Kate POV             It has been a week since we rescued Maddie.  A lot had happened in that week.  The doctors were able to save Samuel’s leg, but he would not be able to shift any time soon, if ever.  There was significant damage to his leg.  He required multiple screws inserted into his leg to hold it together.  His wolf had not returned yet, so any self-healing was not happening until he returned.  He was not gone – simply hibernating to heal itself.  The doctors had to go back in to remove more infection twice, which also affected his muscle mass.  All in all, he had been fortunate; however, he may never shift again.  I am not sure which is better or worse, but time will tell for Samuel.  For today he is happy to still have his leg.               Maddie had finally woken up.  She would have a lo

Maddie POV             I walk back down the stairs with my bag about an hour later.  Jasmine was sending a car to pick me up and it should just about be here.  Drake was waiting for me when I arrived back down the stairs.  “You need to be careful with the stairs, Maddie,” he starts to say when I gave him a disgusted look.  This was not the time to talk about stairs.              “I did not mean my words to come out the way they did, Maddie; I do not want you to leave.  I simply thought a break from here would be good for you,” Drake says trying to justify his earlier words.  “Got it,” I say to him walking around him.  He tries to take my arm, but I swing it out of his reach.  I start to open the door when he walks behind me slamming it shut.  “Would you just talk to me?” he says in frustration.  &

Maddie POV             My heart skips a beat.  My mate is gorgeous as always and with those dark sunglasses I cannot see what he is thinking but he looks sexier.  As I move a bit more slowly from the airplane, Drake stands up and strides over to me like a man on a mission.  As he arrives, the flight attendant brings down my bag, I reach to take it when Drake reaches around me taking it for me and with his other arm, he cups his hand around the upper part of arm leading me to the SUV.              Drake helps me in the car, before shutting the door firmly.  He drops my bag in the back of the SUV before he comes around to his side entering the car.  He has said nothing since seeing me.  As he starts to pull away, I realize we are not going in the direction of the Red Moon Pack.  “We are going the wrong way,” I say to Drak

Maddie POV Drake and I had an amazing day together just lazing in bed and enjoying one another’s body.  Now Drake had surprised me with a night out.  He had a dress already there for me – a gorgeous black cocktail dress that showed off more flesh than I was accustomed to showing.  A deep vee in the front with spaghetti straps holding the dress up.  The bottom of the dress fell mid-thigh with a short slit to the right of the bottom. As I slipped on strappy heels, Drake came out of the washroom looking stunning in a black suit, with a red tie contrasting the suit.  He walked over to me, “Maybe we should stay in and just get room service again,” he suggests.  Laughing as he wraps his arms around me grabbing my ass and pulling me close to feel his hard edges.  “No way, you look too good not to show off tonight,” I say teasing him.  “I am the one that will have to growl at all the men who will be checking out my mate,” he says. 

Kate POV             As we all sat there in stunned silence, the echo of the gunshot continued to reverberate throughout the forest.  Waiting to see who was hit, I look down in front of me.  I see a shocked look on Lara’s face and realize the bullet hit her.  I let her fall to the ground, rolling her over and seeing the bullet did not go through her.  It was lodged in her body and from the blood gushing out the bullet hole I could tell it was a fatal hit.  Hearing another gunshot, I felt Colby throw his body over mine when I saw Lara put her hand up making a fist.  “Stop,” she says as she lays there in a pool of her own blood.             She had used a gesture with her rogue counterparts that indicated it was over.  They all started to retreat and there were no more gunshots heard.  Crawling over to Lara, I know there