y to head home. Everything in me screamed for a few hours of shut-eye and I was so weary that as I mar

e a little more than a shadow. The house was quiet as I went forward. As a pack home, it was large enough to accommodate t

s paired up with whomever they could. Alison and I had a room but in t

on. It was a big house and I made sure not to wander too far from the familiar path. Now, however, I'd missed m

a sole piano that sat at one corner. My legs carried me inside until I was standing in the middle of the room

ity wood and polished to a flawless shine. There w

times like this that I could just drift away and imagine myself in a different time, a different place. A different family, one

of doubts swirling in my mind, the probability

her than Ethan Cadell, the Alpha of the Crest Pack. The one in whose honor last night's party was thrown for fighting br

annoyance as he stared at me. His eyes were the dark

d to stretch out to him, almost like a magnet would iron. My chest heaved as I fought for control against

ion." The annoyance

ered. "My name

my form with apparent revulsion to rest back o

I felt so drawn to him. This was the Alpha, for goodness' sake. If my father he

eyes widening just a fraction before h

he looking so frightened? "I didn't do anything," I added for emphasis. Th

a notch. The look he gave me was one of utter di

s: firstly, the pull I felt towards him was a result of our bond as mates. The Alpha of the Crest pack was my m

the Alpha of the most powerful pack in the world. I stumbled

t that the moon goddess had thought me worthy to be mated to an Alp

hed forward and grabbed my hair painfully, stretching it at its roots. I let out a

emanded. "How did you man

head. "Please," I begged him with a sob. "I didn

e rest of the pack must've heard the noise by now. It wouldn't take them long to fin

done anythi

pha like me." His hand strung me up so that he breathed his contempt into my ear. "

connecting and there was a dark canvas growing behind my vision. I grabbed at his hand fisti

I heard Ethan screaming that I was a witch trying to manipulate my way to t

mate had just