BOOK 8

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Xavier and Greyson continue to battle the mind games orchestrated by Silas at the pack house in Oregon. There, Ava infiltrates the Redwood Pack by disguising herself as Cali via Demeter's witchcraft. Meanwhile, Cali, Artemis, Lola, and Jay go on a quest to the library in Vancouver to search for a way to help Lola's shifting addiction and cure Cali's curse. And, Violet stays in Duluth, Minnesota to deal with her mate Charlie, who is having trouble accepting he's a werewolf.

The second half of the book deals with the coming battle of Silas and Demeter vs the Redwood, Blue Blood, and Samara Packs.

## Characters

### Main Characters

Cali (ch 2, 4, 7, 11, 13, 16, 18, 20, 32, 33, 35, 37, 39, 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 49, 55, 57, 58, 61, 64, 66, 68, 69, 72, 77, 78, 82, 85, 87, 90, 93, 96, 97, 102, 108, 112, 117, 119, 121, 124, 126, 128, 131, 134, 137, 138, 139, 144, 145, 150, 153, 158, 161, 167, 169, 171, 173, 174, 178, 181, 184, 185, 187, 190, 194, 198, 202, 204

Xavier (ch 1, 14, 43, 50, 54, 65, 74, 88, 94, 99, 103, 107, 110, 115, 120, 125, 132, 135, 140, 143, 146, 152, 163, 170, 175, 180, 189, 192, 197, 200, 203)

Greyson (5, 6, 34, 38, 45, 62, 70, 76, 80, 101, 109, 114, 127, 129, 142, 147, 155, 166, 168, 177, 183, 186, 188, 195, 199, 201, 205)

Ava (ch 8, 15, 36, 41, 53, 59, 71, 92, 104, 133, 151, 157, 159, 164)

Joss (ch 10, 75, 79, 81, 105, 123, 148, 179, 196-deceased)

Violet (ch 3, 12, 17, 19, 47, 56, 60, 67, 73, 83, 86, 89, 95, 98, 100, 106, 113, 116, 118, 122, 130, 136, 141, 149, 154, 156, 160, 162, 165, 172, 176, 182, 191)

Lola (ch 51, 52, 84, 91, 111) & Jay

Artemis

Colton (ch 193)

### Other Characters

Cali's Parents: Tom & Orla Hart

Alex

Big Mac & Mrs. Smith

The Redwood Pack: Rishika, Ravi (ch 196)

Charlie & Sandi

The Rival Pack: Nolan, Leroy (come back from the dead and deceased again) -Chris (deceased ch 71)

The Blue Blood Pack: Alpha Mace, Luna Pip, Shaggy, James, Bea [ch 179]

The Obaltarion: Hypatia - Librarian/ Vampire [ch 37]; Steinar - Gargoyle [ch 114, 121]

Marlene (Xavier's Mother) [ch 38]

Silas & Demeter (goes by Isaiah) - man who gives Violet a ride to the airport [ch 63] & saves Ava [ch 71]

The MIB: Agent Melanie Fernsby & Agent Imamu [ch 141]; (Fernsby deceased ch 156)

Swift - shaman [ch 132]

Cali's Neighbors: Mrs. Mueller, the Gundersons

Fae wisp [ch 119]

Astrid & Torin [ch 184]

## Synopsis

### Ch 1 - XAVIER

Xavier watches Greyson spiral over the news that Mrs. Smith is his mother. He notices that Cali is not where the group is when Silas's hologram appeared and finds it strange. He's relieved that she's not there, and realizes that he can't wait for her anymore - not after he had seen Silas. Seeing Greyson leaving the pack, he thinks this will help him and Cali, and gets angry at remembering she's supposed to choose between them. Rishika asks Xavier if they should continue training the pack, but he has only Cali on his mind. He goes to her room, tells her that his father appeared, and asks why she wasn't there. 'Cali' tells him Greyson told her to stay, and he wonders why she is suddenly listening to him. She tells him it's because he's Alpha and Xavier gets upset and poses the ultimatum for her to chose between them now.

### Ch 2 - CALI

Cali is jealous that not only is Artemis her older sister who is coming into her life, but she may have the power of mind control. The discuss possible times that may be coincidences but maybe they weren't and maybe Artemis was left at the orphanage because she didn't have the power of mind control. However, Artemis states if she wasn't useful they would've killed her. Orla believes it's because they wanted her alive as a bargaining chip. Cali goes to answer the door to find Alex demanding to know about werewolves.

### Ch 3 - VIOLET

Violet's afraid that Jay will try to act like an overprotective brother or dad. When she talks to him, he apologizes for his behavior, and explains its because they are away from the pack house, neither of them are from Minnesota, and Silas is out there. Lola comes in and bosses Jay around. When Violet asks if she's okay, she begins interrogating her about Charlie. She embarrasses her by asking if she's making smart choices. Violet reminds her that Charlie has a girlfriend. Lola encourages her to take charge while Jay tells her that if things are meant to be it will all work out eventually. Lola asks for more information; Violet tells them that Charlie was bit and turned recently - but the wolf ran away. They explain that this is behavior is considered a no-no and that the last time it happened was at the beginning of the pack wars. Violet wonders if Charlie could be connected to Silas.

### Ch 4 - CALI

Alex and Cali argue about trust and friendship; she realizes that they have grown apart and that Alex has become obsessed with her. He gets upset that she appears to have been stringing him along and she wonders why he couldn't take the hint she was never interested in him. Artemis walks in and he demands to know who she is. Cali tells him she's her sister, and he gets upset that she didn't tell him. He threatens to turn her over to the MIB because she's ruined his life.

### Ch 5 - GREYSON

Greyson is unable to accept the truth that Mrs. Smith is his mother and that she failed to be the one to tell him. He can't believe that Silas forced her, took Greyson, and left her for dead. He thinks that maybe he is a bad person and if Cali really knew who he was, would she accept him? He decides that he doesn't want to be known as a coward or a quitter, so he returns to the pack. Joss reprimands him for suddenly leaving. He apologizes, goes straight to 'Cali', and kisses her.

### Ch 6 - GREYSON

Their kiss goes further, and Greyson is surprised by how 'Cali' is acting. Their sexual encounter is not what he expected it to be like after all the stolen chances they had in the Fae world. Even though he finally gets Cali, he feels wrong and empty afterwards. He tries to figure out why they have no chemistry when she is supposed to be his mate and thinks that with everything happening, he must be broken. She tells him that she spoke to Xavier and that he had given her an ultimatum, and he asks her who did she chose.

### Ch 7 - CALI

Cali is pissed that Alex has resorted to blackmailing/ extorting her. Artemis decides to handle the situation but he ends up escaping. They follow him through the neighborhood where Cali realizes that she had better athleticism in the Fae world and vows to have Rishika train her more when she returns to Oregon. Artemis catches Alex and asks Cali what they will do with him. She offers to try to erase his memory.

### Ch 8 - AVA

She tells Greyson she still hasn't made her choice. She feels that they had a failed hookup and Greyson quickly leaves. She thinks about the information she has on Xavier and Greyson and realizes she still wants Xavier. She wishes she could be herself and have the bracelet removed for fear of being trapped in a stranger's body; and wishes that she could have Xavier back since she was given a second chance at life. Joss comes in and realizes that Greyson and 'Cali' had sex and calls shenanigan's.

### Ch 9 - CALI

Cali struggles to focus her memory erasing magic and instead psyches herself out of being able to do it for fear of harming Alex. She feels energy come out, but Alex pretends that it did until he slips up. Artemis is skeptical she is able to really do it after Cali offers to try again. Cali suggests they should make a Fae promise with him but Artemis starts shaking him and warns him to not tell anyone ever. When she's stopped, Alex is unable to speak.

### Ch 10 - JOSS

Joss tells 'Cali' that she's just causing trouble between Xavier and Greyson. She believes that she's faking the due destini to undermine Greyson so that Xavier can take over as Alpha. 'Cali' tells Joss that she's just jealous because she's never had a mate. She realizes that Xavier doesn't know that her and Greyson had sex and gets more upset because this now makes it pack business as she is compromising the Alpha. She leaves after threatening 'Cali' she could end up dead, and feels that there is something off about her encounter with 'Cali'. She meets up with Greyson and asks how he's doing about the news of his mother and him sleeping with Cali. He admits to her that the mate bond with Cali was not what he thought it was going to be, and that maybe it's not meant for an Alpha. He asks her if he should embrace his role as Alpha and accept being with his Luna.

### Ch 11 - CALI

Artemis and Cali try to figure out what happened to Alex as he is unable to speak until they ask him to say something, which is the only word he ends up being able to say. Cali tells Artemis that she must have her father's mind control powers and to fix it, which she does not know how to do. They take him back to Orla who tells her to be more specific in telling him what to do, which fixes Alex's problem of not being a parrot and also prevents him from saying anything about the supernatural. Orla then tells Cali to help Artemis keep her power a secret or the Fae world will spill into the human world.

### Ch 12 - VIOLET

Violet has invited Charlie to Mrs. Smith's café for a talk via text. While she awaits his response she wonders what she's supposed to do about her mate having a girlfriend and what it means that he was turned recently. He responds to meet her in 20 minutes, so she gets ready, and tells Jay she's going out. At the café, she sees Charlie and is about to sit with him when she sees Sandi is also there. She reluctantly joins them when Sandi gets a call from her mom, and tells her that she's not going to practice because Monica told her she's not practicing her sequence. When Sandi takes the call outside, Charlie asks Violet about mates.

### Ch 13 - CALI

Orla explains to Cali that when a Fae discovers a new power there's a period of exploration to test the limits and master them. Cali asks her why they have to keep Artemis from using her mind control powers, and Orla tells her its because the existence of her power will draw attention of the Fae world and invite trouble. Cali is jealous and wonders about her own powers, but Orla tells her she's unsure and that her powers are finding itself as she's half-Fae. She decides to practice her powers in her room, but ends up blasting herself in the mirror. She hears Greyson's voice and feels something is wrong with her connection to him.

### Ch 14 - XAVIER

Xavier is unable to focus on training the pack with Rishika as he is still lost in thought over giving 'Cali' an ultimatum and she refused to give an answer. He gets angry that he had given her the space she needed and she should just accept that they were mates. He calls Colton who asks if Xavier is calling because Cali is still sending him mixed signals. His advice to Xavier is to quit being a hard ass, let his wolf down a little, and to take charge before Greyson does. After the call, he decides to check the perimeter of the pack house to keep himself busy, when he sees Ava's wolf - and goes after her.

### Ch 15 - AVA

Xavier catches up with Ava and attacks her. Nolan comes to her rescue and makes it seem like he was trying to keep Ava from coming to see Xavier. Xavier lets them go. In the woods they regroup and Nolan takes off so Ava can return to the pack house. She' s injured from her fight with Xavier, so she goes to the lake to wash herself off. But, she's naked under the October moon, and someone from the pack house window is watching her.

### Ch 16 - CALI

Cali is unable to sleep so she agrees to meet Lola in her treehouse so they can talk. She reveals that Artemis is her sister and assures that Alex has been taken care of. She tells Lola she really wanted to talk about Greyson as they had gotten close in the Fae world. Lola tells her how she went to Reno where Gabriel and Mikah helped get Xavier through the Fae portal. Cali starts to cry as she believes that Greyson has rejected her as his mate.

### Ch 17 - VIOLET

Violet messages Jay that she's still out as she's meeting Charlie in the woods to finish their conversation from the café - without Sandi. She tells him about mates. He shows her where he was jogging on a trail when he was bitten, and suddenly a werewolf comes and attacks them.

### Ch 18 - CALI

Cali admits to Lola that she has felt something shifting in her connection with Greyson. Lola asks her if Greyson has rejected her as a mate, then shouldn’t she just accept it and make her choice of going to Xavier easier. Cali gets upset because she doesn’t want to choose and whoever gets their connection severed will cause her grief even if she ends up with the other. Lola tries to understand but Cali is so angry people keep telling her to just pick a side that she tries to leave. Lola tries to follow her until she accidentally shifts and runs away. Cali calls Jay to tell him about Lola. Artemis comes outside wondering what all the noise is about and sees Cali collapse and seize.

### Ch 19 - VIOLET

Charlie and Violet shift into their wolf forms and fight off the werewolf attacker until it runs away. Charlie wants to go running after it and they run through the woods. Charlie sees Lola’s wolf and is about to attack when Violet stops him. They decide to go back as it’s not safe to be alone in the woods, and Charlie offers her a change of clothes back at his dorm as they are naked from shifting. However, when they get inside, Sandi is waiting for them.

### Ch 20 - CALI

Cali regains consciousness with Artemis caring for her, and Orla now comes outside to see what is going on. Cali tries to brush off everyone that nothing is going on, but Artemis tells Orla what she saw. Orla thinks she had a heart attack and tries to check her over, but she runs off to her

Ch 21 - JOSS

Ch 22 - GREYSON

Ch 23 - CALI

Ch 24 - LOLA

Ch 25 - CALI

Ch 26 - XAVIER

Ch 27 - AVA

Ch 28 - XAVIER

Ch 29 - VIOLET

Ch 30 - CALI

Ch 31 - XAVIER

### Ch 32 - CALI

Artemis is worried about Cali hiding something - which is the curse marks are spreading. The group makes it to Vancouver Island. Cali wants to call Xavier and Greyson, but has not chosen either one yet, so decides to not tell them about her curse. They try to find **Ross Bay Cemetery - Eliades family mausoleum** to find the supernatural library that Big Mac had directed Lola to. Jay finds the door, which Artemis tries to open with Fae magic, but they are unsuccessful. Cali is about to help Artemis when a gargoyle awakens because they are Fae; he holds the key around his neck and opens the door for them.

### Ch 33 - CALI

Cali insists on entering first because she can use magic when Lola reminds her that it was her quest first. Cali and Artemis step through the darkness into a massive library. They try to turn back to let Lola and Jay know the coast is clear, but instead there is only a mirror behind them. Artemis notices that there is a fire and a table with a cup of tea on it, implying that there is someone else there, and they go towards it. Suddenly, the staircase moves and transports them from the fireplace to a stone chamber. She checks her cell phone to attempt contacting Lola and Jay, and realizes that time moves differently in the library as it has been hours since they walked in. They say they have to get out and try to go through a doorway, but end up back at the mirror; a gargoyle comes to life and tells them they asked to exit, and they end up back in the cemetery. They tell Lola and Jay they are sorry they were gone for hours, but Lola explains they literally just walked into the doorway a second ago.

### Ch 34 - GREYSON

Joss and Greyson calls a pack meeting to discuss what bits they do know about Cali and Xavier: the argument between them heard in the hallway, Xavier in wolf form jumping out the window, and Cali nowhere in sight. They searched the house before regrouping to talk strategy. Rishika doesn't believe Xavier just ran away because they had been training the pack. Ravi states that Cali has been acting strange since she's been back, and they might have run off together. Sage thinks Silas took them. Joss is upset and tells the pack that Xavier running off with Cali is for the best since they both are not thinking about the pack's safety. They adjourn and Greyson is out checking the perimeter alone when he decides he's going to look for Cali in the woods; and instantly finds Nolan. He taunts Greyson about the lovers leaving and warns that if he finds Cali, he will kill her.

### Ch 35 - CALI

The gargoyle laughs at them, stating that 'once you're in you never know when you're going to pop out', and wants to know what their next move it. They decide to move forward, and re-enter the library holding hands. They wander around, unsure how to start looking for what they need, and hope that they run into someone that can help. Cali goes through a doorway with the others behind her, only to have them come through another doorway in the room she just entered. They explore the office they walked into when a book drops to the floor. This scares Lola, and she jumps back into a bookcase, which causes an avalanche of books to fall. Cali picks up one of the books that is opened, which is making noise, finds its a book about weather, and looks up to see thunderclouds. Dinosaurs pop out of another book. Suddenly, it's quiet before they hear a "shhhh".

### Ch 36 - AVA

Xavier is trapped in a silver cage and demands to see that Cali is safe. Although she's upset that he is only interested in Cali even though she returned from the dead, she tries to explain that she's trying to save him from Nolan. She tells him that she only agreed to pose as Cali because of Nolan but she still loves him. She tries to explain what happened with his mother, but he refuses to listen. Nolan returns and informs Ava that he spoke with Greyson and made it so she could return to the pack house as Cali. He gives her a silver dagger and she leaves Xavier behind. She beings to walk back in human form when Greyson appears. He goes to hug her and she starts to take out the silver dagger.

