We headed through the trees and every step felt as if it was a step closer to my death or something, like I was allowing myself to walk straight into my own demise. Sweat ran down my spine as I could see the clearing in the trees and the now freshly washed grounds of the Blue moon pack. I pulled up my hood and put on my mask, not wanting any passer-by to recognize me. We approached the Pack house and Dakota held my hand in support ”it’s going to be ok” she reassured me… but no matter what, there was nothing she could say that would stop my anxious sweats and my legs from feeling like jelly as my knees felt they could buckle at any moment and flee in the other direction taking me with them. The smells of the pack house were a mix of all the people it housed here and the fresh food that the cooks were preparing for lunch. Mmmm bread I could smell, and something sweet mixed with cinnamon. But thanks to my nervousness as much as my nose enjoyed the smells, my stomach churned up in knots

Lelanna’s POV: I think I must have slept only a few minutes here and there last night, because I spent most of the night just staring at the walls and ceiling wondering how the hell I got to this point. I mean I know how, I just can’t believe it; it feels so strange and quite abnormal. I shut so much out for so long and now it’s all coming back in floods. I feel as if I’ve barely had a moment to digest it all, to accept that I’m back to what I had missed… and damn how I have missed it… all of it! I pulled the duvet up to my chin as I snuggled in deeper into my bed. The last time I had slept here was the night before my banishment, where everything seemed so good, happy and safe! Even things with me and Layton had shifted and life was going so well for me. I couldn’t imagine the grief my family had gone through all this time, which made me feel a bit guilty for staying away so long, only adding to their misery, their hopes of my being alive… falling away with every passing day. I cl

When we had come home successfully with Tina as our prisoner, Florence had insisted on throwing a ball in honour of all the warriors that fought in the battle and the ones responsible for Tina’s demise. She had been planning it for the last three weeks, organising the decorations, the food, music and seating chart and I helped where I could. We were to have the announcements and our food in the main dining area, which was only used for special dinners with neighbouring Alphas and Luna’s or for certain ceremonies. Then drinks and dancing in the great hall. It was always used for balls and fancy parties. The room was so big it could hold around 1000 people easily. Florence had the invites sent out the day after she had announced in a pack meeting of her idea for the ball and I had already gone dress shopping with my mum and Dakota to find a dress for each of us, as the invites stated men in black tux and women in red. I had made up my mind on a dark red velvet long gown, with a heart-s

When we had come home successfully with Tina as our prisoner, Florence had insisted on throwing a ball in honour of all the warriors that fought in the battle and the ones responsible for Tina’s demise. She had been planning it for the last three weeks, organising the decorations, the food, music and seating chart and I helped where I could. We were to have the announcements and our food in the main dining area, which was only used for special dinners with neighbouring Alphas and Luna’s or for certain ceremonies. Then drinks and dancing in the great hall. It was always used for balls and fancy parties. The room was so big it could hold around 1000 people easily. Florence had the invites sent out the day after she had announced in a pack meeting of her idea for the ball and I had already gone dress shopping with my mum and Dakota to find a dress for each of us, as the invites stated men in black tux and women in red. I had made up my mind on a dark red velvet long gown, with a heart-s

Lelanna's POV: It had taken us a few weeks to get everything in place, especially as we wanted our plan to go undetected by any rogues that might be watching us. Patrol shifts had been doubled and I had been helping night and day to patrol the boarder, the city and the village, even Layton who usually, as an Alpha doesn’t take part in the patrol had been working tirelessly all day with his duties then doing patrols at night. He would usually take into his wolf form and patrol the edge of our forest and a little further beyond our treeline, as his wolf was black, he could blend into the dark forest without being seen. Every now and then we could sense rogues nearby, but they never came too close. Obviously they had sensed our extra warriors keeping watch, but we knew they were out there, listening, watching. Waiting to see what our next move would be and funnily enough it was exactly what we were doing with them. Zara had only managed to get small bits of information from Tina and a