*Allie-Jean’s POV*“So many packs will be here tonight.” My brother’s eyes were darting nervously around his bedroom as he started to move everything around without purpose. Our pack, Blood Moon, was anxious and the energy around the house was worse than that. I couldn’t be bothered. I was only 17 years old and still had a year before I could marry and start my own life. My older brother Shaun was another story. This was his last chance to find his Luna before the throne would be given to our youngest brother. I wasn’t worried, though, because Shaun had many different suitors.I pretended I was helping by wiping down an already clean nightstand with a piece of Kleenex. “Why are you so worried, my brother?” I asked. I regretted my decision when Shaun ran up to me and began shaking my shoulders. “I haven’t found my mate yet, Allie-Jean, and now I have to pick someone I might not want to.”My brother had been searching for his mate for the last four years when he had taken the title of A

*Jaedon’s POV* “You’re saying war?” My best friend and Beta, Peter Normandy raised his eyebrows at me. Peter and I had met when we were children. Our pack, Snow Creek, had taken over his own pack Everforest. Now, the remaining joined us and pledged their loyalty. It hasn’t been a terrible thing for them though. We didn’t have to kill anyone. Their Alpha had been sick and the sickness was spreading. He asked us to take over the healthy of their pack so it wouldn’t have to die off. Our Alpha at the time obliged. My hands were sweaty and I brushed them off on the red velvet armrest of the chair I was seated in. The room was a large meeting room in the pack house. Peter was swishing around the dark brown liquid in his glass. It was bourbon. He carefully poured me a glass and handed it off to me. I could see the confusion in his eyes as he finished his glass off and set it down. “You’re married, too?” Peter leaned against the wall, running his hands through his shoulder-length blonde hai