r had started making he

Norma Craig, directly a

r at me, I wanted nothing more

ry young for an Alpha. Garrett had always been incredibly charming, easily passing for someone in his thirties. Ever since he'd let a bit of stubb

their pace. To put it simply, our species lived three times longer than any human. In Alpha years, forty-five was still i

and Lenora away to take their places. That left Mylah and Lenora with no choice but

behavior, but in truth, my mind had simply wandered. She went on to mention that Norma, Wyatt, and Darren Paxton had become an o

the three had truly awakened as one of us yet. I suspected their alpha genes still needed to be activated by one of the Divine Alphas in their community. Things worked differently in Garrett'

in Norma's direction, qu

ate intended. I had found the Alpha destined for me as

while the one I truly belonged to h

st night's events weighed heavily on me... especially with what awaited me

efused to fade, and I couldn't understand why. I'd even used perfume-a faint mist-just

ry first time it happened was on our wedding night. Garrett had asked his cousin for a single dance with the bride... and then, la

a massive, invisible hand crushi

d stopped by to cook for him, was nothing compared to the intoxicating blend of sandalwood and

t's scent would eventually fade, but he was a Divine Alpha, and their power alwa

it never f

d the color from my face

s own pack had wiped them all out. He had admitted it himself-he'd taken responsibility for erasing every single chapter of my father'

arning. Now, this new figure in the Italian mafia had taken Pierce Ahmed's place in drug production, and it was Brent's pack that distributed his drugs all along

ased from existence, I had lost every last bit of support. No one

ing fun at how her friend Norma had both Sa

back down, even if someone l

ten involved with a cartel boss in Colombia, and her stepfather had been obsessed with her. But Mylah had escaped when

ne still lay dormant. Even now, her alpha potential remained untapped. For reasons I still didn't understand, her father had not activated it, even though he had found her thr

ones capable of activating a

h everything she had without ever tapping into her Alpha potentia

in front of everyone, his gaze overflowing with affection. The sight sent a fresh ache through my alre

laugh esc

I was the one catering to every whim o

more like Brent's mo

e for feeling so envio

en, but she had also spent years imprisoned by Mylah's stepfather. He had tormented and tortured her, trying to punish Mylah

gain, but she had also rebuilt her life-with two Alphas by h

Garrett's pack- a couple whose Alpha, Cameron, still hadn't awakened his power. Hmmm... Cameron had certainly proved himself, so I couldn't hel

his personal bodyguard and assistant, to whom he never kept secrets. I knew that, just before the holidays, their band council had discussed the possibility of activating the

and took a bite that tasted espec

y weren't all Alphas. Lenora's and Lesly Harding's husbands didn't truly belong to that category, but they t

entive husbands who had given them beautiful children. In our group of submissi

atter of time before they, too

pairs of de

ate would always re

ad filled up with young parents and their kids-including Leif Higgins, who now joined his wife

e suddenly cried, eyes s