After showering, I get dressed and realize, I have no idea if anyone in the pack even has a car. I need to go to the store to get all the items that Maddie has on her list. I also have no idea what is around here other than the small town that Eli and I came into when we got off at the last bus stop. Thankfully, Eli comes in as I’m finishing up. “Do you know if any of the pack members have a car?” I ask him. “I know Carlos does and some of the others, why? Going somewhere?” He asks while taking off his clothes. I take a moment to enjoy his muscular body. Any injuries he sustained this morning look like they’ve already healed. “Grace. If you keep looking at me like that, neither of us will get to the work we need to do today.” “It’s not my fault that you look so good naked.” I say stepping up to him and running my hands over his chest and down his abdominals, feeling each square of this 8-pack as I go. I smile as my hands are smacked by his very happy member coming quickly to attent

I’ve just gotten Amber into her room when I hear the howl go up. I can tell there’s been a breach in the borders. Amber immediately starts crying, holding and rocking her baby in her arms. “Shhh, you’ll be safe here.” I tell her. “But I need to go fight.” As soon as the words are out of my mouth, I feel pain slice through my shoulder. Eli has been hit. A feral snarl leaves my mouth and Maia takes over, pushing the shift, and rushing out the door past Carlos and another pack member I assume is the doctor. I race out the back doors of the packhouse, sniffing the air to find out where they are. I can smell them, the hunters, 38 of them. Their scent is filled with hate and fear. I can hear the bullets and what sounds like arrows whistling through the air. I feel another shock of pain, this time in my thigh and I know Eli has been hit again. When I get there, pack members are strewn all over the ground. Eli and what is left of the warriors are outnumbered. They are fighting hard, but it

When I wake the next morning, I leave Eli sleeping in bed and I head downstairs to check on the injured and find out how many awoke overnight. No one came looking for me, so I’m hopeful that everyone is either still resting quietly or has awakened. When I get to the kitchen, I see several omegas that volunteered to stay with the injured overnight. I find out that all but five of the injured are awake. Many ate some soup when they woke and are now getting ready to come down to join the pack in the dining room for breakfast. I’m about to go check on the ones that haven’t woken yet when Noah and Dr. Phillips walk in, both looking sleepy but happy with fresh mate marks on their necks. I smile at them. “Good morning. It looks like you both had a good night last night.” I say, smiling at them. Being newly mated myself, I understand the feeling perfectly. I reach my hand out to Dr. Phillips as she blushes softly. “I’m Grace and you must be Dr. Phillips.” She shakes my hand. “Please, call m

I’m glad Eli talked to Carlos. It was obvious that Amber was miserable, and it was because her mate wouldn’t speak to her. I don’t know how things will go, but at least there will be a conversation. As I walk back into the kitchen, I clap my hands. “Okay, who knows how to use a computer.” Only one hand goes up, Autumn. I point to her. “You’re hired!” As I set up the computer, I talk to her about her past experience with a computer. It’s not that I can’t or won’t run the scheduling of the kitchens and pack house staff, but it’s time consuming. It’s usually two jobs and I need time to work on other things, so I’m glad that Autumn has at least some experience. Not surprisingly, her experience is with the packhouse management, since her sister was a Lead Omega in their previous pack. I get the computer set up and put together a template of the scheduling roster I want her to use. I set her up to work with her sister so that they have a rotation of individuals working every day and ensu

The memories that come when I see the place where Clint and Donovan died is nothing compared to the flood of memories that start when I see Angel and Alessia. But the dam breaks when I see Cara and Artemis. I don’t know what it is about her, maybe because Artemis is the daughter of my Guardian spirit, but everything comes flooding back. It’s overwhelming and while I was embarrassed to have Eli carrying me, I’m not sure I could have walked on my own. When we reach the pack lands, the difference in this pack and my pack with Eli is apparent. But, I can also see the difference in this pack and my father’s pack. Where my father needed to be the most intimidating wolf in the pack, Rik seems to lead with love and patience. Pack members of all ages run up to him, surrounding us and walking with us back to the packhouse. There is no fear or intimidation as they ask him and Cara questions and are asked questions in return. Both Cara and Rik seem to know every pack member by name and know their