Penelope When I wake up, Donovan has already left our room. I shouldn’t be surprised; he probably has a bunch of Alpha duties to keep him busy. Even if I'm not surprised, I can't help the sadness that works its way into my body and my mind. He has made such a big deal about today being my birthday. I thought I would’ve at least gotten to see him this morning. I breathe out as I drag myself out of bed. I still feel extremely hot, but at least it wasn’t as bad as last night was. I grab out a sundress and some sandals and walk out of my room. Maybe we can go by the lake or some body of water today and swim. It would be nice to cool off in the water. As I walk out the door, I notice at Vince and Simon outside my door. I smile as I ask, “Morning, guys. Do you know where Alpha Stone is?”I notice Simon seems to sniff the air as he answers, “In a meeting.” I nod, “Okay, have you guys had breakfast yet? Would you want to join me?”Vince answers, “Miss, it’s our job to follow you no matter

Donovan Being with Penelope is magical, and she is absolutely irresistible. I wasn’t planning on marking Penelope like that. But I couldn’t take it anymore, the tingles, her scent, the way she would moan or grind against me. It was driving me crazy, and I had to make her mine. What surprised me, though, was the way she was yelling at me. I didn’t realize she had the balls to stand up to me and I couldn’t help but watch her with an amused smile.This girl hasn't raised her voice to me once since she came to the pack. Seeing her like this was amusing, but when she fell to her knees because of the pain, I knew that the combination of me marking her, it being a Lunar Eclipse, and her getting so angry has caused her shift to happen abruptly. I do what I can to calm her down, but my heart breaks seeing how much pain she is in. She suddenly shifted, and her body fell, and her head fell into my lap. I pet her fur as I tell her, “You did it, Penelope. You did it.”I take a moment to admire

Donovan I’m not tired. After everything we went through today, you'd think I would be ready to crash and enjoy this moment where we don't have to run. But... I'm not tired anymore. After Penelope’s wolf, Galena, licked my wounds, the exhaustion seemed to disappear. I felt rejuvenated and like I could run forever. Is this what it meant by healing from the white wolf? As much as I want to keep going, I have to keep my mate and her needs in mind. The first shift is taxing on anyone’s body. Add in the fact that I marked her, and we had to run for so long from people trying to capture her and claim her as theirs… I’m sure she’s exhausted. It’s cute how nervous she acts. She has tried not to look at me since shifting back into her human form. She looks over at me and sees that I’m only focused on her face. Although I’d love to admire her body, I’m not going to do something that would make her even more uncomfortable right now. I won’t take advantage of her like that. Her eyes flicker

DonovanI'm worried about this new threat we have with the Red River Pack, but I hope our alliances are strong enough that it won't be a big deal. I appreciate Jack more than I can explain, he already knows exactly what to do as we start getting to work.But the sound of Violet and Xavier’s screaming voices causes both of us to freeze. Both Jack and I rush to figure out what’s going on. The moment we see them, Violet is pushing Xavier back as she yells in his face and you can see that he is resisting the urge to retaliate. Jack runs to her as he tries to pull Violet away from Xavier, but I’ve never seen her this angry. She’s thrashing around, fighting Jack’s pull, trying to get her hands on Xavier.I quickly recognize I’ll have to use my Alpha voice and I yell, “SILENCE!”I walk down the stairs slowly as I look between the two of them. At least they both have the decency to look down and at least pretend they're ashamed. I walk over to Xavier; I have a feeling he’s the instigator in al

Penelope When I wake up, I’m cradled in Donovan’s arms. I don't remember him coming in here. The last thing I remember is Violet sitting at the end of the bed, assuring me that everything will be okay and reading a book while I fell asleep. I need to go to the restroom, but I don’t move, as I can hear Donovan's heavy breathing and I know how badly he needs his rest. My eyes flicker around the room and I see sunshine peeking out from behind the curtains. It makes me wonder how long we’ve been sleeping for. Did we sleep for a couple of hours, or did we sleep through the night and it’s now the next morning? A part of me wants to get up, take a shower, and get ready for the day, but I can’t bring myself to get out of Donovan’s strong arms. My mind flickers back to our time in the woods. That isn’t how I imagined my first time, but there’s no one else I would rather be with than Donovan. The way his length felt inside of me, how he touched my body, and looked at me like a man lost in