“The coven representatives will go in with the first wave of wolves. These are our best fighters, and I want a few to stay with the witches to protect them from any physical attacks from others in there as they do their work. They need to combat anything the witches inside might have left as boo-bee traps. We know where things are, but we don’t know how it’s been changed. So we go in slow and steady. Watch everyone’s back. They could be well organized or in utter chaos. Either way has its own group of complications for us. I’m concerned because we know there’s at least one bear, maybe more. But they are dangerous enough alone and a nightmare in a group. If you can get the bears cornered in a location too small for them to shift in, we might stand a chance.” Thomas stood in the woods out back of Elder Ambrose’s cabin talking to several of his pack hidden among the

             Eva couldn’t believe how quickly it all moved when they actually put their plans into action. She was now hidden back inside the Elder’s cabin waiting to go to the healer’s cabin with a few others to be introduced to the space and prepare for any injuries that would come through the door. Oddly, she felt a level of excitement over this prospect. After all these years, she’d be putting at least some of her knowledge into practice. Damon was assisting Asia in keeping everyone moving toward the packhouse at a slow and steady pace. She wasn’t sure why, but they wanted everyone to move in enough numbers that were too many to pick off if they tried to do that, but few enough that at first it wouldn’t be noticed. She didn’t believe that this Henry or his people anticipated this action at all and with their guards detained as they are, Henry’s people are significantly low

             Thomas entered the packhouse he called home to be greeted by several combative strangers. They were able to fight their way down into the basement where the cells and armoury were. It was far from easy, and it was becoming a very bloody mess. It was all done with teeth and claws until finally they couldn’t move ahead any further because the witches needed to step up and take down several wards, preventing them from going further and regaining the basement level. Nothing was moving quickly, but they had to get both spaces under their control. Why Henry didn’t use the weapons in there to his advantage, Thomas didn’t know. But thankfully didn’t happen. Now he needed to wait for the witches to do their just and unravel the delicate mess left by the other two.             But there was more than enough to distract him as othe

            April missed the shelf with the book again for the third time. She glared at it, a little annoyed with it. Her attention was on her phone and the search she was doing to find Hayden. She didn’t even know what his last name was. But it would connect with the old Johannesson property, so why was it so hard to find it? What she found was the motorcycle shop. Though she wasn’t sure if he worked there being the Beta of the pack. But she could stop in there after work and see if they could pass a message to Hayden for her.             The bell at the front desk dinged again, and she didn’t hear Lynn greeting the person. Wondering if Lynn went on break and she’d failed to hear her tell her. April moved to the front and helped a little old lady check out her weekend reading. Just a little light reading, the woman claimed. Fifteen large romance novels. But April would not judge her for

             Haden found Janine in her favourite room. He could hear James and Emily arguing clearly from here and for the life of him. He didn’t understand why she didn’t stop it. She knew Emily wasn’t feeling well. “What is going on? This is the last thing that poor girl needs right now.”             “Oh, I agree, but it’s their business and they need to work it out together.” Janine appeared unhappy about it, but that baffled Haden all the more. What was going on here?             “Care to enlighten me about why we aren’t stopping the argument and setting them straight? Because for the life of me, I don’t understand what’s going on here.” Haden didn’t know where he stood right now as a visitor to this pac