I must have fallen asleep because I woke in the transformation cabin in my human form, naked, with just a blanket draped over me, covering the vital places. "Morning." Xander smiled, sitting stark naked on a chair, watching me sleep. "Morning." I sat up and pulled the blanket up over my breasts. "Thanks for this."He shrugged. "I was trying to be a gentleman." I looked at him hard, trying to read his mind. Now, there was no chatter at all. Nothing. But in our wolf form, his thoughts were as clear as if we were speaking aloud. Xander smirked. "What are you doing?""Trying to read your mind."Xander laughed. "That's only in the Pack Mind."I lifted an eyebrow. "And you can only access the Pack Mind is only in our wolf form?""Bingo."I laughed. "Where's Elias?""He went to the Compound to scrounge some food for us," Xander replied, crossing the room to me. Then he sat on the bare hardwood floor beside me and ran the back of his hand along my cheek, looking into my eyes. "How do you f

Pausing long enough to slip on a pair of tennis shoes and grab my keys and my cell phone, I headed out the door and ran down the hallway, headed toward the elevator. When the doors closed, I quickly hit L1. The doors closed right away, but the elevator couldn't move fast enough. The doors opened a moment later on the first floor, and I ran straight to the Clinic. Four shifters were waiting outside, one of whom was Eve. She growled, but I paid no attention. I walked toward the Clinic and flung the door open.Inside, Cruz stood over Xander, holding a blood-stained towel to his chest. His face was bloody, too, and Elias lay on the other table, his blond hair soaked with blood, but Baily was working on him."Report!" I yelled to her, gently moving Xander's hands aside to assess the damage. I lifted the towel, and blood oozed from his chest. I quickly covered it again. "I've stopped the bleeding with Elias, but he's going to need stitches. He was bleeding the worst when they came in. I've

With all their big talk, Xander and Elias were both asleep as soon as their heads hit their pillows. I monitored them throughout the morning, but soon, my eyes started growing heavy. I curled up on a chair, not wanting to jostle them, and fell asleep. I woke with a start and looked at the clock. Two hours had passed. I quickly checked Xander and Elias, and both were still sleeping. Sleep was actually the best thing for them. It would help them to heal quicker. I walked over to the enormous window, and the sun was bright outside, beating down harshly upon the earth. I didn't want to turn the television on and take a chance of waking Elias and Xander. Then I thought of the prisoner and decided to go down and see if I could get any information out of him, even though I was sure someone was already doing that.After checking them one more time, I headed out, locking the door behind me, and was in the elevator a moment later.The shifters had said that they had taken the prisoner to the

When I walked into my suite, Xander and Elias were still asleep. I checked them both, and they were resting quietly. So, I called down for some pizzas for all of us, knowing that Elias and Xander would be famished when they woke. "Dining Room," someone said, sounding not nearly as professional as Sebastian had sounded. But of course, Sebastian was with the member of Nightshade, terrorizing him with his implements of destruction. I hoped he got some useful information soon. We had to find their headquarters before all of Nevada is crawling with them."Yes, I'd like you to send up three pizzas...." I proceeded to tell him the order."We'll bring that right up to you, Luna." Then the line suddenly went dead. It was strange that I hadn't said who I was or from which room I was calling. Yet, he knew who I was. But then again, they probably had Caller ID. I checked on the guys one more time and pulled the door nearly closed, not wanting to disturb them. Then I went into the living room

"Okay, everyone!" Eve announced toward the end of practice. "We're going to play a little game. It's called High Low. You will get into two lines. Then you will anticipate whether your opponent is going to go high or low. Try to flip your opponent, but do not hurt one another. Is that clear?""Aye!" everyone yelled in unison."Let's go!" Eve said in the Pack Mind. "I want one group over here, and another group facing them over here!""Well, here goes nothing," Seven said as he jogged off, but I stayed on the opposite side."Go!" Eve said, and the first two shifters ran straight into each other, and both fell backward. They yelped a bit and then went back to the end of their lines."Anticipate what your enemy will do!" Eve yelled. "Next two, go!"The following two shifters ran toward each other, and one went high, and the other went low, using his shoulder to flip his opponent."Well done!" Eve praised. "Go!"The following wolves ran at each other. This time, the one who went high jumpe