ALEKSANDR When Gerrit crashed into the room like he did, I almost took his throat. The pup should know better than to surprise an alpha who is on edge trying to keep his mate safe. “Where is your father?” I growl. “He’s interrogating the spy now, but we need to prepare you all to leave if any information has gotten out.” Rieka gasps and whispers that we need to go get the kids as Fleur glances out the window and moves toward the door of the library. “Follow me,” She commands without glancing over her shoulder to confirm that we’re complying. Pulling Rieka close to my side, we briskly walk down the hall with Ash and Gerrit following close behind us. ‘Oliver, get the kids to safety.’ I mind-linked, ‘There has been a security breach of the Night Stalkers territory.’ ‘Yes, Alpha,” Oliver immediately responds. Fleur turns to head upstairs, and Rieka hesitates, “What about the kids? Don’t we need to get them?” “Danique and your guards are escorting them up to their rooms now,” A

RIEKA Balancing Calvin on my right hip, while holding Aria’s hand with my free one, we stepped out into the cold night air. The snow on the ground reflected the moonlight so there was nowhere to hide. Calvin buried his face into my neck as we silently walked to the cars. None of them were started yet, and I could see Eden’s face watching us through the window of the second vehicle. We made our way to the front vehicle in the lineup, but just before we reached it, Aria’s teeth began to chatter from the cold. I tense knowing with the heightened hearing of werewolves, if anyone was close by, they might hear her. Quickening my pace, and pulling Aria with me, I silently urge her to get in the car as quickly as possible. Once in the car, I slowly pull the door closed to avoid a loud thump. Calvin opened his mouth, but I quickly raise my finger to my lips indicating that it’s not safe to talk yet. Asher was already sitting in the front passenger seat, but he was focused on watching

RIEKAAt first there was no answer, and my heart began to race. Damn, if I only had wolf senses, I could probably smell whoever was out there, or hear them or something. But I don’t, and I can’t.“Who’s there?” I call again.“Sorry to disrupt you Luna, but I need to speak with you.” A male voice that sounded vaguely familiar called back through the door.I wish I could place that voice. I know I’ve heard it before, but without seeing the face behind the door I had no idea who I was talking to, and he still hadn’t given me a name.“Where are my guards?” I question skeptically.“Mason just walked down the hall, he agreed to give us some privacy to speak.”Groaning internally, I curse my inability to mind-link with anyone but Aleksandr. This would be so much easier if I could just ask Mason if this were true, and who was standing outside my door.Then my mind immediately went to my children. Are they still safe? I’d rather give myself over to whoever this is than risk my childre

ALEKSANDR One minute, Rieka and I were kissing and rolling our bodies together, and the next she was frozen stiff. Her eyes were open, but it was obvious that she wasn’t present with me in the room. I tried gently shaking her and talking to her to bring her back to me, but when it didn’t bring her out of it, I started to panic. My voice continued to rise higher, and I shook her body with more force trying to break her from whatever trance she was in. Suddenly, she was blinking, and her body relaxed, but it still seemed to take a minute for her mind to fully recover. “What happened, love? Are you alright?” Her eyes meet mine and she blinks a couple more times before she answers. “I’m fine, but I’m not sure what happened. It’s like I was transported somewhere else…” She trails off without finishing, her eyes still appear distant. “We need to call my mom today,” I insist, “Maybe she will have some answers for us about what’s going on with you.” Rieka nods her head, but I can te

ALEKSANDR Rieka was right, there could be a link here, and we needed to explore it. I immediately reached out to Cornelis to see what he could tell me about the pack this wolf was from, but I didn’t mention Rieka’s visions or why we were interested in this pack specifically. Cornelis got back to me a few hours later and confirmed that we could visit the pack in Austria tomorrow. We made arrangements for the kids to stay here at the Night Stalkers pack along with three of the Luna’s Guards. The other two would travel with us and Ash to the pack lands. Apparently, this pack had agreed to our visit on the condition that Ash came along to act as an intermediary since they didn’t know us. I hated dividing up the protection detail, but I wasn’t stupid enough to think that I could protect my mate completely on my own if a group decided they wanted to take her from me. We could still be easily overwhelmed if the whole pack turned on us, but we didn’t really have many options, and Rieka