“Take your time getting used to it, Daddy Zay,” Conri had said. “Nobody’s going anywhere.” Each time a litter was old enough to understand, Xavier would explain it to the Alpha pups. He wasn’t their biological father, so they didn’t have to call him Dad. They could just call him Zay or Xavier. Wha

“I’m sorry, darling,” Kai whispered. “Then he got up so quickly. I thought maybe he wasn’t really dead. A shadow demon slipped inside him and took over his body, but I didn’t remember that after we got out of the Underworld and away from the shadow demons. When I was trying to make sense of the bro

“I’m sorry, Momma,” they said. “Did we hurt you?” “It’s okay,” Thea said, hunched over, trying to manage the pain. “Just try not to touch the silver part.” “Is it because Daddy died?” Thea nodded. “The silver part was Daddy’s?” Thea nodded. “I’ve never heard her make a sound like that. So muc

“Mmm.” She raised her palm an inch above the grass and drew a few Earthworms up from the soil with her magic. “We're happy, Ma. What are you worried about?” Theodore said. “We’re going to shift in a few weeks, and we’ll finally be able to use everything you’ve been teaching us,” Roderic said. “We’

“Thank you, Liam,” Alaric said. “We’ll keep you updated.” “Alphas, what do you want to do about coordinating refugees from the east?” Liam said. “Let’s keep that off her plate,” Kai said. “Let’s plan on keeping everything off her plate.” Lyall stepped up. “We know the routine. We can pick up the