I wasn’t sure I would be able to submit to Emlyn. It went against everything in me to submit. But for her, Finley and I were willing to do anything. For her, I could submit. I had no idea it would have the effect it did on her. ‘If we had, we would have submitted a long time ago.’ Finley says. ‘Really, Fin?’ ‘For our mate, yes. Never for anyone else, but for Emlyn and Morrigan, if that’s what they want from us, if that’s what they need from us, then we will do it every day to keep them at our sides.” That night, I got up with Leander as many times as I could. Even after Emlyn had pumped, I still had to wake her eventually. But I stayed with her, watching her and Leander and enjoying the last hours of our time together. The next morning, my heart was breaking. The thought of having to let them go, let them leave me again, nearly broke me. I walked Emlyn to her car, holding Leander until I finally had to put him in his car seat. When I did, I hopped into the front passenger seat. “

After getting over my sister being mated to Cohen, I realized he was right. It’s not any different than it was for me. It’s just, well, she’s my sister. My little sister. “Get over it, I had to.” Emerson says, coming into Cohen’s office where we’re meeting to discuss the potential for war. “So, does this mean you’ll be asking Malin to be your acting Luna?” I ask Cohen hopefully. He looks at me sheepishly. “Yeah, and I’ve already talked to Emlyn. I know she’ll talk to you, but I think she’s planning to stay here another week or so to get Malin settled before she moves back to Shadow Falls.” My heart soars. I didn’t really have time to talk to Emlyn past my disbelief that she bet against me. “Not against you.” She had said. “Just in favor of Malin.” She had kissed me softly and I forgot why I cared. “Go, I’ll bring Leander to you when he wakes up. I’ve been pumping for the last couple of days, so you’ll be able to feed him.” First, I get a kiss, then I find out I get to feed my so

I hated giving up even a day with Emlyn and Leander, but the pack needed me. I had already given them enough reason to question me as their Alpha. I wasn’t going to give them another. I also know that Emlyn will understand and appreciate that I am sacrificing my time with them for the good of the pack. When I arrived home, I was shocked to find that Maeve’s ‘family’ was a younger brother and sister. When I questioned Xander, he said the rest of her family is dead and she is the head of her family, even though she’s barely an adult herself. I could tell she wasn’t happy about having her family here, in my pack. I was worried about her using her time here against us, and she was worried about the pack hurting her sister and brother. I remember her saying that Gwen had threatened her family. She must have meant these two. Her sister, Meadow, couldn’t be more than 15 and her brother, Tate is even younger at 12 or 13. When I called her to my office, I wasn’t surprised to see Xander come

I wake in the hospital room. Alone. I can hear the commotion of an active emergency room outside my door. I look around, trying to remember how I got here. It takes a moment, then it all comes rushing back. Am I dead? That would explain why I’m alone. Where is Emlyn? Where is my family? I sit up, realizing that I’m hooked up to a bunch of wires. I begin ripping them out of my arms and off my face before standing up. I’m wobbly on my feet and the screeching of the machines is hurting my ears. I begin walking to the door, holding on to the bed when a doctor or nurse, I’m not sure, comes rushing in. “Alpha, you need to get back into bed.” He says, coming to hold me up and keep me steady. “Where is everyone? What happened?” “What do you remember, Alpha?” He asks me. I look down at him. “I remember that Canyon Ridge was under attack. I came to protect the pack and my mate, Emlyn. Where is she? I thought she’d be here when I woke up.” I look at him. “I’m not dead, am I?” “No Alpha. Y

I wanted to follow Emlyn to Canyon Ridge, but I need to take care of my dead and injured. Cayd returned to say that Safe Haven had defeated their attackers. It turns out that it was Alpha Samuel’s pack, the Alpha that attacked me in my office the day I impregnated Emlyn. I had no idea that they were still angry about what had happened. They threatened me, why they would think a threat against me, my mate and my pack would go unanswered. He attacked me in my own office. I’m not sure if it was him or Beta Trevor that started the turn against the Guardians, but either way, there were several packs and a lot of rogues that were part of our attack. Alpha Wyatt’s pack was decimated. Alpha Samuel’s old pack was captured. They were tired of living under the rule of first Alpha Samuel and then his Beta turned Alpha Aiden. Most of them had been happy to hear that they would be attacking Safe Haven. They wanted asylum and hadn’t been allowed to leave their pack. The council, now with an entirely