~Dane's Point of View~ I knew it, I just knew it! No matter what, I'll never be his equal. He'll always pull his rank over me, I'll always be lesser than him. I’ve known it, but to have it shoved in my face… Especially now, with Alice. *We should have marked her! Fuck him! We need to secure a female, I'm sick of waiting. I've let you have your fun and keep our body happy but we need to be a father,* Ryder fussed. I'd run until my legs ached, likely a few hours and I was near the center. There was a packhouse of sorts with rooms and I knew I could find a place to stay. I'd run through the creek to hopefully mask Alice's scent, despite it pissing off my wolf. He wanted her heavenly floral scent all over us. "You're back," I heard, making Ryder stop. The sun was just rising in the east, the sky a spectacular show of colors. My mother had always talked about how the dawn of a new day means promise, hopefulness. I was having a hard time feeling anything close to that. I knew Jett’s wor

~Dane’s Point of View~ *What was the point of this again,* Ryder said, weakly. If there was a way, any way at all I could separate my wolf from me and smack him, I’d do it. Oh, well I’d have to also be able to lift my arm and silver kind of prevents that. “I’m going to say this one more time, asshole. What is your rank,” a male asked, spitting something nasty as he did. The Cove never, ever gives intel on its inner workings. It would be the ultimate treason and I might as well just kill myself if I give away our secrets. I’d be hurting all that I swore to protect and defend. Death before dishonor. I couldn’t exactly deny that I was someone in a position of authority, anyone would be able to tell that by just being in my presence. Kasie was being stupid and she’d come to help us, crossed the border. All we needed was for an Alpha, Beta and Gamma to get wiped out at once. It would lead to an all out war. Not to mention they’d just love to get their hands on her, especially to

~Jett’s Point of View~ “It’s like they are daring us to just charge in and take him,” Gabe said, pointing at a map. We’d gotten word they were going to put Dane on a pole, and we all knew what that meant. Either someone would take him as a sex slave or they’d enjoying torturing him to death. Or both. It was going to be at sunset, we didn’t have a lot of time to waste. I’d left Alice with Lola and I was a complete chicken shit to tell her what was going on. I knew I’d pay for it later. Crow was beside himself, he’d briefly cussed me out for just not marking Dane ages ago but we both knew doing it without his consent wasn’t possible. At least he wasn’t dumb enough to think he could just run into Venom, teeth bared and take throats. That was suicide and helped nothing. They were going to use the combat fields which were insanely far from us. Drake was actually working on getting us a helicopter transport up there, even running on four legs we’d never make it in time. They were likel

~Alice’s Point of View~ Though they were moving most further south it was too dangerous to move Sawyer. Despite getting annoyed at times with Lola I was getting a bit used to the female. I didn’t want to leave and Drake had too much on his plate to fight with me. Lola had said if Venom makes it to the center the pack may fall, and even though I was new I felt this was my home already. I would defend it to my last breath, pregnant or not. I couldn’t go back out into the wild, Maura begged me not to as well. They’d left one of the new Betas to babysit those who weren’t leaving the center. A male that was very short and seemed maybe … Japanese? I hadn’t wanted to get into story hour and you just never know who will be talkative. His name was Bill so that gave nothing away about his background. “I swear it’s as if his heart is a bit stronger today,” Lola said as she tried to give her male a bit of spongebath. They’d had to give him a feeding tube to ensure he got some nutrition and th

~Jett’s Point of View~ “Where the fuck could he have gone?? And how the hell did he get off the pole,” I snapped, raking my hands through my hair. It made no sense. He had to have had help, but Gabe went off with the pack to hunt. Who could it have been? Certainly no female would have been strong enough to get him down. They tie those ropes so damn tight it's nearly impossible for a wolf to get through them without killing the person. I’d really never seen a male leave Venom, Digger wasn’t that stupid. You either fell in line or he probably killed you. He wouldn’t risk someone getting out and telling his secrets. Much to my opposition it seemed Gabe was going to stay awhile. I didn’t like it one bit but he knew the risks. Still if I lost him it would be like losing my right arm, he did so much for us. Not to mention I genuinely liked the male. Things got so hectic in the few moments I was able to mind-link Dane. I hadn't had the chance to tell him where we were. Now we stood around