A few days ago (Weeks before the mating ceremony),
Jake POV
It was the evening after the full moon. The day after my best friend and Alpha won back his mate. More than anything, I wanted to head back to Los Angeles where my life was normal. At least, it would seem like normal if I was far from this town. But Nick and Richard had just touched down, and we needed to talk strategy for a physical attack.
Celia, Alpha Lazarus' only child, was a Forest Moon prisoner as of this afternoon. That meant we were already at war with the Night Storm.
Before our meeting, Richard thought it important to assign duties to the warriors that had just arrived town. He excused himself to do that. While I followed the Alpha to dinner at his mate's.
It was almost 7:30 PM when we drove into the private resi