### Ch 37 - CALI

The librarian, a vampire named Hypatia, claps her hands and clears the fallen books and chaos. Immediately, Lola and Jay shift to attack, but Artemis uses her magic to stop them. After Jay shifts back, Hypatia asks what's wrong with Lola who's still in her wolf form. Jay tells her that the reason why they are there is to find a way to control her shifting because she's a hybrid. Artemis tells Hypatia that Cali is there because she's cursed. She examines Cali's curse marks and meditates. She then tells Cali she is a due destini mate. She finds a book and shows it to them, but they are unable to read the language it's written in. Hypatia tells her that there hasn't been a due destini in a millennia; and the cases they do know about did not have happy endings. She is cursed but not by someone placing it on her. Instead, it's a manifestation of her refusal to chose, and if she doesn't chose all three of them will die within a month.

### Ch 38 - GREYSON

He notices that 'Cali' is reaching for a knife and thinks that she's drawing it to protect them. He asks her what happened and wonders why she's so quiet as he has her personality mentally talking to him. She tells him she was attacked and was lucky to have a silver knife to protect herself. He wonders when she started carrying weapons as her weapon of choice was whatever was available and why she never used her Fae powers. She tells him that Nolan took Xavier, and he wonders how Xavier was caught since he's a good fighter. He goes to inspect her for injuries when he wonders where she got the clothes. She says she found them - in the woods from some campers. He knows she's lying; but she says Nolan wanted her to kill him or else he would kill Xavier. She goes on to explain that Xavier is trapped in a silver cage at his house, that Nolan knocked her out, and she woke up wearing the bracelet which she couldn't remove. He realizes that Nolan must be working with Silas and Xavier is in danger. He decides to shift and take 'Cali' back to Nolan's when he realizes he's unable to mind link with her.

### Ch 39 - CALI

Hypatia emphasizes to Cali that if she does not choose between Greyson or Xavier that they will all die by Halloween. They request her help in finding more information about her problem when she lets them review Cassandra's diary.

### Ch 40 - CALI

The group is surprised they are reading a three-thousand-year-old diary of Cassandra, which was when the first werewolf packs started forming. Hypatia explains that the books are enchanted to translate their contents to which language the reader is familiar with. They don't find much information other than the similarities that Cali and Cassandra share. Lola and Jay ask for the location where they can find more information on werewolf hybrids, which is in the restricted area, and only allows two people inside. Cali remembers the warning that the library is dangerous, and is afraid of splitting up.

### Ch 41 - AVA

Ava panics when Greyson's wolf turns around and shifts back because she thinks her cover has been blown. He asks her why he cannot mind link and she makes the excuse that the bracelet must be the reason. She realizes that all that she did to manipulate the brothers to please her own brother placed her on the track where she could never be with Xavier. She doesn't know how they can save Xavier without him telling Greyson who she really is. She wonders if she can make the real Cali chose Greyson so that Xavier's bond will be broken. Greyson goes to check out the house and tells 'Cali' that the entire pack is gone, and she worries that Nolan has abandoned her. She tells Greyson that Xavier was kept in the basement, and they find that the cage door is open and Xavier is gone.

### Ch 42 - CALI

The group argues about splitting up and Lola starts showing signs of getting antsy enough to shift uncontrollably. Cali decides to go with them, but Hypatia stops her from bringing the book with her. Cali requests to put the book on reserve while they go to the restricted section, and Hypatia gives them a map. They follow the directions to the 14th row which says 37 on it, and Jay leaves his scent on the shelves. Cali reads 3 book titles on the way: ***How To Train Your Pet Dinosaur* by Arthur Somestuff; *One Day You'll Be Resurrected as a Dung Beetle* by Maxine Allergy-Flores; *Penetration in a Matriarchal Society: Penises Are Entirely Optional* by Domenicus Philosophus Randomus**. They get to the door and begin arguing about how they should proceed cautiously as only two can go in at a time. Lola gets impatient and opens the door to a brick wall and the floor opens up.

### Ch 43 - XAVIER

Xavier was moved from the basement cage to a car and then on foot through the woods while chained in silver cuffs. They get to a bunker at the base of a mountain and Nolan taunts him. He tells Xavier that he never told Ava to seduce anyone. Xavier questions why Nolan is trying to get revenge on him for killing his sister who killed his mother. Nolan leaves to take a call and Xavier wonders where the real Cali is and how he could have ever though Ava was her. Nolan returns and tells Xavier that Silas is on his way.

### Ch 44 - CALI

They end up down a chute to the Archives Vault. Lola and Cali complain that it feels like something cold is touching them. The start bickering at each other and decide to get out of the area they are in when the bookshelves appear to be closing in on them. Lola and Artemis get into a physical fight when books start raining down on them.

### Ch 45 - GREYSON

'Cali' is devastated that Xavier was no longer in the silver cage. Greyson tracks Xavier's scent to the driveway and concludes that the rival pack left with him. Greyson tries to figure out why the whole situation doesn't sit right with him but thinks it's because he believes Cali might have been trying to run away with Xavier. He decides they should return to the pack house and when Cali agrees wonders why she wasn't set on trying to rescue him. He mentions to her that they should see Big Mac about the bracelet when she asks if she could be trusted. Greyson wonders why everything about her seems so strange and different, and wonders if it's even her.

### Ch 46 - CALI

The group is buried in books and Cali offers to use her Fae powers to blast the books off them. However, Artemis tells her that she's not qualified and blasts the books off of them herself. They continue with fighting - Cali throwing books at Jay, telling Lola Jay lost his eye for her shifting obsession, throwing books at Artemis who throws it back using Fae magic, Artemis telling Cali she just likes attention and that's why she's toying with two guys...She realizes something is there with them and making them argue with each other. They continue forward and run into copies of themselves.

### Ch 47 - VIOLET

Violet has returned to the Oregon pack house from Minnesota and is in her room thinking about how she left Charlie behind without telling him she was leaving. She receives a text message from him wondering where she is. She tells him that she returned to Oregon to give him space with Sandi as he requested and he's responds that he wishes she had told him goodbye. Joss comes to visit and requests she eat some of Mrs. Smith's dinner. She asks Joss where Xavier is, and Joss tells her that he ran off with Cali. She's confused because she last saw Cali on her way to Vancouver Island, and verbalizes this to Joss. Then, Greyson and 'Cali' walk into the kitchen, and Violet asks her how she's back already.

### Ch 48 - CALI

The group fights with their shadow selves, Lola and Jay transforming into their wolf forms to do so. Artemis and Cali focus their Fae powers to blast their shadow selves until the illusion of Xavier and Greyson appear. The figures fight until Xavier brutally bashes Greyson to death and kisses a woman (assuming Ava). Cali is so distraught that she mega blasts the shadow figures with her Fae magic until they all disappear and a wall opens.

### Ch 49 - CALI

Lola has trouble transforming back into her human form. When she does, they try to go through the opened wall when they are blasted away. Jay reminds them that only 2 persons are allowed in the restricted area, and that he and Lola should be the ones to enter. Cali tries to fight them on this insisting that she should be the one to enter in Lola's place. However, Jay and Artemis tells her that they are werewolves and are looking up werewolf lore, so it makes no sense for her to go. They leave Artemis and Cali behind and Artemis asks her why she's so obsessed with Greyson and Xavier. She wonders why those two are her choices because she doesn't think either are worth dying for. She compares the brothers based on what she knows and lets it slip that she thinks Greyson is an okay kisser.

### Ch 50 - XAVIER

Xavier tries to make sense of his situation - thinking that Greyson may have been telling the truth that he is not working with Silas. He tries to piece together how Nolan and Silas are connected or if Nolan was trying to trap Silas. He thinks back to Cali and wonders what she would do in his situation as she has always been able to approach life with outside the the box thinking. He sees a rat and attempts to mind link with it to bring him a screwdriver, and thinking he's gone insane, decides to shift while wearing the silver bands around his neck, wrists, and ankles. However, this is a mistake as the bands are now too tight and he goes unconscious. When he awakens in his human form, he decides to break his bones to get out the bands around his wrists. He manages his hands free and is able to reach a small workbench with some tools. Using a screwdriver, he picks the lock on the band around his neck, followed by the ankles. Free, he finds a hammer and bursts open the door where Leroy is standing guard.

### Ch 51 - LOLA

Inside the vault, Lola tells Jay the call number is **HP7F45091Q** followed by symbols. They continue to the restricted area where Jay tells Lola to not touch anything. Of course, she doesn't listen, and touches a statue of woman. It warms her with desire for Jay and she turns around and kisses him.

### Ch 52 - LOLA

They have round and wild sex until they knock into the statue, which falls on Jay. This pulls him out of the spell they were under and Lola sets the statue back and wonders if it's the goddess of sex. Jay thinks he's found the book on a shelf fifteen feet up, and returns with Gifts of the Witches that warns the spells and potions within are gifts if used properly and curses if misused. They search for hybrid, then crossbreed, and finally found mongrel. They find the spell that warns that she could either resolve the clash between werewolf and human in mongrels or she could lose her wolf forever.

### Ch 53 - AVA

Ava evades Violet's questioning and instead informs the group that Xavier is missing. She is saved from answering Violet anymore as she runs from the room to take a call (probably from Charlie). But, Greyson continues the questioning about why she was supposed to be going to Vancouver Island. She tells them that Violet is confused as she is in Oregon with them, and that Xavier missing should take priority. Joss and Greyson decide to talk pack business and 'Cali' goes to take a shower. He worries about what Nolan has done with Xavier and if he is dead, as his mate she should be able to sense it. She weighs the option of just running away from everything, but is afraid she will never see Xavier again. She exits the shower and finds Marlene, Xavier's mother.

### Ch 54 - XAVIER

Xavier battles with his not yet healed broken wrists and a hammer against Leroy who brandishes a hacksaw. They both shift into their wolf forms until Xavier gets the upper hand; and at the last moment decides not to kill him, knocking him unconscious instead. He decides to try to get back to the pack house to warn Greyson and Joss. But, before he can leave, Leroy has regained consciousness and attacks. Xavier hits him over the head with a hammer, shifts back into wolf form, and rips out his throat.

### Ch 55 - CALI

Cali demands to know the details of how Artemis and Greyson kissed and lets her imagination run wild. Artemis tells her what happened at the bar and assures her she has nothing to worry about. Jay and Lola return from the vault and tell Cali that they found a witch's spell, which Lola snapped a picture of on her phone. They decide to bring it to Big Mac to take a look at after they continue searching for a remedy to Cali's problem. They take the elevator back to Hypatia to take a look at Cassandra's journal they placed on reserve. Lola and Jay discuss what they need to do when Hypatia overhears them and tells them she's a witch.

### Ch 56 - VIOLET

Violet and Charlie are talking on the phone; he apologizes to her for their last encounter. When she asks about Sandi, the call is disconnected, and he FaceTimes her. He admits to her that since she left he feels as if he's missing something. He tells her he's decided to tell Sandi everything and ends the call. Panicking, she decides to go back to Minnesota immediately. She climbs out her window deciding not to tell the pack she was leaving for fear of them stopping her. She trips over something while running in the woods and finds that it's a dead body.

### Ch 57 - CALI

Cali reads an entry from Cassandra's diary about Arion confessing that he had lain with someone else, and instead of forgiving him, she ran away. She awoke the next morning with the curse marks on her chest. Thinking about this passage, Cali wonders what triggered her curse marks to appear. She thinks of Artemis and Greyson kissing, but the timelines don't match. She realizes then that either Xavier or Greyson must have slept with someone else for her to gain the curse marks. She is about to continue reading when Hypatia tells them the library is closed and to return after 2 pm tomorrow. Artemis whispers for Cali to take the book and run when she gives the signal, and Lola then reveals that she also took the book she needed from the restricted area. Artemis then uses her mind control powers to tell Hypatia that they have special borrowing privileges.

### Ch 58 - CALI

The group is back on the ferry with their stolen books from the magical library. Artemis goes to talk to the captain to find how the ferry boat works while Jay and Lola argue about hiding their book so that it doesn't get lost. Cali continues reading Cassandra's diary where she lays with Symeon for the first time, because she couldn't chose between Arion who she has already lain with. Although it was enjoyable, she immediately feels guilty for not feeling guilty. This makes Cali wonder about her and Greyson, if they had done it in the Fae world would it have been better or worse? Suddenly, Jay yells at Lola for reading a spell out of the book. Cali goes over to them and sees that Lola has read a weather spell, when the weather takes a turn and a large wave threatens to barrel down on them.

### Ch 59 - AVA

Ava wonders if the apparition of Marlene will see her as herself or as Cali, and tells the ghost to go away. Marlene sees Ava and tells her that the dead cannot return to the living without sacrifice. She argues that it wasn't her fault, but Marlene tells her it doesn't matter and all that have come in contact with her will pay the price. After hearing that omen, she wonders why she was given a second chance at life, and decides that she needs to run away and start a new life instead of being used as a pawn. She's about to get ready and leave when Xavier returns to the pack house.

### Ch 60 - VIOLET

Violet inspects the dead body she found and notices that it must have been killed by a werewolf. She realizes the woods is silent and that there's another werewolf close by. She shifts and runs away, the wolf chases her to a stream, and she hopes the water will wash away her scent if the wolf is tracking her. She decides to call for an Uber but realizes she's misplaced her phone. She's about to continue her journey when a car pulls up and someone tells her to get inside.

### Ch 61 - CALI

The passengers of the ferry hang on to railing while the storm passes; which is right before Cali is thrown off the boat. She fears losing Cassandra's diary and protects it fiercely. Cali and Jay reprimand Lola for reading the spell book and Artemis returns from her visit with the captain. Artemis asks Cali if she's found anything in the journal yet, so she tries to continue reading. However, Jay interrupts her saying Lola is missing, so they split up to look for her and find that she has shifted to her wolf form.

### Ch 62 - GREYSON

Greyson is confused when he sees a beat up Xavier screaming that Cali is Ava. Joss holds Xavier down thinking he's gone crazy as Ava is dead. Greyson looks at 'Cali' and wonders why she doesn't seem relieved to see Xavier, but is worried that his behavior is going to affect the pack negatively. He tries to stop Xavier from harming 'Cali' but Xavier tells him he doesn't understand that it's not her because he is Cali's mate. Greyson then knocks him out. He tells 'Cali' to go back to her room and lock the door while they lock Xavier in his room. He thinks back to all the times he felt Cali wasn't herself, but felt it was not enough proof to say that it wasn't her because he knew her - or at least he thought he did. He decides to go see Violet and ask her about Vancouver but sees her room is empty. He tells Joss that both Cali and Xavier need to be locked in their rooms and guarded until they can get more info.

### Ch 63 - VIOLET

Violet refuses to enter the car of the strange man who is following her until she hears something in the woods. She tells the man, who calls himself Isaiah, that she needs to get to the airport. She gives him an excuse of her car breaking down and he tells her that the area has had an increase in animal attacks with suspicion of werewolves at play. She plays it off as a joke and he takes her to the airport.

### Ch 64 - CALI

Lola is in her wolf form howling while Cali and Jay try to get to her in the stampede of scared passengers. Lola refuses to shift back into her human form and the encounter between the group is starting to gather the crowd of curious onlookers. Artemis decides to make the whole crowd forget what they saw with her mind control Fae magic over the ferry loudspeaker. They get a rental car from the airport and start back to the pack house where Cali agonizes over seeing Greyson and Xavier again.

### Ch 65 - XAVIER

Xavier has a sex dream about Cali and him in the shower, but he awakens in his room and remembers Greyson stopped him from getting to Ava. He worries where the real Cali is and how he can get the others to understand that the Cali in the pack house is actually Ava. He’s about to break down the door to his room when he hears a car door outside, and Cali steps out with Jay and Lola. However, he believes that this is also Ava tricking them and he jumps out the window.

### Ch 66 - CALI

Cali sees Xavier’s wolf jumping out the window and she thinks he’s so excited to see her, until she sees the hate in his eyes. She wonders why he’s acting so aggressive towards her and he shatters the glass of the window when Jay finally holds him back. Lola and Artemis help as well and tie him up with a garden hose. The pack hears the commotion and comes outside. Greyson comes out and and yells at Cali for leaving her room. Cali and Lola tell them that they just got back from Vancouver Island when Greyson snaps and starts yelling at her for lying. Then she sees Ava wearing her face.

### Ch 67 - VIOLET

Violet lands back in Minnesota but is unsure what to do now that she’s there and has no cell phone to contact anyone. She decides to go to Charlie’s dorm, but he’s not there. She decides to follow his scent and finds him sadly sitting on the side of the cliff where he was bitten. She finds him drinking and he admits that he’s starting to have a problem with drinking and blacking out, but it’s the only thing that helps him cope since he’s been bitten. But, its gotten to the point where last night he finds himself in the woods covered in blood.

