Sierra’s povKate looked at me excitedly as she and Marco laid out their proposal."So, it’s basically a new way to drug people before they’re operated on. Less wolfsbane, so it won’t hurt or damage the body." Marco said."What are you substituting the wolfsbane with then?" I asked."We're still trying to figure that out," Kate said, "but there are other toxic herbs or chemical components we could use instead.""But how would you test it?""Well, you have different phases of testing," Kate explained. "First, we use blood and other tissues.""And then?" I asked again. I didn’t like doing this to my honey, but I needed to see the whole picture."Then we’d move on to testing on werewolves. Usually animals would be the next phase, but there are no animals with genetic material similar to ours.""But who would do that? It could hurt them." I said."We can pay or use rogues or prisoners." Marco said like it was nothing. As soon as he saw me and Kate’s faces, he started to laugh, "I’m joking,

Maggie’s povThings have been really good. Training is going well, and Rain is studying hard. I think he really likes business school. Maybe he'll become rich and have stores everywhere. Nah, that would be way too much work. I want him home with our future kids while I work as a tracker.Sue joined the pack and the training three weeks ago. She’s fun, but can also be a bit too much fun. I don’t know how seriously she is taking the training. Maybe she’s just not used to working hard, and Gamma Talia does not joke around with her training.But she did get through the trails, so she must be good enough to join us, and who am I to judge her? I guess you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. People have done that to me for years, thinking I was too short or too thin to be strong enough to be a soldier, if they even noticed me at all.So, I’m giving Sue a fair shot. Not everyone, however. Rayan was complaining about her throughout his birthday dinner last week. He didn’t want to have a party

Sue’s povRayan and I had another fight, which ended in us having sex. It’s been almost a year now, and I don’t even know who we are."You are mates," My wolf growled. She was getting fed up.Yeah, we were mates. We both felt the pull, but we didn’t mark each other; we didn’t live together or do anything together but train and fight and occasionally have angry, passionate, amazing sex.Rayan breathed heavily as he pulled out of me, "we can’t keep doing this." He laid down next to me, his hand resting on his arm."You were the one who didn’t want us to reject each other." I replied. "Has anything changed?"He looked at me, "how would it even work if it did?"I have had many conversations with Leia. Too many, because she is a nosy, obnoxious Luna, but she is also quite intelligent. She told me we didn’t have to be like everyone else. I could have my dream, if I wanted to."Do you want to mark me?" I asked.He seemed unsure, "my wolf does."I laughed, "yeah, mine is obsessed with yours."

Maggie’s pov"So he’s okay with you leaving?" I asked Sue.She nodded. "Is Rain?"I shook my head no and said, "It’s just a week and it’s only a small job, but I think he finally realizes what it means that I’m a tracker. We will be apart, and we haven’t been away from each other in years."Sue smiled at me, "Rayan is just happy that I’m gone for the week; he says distance makes the heart grow fonder, but I think he means you’re getting on my nerves, so please leave."I laughed, "I thought that’s just how you communicate? You fight and then you make up.""It is. But he’s under a lot of pressure. His mom is letting him take the lead of a team, and it’s his time to prove himself."I was surprised at how far Rayan and Sue had come. Okay, I was mostly surprised that it took them a year to actually make things official. And then another six months passed before they marked each other, and then another six months passed before they moved in together. They had their own type of relationship t

Sierra’s povI was talking to Alpha Ari’s and Luna Kyra’s Beta Jake, and although I didn’t know him as well as I did Kyra and Ari, it was nice talking to someone who has the same job and responsibilities as I do. That’s also why I keep close contact with Beta Tao and a few other betas that don’t hate the fact that I’m a woman.Thank the Goddess that there are more people who don’t care about my gender than there are who do, but it remains an issue in some packs."So, were you able to help Crystal and Clyde?" I asked Jake.Maggie and Sue had traveled to their pack two months ago to help track a couple that was hanging around Ari's pack. Their daughter was lost or taken, and Ari and Kyra had offered to help."We have contacted every one of our allies, but their daughter seems to have disappeared. Alpha Ari offered for them to join our pack, so at least they wouldn’t be seen as lone wolves, and they are considering it. But joining our pack only means that they can’t go to our enemies' pac