I knew my conversation with Dustin would be rough. No one wants to hear that their mate has been through the horrors that his has been through. But, as his Alpha, it’s my job to make sure that he knows and that I’m the one to tell him. When he knocks on the door to my office, I tell him to come in and have a seat. I go to the bar in my office and pour us both a bourbon, coming to sit beside him. “That bad, huh?” He asks me, taking a sip of the amber liquid. “Dustin, you know what it was like for Angel when she first got here.” I say, watching as he looks into his glass, looking for answers that he won’t find. “Yeah.” He says quietly. “Angel told me about Sarah. Sebastian, the one that came for her today, didn’t just feed on her. He abused her daily for the seven years that she was his prisoner.” He puts his glass down, standing and walking to my wall, punching a hole in it. He leans his head against the wall, pulling his hand out of the hole he created. “I knew it was bad. I kne

I continue to be amazed at Alessia’s power. I’m not sure if she always had these gifts, but they just keep manifesting. My little mate is the most amazing woman I’ve ever met. The Moon Goddess really blessed me when she mated me to her. I spend the rest of the day preparing for Angel’s Luna ceremony. My Alpha ceremony was not a happy occasion, and it wasn’t a celebration. I intend to change that for Angel. The entire pack and many of Rik and Cara’s pack have been invited. I met with Olivia this morning to make sure that she had enough help to prepare and feed nearly 1000 werewolves tonight. Since Dustin is out of commission, working with Sarah, I have Jackson get the music, dance floor and lighting set up. While Angel is with Clint, I take the time to go out back and see that the warriors are setting up a stage and the lighting and speakers for the music are being set up around the back of the packhouse. I take a moment to breathe in the fresh air and enjoy that fact that Angel wil

My Angel is the most beautiful woman in the world. When she steps outside for her Luna ceremony and I see her for the first time, I feel like my heart is going to stop. Everything disappears and it’s just the two of us. She is everything. Everything I’ve ever wanted and everything I never thought that I would have.When she says the words that will make her my Luna and then drinks our blood, I wait to see if our large pack will overwhelm her. It’s an incredible amount of noise to take on 800 voices inside your head at once. It takes my perfect mate no time at all to assimilate all the voices and she’s officially part of the pack.I walk her around, showing her off really. I want the pack to meet her and get to know her, but I’m so proud that I feel like a peacock flashing its feathers every time I introduce her. Finally, when I can’t take it any longer, I pull her on to the dance floor. I just need a minute to myself with my sweet angel. The night has been everything that an induction

As I watch my mate walk away, my heart feeling light as a feather, Anders steps up to me. “The Moon Goddess always gets it right, doesn’t she?” “I don’t know about always, but she definitely got it right with me.” When I can no longer see her, I turn to Anders. “What kind of help were you thinking of Anders?” We start to walking toward my office. “Well, Rik put me in charge of strengthening the weak spots on our borders. I thought, while I was here, that I could do the same for yours. If you can spare me some of your pack members, we can go out, assess what needs to be done and put up barriers or traps, depending on the weakness.” “That would be amazing! I have some ideas, but I haven’t had a chance to get to it yet.” “Then let me take that off your plate.” He claps his hand on my shoulder. “You’re not alone any more Liam.” “I’m beginning to realize that. Thank you, Anders. Do you want to have lunch before you head out? We can eat together and I can go over my thoughts.” Just

If Angel touches the Fae King one more time, I may have to kill him. If he thinks he can take my mate from me, he’ll be in for the fight of his life. I have no intention of losing my mate to him or anyone. After Angel calms me down, I feel better, but I still don’t want her alone with this guy. I may trust her, but I don’t trust him. “Now that that’s settled,” Rik says, “how about we convene in one of our conference rooms. We all move into the room and I pull Angel into my lap. She gives me an exasperated look, but when I don’t budge, she settles back against me with a heavy sigh. “Everyone, this is my son, Aolis.” A young man maybe 9-10 years old nods his head. “He is here to begin learning how we chronicle the Guardian history, so that he may take it over when he’s older." I notice the kid made sure he sat next to Cara. Weird. These Fae men have a thing for our Guardians. I’m not taking any chances with my mate this weekend. Ailduin turns his attention to Angel. “Alessia and An