“Thank you,” Wrath said.“And the alliance?”
“I’m game,” Veltris said.“I’ll send word to the other alphas that the situation has changed,that you’re no longer a threat to us and are instead an ally. Anywho come against you will come against us.”
“The same applies to you aswell,” Wrath said. “If we can be of assistance, wewill.”
“Is it true that you’rebuilding?” Veltris asked.
“Yes, Trinity’s not keen onliving underground forever. It’s about time we came out of thedarkness.”
Veltris rose to his feet. “Let’s makethis official.”
Wrath met him at the side of thetable, and the two gripped forearms.
“I vow that as long as I’malpha, my pack and yours are no longer enemies but are now allies.Whoever comes against you, comes against me.”
Wrath repeated Veltris’s words. Thetwo lifted their heads and howled together, the sound echoingaround the trees. The packs both joined in. Trinity and Gemma metand hugged.
“When are you matingofficially?” Gemma asked.
“On the night of the fullmoon.”
“Wonderful, I’ll send somemales with a mating gift for you.”
“That would be sweet, thankyou.”
“No, I’m the one who shouldthank you. Because of you, there’s peace between our packs now.We’re better united than divided.”
“Agreed.”
Veltris and Gemma took a copy of thebook with them, then left with their pack. Isolde went into herhouse for a few minutes then came out with two large satchels. Sheset them both on the table.
“These are for you,” shesaid.
Trinity lifted the flap on the firstsatchel and saw her favorite top. “Oh! You got my clothes?” Shepulled the dark green top out and grinned.
“Since you’re not able topass through the portal without trapping yourself in your formerworld again, I thought you might like to have some things. Thereare clothes in that satchel, and toiletries and knickknacks in theother.”
“I can’t wait to see whatyou got for me, thank you so much!” Trinity hugged Isolde. “Willyou come to our mating ceremony?”
“I’d behonored.”
Wrath nodded. “It will begin atsunset.”
“I’ll be there.”
Trinity put one of the books in thesatchel with the clothes, and Wrath took it, giving Cael the otherto carry. Their group said goodbye and headed home, Mytan paddingalong beside Trinity.
“Veltris’s female wasright,” Wrath said as he took Trinity’s hand.
“About what?”
“Without you, therewouldn’t be peace because I was so damn miserable. I took that painout on everyone and everything. It’s a good thing Veltris is aforgiving male. We could just as easily have been at war with hispack forever.”
“I was thinking the samething,” Trinity said. She glanced at him with a smile. “But morethan him being forgiving is that it’s really clear that you’redifferent. I think they didn’t want to believe it at first becausethey had this idea of who you were. There are some who don’tbelieve people can change at all.”
“I’m very different becauseof you.”
“I am, too.” She stopped,and he turned to face her. Rising onto her toes, she gave him akiss and smiled when his wolf chuffed in happiness.
“Let’s go home,sweetheart,” he said. “There’s much to be done.”
ChapterSixteen
The full moon came quickly, and Wrathhadn’t gotten as much done to their new home as he would’ve liked,and there was an overwhelming number of tasks still needingattention. Not to mention the full moon preparations.
Before Trinity, Wrath and his malesonly handled the full moon in the sparsest of ways, such as goingfor a hunt as a whole pack instead of in small groups. Purebredshad a big celebration every full moon with a bonfire and food. He’dalways thought it was pointless to eat before hunting. But now thathe had Trinity, he understood why the purebreds did what they did.If a wolf had a true mate who was human, he or she wouldn’t be ableto go hunting. In order to include them in the celebration, theycreated a party beforehand which allowed everyone to be involved insome way.
Keeping that in mind, he’d crafted aunique first full moon celebration for them. It wasn’t just thatthey were going to officially be mates and Trinity would take onthe mantle of leadership; he wanted her to take part in everythingrelated to the pack.
Wrath felt Trinity walking up from thetunnel and he turned to greet her.
“It’s almost sunset,” hesaid, giving her a kiss. “Are you excited?”
“Very much. I can’t believeI finally get to see you shift in person.”
He spanned his fingers along her back,his wolf dancing in his head at the night’s prospects. “That’s notall you’ll get to do or see.”
Her eyes darkened as the scent of herarousal bloomed. “I get to be yours in truth.”
“You already are, this isjust official.”
She looked past him and said, “Whatare those blankets doing up on the house?”
“That’s for later. For now,we need to head to our new full moon meeting place.” He took herhand and led her to a cleared area a hundred feet from their home.A fire pit had been dug, lined with river rock, and filled withwood. Around the pit were cut logs laid on their sides for seating,and a table set up with food for their pre-hunt feast.
“Oh this looks amazing,”Trinity said. She greeted the pack who was milling around the area,waiting for them, along with Isolde.
Wrath hadn’t let her see thepreparations for the full moon. He wanted everything about thenight to be a surprise.
The pack beamed with pride. Their hardwork would ensure that tonight was a night no one would forget, andthe first of many, many full moon hunts.
Trinity hugged Isolde, who handed hera small box. Trinity set it on the table and opened it, gasping insurprise. Inside was a cake covered with white cream and decoratedwith flowers.
“There’s a great bakery inthat hotel,” Isolde said. “I picked up a cake for you before Iclosed the portal.”
“So the portal is reallyclosed? Forever?”
Isolde nodded with a smile. “Theportal that brought you here won’t be opened again. It’s not to saythat I wouldn’t open a portal into that realm for another
