I managed to run around and heal the remaining Tian wolves but looking around I can see there were many wolves and nagatas I didn’t get to in time. Seeing their bodies scattered around sends a sharp pain through my heart. I feel as though I failed them. Chris walks up behind me, once again wrapping me in his arms. “You did all you could. Everyone else is alive thanks to you, don’t be so hard on yourself,” he gently tells me. I look up at him sadly, “I was really hoping we wouldn’t lose anyone.” His face softens as he pulls me closer, “I know, honey. It’s never easy.” Chris and I work with everyone else to help gather the bodies of the dead. Everyone was working together, mutolupus and nagata alike. Jianyu, however, saw to his father’s body himself. No one wanted to touch Zixin’s body, which surprised me. I guess I expected someone among these people to have been a supporter, but it seems his people really weren’t big fans of his. Once all the bodies are laid out, Qiang and Nuo mak

I could feel a weight lifted off me the moment we were back on Invictus land. I can’t explain it, but it was like every cell in my body was reacting, knowing we were now home. I watched as the warriors were quickly embraced by their loved ones who were waiting for them to arrive. To my surprise though I don’t see Chris’ family or Tyson’s. I can’t help but feel a little sad and disappointed. Chris said they missed me, I thought they would be here with everyone else to greet us, I guess Chris was wrong for a change.Luna Marcus, however, is waiting in front of the packhouse with Alpha Elias, Luna Fleur and Alpha Alden and Luna Sorrell on his left and Beta Eric on his right. As soon as Eric spots Vitali he leaps off the packhouse steps and launches himself at Vitali wrapping his arms and legs around him. I can’t help but giggle and blush as they both embrace and become distracted by a very heated kiss. As soon as they’re done Eric detaches himself from Vitali and quickly comes over and g

After dinner, I helped Kennedy with the dishes. She kept trying to get me to sit down, but I’d much rather help out. This is the first time in weeks I’ve felt normal, though I’m still not entirely sure what normal is but I think this is it. When the dishes were done, we sat around the living room talking some more until it started getting late. One by one we said goodbye to our family, exchanging more hugs and promises to do this again soon, which I am all for. Once everyone was out the door, Chris shut the door behind them and leaned against it facing me with a relaxed smile on his face. “What?” I ask, mimicking his smile. “It’s just the first time in a while I’ve seen you that happy and relaxed. I was happy to see you like that again,” he says walking over to me, wrapping me up in his arms. “It was good to feel like that again. Did you know they were planning on doing all this?” “Of course, I was coordinating with them since we were at the Tian Pack. Evalyn was adamant on it bei

I race up to the Alpha suite and repeatedly press the buzzer. I’d hate to wake up Amelia right now, but this can’t wait. As I keep pressing the button I hear the door click and open to reveal Amelia on the other side in a short, green-satin robe, her face and chest are flushed, and her hair is a mess. For a second I thought I’d frazzled her, but I quickly catch a particular scent and now I realise why she looks like that. Oops. I feel embarrassed and guilty for having interrupted, but this is an emergency.“Mei? Is everything alright?” She asks with a worried look on her face.“I think I know how to be an empress to Longsang without having to leave Invictus,” I say in a rush, almost shouting the words at her.Her eyes widen a little, “Come on in,” she says ushering me into the suite where the scent only gets stronger. She shuts the door and walks over to me. “What’s your idea?”“A makkari.”“A makkari what?” She presses.“What if I asked a makkari to create a portal here on Invictus t

Stepping in I see Amelia behind her desk and Vitali sitting on the couch. I also notice her desk has changed.“Why the new desk?” I ask, closing the door behind myself and Tyson as he takes a seat in front of her desk.“I broke the previous one,” she says matter-of-factly.“Why did you do that?” I ask with a raised eyebrow.“Because she was pissed off at Setia and took it out on the desk,” Tyson answers for her.“Why didn’t I know about this?” I ask in confusion.“You weren’t exactly in the right headspace at the time,” Vitali says with a half-hearted smile. Oh. Well, that makes sense. I didn’t really care about anything when Mei was gone. Russia could have been dropping bombs on the US and it still wouldn’t have been enough to pull me out of my depression.“Where’s Marcus?” Tyson asks.“On the phone with Alpha Jasper. Marcus and I have been talking and as an allied pack and one that is practically a sister pack given Marcus’ previous position and ancestry, we have decided to invite t