EMMA My eyes scanned the crowd. They were all shaken by my wolf. Rightfully so since my wolf-form was completely badass. Far larger than any wolves I had seen which included Alphas. Words also came from my wolf’s mouth. All new things. The crowd was now beginning to understand how fucked they truly were. My eyes bore into Marsey’s. Her fear was nearly palpable, and I loved how the tables had turned. “I would like every single one of this pack to know this one simple fact. You failed to break me. I allowed these scars to be carved into my flesh, my bones to be broken, and nine years of utter torment to occur to protect you all. Ezekiel was killing people to keep me in line. No matter how low I thought of you, I knew that Papa, the one who helped build such a supporting and loving pack, cared for each of his pack members. He instilled that pride inside of me. I refused to let others die because of Ezekiel’s fucking obsession. So, I took the bruises and breaks, the taunts, the wolfsban
EMMA “Damien, can I talk to you for a moment please?” I asked and nodded for him to join me in the kitchen of the packhouse. Damien joined me and looked at me shyly. I could tell that he was still ashamed of what Ezekiel had done. Ezekiel was a real piece of shit. He held nothing back with his torture techniques of me. I could not even begin to imagine what he did to others. I hoped that within time Damien would be able to learn to let go and place the blame where it truly belonged which was not on him. “How are you doing? I don’t want to hear that you’re fine, because we both know it will take time for you to get to that point.” I raided Xander’s whiskey stash and slid the glass over to him. He knocked it back in one go without flinching. That was impressive given it was the first time drinking in his new body. “I’m pissed off and angry and ashamed of what Ezekiel did. I had to witness every person he tortured and all the lives he took. I also had to witness everything that he d
EMMA “Emma, my lovely,” Diana chirped as she and Sylvie made their way down the hallway. I had Ethan bring them in the backway so that they did not get swept up in the hecticness going on out front before I had a chance to talk to them about all of this. It would be a lot for them to understand, and I wanted to talk with them privately. They were important to all of us. They both looked absolutely gorgeous as always. They had a natural beauty about them that could not compare. I noticed the faint dark circles under Sylvie’s eyes like she had not slept well. I knew it had to do with Devon, so I could only hope that the truth would somehow help her move on and heal. She still had a mate out there somewhere, and I would do everything in my power to help her find him or her. “Girls, it’s great to see you,” I said, smiling widely. I had truly missed them. They wormed their way behind all my defenses within the first ten minutes of meeting them. We embraced one another, and I ushered t
KAI “Dude. Chill. You look fine,” I said to a pacing Ethan. “Fine? This is my first formal impression for her. She’s going to absolutely amazing. And I just look fine,” he whined. Ethan went back over to the mirror and straightened his already straight tie and his three-piece suit. This whiny Beta was one we had never seen before. Xander and I exchanged looks of pure exasperation. I walked over to where Brian was just finished with getting his hair fixed by a tall guy with cat eyes and pointy-tipped ears. It was really cool to see the diversity of Aedrul. We had not gotten a chance to see it all yet, but we would one day very soon. I knew that Doll was chomping at the bit to visit it but had been focusing on all the other shit first. We had a few things on our plates lately. I knelt down in front of Brian and placed my hands on his shoulders. “Please save us from the misery that is Ethan. He’s freaking out about making a good impression on your mom. He’s whining like a she-wolf w
XANDER Emma was straight from a dream. She had always been extremely gorgeous, but tonight she radiated a brilliant light from within herself. Rose blossomed across her cheeks as she stood up from the car and took in our appearances. That blush would always be the death of us. Without even coordinating, we both brought her hands to our lips. Her heartbeat picked up, causing us both to smile. It was a great truth to know that we still affected her like that despite how much life threw at us. Beyond a shadow of a doubt, I knew that she would always make my heart stop just from a single smile – just as she had done since that first minute at Olly’s. “There are no words to describe how you look tonight, love.” “I’m glad that you kept the dress a secret because seeing it now… damn, doll.” She chuckled softly but stopped as she fully drank in our outfits. Her lips parted slightly, but I could tell that she had stopped breathing. Her eyes roamed over our faces, and it looked like she was
EMMA Well, the announcement went a lot better than I thought it would. I originally dreaded how the pack would react to it all. It was a lot of unbelievable information being thrown at them. However, they took it in stride just like my mates thought they would. There was still about an hour before the ceremony, so I was not exactly sure where we were headed, but my mates said they had something important to show me. We pulled up in front of a cottage, but they still had not told me what we were doing here. I looked at them both curiously, yet they just had smirks plastered on their incredibly handsome faces. “So, you brought me to a cottage in the woods to off me?” I asked. Xander turned to me and placed a finger over my lips. “I enjoy having my cock sucked by this pretty little mouth. If I off you, then all I have is Kai, and we’re both extremely straight. We share your pussy, ass, and mouth, but that is the extent of our sharing-is-caring attitude.” I expelled a breath against
EMMA “Can one of you please do something to entertain them? Show them some cool magic or something while I deal with this?” I asked Q and Macario who were right there as we stepped off the back of the stage. Q gripped my shoulders and nodded his head. Macario did as well. Up the stage they went. I took a steadying breath because now I had to deal with dumb shit first before we could carry on with one of the most important ceremonies for our pack. There were going to be other people recognized that nobody but myself and Papa knew about. This better not take long. Xander and Kai followed me until we were in an open space. A crowd of people of at least thirty or forty came to a stand in front of me. I gave them all a moment to hopefully think about their words carefully because I could only handle a certain level of stupidity. “Mrs. Fairchild, I understand that you’re upset. Freya had indeed been leaking private information to the Blacktree pack. She’s been doing so for weeks now. It
EMMA “This first person has strength and bravery unlike anything I have ever witnessed before. I was in awe of him from the moment I met him. A training program will be opening up within this next year to begin training a younger division for the Royal Guard. He will be my right-hand in this program as well as all future training programs underneath this banner. I could not imagine anyone more worthy than him and know beyond a shadow of a doubt that he will help make these programs prosperous. Please help me in welcoming Brian Stevenson!” We all let out a thundering round of applause. I turned and waited, knowing that he was at the back of the stage. I caught Nae’s teary eyes as she looked right at me. Ethan also had a sheen in his eyes as he hugged Nae. Brian’s head was held high as he took deliberate steps. He carried himself just like the warrior that he would become in no time. There was determination in his eyes as he smiled at me widely. I could tell that he was incredibly su