CANNONI poured a whiskey down an oversized glass as my mind went to today’s discussion, most especially the new Agmarbhs that arose from only the goddess knows where. Being the one that read the letter, I absorbed the words more and couldn’t bring myself to calm down. But in my six years of reign as Alpha, I’ve never been terrified of a problem.I saw them as a reason to get stronger. Be it wars. Be it plagues. Be it natural disasters. But why was I now? ‘Katrina…’ Shadow muttered in resonance. They were after her. They wanted her and the thought made sweat form dark circles under my arms. ‘Katrina…’ he continued, hungry and longing for her presence.If they caught her… I wouldn’t let them. Never. So many things were attached to her and the goddess forbid something happens to her.Was that why I was bothered? Because Katrina was involved?“Your vodka’s on the floor, Can. Long gone on the floor.” I shifted back to life and dropped the vodka bottle on the table, hissing at the liquid

KATRINA ‘They’ve done something, haven’t they?’‘I-I think they’re fine, Kat,’ Mel said—uncertain.“What did they do to them?!” I expected the worst of answers.“They’re fine, don’t be worried,” Cannon said but it wasn’t so reassuring.“I don’t think they are.”Kane wheezed. “We’re not that bad, Kat.”I flashed a frown. “You should be the last person saying that.”Ian smirked, receiving a dirty look from Kane. “F*cking true.”“And you think you’re better?”Elder Sesan hit his hand on the table, redirecting our attentiveness to him. Ian was pissed off at what I said and I was glad he was. The triplets all looked annoyed.“Katrina, you mustn’t judge unless you know what happened.”“There’s nothing to judge…” I glowered at them again. “Mother of the triplets, that’s enough. I’ll explain what happened.” I kept quiet and huffed.‘Sheesh, Kat, you’re really somet

JASONI shuddered from the heat in my sleep, having sweet dreams of Gina on me, pounding her all night. Slowly, those dreams became nightmares of ferocious beasts tearing our flesh and ripping our hearts out.My eyes shot open as I realized that the heat was real. The dream didn’t end as planned but the nightmare’s ending scared the sh*t out of me.Even though my eyes were open, I couldn’t see and my back was against hard rods that restricted my movement. Droplets of sweat rolled down my face and the urge to pull off my clothes was agonizing.When I heard Gina’s groan, my vision returned and I had to lock my scream down in my throat when I saw our location. We were in a cage, a large cage that could fit elephants but with people arranged on the floor of it. We were so many inside that some had no place to sit and had to climb over people.The heat was out of this world and the floor was covered with sweat. The horrific part was that this wasn’t the only cage. There were more cages—hund

KATRINA “Is there a new trend where you pull your shirts off before painting?”Kane tossed the shirt over his shoulder while Cannon used his to fan himself. “It got hot in here as soon as you entered,” Kane winked.Melora giggled.‘Shut up, Mel.’“Let’s just get this over with.”I lay on the bed but Ian hissed. “Terrible posture. Lay on the bed with your hands over and let that sexy shape out.”“What?” I asked, surprised that it was Ian speaking.It didn’t sound like the a*shole but someone with a little brain in his head. “Start with the Titanic Rose Pose.”“What?” I asked, again.“I’ll handle this.” Cannon got up from the chair, offering to help but I stopped him there. “I-I’ll take care of this. Do you understand a d*mn word you’re saying, Ian?”Kane took a glass of whiskey down in one sip. “Used to be a sucker for art. Now he’s into smokes.”“Shut the f*ck up, b

KATRINA“Mummy, where are they?” Aurora asked, pouting and rolling around the big bed with her knee socks on. “Who?” I asked, sitting Hilda on a chair as I combed her knotty hair. It was late afternoon and they should be playing somewhere but they’d done that all day and I think it was time they had a rest.These last two days in the packhouse have been just the kids and me. Cannon wasn’t around because Elder Sesan requested him to join Alpha Hades in the search for the Agmarbhs. He couldn’t refuse so he had to leave.No one knew where Kane was and it made me more suspicious of him and as to where he can be. I had so many theories but none exactly made sense. The truth… Gosh, I was tired of burning my brain over that.Ian returned to LA on Elder Sesan’s request because Mr. Watson had raised a complaint against him. I didn’t know what about but it was causing a lot of confusion there so he had to clear it out.He apparently had unfinished business i