MIRABEL REDFORD “Show yourself, Alpha Mirabel.” The taunting tone says. “Don’t, Alpha Mirabel. I have to check if they come in peace or not.” Beta Meghan tells me through the mindlink. Oh, now she knows what peace is. I am stuck where I am. If it wasn’t for Beta Meghan’s groggy voice in my head, I would have thought I was daydreaming. What the hell? What the hell? What the hell? What the actual hell????????? This isn’t happening. Please. Let me wake up. “Get yourself together,” Juniper screams. How can I get together when Alpha Debra and Spicer are right outside? Why are they together? At this unholy hour? Couldn’t they have waited when the sun had risen, and the birds started to sing and show their stupid selves? Goddess. My life is a disaster. “Alpha Mirabel, I feel the presence

