When I return to the Royal Blood Moon territory, I feel a wave of relief wash over me as I enter my home territory. Jade is waiting on the steps of the packhouse as Farris pulls up out the front. I get out and she makes her way over to me until Farris gets out of the driver's seat and faces her.I watch as her eyes go wide and she then screams before running and jumping into his arms. I close the door and just lean back on the side of the SUV. I chuckle as I watch Farris wrap his arms around her and then spin her around, laughing along with her.I then don’t miss the low growl that comes from the back of the SUV as Zaire makes his way around from the other side. I hold out my arm as he goes to walk past me. He turns his head and growls at me. I just smile and return my attention back to Farris and Jade. I had forgotten how close he and Jade were before he went rogue.As I didn’t react to his growl, he calms a little and turns his attention to his mat

I then make it seem that I am already partially drunk. I slightly slur my words and say just a little louder than I should have. "Dddaamn Bbitch... Wwhat does she know..." I purposely stumbled into the counter and lift my hand to the bartender, who was a werewolf, so he could tell I hadn't even had a drink yet. "Hey! Bar keeep a ttriple on the rooocks..." "Sshe bbelieves I ccan't get aanother... I ccan have my cchoice of..." "Hey, man! You should be happy you have one..." "Rreally? Why? She iis nothing bbut ttrroouble..." He faces me with his hand on his drink. I can tell that he hasn't had much, maybe just a sip or two. I have a feeling he is not in here to drink. "Is she someone special?" "I thought she ccoulld be tthe oone... You kknow... Bbut sshe's jjust ssoo... ccant get eeven aa mmooment to mmyyself..." "You should be thankful. Someone like that doesn't come along every day and anyone can snatch h

I wake the next morning as normal, freshly showered and dressed in boxers. I shake my head at the fun Morpheus seems to be having overnight while I sleep and don’t keep tabs on him. I smile as I feel the new addition to our family. It isn’t completely there as Jade has marked him and then completed the mating. Once he is changed and marks her in return, he will become an official member of our pack.I smile, get up off the bed, and walk into the closet. I pull on my training pants and a plain black t-shirt. I then make my way out of the room and downstairs, I grab a piece of toast from the dining table and then walk out the back.I head straight to the training fields. I stop and look over the area. I am proud of what I see, males and females all running through the obstacle course as well as in the sparring rings. I then make my way down onto the training field and, without a word or a misstep from me or them, I join in with the exercises, slowly moving ar

I strip as soon as I reach the treeline, shift and go for a run. Morpheus is still resting, so this is all me and it feels good. It feels free… I am playing, swapping between chasing a rabbit and a squirrel. I then sense the presence of something slightly larger and go on the hunt, but still with no intention of actually killing it. I am taken a little by surprise by the sound of her soft voice in my head and nearly lose my footing as I jump over a downed tree and skid to a stop as I land.. "Zachariah?" It has been a little while since we actually talked. Wondering what's happened to make her contact me, I ask, "Yasmine... What's wrong?" "I just met my mother. She told me that my father was killed trying to protect her from a group of hunters..." I breathe a sigh of relief when she tells me that. I had a feeling that there was more to her mother's story than what she was being told and the only one that could tell her was her mother. I just wish that I could have introduced th

-- PRE BATTLE -- Zaire and Farris walk in the opposite direction as Zachariah enters the strategy tent to make his phone call. Farris places his hand on Zaire's cheek and pulls him into a hard, passionate, dominant kiss. Zaire returns the kiss with a dominant one of his own. They don't say much to each other knowing that these small stolen minutes within each other's arms could be the last they spend together. With Zaire always being part of a pack and Farris originally being from a pack and then going rogue, they both know that as with any battle or fight, anything can happen and there is always a chance that one of them will not come back from this battle. They share one last kiss before breaking apart and going their separate ways, heading to where their warrior teams are waiting for them to join and then infiltrate the territory they stand at the border of. Now, Charles was a little surprised that Alpha Zachariah gave him his own team to be in charge of. That he trusted him