JULIA
*29 years ago*
When I was first introduced to the future Alpha Lance, I knew he’d be mine. There was no end of the earth to which I wouldn’t go to make sure of it. But I also knew he would be a challenge. His brother Gabe had been child’s play, just a little mouse I’d bounced around in my claws before swallowing him whole. Lance, on the other hand, was a mongoose. And he would not go down so easily.
“Pleased to meet you, Julia,” he’d said, before turning away to other business. He’d barely even acknowledged my presence before turning to his father to discuss some other pack they’d been dealing with. I was an afterthought, a passing breeze, something beneath his notice.
“And this is my little sister, Miriam.” Gabe brought my attention to a mousy, lanky girl, with a shiny black Fre
