All Chapters of THE HIDDEN LUNA: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

RyleyThe word was still hanging in the air between us when my body caught up to what I'd just said. My pulse was already too fast, my palms damp against the arms of my chair, every old instinct I'd spent seventeen years training into muscle memory screaming the same thing at once: pack land means eyes, and eyes mean questions, and questions are how you end up dead.Isaac just looked at me, patient in the particular way he gets when he already knows he's going to win this one and is simply waiting for me to catch up."Ryley—""I don't go into packs, Isaac. You know that. I'm a lone wolf, and I don't need that kind of drama in my life." I kept my voice level, professional, the same tone I'd use shutting down a client who thought flattery might get them out of an audit. If I came from a lower bloodline, wolves like me got called rogues and hunted for it. Coming from the line I actually came from, refusing a pack just made me difficult. I'd take difficult over dead every day of the week.

RyleyI was stuffing the last of my clothes into my final suitcase. The last two weeks had flown by, and now it was the day we'd leave for our summer home. Channing had been over the moon when Mr. Miller delivered my bonus in person. Even though I was happy to give my son something he'd been wanting and working hard for, my stomach twisted painfully. If I was discovered, there would be no coming back. I'd spent seventeen years running from that life, and now I was about to walk straight into the wolf's den.I sighed, set the suitcase on the floor, and sat on the edge of my bed. I'd regretted my decision the second I accepted Mr. Miller's offer, and I'd been quietly hoping Alpha Orion would reject my demands. Imagine my disappointment when Isaac came back to my office that same afternoon with an arrival date and the specs for my car. I should have asked for more. I knew the Orion Pack was wealthy, and I could have leveraged that but I've never been the type to demand money for its own

Ryley"Where's his office?" I demanded, arms crossed, glaring at his beta."What?" Luca looked genuinely confused."Mom, don't," Channing cautioned quietly."Where is Mr. Orion's office?" I asked again."First floor, last door on the left," Luca answered.I thanked him and stormed into the pack house. I've been around alphas for half my life hell, I was raised by one. I wasn't about to put up with his attitude or anyone else's. His anger made no sense, either. I don't work for him. I work for Mr. Miller. Who the hell does he think he is?"A very sexy alpha," my wolf, Lily, purred.I was fuming by the time I reached his door and pounded on it."I wish you'd let him pound into us instead," Lily added."Will you stop?" I muttered under my breath."Come in," I heard him call, and I stormed inside."Yes, Miss Halliwell," he said, smug, leaning back behind his desk. My wolf was purring like a cat for no good reason.If I hadn't been so furious, I might have noticed his gorgeous amber eyes,

RyleyI was still fuming, unable to focus on anything but that smug son of a bitch and his demand that I work for him and him alone. I gave up on unpacking, grabbed my laptop, and got to work instead."Arrogant prick, demanding I only work for him," I muttered, checking my email."Isn't he perfect?" my wolf purred. She'd been in a lovesick haze ever since she laid eyes on Alpha Blake."Did you forget we already got screwed over by an alpha? He was our mate, and look how that turned out. I'm not handing myself over to another one especially one who tried to command us. We have more important things to worry about. Like Channing.""Fine. But when he leaves for college, I'm owed a good fuck," she huffed, retreating. I understood her frustration. I'd given myself to someone once, and he'd betrayed me for it. I couldn't fall for that twice. I thought I'd loved my mate, and I don't think I'll ever be able to hand that much control to anyone again.I was deep into Mr. Dillinger's finances w

Alpha BlakeI was hitting the weights in the gym when Aspen mind-linked me to say my beta was getting his ass kicked on the training field. What the hell was going on? I grabbed my shirt and headed over, greeting pack members along the way. With everything else going on, I'd wanted a few minutes alone to work off some tension."Yeah, 'cause jerking it in the shower for an hour didn't help," Gunner snickered. I ignored him. He'd been feeding me nothing but filthy images since we met Ryley the day before.He started purring like a kitten the second we reached the field and I saw her taking my beta down again and again with technique that was flawless, almost lazy in its precision. Everyone who was supposed to be training had stopped to watch instead. I stepped up beside her son, Channing, as Ryley helped Luca up off the ground. She'd flipped him hard enough to knock the wind clean out of him. He was gasping for breath, drenched in sweat. Ryley didn't even look winded."What's going on