Rhiannon had no memory of the minutes she had spent in the company of the Goddess after her death when she was only ten years old. She couldn’t remember the moment Raksha had been bestowed on her or when her body had changed... The only memory that lingered in her mind was that she had saved the world from a destroyer summoned by the Goddess herself to wipe out the corrupted race of lycans.That night she had not only saved a baby but an entire race. However, she had allowed herself to forget that the Goddess’ destroyer had remained on Earth alive, latent, and unnoticed... and that it was her responsibility.It was only logical then that he had been an outcast all his life, it was logical that his mere presence made the lycans nervous, and it was truly fortunate that he had been cautious enough to know how to control himself with silver since the power of a Royal Alpha was little compared to the power a destroyer of the Goddess was capable of invoking... and right that moment, the que

“Are you sure about this?” Maddox murmured who was very close to her, and Rhiannon turned to meet his gaze.“Am I sure I can execute my family’s murderer?” she asked, raising a contemptuous eyebrow. “What do you think?”Around them the lycans began to move toward the grounds outside the compound. Ano ver two hundred yards perimeter was made with a double line of soldiers guarding it along with the paladins, Cedrik, Dereck, and General Gallagher. None trusted that Caerbhall’s plans were restricted to the duel alone, for they all knew that, according to the ancient laws, even victory did not guarantee him freedom.“If he kills me—” she said, turning to Maddox.“Don’t even think about it!” he interrupted her.“If he kills me,” she insisted, “don’t let him get out of here alive, okay?”“If he kills you, we won’t have a queen for this rebellion,” Maddox scolded her.“No, you’ll have a martyr, which is much better.” She laughed sadly. “Without Caerbhall and Aidan there would only be Erea. I

No one knew exactly what was said in the conversation between Rhiannon of Isrion and Dimitri Smirnov, but forty-eight hours later, three transatlantic cruise ships were leaving New York, carrying nearly seven thousand lycans to the United Kingdom.Two weeks at sea wasn’t exactly a walk in the park, but it gave them time to get organized for what would happen once they arrived.Restoring the old Isrion lineage was no easy task, but at least in Europe, they were looking forward to it, and Rhiannon tried to help as much as she could with the distribution of lycans to their new reserves and support for those with special needs.Fortunately, there were still huge families that could not be separated. During the years of persecution the resistance had created their own packs, and it was not wise to break them up either, so one of the last options was to turn to the Wales reserve.Since it had been adjoined to the Watchtower prison for so long, no pack had been able to claim it, but Rhiannon

“Get out of here!”Brennan didn’t know if that growl was coming from Aidan or from Akela, but he felt himself being pushed down one of the side corridors until he tripped on the stairs and rolled down fifteen steps.“Go away!”“I’m not leaving you!” said the Beta as he made an attempt to climb up the stairs again, but a look from his Alpha stopped him.“She’s only going to hurt me, but she’ll kill you, you know that! Go, get help!”The door leading to the stairs creaked open, and Brennan leapt to the foot of the stairs, bolting for the lower floors while Aidan just closed his eyes, praying to the Goddess to allow his Beta to escape unscathed.He didn’t know if it had been hours, days, or just minutes when he opened his eyes again. He smelled smoke and singed fabric, so it didn’t take him too long to realize he was somewhere in the royal house that had been set on fire the night of the coronation.He tried to remember what had happened before he got there, but all that went through his

Hiro growled over Alanna’s shoulder, and the she-wolf moved backwards, bumping into him.“Hey! I don’t think your mate appreciates your invading my personal space, so... shoo, shoo!” she protested.“How come in all these centuries you haven’t got yourself a boyfriend?” replied Hiro, and the she-wolf gave him a hateful look. “If you keep opening your eyes like that, people might think you need some eyedrops!” Hiro teased her and Alanna snorted with frustration.“We’re supposed to be on an important mission. You shouldn’t be joking so much.”“Oh, for the Goddess sake! Look at us!” Hiro opened his arms, showing all the mud they had smeared on their clothes to hide the smell as they approached the royal house.“Will you two shut up?” Maddox scolded them. “Even Milo isn’t as annoying as you two.”“Shshshshshsh... I can hear Brennan’s wolf.” Alanna whispered, and indeed, not two minutes had passed when they saw Ballard slink past them.He was limping, and blood was pouring from a wound in o