LOGINI’m the first female alpha in all of history.As I wake up slowly, the thought screams over and over in my mind until it’s all I can think about. I feel my wolf curled around my soul, the truth to the words so clear in her mind and so foreign in my own. For a reason only the Mother knows, I was born to a life that would never be easy, and I was blessed with a simple childhood thanks to my mum. I wish she were here so I could thank her for everything she did for me, because it all makes so much sense to me now.She saved me a million times over, and I never knew it.“Her arm was broken in several places, Alpha, but I’ve fixed everything else that was life-threatening. The young wolf will heal in time, but she’ll be sore and tired for a few days at least,” I hear an unfamiliar, deep male voice say, feeling his presence nearby.He smells like saltwater, just like someone else in the room, now that he isn’t hiding who he is. My body is extremely sore—that’s an understatement—and I hardly
Lyulf pov The waves crashing over the rocks in the distance pound through my ears like the drums of war. And yet, as quickly as one can seize the life of their foe, a calm silence stretches over the shoreline like a sigh breathed across the ocean.She’s here.I continue downwind until I emerge through the clearing hidden in the trees. There I locate my belongings buried in a hatch in the ground. I shift into my male form and pull on a pair of jeans. White sand crumbles beneath my feet as I step out onto the beach and make my way to the shoreline. What appears at first to be a silver mirage is actually the silhouette of an old friend of mine.“Your Highness,” I say, inclining my head and grinning with light-hearted humour. “I did not think you would answer my call tonight.”Eulah clicks her tongue and walks gracefully across the water, the surface rippling with each step.“There is nothing more my brother can do to me that would be worse than the punishment I’m already serving just fo
Lila POV “We have to go back!” I whisper, my blood running cold. I crawl off my knees and turn to Dove, who straightens up. Ash, dust, and blood coat her ripped clothes, and she brushes some of it off her cheeks like she has all the time in the world. How the fuck did she open a portal? How could she just leave them there? “Caleb is hurt! We have to help them!”Her expression drains of all the light and kindness I’ve always seen there, morphing her into someone I’ve never seen before. It’s like a lightbulb going off, and she bows her head, looking over my shoulder. I don’t need to turn around to know who is there, to know she has betrayed me. I can see it in her cold eyes, and I was an idiot.“My Alpha, I have found your runaway mate like you ordered.”I slowly turn around, every second more tense than the next. My boots scratch across the stone ground as my heartbeat fills my ears, and I can smell nothing but fire. The Stormfire Alpha is standing in the middle of the courtyard, dres
Lila POVThe multiple towering filing cabinets and the large cage in the middle of the floor are as clear as day. Pushed up against the far wall is a huge furnace, the kind used to burn bodies, and I can’t resist the shudder that snakes through me. Those poor humans.“Call him,” I growl, nudging my blade into her.“S-Sebastian,” she stammers. “Sebastian, I have brought them as requested.”Nothing. Not a reply, not even a whiff of demonic magic.“Come out, come out, wherever you are, little demon.” Adrian flicks a knife in his hand and searches the main part of the floor.“Looks like our demon is a bit shy,” Annastasia says, contemplating her black polished nails. “How adorable. Let’s go kill it.”I glance at her and smile. She may be a woman of few words, but the ones she does use are hilarious sometimes.“Call him again,” I snapped at the VP.She shakes her head. “He won’t come. He knows what you are. Both you and the tall one.”Caleb gives a long, drawn-out sigh. Wordless, he reache
Lila POV The doors slide open with a resounding ping, and a shudder runs down the length of my spine. Well… it’s time to face these Demonic businessmen. And women. Because when I step out into an open-planned office—which the VP explains is the finance department—there are females sitting amongst the males, all blending into a sea of bland suits. The thrum of fingers typing away on keyboards and photocopiers and printers hard at work punctuate the quiet chatter that circulates between them. Nobody pays us any attention as the VP guides us through the department.While Dove jots down notes in her book, appearing to take everything in, I drown out the woman’s voice and search the floor for Demons.“There’s too many,” Caleb mutters in my ear. “But level five will stand out. Even humans can sense something wrong about them. Wolves can taste it in the air, feel it in our souls.”I turn my eyes to Caleb. He is the son of a level five Demon, and ever since I met him all those years ago, I f
Lila POV I suppose my idea of Hell would be hunting Demons in a corporate building in the middle of New York City on a cold, rainy day. All those people in suits talking about finance or weekend plans while cramped in stuffy little elevators or hanging over office cubicles is definitely not my idea of a fun mission. But when it comes down to it, I’m willing to do just about anything to get out of Hell for a while. The real Hell.“Here you go, love.” Adrian hands me a blue lanyard with a card that says ‘VISITOR’ on the front. He proceeds to give Caleb, Dove, and her partner, Annastasia, one.The raven-haired girl hasn’t spoken more than a handful of words to me, but she barely speaks to Dove either, so I think she’s just quiet like that.We hang the passes around our necks, then Caleb approaches the reception desk where a cheery-faced human smiles at us all. Damn, Caleb looks hot in his dark grey suit. The material clings to him like a second skin and really brings out his eyes. The D
I swallow the nervous lump in my throat and watch my mother drape her free hand over the alpha’s knife. Her glancing at the front door was a signal for me to run. But I can’t just run while she’s chained to the table. However, before I can protest, she throws the wine glass onto the table. The gla
It's clearly a rhetorical question, one that sends my heart shooting to the pit of my stomach. Did he just say what I think he did? My pulse skyrockets, and I clench my hands underneath the table. For the first time since entering the dining room, my mother isn’t looking at me. It’s as if she can’t
The sharp bite of burning leaves hits me the second I step out from the treeline ringing my childhood home. It clings to my snow-dusted fur like some cursed cologne, thick and smoky, wrapping around the frozen night air. I halt at the forest’s edge, tilt my muzzle skyward, and let the wind rake ove
“Is that… any way… to treat a lady?” I choke out, unsure why I’m using my last breaths to anger him further. Then again, the fury burning in his gaze does make my sacrifice worth it. Besides, it’s not like I’m unused to assholes like this one asserting their authority over me. Alphas love putting u







