Miranda POV“My father?” I ask confused. I had never met my father. I never knew who he was. It wasn’t unusual in our world to not know who fathered us. As I had said, we weren’t close to our families. “How would he even know about me?” I asked my mother. “He’s always known, Miranda. He’s a powerful man, with many powers. I had no idea he would be tracking your progress,” she says sadly.“How could he track my progress?” I ask. “He has the gift of sight; he can see the future,” she replies. “What has he seen?” I ask desperately. “I have no idea, we only heard rumblings that he was coming out of hiding. He’s been hiding since your birth, putting his plans together for when the time was right,” she says sounding very upset.“Why is the Witch’s Council sending me on an assignment tomorrow?” I ask. “On assignment, what do you mean?” she asks. I explained I had placed a call to my contact who advised I needed to go in tomorrow and to expect to be away for a month. She gasped, “He’s

Jared POV             It had been a couple weeks since the Beta Female ceremony.  Everyone had been walking on eggshells and tensions were running higher among the Pack.  We were waiting for an enemy we couldn’t see or prepare for.  We were as prepared as we could be.             With the power that Melinda released on everyone, our warriors were stronger than they had been.  They were fighting harder and were able to shift to their wolves faster.  Everyone was in awe of Melinda and her power.  She trained alongside everyone, sparring in both human and wolf form.  You would think she had been a wolf her entire life, the way she fought.  Rick was proud of his mate.  We were all proud to have her as our Beta Female.              Lily’s headaches had

Rick POV             Standing back, I put my hands on top of my head.  This has been a long ass night and getting rid of the dead will take more time.  Looking at my warriors, I can see they are exhausted, but I am grateful to every one of them for standing with Miranda, her mother and me.  As I look at Elder Morris’s body I am saddened to see Miranda’s mother draped over his body.  We knew there would be casualties in this war, but you are never prepared for the losses.             Pulling Miranda into my arms again, I murmur to her we need to go.  I need to check on Jared, Alex, and Lily.  “You go ahead, Rick, I am going to stay with my mother and then I will be along,” Miranda says.  Kissing the top of her head, “I’m proud of you baby,” I say to her before I shift to take off back to the Pack hospital.   

Lily POV             Three weeks we have been waiting for Jared to wake up.  Three weeks of increased anxiety.  My wolf, Missy, has not been able to reach Jared’s wolf.  We haven’t had any encouraging movements from him.  No hints that he is waking.  The tubes have been removed from his throat, so he is breathing on his own now.  He simply isn’t waking up.             Rick has taken over running the Pack.  We had to lay Alex and the other warriors to rest.  We couldn’t wait any longer for Jared to wake up.  We hadn’t wanted to tell him of our losses but we had to so he would know we were going forward with the traditional services for our lost.  Not that we knew if he heard us or understood.             Elder Morris conducted the services for us.&n