Daemon's Point of View Something had been slightly off with Adriana all week since her heat, but I am not sure what. Part of me wondered whether she regretted mating with me and us marking each other. As far as I am concerned, there is no regret on my side. What's not to like with Adriana? She is intelligent, beautiful and sexy, a talented musician and has a lovely personality to boot. She is everything I could have wanted in a Luna. Every moment I can, I sit and watch her. Since her heat, I made sure Adriana moved into my room. She put her clothes into the other wardrobe, and I felt good about it. We were now mated, and she had moved in with me. Our nights were spent together. The sex was unbelievably intense. During the week, Adriana worked with me daily in the office, and I loved having her beside me. The administration work she was doing was training her to become Luna of our pack. Once I had talked to Mitchell, Tyler and Adam, her Luna ceremony could happen. There was a lot to

Ariana's Point of View "He doesn't want us!" I cried to Calliope. "He doesn't want us at all!" I could feel her whimpering and whining as I ran upstairs to get away from Daemon and his new Luna. Staying here was definitely not an option, and Calliope agreed. I wiped my eyes and picked up my bag with all my gear ready to go. My first stop would be my mother's house, where I could make some plans. As I was leaving, Tyler came running up the stairs. When he saw that I had my bag, he looked concerned. "What are you doing?" he asked. "I'm leaving," I said and tried to push past him. "I can't let you do that," he answered, putting his arm out. How dare he stop me? How dare they keep me here against my will when Daemon is bringing another woman in here to mate with. I was beyond angry now. "Back off!" I growled at him with as much animosity and hatred as I could muster. "You will not follow me!" To my surprise, and his, by the look on his face, he did just that. "What did you do?" T

Daemon's Point of View "I said you will not be staying!" The angry look on my face must have finally registered in that simpering woman's head. Thanks to her, Adriana, my mate and Luna-to-be had run out of the room upset. I could feel her emotions through our bond. I needed to deal with this woman and my bloody father before I could go to Adriana and make things right. I turned to Mitchell and yelled, "You had to go ahead and interfere in something you should have kept well out of! Now fix this shit before I do something we'll both regret!" "I-I-I'm sorry, son," he stammered. "At the beginning, I thought I was helping you, and when you started talking about Adriana, I completely forgot to get back in contact with Rikard." "I'll fix it with him," he mind-linked me. "You had better!" I replied tersely. "My father assured me that I would mate with your son and be Luna of the pack," Melinda sulked to Mitchell. "I never agreed to that," he replied. "I only set up the meeting. It was

Adriana's Point of View "You!" he spat. "You are coming with me!" "What did I do?" I cried. "I haven't done anything. Leave me alone!" Grabbing me by my hair, he yanked me up and hauled me to the front of the bus. "You can go now," he said to the driver as he dragged me out the door. Two pickups were parked in the middle of the road, which was obviously to stop the bus. The masked man forced me into the front vehicle with three others sitting inside it, and we drove off. What the hell was happening? I didn't think these men were sent by Daemon. "Why are you doing this?" I asked, the pain in my neck almost forgotten. I was unceremoniously dumped onto the back seat of their vehicle. It looked like it was an off-road pickup that had seen plenty of wear and tear. Two men sat in the front. There was already another man in the back seat, and the guy who grabbed me sat beside me on my right, sandwiching me between them. All four of them were shifters. If I said I wasn't scared beyond

Daemon's Point of View "Where is my mate?" I demanded of Callie and Zeke. Damn those two for hiding her from me. I vaguely remembered meeting them before when they came and sought permission to work and live outside of the pack lands. Depending on how much they had to do with Adriana disappearing, I might be rescinding my approval. What surprised me was Callie's outburst, though, and I had to give it to her for being a loyal friend to Adriana. It also gave me insight into what Adriana had told them. They now knew she was my mate and that she believed I would choose that stupid woman above my beautiful Adriana. How could she have thought that? Geez. Where had I gone so wrong as to not make it clear to her that I wanted her and no one else? In hindsight, I should have sat Adriana down immediately after her heat and told her what I had planned for us. Instead, I waited until I spoke to my father, and everything went to hell. Yet again, I had some fixing up to do in regards to her. I j