Airk’s pov I stared at the woman Jace was having sex with in front of me. Her moans reminded me of when I caught Argo watching porn. They sounded fake. Her eyes followed me, while her face was almost pressed against the glass. There was no joy in her eyes. She was acting. When Jace was finished, she mouthed "sorry" at me before running out of the room. He said he would name her his Luna. He had been lying to me from the start. Jace would never go public with our relationship. At best, I would be stuck here like Eve had been during Storm’s childhood. Living a life of luxury while being a prisoner inside the packhouse. Never getting to step foot past the garden. Having to hide my identity. And most importantly, I was never allowed to go home to my family. Jace wouldn’t allow me to call them again, scared that I might tell them more. That’s why he kept his name a secret from everyone. So they wouldn’t be able to find me. Everything was a lie, and the sad part was that Jace actuall

Argo’s pov Dad pulled me close, "let’s talk strategy." "Yeah." I sighed, wanting to get this over with but also being terrified at the same time. "Mila seems like a good one," dad said. "She’s the only reason I’m still fucking functioning. I don’t think she realizes how fucking important she is to my sanity right now." "I think you just told her," Dad said, and I saw Mila walk in and quickly look away. Of course she heard the whole fucking thing. "I’m proud of you, Argo. Becoming a Gamma and making a life for yourself. It’s really great to see." Mom snaked her arms around dad, "it would have been fucking better if he actually told us he was joining this pack and wouldn’t freak me the fuck out when the link between us broke. But okay." I chuckled and gave mom a wink, "next time." "So. Is everyone ready? We have the rest of the alphas on videocall." Aeryn said. Everyone became quiet as we discussed our plan for tomorrow. "There’s a good chance he knows we are coming. Storm had

Argo’s pov "Are you ready, Argo?" Aeryn asked me. "Can you ever be fucking ready?" Aeryn shook her head, "no, but this is your first big battle. I’m just checking. You’ve been dealing with a lot, and now that we’re here for Airk and, -" Mila cut in, growling at my sister. "Just let him do his job! You’re only making him more nervous!" Mila suddenly realized she had just shouted at an alpha. "Shit, sorry, Alpha Aeryn. I didn’t mean it like that. He’s just. He’s ready; don’t worry." My sunshine turned into a fucking tomato and quickly stopped walking until she was walking next to a few soldiers behind us. Mila and I had fallen asleep in each other’s arms and woken up when the sun came up. We had talked about the battle all morning, and I had shared my nerves with her. She shared her crap with me, so it was only fair that I do the same. I told Mila about my talk with Grandpa and that it had occurred to me that I could lose my life, which pissed Mila off. She had said pretty much t

Brax’s pov Talking about Rose was becoming easier. It wasn’t my dirty little secret anymore. She had lost her life because of me, but it wasn’t me who pulled the trigger. The more I talked about my mate, the more I realized she wasn't something to be embarrassed about. Pretending like she never existed was much worse than telling everyone that she died because of me. It didn’t mean I was ready to tell everything, especially not while we were in the middle of a mission to save the man I loved more than anything in the world. "You’re going to take good care of him, won’t you?" Asher asked while we were waiting for Storm and Osiris to give the signal. Storm knew the packhouse well, and with Eve’s map of all the different routes, we should be able to sneak in undetected. But first we needed to get through the damn garden and avoid every camera and gadget they had in here to detect trespassers. Jace was one paranoid son of a bitch. The more the war went on outside of the border, the

Brax’s pov Once Airk had rejected Jace, Storm had reached into his chest and taken his heart out. While I was the one who wanted to kill the fucker for touching Airk, at this moment, I knew holding him in my arms was more important. The fighting stopped, and Asher turned to his father, who was lying on the ground, lifeless. Osiris suddenly coughed up some blood and spit out a bullet. "You’re alive!" Asher said, taking his father into his arms. They seemed to mindlink, and it was probably because Osiris was unable to speak with that nasty wound in his mouth. Goddess, it looked gross. "Stop staring at the man, and let’s get the fuck out of here," Storm growled. Asher put his arm under Osiris, and I held on to Airk while the woman walked closely behind us. Storm led the way through the packhouse. Everyone in the packhouse bowed their heads, scared of what we would do now that their Alpha was dead. "I think you should stay here," Asher said. Before Storm could argue, Asher raised h