**HEATHER** I can't believe she can just hug me and say those things to me as if they were true. I have always been looked at as the girl everyone wants to bed. I thought using that to my advantage would work out. What if what she is saying is true? What if I meet my mate and he turns out to be amazing and a bad ass, and he doesn't want me because of how I act? Shit, I wouldn't want someone like me. I'm going to take her advice and sit outside till the feast. I need to know what she will say tomorrow. I almost don't hate her anymore. I don't think so. I don't think I actually hated her to begin with. Just the fact that Orion looked at her the way I wanted him to look at me. The way I wanted any man to look at me. With love. Not just lust. I'm outside in the garden, I want to do what she asks me to and take in my surroundings and see what that does. I feel the sun. The rays, beaming on my face. Soaking into my skin. The smells are crisp cool air, like the freshest of air. Mixed wi

**DELANEY** To say I'm shocked at myself for being so forward would be an understatement. I can't believe all of that just happened. I just had his penis in my mouth. Which is crazy cause I didn't even know what to do. But Hera coached me. She was enjoying it all just as much as I was. He tasted so good. And all the things he did to me felt magical. And afterwards, I just feel happy. We are heading to his office for the meeting. And then I'm heading to check on the rogue wolf’s family. Got a surprise though for Maddox, Orion was right, today would be a full day.. I walk in and Orion is behind me. I go to sit in one of the chairs and Orion pulls me into his lap. "Now you know this isn't professional, don't you?" "After that little bit of fun, there's no way you aren't sitting with me. Or at least desperately close to me." He chuckles. And that is my favorite sound. Right next to his moans. Ughhh. Get it together Delaney. "Come in." Alpha Maddox walks in with a good looking man beh

**DELANEY** We make it into the packhouse, uninterrupted. Finally. But that might have a lot to do with Orion sending a mindlink out to make sure everyone leaves us alone so we can actually rest. The moment we hit the bed, and I am snuggled into Orion’s arms my eyes close. But weirdly everything is so cold around me. I feel like I’m laying on a hard stone floor but my eyes are so heavy. I can't open them back up. 'Hera, what's going on?' Silence... Where is my wolf?? Where is Orion?? My whole body is losing heat, I can feel the anxiety rush through my whole being. "Such a beautiful little specimen. I can't believe I let you get away the first time... Should have taken you when I had the chance all those years ago... No worries you will be mine again..." I am trembling, I know that voice. I would know that voice anywhere. I have worked so hard to forget his voice, his face and to find myself again. But it never worked... "What do you want from me?? Haven't you taken enough from m

**ORION**Finally finshed up with coordinating new measures for the pack's security systems. After that rogue attack, I don't think my heart can handle any more bullshit. Especially not with Delaney's dream the other night. I make my way to the dining room with the big windows. Persephone likes the view. I see my mom sitting at a table and I decide to join her for a few. I used to think of her as weak and to much of a hazard sometimes because of her easily being sick. But now I'm curious if she's been constantly poisoned this whole time. We've had someone watching her and checking her food discreetly now. Hoping to catch whoever was poisoning her. But they must've caught on or stopped.My mother has always been a beautiful woman. I'm very proud to be her son but I've been a fool all this time. Pushing her away. Even if it wasn't poison. She couldn't help being sick. It's not like that's what she's wanted. But for whatever reason, I still blamed her for it. Finding my seat across from

**UNKNOWN** "YOU DID WHAT??" He hollers at me. He's never hollered at me. Never raised even an octave at me.. But I can understand why he's upset. Sitting in a wooden dining room chair a little ways away from his bed. "I was just trying to bring her here quickly to help you," I say feeling upset with the whole situation. I didn't do any research on their pack or their patrols or anything like that. I figured she was going to be an easy grab because she was new. I guess I should've known being the mate to the future Alpha would've been trickier. I even asked them to bring me the current Alpha's mate. I'm not used to the pack hierarchy. The fundamentals of how the world works for werewolves, even being mated to one is so new to me. I run my fingers through my ginger red hair and sigh in frustration. I hear my sweet mate sigh exhaustedly. The poison is moving so much more quickly than we initially thought. "Diana, my love. I'm sorry for yelling at you but that is my baby sister. She