Sure enough, Heath found Amber entering the salon, and she didn’t look happy. He almost swallowed his tongue when he entered the domain of the region’s female wolves. All eyes were on him instantly, but he only had eyes for Amber. Why she needed the salon was beyond him. He saw perfection in the fresh faced woman where she sat with her hands in something. He didn’t care about that detail. It muted even the scent of chemicals in the air to her beauty. “Are you lost?” He stood beside her, silent a little too long. Forcing her to ask the obvious question. “Right, the Luna and Female Beta of the Shadow pace could not reach you in the last few days and are concerned about your welfare. They sent me with a message and to find out if you are safe and well.” Gods, he got that all out without fumbling over his words. Score for him and not making a fool of himself. Amber took the letter from him. “Thank you. Will you wait for a reply then? Since I’m not allowed to
Alpha Higgins received the last message from Anita just before he got the message that Russell was dead. His second called Alpha Higgins with the news. Some time in the evening, Russell succumbed to poison in his office. They suspected he had died by his own hand when his lover ended their relationship that day. He knew that was a lie. Russell didn’t care about relationships of any sort. But if they believed that, or wanted others to. Then who was he to question it? Now they had hunters and Jack himself to deal with. Jack was by far the worst of the two men. He did his own dirty work. Since, Russell’s daughter was mated to an alpha of a different pack, Jack would be Alpha next. If Jack died, then Tyler would gain the chance to be the alpha of the Hollow Wood Pack. Jack knew that and would be on alert for murder plots and such. “Do you know where your daughter is yet?” Jack wasn’t at the town meeting with Russell, and no one knew where he was at the t
“He’s dead? How? When? I can’t believe he’s dead. Are we sure?” Rose sat at the table in a very crowded dining room. Ty called everyone together to explain the current situation to them and how things were changing for everyone. “They sent my uncle photos, and you don’t want to see them. But there’s no way he’d let those pictures be taken if he were alive.” It disgusted Ty seeing them himself. The man lay crumpled on the floor, face down in a puddle of vomit. His pants were crumpled about his ankles and his white ass was on display for all to see. Clearly, he’d been entertaining himself when the poison took effect. Ty felt the undignified way of dying was appropriate for the way the man lived. It could only have been better if he’d died using an outhouse. “What why?” Heather really hadn’t been listening after she’d heard that Russell was dead. So many people would quietly celebrate this before waiting for the other show to drop with Jack. “Simply put. He fe
Jules was now on pins and needles. There was no way to know what her father would do as alpha. If he thought for a minute that Tyler or Ben were a threat to his control of the pack, he’d not hesitate to attack them. With the rumours that Hollow Wood Pack members were inquiring about leaving the pack for another. She feared he’d try to punish people or start a war. Rose’s father was dead, and the story was unbelievable. Which leant itself to making the speculation of what truly happened more believable. Her father, hunters, or now missing lover killed him. Those were the current rumours. Jules believed the first rumour. Her father would have the stomach and the greed to do it. The only thing she wondered about was why he didn’t do it before this? He could have done it many times before. His loyalty was never in question before this incident. Or was it an event? Jules couldn’t put her finger on why things weren’t adding up or how. But nothing for her looked good. She now w
Ty’s phone rang unexpectedly the morning after finding out about Russell’s death and the large number of wolves discreetly looking for new homes. As it stood, there was no way he could accept all of them. Not without a miracle. Now, his phone rang with the call he’d been waiting for. “Hello Tyler Randell speaking.” “Tyler my boy. How are you? I just got your message. Where are you and what is going on? Are you back in the old town?”It was the professor returning his call. A little late for Russell, but what about Jack? Would he spiral like Russell did? Or was he just natural like this? “I’m back in town. That’s why I called you. My mate and I were talking about the situation here. She made an interesting comment that struck an old memory. It’s a little vague, but because of circumstances here I can’t look through any notes. You were there and might remember.” Ty knew this was a long shot, however it was a shot. “Well, I’m in a secure location right
Jack Davidson sat behind the enormous desk in the office of the Hollow Wood Packhouse. He’d given them a day to clean up the mess Russell made when he died here not a day ago. Bloody fool wasn’t careful with anything in his life. He’d had power because he used people to get it. It didn’t matter how he got the power, but he got what he wanted at whatever price other people could pay. Well, payback was a killer. Jack laughed at his little joke. He’d bided his time, and someone took Russell out for him. He’d thank them if he knew who did it. But here he was with his own pack, and he didn’t have to lift a finger to do it. But the kid had a claim on this, which meant he had to go one way or another. If he hadn’t been the pup of the alpha before Russell, he’d have a claim through that stupid twat Rose, Russell’s daughter. Jack wasn’t stupid. Getting to Tyler wouldn’t be easy. The fool had friends around him all the time. They guarded his current territory like Fort Knox.
Tyler watched again the third times in as many weeks as the townsfolk of Mayes Grove snuck into the town hall meeting room and settled into the chairs laid out. This was his fault for coming back, that caused these people to assemble here yet again. He was the catalyst for this change. Yes, the change was desperately needed. But no one here was blaming Ty for things going south as they had. Two shifters were missing in the community. Lone shifters who weren’t connected to packs, dens, or the like. This concerned her. As was the interest in leaving the largest pack in the local region, they well represented the Hollow Wood Pack to night. Though their leaders were not in attendance. They were not informed of this meeting because the Hollow Wood Pack members wished to leave, feared retaliation if they discovered their identities. Ty couldn’t fault them on that. They needed some assurance that things could get better. They just needed to find a place for them t
Rose watched the things play out from the far corner of the town hall meeting room as the room went from stunned silence to erupting in anger. How could Tyler stand there and claim to work for the council? Why has he not done something about her father? The hunters? Anything that must be dealt with here? They’d been here almost a month now. She’d give him that, at least. But the look of Alpha Higgins’ face he was blindsided by this information. Was it that much of a secret Ty couldn’t tell his uncle? “Alright everyone. The council sent us in because no one would think to tie us to the investigation of the hunters. We could look for ties to the community that led back to the hunters. That, ladies and gentlemen, was none other than the Hollow Wood Pack alpha and we believe the beta. They betrayed their people and their community. For this, they will not recognize the pack. Wait. Now I have been struggling to build the Shadow Pack into a stable entity here. There’s not