Raven didn’t know what to make of Luna Wolversen, Aireka, as she insisted Raven call her. She ignored all protocol and spoke to Raven like she was teaching a catch-up class in summer school. Raven assumed this since she had only movies to go by and no experience. She’d dropped out of school before graduation. No one noticed or cared. She recalled telling the Alpha’s sob to mind his own business. Now she wondered if he’d done that because he didn’t want an uneducated mate. Aireka’s words held advice, insights, and answered her whys. Raven felt a little more confident now. It helped when Aireka gave her a way to call for help from other Lunas in the area. They have a chat group. Who would’ve thought! They insisted Raven join the chat group to fix her pack issues and educate her as a Luna. Or as one Luna named April said, she’s about to write the standardized on-the-job training manual. The conversation discussed creating standardized lessons or a lesson plan for
Alpha Jones hasn’t seen the problem he’s created. Others have noticed how he’s treating Raven. Raven hated the looks and glares. Everyone believed her his favorite, but that couldn’t be less true. No one treated their fated mate like this. If they learned, it might ruin Alpha Jones’s reputation and that would hurt the Pack. Which left Raven staying silent because she wouldn’t harm her mate’s reputation because he didn’t want her. In his position, it affected far more wolves than him. She could suck up the hurt feelings like an adult. It’s nothing new to her. People’s desire for Hilary as their Luna didn’t provide any help to her. Why? That’s the burning question Raven had, but as Alpha Jones’s Pet, she didn’t have the luxury of asking anyone that question. Luna Wolversen’s ideas weren’t as easy to enact as Raven thought they’d be. Alpha Jones didn’t enjoy letting her out of his sight. Knowing his secret, it became easier to bear. Raven s
[AFTER BEING KICKED OUT OF ALPHA JONES’S LIVING QUARTERS] Hilary found herself pulled from the room and her goal of inciting Alpha Jones into biting her. She’d heard those healing drugs could cause a wolf to go into a temporary form of false heat. Hilary desired the false heat. Once she wore his bite, then she’d be the Luna of the Humber Valley Pack. She had to suffer being his mate, but she’d sacrifice her freedom for that. No one believed in fated mates. They were pleasant stories to tell little pups and foolish she-wolves. “Can you be a sweet and loyal wolf? I’m sure this will be cleared up when the Alpha awakens. The Beta is mistaken, that’s all. After all, it’s me, and everyone knows I’m special to the Alpha. The Beta is just jealous of that. I’ll be sure to give you favorable treatment when I’m Luna.” Hilary knew this enforcer well. He hadn’t been an enforcer for long, but his father sided with her mother, and she was sure he’d side with her.
[ALPHA KLYNE, WHERE HE’S HOLED UP]“What do you mean we’ve received information about how to enter the Humber Valley Pack compound. I want my people retrieved and to push them further. If they will be tenacious what we want when we ask. We’ll settle this, let’s see who flinches first. Have you verified it’s not a trap?” Alpha Klyne asked from where they holed up in an old motel. Few places remained in neutral zones between Packs in Toronto. This one lay on the border of the Humber Valley Pack Territory and close to the Pack’s compound. “Yes, Alpha Klyne. We’ve confirmed the intelligent information is correct. Someone inside is not happy with something Alpha Jones is doing or has done. We can achieve this with our current group. We need your okay and we’ll do it. They have told us that the Alpha’s command group has scheduled meetings to run together tonight to keep moral and group dynamics active. Their fighting command will be away from the main buildings during these time
Dominic, Paul, and three Delta wolves joined forces with trackers and hunting parties from their Pack to ensure the safety of Kelsey and Hilary. He feared discovering their bodies abandoned in a ravine or ditch, left for wildlife to devour. So far, they’d found nothing, which he’d count as a win. Then everyone’s packs went off as their phones received notifications at once of an attack. They were far within the Pack’s territory. They are nowhere near the Pack house or the invaders’ location, as mentioned in the messages. Now, they had to return in their current state. At least, they carried their gear in case they encountered trouble here, but who would expect this right now? “Raven.” Paul’s only word to Dom before all shifted to their fur to head back to help defend their pack. Dom’s heart stuck in his chest. What if they ignored her again? What could happen to her if no one protects her? That had his enormous paws hitting t
Raven lost consciousness right around the time they started tearing the stake from the ground. She was unaware of what had occurred until she regained consciousness in a dim room. Her bruised back lay pressed against a hard, icy surface, so she assumed she lay on a floor somewhere. She coughed to clear something from her throat. If she remembered, her nose must have bled earlier. The chain about her neck was gone, though, but that meant nothing. A small window at the top of the wall showed a basement. The room lacked furniture and access to the window. Raven could see she was stuck here until someone came for her. Then she heard a movement. At least, she thought she heard it. No, she heard it. Raven let her nose go to work if her eyes were useless. Being a wolf here paid off. A wolf could smell a larger range of things. It stood there, another wolf, she-wolf. Injured and close by. She wasn’t stupid. Raven was unsure of their location and
“Gregory, call Dom NOW! Jeff, get a couple of enforcer hunting packs together we’re lending them to Dom.” Aireka Wolversen said. She came into the breakfast room with a pup on her hip and staring at her phone. “Love what are you going on about. Why?” Alpha Gregory Wolversen of the Black River Pack asked his mate. He knew he’d regret asking it. His eldest two looked up from their breakfast and raised their eyebrows at him as if he’d lost his mind to ask such a question. He had to agree he probably had. “Future Luna has been kidnaped and I’m the only one that knows how to find her.” “Really? How’s that?” “Find My Phone.” “What?” “Just get the wolves together and call Dominic. I’m sure he knows she’s missing just not where she is.” “Alright.” Gregory pulled his phone from his jacket pocket and realized he’d spent most of his mated life confused by this female because of one thing or another. It kept life from getting dull he guessed. “Hey, Dominic It’s Gregory. This i
Raven sat in the pit-like basement and listened to Alpha Klyne talk to Hilary. He asked her things about the pack. What she liked and what she didn’t like. What she liked about Alpha Jones and didn’t like about him. It went on for a long time like that over many things and people. Even Raven. She didn’t know if Alpha Klyne realized she was the she-wolf in the basement or not. But at some point, Raven heard Hilary whimpering and knew Alpha Klyne was making his move on her. He wanted what he believed was Alpha Jones’s. Raven could hear Hilary begging for him to stop. She changed her story and told him the truth. All it did was make him angry and more determined to make her his. He wanted a mate and he’d decided she was it and not the scrawny thing in the basement. Okay, Raven now felt offended. Scrawny? She was thin, but not scrawny. She has strength and ran just as well as anyone else if she needed to. Now she wanted out of there so she could prove to this Alpha Klyne just how scr