of Fang. If her story is to be believed, both Fang and Grey threatened her. They warned her that if she didn’t leave immediately, they would rip the baby from her stomach and feed it to the dogs, and then she would be pinned down in the forest, he

Dad? What the fuck are you doing?” I muttered the minute I shifted back into my human form.He followed suit, glaring at me as pushed himself to his feet. “Stopping you from making the biggest mistake of your life. That girl is trouble. Don’t let her drag you down too.”“You’re really going to say that to me, after all that you’ve done to her?”“Me? I haven’t done a fucking thing to her.”“Give it a rest. I’ve read the letter that Thomas left.”“What letter?”“You can play innocent with me, that’s absolutely fine. But I know what letter, and you damn sure know what letter.”“It can’t be the letter I think it is, because I possess the only copy, and I saw to it that no other person would read it.”“You would do well to remember that you’re not the only cunning and manipulative person in

Well?” I demanded, growing impatient with her lack of response. I loved her, I would always love her, but she was as stubborn as they came. Worse than that, she was projecting her anger on to me, even though I didn’t deserve it. I understood why... there was no one left for her to be angry at. She had all this pent up rage and hatred, things she had suppressed for years, and now when she was finally ready to begin the healing process, there was no one left for her to confront. Her demons needed to be sated, and I was the only connection to the past she had left. Which is why I was showing her more patience than I perhaps should do. But I wouldn’t accept her pushing me away. “Grace... I know you have demons, and I know that the past still eats away at you. But your baggage is my baggage. Why can’t we deal with these things together? I feel like you’ve tried to compartmentalize everything in your head, and you’ve come to the decision tha