April knew she had to face him. But between his size and dominating personality, April didn’t stand a chance. She wasn’t a meek little mouse of a wolf. Or a broken one. She was feeling tiny, and that wasn’t something she was used to. Add in the man was drop dead gorgeous with his perfect hair and designer suits. Suits he didn’t think twice about shifting in. He just destroyed and replaced without a thought. Gerald must hate her. He probably believed she was pregnant just to corner him into a mating. That didn’t click since he’d messed with her head and used her animal to ensure she became pregnant. That or someone else messed with him too, and they were both in this mess together. April’s mind was everywhere and nowhere. Trying to find every scenario possible and finding nothing that made sense. Asia followed her to the office door, where April stopped before it was dead in her tracks. Thomas was leaving the office and April could see Gerald’s tall and very

Janine struggled, to let others take over the planning and execution of her mating ceremony. It didn’t seem right to foist it on to someone else. She felt like a burden. But that’s how it had to be. She was a focal point of the ceremony. She couldn’t be in the spotlight and behind the scenes at the same time. But what if something went wrong? Something always went wrong. Would they be able to handle it? Janine’s mind struggled with this concept silently for most of the day since she woke up. She should enjoy her day. Instead, she was in a heightened state of anxiety waffling between taking back control, throwing in the towel, and running away. But in reality, it was far too late for any of those. Emily was there with her beautiful pups. Gods, life went on when you weren’t looking. Janine made sure Emily wanted for nothing and the pups were pleasantly comfortable. She couldn’t believe James allowed Emily to come here since she’d only left her bed at the medical cen

“So, have the pups been treating you, right?” Eva’s image came from Emily’s laptop screen with her cheerful smile and a rather loud child in the background wrestling with her father in the background. Eva realized where Emily’s eyes were. She winced in embarrassment. “Sorry about that. It’s raining here so I can’t send them out. You’ll get used to it when yours get old. Gods, did I just say that? Anyway, I miss you and wish I could help with the planning. How is it going?” Emily realized she hadn’t answered a single question. “That’s a lot to answer. Ugh, here we go. You asked for it. How is it with twin pups? Sleepless. I’m not sure I remember the meaning of it. As for the plans for a mating ceremony. Slow, very slow. I just don’t have the energy to plan anything. I’m exhausted all the time. Sometimes I’m not sure I’ll get it all done in time. Those days I just want to cry.” Emily practically whispered this to the laptop. She was embarrassed and didn’t want James to kn

Penny enjoyed flying, but wolves weren’t meant to do it for long. She didn’t like that she couldn’t shift or run around. There wasn’t enough room for everyone. But seeing the clouds from the other side was cool and seeing everything looking like dollhouse furniture was amazing. Getting to watch a movie with headphones on was weird. But when they landed, they were met by strangers and were taken to a big open space with an enormous house with a fountain in the front. It kind of confused Penny because the fountain had fish spitting water. That was rude and bad manners. As they left the airport, Penny could swear she saw the back of a boy who might have been the boy from her dreams. She hoped not, for where he was, people she loved would die, and it was too early for that to happen. She wasn’t at university yet. Inside the resort was like a giant packhouse with a place people couldn’t find out things. It was all shiny and beside the desk was a sign that read.

Eva couldn’t believe the panic she was in. The first thing she did was run toward the river. It was at the base of a cliff or eroded embankment praying she wouldn’t find Penny broken at the bottom. She couldn’t have gone this far so quickly. She’s just six years old. That didn’t mean nothing when you spoke about Penny. Hours later, there still wasn’t any sign of her having wandered off. No trail or scent led from the lobby of the resort that matched Penny’s. There were still people looking, and Eva was beside herself. “My dear, if she was injured or dead, we’d have found her by now. I’m sure as soon as she gets hungry that she will appear out of nowhere.” Janine assured Eva, but it didn’t ease either woman’s worry. “There are still lots of places to look. Lots of rooms and many locations still to search. This isn’t a small place.” “I’m aware of that and you’ve made it larger somehow.” Eva would swear on her life there were rooms now that never existed when