Rex. “Alpha, where have you been? We’ve been looking for you.” Reece and Zane say the moment they see me and I pause when I see the worried looks on their faces. A sense of unease settles in the pits of my stomach as I think of the worst. “What’s wrong? Did something happen?” My stomach twists when they evade my gaze and I know something is definitely wrong. “Speak!” I growl. “The Luna has gone missing and we’ve received a note,” Zane reports. Fear creeps into me at their words. I feel numb as they hand me the familiar note and when I read it, my whole world comes crashing down on me. ‘Follow the clues if you want to save her. Come alone. Bring your Beta. She’s dead. Bring your warriors and leave them to lurk in the darkness. She’s dead.’ A menacing growl rips out of me as I glare at my two most trusted men. Where the fuck were they when Gianna was being kidnapped? “How did this happen? Why didn’t no one protect her?” I snarl viciously, anger threatening to consume me.

Gianna. When I come to, I find myself in a hospital ward. Rose and Hailey are by my side looking at me with so much worry on their faces. “Where’s he?” I ask with bated breath, my stomach twisting with nerves. Is he dead? Was Reece too late? I had lost consciousness the moment he stormed into the room so I don't know what happened. Have they captured the masked man? They probably have since I'm here, alive and well. Rose's eyes flit with guilt and this makes me sit up. I get to my feet but she gently pushes me back on the bed. “He’s not fine right now. The poison can’t hurt him but it can cause him pain. The doctors are flashing the poison from his system so he can heal well. I'm sorry. It's my fault that this happened. If I had gone with you to the City, you wouldn't have been kidnapped and the Alpha wouldn't have been so injured.” Fear creeps into me and my chest constricts at her words. It's no one's fault but mine. She doesn't even know that I planned to meet my father.

Gianna. I never knew Rex could look so sexy and desirable while cooking. There is just something alluring about a man in the kitchen cooking for you. He's the most handsome man I've ever seen and more so now with the apron tied around his waist. He wasn't being an Alpha at that moment. He was just Rex. My man. All the time he was working around the kitchen, I kept clamping my legs to stop my arousal from perfuming the air. But when he approached me with a plate of pasta looking like a god that had just descended from the sky, I couldn’t help opening my legs and his eyes flashed when he caught the scent of my neediness. He lets out a low growl that makes my pussy clench too many times but it is his next words that make me want to come right here and now. “I cooked you dinner so that you can eat it while I eat you,” he says in his deep velvety voice. “Now spread those legs wider for me, baby. I’m starving.” I blush but I bite my lower lip and tantalisingly open my legs for him

Zane. “Hey, man. Why are you not dressed?” I ask Reece when I find him in the lounge area of the packhouse playing games. He’s in casual cargo shorts and a grey tee. He seems rather relaxed like there’s no event in the pack today. He raises his head to glance at me briefly and then returns his focus to the screen. “I’m sitting the mating ball out.” I cock up my brow at this. "Don't you want to find your mate? Several she-wolves have come for the ball." He shrugs nonchalantly as if we are just talking about the weather. "I'm not in a hurry. There's still time." “What? You’re twenty-four and you’re not in a hurry to find your mate?” What kind of excuse is that? He pauses for a split moment and then returns to the game. “I’m just not interested. Good luck. I hope you find your mate today,” he says calmly and I sigh, deciding to give up. Something has been bothering him lately but he doesn't want to share what it is. “Ok. See you later then.” I walk out of the pa

Unknown pov. I’ve always been more powerful than other Alphas. I didn’t know why until I found out who my mother really is. She’s a Lycan and the former Alpha Queen. She gave her title up to stay with my father who turned out to be her fated mate. A foolish move if you would ask me. I didn’t get why she would give up her position because of love. Being at the top... having immense power. There's nothing that can compare to that. She was the rightful Queen so if she decided to be with her fated mate, no one would blame her. The only reason she handed over the title to that imposter is because of Rex. She may have produced me out of love, but she still loved that fucker. So to secure his place on the throne, she left her pack and came here to become a mere Luna for a small, pathetic pack. Her other son will become the Alpha King but the title should have been mine in the first place. If my mother chased that man out and brought her mate in, it would have been me in Rex’s place.