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“Where?” Dad asked. “The government has a long reach.”“He has an island in the Caribbean. I did a little research. Looks like a guy purchased it and was trying to turn it into a luxury resort, but his finances collapsed right before it opened. Donatello must have swooped in and bought it. The place has got housing for our entire pack and then some. He has food and water supplies, and it’s in international waters. The land is his alone, not beholden to any country. It’s the best possible place to ride this storm out if we need to. He said to call him, and he’d send cargo helicopters to pick up our people.”Dad looked grim. “We abandon our pack lands?”Wolves, like all shifters, were territorial creatures. The thought of leaving the land you’d protected, fought for, and lived in for decades was not a decision to be taken lightly. I glanced at Dad. “The pack land won’t mean anything if we’re all dead or detained in some concentration camp. It’s the lesser of two evils.”Dad gave a grudg

“Is this before you met Edemas?” I asked.Isme nodded. “Not long before, but yes. Princess Helena was sixteen years old when I found myself as her guardian. I went everywhere with her and grew close to her, acting almost as a surrogate mother. A few months before she turned eighteen, there was a banquet. Helena’s father invited all the nearby nobles, some distant kings, and other dignitaries. At the feast, a large burly man strode in and announced himself as King Edemas. This sent a stir among the crowd. The werewolf alpha was well known and typically didn’t venture out of his pack lands unless it was to go to war. He and all his line had been very secretive—it was actually quite the political statement that Helena’s father got him to attend.“Being not only a shifter but a werewolf, he was both well-known and feared. Most of the attendees gave him a wide berth, but I witnessed the change on young Helena’s face when he walked in. Desire, from the instant she laid eyes on him. It stirr

“I… I think I know what happens next,” I murmured. Nico leaned over and put a hand on my back. Tears filled my eyes, and the memory of my nightmare weeks ago came back—Lillian stumbling upon the conspirators, the chase, the strong hands shoving her in the back. Tumbling, falling, dying there inside the cold walls of the castle.. “It was,” Isme paused, a sad look shadowing her features, “a very dark day. I cried for nearly a week after Lillian’s body was found. The queen was inconsolable. Edemas? He was the only one who truly believed it hadn’t been an accident. He knew, knew, his baby girl had been murdered. He became lost in his grief. Helena also began to grow ill. None of the doctors could figure out what was wrong. None of my spells or potions worked to heal her. Edemas became paranoid, thinking perhaps the queen had been forced to participate in the death of his beloved daughter, but those thoughts didn’t last. His love for the queen was too strong to be eradicated by paranoia.

My jaw dropped, and I jerked my eyes back and forth from Isme to Sinthy. The only time I’d ever heard of a witch binding herself to a shifter pack was in fairytales and legends. If it had ever truly happened, it had been centuries ago. I blinked a few times to get my bearings before opening my mouth to speak. “Why me?” I asked.“You are an alpha of integrity. Your power grows stronger, yet you don’t use that power to force submission from others—and you are her mate,” Isme said, pointing to Maddy. “Her wolf is my Lillian. She would not choose anyone but the best, the most honorable, and well-intentioned of men. The fact that she chose to entwine her life to yours is all the knowledge I need to know so that I can safely entrust my daughter to your service. Your pack will be strengthened by Sinthy’s service, of that you can be certain. As scatterbrained as she seems, she is one of the most powerful witches I’ve ever known.”Sinthy shrugged and made jazz hands, and Maddy and I both laugh

Fresh tears spilled down her cheeks, and she smiled. “Seriously?”“Yes, now pack up what you need, and let’s go. You can always come back and grab some stuff if you forget anything.”Sinthy grinned and grabbed a canvas bag from a cabinet and put the spell book inside first, then started grabbing clothes and a small, framed picture that sat on the kitchen counter. Before it slipped into her bag, I caught sight of a man and woman holding a small baby. The parents were smiling, and the woman looked a little bit like Sinthy. I had to assume it was a photo of her parents before the royals killed them and stole Sinthy’s entire life. Again, I felt a connection to this young woman and her life.She headed down the hallway to another room. While we waited, listening to the rustle and thump of drawers being opened and closed, Nico leaned in and put his lips to my ear. “Why does it feel like we just adopted a teenager?”All I could do was laugh. He wasn’t wrong.20NICOSinthy took our hands lik