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Milo and Reggie leap forward to pull Bronx off Randall. Saint roars and fights against them. “Get this maniac off of me!” Randall whimpers. The Elders wedge themselves between the angry Alpha and their peer. I think calling him a peer is an exaggeration. The Elders seem to take pleasure in punishing him. I wonder what happens behind closed doors. Orderlies burst into the crowded room to help Milo and Reggie. They push past me, knocking me off balance. Ashley catches me from falling and looks at me with concern. “Lenora, are you alright? You look pale.” She murmurs in my ear. “I’m fine.” I stand and collect myself. “Just a little overwhelmed.” “Sit down.” She squeezes my hand. “I'll get the doctor.” “Take her advice, child. Something’s wrong.” Justice sounds far away. “I won’t show these dickheads any weakness.” I say out loud. “I’ll give the cue. You get them out of here, Ashley.” “Promise to sit down?” “Sure.” My head swims as I clap my hands to get everyone’s attention.
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Milo’s POV—Flashback—One day, I wanna own a flower shop so I can give Mom flowers all the time. Fancy ones like Dad gets for her. I’m only ten, though. I gotta be older and have money for that, though. It only takes twenty minutes to get to the top of the mountain where the meadow is. I’ll get her flowers from there for now.Today is like a movie. The sky is so blue, and the air is like… it’s like when the teacher lets us go outside for recess. Like that. Oh waaaooooowwww!!! Check it out! The meadow is so pretty! There're red flowers and yellow and orange, purple and pink too. There are, like, millions of them! And a girl? I squint my eyes. Yeah. A girl, sitting in the middle of the field. I sniff the air. I can’t tell what she smells like.“Hello?” I yell at her. Her hair looks more red when the sun shines on it. She has blue eyes and as many freckles as the meadow has flowers. Her nose is kinda pointy and her mouth is dirty from eating wild berries. At first, she looks happy, bu
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“Ryuu, thank you for coming.” I shake his hand. “Thank you for honor to Dina-chan.” He bows to me.Lenora steps forward and hands him a bouquet of white and yellow chrysanthemums. “Ryuu, we have ordered a headstone, but we need to wait until the ground has settled for six months before we place it. In the meantime, we have a bronze placard with her name and birthdate being made. We’ll place that until we can install the headstone. It’s our tradition to not include the day she died, because we believe her spirit’s journey will continue. If that’s okay with you.”“Yes, thank you.” He takes the flowers and bows again. “I speak about her?”“You mean during the service?” Lenora smiles sympathetically. “Oh yes, absolutely. We would be honored if you would join us for dinner as well.”When we have the details of his visit solidified, we walk quietly and meet Bronx, Reggie, and the rest of the unit near Dina’s grave. The closer we get, the more difficult it is to breathe. Lenora takes my han
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Lenora’s POV“Miss Mason, welcome to MasonCo HQ. I’m Sonja. It’s so nice to meet you!” The bubbly receptionist comes around from behind her desk to greet me. “We are so excited to hear that we’ll be seeing more of you around here! I’m going to show you and your assistants around. This is Hana and James, I take it?”“Thank you.” I swallow back my jitters. “Yes, will they have their own offices?”“We have a bullpen situation for them outside your office, but we can get them their own if you’d like, Miss Mason.” Sonja looks worried.“No, that’s not necessary.” James gives her a charming smile. “As long as we are situated close to Miss Mason, in case she needs us.”It feels like the first day of school, except I don’t know anyone. That isn’t really true. Over two hundred pack members are employed by MasonCo. The rest of the employees are human. Yeah, I go to human places, but I don’t interact with many humans on a regular basis. I guess that changes now that I’m going into the office. Hon
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“Luna, you have no idea how much this opportunity means to my mate and me.” Sondi gushes as she collects her things to leave. “The Alpha and Luna from our old pack would have never trusted me to do something like this. Scott works in the hospital wing as a medic now, since there are no surgery positions open. We could really use the money to help bring our daughter here.”I feel my brow furrow. She’s separated from her child. Dad wouldn’t help them transfer their pup when he let them become pack members? That makes no sense.“Oh, you’re from another pack? Is your daughter with family back home?” I ask as I lead her toward the door. “What made you come to Blood River? The war?”“Oh, no. Our former Alpha, um, he sort of-” “Luna, security sensors are going off in several places in the building.” James bursts in. “Don’t leave your office. Lock the door. We’re going to check it out. Mrs. Eklund, you too. We’re on lockdown until we clear the building.”“We won’t go anywhere.” I take Sondi
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Tyree’s POV “Tyree! You’re gonna be late for your first day of work!” Mama hollers, then mumbles under her breath. “I can’t believe I’m yelling at a grown ass man.” “I won’t be late, Ma.” I call back. “I’ll be right down!” “Dude, come on. You wanna eat a cold breakfast? No one wants cold bacon.” My wolf, Slayer, begs me to hurry. I check myself in the mirror again and test out a polite fake smile. Bronx told me what Randall called me. It’s not the first time someone has called me that. I’m sure it won’t be the last. Lucky for me, I live in a pack that doesn’t tolerate that shit. Over at Silver Moon, if you’re fated to a mate who ain’t white, they make you leave. They don’t want no one mixing salt into their pepper shaker. Yeah. It’s like that. “If at any point you’re uncomfortable, give the word. I'll get the Council in here to get his nasty ass off of my pack territory forever.” That’s what Leni told me. Wait, she doesn’t like to be called Leni anymore. Lenora. That’s gonna ta
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Bronx’s POV“So… I can go wherever I want?” My heart feels like it might explode. “Well, to an extent. You still need to check into the Behavioral Health ward by ten p.m. every evening.” Doctor Tanaka writes in her folder. “I think we’ve done as much as we can on our own. We need to ease you back into pack life. We’ll meet Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, instead of Mondays and Thursdays to see how you’re adjusting. I know structure makes things easier for you, so I’d like you to find two volunteer opportunities around the pack to get you used to being around civilians again.”“Around civilians?” Saint sounds confused. “Lame. Unless our mate is a civilian. Cause if she is, game on.”“Saint, we talked about this. Being an Alpha means we’re responsible for a lot of wolves. It’s not just about being a warrior and finding our mate.”“Okay, but we still haven’t found her, so looking for her comes before other werewolves.” He argues. “Time’s a tickin’, motherfucker.”“Does Saint have some
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“Anything else I can help with?” I brush my hands on my pants and look around at the classroom.“I think that will do it for now, Alpha.” Mrs. Khan looks around, satisfied with the way her room looks. “Now Loretta and I can focus on making lesson plans for the first marking period.”“Glad I can help. I'll stop by next Tuesday to read to the class.” “Don’t be surprised if other teachers ask you to help during reading time when they find out you're doing it for us.” Mrs. Khan winks at me.“Alpha, can I have a word before you go?” Loretta takes a step forward. There’s a look of concern on her face.“Of course.” I wave her toward the door. “Let’s walk and talk, if Mrs. Khan is okay with you taking a break.”“Oh, yes, that’s fine with me. We’re way ahead of schedule now.” Mrs. Khan waves her hands. “Please, Loretta. Take as much time as you need.”I hold the door for Tyree’s mom and close it behind me. “What’s on your mind, Loretta?”“Alpha, first, I don’t know how to show you my apprecia
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