ZIYAH “She’s losing a lot of blood,” the surgeon said. Dr. Hastings was one of the best trauma surgeons on this side of the country. Luckily, he had been visiting his sister who lived in our pack. This was not the first surgery that I had overseen. I trained as a combat medic and have been brought into countless surgeries because of my experience as well as my healing magic. Unfortunately, not everything could be easily healed. This was one such instance. “Does she have any blood relatives here? Parents or siblings?” he asked me. “Not parents or siblings. She has a cousin that lives here. We can bring in her grandparents if that’ll help,” I told him quickly as I continued helping him to irrigate the wounds. I heard him curse underneath his breath when her blood pressure dropped down. ‘C’mon, Angel. You need to fight. Your mates need you. We all need you. Fight, sweetheart,’ I sent to her and flooded some love and strength into her as well. “Grandparents will have to do. I can t

ANGEL I was waiting for someone to make the next move because I needed to play it safe for now. Rushing into a two-on-one fight was a really stupid move because it pushed the single fighter into a series of reaction instead of strategic action. Garrison and Deluca came at Athena from either side, attempting to distract me, thinking that I would only be able to focus on one. How in the hell was Garrison a warrior here? It was a laughable thought. I was certain that even Willow could best him. Deluca tapped into his wolf’s speed and rushed at me. He brandished a hunting knife that looked fairly sharp. It was serrated and would do a lot of damn damage if he was able to use it on me. I would prefer that not to happen. Athena whipped her body around when he got close enough, tossing him away like a fly being swatted. The silver chain burned as it was wrapped around Athena’s neck. She let out a warning growl, the only one that they would receive. Nobody could blame us for what would hap

ANGEL Athena pointed out a total of six people that she felt needed to be monitored because their reactions to what was being shared were suspicious. I made certain to share their faces with my mates after the pack meeting concluded. It seemed that my mates had also picked up on their reactions and promised that they would be watched. Sadly, we had no way to tell who all was either a part of this or willing to be. How many people were in this pack that were willing to betray it for the right price? How many people would destroy the peace that we had here? A part of me felt like this was all my fault. Josef sent Maxine here to learn everything she could about the pack and about me. Now, our pack was being threatened because of Josef’s obsession with me. While he was no longer here, he set the wheels in motion before he died. We had war a ‘It’s not your fault. Julio would’ve found out who you were even if Josef never found you. He still would’ve found out about the prophecy. Here’s

GRANTTonight brought a lot of new information to light and would take a moment to wrap my head around it all.First off, Athena was really fucking brutal. Nobody should fuck with her. Goddess, she was magnificent. There was something extremely sexy seeing her being an Avenging Angel like this. One thing that my wolf and I agreed on was that our mates were so fucking perfect.Secondly, Mama Faye and Athena had apparently both been warriors on the battlefield. It was really cool that they had known each other in that regard. Neither of them had given any of us the impression that they had known each other like that. It did not matter either way. I could definitely see warrior-like traits in them both though. Brutal was the both of them.Thirdly, it would appear that Athena had the ability to see inside of someone’s mind, according to Ghost. That was really cool. It was a damn good thing that I did not have anything to hide from my mate. My brother and I were open books for both of them.

GRANTNever had I thought that I would get to meet Sophia. Goddess, the resemblance between Angel and her was remarkable to witness side-by-side.There was such tenderness that she showed Angel, which only served to warm my heart. Paula was an amazing mother to Angel. Never once had she treated Angel any differently from Denny or Willow. Never once had she or Jesse made our girl feel like she was adopted. Angel was theirs from the moment that they first laid their eyes on her.It was great to witness how much Sophia loved Angel and vice versa. I knew that this was not the same as them living life together, but it was a blessing that I knew neither of them would take for granted.Knowing that the time to deal with Julio was drawing near had us all stressing out. My brother and I were attempting to keep our emotions in check because our mate did not need to feel what we felt.Gabriel and I were both terrified about the warning Sophia had given to her about her gut feeling that something