GabriellaThe packs were gathered in Gabriella’s territory for over a month and there had been no sign of an attack from the king. The information from the magical homelands was that all was quiet and that information had come from various different places, which could only mean that it had to be good. On the other hand, there were the refugees who had clearly been through a lot. Gabriella couldn’t bring herself to believe that they were just making it all up.The only explanation everyone could think about was that someone was probably trying to make the king look bad. It was such a traumatic event for the refugees that it was possible that they could have been mistaken and that someone pretending to be the king could have faked this so-called war. The three alphas got together and agreed that it was probably safe enough for them to go home. Gabriella would let the refugees stay with her pack since they were the only ones who really had a place to house them. She also wanted to spend

MelodyIt felt really strange to be back here. Nothing much had changed really. She had been gone for goodness knew how long and everything seemed to be the same. The only difference she could feel was in the air. People seemed more nervous than when she was here before. She could feel it in the tension in the air. Then, when she spoke to people, it was as if they were hesitant to say something … Anything! She asked her parents in the car on the way home and they looked at each other for a moment before her mother came out with the entire story.It seemed as though the council had completely lost their freaking minds. People were being arrested for what seemed like no reason! Her mother explained that you could just look at something the wrong way and soldiers would appear out of nowhere and arrest you. No trials were being held that they could see, and her mother commented that she could only imagine how full the prison must be at the moment. Melody’s father made a comment that he he

MelodyMelody walked to the door and invited him in. He was her mate after all, and she was just about to tell him about their plan. All her friends seemed to agree that he should be part of their inner circle. To say that he was furious was an understatement. Matthew pulled her aside, wanting to know if she was going to go through with this ridiculous plan, but Melody saw no other way. If she pulled out of the fake engagement whatever with Eli, he would suspect something.“Don’t you think that our meeting before you do this stupid thing is a sign?” Matthew looked pained and it pained her to put him through this, but he had to understand the importance of what she was going to do. He had to understand that she would rather die than mate with Eli, but that she would have to play at being in love until they got what they needed. She knew that Eli would push for them to have the wedding as soon as possible, but she also knew that if she tried really hard, she could postpone this damn wed

MelodyThey couldn’t discuss what they had found on the bus or even in Melody’s parent’s house, but they could all go out to the lake and talk about it there. Her friends loved the lake and although Matthew and Melody had to be careful not to show any kind of affection towards each other, they were at least able to talk. They spent the afternoon just basking in the glorious sunlight and swimming in the fresh cool water and the time went by way too fast. Before she knew it, it was time for them to go home and have dinner.She would be going to dinner with Eli and his parents the next night and she drank every single moment with her friends and Matthew. She knew that these memories with her friends were the only thing that was going to get her through a night with Eli and his parents. These memories were going to be the only things to get her through all of this! She had to pretend to be falling in love with that bastard so she could convince him to tell her what the hell was going on.

GabriellaHearing that their king was planning to wipe them all out was the worst possible news they could have gotten! Gabriella was quiet all the way home as her mind kept thinking about it. What could have happened that the man finally lost the plot? Everybody knew that the Wolf King was a little crazy, but hearing that he had taken over control of the magical council was just unthinkable! How did he even do that? How did the Wolf King take control of the most powerful council in the world? That was the question that was bugging her the most.They arrived at the pack house and went straight into a private meeting with the alphas from the neighbouring packs that were attacked previously. At the moment, Gabriella didn’t trust anybody and she carefully studied the alphas as they told them what they found out. There was one she singled out during the meeting that just point blank refused to believe what they were telling them. Gabriella was furious by the time they ended the meeting an