Samantha received a link from her brother, alerting her of Nathan and Cassidy’s engagement party, and with her mother’s blessing, they paused her training and headed back to the Dark Moon Pack to join the celebrations.When they arrived, Amaya excused herself, while Samantha was teleported away. She didn’t expect to find herself in a room with Zen, Killian, Calypso, Nathan, Cassidy, Cain, Ivy, Vera, Hunter, and Wayne.“What’s going on?” she asked.“We were waiting for you so that we could get started on updating everyone of recent developments,” Killian told her, instantly warming her heart at the gesture.“Right, before we go far, we should probably start with Hunter and Wayne. Guys, we need you and the White Star Pack to move closer to Nathan and Cassidy and join the royal pack,” Calypso told them.Hunter nodded. “That’s fine with us, but do you mind me asking why now?”“We realized that the royal pack as it is isn’t the strongest. While we’re undoing Phillip’s legacy, we also need

Garrett couldn’t believe what they’d been told. Celebrations had long been underway, and he was still stumped. This trip was proving to be way more than he’d expected. He’d assumed that he would get an audience with the man he was slandering and further push his agenda.And yet everything had been thrown out the window for him. Instead he’d been introduced to revelation after revelation, and he realized that he’d been let in into something big, bigger than he could’ve imagined.He’d watched as everyone mingled, and he could see just how they all got along with one another. The Dark Moon Pack members all seemed comfortable not only around the vampires, but around the royals as well, and that’s when he realized just how tightknit they were.What he’d been presented was the opportunity to not only be a part of something great, but to really put his purpose to work with people who were clearly on the same page with him.Nathan found him standing outside, where he’d gone to take a breather

Nathan walked up to the note on his desk. His entire office had been turned inside out, and he knew that whoever had done it was either looking for something, or they were trying to throw him off. He picked up the note, and unfolded it, reading it out loud:Think twice about what you’re doing little brother, and I might let you keep the throne.“He still thinks I’m his little brother, which means his mother still hasn’t told him the truth,” Nathan noticed.“How the hell did he get in here?” Cassidy asked.“We’re about to find out,” Nathan said, linking all palace staff to meet him out front.There are only about eighty of them, so it was a relatively quick process. They were all wondering why they’d been called out at night, and especially more so when they realized that Nathan wasn’t particularly pleased.“My office was broken into, and I need answers. I will not punish anyone. I just want to know what happened,” Nathan announced.The murmuring took off, and he caught the confusion a

Cassidy was once again up early, keen to get the planning underway. She could hear some staff already moving to put things in place, and the last thing she wanted was to build the impression that she and Nathan were leaving everything up to them.She got showered and as she left the bathroom, Nathan stirred. He didn’t need to ask her to know what she was thinking. Instead, he too got up to get ready for the day, and she decided to wait for him.When he was done, the two of them headed out. They decided that it would be best to eat their breakfast in the kitchen with everyone else, something that surprised the staff. Once the initial awkwardness had passed, they settled into light conversations as Cassidy and Nathan got to know more about the other people living in the castle with them.Once they were all done eating, Nathan held a short meeting with them to confirm that they were all aware of what’s needed of them. Once everything was confirmed and set in place, they went their separa

From the moment he set foot into the castle, the hybrids in her stirred. She hadn’t even seen him, but she knew. She tried to avoid him as she’d been avoiding the other Alphas, but he specifically scented her out, stopping her from leaving the room.“I’ve found you again,” he said lowly.“Let go Tyson. I’m already trying to keep my cool as is,” she warned. Killian was somewhere else with Nathan, leaving her to face her enemy alone.“I’m not here to make you mad. I’m just checking up on my mate,” he insisted.She turned to him, eyes glowing a bright blue. “I am not your mate Tyson, and I’m getting tired of saying it.”“That’s where you’re wrong Calypso. Did it ever occur to you why you’ve had three mates in the first place?”And with that, he let go of her, vanishing into the crowd of other Alphas. She was seething, a bolt of electricity unexpectedly leaving her. That drew enough eyes her way, with Samantha taking her outside to calm her down.It didn’t work much, but Killian took over