*LUCIANO’S POV*I take a quick look around the kitchen. There are herbs and bottles of different shapes and sizes laying around. I pick up a herb that has a purple hue on it, just to keep my hands busy. It smells like lavender so it probably is. The kitchen looks like she had been working for quite some time. “How are you up so early? Did you get any sleep?” I ask her. She smirks at me as if to say pot calling kettle black and I smile back. I drop the piece of lavender back on the table. “How long have you been having trouble sleeping?” she asks. “I honestly can’t remember a time when I slept through the night, Becky. It’s become normal and I can’t say when it started.” She sets her motar aside and proceeds to put the kettle on the stove. She gets two mugs out of the cupboard and places them on the kitchen table. I don’t know how the mugs fit considering the table is covered with bottles and herbs. If I didn’t know for sure she

*ARIANNA’S POV*I walk around the compound for over twenty minutes looking for Andrew. I had no idea why they called this a compound. It was a fucking estate. In the mystic moon, we all lived close to each other but not in the same compound. This was a giant estate with multiple houses housing different families and wolves. It was nice, they felt more like a community than the mystic moon. They may have felt like a community but I felt like one of the visiting wolves. Nobody liked me and I didn’t know anybody. After almost thirty minutes of aimlessly wandering, I make my way to the lounge. Maybe he is a day drinker, who knew? I shrugged. I all but ran to the lounge. I do not want to be here longer than I have to be. I shudder even thinking about being marked just a few days ago. I get there and find Dave talking to Andrew. What the hell was happening? “You knew he was here?” I ask, confused and upset. “No, I saw him walk in here on my w

*LUCIANO’S POV*I walk out of Becky’s with a nagging feeling. Whoever did this can’t be stupid enough to keep heavy scented potions on them. They would need to stash it somewhere and wash off the scent from their bodies. Even with a good scrub it'll take at least a day before they could blend in with the rest of the compound undetected. “What am I missing?” I start walking towards my house with this in mind. I needed to think. I was about a minute away from my front door when it hit me. I immediately turned around and took off towards the back fence in a sprint. How did I miss it? “Fuck!”I reach the back fence and leap over it without stopping. Now outside the compound, I stop and look around. I put my nose up in the air and try to catch a scent. I can smell them a lot out here so I try to focus. I pick up a faint smell of monkshood and I follow it quietly. I’m walking for a few minutes before I realize that the smell is leading towards

ARIANNA’S POVI needed to hurry. Becky said the mixture in the bowl was a cloaking spell. We couldn’t be sure how many of them were in the woods. I leap over the fence and take a quick look around. What direction do I go towards? I raise my nose in the air and catch Dave’s scent. “Thank Luna” I whisper to myself. I start running in Dave’s direction. Curse my slow Omega legs. I was faster than most humans, just slower than other wolves. As I ran down the path, I let my mind wander. I always felt blocked whenever I tried to run or fight. It was like there was power somewhere and someone had cut off my access to it. Why would the goddess do that? What did Omegas ever do to her? I scoffed at the thought of any puny wolf being able to harm Luna. Maybe it was an ego thing, who knew. I could hear screams and curses now. The sounds did not worry me because the voice did not belong to Dave or Lucianno so it was probably Jace screaming. I wonder what Luciano was doing to him? For once tho

ARIANNA’S POV I was having a shitty morning. Luciano had to officially see his guests off this morning. Which meant I had to be up super early too. Why exactly did I agree to stay on as his assistant? The first two parks were leaving at 6am. Which means I was rudely woken up at five by Luciano asking me to get ready for the day. Having to knock on my door had to be weird for him. It definitely was weird to me. He usually let himself in. The thought made me shiver a little. Standing here while Luciano exchanged pleasantries with the two Alphas had me even more upset. I was not needed here. Why did I have to lose sleep. Everyone else seemed well rested. Especially Luciano. He did not just look good, he smelled good too. Screw him.We both stood and watched all three cars pull out of the compound. “Who leaves next and what time?” He asked as we made our way back to his office. “The Appalachian park leaves at eight…at least that's what their beta said”.“What does that mean Arianna?