ALPHA COLTON"You've changed. Big time." Shirley muttered when she got to my table at the restaurant where I had lunch out with Vinny later that noon. "Shirley, please give it a break, damn!" I released a breath. This was exhausting. Having her nag me about our baby was draining. "No!" She pulled out a seat and dropped on it. A waiter darted forward to take her order. "I'll have the chicken Caesar salad with no croutons.""Why are you here?" I asked when the waiter had disappeared to bring her order alongside Vinny and mine. "I need a little cash to get some things done." She flashed me her sensuous smile. I couldn't help but get lost in her bright stare. "How much do you need?"She delved into her purse and retrieved a nicely written list. For the first time, it was short. She dropped it before me with another radiant smile on her lips. My eyes skimmed through the list."You're buying a house?" My confused gaze left the list to her face. "You don't imagine I'll be having my
ALPHA COLTON Haedon returned from the inner chambers of his sacred temple where he had gone in to complete several rituals for the forthcoming moon festival. "Like the eagles, so shall your strength be my Alpha," He blessed and took a seat facing us. His attention was directly on me, moments like this were the most suspenseful moments of my life. "I know why you're here," He looked away to the crystals in his hands, "As clear as these crystals, you're on a thorny path. Our Goddess has turned her back on you and your territories." "That can't be," Karl murmured with a chuckle. It wasn't funny. "I don't get why." Vinny sounded bothered. I knew why. "It doesn't matter." I tried to maintain a detached and clinical composure. "It is clear in these visions, that the strongest shall be swallowed up by the weakest territories and strength shall spring up from the weakest Lycan territories because she pleases the goddess." "Still doesn't explain why the goddess chose to for
ALLISON KEELER The Pack nurse checked me and gave me some drugs and supplements. For the first time since I was declared pregnant by Glomé, I could see the bump starting to grow. A smile creased my face. "You look happy." The nurse returned my smile and handed me my card. I placed it in the little bag which held my drugs and other supplements. "Of course I am happy." I waved at the nurse and headed back to my room. The only place where I felt at peace. I stripped and stood before the mirror, the bruises and the ugly marks on my skin were fading. It was a good thing. I had a shower, got into my uniform, and headed out for lunch. "Phoebe's here," Evelyn whispered as she linked our arms. "So?" "You've forgiven her?" "I have nothing against her. We have different lives, we chose our paths."I sat on the wooden seats where a few other girls joined us as we awaited lunch. "Allison?" Payton approached our table with flushed cheeks, leaning into me she whispered, "Gamma Adrian is
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