Seven years earlier...The rogues he had paid were in place. In ten minutes, all hell would break loose, and at the end of it all, the woman Beta Romano loved and leadership of the Howling warrior pack would be his.Luna Abigail Stalker was heavy with his child, the Alpha completely unaware of his mate's infidelity, but Santos felt no guilt. His own mate had given birth to three of his pups whom he loved dearly, but Maria Romano was a weak wolf, and he craved Abigail's touch. How she made him feel when they lay together was unmatched, and all he needed to do was get rid of her husband and the two

ISABELLAShe still couldn't understand how it was possible to go to bed early one night and wake up the next morning to learn her brother got picked up by a tornado, challenged a Royal, demoted to an Omega, DIED, only to be revived by his TWO mates, given a blood transfusion in the middle of the forest, was MARKED before he was eighteen by both elemental Alpha's, SURVIVED IT, and was currently recovering in the Pack hospital, IN THE SPACE OF TWENTY FOUR HOURS!Isabella's father was beside himself, her mother Maria wasn't much better, and Raeann rushed over to Mikhail's room as soon as she was given the news.The Royal re

Alpha Stalker had requested that Isabella handle the hand over personally; Camille found her in the showers this morning, one half razored leg perched precariously on the soapbox, shampoo just applied to her thick fiery tresses and loofah furiously scrubbing yesterdays travel muck from her body.The pack Beta delivered the news tersely, before turning on her heel and leaving as quickly as she had appeared; Isabella had no idea why Camille had taken such a disliking to her. They didn't even know each other, but once again the older woman had slipped away before she had a chance to confront her about it.Not that it would resolve anything, in Isabella's past experiences, confronting a would-be bully would usua

Three weeks had passed...Isabella looked so tiny, hooked up to the monitors, her huge personality muted...Shadow never left her side. He was wearing borrowed clothes from someone who stopped by, but the faces were all a blur at this point. Dragging his hands along his stubble, Shadow looked on with red-rimmed eyes at his helpless mate, praying she would just wake up.Once the news spread of the Romano's resurrection from the dead, old pack members that remembered when the family were the pack Beta's started coming by to pay their respects, and the young Alpha was amazed at how many lives little Izzy Romano ha

Alpha Payne watched in silence as his old Beta threw the second snow globe at the wall, making a mental note to purchase another one so his poor mate wouldn't learn the fate of her little homey touches in his office."Would it do any good to tell you to calm the fuck down, Santos?" He asked, reaching into his desk and retrieving a small rectangle wooden box.Flicking the lid open, he carefully selected a cigar from the contents inside, appreciating the smell his favorite brand gave off.Payne was quite partial to the Corona Maduro, the rich flavors of cocoa and espresso married together nicely on his tongue, an