Chapter SeventeenCaleb looks up and sees Jackie running to him and when he slowly backs away, he motions to two of his enforcers to grab James and they quickly throw silver chains on his paws and a collar type chain around his neck. Caleb shifts back and walks to Jackie.“What is the matter my love. I thought you wanted me to kill him.”“It’s not that. It’s just…If you kill him with his mark still on me, I will feel it and it will affect me as it would any wolf who loses their mate. We need to find a way to remove his mark first. Please Caleb.”Caleb gives her a nod and move to turn to his enforcers.“Put him in the basement cells and we will figure out what to do in the morning.”Caleb then turns back to Jackie. And wraps his arms around her waist and put his nose to her neck to inhale her scent to help calm him, and he feels calm almost instantly…until he hears another voice a short distance away.“I ca

Chapter NineteenWhen Jordan finally makes it to the packhouse, Alpha Jaxson, Dillion, and Daniel meets him at the front door and escort him to the main office to sit and have a talk about everything that is going on and what Jordan know.“Okay son. What is going on? Why are you here?”“Well, Alphas. I wanted to come and warn you about what happened at my pack tonight. I’m sorry to come so late, but I didn’t feel right just leaving you all to fend for yourselves without warning. Especially since this pack is the home of my mate.”Dillion and Daniel look to each other then look back to Jordan.“I’m sorry your mate is from this pack?”“Yes, she is Alpha Daniel.”“Just Daniel is fine Jordan. We are all the same rank here and we feel that you mean no disrespect so please, no need to address us by our titles.”Jordan gives a nod in understanding and continues with his explanation of who his mate is and when they

Chapter Twenty-OneJared runs over to try and comfort his mother, but she manages to push him away and when she looks to him, she has a look of rage in her eyes.“You! You did this! Why would you bring them here? We could have been happy together; your father could have taught you the way to properly run a successful pack. And you killed him! You brought that traitor to my pack and now look! Your father is dead!”Jared steps away from his mother and at her words he feels his mother is gone and he won’t get her back. She will never forgive him for what he has done.He knows that once a wolf loses their mate, they go into a never-ending sadness and thy eventually end up going mad or end up killing themselves because they feel like they can’t live without their other half. Jared seeing the way his mother is at this moment he knows that it is only a matter of time before she loses her mind all together and either takes, her ow

EpilogueSix months LaterAlpha James and Jared have been working hard to get everything back on track after Jackie managed to destroy nearly everything within the pack.When she took off that night, they haven’t seen or heard from her or heard anything about her. They can only assume that she is somewhere in the world living as a rogue. They try not to think about the worst part of what could have happen to her. Jared can’t bring himself to think that way, even with the fact that after all the horrible things she has done, she is still his mother.Alpha James can’t bring himself to think the worst of it happening either, even after all the horrible things she has done to him, he still feels a bit of love for her, they were together for many years, they dated off and on in high school and they were mates throughout most of their adult lives together and after everything Alpha James can’t find it in his heart to hate her completely. If anything, he feels bad for the way she has chosen