Austin’s POV Being this close to possibly seeing our daughter again was driving us both insane, yes, we know there is a chance this girl may not be our daughter, but there is also a massive chance it might be. The need for her to be our little girl is so overpowering that I feel I can’t drag enough oxygen into my lungs with each breath. Never have I ever wanted something so badly. One thing I didn’t like, though, was the fact a lot of our fate hangs in the hands of Tristan! He was a useless excuse for a wolf at times. He used his position in the pack to his advantage way too often. If he weren’t the Alphas nephew, he wouldn’t be granted the measure of respect he gets, and that was begrudgingly by most. “Over there, my love, see the two rocks that tower over and almost touch in the middle,” Amy pointed out. We tried to follow Tristan’s instructions to find this so-called neutral ground. We needed somewhere to stay tonight; we couldn’t turn up on a

Ayla’s POV Two weeks had passed since the Sun Valley pack tried to attack us; emphasis on the tried there! Of course, they had no idea what they were walking into; honestly, I think they thought I would be some helpless little girl, one that they could stroll in and wipe out without too much trouble; oh, how wrong they were. Lives were lost that day that hadn’t needed to be. All out of fear of something they did not understand, a better way to put it would be that they didn’t want to understand. All the representatives from the other packs are still here. They all witnessed what the Sun Valley Wolves tried to do and failed. Life has become a mixture of nervous anticipation, anger and a whole lot of confusion. Everyone keeps staring at me like I’m going to explode at any minute, like something different. “I’m still me, for fuck sake; no one cared before, so why should that change now” I mutter, getting annoyed at the millionth person gawking at me already this morning. Or maybe it w

Axel’s POV Everything was annoying me! But I had to keep a firm hold on things, Aiden wasn’t coping, and it was obvious and expected that Ayla wasn’t. I loved how she needed me, and that was awesome. I won’t lie, but I feel for Aiden. He was feeling pushed out. It’s not like he had even done anything wrong. If I’m honest, I think it’s because he did have the strongest link to Ayla, and now that Archer was missing, she doesn’t know what to do. I felt like I was the one having to hold everything together; I couldn’t let anything crumble.I felt her before I saw her. It was odd, like we knew when she was near. I knew my brother could feel it too. Both of our heads whipped up as she drew closer. Suppressing the cheesy grin threatening to take over my face, I slowly turned to face her. I wish this weren’t hard on Aiden, but I couldn’t help it. I did love the attention I was getting from our girl right now.“There you are,” I say with a smile and pull her in for a cuddle; my hair flopped

Ayla’s POVBria’s voice was a welcome sound; I hadn’t been able to talk with her since the fight. It had been so dark and lonely without her. Even though I had only physically had access to my wolf for a short while. It was horrible when she wasn’t there.“Bria, where have you been? I have been reaching out to you, but you never replied,” a sob escaped, drawing my mate’s attention.“I am sorry, I could hear you, but I was wrapped up with Alune; I had to ease her transition into this world once again”, Bria’s sympathetic voice filled my mind.“What do you mean?” my mind was beyond lost right now; what was she going on about? We merged with Alune on the day of the fight; why would she need aid in her transition?“Ayla, I can hear your thoughts remember.”“Then answer the questions, Bria!” I didn’t want to lose my temper with my wolf; none of this was her fault.“Yes, we did merge with Alune on the night of the fight, but that doesn’t mean she has yet transitioned to our plane. She Is an

Aleena’s POVThis is crazy! How can I be heading back to my village with the Alpha of a wolf pack that I shouldn’t have anything to do with, yet here I am, wanting everything to do with him? What will the Elders say when they see me with Michael?The wind chilled my skin, even through the jacket I had borrowed unknowingly from Laura. The walk wouldn’t take long if we kept up a decent speed; I kept dragging my feet; this wasn’t something I wanted to do. I had nightmares about this exact thing. I swore never to come back here. Not that I hated who I was, it wasn’t that. It was the way I was treated within my village. They wanted me to be something I wasn’t, something I couldn’t be for them. But they wouldn’t see it that way. I had a duty to the village like my family before me.“Are you okay?” Michael spoke gently to me as he ran his hand down my arm; I swear I could feel the heat of his skin on mine through the thick material of my jacket. My heart started to hammer once again; I had t