Claude POV That stupid she wolf was holding her cards close to her chest. I had little Intel on the Shadow Mountain Pack. Ivan had made sure to teach the pack how to lock away important information in their mind. Pressing in too hard was a risk I didn’t want to take. If I physically still needed her to get to Rebecca, she would no longer trust me if she knew I had broken down her walls. And she would know. The only thing that really mattered was Rebecca would be mine again soon, and Ivan would be killed, as long as I could keep Lilly’s trust. That wouldn’t be a problem. She thought herself to be a master manipulator but that couldn't be further from the truth. “You wanted to see me?” Lilly poked her head into my office. I preferred the throne room but the wolves had destroyed it. “Yes my dear, come in please.” I smiled over at her. I was furious that the wolves had escaped, and that while trying to take Lilly from me I had lost both Julius and Alejandro. It proved to me that she

Becca POVThe packhouse was overcrowded this morning as we all ate breakfast together with all of our guests. I loved all of John's friends. They were all members of allied packs, I was so impressed that John had so many good connections. He was such a great leader, and I knew he was going to be a great husband too. Everyone had been warned of our current state of emergency, but they came anyway. Ready to fight if the occasion arose.Most would be going home this afternoon after three days of partying. I had to admit, as much trust I had in our troops, I was glad to have the Faye warriors here with us. Several of them were Fire Faye like myself and had taught me more about what I was capable of than Ivan could. While we partied hard over the past few days, we never missed a training session. Everyone, including the Faye joined in. All appreciated learning new techniques from each other and having fresh opponents to fight. Smiling I walked through the packed living room, listening to o

Becca POVThe battlegrounds were cleaned up over the next couple of days. We didn’t have a lot of casualties, but even one would have been too many. John and I visited each household of the deceased and offered our sympathies and awarded a medal of honor to their closest kin. Only one of them had been mated, and that was the hardest house to visit. Our wedding guests had stayed and helped fill in where needed as our pack recovered. We all gathered together for a quiet lunch. Ivan had recovered just like he said he would. Apparently, his wolf blood helped him heal faster than expected. I kept on forgetting that he was part wolf, even after what had happened.“Excuse me! Killian and I have something to say to you all.” Jenna stood up addressing everyone. Killian joined her, wrapping his massive arm around her waist. The crowd hushed in anticipation.“As this pack knows, Killian and I have been trying for a pup for years…” Her voice was vibrating with excitement. “Jenna?!” Kasey sat up