MasukSarah POVAfter the onsite security personnel and police had come, taken Ella’s body along with our statements, and then left, it was early morning. I worried about the girls, but they were as keyed up as I, and finally we all just piled on Zane’s bed, which was now my bed as well. Zane had his arms
Sarah POVGinnyWolf: Sarah is a MOON WOLF??!! Are you KIDDING ME?WhiteKnuckling: This is a hoax. Total bullshit.PPPPJohnP: I knew it.ShangHairSurprise: Will she be reforming the Luna Temple again?Rosemary&Sage: Hey now, PPPPJohn, THAT’S bullshit.With a laugh, I put the phone in the purse Lainey
Sarah POV“We all fear death,” Zane said.That wasn’t what I meant at all, and I told him so. My dress turned to silver in the moonlight, and I held his warm hands in mine.“If you seek the truth, stop seeking enemies and find the moon,” I and the statue and someone else said, speaking as one.He lo
Zane POVIt was thallium poisoning.“The treatment is proceeding with Prussian blue, which traps thallium to keep it from being further absorbed, as well as activated charcoal and forced diuresis,” the doctor, whose name I learned was Vassles, told me.Sitting by Sarah’s bedside, I was trying hard n
Zane POV“Alpha Zane!”Never, in all the years he had been working for me, had I heard such a sound of panic in Hans’s voice.I looked up and out my window. Hans wasn’t in the house. I saw him frantically waving at me over by the poppy garden almost a mile away.I ran down the stairs and out of the
Sarah POVThe day was lovely—perfect, even. The girls were back in school and making up for lost time, Zane was in his office and waved to me as I walked past the villa, and all the “lieutenants” had gone home.It was odd to look back on the past year. Had there ever been more than a day here and th
Sarah POVThere wasn’t any human-grade alcohol in the entire mining compound, so I had mixed mine with water and was sipping slowly. There was no question that Zane, Travis, and I would be drinking that evening.The National Guard troops had set us up with tents, including a double-sized one for Zan
Sarah POV“We here CBS News have reached out several times to Abrigan Mine’s project manager, Marge Tellis,” the beta female news correspondent told the camera with great earnestness. Behind her rose a thick plume of gray smoke. “But we have yet to hear from her or from anyone in authority at the mi
There was a long minute of silence. “Alpha?”“Yeah, I thought so. Looks like Tellis has been hiding something. Foreman Reynolds just called me, and there’s some sort of riot/protest going on.”“I’ll check it out.”“No. Reynolds is a good man and an excellent beta. If he’s calling me directly, I need
Zane POV“Daddy?” Grace asked.“Mommy?” Chloe asked in the same moment.Sarah and I stepped back from each other—well, leapt back more like, but there was no excusing away that we’d been kissing, and really deeply.I raked a hand through my hair, and Sarah looked like she was unconsciously straighte







