Chloe POVWaking up, I lifted my hands to the heavy pressure weighing down on my chest. My eyes opened into slits, looking down, and I saw it was Miles wrapped around me, laying his head between my breasts. He had the most peaceful expression. Mick must have been the one to go to training again.It’s been like this for the past three days. Mick has been the one leading the elite training early mornings and Miles has been sleeping in with me. I tried to tell them I wanted to go to training too the first day, but Miles explained how exhausted he has been trying to take over the pack on his own. Mick is stepping up, and Miles is sleeping in. Having me in bed with him helps him fully relax, and I’m not complaining about the extra sleep with him. He’s the most selfless man I have ever met. If he asks anything of me, I’m going to give it to him.“He has a hair swirl,” Cortina chuckled. I laughed with her and started playing with his hair. Unlike Mick, Miles doesn’t care much about his hair

Miles POV“Wardens,” Mick scoffed, sitting back in his chair gruffly after Chloe left with their friends. “They make it seem like wanting to protect our mate is a crime.”I frowned, thinking over the last few days. Even before Chloe left just now, she was looking back at us like she was asking for permission. I didn’t know how I felt about that.“If she would agree to take guards with her, neither of you would be so worried about letting her leave the pack house,” Ivar said.Chloe has refused every time it has been brought up. I don’t understand why. She is the Luna of this pack now. Even if she didn’t have crazy stalkers and exes hunting her down, I would want guards with her when Mick or I couldn’t be.“Aw, did we miss breakfast?” Darren walked in with his human mate in tow. She was so small compared to him that it was comical.“Billy didn’t get you two up in time?” Mick asked.“He just got back. Said something about practice running long this morning because someone felt the need

“Is it Fire Moon?” I asked Cortina as her hackles began to rise. She took careful steps back, ears flat against her skull. Her body sprung tight and ready to fight. We were being pushed back as the five wolves made a semicircle and stalked forward, like they were waiting to strike. They rushed to cut us off from running back to the pack house, but now they were holding back. I could hear the sounds of Alexi and Beau fighting behind us, but Cortina didn’t risk a look back to see how they were faring. She couldn't. One look away could be fatal.“It’s not them,” she snarled. “The scent is off.”“Rogues?”“No,” she said, planting her feet, her claws digging into the dirt. “These are warriors.”The five wolves were strong, and moved like a unit. They were coordinating with the wolves behind, which was evidence to their ability to communicate. Mind linking only came with a pack. Because Alexi and Beau were technically rogues, they couldn’t mind link anyone. Not even each other. There was no

Ivar took off into the deep forest. There were trees crackling to the ground, shaking the earth. Fear was taking over me imagining what might be happening to my little mate, but then I saw her. She was floating in the purple mist, her bare body wrapped in the energy like her wolf had been. Her hands were extended in front of her, the cords of purple currents shooting out, aimed at the trees nearest the giant red wolf. He was watching carefully, evading her attacks, trying to find a way in to get close, but not seeing any opening around her power.“Her feet!” Ivar said in a panic.Her feet were turning a sickly white. The purple glow was fading, starting at her toes. I raced towards her, fearing what would happen if that purple glow took the life from her entire body. She sent one more blast of power right above the wolf’s head, and it let out a ferocious snarl before finally retreating back to the highway.“He’s retreating for the vans!” I told the others as I threw the rest of my ene

Mick POV“How much longer is it going to be until she wakes up?” I asked, pacing near the door. Dez said that the invading Alpha had gone away, and Rome was buzzing with the urge to go after him ourselves. Miles and Ivar weren’t much better, but neither of us were leaving the pack until our mate opened her eyes.“She’s fully restored,” Driana said. “Her body is just spent. She will wake up when she is ready.”Driana’s eyes looked cloudy, and she had deep circles under her eyes. Rodger and his other sister didn’t look much better. Rodger went after Chloe, trying to save her from being taken, and the sisters drained their magic by trying to restore our mate. I know they are working their hardest for her sake, but I can’t help but be frustrated. I just want my mate to open her eyes and tell me she’s okay herself.“Is it safe to move her to the pack house now?” Miles asked.Paulina began to smack her lips and click her gums together, waving her hands fervently at her brother and her sist