LOGINSarah 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 POVThe day before the memorial, we settled into a suite of rooms in Alpha Erinose’s summer palace. Zane, I, Melissa, and Dr. Hayes had our own bedrooms, and the girls were sharing. Selene had been left at home with Mavis.I was again struck by the opulence of the Pack Alpha’s lifestyle and wa
Sarah POVI knew Ollie would be bringing the girls home soon and put the finishing touches on my ideas for comments I would make at the memorial when the press asked me questions.Zane had thought the idea of attending the memorial together was excellent. Melissa gave me all the credit, which made m
Sarah POVI’ve never been one to sit on a problem, so when Melissa texted me about meeting for a strategy session on the Abrigan Mine, I turned it into a lunch date. I even suggested it be just the two of us when she talked about bringing her publicist.“Should we get pizza again?” she asked, laughi
Sarah POVThe emails had started only a few weeks ago, around the same time Melissa and I started making public appearances together.I had told Zane that Scott was emailing me. I even showed him the first two, but they were so innocuous, so dull, he’d told me he trusted me to tell him if anything i