### Ch 68 - CALI

Cali looks at the Other Cali and thinks that it’s the shadow form of her that she had seen in the library. She asks Other Cali who she is, and Other Cali responds that she is Cali. Cali begins to get angry than an imposter was able to fool her friends. The Other Cali accuses Cali that she’s the fake and whines to Greyson that he should know the difference after all the time they’ve been together. Cali in her jealousy realizes something must have happened between them to put her in the curse state, and she opens the mind link with him to question him.

### Ch 69 - CALI

Greyson choses Other Cali as the imposter and she admits that a witch named Demeter placed the bracelet on her. She taunts Cali that it was easy to impersonate her because both Greyson and Xavier were wrapped around her finger thinking it was Cali. Ava tells Cali that it was worth all this drama to see the look on her face; and then admits she slept with Greyson. At this, Xavier attacks until she shifts and runs off into the woods.

### Ch 70 - GREYSON

Greyson is stunned and does not go with the rest of the pack to chase after Ava. At first he’s relieved that all the doubts he had about Cali meant that their bond was not broken. But, then he feels guilt that he had let Ava trick him and seduce him to bed. He tries to go to Cali and beg for forgiveness, but she’s angry and pushes him aside. He feels the familiar mate tingle and kicks himself for not realizing it before. Joss, Mrs. Smith, and Big Mac prevent him from going further in begging Cali because he needs to act like Alpha and make a decision about what just happened. He ignores them and goes to Cali, mind linking her, and they talk. She accuses Greyson for rejecting her when they returned from the Fae world and then finds out about everything. He tells her what he’s done is unforgivable, he’s a monster, and he doesn’t deserve her. He starts crying and she kisses him.

### Ch 71 - AVA

Ava decides to stop running and tries to mind link with Xavier. He shuts her out and is about to finish her off when he gets caught in an animal trap. She decides to run to Nolan's house to get away from the rest of the Redwood Pack chasing after her, leaving Xavier behind trapped in the silver animal trap. But, when she gets there she sees that the house has been burned to the ground. Then Isaiah pulls up in his car and lures her away by promising to have the bracelet removed.

### Ch 72 - CALI

Cali forgets about the betrayal and the doubt about Greyson while they're wrapped up in a kiss. She decides to take Cassandra's approach and finally give into sleeping with Greyson to see the full picture - in hopes that it will help her decide. Things start getting sexual until Greyson sees the black veins around her heart.

### Ch 73 - VIOLET

Charlie leads Violet to the spot where he woke up covered in blood and she scans the area to check for any dead bodies, reminded of the one she had found back in Oregon. Charlie starts to spiral about possibly killing someone and she assures him that he's not a murderer. They decide to head back and Violet wishes she could make a move on Charlie but is afraid of rejection while Charlie discusses that he feels guilty for not being able to communicate with Sandi. They get to his dorm room when a girl in a hoodie asks him about Sandi because she's been missing.

### Ch 74 - XAVIER

Xavier's back leg was caught in a bear trap with the bone broken in half. He's upset that Ava had left him instead of helping and wishes she was dead for good. He shifts back to human form and tries to get the trap off, but is losing strength as he realizes the trap is made of silver. He wishes he had stayed with Cali instead of trying to get revenge on Ava. Rishika finds him and signals the others; Jay helps to remove the trap and Joss orders Rishika to take him back to the house. Sage asks about Ava; Joss states her and Ravi are going after her. He blacks out until they reach the house and sees Greyson and Cali in their underwear inside a bedroom.

### Ch 75 - JOSS

Joss and Ravi go after Ava, she mind links with him to tell him to watch out for silver traps. She thinks about Xavier not surviving his injuries, and wonders if Greyson and Colton would be enough in their fight against Silas. She notices Ravi is close to a silver trap and knocks him away from it; and when he listens to her she thinks he would make a good Beta. However, she is afraid to get too caring with Ravi because she is a Luna, and he would make her vulnerable. They come upon a day old human body, the burned down Samara pack house, a dead werewolf, and have lost Ava’s scent. Ravi begins to panic wondering why he decided to pledge to Greyson during the Manus Cruentae instead of just staying rogue as there has been nothing but ongoing drama and enemies since. He then asks Joss to run away with him since her being Luna has nothing to do with love for Greyson and she would just become a pawn in a pack war.

### Ch 76 - GREYSON

Cali had gone unconscious when Greyson noticed the black veins, and was holding Cali up against his chest. Mrs. Smith saw the scene of Cali, Greyson, Xavier, Rishika, and Sage and rushed to help, ordering them to get Big Mac to use Cali’s stash of blood to help Xavier. But, when Big Mac gets there she admits she used all of the blood already to strengthen the cloaking spell on her home. Greyson doesn’t want to give Xavier Cali’s blood because of the state she’s in, the unknown factor of the black veins possibly causing something worse to him, and their bond getting stronger. Xavier also refuses to take her blood unless she’s conscious and gives permission. Artemis comes into the room worried about Cali and Greyson gets annoyed that she’s there. Artemis tells him that they are sisters and they are on better terms than Greyson is with his own brothers. She explains that the curse marks are due to her being the due destini. Big Mac tells Artemis she should leave unless she’s of use. Greyson them remembers that they need Fae blood and that Artemis is Fae, and she offers her blood. They give it to Xavier and he starts convulsing, and Big Mac asks her if she’s Light or Dark Fae.

*+Note: Xavier’s POV Jay and Rishika were carrying him back to the pack house but Greyson noted it to be Sage and Rishika in this chapter*

### Ch 77 - CALI

Cali meets Cassandra in a vision - she is wearing a purple tunic and has platinum blonde hair. Cali asks her advice because she doesn’t want to chose between Xavier or Greyson. But, Cassandra tells her she was given two other halves that make her whole in different ways and that she must decide who she wants to be with and who she wants to become. If she cannot choose, she will lose both of them and then she won’t be anyone at all. She awakens to find Xavier hurt from the silver trap and Artemis explaining they didn’t ask her what kind of Fae blood they needed. Lola comes in and asks why they don’t just use Cali’s blood, but Big Mac doesn’t know if it’s going to work with the black veins affecting her. Cali insists and Xavier heals, until he too sprouts black veins around his heart.

### Ch 78 - CALI

Greyson demands to know what the curse everyone is talking about that is causing both Cali and Xavier to have black veins. Cali explains that it has to do with the due destini, and everyone questions her about it more, which she’s embarrassed to voice that it’s due to her indecisiveness. Artemis steps up and puts Xavier and Greyson in their place, and Big Mac assures Greyson that the silver has been cured. However, she has more questions about the curse as Cali was born with it. Cali continues to weigh the pros and cons of having either Xavier or Greyson when she tells them her decision is to have them both.

### Ch 79 - JOSS

Ravi continues to persuade Joss to think about leaving with him to go Rogue instead of staying loyal to a pack that takes advantage of her, especially since she’s Luna to Greyson who has repeatedly disrespected her by putting Cali first. She shuts down the conversation to continue exploring the burned down Samara pack house and finds Lilac’s ghost rising from the ashes. He points to the woods behind them and disappears. She decides to trust his hint to search the woods and finds Violet’s cell phone. They track her scent and realize she must have gotten into a car with another werewolf. Ravi brings back up the fact that she shouldn’t be playing detective, but doesn’t want to burden her with making the decision to leave immediately. Instead, he tells her that no matter what he has got her back, and will wait for her. They kiss and she wonders if she should leave the Redwood Pack.

### Ch 80 - GREYSON

Greyson and Xavier don’t understand what Cali means when she chooses both of them. Instead, he tells her to choose him and be done with it and Xavier tells him that Cali is his and he should just go play Alpha. Big Mac returns and tries to get the others to leave so she can examine Xavier, but she insists on staying with Xavier. He sees Artemis and demands to know more about the curse and how her and Cali are sisters. She tells him about how they found out their family bond and then the due destini curse veins are a manifestation on Cali’s indecision. But, they wonder why doesn’t Greyson have it?

### Ch 81 - JOSS

Joss and Ravi have passionate sex - without protection per her rules - and he reminds her that he will always be by her side. She decides to head back to the pack house to find out if Violet is there or tell Greyson she’s missing. She has a feeling they are being followed, but they get to the pack house and Ravi goes to take a shower. Joss finds Greyson drinking and tells him about Violet missing. She tells him he should stop drinking because they needed him sober, but he snaps at her. She yells back and storms off, and runs into Lola, Jay, and Sage. She finds comfort that the pack at least knows to come to her for instructions. She finds Mrs. Smith and Big Mac in the kitchen and asks if it’s possible to have the Luna mark removed.

### Ch 82 - CALI

Cali sleeps in Jay and Lola’s room, she awakens early and goes outside to continue to read Cassandra’s diary. Cassandra writes that she sees the elder priestess who suggests a visit to the Oracle. The Oracle tells her her heart couldn’t beat for more than one and that destiny and death are intertwined. She must choose or destiny will choose it for her since she can’t run from fate. If you choose one mate, you abandon the other. She takes a break from reading and notices Nolan standing over her.

### Ch 83 - VIOLET

Violet awakens next to Charlie on his futon after a night of searching for Sandi. Charlie, still asleep, is holding onto Violet and snuggling her with a kiss. Violet pushes him away in fear, which wakes him up, and he apologizes saying he thought she was Sandi. He wants to continue searching for her but is also afraid that he might have done something to her. They have breakfast and Charlie admits again that when Violet left for Oregon he felt like a piece of himself was missing, but when she returned he felt whole again, and even though Sandi is missing he still feels whole. Then, Sandi calls his cell phone and tells him she’s at her parent’s cabin. She offers to continue helping Charlie find out what else he doesn’t remember by returning to where he woke up covered in blood. She backtracks his scent to a raccoon carcass and a torn up human arm.

### Ch 84 - LOLA

Lola has to research Oregon colleges as a compromise to her dads to return to Oregon. She notices Cali is not in bed, Jay is still on the floor, and the spell book she read through had nothing to help the due destini. She gets into the sleeping bag with Jay and they get sexual until they hit the table and the book falls on Jay’s head. He finds that its the spell book and gets mad at Lola for reading. He decides to ban her from not only reading the book but also banning her from his body. If she wanted the ban to end, she would have to give Big Mac the book. They go downstairs and Lola can’t find Cali. She sees Artemis and asks if she’s seen Cali, which she hasn’t. Artemis asks her if she will go through with the spell for her shifting problem, and Lola admits she could lose her wolf and become human. Artemis then asks if that happens what would she still be mates with Jay?

### Ch 85 - CALI

Nolan thinks that Cali is Ava and tells her they have to go. She decides to play along in hopes of finding out more information for the pack. She asks him where they are going and he tells her everything has backfired. He apologizes for using her against Xavier. Then admits that he tried to use Xavier as a bargaining chip with Silas, but when he failed, Silas burned down the Samara pack house. He asks her to help him make it right with Silas, so she tells him she will meet him at their old pack house at midnight to discuss more. She goes back to the house and runs into Lola and the spell book. Jay reminds her not to go for walks outside alone. She goes to find Greyson to talk and he tells her if they need to talk about last night, he’s making the decision for her and not going to be a part of it.

### Ch 86 - VIOLET

Charlie notices Violet at the severed arm and starts to panic that he did it, but she assures him his scent is not on it. She explains there is another werewolf involved, but the scent seems like it was trying to be masked. He asks if they should call the police, which Violet refuses. She wonders when Charlie will realize that they are mates as they head back to his dorm. She notices that he's shaking and asks if he's going to start drinking again, but he tells her he's got conditioning training, and that having her around he doesn't feel the need to drink. They hug and decide to meet up later, and she goes to Cali and Lola's old apartment. She notices the lock is broken and goes inside to see the place is ransacked. She goes into the bathroom and sees a message in the mirror in blood-red letters "Mind Your Own Business".

### Ch 87 - CALI

Cali refuses to believe Greyson wanting to remove himself from their love triangle, telling him he’s selfish for ignoring her feelings. He in turn tells her she does not understand how her indecisiveness makes him feel. Before they get into an argument, Cali tells him she wanted to talk about Nolan, so they go back to his room. But, she starts getting ideas of them getting sexual. She tells him about her encounter with Nolan and how they are trying to get on Silas good side but he had burned down their pack house. He then tells Cali that he doesn’t have the black veins that Xavier and her have because she doesn't love him; they prove that she loves Xavier more than him.

### Ch 88 - XAVIER

Xavier wakes up and remembers the events of the previous night. He goes to take a shower and receives a text from Colton and notices he has a voicemail from an area code in Minnesota, which was from Violet. He goes to find if Violet is still there when he sees Greyson and Cali step out of his room. He thinks that they had just slept together so he acts rude to both of them, but replays the voicemail Violet left. Cali begins to panic and Greyson tries to comfort her, with Xavier getting jealous, until Violet calls again.

### Ch 89 - VIOLET

Violet FaceTimes Xavier and admits she is in Minnesota at Cali and Lola’s old apartment. Greyson and Xavier reprimand her while she shows them how the place was ransacked and the written note on the mirror. Cali tells her to go to her parent’s house. Violet tells them that she believes Silas has tracked her to Minnesota. She hangs up to call and Uber, but instead decides to go see Charlie first as she fears his safety. She walks to the campus where he is having lacrosse practice and sees he’s talking to Sandi who was supposed to be at her parent’s cabin. She runs away to go to Cali’s parents house like she’s supposed to, and when she gets close, Cali calls to follow up. She gets to the porch steps and tells her that there is a lot of blood on the ground.

### Ch 90 - CALI

On the phone with Violet, who is at her parent’s house, she begins to panic. Violet tells her the door is ajar, and goes inside to follow the blood trail. Cali then speaks to her dad who says he had an accident with a weed whacker. She then talks to her mom and asks her to watch Violet, promising to tell her more at another time. She goes out to try and find Lola when she sees Xavier and Greyson still talking; and Xavier sees her and angrily asks how she got away from Nolan. Both brothers agree that they will be going to meet Nolan where Cali promised. Cali asks Xavier how he was able to tell that the Other Cali was Ava. When he is reluctant to say, she realizes he had slept with her and that was how he found out. She goes back to her room when Lola comes in to tell her they are having a meeting about doing the inversion spell.

### Ch 91 - LOLA

Lola and Cali discuss what the negative possibilities of performing the inversion spell could do to her. They meet up with Big Mac, Mrs. Smith, and Jay in the kitchen who are looking at the spell book. Big Mac gets upset that Lola had read from the book as she doesn’t respect the magic. She reads the werewolf inversion spell and tells them that it’s complicated and has consequences they wouldn’t understand; and she requires payment. She tells them she will accept a grimbargain - a debt to be determined at a later time. She asks if doing the spell could affect her mate bond with Jay, and Big Mac states that it’s a possibility. She decides to do it with Big Mac warning her that once it’s done she can’t revert anything back.

### Ch 92 - AVA

Isaiah brings Ava to his cabin. She asks him to get the bracelet off, but he tells her they will eat first and asks for her to grab some wood. Isaiah tells her he’s a man of tradition and that there’s value in simple things. He tells her the expression “chop your own wood and it’ll warm you twice”. Demeter walks in and asks Ava a report on Xavier and Greyson. She removes the bracelet and Ava goes to look in the mirror to ensure her face is back. Isaiah and Demeter tell her that now that she has her face back she can get Xavier back too, he can trust her and love her again. All she has to do is bring him to them.

### Ch 93 - CALI

Lola insists she is ready to have the spell done, but Big Mac tells her it has to be done during the horned moon - the first crescent moon after the new moon. Jay asks when that is, and Mrs. Smith answers that it’s in 10 days, on Halloween. Big Mac will get them a list of ingredients to gather; Jay and Cali decide to continue thinking about having the spell done for the next 10 days. Greyson, Xavier, and Cali are on the way to meet Nolan at the Samara pack house while Ravi, Sage, and Zainab go north; and  Rishika, Artemis, and Joss go south. Xavier tries to get her to doubt Greyson using her as bait, but she corrects him in that it was her idea. The plan was to arrive early with the pack hiding in the woods, and when Nolan appears, they would capture him. When Nolan shows up, four of the Samara pack members are with him.

