MELIA POV Mom shimmered in bright and early the next morning. Of course she was just as chipper as usual, overly excited about our awakening happening in just two days. She happily fluttered around my room like a beautiful butterfly opening all the curtains letting in an exacerbating amount of light. "Mom please I've only gotten a couple hours of sleep last night and if I'm going to be productive at all today I need a few more hours of sleep." "I'm sorry honey but I will crash soon and you won't get to see me until late tomorrow evening so get up and have breakfast with your mama. There is a lovely garden here behind the pack house that we can get comfy in. I think I even saw a hammock or two out there the last time I was here. We could always take a nap in them just like old times." "Fine. Mama but only because Alpha August won't like it." I removed my pillow that was covering my face. "Great! You get dressed and I'll have breakfast waiting for you out back." Mom was gone just as

MELIA POV I definitely stayed up way to late last night trying to fill Roxy in on everything going on at the pack so I was grateful when Mrs. Wilson insisted on everyone having a Bifrost tea at breakfast. The morning kind of passed by in a blurr with everyone talking and asking questions. Alpha August was really interested in creating a greenhouse where Mrs. Wilson could teach someone to grow the tea leaves needed to create her infamous Bifrost tea and Mrs. Wilson seemed interested. She was even talking about Jeanie being the one that she taught but they were interrupted when Lenny and the pack warriors had arrived at the front gate. Alpha August promised Mrs. Wilson they would continue their conversation before he made his way to the front gate. Mom and dad went to make sure there were enough cleaned cabins for the pack warriors to be comfortable while they stayed with us. Thankful that everyone's attention was on other priorities I shimmered to my room for a nap but it wasn’t long

ALPHA AUGUST POV"I hate being trapped in this goddess-forsaken cabin, not knowing what the hell is going on," I grumbled in frustration.“The Witch Council would have our heads if they knew we were here; we are way out of our league here on the coven’s territory.” Lenny so annoyingly reminded me.I threw my hands in the air and turned on my heels, making a beeline for the kitchen. I opened the fridge and was greeted with beer, mac and cheese, and a huge rack of ribs. Man, the woman knows the key to my heart," I thought as a smile tugged at my lips. I started pulling everything out of the fridge before I adjusted the temperature of the oven. “We might as well eat if we were stuck in for the night.” I handed Lenny a beer.After Lenny and some of our finest pack warriors arrived at the coven, Athena and Baine showed us to our cabins, where we could make ourselves comfortable for the night. With the Witch Council scheduled to arrive this evening to participate in both the chrysoprase ce

MELIA POV I must have fallen asleep, but I didn't have a clue about the amount of time that had passed from then until now. I still had a mild headache, and I was still in the pitch dark. I tried to push myself up off the ground, but I collapsed from the pain that radiated from my injured hand that I had forgotten about. “What in the hell is going on. Why haven’t I healed?” I questioned myself outloud.“There are no magical abilities here. You can’t shift. Your wolf is suppressed, and your magic is useless.” A man’s voice came out of the dark.“Who is there?” I tried to keep my voice from shaking as I scanned the room, making my way to my feet using my good hand.“Don’t be alarmed, I just wanted to see what exactly my father’s new prized possession was that he thought he needed to keep hidden from me. Let me introduce myself. My name is Lexington, but you can call my Lex.” A beautiful pale man lit a match, and all the wall lanterns came to life one after another so I could finally se

ALPHA AUGUST POV It had been eight days since the attack and I was going out of my mind with grief and loss. How could I have let this happen to my family? "Alpha, will we be graced with your presence today?" Lenny pushed through my mindlink but I ignored him. "August, Maisie is asking for you." Lenny tried again, this time pulling at what was left of my heart strings. I closed my mindlink without a response, Bishop turned in the direction of the coven house and we slowly made our way back to civilization. I couldn't help but run through the last couple of weeks in my head. Things didn't make sense. How did we go from no rogue or neonate activity to a full blown attack that cost me my daughter and the love of my life? How could I have been so naive thinking I could have it all with no ramifications? Idiotic and stupid is what I've been, thinking a beast like me could have even the faintest bit of happiness that I didn't deserve. "Alpha." Maisie pulled me from my insane ramb