Louisa can't come until the following week, which bothers Avery a lot.Her offer to speak to her Alpha was shouted down, and then Avery was screamed at for being inconsiderate of Louisa's pregnancy.She hung up that call even more agitated than she had been when she entered the office.Louisa's mate had to physically remove the phone from her hand to get her to stop roaring, and he apologised to Avery before he hung up, mentioning pregnancy hormones.Sonya disagreed, and she disagreed loudly with the phrase she is the biggest drama queen I've ever had the displeasure of meeting.Avery agreed with Sonya again.It was only 11 am, but Avery felt like months had gone by.Taking out her laptop, she quickly gets up a blank document and begins listing reasons why she shouldn't announce her accession. She can't think of many, and even though it may have been impulsive, she mindlinks the entire pack available to meet at the pack's high school football field.Everybody is confused, but the meet

With Freya and Sam safely in a bunker, Avery quickly flew through interviewing some of the other volunteers.She only spoke to the ones whom the guards found useful, which was three out of eighty.It would seem that anybody who had heard anything ever about York was coming in to suggest that it could be the reason for the attack on him.She was straight up not having a good day.She had spent two hours with Freya, comforting her and sitting in silence with her. She had sent a counsellor to them, and a teacher for Sam to distract him while his mother got some help for a while.Her heart clenched at the thought of how many other women the pack could be failing, and she had made an order for three nurses to go through every file and pull out any rape or suspected abuse files.She would look at them later, maybe with the help of Kathleen or her mother, and allocate funding to help for a crises centre. Which should have been done long before this, and she could have sworn she had ordered i

Avery feels unstoppable.Her hair is all one colour again, she has the brightest red lipstick she owns on, and her brows are cooperating.With this all in perfect condition, she sets off to the bunker, holding all of her files and her laptop in her bag, her phone in her hand and a smirk on her lips.Her phone rings, and then stops, Sonya taking the message instead.Are we ready for this?, Sonya asks nervously, and Avery snorts inwardly.What are we not ready for?, Avery retorts, and Sonya doesn't respond.Unlocking the door, and scanning her eyes, ear, and fingerprints, Avery is finally allowed into the bunker after typing in four codes and giving a blood sample.She has everything locked down, and nobody goes in or out without her say so."Good morning, Freya," she beams, and the woman looks up at her from the table she's sitting at.There's sweat on her brow, and she jumps up in an anxious flurry."What did they say?" She asks, hurrying up to Avery and looking up at her.Avery pause

"We're going to go see York," Marie says after a moment of silence before she drags a gawking Louisa out of the hallway."I'll be in the main office," Richard scowls, slamming his shoulder into Roman's as he walks out of the house.Avery stares at Roman in silence, before she turns her back on him and storms into the kitchen."What the hell is wrong with you?" Avery snarls, slamming a glass down on the counter and pouring some iced coffee into it."Look, I'm here to explain," he protests, and she grits her teeth, spinning around with a can of whipped cream in her hand."No, you don't get to explain. Hanging up a phone generally means that the conversation is over. It doesn't mean you run here," Avery scowls, turning back around and putting some cream on top of her coffee."No," Roman sighs, grabbing Avery's shoulders and turning her around."I want to talk to you, properly," he firmly says, and Avery raises a brow."Yeah. I can't talk to you if you don't put some clothes on," she shru

"Don't be too mean, please," Avery murmurs as she and Roman head back to her room."I'll say whatever I want. It was disrespect to you, but you can't do anything because Louisa is your family. I'll take the hit," he whispers to her, bringing her hand up to his lips and kissing it gently.Avery smiles slightly at his caring gesture, and she can't help the slight blush that her cheeks take on."Okay, but please don't be mean," she pleads, "because she is my sister. I'm the one who will have to deal with the consequences. You can go back to your pack at any time.""She'll get what she would if she was any other pack member," he promises, clenching his jaw, "although no other pack member would stare at us and mock you."His tone took on an irritated, almost angry note to it towards the end of his sentence, and she gently squeezes his hand, trying to force her independence down a little.Accept his help but don't depend on it, Sonya grumbles, slightly bothered by his need for dominance.Av