CALEB POV“How about we celebrate our return,” I suggested to Izzy.  “We can go out to the village and have dinner at Emilios.  I’m in the mood for some Italian tonight.”“Really?” She got a big grin on her face, and I melted inside.  Reese took her hand. “Go put on something pretty,” he said.  “But make it easy to take off.  You won’t be in it for too long.”  He gave her a wink and she blushed.  She was so beautiful and, even after all that she’s been through, still innocent.  My heart swelled just looking at her.“Should we invite Brian and Lucy?” Ethan suggested after Izzy left the room.  “We should probably have a Beta lined up before we talk to Silvo.  I’m not entirely sure he will accept.  The training program he’s in is pretty elite and he might not want to give up his position.&rdq

IZZY POVSpring is a short season in the mountains.  It tends to go straight from winter to summer and this year was no exception.  It seemed as if I went to bed with snow on the ground and woke up with flowers blooming in the planters next to my front door.Once Silvo was out of the Packhouse and Ben was in charge of our cyber security, things seemed to smooth out for a bit.  We had a Beta Ceremony where Ben was widely received.  Because of my experience taking over as Luna, I was afraid my friends wouldn’t be well received, but both of them had been members of the pack since birth and everyone knew them and how hard they worked. Lucy coming on board as the Beta’s mate was a huge help to me.  I tried not to be hurt when the pack members preferred her over me.  I had to remind myself that they knew her, and I was still an outsider.  I haven’t even been here a year and for much of that year, I was hidden

IZZY POVMy eyes were sticky and my mind was muddled.  The sounds were overwhelming, and I began to hyperventilate.“Calm down, Luna,” I heard a strange voice say.  That panicked me more and I heard beeping in the room increase, starting to go faster and faster. “Is the Gamma here?” a female voice asked.  I was so confused.  Luna.  Gamma.  What were they talking about?“She’s here!” someone shouted and then I felt a cool hand on my forehead and heard my mother’s voice. “Shhh, sweetheart.  Everything is okay,” she whispered.  I relaxed into her hand.  I just had a bad dream.  It was all a bad dream. The beeping slowed down and there was a harsh light in front of my closed eyes, penetrating through my eyelids.  I tried to turn my head by my mom tightened her hands. “Shh,” she whispered.&n

I looked around the corner, checking for my mates.  I didn’t see any sign of them so I slipped down the hall and into the kitchen.  Joanna was at the counter, chopping vegetables for our lunch salad.“Joanna, I’m dying for a donut,” I groaned.  “Please tell me you have some stashed somewhere around here.”She winked at me and went to a drawer, pulling it out and revealing a trove of cookies, donuts and cupcakes.  I groaned.“Thank you.  You’ve saved me.”She giggled.  “Don’t tell your mates,” she said.  “They’ll kill me.”I rolled my eyes.  “They’re taking this a little too far,” I said.  Secretly, it pleased me that they were taking such an interest in me and the babies.  They had changed, literally, in the moment they promised to.  They started by going to the meeting and apologizing to

IZZY POVThanks to the exuberant help of my mates, I was washed, dressed and ready to go in plenty of time.I was wearing a simple sky-blue dress with spaghetti straps and an A line.  It was short, showing off my legs, but hid the little bump that I was sporting.  The entire pack knew I was pregnant with twins, but I didn’t want to bring attention to it today.  Today was for celebrating everyone.The pack members began arriving.  I had given everything one last walk through and was more than pleased with the results.  Everything looked perfect.  The DJ began playing the most popular tunes and people were already beginning to fill plates and mingle.“It looks beautiful, Izzy,” Destiny gushed, putting her arm around me. “It does, doesn’t it,” I said.  “I really appreciate yours and Sami’s help.  You guys made things so much easier.”  I looked arou