Every night the twins drove Jane to new levels of pleasure. At night they shared and tasted each other to finally fall down in a tangle of sweaty limbs, hearts beating rapidly and her core throbbing slightly. So much had happened that she sometimes felt like she had whiplash but she wouldn’t trade it for anything in the world.“What are you thinking about?” Reid asked her one night as they lay in bed.“I can’t believe we’re going home soon. This time away from everything has been absolute heaven.”Reid shifted slightly so he could look at her. “There’s still something we need to talk about.”Jane stilled and looked at him, not sure she wanted to have that conversation with him. “About what?”“You’ve changed so much, Jane. You’ve really turned into your true self in Jenner’s pack and we know you’re not keen to return home with us.”Jane nodded her head because it was true. She had no idea how things would work from here on out. She only knew that she couldn’t be apart from them but she

They drove in a convoy back to Los Avalos and the life she’d run from. Reid drove in the front with her behind him and Ryan bringing up the rear. They had left at noon, after a hearty breakfast with their friends and a tearful goodbye.They would all stay in touch, she knew that. They would drive down for Jenner and Freya’s acceptance ceremony and they would join the three of them for theirs. Jane wanted to wait until they graduated but the twins didn’t.They wanted to do it with the next full moon, make it official since they were all eighteen. She had no idea how the legal marriage would work but she knew that legally she could only marry one of them. She shook those thoughts away because it didn’t really matter and she wasn’t going to choose one, they could decide.Five hours later they parked in front of the Alpha House and Jane smiled. It really was a magnificent house and she realized then that she’d missed it. Ryan and Reid took care of the luggage as she opened the front door

Ryan had left before dawn. He ran the perimeter every morning and then reported for training with the warriors. After that on a normal day, they’d go to school with him then working alongside his father in the office.She knew Reid would be doing the same thing too but she didn’t want to think about him too much because it hurt. Was Britney in his bedroom with him? Did she sleep next to him last night? She shook her head as she got ready for the day with no firm plan in mind.She thought that she should go to her old room and get some of her stuff moved to the new wing and then maybe actually do something about their room. It was too stark for her, the cream walls, cream bedding, cream carpet, she couldn’t live with how plain it was.Omega workers smiled and bowed their heads at her and she smiled back at them. She knew them all by name and they were all nice people. She should start to pay more attention to their needs now because she’d soon took over the Luna duties from her mother.

Over the next few days Joseph became Jane’s shadow. Most times she didn’t notice him until she was actively looking for him and he would just appear. It freaked Jane out and Joseph seemed a natural Gamma. Reid had withdrawn completely and Ryan spent more and more time with Kyle or at the border. Jane spent more time with her mother and learning about Luna duties. Britney always seemed to hover wherever Reid was. “So what does a Luna actually do?” Jane asked her mother as they sat in her office, adjacent to Kyle’s. “Essentially you’ll be the pack’s mother. You organize every important event. You make sure your Alpha knows about births and ceremonies and outside events that you’re invited to. You will always be the one to pick out gifts when other Alpha’s take over and retire. It’s important to know which packs you have treaties with and which ones you don’t. The only times you’ll invite neutral packs to functions is if it’s to do with the Alpha committee and your pack hosts it, other

Jane had showered and dressed all before seven am. She couldn’t see any of them going to school today and she had no idea where Ryan was. Her phone was still on the bedside table and there wasn’t even a text from him.Her head snapped up as the bedroom door opened and Ryan walked inside looking pissed off. She frowned slightly and stood up from the bed. The anger was rolling off of him and it made her feel uneasy.“Is everything okay?”Ryan’s eyes had darkened as he turned to look at her. “I don’t get you, Jane. I’m here every single day. I give you everything you ask of me but at the first hiccup, you run. I get you’re feeling sensitive but I can’t have a Luna that runs every time something is difficult.”“I’m sorry …”“Sorry doesn’t cut it, Jane. I have to wake up in the middle of the night to find you gone! Then when I get to the hospital I have to hear that you’ve run, again! I’m getting sick of this bullshit!”“Ryan …”“Do you have any idea what it felt like to stand there with B