Kane's POVThe Gammas are not happy about Marlon’s presence in the castle. They hate the human out of sheer principle – he fucked with their queen, and that’s all they care about. “Do not talk,” I warn Marlon. “Do not try to say anything in your own defence, and whatever you do, do not interrupt me when I'm talking.”I wait for the wolves to hurl every insult imaginable at the human, giving them a chance to get it out of their systems. When it looks like things are about to get out of hand, I push my aura out over them and they go to their knees.I don’t like using my power on them in this manner, but sometimes it has to be done. These wolves are my squad leaders, they are in charge of my warriors, and while they are loyal to me, the warriors are loyal to their Gamma first. A good Gamma can easily convince an entire squad of warriors to go rogue. “One at a time,” I say. “Ask your questions.”Carl steps forward. As commander of the Gammas, he’ll speak for them. “This human took our que

Eventually, I have to let go of Adare. He needs to sleep, and I need to eat. I slip out of the bedroom and go in search of adult company. Now that night has fallen, the place is crawling with surly vampires, giving the werewolf guards that are on duty during the day a break. I doubt any humans will get in here, unless they use unbelievable magic, and it looks like they’re aiming all their magic at Felan right now. At least I know my baby’s well protected, and when I inevitably go back to Kane, that will be one less thing I’ll worry about. Just as I walk out of the house and onto the lawn, I feel a surge of unbelievable lust from Kane. I stop dead and focus on it. I’ve felt it before, when I was in heat and when Dani went back home. Immediately, I’m unreasonably angry. What the hell is he doing, and who is the bitch that thinks she can make a move on my mate? “Kane would never cheat on us,” Suri says. “You don’t know that.” I wouldn’t even blame him if he turns to another woman. I ha

Kane's POV A few days ago, we organised the several thousand smaller squads into bigger, more manageable regiments, each with its own leadership. Strictly speaking, I’m not even supposed to be actively fighting. I’m supposed to be coordinating the attacks from a command centre with my council’s help, but I’ve never been the kind of wolf that could sit back and send others to fight for me. The rest of the war council felt much the same, and currently we’re spread out across six regiments, communicating to each other through our mind links and conveying orders and strategy that way. My regiment will be the last to attack. Glenn’s will go first, an hour later Patrick’s will attack. “Remember,” I say to Glenn right before he attacks. “No women and children.” “I know, I know,” he says. “Good luck.” He goes quiet. The minutes tick by. Next to me, Willow squirms and scoots closer. “I hate waiting,” she whispers. "I hate not knowing if the others are okay." I put my arm around her shou

Kane's POVPatrick goes around handing out glasses of whiskey while we settle in to wait for Zael.Tully is overjoyed to see Willow. The young Beta throws herself in Willow’s arms, laughing and crying at the same time. For her part, my mate’s just as happy to see her old friend. “You have to tell me everything that happened since I left,” she says.“Glenn didn’t tell you?”“Ugh,” she scoffs. “You know how they are, always trying to protect us.”Willow’s eyes cloud over and she gives me a pleading look. “Not right now,” I come to my mate’s rescue. “We have to talk about what our next steps are. Where is Alfred?”“He took the witches we rescued to their camp.”“I take it that things went well tonight?” Glendora says from the open patio door.Her voice washes over me like hot fudge. Patrick and Glenn shiver and Tully gives the nymph an ‘I’ll fucking kill you,’ look. It would be very funny if it weren’t so uncomfortable to have the nymph here while my mate is sitting right across from me.

Kane's POVI finish up with Luke, giving him clear instructions that he needs to convey to the Omegas. I didn’t lie when I told Glenn I’ll hand The Templars over to the Omegas. They are very upset, and to them, keeping the humans alive is a slap in the face.As Luke leaves, Drake arrives, throwing a newspaper on my desk. “Where did you find this?” I ask, picking up the folded newspaper. “Nineteen-eighty-nine?”“It’s not funny. Read the headline.”My eyes fly over the front page article. “Damn,” I sigh, and sit back.“As of today, all known werewolf businesses are prohibited from operating. They’re seizing our bank accounts.”“Yeah,” I say. “I can read.” I suppose their new strategy is to starve us to death. Next, they’ll come for our land. “I have prepared for this.”“Have you? How?”“I have human aliases, Drake. I’m not stupid, you know.”He slammed his finger on the second to last paragraph. “Everyone who associates with or does business with werewolf-owned companies will be fined.