Frankie POV All morning I thought of 100 reasons why I didn’t want Nikki to go into battle with us today. The bottom line is that I would never succeed in stopping her. She is beyond remarkable really and no one can stop her. I have to ‘check my masculinity at the door’ and remember who she is beyond being my mate. Once Kendall returned from taking down his pack security, dad gave us a little pep talk. I hope that when I become alpha that I can be at least half as good as he is. When we load the buses I decided to sit with Eilif so we can talk. “Hey Eilif, how are you doing?” I asked as I sat down. “Good. Psyching myself up for battle mentally,” he replied. “So, are you worried about Gideon?” I questioned. “Yes, but I look at it this way; Gideon is 252 years old and though he may not have fought in human wars he has taken a stand against many injustices in his existence. He is strong and capable, so I shouldn’t worry. That doesn’t mean I won’t. What about you, are you worried?” he as

Nikki POV With the battle over and threats eliminated we could actually focus our attention on other things for a change. First up was a birthday celebration for Jonas. We decided that we wouldn’t go over the top for the day, but intimate friends and family only celebration followed by a pack run with Jonas’s wolf. But that is in two days and there are other things to focus on in the meantime. It also meant that Luna Fran and I would be digging in to plan Frankie’s Alpha ceremony and my Luna Ceremony. I wasn’t sure I wanted to know what all that entailed. Helping Luna Fran sort through invitations for the blood moon ball had been a huge task. She did say that the Luna ceremony was a bigger deal with invited guests, whereas the Alpha ceremony was more intimate and pack centered. Frankie, Gideon, Eilif, Maisey, Callum and I just returned from Nevada last night. Maisey and I went to the fashion institute and collected our unfinished projects and officially dropped out. We did discuss

Nikki POV Five days of mind blowing sex was amazing! I don’t think there is one sliver of our house that we didnt have sex in or on. My things arrived from Nevada during my heat and Gideon, Eilif and Alpha Kieran were the only ones that Frankie would allow to help him bring things in and get them organized. One particular flare up of my heat was the worst; It had only been an hour since the last round and I was making lunch for us while Frankie and Gideon were assembling my bed in one of the spare rooms. I had been chopping vegetables, so we would have something to snack on, while boiling cheese tortellini to go into my chicken alfredo sauce when the need hit me so strongly that I lost all rational thought. My senses went into overdrive as I followed the scent of orange and cinnamon to find my mate. Sprinting up the stairs at lightning speed, I ripped my hoodie off and tossed it to the floor as I made my way to Frankie. Hurrying down the hall I managed to drop my sweat pants along

Nikki POV After Frankie’s alpha ceremony things got busy but settled into a routine. I have spent most days with Luna Fran and our guards Emily and Maisey, getting things ready for my Luna ceremony. There was a lot of pack history that I needed to learn and with the studies came questions about various subjects. “Luna…” I started. “Fran or mom, Nikki. Honey you are Luna now, all that’s missing is the formality,” she softly scolded. It felt so wrong to call her Fran, but I haven’t fully wrapped my head around calling her mom. I took a deep breath, “Okay mom, this here says that if I don’t produce an heir for Frankie within the allotted time period, he has the right to reject me and choose a mate who can. Or he has the right to take a mistress for the same reason?” I questioned because that seemed like a terrible thing to do to someone. “That is an archaic law, honey. Nothing you have to worry about. Kieran changed that after Frankie was born so that no other woman would have to go t

Nikki POV Today is the day I officially become the Luna of the Cold Moon Pack and I am not sure how I feel about that. I love the things that lunas do for their pack, it’s the pomp and circumstance of this evening that makes me uneasy. All I have wanted since I found an interest in boys was Franklin Knight Conway, who is now the Alpha of our pack. So being his fated mate, I am the rightful Luna. To say that we went through hell to get to this day, would be accurate and maybe even a little understated. We survived multiple rogue attacks, three months of a long distance relationship, an alliance agreement that was meant to tear us apart, the death of my mom, and two attempts on my life. Through it all we discovered the truth about the past, brought down a smuggler/human trafficker, gained new friends, true alliances, and most of all each other. If you had told me the events that would unfold after my friends and I snuck up the blood moon hillside in May, the only thing I would chang