Rose “Sorry about this.” I breathed out as Iris and Talon met us at the border. Iris was glowing; she was settling in with her mate well, from what I could tell. “You know you aren’t troubling me.” Iris grinned at me, but I saw Talon roll his eyes. Iris may not be bothered, but Talon was. I’m sure babysitting was not his favorite thing; in all honesty, it kind of reminded me of Alastor showing me around Black Moon when I first arrived. “It’s not like we will be doing it for much longer,” Matt grumbled from behind me, immediately followed by a small yelp. I shook my head and sighed. I knew Pru had jabbed her elbow in his ribs. “Yeah, you all will be going ho

Rose Leaves crunched softly underneath my feet as I paced the edge of the Red Spruce border. I had gotten my sister and Austin out and even managed to smuggle out Zara, her mom, and her son. They were safe in Lunar Lake, but I wouldn’t be able to smuggle out every member of Red Spruce; it was impossible. “What now?” Pru’s voice pulled me back into reality. “I don’t know,” I admitted, a bit defeated sounding. How was I supposed to know what to do next? I had been haphazardly winging it since we got here. Everything we had done and found out was by sheer coincidence. “We got people out, so that’s something at least.” Matt offered our hollow victory. “That’s not what we came to do, though.” Orion leaned up against a tree, his blue orbs following me wherever I wandered. “But…what can we do?” Pru’s voice shook slightly, but into words what had been plaguing me for a while. What could we do? I was supposed to come up here and figure out what

  Rose   “What happened to your father?” As the words dripped from my lips, I saw the fear flicker in her eyes. I had touched a sensitive nerve clearly, but something about the way her throat clenched told me that it wasn’t just the pain of losing a parent.   “W-what do you mean, Luna Rose?” Luna Emma wasn’t fast enough to hide the truth that lingered in the muscles of her face.   “How did your father come to pass?” I glided past Luna Emma and walked towards her desk.   “Why does it matter to you?” Luna Emma was hot on my heel; she was so close I could feel the warmth of her breath dancing across the back of my n

Rose   I gasped as I came back to the present and stumbled back from Luna Emma. I felt Orion’s hand at the small of my back, steadying me.   “You saw something, didn’t you?” Luna Emma’s eyes fell to the ground.   “I did. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to.” I shook my head.   “No, it’s fine. What did you see?”   “When Alpha Jasper found out about Colton.” As soon as the words left my lips, Alpha Daughtry’s shoulders dropped.   “What about Colton?” Matt asked curiously.   I looked at Luna Emma, trying to gauge if I needed to speak up, but as soon

Rose   Iris looked less than thrilled about the story we told her. I knew she was having a hard time accepting it. We had been keeping her a little bit in the dark, but that was so that she could enjoy finding her mate. Eventually, I would have to stop trying to shield her from things. She would be the Luna of Lunar Lake soon, so I wouldn’t be able to do it for much longer.   “So Avi can cross the border?” Iris sighed as she scratched her head.   “Technically, he can, but I wouldn’t suggest it.” I shook my head. I would hate for Avi to react like Orion did when we were close to the crystal.   “Then what are we going to do?” Iris looked over at her mate; underneath the surface of her emerald eyes, I knew that she was