(Juniper’s P.O.V) After my sex-induced nap, it was time for us to get ready for the party and the shift. I tossed on the plain white robe that everyone who was going to be shifting tonight was supposed to wear. It was easily removed when our wolves shifted, so we wouldn’t rip our clothes, nor be standing in front of a crowd naked. While nudity was a part of pack life, not everyone was comfortable letting it all hang out. Euan and I walk out to the backyard of the packhouse where everyone was gathering. Uncle Rian gave his usual speech about what it meant to be a shifted wolf and how he was proud to accept everyone fully into the pack. The moon was full and beautiful, the light filtering through the trees, causing a faint glow around the backyard. You ready for this? Coventina asks, giddy with excitement. Been ready for this for two weeks bitch! Let’s shift! I squeal. Everyone talked about the pain, and how it was unbearable, but I found it rather…pleasant.

(Coventina’s P.O.V) We need to help Dakota and Euan; they’re going to die! Juniper shouts from the back of my mind. I know that but I can’t get to him, we’re surrounded too if you haven’t fucking noticed. I growl at her. That’s when the idea came to me. I knew what we were, I knew my powers and I just needed to figure out if they worked from great distances. I started howling low in my throat, the words were inconsequential, but the melody was what I needed to be heard by Moon Goddess and the Goddess Danu, to protect the nature that the waters could destroy. That’s when the earth beneath my paws begins to tremble and my body begins to tingle, a faint blue light surrounding me. Apparently, I’m not the only one that feels the ground shaking because all the fighting in the clearing stops, the rogues look at one another with wide eyes, and the white tiger shifter turns back into his human form. The look on his face was one of awe, mixed with adoration and lust. Ew. I think to m

(Julian’s P.O.V) Her wolf looked ethereal when it was glowing with the blue light surrounding her, her howling like a song calling on the Moon Goddess. That’s when I heard the water rushing and the howls and snarls of our warriors. We had crashed her shifting party, knowing this would be the perfect opportunity to grab her. What we hadn’t counted on was her being mated to the future Alpha King of Màni. That was not in the report from our spies, they hadn’t done their jobs right even with the help of Beatrix When Teresa, the leader of the rogue werebears, mentioned her in my room just a few weeks ago, I wasn’t prepared for the sight that greeted me. It was like a horror movie with a mix of Tim Burton’s claymation movie thrown in. She looked like Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas, like her body had been stitched together. Her skin was sickly sallow in color, almost yellow. “How did you survive?” That was the first question out of my mouth when I

(Luna Queen Morrigan’s P.O.V) All I could hear was my son screaming in agony, as his father and the warriors that went to search for Juniper carried him back to the house. ““What is going on? What’s happening?” I shriek, my face showing my horror as my pup screams in agony. “We don’t know. We were at the lake that Euan and Juniper frequented when all of a sudden, he crumpled to the floor.” Rian says, desperation lacing his tone. Something is wrong with our pup. My wolf, Winter whimpers in my head. What is going on with him? Do you know? I question. We need to contact Alstin. He’ll know. I sprint to the office, my son’s howls of pain chasing me up the stairs. I burst through the door and dial my cousin’s number. “Hey Morrigan, what’s going on?” He asks worriedly. “Something is wrong with Euan. Please come here. Now.” I shout, hysterically. I hang up the phone knowing that he could teleport directly to me in a matter of seconds. “Mom, what’

(Euan’s P.O.V) The pain was unbearable, and I wanted to claw myself out of my skin. I didn’t know what was happening, I just knew that I needed to get to Junie, to my little blossom. “How much longer is he going to be out for?” I hear someone ask. Hmm, that sounds like mom…I think. “He should be coming around soon.” A male voice I didn’t recognize right away answered. My eyes shoot open and the light blinds me, making my head throb. I groan, close my eyes, and rollover. I’m not on the ground anymore, last I remembered I was on the ground by mine and Junie’s lake. I’m in bed…my bed. “The light’s off, honey.” I hear my mother whisper. I slowly open my eyes, it’s darker but not pitch black like that void was. Something doesn’t feel right though. “Mom?” I croak. “Oh, honey.” She sobs as she comes over to me and hugs me to her. I groan in pain; my body feels like it just went 10 rounds in the ring with a heavyweight champion. She re