“Soon.”
Tilting her face to his, she kissedhim then sat up with a groan. She would’ve rather spent the day inbed with him to make up for lost time from her captivity, but sheknew meeting with Veltris and his pack at Isolde’s wasimportant.
Mytan lifted his head from his pile ofblankets. He yawned with a whine then rose to his paws and shookout his fur. He bounded across the room and leaped onto the bed,making Trinity bounce a little when his full weight hit themattress. He snuffled all over her with a curious whine and thenlicked her cheek. Jumping from the bed, he stretched and whippedhis tail back and forth, watching her and Wrath.
“I think he’s ready forbreakfast,” she said with a smile.
“I am, too,” Wrathsaid.
They dressed and followed the smell ofcooking meat to the surface, where Creek, Jet, and River weretending to cast iron pans in the red-hot coals of afire.
“Creek!” Trinity ran to himand hugged him. “I’m so glad you’re okay.”
He hugged her back. “I’m great.You?”
She nodded. “I’m perfect and glad tobe back with the pack.”
She hugged Jet, who assured her he waswell, too.
She gave them both a serious look.“I’m so sorry you were hurt because of me.”
Jet shook his head. “I’m sorry Ifailed to keep you and Creek safe. I was there as a guard; it wasmy one job.”
Wrath joined them and put his hand onJet’s shoulder. “You didn’t fail, you were ambushed. The importantthing is that you and Creek are healed and safe, and our alphafemale is back with her pack where she belongs.”
She smiled at her mate. “I hate thatwe were all hurt by what the other pack did, but I’m also thankful.There’s a silver lining here, and it’s peace between ourpeople.”
“It would be nice if wecould’ve had peace without being drugged,” Jet said.
“True,” she said. “But I’lltake peace however it comes.”
The pack gathered on the ground andate breakfast that consisted of venison sausage and scrambled birdeggs. While they didn’t have coffee, which she’d always enjoyed inthe morning, they did have tea, and she sipped on an orange pekoetea with honey while the pack got ready to go toIsolde’s.
She leaned against Mytan, who washappily lapping at the bowl of beef and gravy that Creek had cookedfor him. By the time he’d licked the bowl clean and she’d finishedher tea, they were ready to go to Isolde’s. Trinity wished shecould call ahead to let her know they were coming so they didn’tcatch her at a bad time. It would’ve been handy to have a telephoneor computer, but considering those things didn’t exist in thisworld, there was nothing she could do to let the witch know inadvance they were coming.
The pack was quiet as they walked, andTrinity could feel their tension because of her connection to themthrough Wrath. They weren’t used to people wanting to be theirallies, particularly purebreds. They were suspicious and wary, andshe understood. But she also knew that Veltris was a man of hisword, and if he said he’d be willing to ally his pack to theirs,then he meant it. He was an honorable male, and honor was importantto him. There was no way he’d betray them if he promised to helpthem.
She’d realized Veltris and Wrath werea lot alike. Even though Wrath had gone after any and all who couldbenefit him in his quest to increase his power and territory, atthe core of his being, he was a good male, honorable andhonest.
There was a benefit to both sidesbeing allies, and she just hoped that all Veltris’s people wouldsee that.
When Isolde’s house came into view,Trinity smiled when she saw her carefully plucking purple bloomsfrom a fluffy looking bush.
“Hi Isolde,” shesaid.
Isolde straightened with a broad smileand opened the protective wall around her yard so Trinity couldenter.
As the two embraced, Trinity said, “Ihope we’re not coming at a bad time.”
“Not at all, I wasexpecting you.”
“You were? How?”
“I had a dream that youwere coming today, bearing important news. I prepared a surprisefor you.”
“It’s not just us cominghere today,” Trinity said, explaining that Veltris’s pack was onthe way as well.
“Oh, I know,” Isolde said.“I saw it all in the dream. I’ve got a table set up in thebackyard.”
They walked around the cottage to theback where a large table sat underneath a weeping willow, itsbranches hanging down like a curtain and shielding the table fromthe morning sun. “Wrath, you and Trinity can sit at this end of thetable, and Veltris and his mate will sit at the other end. Therearen’t enough chairs for everyone, so arrange your people down theright side however you’d like, and Veltris can take the leftside.”
By the time Wrath had set seven of hismales in chairs at the table, with the others standing behind them,Veltris, Gemma, and a dozen of his pack members had arrived. Oncethey were all seated, Isolde introduced herself officially to thealpha pair. While they knew who she was, they’d nevermet.
“Now,” Isolde said, “Iunderstand that you’d like me to tell you about Trinity and Wrath,the shared dreams, and how she came to be in thisworld.”
Veltris nodded sharply. “Yes. Analliance rests on what you say, so choose your wordscarefully.”
Trinity didn’t particularly care forthe subtle threat in his words, but Isolde dismissed him with awave and said, “I’ll do more than tell you. I’ll showyou.”
She lifted the lid of a wooden chestin the center of the table and pulled out four books. Trinityimmediately recognized them as hard copies of Veltris and Gemma’sbook from her series. Isolde handed one to Wrath, one to Veltris,one to Cael, and one to Ren.
“This couple looks likeus,” Gemma said, her voice tinged with awe. She glanced across thetable to Trinity.
Trinity nodded. She’d been amazed whenshe saw how close they looked to the models she’d picked for thecover image. Gemma read the book description from the back coverout loud.
“Alpha Veltris finds lovein the arms of his human true mate, Gemma. But Gemma’s family isn’thappy she’s chosen a purebred wolf shifter and attempt to turn heraway from him. When she refuses, she’s