### Ch 94 - XAVIER

Greyson mind links with the pack to give the command to attack when Cali tells Nolan that she is not Ava. Nolan is furious at Cali, so Xavier steps in to protect her, which enrages him even more because he thinks something has happened to Ava. Xavier tries to shift when Nolan attacks, but he can’t. He fights in his human form until Cali attacks Nolan and tells him to shift. He tries to mind link with her but can’t do that either. Nolan goes for the killing blow on Xavier when Cali uses her Fae powers to blast him where Joss can keep him subdued. The fight over, Greyson reprimands Xavier, and he realizes he needed to keep it a secret that he lost his wolf.

### Ch 95 - VIOLET

Violet spends time with Tom and Orla. They tell her she can’t go out at night because Cali had told them to really watch her, but she wants to see Charlie. She sneaks out and heads to the college library to meet him. She tells him about what she saw at Cali and Lola’s apartment and that her pack think there’s a Rogue around. He asks if he’s a Rogue since he doesn’t have a pack and if that Rogue was the one who turned him. They decide to look more into how he was bitten, but Charlie gets a text where he has to meet with a classmate from econ class to give his notes. While they are walking she gets the feeling he is hiding something, and he points them to a shortcut. Then, he admits that he actually has to meet Sandi and didn’t know how to tell her. She gets upset and runs away, but gets lost in the process, and realizes she’s not alone - because the Rogue is close by.

### Ch 96 - CALI

Cali calls out for Xavier as he runs away. Artemis comes over to congratulate Cali on her ability to use her Fae powers. Greyson and Joss take Nolan, and he threatens that his pack will come for him or Silas will. They return to the pack house with Greyson leading Cali to his room. She gets upset with him for letting Xavier leave and demands they go after him. Greyson tells her that it’s not safe, and he was the one who ran off, so he will come back. She scoffs that he doesn’t really want him to return. She goes to clean up in his bathroom, but she starts to get emotional, until Greyson comes in to calm her down and ask her what she needs. Apparently, she needs Greyson as she kisses him and undresses.

### Ch 97 - CALI

Greyson and Cali have sexual intercourse, and she notices the black veins fading. And, when they are spent, she tells him she loves him.

### Ch 98 - VIOLET

Violet learns from the Rogue that he’s been watching her and confirms that he turned Charlie. She tries to reach out to Charlie through the mind link, but is unable to. She realizes Lilac had encountered a Rogue such as this one, crazed with bloodlust, and nobody had come to help him. She decides to stand up to the Rogue to prevent him from harming anyone else, and she notices Lilac’s ghost behind the Rogue. She shifts and runs away, but the Rogue gives chase, and she ends up trapped in a dead end. Lilac is still there with the Rogue, and when he’s about to attack, Charlie’s wolf comes to save her.

### Ch 99 - XAVIER

Xavier feels trapped in his human body, and remembers the last time this happened, he had killed Ava. He wonders what it means that Ava is back and he’s lost his wolf again, and if it has something to do with Silas. He ends up at the original Redwood Pack house and sees his mother on the front steps. She tells him she’s come to warn him that the Redwood Pack is in danger. She tells him to open up to his brother as a way to save himself, but he thinks not only is seeing her a trick from Silas, but Colton is not around and Greyson does not count. When his mother disappears, Ava appears and tells him to trust the bond they used to have because she is his only hope.

### Ch 100 - VIOLET

When Charlie’s wolf comes to attack the Rogue, Violet also shifts to help. The Rogue runs away and Charlie is able to mind link with Violet. They run to safety themselves and Charlie demands to know how they are able to communicate telepathically. Instead of explaining that they are mates, she asks how he knew where to find her. He explains that he felt that she was in trouble and when he shifted he automatically knew where to go. He kisses her but immediately pulls back. She thinks he’s going to choose Sandi, but he tells her he remembers her saying that they were mates before she went to Oregon.

### Ch 101 - GREYSON

Greyson compares how when he slept with Ava it was emptiness but with Cali, they had connected body and soul. Cali asks him if it was any good for him and he begins to ‘experiment’ with her. He pleasures her to his content, but then Cali notices a black vein over his heart.

### Ch 102 - CALI

Greyson wants to continue with having sex, but Cali is turned off by the curse marks growing on him. She rushes to get dressed and demands he does too so that they can immediately talk to Big Mac. Greyson warns her they are in a house of werewolves and their pheromones are going to let them know what happened. Cali doesn’t want Xavier to find out so she demands they shower. After they shower, they go down to find Big Mac, and show her the black veins on Greyson’s chest. She acknowledges that she suspected it would happen once they slept together. Jay walks in with disapproval towards Cali and asks if anyone has seen Xavier because he did not return the previous night.

### Ch 103 - XAVIER

Ava continues to plead with Xavier that she’s the only one who can help him while he wishes he had his wolf so that he could shift and finish what he started in ending her. But, seeing her true face, brought back something inside. She shifts and attempts to attack him, but sees he doesn’t shift, and instead mind links with him to talk. She realizes that his wolf has left, so she gets close and kisses him. He pulls away from her and she understands that they can’t go back to how they used be. She shifts and takes off, and Xavier notices his wolf running after her.

### Ch 104 - AVA

Ava can’t understand why Xavier hates her so much despite all she did to him, and why he couldn’t give them a second chance. She thought that his wolf had left him because she was back, and hoped that kissing him would bring back their mate bond. But, she blames Cali for breaking their bond, and is resolved to get rid of her. She goes to the Redwood pack house and realizes she’s too guarded, but she overhears Jay and Lola talking about the inversion werewolf spell. She sees the spell book they are talking about in Big Mac and Mrs. Smith’s room. They run out when they hear a howl, which she recognizes as Nolan’s, and decides not to try and save him. Instead, she steals the book and runs off.

### Ch 105 - JOSS

Joss watches Ravi sleeping and admits that she knows, without a doubt, that he is not her mate despite how deeply she cares for him. So she wonders how one could love someone without the mate bond. She thinks about her place as Luna and how Big Mac told her that the Luna ceremony made the pack bond so strong it was meant to be unbreakable. She hears Nolan’s howl from the basement and goes to investigate. Apparently, Cali was poking him with a stick demanding to know what happened to Xavier. She begs Big Mac to make a werewolf truth serum, which Big Mac says does not exist. They decide he’s not going to say anything and leave him. Big Mac takes Joss aside to ask if she was still serious about removing the Luna mark because she found something in the spell book but she first needs something from Joss.

### Ch 106 - VIOLET

Violet awakens to her and Charlie in wolf form and remembers the previous night. They had spent the night talking about how Charlie was her mate, and they kissed. He awakens and they shift back when he realizes he has run out on Sandi. He tells her he knows he can’t be with Sandi anymore because he feels something with her, but he owes her a conversation at least. She decides to go back to Tom and Orla and wonders how come Lilac showed up last night. She gets to the house and realizes that Tom and Orla aren’t there. She receives a phone call, and it turns out to be the feral Rogue threatening to kill Charlie.

### Ch 107 - XAVIER

Xavier spends the night in the woods after chasing his wolf and decides to head back to the pack house. He doesn’t want to let anyone know that he’s lost his wolf - especially Cali, because the last time he lost it was tied to the loss of his previous mate Ava. He gets to the pack house, Cali runs to his arms, and he still feels the mate bond even though he lost his wolf. Greyson comes out and starts yelling at him and he notices something is off between them. Big Mac then comes out and asks if anyone has seen the spell book because it was now missing. They call a pack meeting to ask about the book and wonder if the library had a magic call back for it. In the commotion of pack members blaming each other for taking the book, Mrs. Smith accidentally spills hot white chocolate mocha on Greyson who rips off his shirt and shows everyone the black veins. Xavier, thinking his veins are because only he’s bonded to Cali, goes to her and suddenly smells her scent (without his wolf?). He asks her if she slept with Greyson.

### Ch 108 - CALI

Cali is outed by Xavier about her little rendezvous with Greyson. He tells her that even though she took a shower to hide it from him, she smells of it. Joss gets upset about their soap opera because more important matters are at hand. She tells Xavier and Cali to go talk it out somewhere else, and Greyson moves to join them. Joss tells him to stay put, and he tells her as Alpha he goes wherever he wants to. Cali mind links with him to tell him to stay put. Xavier and Cali go outside and she mind links with him because he’s not looking at her. She tells him she was trying to figure out and he gets upset that she had slept with his brother. She tries to use the fact that Xavier had slept with Ava, but he reminds her he thought it was her. She tells him that the veins are literally killing her and that her indecision is going to kill all of them. Xavier then tells her that he loves her, but he has some big things he needs to work out, and he can’t tell her what to do. He accepts that it happened between them and that whoever she decides to choose or wherever she goes, he will always come for her and never give up on them. He goes to leave and tells her she is his and when he gets his wolf back he will prove it.

### Ch 109 - GREYSON

Greyson is guilty that Xavier is taking out his anger on Cali for a decision that they both made. But, he’s determined to step up as Alpha because lives were on the line, and they needed to find the spell book. Greyson breaks up the finger pointing and orders them to attend to their duties for now. He asks Big Mac and Mrs. Smith to take him to where the book was last seen. He scents something but can’t place it and asks if the window was open, which she can’t recall. Big Mac then goes to do locator spells to try and track it that way, and Mrs. Smith tries to offer herself as a mother he would want to talk to. They hug and Xavier appears in the doorway telling them that the room reeks of Ava. He tells Greyson he’s leaving, and Greyson tells him he needs to help defend the pack, which Xavier tells him he is thinking of the pack and when he returns he intends to challenge Greyson as Alpha.

### Ch 110 - XAVIER

Mrs. Smith leaves the room while the brothers argue over power. Greyson tells him he won the Lupo Finale and if he wants to dispute it, they should just fight now. But, he doesn’t say anything because he feels Greyson would use the fact that he lost his wolf twice as a reason not to be Alpha to the pack. He has a plan to get his wolf back and tells Greyson that a few weeks after Halloween is a full moon where they can fight fairly so nobody can say it was an illegitimate takeover. Greyson tells him he’s being stupid for being jealous about Cali being his mate, and Xavier gets upset because she is not Greyson’s but his mate. He will be Alpha and she will be his Luna like it was supposed to be. He leaves and goes to find a shrub that Colton had mentioned to him about going on a journey to find his wolf, he eats it, and blacks out.

### Ch 111 - LOLA

Lola is upset that the spell book is now missing with their time limit approaching. Jay tells her that the horned moon happens a few times a year and they still have a chance. But, she’s also worried about Cali, which Jay reminds her they didn’t find anything to help her. He suggests to take a look at what spells Big Mac does have, but she’s skeptical the witch will let them. She automatically shifts while Jay tries to block her from running away. He mind links with her trying to calm her down but she feels the human side of her trying to control the animal, and when he tries to put his hand on her, she loses the human side and jumps out the window. She heads to the woods and soon finds an unfamiliar wolf scent that wasn’t nearby anymore and goes to investigate. She follows it to a pile of clothes and suddenly shifts back to human form. She has a feeling that she needs to inform the pack about the clothes and an unfamiliar female wolf shifting. She runs to the bedroom, but Jay is no longer there. She hears a commotion downstairs and finds the pack surrounding someone. Greyson comes in and asks who they are and what they want. And the man tells him he’s here to take what’s his.

### Ch 112 - CALI

Cali locks herself in her room because she’s pouting over Xavier walking away from her again. She’s listening to music on her headphones and thinking about the Halloween deadline in 9 days. She takes Cassandra’s diary and browses through it hoping to find something about the Halloween deadline. Then she sees Anthesteria: The Festival of the Dead. Cassandra had visited the Oracle again and she told her to remember the story of the Titans, specifically Kronos - he ate all his children except Zeus. Unsure what to make of the advice, she plans to contact a sorceress schooled in dark magic. Cali is deep in thought when Artemis comes in to tell her something is going on downstairs. Cali tells her she was reading Cassandra’s diary and Artemis wishes they still had the spell book to look at. Cali tells her the due destini is more than just a curse and asks Artemis to help her and not tell anyone about what she’s planning; a Fae promise. Artemis promises to be her sister and not tell anyone when Cali tells her they are getting the spell book back.

### Ch 113 - VIOLET

Violet is getting anxious waiting for Charlie to return and worries about the Rogue that was contacting her. She wants to take Charlie to Oregon so that the pack can protect and answer questions. She finishes packing and is looking up flights when the door knocks - it’s Charlie. He tells her he broke up with Sandi and she interrupts him to state they need to leave immediately. She tells him about the Rogue call threatening Charlie and that they need to seek the Redwood Pack and does not want to leave him behind. Orla and Tom come home and are happy that she’s returned; she tells Violet there were 3 hikers found in the woods last night with their bodies mutilated. She tells them she’s going back to Oregon tonight and Tom tells her there’s a freak snowstorm coming. But, Orla tells her if she wants to go, to let them know. Charlie agrees to go with her.

### Ch 114 - GREYSON

Greyson continues to question the intruder. He tries to scent the man, but only comes up with mineral. He thinks that this may be a sentry created by Demeter, so he demands to know more. He’s about to shift into wolf when he notices the man’s expression change and looks to see him watching Cali and Artemis. The man goes inside after Cali; Greyson realizes it’s a gargoyle and that Cali recognizes it. Greyson demands an explanation, and the gargoyle shouts that they got his books, they’re overdue and stolen. Lola comes out and tells the gargoyle that someone stole the spell book. She shows Greyson the clothes she found and tells him that whoever took the books must have worn them and shifted in the woods. Greyson takes the clothes and realizes it’s the scent Xavier had said was Ava’s. The gargoyle is upset the book was stolen and asks about the journal. Cali tells him to find the spell book first so he can return both books at the same time. Greyson then steps in and tells everyone that Ava took the book. The gargoyle takes the clothes, smells them, and tells them he’ll be back as he disappears. Cali tries to run away but Greyson chases her down to talk to her about Xavier. He takes her to his room to ask her in private but she kisses him

### Ch 115 - XAVIER

Xavier awakens in the woods where everything is beautiful. He picks and apple and saves it for later. He sees a red rose that he has to smell, but as he gets close the pollen explodes gold glitter. He thinks Cali would love the place and wonders where she is. He sees movement and goes towards it thinking it’s her, but it’s a wolf. He looks into it’s eyes and feels like their souls are connected. The wolf runs off and he runs after it. It stops at a stream and he sees his mother. She tells him that he is not following her instructions. She tells him the answer is in your blood and to stay true to yourself. And then she disappears, but the wolf remains, and wants to be followed again. This time he feels that there is a darkness touching everything, pulling out the apple he picked shows that it’s rotten. He continues to follow the wolf until it leads him to a lodge, but instead of following it to the place, he hides behind a bush and watches. The door opens and it’s Silas.

### Ch 116 - VIOLET

Charlie and Violet are about to tell Orla and Tom that they are leaving to Oregon when they overhear their conversation; Tom thinks that Violet may be involved with the murder of the hikers. Violet interrupts them and they apologize, but Charlie defends Violet stating that she was with him and they saw a creepy wolf. Tom is upset that Charlie is also a werewolf but Orla chastises Violet for being out in the woods at night. She interrupts Orla and tells her that they are going back to Oregon; Orla is okay with it but Tom is wondering why they are leaving when one of their kind is killing people. Tom drives them to the college so Charlie can get his things. It starts to snow when he returns and on their way to the airport, Orla thinks that they should turn back. Suddenly, they hear a thump like someone was run over, the car skids out of control, and the engine gets flooded. She mind links with Charlie that something is outside and a claw scrapes against the window.

### Ch 117 - CALI

Cali states that she kissed Greyson to distract him from asking any more questions. They have sex and Greyson tells her to mark him, but she doesn’t. Afterwards, Greyson is about to say ‘I love you’ but she starts crying. He wants to talk more but she runs to the bathroom. Later, she packs her bag and thinks about how she needs to do something to save all three of them. Artemis comes and asks her if she’s sure she wants to continue with leaving because the gargoyle already went to look for it, but she’s sure she will find Ava and get the spell book. They take off into the woods.

### Ch 118 - VIOLET

Orla, Violet, and Charlie know there is something not right going on outside, but Tom is in denial about the supernatural and wonders why the car is stalled in the middle of a blizzard. He’s about to go out the door when Violet stops him and says nobody should leave because she’s sure there’s a werewolf outside. Charlie mind links with her and they wonder why the Rogue doesn’t want them to leave. Tom begins to panic when a sudden jolt from the front is felt in the car, and the Rogue is standing there. Orla decides to go outside, because she’s Fae, when Violet and Charlie decide to join her. They shift and hear a growl, Orla throws a tree branch, but it pins Charlie. Violet tries to attack when Tom comes out with an ice scraper and charges the Rogue, who sees him and bites his shoulder.

