Chapter 5 AURORA FIVE YEARS LATER Ann Reed is dead .

Im Aurora DeVere , now , and Aurora DeVere is on the rise .

After years of suffering , I was on the path to being Luna of one of the most powerful packs in the world .

All I had to do to get there was face Dane Montague … and hope I survived .

Because if I knew him , he would want me dead more .

than ever .

I stepped out of the zippy white sports car and took in the Georgia mansion Id just purchased .

As glad as I was to see the red earth and breathe the rich air , my stomach felt full of wriggling worms .

Dane had looked hard for me for a few months .

Id even been on the news .

He might have found me … if the DeVeres hadnt first .

Once they realized who I was once they informed me of my true identity as their heiress I was whisked away .

I thought the Council would force me to go back to Dane .

But Augusta DeVere , my biological grandmother and Luna of the Alpine Pack , was one of the heads of the Council .

Not only did Chapter 5 she handle the rest of them , she kept my location and my existence a secret .

The Blue Ridge pack was powerful , but they were nothing compared to the ancient packs in Europe .

Dane never stood a chance .

Luna heir , said a deep voice .

2/6 I smiled at Trajan Graves , who had just walked out of the mansion .

The former mercenary was a bear of a man .

He was my assistant , bodyguard , and my choice for beta when I took over as Luna of the High Alpine Pack .

Trajan , I said .

My voice was smooth , crisp .

Just like my cream colored suit .

Its lovely to see you .

The man gave me a somber smile .

was only a few years older than me , with curly brown hair and a neat , dark

rogue for his own

him and saved him just before the DeVeres had

was the first and oldest

you

a tour of your new home ? Just the

and I need

suppressed a shiver at the

was about

the gala was

would

meet the representative of the High Alpine

that would increase the power of both Blue Ridge and High

? It was

clicked as Trajan and I walked across the

the foyer class

was longer than it had been when

my shoulder blades , and I wore it lightly

was so flawless , it looked

glow of my skin and the brightness of

sad , broken waif who had fled

I did

expect ? I asked as he

was two stories , and one of the walls was all windows , looking out on

made me tea as I sat at the long

local wolves are clamoring to know who the spokesman of High

4/6 Very good

the tea and

, Id probably already be

watch , Trajan growled

sipped my

in a long time , but Id never met any wolf

but my grandmother had demanded

demanded something , she got it , or

favored heir , but I wasnt her only one , and I had two very

a little while

was the

that it both stood out from the scenery and looked as if

tucked between two arms of the mountain , which held it close like a

of the most pristine

growth forest left in the eastern United States , but much of Blue Ridge was

that had been all but forgotten Chapter 5 everywhere else

Trajan handed me out of the car

my eyes , a sparkling sheath that hugged my

flashed blue , matching my iridescent stilettos

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