LOGINIn minutes, I am there, all but flying toward the fermentation works. I can see with my eyes now Leona in her gray wolf form confronting a smaller wolf with pitch-black fur. I know instantly it’s Camila.I transform in the blink of an eye, and then I am running on my paws, eating up the ground as I
Layla’s POVIt’s late when there’s a knock on the door to my home, but at least I’m still dressed. I had stayed that way until right before I would go to bed in case the hospital called to say I should go to Benjamin.I need no mindlink to know it’s Alexander. His coming here is inappropriate, and r
Layla’s POVI must find some way to keep Alexander out of Starfall.When he stormed out of the orchard and away in his car two days ago, I had thought I would get some reprieve, but no. He was back the next day with claims that he wants to establish a formal trade agreement with Starfall.I was in B
“How’s it looking?” I call up.“Excellent. We’re heading for our best harvest yet.”“Wonderful.”“And you, sir?” she asks, and damn it if there isn’t something coy in her eyes. “Are you a fan of our wine?”“A great fan,” he says somewhat stiffly.“And of the wolf whose idea it was for us to make win
Layla’s POVI feel bile rise in my throat. This is the hard, demanding, even frightening Alpha I had learned from when I was in training to be his Delta. This is the Alpha who exiled his once-wife to a wintry wilderness.This is the Alpha who kept his pack safe and strong, no matter the cause.This
Alexander waits until she’s left the office before rounding on me.“You’ve managed to avoid giving me an explanation,” he growls. “But your time has run out, my dear.”I walk behind the desk and gesture for him to sit down before taking a seat myself. “Just what explanation do you feel you are owed,
Layla’s POV“I wish I could tell you Thornheart’s stores are bursting with Moonlight herb,” William tells me as we sit at the conference table. “But we’ve not had any for almost two years now.” A dark look covers his face."Our trade agreements with Stormhowl have been stressful since certain things
Alexander’s POVWe’re about an hour out from the Thornheart Palace when my phone rings again, and I’m informed a delegation is ready to travel to Starfall with several doses of Moonlight herb, so when we finally reach our destination, I can go directly to Alpha King William with good news.I ask Cam
“The healers thought it was Famma, but Moonlight herb did nothing for them, which is why we’re only hearing about it now.”“Same symptoms exactly?” Vincent asks.“I believe so,” Camila says, “though the beta was moved without sunlight protection to the clinic and received a sunburn that is not heali
Alexander’s POVI sense the difference in the village the second I left the car, mask firmly in place. Instead of the confident, even joyous voices of the pups and the purposeful strides of the adults, the place is quiet and still.I head to the main office building as the second car, with Beatrice







