James' POV Today was the day we needed to move Sierra to the smugglers on the black market. Since getting her back to the pack, I hadn't heard much from Cal at all. I guess he figured he would step back and let me deal with this part on my own. Pretty soon he would be out of the picture, and I would be taking over. It seemed crazy to think that a year ago I was a starving pack member, and now I was the Beta, about to become the Alpha. "We were destined to be the Alpha all along," Keith reminded me. "That's why everything has been going so well for us in our plan. It was always supposed to be this way!" "I'm beginning to think you're right," I admitted. Since getting back from the summit with Sierra, I spent most of my time researching and making lists of all the things that needed to

