POV: ALPHA DECLAN'Mmm! Steak!' The delicious smell is swarming through the house. It's what woke me up, and thanks to the moon goddess, it woke Goliath up too. My body is killing me. But I can suffer through it until we're done eating because I know that smell. That perfectly delicious smell is my girl cooking. It's the only reason I'm not upset about her sneaking out of bed.Won't deny that I am a little nervous about going downstairs, where I'm sure everyone already is, because who knows how she will play this. Dad knows already how upset she is, but I don't want to worry my mom. She's still a little upset over how I treated Em; I don't want her to think this was an addition to it. We all thought we were doing the right thing on this particular thing. We knew she'd be upset, just not to this degree. To the degree where she thinks we don't respect her or want her as Luna. That is confusing the hell out of me. It's a mixture of how I overreacted when she got sick the first time aft
POV EmeraldLast night there were two attacks, which Declan wrote down in his note to me. Then after they caught the rogues, we were dealing with the reports, and one of the warriors had an injury. Ten attacks happened at the same time in various parts of our territory. On top of that, when Wesley went through rogues into the cells. He was rushing, trying to get back out to help the others, when he found one of our guards helping one of the prisoners get away. From the short interrogation they had, apparently, our guard Johnny is scared. He keeps going about how he had no choice but to do it, but he wasn't giving up who he was working for or confirming that it was Tyler. Declan decided it was best to let him sit in a cell, getting treated like the rest of the rogues until he spoke to me. He thought our best option was to have me talk to Johnny because we have a bond. I've been through a lot during my time at Silver Moon, Johnny once was a warrior, but as time passed, he aged and wan
****POV TYLER WELLS**** 'They know it's you.' My best friend, Travis, did everything to help since all this shit came to light a few years ago. We met at a training camp years ago. He was born into Dark Jewel but left when everything with their leader happened. They found safety in Purple Moon, but little did they know that a death sentence awaited. But the story is for another time. I'm working on a plan for that part, too. She would have caught on if Emerald wasn't pregnant or his mate. It bought me time, though. It's time to keep Silver Moon on their toes and start training harder than ever. They are not a pack to take lightly. We've always had the best army behind us, but they must be prepared with who's coming after them and who they are after. I know they think I'm doing all this because of my stupid mistake—I let the Purple Moon pack get in my head. The Lycans gave me something that destroyed my mind. And I did things to my Emerald, my mate, that I can't take back. She'll ne
POV EmeraldTwo weeks! I've only been gone for two damn weeks, and these hotheaded idiots I call my best friends landed themselves in a whopping pile of sh*t. They would have already had their asses handed to them if they were anyone else but no! Declan is the future Alpha, his right-hand Jackson is the future Beta, and his left, Wesley, is the future Gemma. Insert a cheesy action movie ad here. "Girl you need to hurry home! You are the only one that knows how to calm down all our parents! For the first time think Declan is scared!" Alli is sweet as pie and clearly your typical teenager. She got pure enjoyment from seeing her brother and his best friends get their asses handed to them. Alli is only fourteen, and Jackson's little sister, who I feel awful for. That girl is already gorgeous, the next year or two, the wolves won't be able to keep themselves off her! 'Rest in peace to those little pups,' my wolf Gem snickers. Can't help my laughter. I was thinking the same exact thing.
*POV DECLAN*I don't need to open my eyes to know that my gorgeous Emerald is glaring at me. God, that girl is beautiful, always has been. But being away from her for two weeks, the minute my eyes landed on her. I knew why Goliath and I were in pain. We both missed are bullheaded, strong, welled best friend. Her long silky black hair that's always perfect. Her tall sexy, confident self, struts around like she knows she deserves the world and she does. That perfectly round ass, if she is my mate, wouldn't mind leaving my mark there. Also, the perfect perky tits a girl could have. Not too big, but big enough to grab on too. She always has a slight tan to her, even during winter. Like she has Italian or something in those genes. Those gorgeous full plump lips that I know have to be soft. It took all I had yesterday not to pin her down and kiss her. I have always had a massive crush on the girl, and I am in love with her. More by the minute, fall in love with her, and I'm not stupid. I
POV ALPHA ARCHIE - DARK MOON PACK Getting that phone call a few hours ago informing me of Emerald being unable to attend the training camp dug a knife into me. My wolf Blaze took over that phone call demanding to know why she could no longer attend. I could tell Dean, and his wolf were at war with one another. I shouldn't have let Blaze out, especially with an alpha like Dean Emerson, but Blaze is protective, as am I when it comes to that girl. After hearing that Emerald went ten on one with rogues and from the explanation Dean gave, they are experienced rogues, someone was training them, and it wouldn't be the first time. Plenty of times, rogues have tried forming their version of packs, but one of two things usually happens. They either kill each other because they have no control, or they all think they deserve power when they don't. If that doesn't happen and they start to get a little too big and start messing around with other Alpha's territories, we go after them, killing the
POV EMERALD Wesley insisted on coming home with me last night and has not left. He watched me as I packed up my suitcase in silence. After, we lay in my bed staring at my ceiling, holding hands. We didn't say a single word because we both knew I had to do this. I'm leaving for many reasons. One to ensure Dark Jewel is safe and has incredible Alpha leading them. Two Archie needs my help with something, but also I am good for him. He needs to be brought back to life, and that is something that not only can I do, but I need to do for his pack and Dark Jewel. Then last but not least, I need to separate from Jackson and Declan. Mainly Declan, though. I need to think about everything that happened, he needs to prove his loyalty, and when you've been betrayed one too many times, it gets to you. Especially when the one person you never thought would do. He is suffering, not blind or naive, but he needs to. Declan himself even said he needed this. Won't deny that I will miss the hell out of
POV ALPHA ARCHIE Emerald's face isn't giving away a damn thing. I was planning on doing this differently, and it wasn't going to be after such a fantastic morning or lunch. The way we laughed, our off-the-wall conversation about screwing of all things, building better relations with my pack members. It's all been nothing short of amazing. I was worried about seeing her for the first time after my teenage outburst of silent treatment and being an utter asshole. She told me she noticed me and would be there for me no matter what. Why I blurted that out? I could not tell you; maybe the anticipation? Or it's a fact I trust her. I've never trusted anyone with my entire being, not even Topaz. Yes, I loved her and wanted the world with her, but trust is difficult for me. Topaz got the most faith I could give at the time. Blaze is calm, relaxed, and collected, just sitting there waiting for her to say something. As for myself, my heart is beating like I've run a marathon. And my mind is