There are so many people set to eat dinner at once that Mom puts the table extenders in to add a couple more feet to the table. Yet even with this new space, things are so tight that the Alpha King makes two of his guards stand. They aren’t to eat at all, apparently, but stand by the doorway instead
I grip the edge of the table, my breath in my throat, as Mom circles around the table to hand Mia over to the Alpha King. Archer is still standing, but he doesn’t make another move. Neither does the guard in the doorway, his gaze on Archer, his hand disappearing under his suit coat where I know hi
The Alpha King looks surprised for a moment, before his face crumples up in unmitigated fury. “Mia’s just tired!” I say quickly, drawing his attention away from my mom. He already hates me. Let him hate me more, I don’t care. “She’s had such a long day. What she really needs it a good rest.” “Ye
Like hell I’m going to let this asshole do whatever he’s about to do to me, my mom, and Mia. He thinks a stun gun is going to stop me? I am a warrior. My wolf is manifesting. Maybe he’s a trained soldier. Maybe he’ll win this fight in the end. But I’m not going down without a fight. I crouch mys
I’m so proud of her. I think I would have been able to survive this, but it would have been so much more difficult. I wouldn’t have been able to surprise the guard a second time. Fortunately Mom evened the odds with her actions. Mom nods shakily. She seems to be coming back to herself. “He wante
Steven agrees to stay with Mia for now. “Leave it to me to get this guard outside,” he adds. I have no idea how he is going to manage that without anyone noticing, but I trust Steven. If he says he’ll be able to do it, I trust him. I also notice him eyeing the window. “Okay,” I say. He looks at
He doesn’t realize how it was doomed before it even began. Mom and I move about the room, personally handing out the cookies to everyone. I make it to the Alpha King first, as planned, and move to hand him a cookie. “Wait,” he says. I pause at once. His eyes narrow. “You eat that one. Now.” I’
The Alpha King gathers his goons and together, which each of them favoring their various wounds, they hobble out the door. The one from upstairs is already lying face down in the grass. He groans. He isn’t dead. They gather each up and pile into the sedan in the driveway. The Alpha King is the las