### Ch 119 - CALI

Artemis and Cali are in a meadow searching for the right spot to create a fairy ring so that they can track Ava. Artemis asks Cali why they couldn’t tell Greyson where they were going, but she tells her because he’s too protective and wouldn’t allow her to go. They continue looking for locations until they reach a stream and Cali decides to hide her scent. Artemis finally finds a spot, they create a stone circle, and think of what they are seeking. A wisp appears, and Artemis confirms she can summon them. They run after the wisp for a while until Artemis stops and tells Cali they aren’t alone. She’s about to ask how she knows when a granite man comes after them.

### Ch 120 - XAVIER

Xavier sees his wolf enter Silas house and wonders what’s going on inside. He tries to connect with his wolf but feels only a glimmer before it disappears. Suddenly, he sees a light turn on upstairs, and in the window he sees Ava. She looks directly at the bush he’s hiding in for a long time. Then, she goes outside, and tells Xavier she knows he is there. He tells her he knew she was going to be with Silas, but she’s confused as she knows him as Isaiah. He doesn’t believe her and tells her that she’s at his father’s house. He asks why she lured his wolf away with magic and she insists that she is on his side. He yells at her for all she put him through and tells her to give back his wolf, but she says the wolf is out in the woods. He says he saw his wolf go inside the house, but she says that’s not what she saw or heard. Then, Silas walks outside and says hello.

### Ch 121 - CALI

The gargoyle is happy to see them as he wants their help to get the book back. He tells them that it's been 300 years since he last went on a retrieval mission and the world has changed. He introduces himself as Steinar. Cali wonders what happened to the wisp when Artemis tells her that it would not have disappeared unless it thought that Steinar was the way back to the book. He tells them that he’s connected to the books, like a book sense (not a sixth sense). Artemis asks Steinar how long he’s been at the library, which he states centuries, possibly a millennia. Artemis continues to ask him questions, to which he’s so happy to answer because no one ever asks him questions. He explains he came to the library when he was a regular man because of Hypatia. He used to be a collector and heard of a magical library and wanted an object for his collection, but he was caught and turned into a gargoyle. He goes on to say it’s not so bad being trapped as he likes to read and has ready most of the books there. So, she asks him if he heard about the due destini. Before they can get an answer, a wolf walks out from behind a bush, and Cali tells them she’s never seen it before. It starts to attack, but Steinar protects them easily.

### Ch 122 - VIOLET

Orla uses her Fae powers to command plants to attack the Rogue who bit Tom. Charlie and Violet are about to attack it, but it runs into the woods. Charlie mind links to ask if they should go after it, but Violet is worried about Tom. She goes to Orla and she realizes that Violet wants them to ride on their backs since their car is still not working and they are in the middle of a blizzard. With some resistance from Tom, they finally get on Charlie’s back and ride back to the house. They fuss over Tom’s wolf bite and Orla states her blood can heal him but is not sure how it will affect humans. Violet tells Orla to make sure she removes all of the lupus sputo because they aren’t Alphas. But, Orla is not aware of what this means, which Violet has to explain that if there is any wolf’s spit left in the wound, Tom will turn into a werewolf at the next full moon.

### Ch 123 - JOSS

Joss and Ravi have intimate sex and enjoy each other until Ravi falls asleep. Joss sneaks out of bed, drinks two glasses of water, and decides what she has to do regarding running away with Ravi or ridding herself of the Luna mark. She sees Big Mac outside who said she can’t sleep, and tells Joss that now the spell book is missing they can’t do the spell to release her from being Luna. But, if they get it back, does she want to do it? Joss wonders what Big Mac thinks; she says the pack needs a strong Luna especially since the Alpha is distracted with his personal life. Joss agrees that Greyson is not the Alpha she thought he would be. Big Mac asks her what she thinks of the pack and Joss admits that she feels obligated to protect them. She promises she won’t leave them during the war with Silas. But afterwards, she realizes that it was in her best interest to separate from the pack. Big Mac tells her there would be a price to pay; and explains that she would perform a simple spell that would drain the essence of your fertility and would be unable to have a child. She tells Big Mac she will give her decision after Halloween, but Big Mac tells her it has to be now. She agrees and Big Mac puts the essence she gets from Joss bellybutton into a ruby ring. She goes back to Ravi and tells him after Halloween they will run away together.

### Ch 124 - CALI

Cali tells the others that they should find a place to rest up until the daytime, worried that there are other wolves patrolling. But, Steinar tells them he doesn’t sleep, which Cali states he can then be the lookout. Steinar tells them he saw a cave a while ago and leads them there. Cali states she wished they had a fire when Steinar rubs his hands together to create sparks that lands in a pile of leaves. Cali offers him a snack from her backpack, but he declines as he doesn’t eat. Artemis asks how he plans on tracking the book, and he tells her as guardian of the library he feels a pull towards missing books. He goes to guard the entrance of the cave and Artemis tells Cali she’s turned on by Steinar and proceeds into a conversation about Greyson and Xavier - asking who’s bigger and/or better in bed, who has a stronger connection. Cali said she might be more connected to Xavier because he took her virginity, and Artemis asks what that is and why he took it. She explains to Artemis who says that’s not a concept for Fae, and the first is not important - what is is how she feels now. She starts to freak out and goes out for some air when she sees an ethereal wolf - Xavier’s.

### Ch 125 - XAVIER

Xavier wants to run from Silas since he doesn’t have his wolf to fight him, but is afraid what his death might mean for Cali. Instead he asks why he is back, Silas states he is meant to be here. He asks why he brought Ava back and she tells him to leave her out of their conversation. Silas tells Xavier he notices something is different. Demeter comes out to join Silas and he introduces Xavier. She tells them that Xavier is there because he lost his wolf, and Silas is surprised, but realizes Xavier is just human. Xavier realizes then that what happened was not because of Silas. He tells Xavier he has no use for a weak human son and orders Ava to kill him. He starts to run away and can hear Ava running after him, so he calls out to Cali. Ava catches him, digs her claws into him, and rubs her scent against him. He remembers that he had done the same thing to her and then she starts to lick his wound. She shifts back to human and tells him to run and never come back.

### Ch 126 - CALI

Cali tries to mind link with Xavier’s spirit wolf, but realizes it’s just his wolf. She tries to move closer to it to get a better look, but it runs off. She tries to follow it, but loses it. She wonders why he lost his wolf again, is it because of Ava or her? She believes that Xavier might be rejecting her and starts to freak out again. Steinar finds her and takes her back to the cave and she somehow falls asleep lost in her thoughts. She wakes up and notes there are 8 days left to make a decision. She wakes up Artemis and tells her she saw Xavier’s wolf, which she didn’t know was possible, when Steinar says he’s read something about it before. Fyodor the Terrible was a powerful Alpha who lost his wolf after a heartbreak. Cali thinks that because Xavier found out she slept with Greyson, he lost his wolf. She tells Artemis she’s not going to find the book anymore because she decides to run away to the Fae world.

### Ch 127 - GREYSON

Greyson has a sex dream about Cali, where she says ‘I love you’ to him and he loved her so much that without her he would die. He awakens and finds Cali is gone from his bed and her room. He does find the note on her pillow that she left him. It states that she went to figure out the due destini situation with Artemis, not to follow her, and she will be back before Halloween. He gets angry and starts throwing things in his room, getting ready to go after her. Joss comes in and he tells her that Cali is gone and he needs to get her back. She tells him he can’t leave the pack because they already lost Xavier. He refuses to see reason and she tells him to let Cali do what she needs to do. He gets even more angry because she’s right, that he would destroy everything for Cali, and he is losing control. So, he goes to the basement where Nolan is and demands to know Silas’ plan, using his anger to beat it out of him. He thinks of Joss who doesn’t believe he’s worthy of being Alpha and Cali who can’t decide if he is worthy to be her one and only, and now Nolan who doesn’t believe he has it in him to kill and do what needs to be done. He snaps and punches Nolan over and over until Joss begs him to stop because Nolan is almost dead.

### Ch 128 - CALI

Cali tells Artemis if she disappears back into the Fae world, Xavier and Greyson would live normal lives without her. Artemis reasons with her that Cassandra tried to do the same thing when she ran away from her choices and jumped off the cliff. Cali then reasons that there must be something there in the Fae world that could help her fix the curse, but Artemis tells her they don’t even have werewolves there let alone mates. Steinar comes in and tells them he’s got a lead on tracking the book, so they follow him. Cali asks how Fyodor the Terrible get his wolf back. Steinar states that the rival Alpha attacked him and he died; but wolves can come back when the heart is healed. She gets lost in her thoughts and returns to Artemis and Steinar’s conversation, but when she looks up she finds a pool of blood. Artemis tells her that someone was killed there recently

### Ch 129 - GREYSON

Greyson loses himself while beating on Nolan, and before he can land the killing blow, Joss and Ravi use silver shackles to prevent him. She tells him that he can’t just kill Nolan because Cali left, because it would start another pack war. Rishika goes to Nolan and attends to his wounds. He removes the chains and goes to the kitchen to wash the blood off his hands. Mrs. Smith is there and attends to his wounds inflicted during the beating of Nolan’s face. She asks what happened and he tells her he lost control. She tells him he has to have faith in love and he notices she has a ring on the left hand - a gold ring with a large oval shaped ruby. She tells him Big Mac asked her to marry her.

### Ch 130 - VIOLET

Violet wakes up the next day in Cali’s room, Charlie had slept on the couch downstairs. He comes to check in on her. He wonders if the strong feelings that he’s been experiencing towards her means that they are mates and they start kissing. Orla walks in on them to let them know breakfast is ready. They see Tom at the table, and notice he looks well enough, but he has questions about what may happen to him. Charlie tells him that he was human when he was bit, and didn’t know if he had cleaned it properly he wouldn’t have turned. This throws Violet a bit because it sounded like he didn’t want to be a wolf. She answers Tom’s questions about shifting not hurting, going through many outfits of clothes, and food. Tom realizes that the Rogue in their area is out of control and suggests they call the MIB. He reasons they are supernatural cops that can help stop the Rogue. Violet is suspicious and wonders if the MIB are on their side, but Tom insists there are lives at stake and calls them.

### Ch 131 - CALI

Cali stares at the pool of blood and blacks out. She dreams that when she awakens she’s in Xavier’s house and he’s laying next to her. They begin to get sexual, but he stops before entering her. She then notices he has a large wound on his chest and he’s bleeding out over her. She tries to stop the bleeding and he falls over. She wakes up and Steinar tells them they need to keep moving because he can sense the book is near. Cali then notices that something feels different about the woods, and the birds have stopped chirping. Soon they happen upon a cottage and see a large wolf - Ava - covered in blood and goes to the cottage. Silas comes out and Ava shifts and tells him that she killed Xavier. Cali steps out and asks Ava what she did.

### Ch 132 - XAVIER

Xavier is confused about why Ava saved him and what it meant that Silas thought he was dead. He also wonders where his wolf is because it wasn’t with Silas. He wishes there was a witch he could contact and realizes he could call Gabriel. He asks if there are any witches that could reunite him with his wolf. But, Gabriel says a witch won’t be able to help, but he does know a shaman who specializes in souls - Swift. He gets the info to find him and tries to hitch hike there, stating he got injured hitting a deer on a biking trail. He notices the guy who picked him up has a bunch of air fresheners all over the car but the car still smelled bad. He asks Xavier what he really was doing because he’s not covered in deer blood and Xavier realizes he’s a vampire.

### Ch 133 - AVA

Ava is surprised Cali had come out of nowhere and doesn’t sense Xavier or Greyson nearby. She then worries that Silas will do something to Cali. Instead, Cali starts screaming at Ava and blasts her Fae magic to both Ava and Silas. She tries to shift to her wolf but is not able to, and neither can Silas. Artemis appears to contribute to Cali’s power. Demeter comes out and tries to cast a spell but Steinar comes out and shields them, her spell bouncing back to Silas. Artemis takes Cali and runs off while Steinar continues deflecting Demeter’s spells until he’s in front of Ava and asks her where the book is. Demeter tries to get closer to him but he flicks her and she slams into a tree, knocking her unconscious. Steinar gets impatient asking for the book, and Ava describes as having no control over her body as she leads the gargoyle to the book where she’s hidden it upstairs in the second drawer of her dresser. He obtains the book and disappears, leaving Ava in control of her body again, but drained of energy. Silas comes to her room and gets upset that she never told him that Cali is Fae because that changes everything.

### Ch 134 - CALI

Cali fights against Artemis, trying to go back to the cottage. But, Artemis insists that the place is too dangerous and the people there too powerful. Artemis herself is able to hold onto Cali and carry her easily, but she threatens to knock Cali out if she has to. Cali gets hysterical replaying Ava saying she killed Xavier, the spirit wolf, and dream she saw. She herself and the curse for it and Artemis notices the veins spreading. She reasons with Cali that the veins are there because she doesn’t make a choice, and if what Ava said was true, then choice would have been automatically made. She thinks about Xavier and still feels connected to him. Cali insists they have to go back for Steinar when he comes crashing behind them, proud he retrieved the book. He tells them they have to go back to get the other book and Artemis agrees, but Cali blacks out. When she regains consciousness, she listens to Steinar and Artemis talk - Artemis asking if he can stay for a while instead of going back to the library. But, he says that once he completes his task he will be called back whether he wants to go or not. Suddenly, he collapses.

### Ch 135 - XAVIER

The vampire is disappointed at Xavier’s response to his reveal. He tells him he’s a werewolf and that he’s not afraid of him. The vampire decides he’s an easy meal and tries to slam the breaks and attack Xavier, but he’s ready for it and jumps out the car. He runs to the woods to find a branch to make into a stake and drives it into the vampire’s chest, where he disappears. Xavier goes back to the vampire’s car and drives off. His cell phone rings and he sees it’s Cali, but he declines answering it because he doesn’t want to be distracted. He gets to Swift’s yoga studio on Alchar Drive, called Food for the Soul Yoga and Tea. He meets Swift and tells him he needs to get his wolf back and Gabriel sent him. Swift pulls out a silver dagger and tells Xavier he doesn’t do that stuff anymore and to get out.

### Ch 136 - VIOLET

Violet is angry that Tom called the MIB without knowing who they really are and that authorities are never good where the supernatural is involved. Charlie wonders what she means, and she admits that there is more out there than just werewolves. She blames the blizzard for ruining her plans, which he asks what they are. She tells him that they should be in Oregon by now, introducing him to her pack, and that they were going to celebrate her birthday - which is tomorrow. She admits to him that she had a twin brother named Lilac who was recently killed. He assures her that everything will be okay and she’s not alone because she has him as her mate. They begin to get intimate when Orla bursts into the room and tells them they need to go. At first Violet thinks them getting sexual as the reason for Orla kicking them out, but she explains they need to go to Cali and Lola’s apartment because the MIB agents are on their way. She’s afraid that Tom doesn’t know what he’s doing because he doesn’t understand their world and has a bad feeling. She’s afraid she can’t protect Violet from the MIB and gives her the apartment key, telling her not to call them, that she will contact Violet when it’s safe. She makes them go out the window and they decide to shift as it’s faster and warmer than walking in the snow. But, before they can, the MIB agents ask where they are going.

### Ch 137 - CALI

Steinar is out and Cali decides to take the spell book back to the pack house. Artemis is confused and wonders why Cali suddenly wants to abandon him. Cali starts yelling about Xavier missing, Lola needing the spell book, and her needing the journal; the only thing they can do is what she suggested. Artemis wonders where her hero complex went, where she tries to save everyone whether they deserve it or not. She ignores this, takes the spell book, and walks away from Artemis. She walks on an incline looking for a bar of reception on her cell phone and calls Xavier. She gets the voicemail and begins sobbing until Artemis comes. She helps Cali up and they make their way to the pack house until Demeter blocks them.

### Ch 138 - CALI

Demeter tells Artemis and Cali that she doesn’t like Fae as they always meddle in things that don’t concern them. Cali wonders if anyone will notice that they are just across the lake and tries to scream, but sounds like a dying frog instead. Demeter tells them that they made her look weak in front of Silas and will have to pay for it. Artemis steps up to protect Cali but Demeter taunts them for missing Steinar. Demeter tells them she’s met Fae before and has seen them wilt and die. Cali tries to mind link with Greyson but is unable. Demeter starts chanting a spell, so Cali summons all her Fae power and Artemis tries to attack her. But, the spells don’t touch her. Demeter tells them she’s prepared this time, and begins another spell that starts to close off their windpipe. Artemis decides to try mind control.

