||Alpha Clayton|| Calvin crawled from his mother to me, wrapped his arms around my neck seeking comfort. I embraced him and his mama, releasing an exhale.I felt so incompetent at that moment. I couldn't protect them. I couldn't make the people I love the most feel safe. I felt so useless and incapable. I saw all the red flags with Alpha Wyatt. He was slacking and I knew that very well. I shouldn't have just warned him. I should have just canceled the agreements between us and gone to war with his pack.Yes, I thought that son of a motherfucker will change his ways after my threats but he chose today out of all days, to withdraw his warriors from the borders, claiming that his pack was under rogue attack.Damn him and his pack! Although I increased my warriors at the borders it couldn’t stop the Wendigos from infiltrating our border. What irked me the most was that their attack was well organized. They knew exactly what they were doing and where to go. Because they went straight

||Authors POV|| After the attack. In the dark corner of a bar, a dark angry looking man slammed his hand on the counter after speaking to his scouts. His anger was oozing out of his pores. He lost his possession. His weapon against Alpha Prince Clayton. This morning he could smell and see his impending victory ahead but tonight all he saw was the darkness of his loss. He couldn't accept the Lycan Alpha and his warriors were able to kill all his wendigos but he was not going to give up without a fight. He had a dream and that was to sit on the Lycan throne. He was going to create more beasts if he must. His hopeful eyes darkened as he planned his next move. The vicious bitter man drowned down some liquor before he slammed the empty shot glass on the counter table. He flew in rage and breathed lividly but to appease himself, he muttered. “One failure doesn't matter. Everyone loses sometimes. “ he consoled himself. “I just have to wait and find a way to break the Alpha Prince.”

||Claire||It has been hours since the lawyer and Clayton's assistant left. I was helpless and all I could do was to pace. I was like a giraffe outstretching my neck to peer through the glass window to see if there were returning from the desert moon pack. I was too timorous to do anything or form logical thoughts. My mind was stopped dead. I had done all the household chores around the apartment, I picked up Calvin's toys around the living room, did Clayton’s laundry, and swept and mopped the house but to no avail. Nothing could get my mind off the meeting.I couldn’t take it losing my son. Just the thought of it brought me to my knees. He was my whole world. My light and my air. I rushed to Calvin. He was engrossed in the cartoon he was watching on the TV and I took his face into my hands. A confused look stretched on his face and I tackled him into a hug.“You are mine, Cal. I won't allow any jerk to take you away from me.” I squeezed him. “You want to stay with mummy… right Calv

||Claire||Clayton told me that Trixie and Vivian were staying in the apartment just below us and I made it a point to visit them in the morning to find out how they were doing.When morning arrived, Clayton, Calvin, and I took a short trip to the next floor. I knew Calvin also wanted to check up on his friend.We rode the elevator and the door dinged, opening to the floor.“I am going to leave shortly. I need to sign some papers in the office…” Clayton’s words caught in his throat as we saw something we were not supposed to see when the elevator door opened.I quickly covered Calvin's eyes with my hand to save him from horrifying nightmares. I knew the image of Bredon sucking the life out of Vivian will haunt me for the rest of my life.Bredon had Vivian pinned against the door with her feet off the ground and wrapped around him. Their hands were running around each other. They practically wanted to undress and fuck each other right there.“Hmm…” Clayton cleared his throat loudly and

||Clayton|| I was on the phone with one of the contractors in my company trying to allocate resources for the new rogue school to be built for the community. When I heard a loud cry. At first I thought it was from Claire but when nothing followed I began to think that it was a happy cry since she was downstairs partying with her lady friends. But when I heard Val screaming for me to come down, I knew something had happened to my mate and the cry from her wasn't a normal one. With my heart in my throat, I raced downstairs to find my mate on the ground, whimpering in agony. “What happened to her?” I shrieked. My eyes widened and I moved to rush to her side when realization drawn on me. “She is in heat.” I was hit with great waves of her strong scent at the same time Roxanne replied. I paused mid way. I had never had to face a force so strong before. I knew it wasn't just heat. Hell No! This couldn't be what I thought it was. She couldn't possibly be transforming. “Fucking shit!!!