Tilly’s POV “My Alpha will be here in a minute,” I said as I placed another person in the middle of the road. My arms and legs are throbbing. My back feels like it is breaking. Every single one of them is bigger than me, but they’ve been breathing in wolfsbane and are struggling to walk. I only knew something was in the air, as I could taste it when I entered the container. Given that they haven’t ingested any wolfsbane. I hope that with time, their lungs will clear up in the fresh air. I saw the headlights approaching. It’s going to kill me to lift them in. Thankfully, Kris has brought help. Both she and a man called Raiden, fight against their wolves to lift all three of them into the SUV. He’s either an Alpha like Kris or has Alpha blood in him. “One container is empty. Three more to go.” I said sternly. Kris hands me a bottle of water before climbing back into the car. “Have you seen a girl? Long dark hair.” Raiden asks me with sadness in his eyes. I star
Kris’s POV With her beautiful mind and determination, Tilly has saved over a dozen lives. But as she sits on Erin’s lap, she looks so young and innocent. Trucks and vans have arrived to pick up the survivors and take them away. “We stole them from a nearby human town.” Someone says when they see me looking. “Kris,” Lacie calls. I didn’t look. There is chaos all around, and I am trying to piece together what is going on. “It’s Rylee.” She then calls. My focus is immediately directed towards both of them. “Alice.” I heard Raiden then shouting. As I made my way to Rylee’s side, I glanced over at Alice. That’s when I see it. What is affecting her is affecting him, or to a degree, anyway. She had to be Rylee’s mate. “Kris.” Erin’s voice calls to me. But I’m too busy trying to care for Rylee’s seizing body to be messing around with whatever Erin wants. I tilt his head backward, making sure his airway is clear. “Kris,” Erin shouts again. I looked over at
Kris’s POV I oversaw Alice and Rylee overnight. They both stabilized according to the pack’s doctor. But neither one of them had woken up yet. Their mate bond is extremely strong, especially since they have never met before. Raiden came and went throughout the night. Telling me he had matters to deal with. Erin and her mate walked into the hospital room. Erin introduced me to him. “This is Mateo.” She said happily. “As in Alpha Carlos’s brother Mateo?” He looked confused and confirmed that yes, his brother was Alpha Carlos of the Southern Sands Pack. The coincidence made me smile, especially as Erin loved that pack. Or the food from it, anyway. Erin promised to tell Mateo how we visited his home pack a while ago. He was off-tracking some kidnapped pack members from another pack. Mateo shook his head, telling Erin he hadn’t been home since then. If he had been there and caught her scent, he would have tracked her down. They then started kissing. “Where is Tilly?” I asked, t
Siren’s POV I look down at Raiden as he stares up at me. “You’re an Alpha?” He says. It’s a good job I can’t mind link him. My response may be along the lines of. Really? I never noticed. But the boy is out of his depth and stressed. If Nathan got taken, Kris would search the world for him. She wouldn’t care about the pack. Family is what’s important. We both agree on that. Now, not only Raiden knows I am Alpha. The Ponderosa Pack knows it too. They know I am an ally. This makes me the Alpha in charge — temporarily, of course. This pack’s own Alpha is on his way. I heard howling coming from the woods. As soon as I did, I heard gunfire. The howling stopped. Kris and I committed to protecting this pack as if it was ours. The border patrol is out there unprotected. Snarling, I ran into the forest, knowing the rest of the pack would be somewhere behind me. I make my way through the trees, not looking back to see if anyone is behind me. Then, I spotted the human hunters, gath
Chase’s POV “We’re nearly home,” I told Cooper, who'd been harassing me the entire journey to run faster. He is doing my head in. Does he not think I want to see my sister, too? Raiden was vague when I called home. Telling me Alice was alive but in a bad way. Abandoning all of his human possessions, Cooper told the away party that Alice was home and alive. That he had to get home immediately. The away party hasn’t kept up with my pace. I am faster than them as I am an Alpha Wolf. But I am also more motivated. As I cross the border into my territory, the amount of mind links hitting is crazy. I shut them out when I heard the one word that infuriated me. “HUNTERS.” Without knowing where the hunters were, I pushed myself to run even faster than I believed possible, all to defend my pack. “It shouldn’t have gotten to this. I should have been here.” I snapped at Cooper. “We were trying to find Alice.” He snaps back at me. “Not at the cost of losing our pack members to hunters.” I
Cooper’s POV Nathan and I burst through the hospital’s doors. Where is she? I shouted. “First floor Alpha,” someone responds. There are only two hospital rooms on the first floor. They are next to each other. “Follow me,” I instructed Nathan, who followed me to the stairwell. I raced through the door of the first hospital room. But it was empty. “She has to be in the other room,” I told Nathan as I rushed past him. I paused at the door of the second room. My mate is on the other side, dying. “Go on.” Nathan snaps at me as he tries to push past me. I should be by her side until the end, I think to myself, when I don’t let him by. I entered the room, not sure what to expect. It’s quiet. I wasn’t expecting that. A couple is standing by the window. Looking around, there are also a couple of people lying on hospital beds. “Erin, where is Kris?” Nathan asks the woman. “I don’t know.” She responds. “We have been watching over Alice and Rylee.” “Alice?” I looked at the people i
Kris’s POV “You look better than when I last saw you?” I said to Rylee. This is the first time I have seen him in a while. Cooper delayed his briefing until I felt up to taking part. I was a key player in what happened, after all. As we took a seat, Rylee turned to me. “Kris, you need to get home. It’s been nearly a week since you left.” “Oh, crap. Freddie will be panicking.” I respond. I hadn’t realized it had been that long. “What was that about?” Cooper asked while staring at me. Rylee then explained to him. It was one of the many rules the Wolf Council had enforced upon me. I shake my head at the mention of the useless Wolf Council that governs our kingdom. Cooper looks disgusted. “The Wolf Council and I are not on good terms. They stay clear of this pack now.” Rylee nudges me. “It seems we’ve found an ally in our mission to replace the Wolf Council.” He says. I am glad me and Cooper are on the same page. I don’t want our relationship to start with a d
Kris’s POV Nathan went home yesterday. Emily is in the latter stages of pregnancy and is struggling. He told me not to do anything stupid before he left. “No promises,” I told him. Which earned me a good telling-off. I may be his Alpha, but I will always be his little sister. It reminds me of our sibling bond and how special we are to one another. Erin plans on relocating to the Southern Sands Pack after she has taken Tilly home. She hasn’t told her yet because it’ll upset her. I know the feeling. I am upset about her leaving. But it is the perfect pack for Erin. She will thrive there. Cooper and Raiden have contacted the survivor’s packs. They want the Alpha’s knowing what the hunters did to them. They also plan on informing their Alpha’s of the multiple packs involved in their rescue. I suspect this is more political than personal. But the Ponderosa Pack, the Southern Sands Pack, and the River Valley Pack should be recognized for their efforts. Before I left the Po