EMMA “Should I call you Carrie now, sweets?” Ethan chuckled, but Nae elbowed him in the side. He pulled her into his arms and kissed her temple. “I was only kidding,” he whispered in her ear. I knew she would not let him get away with his crap. I just smirked at him. There would be nobody better suited to keeping him in line than her. Hell, they marked and mated the day they official met as mates. I had never seen those two as happy as they were when they proudly showed off their matching marks. Macario came over and looked over the front and back of my body. “I see that the blood helped with the veins,” he said. He ran his finger over some of the cuts and pulled his hand back when I hissed. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to hiss,” I said apologetically. “These are actually quite a bit better than they were before he applied the blood. I think it’s helping heal them as well. Ethan, do you have your files backed up that has our blood results in them?” I asked, heading to the console. I did

EMMA We ate breakfast, and I knew it was time to talk to Papa. What could I say? Kai was right. Papa led me to the third floor which had such incredible works of art. I recognized some famous ones from different points all throughout history. Many were ones that were said to have been lost. It was interesting that they ended up here. I pointed that out to Papa who just chuckled and told me that he had been friends with the artists, so he was given a duplicate of the same ones. History only ever just assumed there was only one created. Papa sat down on a bench that overlooked our beautiful kingdom. I could not believe that I was now their Princess. That was something that I could not wrap my head around. However, I already felt the innate need to protect them and provide for them. Xander had been right before that an Alpha had that need. It would only make sense for me too. “What is on your mind, Emmaline?” he asked, offering me a soft smile and a pat on my hand. I was about to hur

EMMA ‘Papa, how are we going to make sure everyone is gathered?’ I had not thought about that until now. I wanted to slap myself because this had been my idea after all. It was a plan quickly put together, but that was no excuse for not having all the details planned out. ‘All of us with the power to issue an Alpha command will issue it all at once. It will resonate throughout the entire pack, and they will have no choice but to comply.’ Holy hell that would be very effective and efficient. It would also be fairly amusing as well. ‘Did I ever tell you how brilliant you were?’ I asked, smiling over at him. ‘Hmm. I do not believe so. Feel free to write it on a card so that I can have it framed,’ he teased. I just stuck my tongue out at him. I caught some of my pack’s looks of horror when I did that. I was sticking my tongue out at the Alpha King, but they had not fully comprehended that he was my Papa. It was not the same as them doing it. Oh well, they would get used to it or wou

EMMA My eyes scanned the crowd. They were all shaken by my wolf. Rightfully so since my wolf-form was completely badass. Far larger than any wolves I had seen which included Alphas. Words also came from my wolf’s mouth. All new things. The crowd was now beginning to understand how fucked they truly were. My eyes bore into Marsey’s. Her fear was nearly palpable, and I loved how the tables had turned. “I would like every single one of this pack to know this one simple fact. You failed to break me. I allowed these scars to be carved into my flesh, my bones to be broken, and nine years of utter torment to occur to protect you all. Ezekiel was killing people to keep me in line. No matter how low I thought of you, I knew that Papa, the one who helped build such a supporting and loving pack, cared for each of his pack members. He instilled that pride inside of me. I refused to let others die because of Ezekiel’s fucking obsession. So, I took the bruises and breaks, the taunts, the wolfsban

EMMA “Emma, my lovely,” Diana chirped as she and Sylvie made their way down the hallway. I had Ethan bring them in the backway so that they did not get swept up in the hecticness going on out front before I had a chance to talk to them about all of this. It would be a lot for them to understand, and I wanted to talk with them privately. They were important to all of us. They both looked absolutely gorgeous as always. They had a natural beauty about them that could not compare. I noticed the faint dark circles under Sylvie’s eyes like she had not slept well. I knew it had to do with Devon, so I could only hope that the truth would somehow help her move on and heal. She still had a mate out there somewhere, and I would do everything in my power to help her find him or her. “Girls, it’s great to see you,” I said, smiling widely. I had truly missed them. They wormed their way behind all my defenses within the first ten minutes of meeting them. We embraced one another, and I ushered t