162

NIRVANA

Tension suddenly rose in the vineyards. I could smell everyone’s fear and anxiousness in the air as they started to arrive to help us defend our territory, but anyone could also turn and betray us.

I looked at at least nine unfamiliar heads. I did not doubt Califf’s enforcers, Zack, Lyon, and Tor, but these guys remained strangers to me.

“Thank you all for coming. I’m sure she needs no introduction. She’s very popular these days. This is my mate, Nirvana.”

“We’re here to help, Alpha Knight, Luna Nirvana,” the guy in his mid-twenties said. If I remember right, his name was Ben from Crimson Heart, Alpha Ryden’s pack.

“I don’t know how long it would take, but you can always leave. I will divide your assignments, and I’ll be checking every now and then.” Knight looked down at the map of his property. “I will take care of the northeast. It’s near my house.”

“Is this a cliff?” Ben pointed at the map on the southeast.

“Yes. That’s the end of my land. Outside of that is the val