“I can’t believe this. You’re saying the Ruling Council’s Enforcer teams have left the city. Why? They’re supposed to be searching for the Fae hiding in and around the city.” The Toronto Council of Alphas convened that following afternoon and the Ruling Council’s contact stood before them, explaining the Ruling Council’s position for them. “Information has come to the NARC Council that the Fae have moved on from the city in search of wild magic. The council has a plan in action that will pull these creatures toward a location within an isolated area of Northern British Columbia.” The representative was a mage from the office of the mage ambassador, Stephan Fine. He was just a talking mouthpiece, and everyone knew this. That knowledge made this meeting rather strained. “How certain are we that all the Fae have left the city and surround region?” Alpha Wolversen asked for further clarification on these sudden changes. “Between a combination of scrying

Melody felt a sense of déjà vu as she entered the Muskoka Cottage again. This was Ellie’s first time here, and she’d been teasing Melody all the way up there. Ellie was now a few weeks away from giving birth. Here within the pack’s territory she could be close to everything she’d need when the time comes. Her pregnancy was too far along for her to shift safely, and with the question of safety in the city, Malcolm and Jordan believed this was the safest place for both women. They were remodelling the Penthouse Floor right now, changing the rooms and making the entire floor one large home. This was so that they could have the best care for the pups as they grew and the maximum safety as well. They turned an outbuilding into a studio for Ellie and Melody’s live streams and work. The men would use it to communicate with the pack back in the city and travel into the city once or twice a week. They’d been told they’d have more responsibilities wi

“Malcolm? We need to talk about the pack.”Return to cottage and discuss how he sees things workingNext chapter has melody show him what is really going on.Malcolm comes up with a way to confront the inconsistency They’d returned to the cottage within their territory and Malcolm stopped first at the packhouse with Melody in tow. One thing Melody felt keenly was that no one approached her to speak with her. All greeting was directly to Malcolm. Most of the pack didn’t know Melody or Ellie. It didn’t surprise Melody that they didn’t trust her. Also, this part of the pack was the older and more staid set. They weren’t sure if they could trust a fox in the top two female leadership positions. “What do you want to talk about?” Malcolm lit the fireplace and sat down on the sofa to watch it and relax. He patted the back of the sofa beside him. Ellie and Jordan had gone to their room for the evening. It was only the two of them. “Did you notice

Melody got the elders talking after her condemnation of Malcolm to them. She clarified they were working out their issues and those issues were no longer the Elder’s business. She would take her place as Luna and they either worked with her or they would find their position within the pack changing. Malcolm had already made his support of Melody as his Luna clear, and that wouldn’t change. Taking their complaints about what she said here or trying to cause grief between them wouldn’t be tolerated. She wasn’t sure how much these wolves were accepting or just silently tolerating until they could attempt to create some kind of drama. “Now since we’ve had such an influence on the reveal of the supernatural people’s the world. We’ve been asked to find it in our hearts and homes to help find space for refugees within our territory. It could be permanently or until the new developments within what people are calling sanctuary, cities can be completed and

Jordan was over the moon when they could finally return to the cabin. Ellie and his pups greeted them. All happy and healthy, ready to take on the world together. As they missed tradition with David, the Elders insisted that Jordan and Ellie uphold the recognition ceremony. Malcolm could understand the need for it in the past, but right now, it was just something that would exhaust everyone further. But Ellie begged it to take place. In private, between the four of them, she explained it would make or break her and her pups’ acceptance into the pack. If she really wanted to go through with it, he wouldn’t stop it now. A happy mother and healthy pups were the best outcome. Malcolm upheld his part in it, but he knew enough to keep everyone’s turned to hold the pups and check them out for the traditional medical issues that would in the past have proven fatal thanks to the Fae wanting only a ready and disposable army. In this day and age,