~Hannah’s Point of View~ “Stop.” “Stop now.” I understand now that when I’m shifted, understanding a human talk is too hard and that’s why I have to rely on the other lycans around me. Frederick says he can comprehend people after decades of teaching his lycan half, but he can’t verbally respond. I’m nowhere close to that and a million times more impulsive. My body is also very much used to just knowing what to do in any situation and maybe that was always the beast side of me. I’ve always had to adapt and keep moving. A rogue can never appear weak and I was a master of disguise. Except with Isaac. He tore right through my protective walls, he laid me bare when he demeaned me. For a child, one of the worst things is disappointing your parent and I never felt good enough for him. But that was just one of his many methods of controlling me. When a big hand lands on my arm, I turn and give a low, menacing growl trying to assert some level of dominance. While I want to fight him, t

~Hannah’s Point of View~ The rational part of my brain was completely at war with my heart. I just knew that I couldn’t leave the last place I’d seen Parker, I couldn’t leave without him. But after multiple searches they all finally convinced me it was time to pack it in. Rafe left a note at the battle site and at the camp we’d had with some sort of “bro code” that would tell Parker we were in fact going back to Nightwind. “So, Reign didn’t exactly tell us to come but he didn’t say not to. Your mom is still so pissed but the idea of her babies being slaughtered by rogues was likely too much to bear. We actually had to turn people away. Well over a hundred showed up, wanting to come out. He absolutely had to know we’d go, he’s a fucking coward. But if anything, it proved that your father is losing his grip on the pack. The next generation backs you fully and that was on display for all to see. After all we’ve done to fight the Rhodes clan, rogues in general and especially when his so

~Rafe’s Point of View~ “What the fuck did you do Cassandra,” I shout, nearly vibrating the walls. I should absolutely be getting in a car right now, getting on the road. But something tells me that Cassandra and our dear Beta may have now tipped off the Rhodes clan that we’re coming. The last thing we should do is just try to storm in. They’ll be ready and practically salivating for it. No doubt armed to the teeth and happy to take out the best of Nightwind. Fighters from Barclay are going too, and thankfully we were able to get them by cell phone and relay that they need to wait. The enemy knows I’ll come for Parker, they absolutely know it. Next to me or Hannah, he was the best to steal. I can’t exist without him and now that we share a mate it would kill both Hannah and I to lose him. And we’d be giving them a front row seat to our suffering. I’m sure it would be their perfect plan to get us all. “I knew the moment I heard there was a beautiful young rogue here she’d be nothi

~Parker’s Point of View~ My hands roughly grip the grass below me, furious I can’t shift. Poor Crush is literally hanging on by a thread desperately, keeping us able to mind-link. There’s not only wolfsbane in my system but the truth serum that we use on our enemies. It’s an absolutely shit combination I never imagined being on the receiving end of experiencing. But it’s now crippled me for days. There’s not only the physical agony, but the mind fuck of knowing I spilled my guts about literally everything they asked me. There’s some trigger in your brain that won’t let you lie when you’re on the drug but if you can keep your wits about you, you can be smart enough not to add to things. Only answer what they ask, no more … no less. I learned that in my time out in the world. A pack gave me the drug and tested me, and right now I couldn’t be more grateful for the test. But I wasn’t physically useless then. I can’t fight this drug in any way. The rogues had asked me where Hannah was

~Hannah’s Point of View! The light flashes next to the large male, and an equally large female appears, though she’s a good foot shorter than he is. I finally push to my feet, absolutely humiliated that I’m naked, I cover my breasts without thinking about it. “Mother! Please help me with him,” Luna shouts, as she seems to move so fast I can barely register it. Then her mother is bending to touch her head. Something passes between them though the female doesn’t speak out loud. I feel my mates at my sides, and I’m not sure what to think. I feel like I can’t look at the giant male, something is telling me not to. When the two females begin to approach me, I stand tall. Though still awkwardly trying to cover myself. “We will be able to grant your wish. But we understand many from your pack have been lost tonight. Had I been here sooner…” Luna trails off, and the guilt is obvious on her face. Her mother disappears into thin air and I gasp in shock at the suddenness of it. Luna step