Chapter 54

IZZY POV

Spring is a short season in the mountains.  It tends to go straight from winter to summer and this year was no exception.  It seemed as if I went to bed with snow on the ground and woke up with flowers blooming in the planters next to my front door.

Once Silvo was out of the Packhouse and Ben was in charge of our cyber security, things seemed to smooth out for a bit.  We had a Beta Ceremony where Ben was widely received.  Because of my experience taking over as Luna, I was afraid my friends wouldn’t be well received, but both of them had been members of the pack since birth and everyone knew them and how hard they worked. 

Lucy coming on board as the Beta’s mate was a huge help to me.  I tried not to be hurt when the pack members preferred her over me.  I had to remind myself that they knew her, and I was still an outsider.  I haven’t even been here a year and for much of that year, I was hidden