ChaseI walked out of Lyse’s room, relatively calm given the anger I had writhing inside of me at her revelations of the wish-he-was-gonna-be Alpha, Jace.I made a quick call to my father to let him know my intentions and was aware of the potential fall out. Not that I needed his approval now that I was King, but it was smart to have his council on matters like this. His experience is still invaluable.Upon his agreement, I made a call to Merrick and was headed to meet him now. There was much to discuss before tonight’s ceremony. I had to fill Ryker in too.As I rounded the corner to the kitchen, Carolina looked up and smiled, handing me a cup of coffee. “Good morning, Dylan.”, “Good morning, Carolina.”, I smiled back. “You can call me Chase, you know. You’re kind of part of my inner circle now, you know.”, I said with a wink.She laughed. “You always were a smart ass. Your mom would be proud of the man you’ve become.”, she said seriously.“Thanks for that.”, I answered. “Hey. Is Me

ChaseIt took a couple of hours to talk Merrick down from wanting to murder Jace and get the main body of our plan together, and now we were headed back to the Mitchell’s house to speak to Carolina and Annalyse. This was going to impact everyone, mostly Merrick’s mate, and possibly mine.Ryker had upped security for tonight’s event with Merrick, calling in the best from the Royal territory. Merrick had a few wolves from River Moon that he felt trustworthy to bring in as well. My father would also be in attendance tonight and with him, instead of his security detail he brought when he traveled, he was bringing his Royal guard as well. Better to be overly prepared than not prepared enough. We got back to the house and walked in to complete silence, which had Havoc’s senses on alert. I looked over my shoulder and put a finger to my lips to stop them from making any noise as I let Havoc’s senses take over. There was no sign of Wes or Harrison, causing my worry to grow. I felt nothing t

AnnalyseI left my parents in the office, knowing that they had more to discuss privately. This decision was going to bring big changes, both to our family as well as the pack.Closing the door softly behind me, I made my way down the hall, through the kitchen, to the back door. I could hear him on the phone and he glanced up with a small smile and wink as he continued his conversation.I sank into the patio chair, thinking about everything that had happened over the past few weeks and what was to happen tonight, feeling a little anxious both for my parents and their new roles, and for myself.Not going to lie, I didn’t want to attend tonight because I didn’t want to have to see Jace or any of his crappy friends. They were all pretty much jerks, but he really led the pack, so to speak.Chase hung up the phone and came over to me holding out his hand to help me up.When he folded me into his arms, I felt almost all of the tension that I had neem feeling seep from my body.“What’s wrong

ChaseI gave Lyse a quick wink as Ryker entered and I closed the door behind us and stepped next to my father, giving him a nod.“Everything is ready, Your Majesties.”, Collin said, a smile of pride on his face. One that was about to come crashing down.“It is.”, I started. “However, I’m afraid that it’s not Jace who’s to become Alpha today.”, I finished, letting my words register.The office was silent as my words died away. I would wait for as long as it took him to grasp my meaning. He who speaks first loses, after all.Collin looked from me to my father and then back again, his face beginning to pale.“What are you saying?”, he asked slowly, as though waiting for the confirmation of his thoughts.I was happy to oblige. I tossed a file down onto his desk. All of the damning evidence against his son now available for him to see.He picked it up and began to thumb through it. My guys had been busy gathering statements of the girls he had been rough with, and in some cases forced unde

ChaseThis bastard was really pissing me off. How dare he speak to my mate the way he was. Kudos to her though; she was handling it all beautifully. Grace and dignity befitting the queen that she is was oozing out of her. Watching the confident woman in front of me with the calm demeanor and glowy eyes, I was beyond proud. She was going to be the perfect queen to our packs.When she flipped her hair back to reveal her mark, the shock in his eyes was worth the price of admission.“I… I”, he stuttered.“You what?”, Lyse asked him. “You were just going to apologize? Well, go ahead then.”, she finished, a hand on her hip, waiting.I looked at him, my Lycan command clearly causing him pain. “She’s waiting.”, I said.“I’m sorry.”, he said, hatred and disbelief flaring in his wolf’s brown depths as he worked to fight the command of another Alpha.“I’ve come not only as a guest tonight.”, I started, easing up on the command to make sure he wasn’t too uncomfortable to listen to my words.He s