Nova*TW: Description of a person burning alive and, you know the battle*The smell wafting out from Balor was sickening and it was disturbing to watch.  It was like he was burning alive, but there were no visible flames.  There was the flicker of air around him like the heat around a burning fire and the heat coming off them was uncomfortable.Bile was rising up in her throat and she was forced to step away and empty her stomach from the little food she’d just had at the end of the stage.  No one even seemed to notice her stepping away from the couple and throwing up her food.What a waste of a good half-assed meal!She’d given Princess Ember her last remaining survival snacks to give her a fighting chance, since Balor never bought a lot of food if he wasn’t living in the house.  And since he’d shown up unexpectedly and decided to starve Princess Ember as punishment, there wasn’t a

Alpha AnsonHe watched the young wolf carry his little girl away, longing to hold her in his arms to assure himself that she was safe.  But he knew better than to attempt that after what they had been through, having his own mate now had given him a deeper perspective of what they had to be going through.Just being away from his mate during this battle felt like his world was not right; he couldn’t imagine the pain and suffering they had gone through while they had been separated.  Of course, the women had been intent on joining them in the battle, but they had all insisted that they could check for magic but would not go into battle at all.After they had checked for magic, they would be going back to the palace to help arrange the victims that would be brought back to the palace hospital.  Prince Cornelius would be handling the influx of prisoners and arranging their questioning and housing.  He was sure the palace dungeons would be

Alpha Denzel*TW:  This chapter depicts the findings in the compound, read at your own discretion.*When they saw the state of some of the prisoners, and how badly the princess had been tortured, he decided the young wolves didn’t need to see what they would uncover in detail.  So he pulled King Richard aside and requested leave to send the young warriors, who had planned and started the attack with the young leadership, back to the palace.King Richard agreed, knowing that they had already seen too much and they didn’t want to endanger the younger generation more than they already had.  After all, they hadn’t breached the labs yet and they had no idea what was waiting for them there.  It could be rigged to become a bio-weapon when they breached it and it was always safest to keep the younger generation safe until they were taking over the lead of the pack.So they sent the younger generation back to

AshHe’d spent the night with Ember in the hospital; they had shared the bed, since she would have nightmares whenever he was not touching her.  But also neither of them could even consider stepping away from each other for any significant amount of time.  It felt like he was tearing himself apart if he stepped away for too long, even more if she had a nightmare when he did so.The next morning his father linked him that they were having a debriefing in the war room after breakfast.  “Alpha, it’s physically impossible for me to leave Ember.”“That’s to be expected, but she should probably be there as well, considering she’s the future Luna and needs to be brought into decision making.”  His father answered calmly.OK, so he guessed they were both doing a debriefing after breakfast. Amazingly, Ember was already healing very well, so the doctor gave his permis

CharlotteShe was still a little star struck being around so many important wolves. She was from a small pack that worked hard all the time to be seen; not that she was trying half as hard as her father was. Her brother would be taking over from their father when the time came, so she had been informed by her stepmother that they would try to find a good match for her, never once considering that she would want to be with her mate. Her stepmother was working so hard with her father to accomplish his dream to make the pack be seen that they didn’t care about her dreams. And that was why her father hadn’t even known about her creations and personal pass-times. She was amazed to meet the princess who was entirely down to earth if somewhat shy. The way her stepmother had read her demands when she had forced her to get dressed in that horrid pink gown, she would have thought that the royals would be condescending and aloof, but they were acting like normal wolves with normal lives.He