Tommy POV Darkness surrounds me, while loneliness engulfs me.  However, the pounding of footsteps in the distance means I’m not alone.  My heartbeat quickens as I turn away from the noise while my feet shuffle forward.  A thick fog surrounds me, and I can’t see anything.  What is going on?  Where am I? The heavy footsteps now echo in my ears as my feet hurry to get away.  The only thing I know is to run the opposite direction from whoever is coming towards me.  No.  I thought this part of my life was over.  I need to get away.  A sinister laughter slices through the air as my breath hitches.  No.  Not again.  Panic rushes through me while my eyes dart everywhere, trying to find a little glimmer of light or something to tell me which direction to go.  But like my past, there is nothing.  “Freak!” “You’re a

Mike POV “Beta Malcolm!  Can you come here?” My words have a slight edge to them as my beta’s calm voice drifts into my office while he talks to someone in the hallway near my door.  As I stare at the doorway, my finger lightly taps one of the many piles of paperwork on my desk.  What is taking him so long? After a few moments, Malcolm rushes into my office and stops in front of my desk.  “Alpha Mike, did you need something?” I sigh and motion for him to take a seat.  “I need you to tell me where you are at in finding me a suitable beta.  I would love to keep you on, but I know you are supposed to be in retirement right now.  I don’t want to keep delaying it for too long.  You deserve to enjoy your life.” A heaviness washes over me as I stare across the desk at the older man.  If things could have been different, he wouldn’t be sitting here right now.  Instead,

Faces.  Everywhere where I look, there are faces. My heartbeat quickens.  They are too close…. They glare at me with the familiar look of hatred, while they scream nonstop with words laced in venom….My mouth dries and my body trembles as fear washes over me. The crowd leans in around me and sneers while they hiss. “Freak!”“Just die!”“Disgusting!”They hurl their insults at me from every direction.  Unfortunately, no matter what I do, I can’t get away.  They have me surrounded. As I coward down in the middle, I silently pray.  Someone, please, make them stop.BAM! Before I know what is happening, pain shoots through my whole body as punches and kicks land from every direction randomly land across my body.  Besides the pain, a wave of panic slams hard into me, too. Instinct

Kane POV It feels weird to step into my parent’s house.  I can’t really describe it, but if I have to, it is almost like a previous life or something.  I smile as my mother rushes out of the house.  “Kane!  You are here with the kids!” My father is right behind her with a big grin.  I’m not sure what he told Mike so he can be here, but I’m happy whatever his excuse is.  My parents are one of the fortunate people who have their own home, instead of living at the pack house.  Granted, the pack house here isn’t nearly as big as the mansion at Sun Moon pack, so a good number of families live in a house instead of the pack house.  However, usually those families are wealthy or have a high rank, like my father. I smile as I get out of the car.  “Mom!  Dad!” My mother rushes to me and engulfs me in a hug.  “Kane.  I’m so glad you are here.  How long can you stay

Ben POV I bite my lower lip, trying to keep myself from laughing.  The look of confusion swirling around in Dee and Shane’s eyes as I talk to them through the mind link is priceless.  A small part of me hopes I’m not shocking them too much, though. For a while, Kane and I have thought that it was time to tell Dee and Shane the truth.  Actually, to be completely honest, it is way past time to tell them, but if we left this up to Tommy and Finn, they probably would keep putting it off.  Doing it this way, we get the added intention of showing the other werewolves here that the group is protected by us.  While linking with everyone at the table, I continue on.  “With them being male omegas, they actually live with Wyatt and Kane to keep them safe from everyone else, especially when they go into heat.” I glance quickly at the two young omegas, who now have a pink dusting across their cheeks while they lower t