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 .

older than me , with curly brown hair and a

for

just before the

was the first and oldest member of my chosen family

ready for you

your new home

and I need to dress

5 I suppressed a shiver

five years , I was about to face Dane again

least the

would

to meet the representative of

that would increase the power of both Blue Ridge

It was with

and I walked across the stone drive to the mansions entrance

a mirror in the foyer class caught my

than it had been when I left here

it was down past my shoulder blades , and

, it looked like I

of my skin and the brightness

broken waif who had fled five years

I did look worried

I expect ? I asked as he

stories , and one of the walls was all

made me tea as I

wolves are clamoring to know who the spokesman

5 4/6 Very

the tea

, Id

on my watch ,

sipped my

but Id never met any wolf who could match

be here , but my grandmother

Augusta DeVere demanded something , she got it , or people died

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

just a little while

The Blue Ridge pack house was the grandest mansion I had ever

the scenery and looked as if it was meant to be there

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

was some of the most pristine left in the country

the eastern United States , but much of Blue Ridge

trees and ancient habitats that had been all but forgotten Chapter

me out of the

my eyes , a

with real moonstones that flashed blue , matching my iridescent

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