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GAMMA HAYDEN. “Ready for school?” I asked Cassidy. “Yes, sir,” she answered smartly as I helped her climb into the car and close the door after her. This was my first time driving her to school as her parents were always the ones doing it and on the few occasions they were not able to Alpha Dominic or Beta Daniel would take their place. Her preschool was just a ten-minute drive from the packhouse and for some reason, I felt agitated. I was wondering if there was any threat. Shit! Shirley, Cassidy’s grandmother is human. In case of an attack, I had to protect them both. Why the hell didn’t I take another warrior with me? Relax, I was just in the territory and we haven’t had any issues in recent years. We should be fine. But knowing I had Cassidy was making me uneasy. Protecting the Alphas’ pups was more nerve-wracking than protecting the Alphas themselves. At least with them, I knew they could fight alongside me. What the heck? Why was I entertaining this kind of thought? I ch
Hello, lovelies! I don't have a chapter, but I created a simple list of pack ranks and their families (since it's impossible to upload a chart). However, I have a more concrete chart (not complete yet) in my reader's group, but I hope this will do here. Let me know if I missed anyone since I just whipped it all out based on what I remember and the files accessible to me at the moment. xoxo, Cassandra M ------------------------ ¤¤¤ BLACK SHADOW PACKALPHA: Jacob/Jake GalhartLuna: Absaline Clair Montrell GalhartPups (in order): Jackson/Jace, Catherine BETA: Gavin SalvatorreBeta Female: Alia WIlliamson Salvatorre (Brother: Alpha Caspian)Pups: Tyler GAMMA: Aaron MontrellGamma Female: Janna Marie Galhart MontrellPups (in order): Austin, Davina ------------------------ ¤¤¤ BLUE MEADOWS PACKALPHA: Caspian WilliamsonLuna: Andrea Milton WilliamsonPups (in order): Cyrus & Amber (twins), Evangeline BETA: Paul ThompsonBeta Female: Alba Adams ThompsonPups (in order): Patrick
DAPHNE. At twenty-three, I wasn’t expecting to still meet my mate. My family and friends already thought of me as an old maid because female shifters usually found mates as soon as they turned eighteen. As time passed, it became more difficult for females to find their fated mates, so most would eventually choose a mate. It wasn't that having a chosen mate was something to be ashamed of. But having to never meet your fated mate would make you wonder, what if you did? Will everything change? So despite the urge and the pressure from my family to have a chosen mate, I remained single. Not that I was still expecting to meet my fated mate. It’s just that I haven’t found anyone that would take out the what-ifs in my head — someone that would never make me wonder what it would feel like if my fated mate existed. And I’m glad I followed my heart because seeing Hayden today was beyond what I was expecting. I was so proud of how I handled myself out there when all I wanted was to cry my h
DOMINIC. Hayden sent me a mindlink and asked permission if he could have a day off as he unexpectedly met his fated mate at the preschool. She happened to be Daphne’, Cassidy’s preschool teacher. Daphne moved back from human territory just two months ago after living there for almost five years. No wonder they didn’t meet until today, since today was the first time Hayden was asked to drive Cassidy to school.I knew there were many tasks to accomplish around here, but I would never take this moment away from Hayden. He was the only one left unmated in the packhouse, and at the age of twenty-five, he deserved to finally find the one to spend his whole life with. Besides, I was sure that even if I said no, he would still not show up for work today."We’re home!" I perked up my voice before I tilted my head back to look at the two pups, who looked dead tired sitting in the back seat. I picked up Walker, my five-year-old son, from his three-hour playschool as well as Cassidy from pre-s
CELESTE. I was already starting to panic. My hand shook as I kept pushing my forearm toward Darvin. I had no idea if this would be the last time I would see him or not. I knew I shouldn’t be entertaining this thought, but as much as I was keeping hope alive in my heart, I knew I was slowly succumbing. I thought I was strong. I thought I was prepared for this. I thought the years we spent together preparing for this moment had toughened me up. But I wasn’t. I will never be ready. Please, God. Please, Selene! Please, not now. Not ever. "Daddy, here…" Cassidy’s voice was firm as she stretched out her arm to Darvin, who was already sipping from my blood. Both our gazes darted to our daughter, who was carrying an expression void of any emotions. She was trying to be tough. She was indeed her father’s daughter. She then raised her other hand, which was holding a bread knife, and sliced a part of her skin just above her wrist. She winced, but it was gone in seconds. "No. No." Darvi
SOFIA. The moment my phone rang, I immediately answered it, but Celeste was not on the line. Instead, I heard her conversation with Darvin, and the tears just kept flowing again as sobs wracked my whole body. Dominic shook me lightly and told me to focus, and I knew he was right. Darvin needed our full attention. I set aside my own emotions and shifted into my wolf, together with Dominic and Glenn. We wasted no time and sprang forward in the direction they went. Daniel, Lizzie, and Shirley, on the other hand, took a car so they could take a first-aid kit and to make sure we have a car available if we need to transport Darvin. All the time that we were running, I kept sending a prayer to the Goddess to let us make it on time. I was worried that we would be too late. Dominic told me before we ran that he would not wait for me this time. that he would run as fast as he could, and I couldn’t agree more. Someone needed to reach them right away. But I was so proud of how Amethyst was
DOMINIC. Almost all the Alphas were here. It was a coincidence that Aeon was in this part of the south and was able to come here immediately with Alexa. Only Jacob was missing, but he was already on his way. It was perfect timing that he had recently purchased a private plane, and this was the first time he would be using it to get here in less than two hours instead of the usual 13-hour drive. Even without anyone saying a word, we knew it was time to say goodbye to Darvin’s wolf. Up until now, no one could sense Titan, and Darvin was still unconscious. His vitals were stable, but Glenn told us to prepare ourselves as Titan might not be able to recover anymore. He vomited out large clumps of blood, and we all thought it was a big sign that he would be alright, but it looked the opposite. He might have been too weak when he forced it out, and his body just gave up. Riley had been quiet the whole time. I understood him. Growing up, Darvin and Riley had been the best buddies befo
TITAN (Darvin’s Wolf). The agony of craving something was excruciating. I was craving blood, but I didn’t want Darvin to shift. It was enough that Darvin was drinking blood from Celeste, I didn’t need to add more to her pain. But the moment I tasted Cassidy’s blood, all control within me snapped. I wanted more. It was too late when I realized that I had forced my way out. I shifted. I was terrified I would hurt my daughter, so I did my best to drink from Celeste instead. But I ended up hurting her too badly while trying to restrain myself from aiming for our daughter. But I lose. I found myself alone with Cassidy. I thought she would be scared, but she wasn’t. She was just as brave as her mother, and seeing how brave she was was all that I needed to be able to control myself from sinking my fangs to drink directly from her. Instead, I contented myself with just licking the blood oozing out from her wounds. And when I thought I had enough to satisfy my craving, I planned to lick h