ALLISON KEELER "Where am I?" I asked the second my gaze adjusted to the brightness in the room enough to realize Matt was beside me in the brightly lit room."CaeHills." His sullen eyes didn't leave my face. He must've taken in the confusion on my face because he added with a weary smile, "CaeHills Pack."I still didn't get what he meant. The only thing I could make out was that I was in another Pack, but why?"Why am I here?" I sat up in the big bed, "Why are you here?" My gaze roamed the room to his face. Then instantly, my hand flew to my stomach. When I felt my growing baby bump, I was relieved to realize I was still pregnant. "You don't imagine they would want to mess with Colton's heir?" He chuckled moving from where he sat in an armchair by the window coming closer to me in the big bed. "I'll protect your baby with my life." He spoke quietly and convincingly. "You're the Luna's assistant, not her mate." I quipped. "This is my Pack, so I want you to consider yourself safe
ALPHA GRIMSBY EVANS "She's just a thirsty whore." I spoke softly, not daring to avert our speared gazes.Faye broke our gazes first, moving away to the balcony. Letting out a muffled exasperated breath, I tailed her to the balcony. "You don't imagine I'm attracted to such a lowly runt...""Are you?" She snapped the question in a way that was supposed to trigger the truth, her eyes searching my face for the slightest flinch to suggest I was about to lie to her. "I won't consider this an insult to my face." I feigned annoyance to scare her off from the subject. Other than the runt energy, Allison was very attractive in a sensuous way. If only she wasn't pregnant. I sighed out my frustrations. It was going to be a sin against the goddess to lay with an already pregnant wolf, especially a sin against Colton, for if the goddess spared me, the Westerners never will. "I just don't understand why you will choose to bring her here to my stalk. You know we aren't a strong Pack. What if Col
ALLISON KEELER "So I won't have to scrub the floor and do laundry anymore?"Hope resonated in my tone as I considered Matt in the beautiful garden, he had taken me on a tour around the mansion. "There's not quite a lot of things to be done here," his smiles helped me relax, "I'll show you around the pack at every chance we get. It's lovely here and I'm glad to be back.""Sounds like CaeHills is a better place to be, well, except your boss shows up.""Don't get her upset then you're good." He shrugged clinically. "I feel like just being around upsets the hell out of her.""She vents on people a whole lot but you're going to be good." He handed the sunflower he had plucked from the bush of beautiful sunflowers. This brought out a smile from me. Matt was so kind to me. "Is the Alpha of this Pack aware of this arrangement? I don't want him to think I'm a trespasser.""Flynn's not the Alpha but I guess he's quite aware, you don't have to be afraid. I'm here."I sniggered at how he tho
ALLISON KEELER "Have you ever for once imagined Alpha Colton would choose you over Shirley?" Faye asked with humor plain on her face and tone. The mockery glimmering in her eyes stung pretty badly. "I don't care who Colton picks, it's not some match. All I want is to be happy with my mate," I replied as honestly as possible. "That's cute. But we don't get to have what we want." She placed the teacup back on the white saucer and went back to her phone. I stood watching her on the terrace hoping she would dismiss me but she looked away from her phone, planting her gaze on me again. "You've no idea how disappointed I was when I realized you're Colton's mate. All my dreams of bonding with Shirley Hilton came crashing down." She also had no idea how disappointed I was in Colton when Grimsby took me away. "But the goddess has found a way to make that dream come true for me and you're not going to stand in the way the second time, are you?" She waited until I shook my head before
ALPHA COLTON Having Grimsby Evans back in my pack in such a short time was something I never thought would happen but it did. He was amongst the first set of pack rulers to arrive in my territory for the festival. I had him under strict surveillance. He was being watched, tracked, and hacked. I needed all the information I could gather that could give me a hint on how to find Allison just in case he wasn't so keen to break this deal over the fat s of money I set aside as a bribe. Grimsby and his Luna and other Commanders looked more than thrilled to be here in my mansion. I needed them close. "It's such a shame there's no Luna to back you up on a special occasion as Slitaé." Haedon handed me a brochure with a croaked chuckle. Haedon moved from his temple where I sat on a mat on the floor with my limbs folded and my gaze now on the voluminous book in my hand. "You are going to read and know each line by heart. Learn its truth and it shall guide you." He added. "I appreci
ALPHA COLTONMy gaze remained outside the windshield, my mind traveled as I drove through the bustling streets. There were Slitaé banners and posters raised in every corner of the streets, balloons and gimmicks, clowns and music suggested there was merriment thick in the air. "Now Slitaé is going to be an actual festival to honor my coronation as their Luna." Shirley sounded delighted in the front seat of my car. I glanced her way the second time since we left the mansion, she was engrossed in her phone, and her boundless joy to be married to me radiated on her face. "It's going to hit everyone as hard as a rock out of the blue." She glanced my way before adding, "That runt can rot in Hornsgate!"I stepped on the brake pedal as though to gain control of my heart from how hard Shirley's words hit me. Allison rot in Hornsgate?A car disrupted my thoughts as it slammed into mine from my recklessness. The driver honked and spat out a curse at how terrible I was behind the wheels cau
SHIRLEY HILTON Colton glanced at his wristwatch and muttered a curse. He was running out of time. He was running out of patience. "You know what today is. You know I have important people in my Pack." He willed the anger out of my tone just to not upset me.It was how much he cared about my mental health. I stood speechless before him. He let out a breath and moved towards the main entrance of the council building. The security guard escorted me right after him. My heartbeat accelerated, and fear descended on me making me feel as scared as a skittish fawn caught in the garden when the waiting elders gazed my way. This was all too much to bear. Two months wasn't enough time to pull off this lie. I had everything to lose including my life. Taking the oath meant signing up for my untimely death. I could face the greatest shame of my life when my baby was born. It wasn't worth the lie. After all, Jace had a plan. Making up my mind, I gently tugged his arm behind and he glanced a
ALPHA COLTON The Pack's exclusive banquet hall was in its glory as I stepped in that evening. Nothing mattered to me more than the joy on the faces of the nobles and the Pack Commanders I had invited over for the first banquet. King Baldwin was missing at the head of the table, I could understand. His health was going downhill as the data went by so I didn't expect him to join the celebration. I took the seat at the head of the long and endless-seeming table. My eyes scanned the merry faces of everyone. It brought joy to my heart. It was always a moment of delight. "I'm quite honored to be here." Grimsby beamed from where he sat a few seats away from me. He needed my attention and now he had it. My gaze moved from his broadened face to his lovely Luna and his commanders. "It's always a pleasure." I nodded his way. I could spot Melissa and her girls at the far end of the room alongside other dignitaries. My eyes never wandered away from Grimsby all through the dinner. M