EllieRiver's assessment kept circling in Ellie's mind as she got ready for dinner. Only a few moments after meeting Sylvia, he'd already determined that she was lying about being a Luna. How did he know that already?Perhaps her husband was being too judgmental. After all, he tended to be pretty skeptical of most people. That wasn't a bad thing most of the time. There was a sucker born every minute, but River wasn't one of them.Still, as Ellie slipped her earrings in, she thought it wasn't fair to jump to conclusions so quickly. They should at least give Sylvia a day or two to prove whether or not she was who she said she was. That didn't mean they had to trust her. But they could be nice and try to help her."Are you ready?" River said, coming out of the bathroom. "Wow--you look hot!"Ellie turned and looked at him, rolling her eyes. "You're ridiculous.""No, I'm serious. I don't think I've ever seen you in that dress before."Ellie glanced down at the blue dress she'd pulled from

ElliePicnics really weren't Ellie's thing. For the most part, anything that was considered girly wasn't really her thing. She liked a beautiful dress and a good pair of heels. Jewelry was usually not a bother to her, but as far as going and doing things, she'd much rather jump out of an airplane or ride a roller coaster than go on a picnic or watch a romantic comedy.When Sylvia had suggested a picnic, Ellie had been leery. The idea of sitting in a meadow on a blanket, eating food out of a basket while trying to fight off insects didn't sound appealing at all. But Ulysses had immediately said it was a, "Splendid idea!" Well, she could hardly abandon her friend to the strange woman Ellie knew was a liar. So, the three of them had dragged River along with them and were now sitting in a field of wildflowers, watching fall leaves drift lazily to the ground while eating chicken salad sandwiches and smooshing ants."You'd think these little b*stards would realize we're dangerous and leave

RiverSitting in his office going over all of the pack's reports was never too exciting. As the Alpha, River had probably looked at more than a thousand reports a year, if not more. Not a single one of them had ever brought a smile to his face or made him happy in any way, shape, or form.But he didn't have a whole lot of choice in the matter. He went over the patrol reports from the Omegas that were on duty the night before every morning. Most of the time they were the same old same old; nothing noted of interest or that should be given special attention. Then, he'd go over the reports from the Omegas who took care of the supplies for the pack. While everyone had a job and contributed to village life, the pack provided certain necessities to everyone and even more to those who truly needed it--orphans, the elderly, the ill. As important as those reports were, they also were nothing to write home about. If there was a battle, those reports would usually be pretty interesting. Every c

EllieWaiting for her phone to ring was nerve-wracking, to say the least. Ellie normally wasn't one to worry about gossip or what was going on with other people, but Ulysses was supposed to be proposing to Sylvia on their date, and she'd asked him to call her when it was over to let her know how it went. The phone just didn't seem to be ringing. 'It would be rude to text someone when you knew they were on a date, wouldn't it?' she asked herself. Visions of Ulysses down on one knee, the ring box open in his hand, the question on his lips… as his phone dings that he has a text message.Yeah, no. She could wait."You do know that staring at your phone is not going to make him call, don't you?" River asked with a bit of snark in his tone.Ellie looked over at him and glared, but he didn't see her. He was reading the newspaper. Seriously, who read the newspaper? Like a real paper newspaper? He had to be the only person in the world who did that.Not that he did it often. Only on the weeke

EllieIt was nice to be planning a wedding that wasn't for her....Granted, Shelby had been planning her wedding for so long now, Ellie would be shocked if she and Carl ever actually got married, but as soon as Ulysses and Sylvia got themselves on the same page, they were ready to get hitched. Sylvia had insisted on introducing Ulysses to her parents and taking him back to her pack so that he felt he could completely trust her before they got married, but that hadn't taken long. Even if Sylvia hadn't proven herself to be the most trustworthy person in the world, he trusted the Moon Goddess, and he had no doubt the goddess wanted them to be together.Of course, Sylvia wouldn't get married in a traditional gown or in a traditional service. She'd decided they needed to get married in the middle of the woods, even though there was a foot of snow on the ground and it was still falling on the morning of the wedding. She would be wearing a long shimmery silver gown and a light blue cloak. At