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infirmary, cracking the
glass of the window.
    She sighed, “Well,
that went well.” She huffed.
     
    Cole didn’t sleep for
the rest of the night. He tossed and turned, and when he finally did dose off,
near dawn, he dreamed of Zara.
     

Chapter Four
     
     
    First thing in the
morning, sitting alone in his office, he still couldn’t get her out of his
head. He didn’t know if it was because of the memory mojo she did the night
before, or if it was because she had been naked the first time she saw him.
Sighing, he picked up the phone. Regardless of his own status, he knew he
needed the advice of his elders.
    “This is Cole
Sheridan. May I speak with Gavriel please?” He absentmindedly twirled a pen in
his fingers.
    “One moment Alpha
Sheridan.”
    “I’ll wait.” He said
simply. There was a knock on his door. He pressed the button that unlocked the
pocket door and his second, Cassius, stepped through. He motioned for Cass to
sit.
    “I’m inviting the
council of elders to join us for the New Moon feast this month.” Cole said.
“Can you instruct Grace to have the guest rooms cleaned and prepare for
visitors?”
    “Of course.” Cass said
smoothly.
    “Gavriel, hello.” Cole
said. “I could use your advice old friend.” He said. “Would you and the rest of
the council join the Black Moon pack for the feast this month?”
    He grinned widely.
“Great. I’ll make the arrangements. I look forward to seeing you.”
    He barely hung up the
phone when Riley ran in, his floppy blonde hair in his eyes. He brushed it away
from his eyes. “Alpha, come quick. There’s been a fight!” The three of them
raced from the room, Riley in the lead, to the central courtyard, where two
women were circling each other, snapping their jaws and growling. One leapt
onto the other, but was kicked off with hind legs.
    “Adrienne!”
    “Isabelle!”
    Cole roared. The two
women circling each other froze. “That’s enough!” He commanded, letting his
power overflow from him. His eyes blazed bright blue, and the two women howled
in response to the energy swirling over them. They both fell to the ground and
shifted back to their human bodies. Cassius picked up one of the women and
motioned to Riley to grab the other. They both stood unsteadily on their feet.
    “What started this
fight?” Cole demanded, narrowing his eyes at them both.
    Neither one of them
spoke, heads bowed to the ground.
    “Anybody?” Cole asked,
turning to the crowd who had stood around watching.
    “They were fighting
over you.” One of the older women piped up. “Challenging each other, to see
which would make a better Alpha female for you.”
    Cole started at them both.
“Is this true?”
    His question was met
with silence.
    “Ok then. From this
day forward, neither one of you will be my mate.” He snarled. “An Alpha female
should know how to set an example for the young ones. You both know fighting
outside the circle is forbidden.”
    One of the women began
to cry. The other just sneered at her.
    “Cassius, cuff them
together for the next week. They need to know how to work together as a team,
to depend on each other.” He said acidly. “As for the rest of you. There will
be no more fighting over this issue.” He turned on his heel and walked down to
the infirmary.
    When he got there, she
was sleeping, the doctor standing over her.
    “How is she doing?”
Cole asked, watching her sleep. Her dark ebony hair flowed out from around her.
Her face was soft in sleep, without the harshness that stress brings. She was
truly beautiful by anyone’s standards, but when she slept, she had an almost
childlike, ethereal glow to her skin.
    “She got upset last
night, and tried to leave. The rib that was cracked broke when she tried to put
her shoes on.” The doctor sighed
     “Why was she trying
to leave?” Cole frowned.
    “She was hysterical
when I tried to stop her. Claiming she made a mistake coming here, and that she
had to go hide somewhere else