### Ch 139 - CALI

Gasping for breath, Artemis attempts to compel Demeter to stop casting as they are friends and to return home. Suddenly, Demeter stops and bids them farewell as she walks back into the woods. They hurry to the pack house to tell Greyson all that they’ve learned and seen. Rishika is the first to spot them and the entire pack is notified, Greyson ensures she’s not injured and embraces her. Instead of answering Greyson about fighting Ava for the book, she tells him it doesn’t matter because they can try to find a way to break the curse with it. But, before she can find Big Mac to give her the book, Steinar appears and says the books are leaving with him.

### Ch 140 - XAVIER

Xavier tries to diffuse the situation and Swift asks what Gabriel told him. Xavier tells him that Gabriel referenced him, but if he can’t help then they will stop wasting each other’s time. He tells Xavier he doesn’t do that kind of thing after what happened last time. But, he closes the front of the shop and leads him to the back room. Xavier asks if he has done this before, and Swift says he’s still looking for his soul. Which is why Xavier needs to sign a waiver, which he does. He creates an elixir and tells Xavier he will guide him into a spiritual journey to mend his heart and reunite with his wolf.

### Ch 141 - VIOLET

Agent Fernsby and Agent Imamu are back - and just as sketchy as before. They ask what the kids are doing and Violet feigns a story. The agents ask more questions and confirm they had witnessed them jumping out the window without coats. Agent Fernsby decides to let them go because she was young once and promises to keep their secret. Violet wonders if the apartment is safe as the Rogue had trashed it earlier. Charlie offers to show Violet the place he went to when he first shifted, an abandoned farmhouse. They talk about the Rogue, if the MIB catches him, he will tell them about Violet and Charlie, so she decides they need to get the Rogue first and kill him.

### Ch 142 - GREYSON

Greyson stops Steinar from taking the book that Cali had just retrieved and she begs to keep the book. Steinar tells her that Hypatia sees each book like one of her children. Greyson decides to step up to Steinar and tells him to back off, ready to attack. Cali stops him and tells him that Steinar saved them from Demeter, but left him in the woods, apologizing for doing so. Steinar falls over again and tells Cali he’s still weak from the witch’s spell. Greyson wants to talk to Cali alone to find out what happened, but she wants to get the book to Big Mac first. He tells her that can wait and takes her to his bedroom. She tells him she saw Silas and he demands to know where and she begins to cry. He feels guilty until she tells him Xavier is dead, then he feels relieved thinking that Cali is all his. But, Cali’s phone rings and it’s Xavier.

### Ch 143 - XAVIER

Before Xavier drinks the elixir, he checks his phone and wonders why Cali is blowing him up. He fears she made her choice, so he listens to a voicemail where she is asking if he’s dead. He calls her and hears Greyson in the background. He gets upset Cali doesn’t answer any of his questions and is gathering intel on him for Greyson, so he hangs up. He tells Swift he’s ready, but Swift needs to clear the air of bad karma. He tells Xavier to take 3 sips from the chalice, plays some new age music, and for him to close his eyes. Suddenly, he’s in the woods and someone is chasing him.

### Ch 144 - CALI

Cali wonders why Greyson is all of a sudden using his Alpha attitude towards her when he used to support her. Greyson tries to reason that if he had gone with her, they would know the location of Silas. She assures him that she will talk with Artemis and Steinar on retracing their steps. She notices Greyson’s hands and finds out that he was ready to kill because of her. She kisses him and they start to get intimate, but Greyson stops and asks her if she’s doing this because of Xavier [knowing he’s alive].

### Ch 145 -CALI

Cali doesn’t answer his question because she is wanting to have sex because she’s glad Xavier is alive, and at the same time no. They have intense sex and Greyson runs a bath and they have sex there. While talking, Greyson admits Mrs. Smith is his mother. She realizes that their family is connected by so much hate, and wonders if she’s like Silas. She asks Greyson what would happen if she chose Xavier.

### Ch 146 - XAVIER

Xavier feels like he needs to run away from whatever is chasing him until he hears Swift telling him to follow his instincts. He runs towards a forest getting lost in all of his thoughts when Swift tells him to face his fears. He stops running and sees his wolf wondering if it remembers him. He talks to it and wonders what he’s supposed to do when Swift tells him to embrace his inner child. He gets close to the wolf and tries to touch it’s fur when it pounces on him. It howls, runs away, and Xavier chases after it. He jumps on the wolf and it struggles to reject him. He screams at the wolf that it belongs to him and starts to cry. He stares into the wolf’s eyes and inhales it back into him. He decides his next step is to get Greyson and he shifts.

### Ch 147 - GREYSON

Greyson tells Cali that if she chose Xavier instead of him then they would still be Greyson and Xavier. Cali gets out because she’s hungry and he goes to see Nolan. He tells Nolan he’s letting him go back to Silas to pretend to work with him, and he has until the next day to think about doing this. He goes to find Cali who is talking to Mrs. Smith. She tries to get Greyson and Mrs. Smith open up to each other when she sees Mrs. Smith’s ring, who informs her of the engagement to Big Mac. She tries to remove it to show the engravement but it doesn’t come off.

### Ch 148 - JOSS

Joss and Ravi are out by the lake and talk about leaving the pack. She confirms that they aren’t mates and wonders if she could spend her life with him knowing that they could meet their true mate at any time. She asks him what would happen if she met her, and Ravi tells her he could be her mistress. She realizes Ravi is a live in the moment type and decides to get back to the pack. She notices Cali trying to help Mrs. Smith to remove a ring, and Greyson tells Joss that they are trying to remove her engagement ring. Big Mac hears Cali wanting to read the inscription and tells her she’s not meant to read it, that it’s only for her and Mrs. Smith. Big Mac admits she put a spell on the ring so Mrs. Smith wouldn’t lose it, which upsets Mrs. Smith. She makes Big Mac promise to not cast spells on her without her knowing. Joss follows Big Mac who tells her that their deal is already sealed, but she wants to know what is really going on as she knows the ring involves her.

### Ch 149 - VIOLET

Violet awakens in Charlie’s arms and realizes it’s her birthday. She goes outside and wonders if the pack remembers until Charlie awakens and joins her. He greets her a happy birthday and asks what she wants to do; she decides to head back to Tom and Orla’s. Charlie drops her off and promises to take her out to celebrate later. She goes in and finds Tom made her birthday pancakes. She tells them they aren’t leaving to Oregon yet and they tell her they only told the MIB about the Rogue. She gets a text from Charlie to come outside. When she’s there someone pulls her into the bushes.

### Ch 150 - CALI

Cali is training with the pack and Artemis is her combat partner. However, Cali is terrible at fighting and Artemis tells her it would be better if she practiced her Fae magic. They try to go somewhere more discreet to practice as not everyone knows Artemis is Fae. Lola catches up to them and asks if Cali wants to go through the spell book with Big Mac. Steinar follows them to watch the book and they ask Big Mac if there are any spells that can help Cali break the due destini curse. She tells them that it’s not that simple.

### Ch 151 - AVA

Ava thinks about how Silas is mad at her for failing to tell him how strong Cali’s Fae powers are and how Demeter’s plan to use her as Cali failed. She’s worried if he finds out she lied about killing Xavier she will be killed and wishes Nolan was there. She can’t run away and she can’t save Nolan from the Redwood Pack on her own. She goes downstairs and Silas asks her if she knew Cali was Fae - which she says she did not and asks why they didn’t do research before they sent her to act like Cali. Demeter asks about the other Fae who used mind control magic and Silas gets upset stating he brought Demeter as a witch who could protect them. But, he thinks the orb will be of use to control the Fae when the time comes. First, they will try the powers out on Ava.

### Ch 152 - XAVIER

Now that Xavier has his wolf back, he’s running through the woods to prove to Cali that they are true mates before he steps up to Greyson. He hears a hunter wolf stalking him and before it attacks it stops to look at him. It mind links that Silas told it that Xavier was dead, and Xavier kills him. He realizes that SIlas thinks he’s dead so he hides the wolf’s body. He returns to the pack house and scents Cali with Artemis practicing her Fae powers by the lake. He mind links with her to come to the woods and tells her he found his wolf. She tells him Big Mac is going over the spell book to find a way to break the curse. He’s not so optimistic and decides she should just make a choice now, but instead of telling her this, he kisses her.

### Ch 153 - CALI

Cali starts to feel guilty because she had sex with Greyson last night and now she’s kissing Xavier. He stops kissing her, noticing her reluctance, and she tells him it’s the curse. That it’s not fair and she should stop kissing him until she figures things out. Xavier gets upset and asks if it’s because she’s still sleeping with Greyson and then tells her not to worry because he will see to it that she ends up with him. He goes into the pack house and Cali returns to Artemis to continue training her Fae powers. She tries to use her powers to make waves in the lake when ghosts rise up.

### Ch 154 - VIOLET

Her captor is Charlie and he drives her up to a lake and surprises her with a boat covered in pumpkins. He assures her he’s tested that it can float, but when she tries to join him inside, it capsizes and sinks. He takes her back to the car to warm up and she kisses him. He tells her to take off her clothes because it’ll make them warmer. They start kissing again and before things get serious, Violet tells Charlie she’s a virgin.

### Ch 155 - GREYSON

Greyson decides to let Joss know about his plan for Nolan. Before he can find her, he meets up with Xavier and notices there is something new about him. Xavier reminds Greyson that he is going to challenge his Alpha status and Greyson asks him to wait after Silas is dealt with. He thinks that Cali will chose Greyson and let Xavier get the pack as a consolation prize so she won’t feel guilty about leaving him without purpose. Suddenly, they hear Cali scream and they find her running from ghosts. They notice Lilac, Rogues, Xavier’s mother, who all were focused on something. Cali thinks it’s her fault for bringing them but Big Mac tells her it’s dark magic from the orb at work. The packs asks if they should follow the ghosts if it has something to do with Silas, but Greyson tells them Silas wants that. Xavier tells the pack they should do what they want to do, and Greyson tries to tell them they will when it’s the right time. But, Xavier tries to take control and ask what they are waiting for because he has an idea on how to kill Silas.

### Ch 156 - VIOLET

Violet tells Charlie that she didn’t want him to feel let down when he found out that she doesn’t know what she’s doing. They take things slow when they suddenly hear a noise outside. She decides to check it out and it turns out to be a branch that landed on their car. She gets back inside and they hear a louder sound, and on the hood of the car is Agent Fernsby - dead.

### Ch 157 - AVA

Demeter is holding the orb and chanting in front of Ava who is trying to focus on trying to get out of her mess. Silas begins to get impatient and Demeter tells him that the powers of the orb are difficult to tame and if used incorrectly could end in calamity. He questions if she is really an ancient and powerful witch with knowledge from eons ago. Ava uses this to her advantage to pretend something is happening to her. She screams and acts like the orb is affecting her mind then suddenly acting as if nothing had happened by asking for lunch. Silas is suspicious and asks for proof, he orders Ava to stab herself in the hand. She gathers her courage and obeys, forcing herself to pretend she’s unaffected. Silas takes the knife and tells Demeter to clean up so they can deal with a business partner. She tries to sneak out the door so she can run away, but when she opens it, she’s surrounded by ghosts.

### Ch 158 - CALI

Xavier says he has an idea but Greyson tells him no; they don’t know how many are with him. Cali defends Xavier, stating they should hear him out, because she only saw Silas, Demeter, and Ava. She tells Xavier she heard Ava tell them she killed him. He starts talking about Ava and Cali gets jealous. He wants Ava to be a spy for them, but Greyson tells them he wants Nolan to do it. Xavier says if Silas thinks he’s dead then he wants Big mac’s help to pretend that he’s a ghost. Cali disagrees because it’s too dangerous, and Greyson seconds. Xavier states he killed a Rogue working for Silas earlier; Greyson offers to go with Xavier if he wants to use his plan. Cali and Xavier go to talk to Big Mac while Greyson goes to talk to Joss about Nolan. Big Mac hears the plan and tells him if she uses a cloaking spell he won’t be able to shift until it’s lifted.

### Ch 159 - AVA

Ava tries to move past the army of ghosts so that she can shift away from the house without being heard. She sees Marlene’s ghost who tells her she warned Ava. She begs Marlene that she protected her son, but she tells her she does not belong with the living. She promises Marlene if she lets Ava go, she will do everything she can to keep Xavier alive because he’s still in danger. Silas comes outside but he doesn’t see Ava right away and Marlene goes into Ava. Demeter joins Silas with the orb assuring that the summoning of the ghosts will be to their advantage. He grabs the orb and holds it in front of a ghost that starts to disintegrate and go into the orb. He’s excited that a ghost can give him strength and wonders what a werewolf can do. Demeter tells him to be careful or he’ll be consumed, but he insists he knows what to do and looks for Ava to test his new power. She sneaks away and decides to get Nolan out of the Redwood pack house, as she gets near she’s attacked by a werewolf.

### Ch 160 - VIOLET

The Rogue shows up and asks why Violet is still there. He tells Charlie he made him what he is and now belongs to him. And, he tells them that Agent Fernsby thought she knew what was going on, but clearly didn’t. Violet realizes that the Rogue was creating werewolves and then turning around to hunt them. Violet mind links with Charlie to suggest the both shift and take the Rogue but Charlie offers himself to the Rogue in exchange for letting Violet go. The Rogue pulls out a revolver and tells them it has silver bullets. They can either die now or play hide and seek - where he finds them and kills them. He also tells them that he has another werewolf in the works - Tom. Violet decides to listen to the Rogue for now and he gives them a 5 minute head start; they shift and run into the woods.

### Ch 161 - CALI

Cali continues to beg Xavier not to follow through with his ghost plan, but he insists and Big Mac is getting impatient. She tries to stop them from going through with it without letting Greyson know, which upsets Xavier. He promises to think it through and goes to find silver polish for his nails. Cali tells Artemis that they need to have Xavier’s back so they need to start training again. She tells Cali that Xavier is not worth dying for but helps her anyways. Later, she’s about to take a shower when Xavier walks in on her undressing and then tries to take advantage of the situation to try to have sex. As they are in bed, Colton walks into the room.

### Ch 162 - VIOLET

Violet tells Charlie to go back to the barn and wait for her as she doubles back to take care of the Rogue. He had already shifted and was waiting for Violet,mind linking with her to show how disappointed he was for not giving him a challenge. She fights him until he gains the upper hand and before the killing blow, Charlie’s wolf saves her by ripping out the Rogue’s throat. Violet decides to let the coyotes feast on the Rogues body, and Charlie suggests they make an anonymous call about Agent Fernsby. When they get back to the car, her body is gone but Agent Imamu leaps out at them with a gun.

### Ch 163 - XAVIER

Cali and Xavier greet Colton and tell him they found Silas. The mind link about Colton’s blase attitude about Maya and being back, but are happy that he’s there to help them fight. Cali goes off to take that shower and Xavier asks Colton about the baby text. Colton brushes it off as a joke. Xavier fills Colton in that they will be attacking Silas soon and they meet up with Greyson. Artemis also walks by and asks who Colton is; he introduces himself and wonders when Xavier and Greyson started to get along especially since Greyson has been defeated. He proceeds to tell Greyson that he chose Cali when he found her and she must have made her choice because he walked in on Xavier and her just now. Artemis confirms with Greyson that Cali has not chosen yet, which makes Colton confused. They tell him that she can take the time she needs to chose but Artemis corrects them that if she doesn’t choose before Halloween they will all be dead.

### Ch 164 - AVA

Ava is attacked by Rishika’s wolf and mind links with her to tell her she should not have come back. Ava fights dirty to match up with Rishika’s fighting ability and manages to knock her out with a rock. She makes it to Nolan in the basement who is surprised to see her. He tells her there’s a key to the silver chains on the other side of the door. She reaches for the keys when Greyson, Xavier, and Colton come after her.

### Ch 165 - VIOLET

Charlie and Violet try to tell Agent Imamu that they aren’t the ones who killed Agent Fernsby, who is now in a body bag next to him. They tell him that the Rogue killed her and then went after them and they took care of him in self-defense. Agent Imamu tells them they were tracking the Rogue when he took her while they are leading him to the Rogue. He tells them to leave and go back to their pack because agents will be coming soon and he can’t protect them if they start questioning. He gives them his card in case they need anything and they leave. They explain to Tom and Orla what happened and get on a plane to Oregon. On the way there she wonders if it is any safer with the pack because of the Silas threat.

