Alpha Avery I chuckle at the look on my mates face. She may appear tough but I don’t know what girl can resist sweets from Mary’s bakery. I lead her into the bakery and have her and the boys order whatever they want. I watch them dig into their treats as Harrison mind links me. “Alpha?” “Yeah?” “What does the Luna smell like to you?” “Apples and cinnamon why?” “I don’t smell anything. She snuck up on me this morning, I didn’t smell her at all, I still don’t.” “That’s odd. Those girls said Haley is wolfless but I can feel her wolf too. Just for some reason she hasn’t made herself known at sixteen like everyone should.” “Don’t alert her to your curiosity. She talked about having some secret and I bet she knows she has no scent. We need to make sure she feels that it doesn’t bother us.” “Yes sir.” “Take the boys to the skate park. I want some alone time with her.” I cut the mind link just as Haley finishes her chocolate croissant. “Hey boys, we have a skate park, would you lik

Alpha Avery I rush to the hospital this morning, wanting to see my mate. I am hoping she’ll let me take her out to lunch since Dr. Sully said he would be discharging her this afternoon. I’ve brought a breakfast bagel sandwich from our local family restaurant, Spencer’s. I try to get her to eat as often as I can so she can gain the weight she needs. As soon as I enter the room, my whole body tenses and I freeze. I am watching my mate embracing Nick and I send him a death glare. I am about ready to rip into the kid until I see my mate glare at me and I can feel her anger radiating off of her. “Alpha Avery, you need to stop with the death glares at my boys. It’s getting rather annoying. You should know by now I consider them my brothers, nothing more. Not that is any of your business anyway, it would be my future mates, who would understand why I am hugging him anyway.” “Yeah, it would be totally weird if I turned eighteen and my wolf told me we are mates. I can’t mate my sister.”

Alpha Avery “What is going on Harrison?” I finally show up at the festival to find Haley on stage with a microphone in her hand. “You just missed it. Haley apparently plays the violin, beautifully I might add. Now she is going to sing.” “She volunteered to perform on stage?” “Well, no. Nick and Ray signed her name and pretty much forced her on stage. From the look on her face I am sure she will kill them later,” laughs Harrison. I stand next to Harrison and my jaw drops as she begins to sing. I don’t know this song but it sounds so sad and I can see she is putting her emotions into the song. I see Ray sneaking up to the the DJ’s turntable. The DJ gives him control and a slow pop beat plays, I can tell Haley was not prepared for the change, but she doesn’t falter. Seems like these boys had some talents before becoming slaves. The pack knows this is their Luna and they seem in awe of her. As soon as she sings the last note and the music ends, the crowd erupts in cheers. I can see

Alpha Avery I am deep in paperwork when I hear Harrison and Aiden yelling out my mates name. I walk to the window to find her speeding off in the Jeep, leaving her guards behind. “What happened,” I mind link them. “We don’t know Alpha. I am going to assume the therapy session you set up did not go well,” says Harrison. Shit. That was supposed to help her not piss her off. “Isla, what happened.” “I’m sorry Alpha, but what she tells me is strictly confidential. I need to earn her trust. I can’t be telling you what she tells me. You could order me to but I don’t think she’ll be happy to hear that you did.” I growl in frustration. Isla is right and I don’t need my mate mad at me more than she already is. “I understand Isla. Try again next week.” “Yes Alpha.” “Harrison, Aiden. Follow her. Let me know when you find her. I have an errand to run.” “Yes sir.” I grab the keys to my truck and head to the closest human music store I can find. I scan over the instruments until I find

Haley I can’t help but laugh at the boys as they lightly bang their head on the table. There struggling with algebra. I decide it’s time to stop and eat some lunch. I head to the kitchen to make us sandwiches but find we don’t have any mayo. “Hey I’m going to run over to the pack house to see if they have mayo we can steal.” “Okay,” the boys yell, focused on their video game. I smile, shaking my head as I make my way over to the Alpha’s house. My body instantly shutters at the unsettling atmosphere in the house. I knock on the side door that leads to the kitchen but no one answer. I find it’s unlocked and as soon as I push the door open I freeze at the most terrifying scream I’ve ever heard. I slowly make my way to the door the sounds are coming from. I slowly open the door and the sounds get louder as I hear Alpha Avery’s voice. “Who sent you!” “Bite me Alpha.” I hear another blood curdling scream and find that my feet are moving down the steps. My heart pumping erraticall