“Happy Sweet 16, Nova,” Oliver declares, coming in. “I brought a surprise.”Nova looks around him and Juliet pops out.“How?” Nova throws her arms around Juliet happily.“I may have called Archer and told them I would build several buildings if Miss Archer would bring me the contract and be my guest for two weeks,” Oliver smiles.“And I may have promised my dad a few things too,” Juliet smiles at her.“Does Hank know?” Nova asks smiling.“Why do you think he and Catherine are coming early?” Terry teases her. “Welcome back, Juliet.”“Thank you, Terrance,” Juliet teases him. “Happy Birthday. Are we hoping you find your mate tonight?”“Well, if he is not 16 or if he is over 21, I won’t find him tonight,” Nova sighs.“Has anyone ever considered you and Oliver?” Juliet asks.Oliver and Nova look at each other and laugh out loud.“I would know,” Oliver tells Juliet. “I would have figured it out when I turned 18, even though she was what, 10?”“Yeah, I was still 10 and so was Catherine. But

“Rant, scream, cry, whatever you need. We won’t tell Hank any of it," Nova promises.“Hank is so perfect, but I come from a sadist. That runs in my blood. I can’t taint Hank’s perfection with what runs through my veins,” Juliet cries.“Oh, sweetheart! Hank ain’t no angel,” Nova tells her.“We also have sadistic and insane people in our family tree,” Catherine tells her.“All the more reason the goddess made a mistake,” Juliet sobs, holding her friends.“That is not how the goddess works,” Catherine assures her.“Even I have to admit you are perfect for Hank. Your father is an asshole, sure. Mine, tried to overthrow my mother,” Nova tells her.“Yeah, and my dad doesn’t know that Hank and I know he tried to mate to Aunt Tempe, so he and his brother could kill all humans,” Catherine tells her.“But your mother is human,” Juliet looks confused.“Yeah, and Hank was already born when this went down. He was just too small to understand anything. He has some memories of a Brian, moving a lot

“No,” Juliet answers in the meeting with the Alphas. “Let him die. He deserves to die for his crimes.”“Under our system of justice, yes,” Mitchell agrees. “But the humans have their own system, and he is entitled to the treatment if it is available. And under the terms of our treaty, we are compelled to give it to them.”“And if we break the treaty, the President will use it as an excuse to start a war?” Juliet asks and everyone nods. “Innocents die in wars and we, as the leaders of the werewolves, should make sure innocents are safe. So, we save his life.”“I think we need to talk about what happens if the treatment fails,” Luna Lawrence states. He has aged okay, but clearly, he is the eldest in the room. “If we give him the dosage and training, but he dies anyway with no progress, how can we be sure the President won’t use it as propaganda to start a war anyway?”“If a wolf had said that I’d laugh, but it was Lawrence and he knows not only the human way, but their government as wel

As Roger finished his recollection of Anita, he bares a sad smile.“She wanted to come back,” Roger says. “But she couldn’t.”“I’m so sorry,” Juliet tells him.“I’m so sorry I got scared. I should have known the goddess had a plan. I should have been your father,” Roger tells her.“I’m sorry I didn’t speak to you at the funeral,” Juliet tells him.“I understand why you didn’t. I should have never let her reject me. I have been alone all these years and now she is gone. You are a very special wolf,” Roger tells her.“I’m not a wolf, I don’t have a wolf,” Juliet tells him.“Roger,” Janice calls his attention. “Terry Timberman was my mate. How sure are you about his involvement in Roslyn getting away?”“I got that from Afton. I called him several times to check on Anita. He would talk to me but not to Anita. I think he always hoped she would go looking for answers. She called me, we planned to get a message to you, and she was going to leave him.He had already started doing his nurse, A

“Well, in the port, has never been the main source of income for the pack,” Hank says into the phone as Juliet comes in. “That is why I want it secured. It’s an entry point and as such needs to be secured…………Rather we get attacked regularly, or not, it's a weak spot and I, as Alpha, want it tightened up. I mean it. I’ll be there tomorrow to see the plans.”Hank hangs up.“Still pouring over my Dad’s old stuff?” Juliet asks.“His invasion plans are spot on. Part of me wonders if he had a spy in the pack,” Hank says. “I don’t want to alert the other packs yet but thank you for supporting me and not going to Roger and Janice’s ceremony.”“I get it. You want to make his plan moot,” Juliet runs her fingers through his hair.“I hate that this plan was ever out there for anyone to see. Thank you for bringing it to me,” Hank hugs her.Juliet had taken the chance during Terry’s 17th a few months ago to clean out her father’s house. Over the past seven months, she and Hank have been using her f