### Ch 166 - GREYSON

Greyson threatens to kill both Ava and Nolan when Colton wants to know how she is alive. Xavier explains to Colton about Big Mac hiding in a mirror, so what Ava is saying could be true. She reminds Xavier that she let him live and Silas thinks he’s dead, she will be dead if he finds that she lied. She promises to help them if they let Nolan go because she escaped from Silas. Greyson tells his brothers to bring Nolan upstairs, and Colton asks why Xavier is following Greyson’s orders. Greyson goes upstairs, sees Cali, and wants to go talk to her about not telling them about the Halloween deadline. But, he remembers Joss telling him to be an Alpha so he he waits for Ava and Nolan to be brought upstairs. Ava tells them everything about how the orb helps Silas absorb power and Demeter experimenting with mind control. Then Rishika and Sage come in and accuse Ava, but Greyson orders them to get a hold of Mace. Nolan offers to join up with Greyson and take his offer to spy on Silas, he agrees and then goes looking for Cali. He finds her by the lake and asks her why she didn’t tell them about the curse deadline.

### Ch 167 - CALI

Cali is trying to clear her head out by the lake because the veins are starting to act up. She thinks about how she almost hooked up with Xavier. She turns around and sees Greyson walking towards her naked, but when she looks again he’s clothed and waiting for an answer. She suddenly is unable to control herself and demands to have Greyson immediately. In the middle of their kiss, she is reminded of kissing Xavier and feels guilty. She pushes him away and tells him that she shouldn’t be kissing him. He pulls her back and she tells him that she kissed Xavier. He assures her that he will erase all his touch and kisses her again, carrying her to the woods.

### Ch 168 - GREYSON

Cali and Greyson have wild sex in the wood. When they finish, Greyson is about to clothe himself again but Cali stops him. She tells him that they are just getting started and aggressively tries to get him to continue. But, he’s wondering if her behavior is because of the curse, but she tells him that she wasted too much time when all along they could have been together. She takes control and they have sex again, and when they’re done Greyson insists they have to go back. But, before they go, he apologizes to her for the way their lives are. She thinks that he’s talking about the due destini when he means that he doesn’t want her near the battle. He tells her he loves her and when the time comes for her to choose Xavier.

### Ch 169 - CALI

Greyson tries to reason with Cali on the reason why he is telling her to choose Xavier instead of sacrificing herself to the curse. He confirms he didn’t choose her as Luna even though he wanted to because she’s too compassionate and it would be too selfish of him. Then he admits that he chose Joss because it placed a target on her for Silas, and she would be better able to protect herself than Cali. But, Cali gets angry because she believes she can protect herself since she is Fae and insists on participating in the battle. He begs her to promise him she will stay safe, but she refuses. She goes to the pack house and talks to Artemis, telling her that Greyson doesn’t want her to fight. Artemis agrees that a Fae can help in a fight but wonders what his reason could be when Cali states it’s because he loves her. She goes to the kitchen for a drink and notices two people standing close together outside - and gets jealous because she thinks they are kissing.

### Ch 170 - XAVIER

Xavier is leaning close to Ava due to the darkness to warn her if she does something he doesn’t agree with, he will kill her. He asks why she saved him and she tells him it’s because they are mates. She tells him when she came back her memories were scattered and Silas took advantage of that, so all the wrong since she returned was not her fault. She apologizes for his mother and tells him that she was the one who helped her escape Silas. He realized she’s telling the truth, is making a truce, and working on his side. He looks up and sees Cali watching them but then turns around. Colton comes out and tells Ava he was expecting Xavier and her to be battling after she killed his mother and he ripped out her throat, but not for them to be having a nighttime stroll. She leaves them and Xavier tells Colton he saw their mom, and Colton wonders why he didn’t see her. Instead he asks Colton what Remember the Titans means, which he doesn’t. Jay and Lola come out to greet Colton and he asks them what it means. Lola tells them it’s about the Greek gods and Xavier tells her it might be the key to defeating Silas. She tells them about Kronos who ate his children for power.

### Ch 171 - CALI

Cali goes to her room and thinks about how Greyson told her he loved her but to choose Xavier and then she sees Xavier making out with Ava. She wants to confront him but feels guilty because she was just with Greyson. Then, she wonders why would Greyson not fight for her to chose him. She joins Colton, Xavier, Jay, and Lola outside. Lola explains that Kronos was the original father of the Greek gods who ate his kids, but his wife was having another baby and decided to give Kronos a rock in place of the child to save it. She hides the baby, Zeus, who ends up killing the father and saving the siblings who are eaten. They then band together to throw him to hell. They decide to stop Silas soon, before he becomes the most powerful Alpha in the world.

### Ch 172 - VIOLET

Violet and Charlie make it back to the pack house. They notice Steinar outside and think he’s a Halloween decoration until he talks. Sage finds them and brings them inside. Xavier sees her and demands to know who Charlie is, and she introduces her mate. She tells him they’re going to bed because they’re tired from their travels but Xavier tells her she can’t bring an unknown werewolf into the house without having him submit to the council.

### Ch 173 - CALI

Cali notices Xavier talking to Violet and Charlie. She goes over to find that Xavier is insisting that Charlie go before the werewolf council if he’s going to be Violet’s mate. She demands to know why she didn’t have to do it. But, Xavier tells them he was joking when Charlie assures them that he will do whatever he needs to do to be with Violet. They go to their room and Xavier brings Cali to his room to ask why she’s mad at him. She asks him about Ava and why he didn’t kill her. But, he assures her she’s fighting on their side. She gets even more jealous because Greyson told her not to fight but is allowing Ava to. She tells him that Greyson ordered her not to fight with them, and Xavier is mad at first - but realizes she won’t listen to what anyone will say to her. He tells her he will believe in her no matter what anyone says and that she is his mate. But, she tells him that mates are forever but Ava is also his mate, and after the fight with Silas if she chooses him over Greyson will she always be his second choice.

### Ch 174 - CALI

Xavier explains to Cali that he is not experiencing a due destini with Ava because their mate bond ended when she died. He tries to make her see that it’s not choice but fate that brought them together. He asks her to stay with him for the night but she feels guilty she was just with Greyson. He promises that they can just sleep because he’s going into battle the next day. She has a nightmare that the battle with Silas has started and Xavier wakes her up because she had mind linked with him in her sleep. She realizes that today is potentially the last day she might see Xavier alive and wants to have sex with him immediately as she doesn’t want any regrets. He bars the door to ensure they are not interrupted.

### Ch 175 - XAVIER

Xavier and Cali have hard wild sex and fall asleep together. When they leave their room, Artemis comes out of hers and asks if they had a busy morning. Xavier asks Cali if she talks to Artemis about them, and he jokes that she must know how good he is in bed. They go to meet the pack who is gathered downstairs. Greyson notices Cali and Xavier holding hands but Cali drops it to talk strategy on defeating Silas.

### Ch 176 - VIOLET

Violet wakes up to Lola standing over her and she screams awakening Charlie next to her. She tells them that Greyson is having a meeting and leaves them to ‘have a quickie’. Charlie thanks Violet for bringing him because he’s found safety and others like him. She tells him about Silas and he’s shocked that he walked into a werewolf war. But, he assures her that wherever she is that’s where he wants to be. He asks to take a shower before meeting the pack and she thinks about him taking that shower - which she accidentally mind links to him. They’re about to head to the meeting when they run into Colton, who asks about Charlie; and Cali comes to drag Violet away. Cali apologizes to Violet for assuming she knew about mates and asks if Charlie knows what he’s getting into. She tells Cali that she explained to him but he doesn’t have to worry until Halloween, but Cali corrects her that the battle happens tonight.

### Ch 177 - GREYSON

Joss and Greyson had been up all night discussing battle plans. Nolan and the Samara Pack are joining them with Mace and the Blue Blood Pack. Greyson feels guilty for admitting to Cali that he chose Joss as his Luna to protect Cali, and decides to tell her the truth. But, she tells him she understands why he didn’t choose Cali to be Luna and knew all the risks when she accepted the position. They address the pack waiting for them and inform those who don’t know that Silas was the instigator of the Pack Wars two years ago. The plan is for Greyson to lure Silas out for a one-on-one battle, or try to because the key targets are the Evers brothers. Colton is in charge of the rest of the pack; Big Mac made a potion to make Xavier as a ghost for the element of surprise, and all three will attack. Colton confirms they have one chance to kill Silas.

### Ch 178 - CALI

Cali is impressed by Greyson’s speech and notices Xavier is too. He ends it by ordering them to get their affairs in order so they can enter battle focused because there may not be another chance. Cali notices Big Mac take Lola aside and talks to her, so she goes to see what they’re talking about. Big Mac is refusing to give Lola any more shifting potion because she’s already used too much and any more will make her too unpredictable during battle. Cali agrees and Lola gets mad at her for not having her back. Cali gets worried that she might never see Lola again after tonight and even worse Xavier and Greyson. Suddenly someone outside screams.

### Ch 179 - JOSS

The Blue Blood pack had arrived and they greeted each other. She and Ravi talk about how they are ready for this battle and after she will leave the Redwood pack because her future is not with them. She admits she realized Greyson chose her to be a leader in his absence and during the time of crisis. But, once the crisis has passed, her role will end. She has passionate sex with Ravi and he tells her he loves her, but she’s not sure if she loves him back.

### Ch 180 - XAVIER

Xavier, Colton, and Jay refuse to talk about their mates to each other. But, once Jay leaves, Colton and Xavier discuss the due destini. Colton goes to greet some Blue Bloods while Xavier goes to talk to Violet. He promises to watch out for Charlie during the battle and is interrupted by Ava. Violet leaves them to talk and Ava states she wants to get their affairs in order. She apologizes for everything she’s done again, but Xavier tells her he’s never going to forgive her for killing his mother. She tells him she was torn between her pack and her mate and he should be understanding towards her because he’s accepting Cali who is torn between him and Greyson. He gets upset and tells her not to talk about his mate when she reminds him she is also his mate and their connection did not die when she did. He tells her she will never be his mate again.

### Ch 181 - CALI

Cali goes looking for Artemis in hopes of putting a little more magic training before battle. She finds her trying to read Cassandra’s journal. They think that the story of the Titans is not a coincidence but can’t find the connection. They decide to call their mom and find out that Tom had been bitten by a werewolf and gets worried but also jealous. She tells Artemis that she’s been waiting for the wolves to turn her and now her dad is going to be able to turn before her. Artemis tells her that she can’t ever be turned into a wolf because she’s Fae.

### Ch 182 - VIOLET

Violet thinks about how they are about to enter battle and many will not return after it’s over, including her. She thinks she just turned 18 and has more things she wants to do, including losing her virginity. She goes to find Charlie and flirts with him until they are about to have penetration when Colton walks in. He gives Violet his birthday present and warns Charlie not to hurt Violet.

### Ch 183 - GREYSON

Greyson is anxiously waiting for battle to begin and remembers that he still needs to get his affairs in order - his mother. They talk about how proud she is that he’s Alpha and he congratulates her on her engagement. They both are hopeful of being free from Silas and promise to get to know each other better after the battle is over. He goes through the pack house and realizes that he is responsible for everyone and vows to keep them safe no matter what. He sees Rishika and orders her to protect the others during the battle instead of him. He thinks of Xavier’s challenge to be Alpha and how he didn’t want to be Alpha, he only took on the role to protect his family and Cali. He talks to Xavier and tells him if he dies during the fight he wants Xavier to take over as Alpha.

### Ch 184 - CALI

Cali is pouting because she can never turn into a werewolf and Artemis tries to reason that she’s Fae which is a higher supernatural being than a wolf. Xavier comes to talk to her and she explains to him she just found out she can’t be turned to a wolf, he tells her that he was against turning her and she will always be his mate and a part of the pack. She’s happy to hear this and flirts with him sexually until he pleasures her with his fingers. They then have intercourse and before they can orgasm, Astrid and Torin walk in.

### Ch 185 - CALI

Torin and Astrid tell Cali that a wisp led them to a mirror in a tavern because it said Cali needed their help, and it transported them to her room. Cali tells them that there is a battle coming and could use their help. They meet up with Artemis, Greyson, and Joss and discuss what the Fae can offer in battle. Rishika then comes to inform that the Samara pack has arrived, with Nolan questioning who Astrid and Torin are. Torin introduces them as Fae, giving away Cali and Artemis are too. All the wolves then start to question if they can trust the Fae, but Greyson insists it changes nothing and tells them it’s time

### Ch 186 - GREYSON

Greyson is alone trying to lure Silas out and thinks that he would rather die to allow Xavier be Alpha and Cali’s choice taken away and all the lives that he asked to aid him in battle be saved. He senses a Rogue and attacks, killing him. He rolls over the corpse to get the scent to cover his own, hides the body, and mind links with Joss about silver traps and sentries. He’s about to move forward to use the element of surprise when someone on their side screams.

### Ch 187 - CALI

Cali rides into battle on Xavier’s back, fantasizing she’s a warrior queen when Xavier interrupts her via mind link to poke fun. Suddenly, there is a scream - Torin. He is riding on Rishika’s back and three Rogues have spotted them. Xavier, Joss, and Colton aid Rishika in the attack and kill the Rouges. Xavier shifts into human form to chastise Torin for screaming. He shifts back and Cali mind links with him to suggest someone tell Greyson what happened, but he assures her it’s been done. She wants to mind link with Greyson but decides it’s better not to distract him, and worries about his well being. Joss informs the packs that they are entering the territory and to stay silent. They watch Greyson in his human form walk to the cottage and yell for his father.

### Ch 188 - GREYSON

Greyson calls out to his father, taunting him to come out, but there’s nothing but silence. He starts to doubt that he’s there when Silas walks outside and tells him to go home. Silas is suspicious and tells Greyson he doesn’t have time for him; asking where everyone is at because he doesn’t have the courage to face him alone. Greyson insists he’s challenging Silas, Alpha to Alpha, but Silas continues to tell Greyson he’s a disappointment despite his high hopes. Silas tells him he could still choose to work with him and Greyson starts to feel a pull to agree with him. He asks Greyson to join him, and Greyson says yes.

### Ch 189 - XAVIER

Xavier starts thinking that Greyson has betrayed them, but Cali insists that something is wrong. He insists that Greyson had been playing them all along and is leading them like lambs to a slaughter. He gets angrier thinking of how Greyson convinced Cali to love him and how he tricked him into letting his guard down when he offered the title of Alpha should something happen to him. He’s about to shift and attack when Big Mac stops him and tells him to stick to the plan. She tells him that the house is wrapped in powerful witchcraft and getting too close can get you caught in the enchantment. Mrs. Smith realizes that’s what happened to Greyson but Xavier refuses to believe it. Joss comes to stop Xavier as well, but Xavier reasons that Greyson will tell Silas their plan. Big Mac assures them that even if Greyson wanted to tell Silas, he couldn’t because once she realized how heavily warded the house was, she put a spell on him and the rest of them to prevent them from talking about the plan. Xavier finally agrees to stick to the plan but continues to try to convince the others that Greyson is a villain. Big Mac hands him a potion while everyone gets into position, he drinks it, and joins the army of ghosts.

### Ch 190 - CALI

Cali watches Xavier blend in with the ghosts and shifts her attention to Greyson. She doesn’t want to move away because she’s worried, but Artemis demands that Cali stick to the plan. Astrid casts a glamour on the Fae so they are invisible. Rogues and sentries start getting closer to the territory and the battle begins. Artemis starts casting and takes out a Rogue, and Cali gathers her resolve to join the fight. For every one burst of energy she sends, Artemis sends four. Astrid puts a glamour on Torin to look like a wolf so he could drag injured wolves back to their location so he could heal them. Cali gets jealous that her friends are more useful than her, who sends blasts of energy into trees. She asks Astrid to make her look like a wolf and runs into Silas’s house after Greyson.

### Ch 191 - VIOLET

Violet and Charlie fight on the battlefield. Violet notices the amount of ghosts out, but states they couldn’t physically attack anyone.They swarm around people’s heads creating an ethereal cloud, making it difficult for fighters to see. She sees Lilac’s ghost and freezes, starting to doubt her strength, while Charlie begs her to snap out of her trance. Charlie is desperate now, as Violet is easy prey for Rogues, and she snaps out of it when she realizes her pendant is ripped from her. Then, she watches as Lilac’s ghost disappears into a purple mist and gets sucks into her pendant.

### Ch 192 - XAVIER

Xavier realizes that his plan to be a ghost was not what he expected. Not only is he not able to join the fight but he was having a hard time finding Silas. He tries to help the pack fighting by scaring their opponents with his ghostly smile. He notices Ava getting slammed by a Rogue and wants to save her, but a Fae spell saves her. He’s relieved he had gotten Cali to agree to a plan where she could battle but stay relatively safe. Then he notices Demeter in one of the windows upstairs and starts to doubt sticking to the plan, wishing he had ended the fight by taking out Silas and Greyson when he had the chance. Suddenly, Colton howls to signal he’s with Silas.

