Callan POVI woke up to the sounds of beeping and small whimpers. I had no idea how long I had been out of it for. I opened my eyes to find that I was lying on a hospital bed with a blood-pressure cuff that was tightening around my bicep. An oxygen mask covered my mouth and nose. The clean air filled my lungs, soothing the burning sensation of the wolfsbane. I was in a white sterile room with one bed next to me. Seraphina lay in her dress that was not in tatters from the events of the day. Over her nose and mouth was another oxygen mask and coming from her arms with some tubes. I watched closely as her chest raised and fell. Relief flooded me knowing that she was alive. I ripped the mask off of my face and cuff around my bicep and stumbled over to her bed, my legs feeling like jelly. The motinor sang in the background, alerting that I was no longer hooked up to it. But I didn’t care. My mate was everything. I crashed into the seat next to her bed and clasped her hands with mine.

POV SeraphinaI was released the next morning from the hospital,; However instead of going back to the pack house I was informed that we were going to be heading to Constantine’s pack house. Before we left I went to stop and see Maeve. She was awake and watching some sort of Rom Com on the small TV that hung from the wall. When she looked over at me a wide smile spread on her battered face. I walked over to the bed and gave her non-IV hand a squeeze.“Hey girl,” Maeve said, her voice hoarse. I gave her a small smile in return. “Hey yourself. How are you feeling?”Maeve looked at the wall before meeting my eyes again, hers now filled with tears. “Oh, Maeve!” I cried before wrapping my arms around her shoulders, careful to stay away from her stomach. I felt Maeve break as I held her. All of her emotions and despair rolling off of her in waves. Through hiccupped breaths and sobs she got out words that chilled me to the bone. “My baby…it’s gone.”Goosebumps began to rise on my skin.

Callan POVI woke up the next morning before Sera was awake to meet with Constantine. He was in his private outside gym working on pullups when I found him. He gave me a broad smile and jumped down from where he was doing his exercise. “Wassup, brother?” I sat down on the weight bench. “Are you ready to join forces again and kick some weasel ass?” Constantine responded with a broad smile. “Of course I am! I already had my Beta speak to some of our warriors. Training starts today.” I was beyond grateful for my friend to be willing to help me when I needed it. I stood up from the bench and stuck out my hand. “Thanks man. I’ll have Drake send some our men here so they can talk tactics.” We embraced in a bro hug. We we broke apart, Constantine looked at me with concern/ “How is Drake holding up?” Drake had told Constantine in confidence what had happened. I shook my head and looked down at the ground. “Not great. It’s taken a lot for me to keep him from going to rip Allister’s he

POV SeraphinaI spent the next several days training with Callan and Constantine. Even Adalia had come to help train. Offering up some of tricks on how to utilize her size against a larger opponent. The days went by fast and my body was sore. But I had no time to wallow, I needed to get myself centered and composed. We woke up early the next day and made our way back to our pack with some reinforcements. It was no secret that I was nervous about what today would bring. However; I was more worried about what Callan or Drake would do when they saw Allister, after the pain and suffering he had caused. I walked up to the territory line where the Shadow Pack met the Night Walker Pack’s territory with majority of the Nordic Pack and Night Walker Pack behind me. Waiting was Allister accompanied by three-quarters of the pack. He work gym shorts and a tank top that had oversized holes in the sleeves. His blonde hair was touseled and his eyes were as dark as night. Next to him stood Lyla in l

Lyla POVI ran until my legs gave out, not wanting anyone to try to capture me. I fought my mate bond that called for me to go to my mate. But I refused. I wouldn’t give that piece of incompetent trash another thought. I was Lyla fucking Perry and I refused to be on the losing side of the battle. I shifted mid air as I jumped over a log into my blonde wolf. I watched through my wolf’s eyes as trees and shrubs wooshed by. I ran to the only place that I knew would be safe. Quickly I shifted into my human form and opened a bin that was disguised as a stump. Moving as fast as I could I put on the change of clothes that I kept in the secret department before approaching a small shed. I approached the door to the entrance of the underground bunker that was disguised as a shed and knocked on the door. I looked up at the camera that was hidden near the roof of the shed. “Password?” A gruff voice said through the intercom.“Rise of Shadow,” I responded with an eye roll. Everyone that was s