Magnus sat there and listened to his father introduce the business for today’s meeting, and he did exactly as promised. He moved Magnus up in the list of people presenting and reporting about what was going on in their corner of the pack.
“Now Magnus, you said that you’ve encountered several issues that weren’t identified at the time we signed the documents to take ownership of the land? Can you elaborate on your current situation?”
“Yes, first. We are settling in here well. But we found out at the nonaggression treaty with the local pack was, in fact, not what they touted it as. Eric here found several questionable clauses that all worked in the favour of the Vagas Moon Pack and their leader. We decided to not sign th
Ivory couldn’t take this anymore. The dishwasher overflowed again, and no one would tell her why or help her fix it. Now she was ruining her nails, washing everything by hand. She wanted to scream more, but Den Mother, Liz, threatened to hit her if she didn’t stop making so much noise. Then she told Ivory exactly what she thought of the jobs Ivory did, and she didn’t have a nice thing to say about any of it. None of this was fair. She was the daughter of the Alpha, and she shouldn’t have to do these things. She was ruining her beauty by doing all this. They needed to get Sapphire back here to do this or find someone that could replace her other than Ivory herself. She’d never recover from all this work. There was far too much for one person alone to do it. She needed a rest from Liz’s constant com
Lenny now had an entire pack to choose from and it didn’t matter who he chose to his alpha. He could build his dream team and for sure get this done without a single hitch. The first call he made was right to Xavier his man. They worked great together on the last few missions, and he didn’t take any crap from anyone. That’s what he needed on his side. Someone that wouldn’t wait to protect himself. With Xavier would come his buddies, Jack, and Gary. Both cold jerks but still handy in a fight even if you had to direct them because they didn’t have an individual thought between them. “Hey Xav. I got a job that needs your light touch. There’s space for Jack and Gary if they’re available. Meet me at the old supply cabin in half an hour and I’ll fill you in on the job we have to do. Br
Sapphire couldn’t believe how late it was. The meeting just ended, and she wasn’t sure what would happen next. Hayden recounted what he discovered to the Council of Alphas. Magnus later spoke with Hayden about several things. She wasn’t sure what exactly they were talking about beyond the fact that she was somehow involved, and the colour of her fur had something to do with documents that were written long before she’d been born. Magnus and his father agreed on one fact. If she left their territory and tried to strike out on her own, she would become a target of several unnamed hunters. That scared her. She’d never thought about hunters wanting her for her fur. In this day and age, who hunted for pelts in the wild? Sapphire knew there was a large anti-fur movement. But she was now distracted, reassessin
April and Lynn left the motorcycle shop impressed with the staff and the shop. April felt her request would be fulfilled, and he’d probably call tomorrow. “Hey, want to stop at the veggie stand and pick up something fresh for dinner?” April suddenly found she had an urge to make something special for dinner. Like they had something to celebrate tonight. “Sounds good to me. Strawberry season is upon us again. How about we make a strawberry salad? We could barbecue those chicken legs if mom’s not done something weird with them.” Lynn injected a little more detail into April’s urge with her favourite food combination. Lynn and April talked while they walked, but they weren’t at ease. Both women kept their eyes open so they wouldn’t get caught unaware by anyone. So far, there was no
Magnus paced outside of Sapphire’s door, praying that she could sort out her panic and see her way past her conditioning. He couldn’t take it much longer keeping his hands off her, but he was determined not to add to her trauma. She deserved so much better than that. As he changed, he wondered if she’d ever been able to play and kick back in her fur. What little she’d told him sounded to him like the entire pack forced her into isolation and forced her to view her wolf as something she must hide. To Magnus, that was a crime against the beauty of her wolf and losing her freedom. All shifters should have the freedom to exist in both their states. It took a long while of pacing, but she finally left her room. Sapphire smiled at him hesitantly and he couldn’t get over how beautiful she was. She was pretty w
Frank struggled with writing the formal letter to McDonnell. He wants to be clear that McDonnell overstepped his place, kidnapping his niece and giving her a safe haven. She belonged with her pack, where they could keep her silent about their pack business. He knew for sure that Sapphire couldn’t keep her mouth shut. She was far too simple to understand what to stay silent about. So, he sat there and assured McDonnell that if he returned her unharmed, he’d reopen negotiations for a non-aggression treaty. That he was sure it was a misunderstanding and anything she said was dramatized for attention. But if McDonnell chose not to return her, he, as her Alpha, would see this as a sign of aggression and an act of war. No one would be foolish enough to keep that stupid woman. Even if she played off McDonnell’s white knig
“I’m sorry Sapphire, this is serious. I need to get this communicated to the others as it’s time sensitive. Would you like to come with me? I’m hoping I can get this done quickly and still be available to you after that.” Magnus disliked, no, he hated this. She was taking second fiddle to her uncle’s whims, and she’d done that long enough and should be too far away from him to be affected by it. Sapphire sighed and nodded. It felt like a relief or reprieve for the moment from the spot she’d found herself in. “Let’s go. If this helps keep everyone else safe, then I say we get it done and dealt with.” This she could do without feeling uncomfortable or guilty. Herself consciousness directly resulted from not understand how she should interact. She just didn’t have
Magnus and Sapphire sat waiting for Hayden to arrive. He’d messaged him about the letter and they would speak to the pack. Get the information out there so that they would be aware and stay safe. The last thing he needed was some poor unsuspecting fool trusting a stranger. This was war that he was dragging them into and that alone wasn’t something he did lightly. But the red flags he’d seen weren’t imaginary now. His mate sat here worrying that it was all her fault and it wasn’t. Her uncle didn’t care about the why or how of it all. Magnus couldn’t let her go back to that. Mate or not, no one deserved that treatment. Now finding out that there were ulterior motives made it harder to ignore.“I can’t believe my uncle would do this. No that’s not entirely true. I can believe that he’s capable of doing this. But I d