### Ch 193 - COLTON

Colton dodges ghosts that block his vision as well as the random Rogue that attacks. He ensures Sage and Zainab are okay before he spots Silas and howls. He attacks and Silas dodges him, until he notices the ghost of Xavier. Colton tries to take advantage of Silas being distracted, but Silas is too strong. He mind links with Colton to tell him that he’s the weakest, and is able to evade all of Colton’s attacks. Colton starts to panic that Big Mac is not letting Xavier attack and he might not be able to hold out on fighting Silas much longer. He realizes Big Mac is too busy fighting to see it was her cue to lift Xavier’s spell and Mrs. Smith too busy protecting Big Mac to notice they needed to act. But Silas notices where Colton is looking and snaps his arm.

### Ch 194 - CALI

Cali notices Greyson’s eyes are almost black and Astrid’s glamour dissolves. She tries to talk to Greyson but he doesn’t snap out of his trance until she places a palm over his chest. Demeter is suddenly blocking the door while holding the orb. She tells Cali that she won’t survive a one-on-one fight with her Fae powers, and states it would be poetic if she made Greyson kill her. Demeter makes Greyson shift and Cali tries to cast her energy, but it’s deflected and Demeter casts a spell at Cali. She jumps behind a mirror that backfires into Demeter and changes Greyson back to human form. She tries to drag him out the door but Demeter grabs a sword and launches it at Cali. Greyson catches it midair, but stands idly while Demeter and Cali cast spells at each other. Before Cali can pass out, Demeter looks outside and holds a pendant around her neck, then disappears with the orb. Outside, Cali notices that there are ghosts frozen in place and then they disappear into light particles that travel back to Violet’s pendant. Then, she sees Silas battling Mrs. Smith, and he rips her throat out.

### Ch 195 - GREYSON

Greyson manages to break free of Demeter’s spell just as he sees Mrs. Smith die. He sees Big Mac retaliate, and fail. He attacks, vowing to save Big Mac. But, the orb had made Silas more powerful in strength, speed, and accelerated ability to recover. Silas mind links with Greyson to taunt that everything Greyson is is all a pale imitation of Silas. Suddenly, Silas notices that Xavier is not a ghost anymore, and they both set up for the final attack. He asks Xavier about Colton, who is with Torin healing, and assures Greyson that he will join them soon. Then, an energy bolt blasts Silas, and they notice its from Cali. They both attack to protect her and realize that Silas is stronger than both of them combined. Out of nowhere, a fully healed Colton flies at Silas and they wrestle, but Silas throws him off. He runs for Cali and tackles her, and mind links to them that they take one more step and she dies.

### Ch 196 - JOSS

Joss cannot come to terms that Mrs. Smith is dead, but continues to fight. She notices the brothers are fighting Silas and Demeter charging towards Violet and Charlie. She realizes that Artemis and Violet are close as Artemis comes to aid Violet. She assists Big Mac and charges after Demeter, who swats her away with her golden arm. She continues attacking Demeter to prevent her from continuing to use the orb. Big Mac blasts her, but Demeter blasts her back, which she deflects. Joss gets knocked back again and sees Mrs. Smith running into Big Mac’s arms and realizes that her fertility essence placed into the ruby ring had saved Mrs. Smith. But, Demeter stabs her in the heart with a dagger and tells her an Alpha is nothing without his Luna. Artemis tries to save her and Ravi is by her side as she thinks she does love him and dies.

#### RAVI

Point of View Debut/Split Chapter

Ravi holds Joss and she mind links with him to tell him she loves him too before she dies.

### Ch 197 - XAVIER

Xavier can’t understand how his worst fear is now unfolding. Silas taunts them for being wrapped up in Cali. He tells them that once he absorbs their wolves, he’ll be able to shape the world to his will. Cali blasts Silas and sends him backwards while Xavier mind links for her to run. She hesitates, and Xavier promises that he won’t let anything happen to Greyson. All three brothers attack Silas inside the house, fighting in sync until Greyson is thrown into the stove and cracks his skull. Xavier goes to help him.

### Ch 198 - CALI

Cali runs outside and finds Joss dead in Ravi’s arms. She wonders what would have happened if Greyson had chosen her as Luna instead, if she would be dead instead of Joss. She blasts a Rogue and sees Demeter about to attack Violet, but she is able to disrupt her spell with a blast. Demeter tries to direct a golden dust spell at Cali, but Ravi attacks Demeter, and she misfires. Cali tries to help him attack Demeter, but is not good with her aim, so she decides to find a stick to poke her eye out with instead. Another Rogue joins the fight and Cali tries to blast it, but another wolf battles it, and she realizes that it’s Mrs. Smith alive again. Demeter tries to attack Mrs. Smith, and Cali is about to aid her when she hears Astrid screaming for Torin. She decides to save him instead, and blasts two Rogues off him, with a follow up by Jay and Lola. Cali then notices that Mrs. Smith is now fighting three Rogues and Demeter is back to attacking Violet, so she runs to help her, noticing that the ghosts were still being sucked into her pendant. She blasts Demeter so Violet can get away with Charlie. She thinks about Greyson and Xavier inside the house when Artemis blocks her to check up on her, and then proceeds to save her from a Rogue. They see Violet get frozen by Demeter and the witch grabs Violet’s pendant and holds a silver dagger at her throat. Cali blasts Demeter again with Artemis protecting her; she’s about to finish off Demeter when they hear a loud bang, and see Xavier’s wolf flying out the upstairs window.

### Ch 199 - GREYSON

Greyson watches as Xavier is thrown out the window by Silas while he and Colton try to get Silas to follow suit, cracking a rib on impact to the ground. He sees the battlefield and wonders where Cali is. Then, he sees Joss dead and feels guilty because he chose her as Luna, which gives Silas the opportunity to attack while he’s distracted. He’s about to be killed when Xavier saves him. The brothers corner him and Xavier requests to be the one to finish Silas off, but Greyson stops him stating that there must be a catch as it appears too easy. Then, Silas shifts to human form and he sees Cali being attacked by a Rogue. He tries to run and save her but he’s frozen in place and forced to shift back to human, noticing that Xavier and Colton have too. Demeter joins Silas and they gloat to the brothers. Greyson mind links his brothers that he sees Nolan and tries to mind link with him to help, but Nolan shifts into human and joins Silas. They think he’s betrayed them when Ava screams for Nolan to stop and Silas summons Nolan for a demonstration of the orb’s power. Greyson realizes that Demeter must be controlling him against his will, and they watch as Nolan’s wolf is torn from his chest in the form of a ghost and gets sucked into the orb.

### Ch 200 - XAVIER

Nolan, no longer under Demeter’s spell, begs for his wolf. Ava tries to attack Demeter but gets blown away. The Evers brothers are still frozen and watch as Silas takes the orb and Demeter casts the spell for Nolan’s wolf to be transferred from the orb to be inhaled by Silas. Nolan and Ava start screaming and begging the brothers to stop him, but they are frozen in place. Xavier is disgusted with the cannibalism and Silas scoffs that they feel sorry for the human Nolan. He picks him up by the hair and Ava tries to save him, getting knocked out when he slams her against the side of the house. He tells the brothers that empathy is a weakness and weakness is a human emotion that has no place for werewolves. He tells them that a werewolf without his wolf is nothing and has no use for them, and rips off Nolan’s head. Greyson tells Silas they will never bow to him; Silas tells them they have no choice because they are who they are because of him - he made them this way, his strength courses through their veins. Then they hear Cali scream, and see her with Artemis, and they attack Demeter which breaks the spell over the brothers. Xavier rushes to Cali while Greyson attacks Silas, but Demeter casts a spell to Silas which allows him to start drawing Greyson’s wolf from his chest.

### Ch 201 - GREYSON

Greyson has a flashback of when he first sees Xavier and Colton as babies. He then has a flashback of his first kiss with Cali at the Lupo Finale, to them in the Fae world, and when he told her he loved her but to choose Xavier. He wants to fight to take it back so he could be with Cali, but Silas tells him to let go because if he won’t join, he’s going to be destroyed. He threatens that Cali is next which enrages Greyson and he grabs Silas making him fall over and making the transfer of his wolf incomplete. Colton joins the attack while Greyson tries to regain composure; he watches Cali losing to Demeter and is unable to shift and help. He tries to attack Demeter, still holding the orb, when he runs into a shield. Demeter takes out as silver dagger and comes after Greyson, unable to fight off his wolf being pulled in by the orb in one hand and the dagger in her other. Cali jumps on Demeter’s back, pulls her hair, and punches her in the mouth. But Demeter uses her golden arm to sock Cali in the stomach and returns to Greyson. Xavier lunges at Demeter who drops the orb. Colton grabs it and gets knocked out of his hands by Silas, ending up in Cali’s hands.

### Ch 202 - CALI

Cali notes that the orb is heavier than she thought it would be. She describes it as smooth like marble with a blue substance floating inside, with a slight glow, and strange patterns swirling beneath it’s glossy surface. She then hears voices coming from the orb and feels a surge of energy and strength coming from it. She states she felt different, changed, and thought that she could control everyone. The orb talks to her saying that the power will make her rot from within and she feels the due destini veins pulsate. The orb laughs at her and she decides to destroy it. It tells her that if she keeps it safe, it will help her break the curse that binds her, and calls her Calliope. She returns to the battle and Demeter is trying to take the orb from her, and Demeter stabs her in the stomach with her knife. Cali takes the blade out of her stomach and uses it to stab Demeter in the chest. But, Demeter pulls the knife out and comes after Cali again until a whip wraps around her neck - held by Artemis. Artemis takes the knife Demeter is holding and stabs her in the heart.

### Ch 203 - XAVIER

Xavier sees Demeter turn into a pile of ash and leaves her golden arm behind. But, then he sees Cali covered in blood and Artemis dragging her to find Torin so he can heal her. But, Cali is losing too much blood and decides to find Torin; she tells Cali to use her power as a shield in the meantime. He mind links with her and leaves Silas, but she tells him to go back and fight. Silas threatens Xavier that if he doesn’t join him, he will tear Cali’s heart out and eat it. They fight and bicker some more until Xavier sees Torin healing Cali, which Silas notes is Xavier’s weakness. He notes that all the boys are in love and weak, and they attack him together - Greyson ripping out Silas’s heart while it still beats.

### Ch 204 - CALI

Cali realizes that the war is over, but she still has a wound and a curse, and she’s still holding the orb. Xavier and Greyson run to her side and yell at Torin, someone takes the orb away from her, and she struggles to maintain consciousness. She mind links with Greyson to ask for the battle to be over since Colton has come over and mentioned that the remaining Rogues are running away and if they should go after them. She notices Torin healing her, and he assures her that once the muscles fully heal she won’t feel the pain anymore. She notices the remaining wolves on the field - Joss and Shaggy are dead, Nolan was decapitated. Big Mac is holding the orb and Cali reaches for it, but Big Mac refuses and takes the orb to Silas’s body. His ghost wolf is sucked into the orb with Big Mac explaining she’s making sure he never escapes. She notices that Ava is no longer there but is distracted when Greyson asks how to destroy the orb.

### Ch 205 - GREYSON

Cali tells Greyson that they can’t destroy the orb because it might be able to help her with the due destini curse and they don’t know what will happen if they do destroy it. Big Mac agrees that destroying the orb may be releasing it’s power unchecked into the world. Cali admits that the orb spoke to her, but Greyson wonders if it was only trying to trick her. She realizes this could be true too, and Greyson decides to discuss it later, as they need to gather the dead and wounded now. He orders Jay and Xavier to put the Rogue’s bodies inside the house. He goes to look for Sabine’s body when she calls to him - alive, and he hugs her. Ravi brings Joss’s dead body to him and accuses him of using her and that he will never forgive Greyson. They take Silas’s body and place it on the porch and Greyson orders them to burn it all. Greyson then goes to hug Cali and mind links that he loves her; she asks to go with him but Greyson tells her to go to Xavier. Xavier shifts and she climbs on his back and he realizes he wasn’t jealous of their connection.

## Cultural References

-Lego - (ch 4) Alex reminds Cali that they used to build whole Lego villages before she went to Oregon

-Sims - (ch 4) Cali recalls that her hobbies she would do with Lola that Alex had called too girly

-Romeo & Juliet - (ch 12) Violet compares her relationship with Charlie to these star crossed lovers

-American Ninja Warrior - (ch 13) Cali's family is watching TV with Artemis insisting she could win the obstacle course and Tom interested in her being a possible ninja warrior prodigy

-Romance App - (ch 13) Orla tells Cali she has a romance app on her phone where she's reading a series about two boxers who start out hating each other and end up falling in love; possible hint to enemies to lovers book on the Radish app?

-Jeopardy - (ch 14) Colton guesses correctly about why Xavier is calling him and says he should go on this show

-One Direction - (ch 16) Cali mentions that her treehouse has posters tacked on the walls

-Google - (ch 17) Charlie tells Violet he's searching for information about werewolves

-Harry Potter/ Hogwarts - (ch 33) Cali tells Artemis that the moving staircases in the library are like this, but she's Fae so she has no idea what this means

-Beauty and the Beast - (ch 35) Lola enters the supernatural library and says it's like this on steroids, referring to the Beast's library

-Lucky Charms/ Cookie Crunch - (ch 39) Cali states that Greyson is the equivalent of Lucky Charms while Xavier is the equivalent of Cookie Crunch

-Botox - (ch 42) Lola asks Hypatia if she ever had this done

-How To Train Your Pet Dinosaur by Arthur Somestuff - (ch 42) book title; How to Train Your Dragon

-James Bond - (ch 43) Xavier tells Nolan he's acting like a villain from this movie

-Aladdin - (ch 51) Lola states the vault in the library is like the scene in Aladdin where he stumbles upon the genie's lamp

-FaceTime - (ch 56) Violet is glad that Charlie did not FaceTime her so he can't see how embarrassed she is

-Uber - (ch 60, 172) Violet wonders if she should get an Uber so that she wouldn't be alone in her travels

-Titanic - (ch 61) Cali complains that they never mentioned seasickness in this movie, only about Rose and Jack hanging on

-Carrie - (ch 62) Greyson compares Xavier to looking like Carrie at the prom

-DiCaprio (ch 64) - Cali describes Lola howling at the bow of the ferry as a werewolf DiCaprio in a paranormal Titanic remake. She describes Jay as the werewolf Rose and Lola the werewolf Jack

-Ursula - (ch 78) Cali describes the black veins on Xavier’s chest like Ursula’s tentacles, referencing the Little Mermaid

-Bachelorette - (ch 80) Cali tells Greyson and Xavier that it’s not a TV show fantasy of hers to have two men at the same time, which Greyson does not understand
-Cujo - (ch 85) Cali compares Nolan to Cujo on acid as a person

-Remember the Titans - (ch 99) Marlene, Xavier’s mom, tells him to remember the Titans; a football film: the younger generation together can defeat the tyrannical father

-Grinch - (ch 101) Greyson says his heart swells three sizes like a lovesick werewolf Grinch.

-Disney - (ch 114) Greyson states that the gargoyle in the pack house is what was only seen here

-Oz - (ch 115) Xavier states everything is colorful

-Ted Bundy - (ch 116) Violet wants to tell Tom why he failed to catch this guy

-Frozen - (ch 116) Tom asks if the snowman from here is going to show up

-Freddy Krueger - (ch 116) Tom asks if this guy will pop out of their dreams

-Triple A - (ch 122) Tom states he will try to get a service

-Sex in the City (Cave Edition) - [ch 124] Cali states that her and Artemis conversing is like this

-CCR’s Fortunate Son - (ch 135) Xavier turns on the vampire’s radio and this song is playing

-Force - (ch 139) capitalized, referring to Star Wars franchise when Cali states Demeter tried to use this to choke them

-Yelp - (ch 140) Swift tells Xavier to check his reviews as the last time he helped wolves, it nearly destroyed his reputation

-Incredible Hulk - (ch 142) Greyson compares Steinar

-The Brady Bunch - (ch 147) Greyson states his life is not like this

-Lord of the Rings - (ch 148) Joss thinks her and Ravi can go to where they shot this movie

-Bring it - (ch 153) Cali tells Artemis to watch out because she’s about to bring it; Artemis is confused; Cali states her sister didn’t understand a single one of her cultural references