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Sam POV “The worst was yet to come. What the fuck does that mean?” I ask everyone. “Maybe what Daniel told us was not accurate?” Josie asks. “I do not know but it sure would be nice to get through a week without some kind of threat,” Jack adds. Adam looks at us, “Is anyone going to update me on what you learned with the rogue?”. Realizing we had not even had a chance to share anything with Adam, “Well Josie realized that the Council is trying to set Daniel up,” I share. Adam looks to Josie, “Oh?”. “Well, it seemed odd to me that we had been attacked by rogues immediately after Daniel had given us his heads up,” Josie says as Adam nods. “Given that, I asked the rogue who sent him. At first, he said Daniel, but after pushing him, he advised us that it was actually Alpha Stevens who sent him. He also advised us that Alpha Stevens wants Daniel dead,” she offers as Adam quickly picks up the phone. “Alpha Lucas? We need to advise you of something
Josie POV As we sat around the conference room table, I could not help but be overwhelmed with the power sitting at this table. Alpha Colby and Luna Kate, representing both the Golden Moon Pack and the Silver Crescent Pack, had fought their own battles with the Council over the years. Particularly around their niece, Amelie. Colby and Kate have two children of their own – Olivia and Oliver. And their adopted daughter, Colby’s niece Amelie. Amelie was poisoned by rogues when she was just six years old. She was given wolfsbane for an extended period of time. They are still unaware of the damage this may have caused Amelie and her wolf. She turns sixteen next month. The normal time an Alpha wolf will get her wolf. Turns out the Wolf Council has been following Amelie’s case quite closely. While they did nothing at the time of her poisoning to help her, they are curious to learn more about the extended uses of wolfsbane. They want to know what
Miranda POV The more everyone kept Stevens on the line the more I could find a link to him. The link drew me to the place he was currently holed up. Shockingly he was at the Council’s offices. There was a location deep underground that he had taken over. While there were a limited number of wolves surrounding him inside the building, I could sense a significant number of rogues surrounding the Wolf Council. Without realizing it, everyone was helping me achieve my goal of finding Stevens. I could not pick up the vibe of Daniel but that did not mean he was not alive. It simply meant he could be unconscious. There was still hope that he was alive. He may have been tortured but Lucas would help Daniel heal from whatever he had been through. “What do you mean?” Kate asks equally excited. “The more you talked to Stevens, the more I could trace where he was located. I know where he is,” I say once again. “Where?” Lucas asks coldly. I hesitate.
Sarah POV I finally had an opportunity to help support this effort. I knew it was minimal but at least I could keep track of Miranda. I would feel when she would have to cut the attachment to me. Me sharing my powers allowed her to extend the use of hers so it would give her an extra ten minutes at best. Rick stands and starts to pace. I say nothing. Nobody offers any words of platitude. There is nothing that can be done or said to make this any better. Kate and Jenna are discussing strategies quietly for when Miranda arrives back. Strategies that include if she is compromised in any way. Jack moves towards me, but I shake my head no. Anything could break our connection and it was not going to be me being distracted. The longer I could hold the connection, the longer she would have support. We did not know what she would encounter when she arrived, but my added powers would ensure her success. I wish I could see what she was seeing. I wi
Josie POV It was taking too long. We all knew it. Nobody was saying it, but we knew. She should have returned by now. It had been ten minutes since she had broken her connection with Sarah. Ten long minutes of Rick pacing, everyone watching their clocks. “She will come back. She promised,” Rick mutters. Before anyone could say anything there was this goddess awful sound of something falling. And then suddenly before our eyes was Miranda and Daniel. Both of them full of blood. Rick is the first to reach Miranda, “I am okay, Rick, I am okay,” she says as she passes out. This is normal, I remind myself. Whenever she uses her powers, she needs Rick to help bring her back. Jenna is there to try and reach for Miranda, wanting to check her head wound. From what I could tell it was something Jenna could easily mend as she brushed her hand over it, and it stopped bleeding. Wanting to do a thorough check of Miranda, Jenna murmurs to Rick, “Let’s
Kate POV I had witnessed my share of injured warriors, but I have never seen a wolf survive this level of torture. There were so many things happening at once it was hard to keep up with them. Even with the Pack Hospital’s doctor, Jenna, and myself – it felt like we were fighting a losing battle. I could hear this man’s mate yelling in the hallway. It was a distraction we did not need. Jenna asked Adam through their mind-link to try and remove him. I understood how hard it was to leave your mate, but right now we needed to focus one hundred percent. As I heard the yelling fade away, I was able to focus more intently on what was happening in front of us. Daniel was crashing as Jenna jumped up trying to stem the blood flow. The gunshot wound was causing us the most worry at the moment. While the other injuries would have to be fixed, the gunshot wound, with the wolfsbane and silver, continued to ooze blood. I needed to get in there and remov
Lucas POV I have been sitting by Daniel’s bed since they finished operating on him. I cannot bear to look at my mate without rage taking over my mind. Seeing the abuse Daniel withstood breaks me. I do not know how he survived but I will be forever grateful he had the strength to do so. I watch the consistent blip on the machine indicating he is alive. It has been one day since he came out of the operating room. One day I have had him by my side. I have held his hand. I have spoken with him even though he is still in a coma. I have not left his side. One day that has given the medical team a reason to breathe a semi-cautious sigh of relief. The longer his body kept going, the better chances he had of making a full recovery.His boss has stood by as well. So far nobody but me and the medical team have visited Daniel. That is the way I have wanted it. I needed to know he was safe. And as Colby had reminded us, we did not know who we could trust.
Josie POV No matter what anyone said, I knew they were all putting themselves on the line for me. I was eternally grateful and eternally feeling guilty at the same time. I was learning this is what family did but having never experienced it before it was a foreign concept to me. And it was hard to accept the help that I knew they would force on me. It overwhelmed me in a good way. Looking around the conference room table, we had Colby, Kate, Sarah, Jack, Sam, Adam, Jenna, Miranda, Rick, and myself. Alpha Jared had rushed home to his Pack after the implied threat over Luna Lily and the children she was looking after. Lucas would not leave Daniel’s side – not that I had blamed him. And Alpha Thomas had errands to run in town so he would join us after. “We need to split up when they come. They have already indicated each border would be at risk,” Adam says to the group. “I want to propose that we all go to the first location. If they attack al