“Have you asked Dad yet?” Jacob was in Zach’s room with Danny, waiting for the girls to finish their morning routine of showering and making themselves look presentable. They all wanted to surprise their mates tonight and take them out to where that band from Homecoming was playing at the park. No one had gotten to celebrate graduation, so this was the closest thing to a party they could think of that would get them all out of the house for a while.“I don’t know if we should go.” Zach was always the rational brother on these sorts of things. “What if Brindle is there or even vampires could show up. How could we explain any of what they could do to the human population?”“I’m taking Alex regardless of what your dad says or if you two go.” Danny was tired of waiting around to see what everyone else was going to do or if they would be permitted by the alpha to go. “She needs to get out of he

“Okay, I need a break.” Emily pulled Madison and Alex by the hands. They had just finished dancing with the group, but now after five fast songs, she needed a little rest. Zach and the rest of the guys had gone to grab them some sodas and were going to meet them back at the table.“Oh, shit.” Alex pulled back on Emily’s hand and motioned her head toward the three girls who were standing along the far wall talking to a couple of guys.“What?” Madison questioned both her friends as their attention seemed diverted.“Nothing.” Alex shook her head no at Emily and pulled Madison quickly over to their table where the guys were also just making their way back to. “Don’t tell Jacob either,” Alex whispered into Emily’s ear after Madison went and sat on Jacob’s knee. “It would be a messy scene, one we don’t need right now.” Emily nodded her head in agreement, then took a s

Jacob heard Alex’s yell as his wolf laid claim to his mate once again. The taste and the smell weren’t right. He quickly spit out the small amount of blood that seeped into his mouth. “What the…?” Jacob wondered if maybe Madison had some sort of infection or something that would cause this rancid taste. That notion was quickly thrown out as he caught light of the one now standing before him. Brindle stood before him with a wide smirk on her face as she wiped a small dabble of blood from her lip. Jacob rubbed his neck and checked his hand for any stain. To his surprise, he found his fingers also had blood on them stemming from a cut on his right upper shoulder. He pushed Brindle away. “What the fuck?” He had no clue as to how any of this could have happened.“Hey.” Zach reached out and touched his brother’s shoulder. He saw there was some sort of conflict going on and figured he’d better get on it before Jacob

“She used her dark magic to somehow place a blinder on me so I couldn’t read any thoughts or see anything that was going to happen. Then,” she turned and waved to the rest of the group, “she made all of us believe she was actually Madison. Somehow, when Madison left to use the bathroom she transformed herself into looking like her and sort of did a mating bite on Jacob.” Alex waited to see what Derek’s response was before she continued.“And did my son do the same? It only seems logical that his wolf would have known that this was not his mate.” Derek had never heard of such a thing happening. The taking of another for companionship was one thing, but this whole ordeal of blinding visions and taking over another’s likeness was sort of a far stretched notion.“It took the real Madison’s touch and sound of her voice to break my spell and then I clearly saw that it was Brindle that Jacob was with and not

“Is it okay that I’m here?” Maureen questioned Adam as they walked up the sidewalk to the front door. She knew it was only going to be pack members and mates, so there wasn’t really any reason for her presence. Even though she wouldn’t admit it, she’d forgiven him for forcing her to go tonight. “I can wait in the car.” She let go of Adam’s hand and stepped back a few steps.“Let’s go.” Adam reclaimed her hand and pulled her along. He felt her hesitation and gently rubbed her hand he was holding with his thumb. That seemed to calm her down a bit and he opened the door to the sound of people arguing.“What the hell is going on?” Adam saw Zach and Jacob standing in the hallway as soon as they turned the corner.“Just some arguing, nothing major.” Jacob knew it had to do with him and what had happened, but didn’t feel inclined to let Adam know the logistics of all t