Zaine’s POVI try to hide my frown when I look down and see her skin stretching and splitting around me. It’s shiny and thin and painted red with her blood. When I try to pull out, I can see the head of my beast pulling against the tight skin holding him there. Her pussy has snapped tightly behind the rim of his helmet and the only way to get him out is to hurt her again.I shouldn’t have let my imagination run away with me. The thought of her gushing all over him was too tempting. When she said she left like she needed to pee, I knew what I could make her body do and I wanted to feel it. I needed to feel a connection with her beyond the feint sparks of the moon magic that tethers our souls. Something tangible.The only way I can make her pain less is to keep her wet, make her cum again and pull out quickly whilst she is distracted. It’s all I can think of to help her through this.She doesn’t look angry. She looks scared and in pain and the tears in her eyes make my chest hurt.“You

Luca’s POV I listen in disbelief as Torrin and Mrs Crook blow my happy, peaceful existence apart piece by piece. “Princess?” George chokes on the one word that is also stuck in my head. I remember when that night, when they all arrived. It was the women first, Mrs Crook, Genevieve and Sophia. They were soaking wet, covered head to toe in mud and their arms torn and grazed by the branches of the trees they had run through. Torrin and Sebastian came ambling towards the group of us who had gathered to help the women and find out what had happened. When it was just them, we thought perhaps they had fled their pack to escape abuse, but on closer inspection, the clothes they wore had been through the wars, but they were not the clothes you see an omega dressed in. Torrin and Sebastian shifted back to their human forms as they approached, I only saw their wolves for a split second, and until now I thought I had been seeing things, I was tired from a long shift on patrol and the pissing d

Sophia’s POV When Hattie woke me up to give me a hot chocolate then leave without saying a word, I was still half asleep and not sure what was going on or where I was. The last thing I remembered was being in pain with his beast stuck inside me, more pain when he pulled it out, then pleasure that completely took me over. I couldn’t breathe, my legs shook and stiffened and moved independently of my mind then I saw white.Now I’m back in the visitor suite with Beta Luca, Torrin, and Mrs Crook hovering around outside the door which has been left ajar. Nobody has said anything to me, but the worried looks on their faces and constant whispers and glances in my direction can’t be good. Mrs Crook never shows her concerns, she is the one who maintains calm and has always made me feel safe, even when I knew I wasn’t, not really.When I asked where Zaine was, Torrin said he had gone for a run but is on his way back. Did I disappoint him? I’m sure those other women could handle their Alpha, the

Abernathy’s POV This shit storm sure crept up on me. How have eighteen years flown by so quickly? Torrin has no idea how much I know, or what plans and redundancies have been playing out around him unseen. Alpha Theo and King Sebastian left nothing to chance when it came to the princess and her future. I’m not sure how much he has learned about my past or how I came to be Beta of Scarlet Moon all those years ago, but now that one secret is out, I doubt it will be long before all my shit is laid bare. I wanted to tell him back then, after seeing him suffer so much loss I wanted to tell him he was not alone and that I knew the pain he lived with day in, day out. Theo swore me to secrecy the day he told me who our new pack members were, and insisted I teach Torrin everything I know. I couldn’t tell him who I was, where I came from or that I knew anything about him and his past. It was hard at first, but as I got to know Torrin I could see a bit of myself in there and knew how to reach

Mrs Crook’s POVI was there when Sophia came into the world. She was calm and peaceful, a gift from the goddess herself. Genevieve laughed and told me I was overwhelmed with emotion when I told her the princess arrived swaddled in celestial light, but I know what I saw with my own eyes. The Goddess has plans for this little one, that much has been obvious from the very beginning.I have never been blessed with pups of my own, not for lack of trying. Jon and I prayed, pleaded and bargained with the goddess for many years, but our prayers went unanswered and eventually we accepted that it wasn’t in the goddess’ plan for us.Learning midwifery and herbal medicine from the small group of women in the town who practised the old ways, I made myself useful as a midwife of sorts. Those women opened my eyes to the gifts of nature all around us and I began to see life in a whole new light.Delivering pups gave me peace and a reason to wake up every morning. Supporting the mothers through one of