Mated to the Alpha and His Beta (Lanie Stanton) novel Chapter 301

Chapter 301
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Packing up entire life, including three little kids, was surprisingly easy to do with foto aparents, a
ando otrogrand two new friends to help.
The senseooturgency Charlotte and Greyson had given us also helped.
55, the fact thatwa were all colling up to a freaking vampire enclave less than two days after endre first mute I’d walkeed reathabbarto meet Charlotte… I was still struggling to wrap my head around
We’d decricetopakke our 50V instead of one of my mates’ trucks. I knew leaving thern behind weighted on eir mos, butthee hinant corpplained about it. My heart had ached as we drove away from the house d
ome to love so muce, and hadn’t complained about that, either.
Our lives were chanomodsat there wasn’t time to worry about what we were leaving behind. It was
king all our contained Enercressuustco focus on the future.
Isaac and Alaina were sitt sleeping, but Stella was wide awake and wide-eyed as she looked out these indows of the SUVI undersscoochees surprise. Sure, they’d told us it was an enclave. They hadn’t said it was a a
Eaking fortress.
Insanely high walls of grey and bocor one rose high into a clear blue sky unlittered by clouds. A set of uge wooden doors studded with wint toonked like iron bolts were closed in the center of the closest wail,
hile smaller, person sized doors cotintconee stone on each side.
Not a window in sight, but 1 did spydevont whatdobked like window slits in the stone. A turret rose in
ach corner, each with a lookout window.buutweweretoojanaway for me to see if anyone was inside.
“Does a princess live here?” Stella asked inminessweet little voice.
“Well, my little love, we are going to live here anndyyuurzamy princess. So I guess a prince
are I made sure to keep my voice cheerfulino heenasboroof worry in it.
I got out to stand next to the SUV and stand up attiness.stone fortress. My heart pou
pints were lifting. I opened myself to the Moon Guaddes, whinn for ner comfort, and it entered n
it like rippling sparkles of silver.
“Love? You okay?” Zane supped an arms around my weputed me closer He kissed my temple
I beamed at him. “This was the right choice. I can feel th Gooddes moving through me”
Zane’s smile looked a little wary “Good to know!
“You’re not convinced.” I faced him, my arms around his hacks
Gabriela was helping Mason get the twins out of the SUV white Xangeannreyson tulled next to the
juck he and Charlotte had arrived in. Zane looked over at them all, then at the monod the hair from my prehead and tipped my chin upward with one finger.
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Chapter 301
king some tinted work through.”
We’d all been through soomuch over the past year, but it occurred to me that Zone had endured thermost
s deal with the witch still hunted fum. He didn’t talk about it, but I sensed it in him during the smallcodes
oments when he allowed his mind to dwell:
Now, we had left torcorant coldd know for sure what had happened.
And we obviously wouldn’t torecchin uut to her to check in.
There wasn’t time to ask chabooutonnow, but I made a me ntal note to keep in touch with him, his
elings, his needs. Zane must havessem cunous probe, because his head tilted as he smiled down at re
“Luna, Luna, Luna, he wissereed Howlucky ban to have you.”
“Lanie!” Charlotte called to me wilt www.and the mornent between me and Zane dissipated.
Charlotte came closer and gestured toward the massive stone walls. “We’ll go through those small doors, ere. Someone will come and bring in thee eniciisswith our luggage. Are you ready? We really should get
side.”
“Are we in danger?” I asked, alarmed.
She hesitated, then shook her head. “I don’t know..puut think until we are convinced otherwise, you should
nsider that unless you are inside those walls, yes. Youunrehill in danger.”
“From who? From what?” Zane asked quickly The Hanouncil?”
Again, Charlotte hesitated before she sighed and doted the sky. She looked past us, to the vast, empty
askan plains. Mountains rose in the distance, them peaks snowcapped but the ground here was bare and
bwn. When she returned her gaze to ours, her expression washnodwed.
Wolves are so insular, so isolated…so ignorant,” she addeddinmadowwvoice. The High Council did that to u all after the Great War, but it wasn’t always like that. Whatt connellyyouus that there are th thing to do with your small wolf world. But for now, let’s get you.ntillansics.
that have