POV Aiden Juxes snarled at the carnage. Blood and body parts from Joann and Miss Evens covering the patio. Splatters and chunks of flesh hanging off the side of the house. His breathing becoming more rapid and deeper with every exhale. I let his rage consume me. I couldn’t take the heartbreak and sorrow. It is so much easier to sink into his anger. Juxes charged back into the house leaving a trail of bloody paw prints all the way to the foyer. Charging past Paula’s family while they were all too stunned to realize what was happening. Pouncing on Paula and pinning her to the floor. Razor sharp teeth millimeters from her throat. “Where is he?” Juxes growled. “Who?” Paula whimpered. Juxes snapped his jaws, grabbing her throat in his mouth. Several teeth slowly cutting through the skin on her neck. No bothering to repeat the question. He just growled, the vibration causing more teeth to cut into her soft flesh. Paula’s family shifting, pushing the children out of the way i

POV Thea My brain was buzzing. This was far to much to try to take in all at once. “Sel, do you remember any of this?” I asked her. She replied with a stern, “no!” “Do you believe them?” I asked. “I don’t know what to think. I can’t believe that everyone would lie all these years. To us and to each other. It makes me wonder if anyone knows the truth. I find it really hard to accept that the lycans have just been misunderstood or misrepresented all this time.” Selova responded with a heavy sigh. “We have to get out of here.” I told her. “Couldn’t agree more but we have this whole glass box situation.” Selova growled. “If they think we are buying all this I bet they will let us out. I don’t see anyone else in cages. Eric seems to walk around freely.” I said. “So you have a plan.” She asked. “I think so.” I told her. Francis and Krissy left not long after introducing themselves. Eric stayed and cleaned up the mess I made, after bringing in some clothes and showing me a

POV Thomas Beta Sebastian and his family all told similar stories. A few had seen the Luna head out the back alone and a couple remember Alpha Eric and Thea going out the side door in the kitchen. I sent men to clean up the back of the house and bring everything to Dr. Stevenson. A couple men went to the clinic to donate blood for Jason. He would recover but his healing was slowed by the amount of blood loss. I had released Beta Sebastian and the others having no reason to hold them. No matter how hard I tried to focus my mind kept wondering back to the outside of the pack house. Zandra was ripped to pieces, no one here could beat her in a fair fight. Shit no one could beat her in an unfair fight. Many of the warriors have tired taking her. She easily defeated three to four of them at a time. The Luna wasn’t defenseless either. Having trained almost every day after Eric disappeared she was a force to be reckoned with as well. I sat on the floor, staring through the bars of t

POV Thea It didn’t take long for Krissy to convince the other two girls that I wasn’t a awful werewolf monster. They wanted nothing more than to see Selova. I only partially understood how they had never seen a werewolf before. The oldest girl Taylor told me they had all been here as long as they could remember. Krissy was born here which I found peculiar. Eric and Francis had told me she went through the change. She’s supposed to be Lycan now but if she was born here there has to be werewolves here somewhere. Unfortunately none of the girls had answers for me but they were full of ideas for other things. First they wanted to use some paints they had to make Selova look like Krissy’s unicorn. Then we played a game of chase where they took turns pretending to be a werewolf and riding on Selova’s back. We chased each one down and tickled them relentlessly. I hadn’t noticed the elevator opening or Eric stepping out until Krissy darted across the room to him. He held out a lar

POV Thea I couldn’t believe what he was saying, what had he become? How could he so heartlessly talk about murdering his own mother. Luna Joann had taken me in, made sure I had a home and a life. Everyone said what a loving and wonderful mother she had been to him. I couldn’t comprehend any of this. “You’re a monster. How could you?” I was repulsed by his very presence. The fact that I let him touch me made my skin crawl. In a flash he stood up and was in front of me. “Listen.” He said trapping my face in his hands. I was no longer able to hold back the flood of tears. “When the King told me I was the key to the Lycans salvation I had no idea what to think. I survived the change and Zoe was able to use my blood to create the serum. That’s what made turning Krissy possible.” “He’s completely delusional.” Selova said. She sat back in shock. “I thought that was my purpose to be the cure for them. To bring them back to what they were meant to be. Then the King told me to find you