We stared at each other for a long time. The only noise passing between us was the sounds from the TV in the other room. My heart slowly started to drop into the pit of my stomach. As much as I wanted to give him an out and an understand of what he was actually getting into, I hated doing it. I wanted Charles. Goddess did I want this beautiful human.He always had caught my eye. I never knew him before Marlene died so the man in front of me was always Charles. But even with all he went through, he was still kind and caring. He still did have a passion for his job, for saving people. With his hair swept over to one side it made me want to run my hands through his hair. When he wore his uniform unbuttoned it drove me off the wall. It was a crush and nothing more.My mother always taught me to stay focused, save my emotions for my mate. That even if I screwed around, I should only fall in love with my mate. Because falling in love with someone other than my mate would only break both our

I’d seen mansions before. Mostly in magazines or on TV and I considered the pack house pretty large. After the giant iron gate opened up and a security guard waved us up the driveway, I realized I didn’t actually know what a mansion was. We pulled up to a monstrosity of a house. There must have been four floors with the front columns reaching all the way up to the roof. It was decked out in plants that were in pots that were bigger than I was. One thing it lacked was any semblance of feeling like it was a home.“Welcome to my childhood home and my parents house.”My eyes widened and I shook my head. “Charles…I can’t meet your parents. That’s…I…I’m definitely not dressed for it.”Looking down, I was wearing some jeans and a button up shirt that I had cuffed when I walked into the bar earlier. Charles shook his head and gave me a quick smile but you could tell he was uncomfortable. It made me want to reach out and hold him, to fix it and to turn the car around. He looked determined thou

*** Sila’s POV *** My eyebrow rose as I watched Sam try to sneak back into the house at six in the morning. Clearing my throat, Sam froze and his eyes fell to mine. He was wearing yesterdays pants but a different shirt. I motioned him over and his shoulders fell. Walking forward, I got a good look at him.“So, you want to tell me why my Gamma is doing a walk of shame in the morning? In another man’s shirt no less?”It was hard to keep a serious face as he turned bright red.“Alpha, I can explain.”“Can you? I thought you two were just going to have a dinner date.”He started to shake. “I…we…I mean…we did. We ate and it was really nice. Then he brought me back to his apartment and we…well…”“Finally got around to having sex?”He was clutching the front of the shirt as he nodded.“That was quick. Didn’t realize you were planning on jumping in that quick.”Sam shook his head. “I…well…not at first. But it just…ended in his bed…”I quirked up an eyebrow at up at him his face got redder. H

I kept Nate in the room with Charles and Aelia. Posting Meredith at the entrance of the hallway, I asked Shep, Ken, Lex and Wyatt to come to the pack house. Shep was sitting with me in the kitchen along with Ken. Lex was sitting on the stairs and Wyatt leaned against the back door.“So remind me again, what’s going on?”Chuckling, I looked at Ken. “We are about to have two murderous Beta werewolf rogues on our hands. One of which is pregnant.”“And these rogues are trying to murder their own Alpha?”I nodded. “Because she continuously puts her life in more danger than she needs to.”“Does she know they are coming for her?”Shaking my head, I sighed. “I was hoping to get them to calm down before they make it in the room.”“But if you can’t…that’s why we are here?”Again, I nodded. “Nate is with Solaris and Charles in the room. We need to stop them long enough for both of them calm down or we just need to stop them”“But we can’t hurt them?”“Preferably. I don’t want them hurt. Especial

The next time I woke up, I felt a lot better than I didn’t before. The pain wasn’t better but my muscles felt like they could at least move if I begged them. Throwing the blankets off me, I slowly sat up and moved my legs to hang off the side of the bed. The floor was cold but it felt good against my bare feet. Standing up was a venture but I was finally able to put enough weight on my left leg to not wobble. Rolling my shoulders, they crackled but loosened. My body was going down hill fast.Walking over to the window, I pulled back curtains to see the chaos down below. My warriors were mulling about as Silas was standing in the middle of them, shouting at Keri. Nate was standing off to the side just like Charles and Sam described. Shaking my head, I opened I wasn’t asleep for as long as I had been before. At the very least, it looked like I hadn’t missed all the fun.Going into the bathroom, I took a shower to help relax my muscles and that helped immensely as well. Though, my entire