Here's for tonight. Thank you for waiting! I know some of you are eager to find out more about Lexi and Austin, and we will get there again, but I want to share bits and pieces of what's happening around the pack and the Gamma camp for a full picture of everything.
MARCIA. “Are you ready?” Lexi asked me, and I nodded in response. “Do you want me to come with you?” She asked more. I shook my head and smiled at her. “I can do this. And he’s behind bars, so he can’t really do anything to me.” “I’m sure he won’t harm you.” Lexi reached for my hand and squeezed it. “Good luck, Marcia.” “I know we’d talk about this, but I just want to say it again. I don’t think I can accept him because of what he did to you.” “I appreciate that you were thinking of me, but, like I said, I think everyone deserves a second chance. My playboy Gamma was given a second chance. Why not Randall?” “He almost killed you.” “But he didn’t,” Lexi answered back almost immediately. “He could have. He was asked to do those things, but he didn’t go for it. I let him into my life because I felt he had a good soul. Maybe I’m not a good judge of character because I always end up being hurt, but no one really knew the real Randall except him. I want to believe there was a reason
FUTURE GAMMA FEMALE GISELLE I clutched the red flag in my hand tightly as I scoured the quadrangle. We were dismissed for lunch, but it seemed no one wanted to move to the mess hall or go somewhere else as the delegates were still there, huddling and discussing things while I kept looking around, trying to spot my Alpha. I hope he didn’t forget that he promised lunch to me as well. My shoulders slumped when I couldn’t find Auri. Did they leave together? Did the Alpha remember that he was on a lunch date with her and decided to dump me because, of course, I was just one of his warriors and nothing important? Why did I even take the time to wait for everyone to leave the clearing before grabbing this red flag where we raised it? I wanted to show Alpha Ledger that my team won, as I said I would, through this flag. But maybe I missed him, and he went ahead to lunch with Auri. “Lunch?” Emman asked, motioning with his thumb toward the building as he stepped back. He was the future G
YOUNG ALPHA LEDGER.“Exclusively,” I added. I was glad I didn’t forget that part. Dad told me to lay everything out in the open, and if I was okay with taking it one step at a time, then I had to win her trust first. But I didn’t want any males around her, especially since this camp was overloaded with males. I knew I could not change her mind to leave this camp because Giselle was simply not like that. She always finished what she started, so there was no way I saw her quitting this camp before it was over. I just had to live with missing her for a month. But what the heck? Ten hours was not too far to visit her. I looked at her, looking back at me, but she was not saying anything. I must admit, I was terrified of her response. I had always been a confident man. I guess it runs in the blood, as does the fact that I grew up around cocky and arrogant Alpha heirs. I knew my worth and what I was capable of, but around her, I was always unsure. The only time I got this bad — terrifi
FUTURE GAMMA GISELLE. “Good girl…” Ledger’s deep voice sent shivers down my spine, and I had to clamp my legs together. “And you have to be careful too. Don’t date or kiss anyone.” I said. Despite the happiness I was feeling, another reality just sank in. We were not fated mates. There was no way I would find out if he ever became intimate with someone. But I guess this would test our loyalty and trust toward each other. “After dreaming of kissing you for a long time, why would I want to kiss another?” “Maybe I didn’t live up to your expectations.” I beamed at him because his eyes were twinkling. “You had given me more than I was expecting.” He leaned forward, and my heart definitely skipped a beat as Ledger’s lips closed in. We had shared many kisses in the last hour, but the heat still rose from my stomach to my chest when he began kissing me again. I wanted more, but I had to let go. My hands went to his chest as I slowly pushed him away. He pouted, and it made me want
AUSTIN. I had someone pick up Lexi from the camp while I waited for her in my office at the training building. On the other hand, Alpha Jace met the Council representative at the border, and he’d be the one to take him here. We initially thought the visit was for Uncle Jake, as the campaign had already ended and the election would take place next week. But it turned out they were here for Lexi. If my female didn’t want to speak with him, I would not push her to meet him and do it myself instead, but Lexi wanted to. We had talked about this before, and even if we had not spoken about this topic lately, I knew her stance remained the same. The union and the Gamma Female title were something she could let go of at the moment and wait until we were able to in the future. We knew we had Uncle Jake on our side, and he would do everything to abolish the Claiming. And with his campaign receiving a more positive response versus the two other previous Alphas from the West and South, res
AUSTIN. “So what are your plans now? It doesn’t matter how old you are. Without the Claiming, no one can claim and mark you,” Conrad told us. “Well, I will force Austin to build a new pack so he can be an Alpha and have the right to the Claiming, and we all know he can beat everyone’s ass in combat,” Lexi said in a serious tone before a smile cracked on her face, and it made Conrad and I chuckle, too. “Seriously, I can stay unmarked for the rest of my life. I have Austin and our child. What do I have to lose if I don’t have his mark on my neck? I have the man. I have everything I need.” She added. The last part came out sincerely, and I felt it in my soul. My eyes watered, but I blinked it back right away. Lexi eased back into her position, and her back touched my arm resting on the backrest of the couch. My hand went to her arm, and I squeezed it gently. Conrad nodded and didn’t say anything more on this part. “They are requesting to meet you personally, without Gamma Austin or
LEXI. After the camp activity and dinner with the delegates, Austin and I headed home to the packhouse. There were nights we would spend at the barracks, as we would hang out with them without any pressure from the camp, either outside in a big bonfire or in the playroom inside. However, we had to come home tonight because it was a full moon and there were two pups shifting. Although this one would be led by Alpha Jace and Menard, Austin wanted me out in the full moon as well, like we’d been the past few full moons. We kept trying to summon my wolf. I knew I didn’t feel anything strange today, so this would likely be another failure, but there was nothing wrong with trying. After Austin and I bathed David, he read him stories about Lycans while I lulled him to sleep. David had been an easy pup, as soon as he smelled me and I carried him, he would eventually fall asleep. And although we barely spend daytime with him, he was not making it hard for Mom or the Omega to watch him. I k
HARLENE.I only have one task tonight: keep my best friend Marcia safe from her heat, which means making sure no unmated males are near her and attending to her once it comes.But what do you do when your best friend cries in front of you and confesses all the emotions she bottled inside her about her fated mate? The one she didn’t want to be mated with, but the one her wolf was pining for? What do you do when she makes one request to see him so she can ask for a rejection?I said no a thousand times, but she kept asking. She told me she was still not in heat, and she thought her heat would come way past midnight as her mom’s heat always comes around that time.I had no idea about heat since I had never met my mate yet, and my mom never had one, as she and Dad were not fated mates. But let me tell you, despite not being fated, I wanted the love between them. My mom was accustomed to receiving lavish attention. She grew up spoiled, and although her brother, Uncle Paul, was strict, he m