It surprised Hayden to see Magnus back without Sapphire, but he was here, and it would make everything easier to explain in the long run.             April stood before the pack and tried to compose what she would say. “I guess should first say that I’m sorry your leaders can’t make their relationship permanent yet. But it’s a good thing currently because technically Sapphire is still a member of her pack and not yours. If she were to mate with Magnus, then he would effectively side with her pack and becoming an offshoot. He’d effectively be giving your pack away to Kilburn. Now to fix this, she must tell her uncle that she rejects him and the Vagas Moon publicly to leave it. I know it’s not normally how things are done, but it’s how the treaties were written. So, I’m hoping that some of you may g

It’d been several hours now since Magnus left Sapphire with Sarah Ann and her plethora of helpers. She showed Sapphire the inner workings of their pack. It wasn’t new to Sapphire. What was new, however, was the fact that people weren’t fighting with each other, and things were running smoothly, even if there were problems. Sapphire was used to running into disgruntled people and people who just had it out for her. But here, people stopped to introduce themselves, tell her what they were doing, ask for her opinion, and tell her about their family. The craziest thing of all, many told her they were happy she was here, and welcomed her with open arms. Now Sapphire was wondering if all her plans to leave were for not. Was this where she should stay? Could she stay here? Or would her uncle and his family cause nothing but trouble? Magnus did was really nice to her, and so far, he appeared to be well liked by everyone she met. There wasn’t anyone resigned to his d

Hayden settled April into the guest apartments across from him. “So this is the best we can do on such short notice. With the rest of the pack rushing here, we’ll be tight for space soon enough. It may get to where you’ll have to take a sofa in my apartment.” “Really? How many more are coming?” April couldn’t believe the size of this house and Hayden was talking about putting her up on a sofa. She could understand the small rooms, there were a number of families living within the packhouse currently. “The pack that will live here is only about half are present. Right now, the gods are the only ones that know how many enforcers will add to those ranks. I think the council wants to send a message of strength to any competition.” Hayden didn’t look pleased at the thought of housing the enforcers. April couldn’t be sure that it was the pending war that upset him, or the extra people.“So, there’ll be a war coming here because of these treaties?” She needed to ha

Sapphire left Magnus at the custom bike shop and made her way to the pharmacy where she bought a few things the cover her story and spend the time before she was to meet with Ivory. Now she sat in the diner at the bus station and waited for Ivory to sail in here like she owned the place. Which she didn’t, but that didn’t mean a thing to Ivory. Ivory just believed everyone owed her whatever she wanted. She didn’t pay around town. Instead, Sapphire would have to pay the tabs she ran up in various places every month. Sapphire sat there drinking her iced tea and worrying about what Magnus would say if he knew she was doing this. She was in a public place, and Ivory may have a mouth on her, but if she brought someone else with her, Sapphire would scream for help, and she was sure someone would help. She had a strange feeling when she thought of Magnus. She’d experienced only his generous side, and that’s more than she got from anyone else. Sapphire fe

Ivory couldn’t figure out why Sapphire was headed to the Black Hole. That’s the last place Ivory wanted to do this. She’d missed her last three shifts and had no interest in dealing with that. Was Sapphire trying to get her in trouble? She wouldn’t put it past Sapphire to seek some petty revenge Ivory would. That didn’t make it better. Nor did the five guys follow her. Who did she think she was? She wasn’t any kind of Luna or a queen. She was a pathetic mouse. But here she was with one guy hovering over her every word. Ivory stay behind them but close enough to hear the guy practically clinging to her insist she was going to playthings safe, and she should have spoken up about it. He was treating her like a cherished child. Sapphire is the one who earned no respect. She couldn’t speak up for herself and she couldn’t defend herself to save her life. Sapphire was only good. Serving everyone else and they needed her back so that life would go back to being sane and norm