Most alpha ceremonies are grand events the whole pack enjoys together. extravagantly decorated event with all the finer things in life a huge buffet with wine and beer on tap celebrated with the whole pack. But under the circumstances I stand here at the werewolf council with a few people who came today as witnesses to my brother sampsons wrong doings. Three councilmen stand in front of me with a gold plated dagger “i high elder Marcus here by strip alpha sampson for the shadow crescent of his title and duties may all ties to the shadow pack be cut with this knife I hold before. I hereby from this day forth call forward alexander west to take the shadow crescent as his own and with the power of the moon goddess bestow him the new alpha” he cuts his hand so do the other two high elders they all let their blood run into a challis they hand me the knife and I do the same. I feel the power and strength of a alpha run hot through my veins it is something magical to feel my aura feels diffe

Esme Lonely I feel completely and utterly lonely weeks with basic human interaction is starting to drive me insane working out does not help. I crave for a conversation, fresh air, sunlight, human touch I miss my mate family and friends. I haven’t seen sampson in two days although I dislike him he is the one that put me in this predicament yet he is the only form of human interaction even if briefly and the fact I do not want to be in his presence it is still a form of human interaction. Perhaps this was part of his plan to strip me of human interaction and intimacy in the hopes I will fall straight into his arms for what it is I crave for. I can’t think like this I will not let him win I decide to meditate to ease my mind and find the inner strength I need to see me through this as i take my first inhale. As I do the dungeon door flies open “help me Esme help me” it’s a very distressed sampson his hair is dishevelled he hasn’t shaved in a while and looks as though he hasn’t had any

When Perseus and I woke up in the clary had already left the bed thank goddess that would have been awkward as fuck. Perseus pulls me into his arms and we lay staring at each other enjoying the others embrace. Perseus gently brushes the back of his hand across my cheek then pulls me in for a kiss I welcome it I have longed for this since the moment I left here. He pulls away “I could lay like this forever” i peck his lips “so could I” we hear banging and singing in the kitchen “is this what it’s like living with clary is he always his noisey in the mornings” I laugh “actually no I don’t ever remember a time his been up before me. The boys seem to be doing him some good. That boy could burn water we should probably get up before he burns the house down” as I get up he pulls me back to his chest and gives me a kiss. I could get lost in his hazel green eyes for eternity. I stand up not letting go of his hand and pull him at of bed his unwilling to get up I wants to lay in bed with me for

~clary~ Aura has been trying to change my mind but I’m hell bent on killing the man responsible for my mates death nothing she says could stop me. “Please clary listen to me for five minutes if you want to kill him afterwards I will not stop you” I stop and look at aura “your five minutes starts now” she sighs “thank you! There’s more to this than I can understand but we are all some how connected by the fates. Remember when we were little I would tell the fire story about the rogue? Don’t you think it’s odd that Perseus is a rogue and Esme’s mate. We found each other as kids and I also found Perseus. Esme sampson and you were all fated to Perseus, cherie and analise. what has happened had to happen it’s written in the fates there is something bigger at play here please listen to me when I say turn around this is something we all need to work out together. Don’t you find it peculiar Esme’s wolf is pure black and Perseus’s is pure white that is unheard of in your culture. They were de

Perseus ~ I watch in agony as Esme shivers in pain before I hold her in my arms but nothing seems to ease the pain she is in. I mindlink analise I suspect he may not be doing so well they have a strong bond stronger than usual maybe he is not doing so well. “Analise how is clary” “his on the mend aura had already prepared wolfs Bain and silver remedies. She was able to remove the bullet and treat the poison lm so grateful she was able to get us back to the cabin fast enough so that it didn’t spread his eyes are open and his slowly recovering” “that’s awesome congrats on the second chance mate he is an amazing guy if Esme loves him as much as she does he is the right one for you” With the clary’s status on the mend what could be causing this much pain to esme I have only ever seen this happen when one mate dies and the other suffers the loss greatly if they survive the pain chances are they will go crazy it is rarely a positive outcome. Then the thought flicks like a switch “sampson”