BOOK 6

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## Characters

Cali (ch 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 15, 17, 21, 24, 27, 31, 34, 36, 37, 39, 41, 43, 44, 50, 52, 55, 58, 63, 65, 68, 69, 73, 75, 78, 80, 83, 86, 90, 93, 95, 97, 99, 102, 104, 108, 111, 112, 114, 116, 117, 119, 121, 123, 124, 126)

Greyson (ch 1, 10, 20, 29, 35, 47, 51, 56, 59, 66, 71, 76, 79, 82, 84, 87, 91, 94, 106)

Xavier (ch 3, 5, 9, 11, 16, 25, 28, 33, 38, 46, 53, 54, 61, 64, 74, 89, 109)

Colton (ch 92, 96, 101, 107, 118)

Maya (ch 7, 13, 14, 18, 22, 30, 40, 42, 45, 48, 57, 60, 62, 67, 70, 77, 81, 85, 88, 98, 110, 122)

Lola (ch 72, 100, 103, 105, 115, 120, 125)

Jay

Mrs. Smith (Sabine) & Big Mac (MacKenzie)

Teddy Tahir

Joss (ch 49)

Ava (ch 113)

**Other Characters:**

The Redwood Pack: Rishika, Sage, Zainab & Violet

Mikah (ch 19, 26) & Gabriel (ch 23, 32) \*\*\*NOTE: their story continues in The Alpha's Boyfriend after Ch 38)

Grandma Hera Wrenthorn

Nneka

Fae World - Light Fae: Astrid, Torin, Artemis

Fae World - Heather (bridge troll) [ch 4, 6, 8]

Police Officer (beach patrol) [ch 3, 5]

Fae World - Goblin of the Moon Buttercup [ch 89, 90]

Fae World - Mouse-Bear (Flower Bear) [ch 93]

Fae World - Purple Scarf & Red (Human Miners) [ch 99, 102]

Fae World - Nybor & her Merry Women (Dark Fae) [ch 114, 116, 117]

Fae World - River Captain [ch 119] - crusty old man in a stained shabby tunic and leggings at the dock; smoked a corncob pipe.

## **Synopsis**

### Ch 1 - GREYSON

Greyson thinks about what happened between him and Cali the previous night. Questions if Xavier is still a major factor in her decisions to pursue their feelings for each other. He continues to lead the group in the Fae world and worries about keeping Cali safe. Torin questions him about his relationship with Cali when he snaps at him to keep his nose out of his business. He begins to wonder about his decision to leave Joss in charge of the pack knowing that Silas is back. They approach the mountain the moon buttercup is supposed to be on, but first have to cross a bridge. He remembers the last time they encountered a bridge, noting this one was covered and appeared more stable. However, Astrid and Torin state they are more worried about trolls.

### CH 2 - CALI

Astrid informs Cali that some trolls were nice and sweet but they could also be huge, nasty, and deadly. They discuss the possibility of going around the wooden bridge, but looking at the map, it is the only known one across the river. Greyson offers to go across first, where Cali volunteers instead. He refuses to allow her to put herself in danger, and they compromise to go across together. They link arms and begin to cross when a troll with grey and scaly skin yells for them to stop.

### Ch 3 - XAVIER

Continues with attempting to use the Fae portal at Haystack Rock using the snake fang and Fae blood. However, the portal does not open, leaving him in the wet and cold from the ocean. He becomes hysterical while Gabriel, Colton, and Xavier try to get him to see reason. He blames Mikah for his Fae friend giving him a fake tooth. They swim back to shore where the car is, while he thinks angrily about Cali and Greyson getting together. When they reach the shore, they find a police officer writing them a ticket for being in a no-parking zone. The officer then notices their wet clothes and reprimands them for the no swimming sign they ignored as well. This enrages Xavier who speaks out, causing the officer to shine a flashlight into his eyes. Unable to reign in his anger, he strikes out at the cop thinking that someone had to pay for everything that had been preventing him from reaching Cali until Mikah stops him with a knife to his throat.

### Ch 4 - CALI

The troll is female at least 10 feet tall with large bulbous limbs wearing a toga-like dress with huge breasts and long oily hair. She carried a spiked wooden club and smelled of garbage and had black crooked teeth. Cali introduces herself and the group politely to the troll and requests passage across the bridge to get to the mountain. The troll calls them trespassers and spits a green lump of mucus on the bridge. Cali asks what the troll wants in exchange for passage. The troll asks for gold, cows, or sheep until she asks them what it is they can offer. Cali offers for them to sing, in which Torin steps up to sing a song. However, the troll did not like the noise. Since they had nothing to offer the troll refused their passage; but Cali begged that there must be something they could do. The troll looked at Torin and said he was too skinny; Astrid too sweet; Greyson was probably meaty but too tough; and to Cali said “maybe annoying but you’ll do.” When Cali asked what she was supposed to do, the troll said she was going to stay with her.

### Ch 5 - XAVIER

Mikah and Xavier continue their standoff. Mikah states that Xavier needs to stop going around killing whoever he wants, justified or not, without ramifications like he did with Tony. Xavier responds that Mikah is a hypocrite for treating him this way when he is a vampire. Colton and Gabriel agree to let the cop go if Mikah stops holding the knife to Xavier. He agrees until Xavier retaliates. However, Mikah throws a right hook; they are about to fight when Xavier realizes he needs to focus on the fight to find Cali. They decide to give the cop to Mikah, joking he wants a taste of blue blood. Instead, he looks into the cops eyes, which the werewolves question. He explains that he is erasing his memory, followed by the cop driving off in his cruiser. After doing this, he explains that it is draining to do this task. They decide to return to the house with Colton driving and Gabriel in the passenger seat. Xavier and Miaka share  in the backseat when Mikah suddenly shows his fangs and red eyes.

### Ch 6 - CALI

The troll had given her terms for passage - Cali staying with her. Cali refuses to be her hostage. Torin offers himself up to the Lady of the Bridge while Astrid insists to take her instead. This touches Cali, so she asks why the troll wants her. She replied she wanted company and to hang out. Surprised, she asks for the troll’s name, which is Heather. She then thinks of what she can offer to Heather: her mother’s necklace which she refuses to lose, the rose quartz gem which she needs to detect Dark Fae, and the vial of water from the ondines. She offers the vial to the troll who asks if its a magic potion to add sparkles to her hair or allow her to predict the future. Cali assures it's magical despite it looking like plain water. Heather warns that if it’s ordinary water she will make soup out of the group. She agrees to the deal of allowing them to pass, but wants to check the water before allowing them across in case she gets ‘ripped off’. She opens it but returns the vial and stopper to Cali before she smiles, jerks her body, and passes out face first on top of Greyson.

### Ch 7 - MAYA

At the pack house, she sees Lola and Jay, and wonders what it would be like to be in love. Lola asks her where Colton is when Jay says that he went with Xavier and that he needed to talk to Joss. She gets angry at Lola for asking more questions about Colton. She goes upstairs to take a shower and ends up masturbating while thinking of Colton.

### Ch 8 - CALI

Cali mind links with Greyson, who is trapped under Heather the bridge troll, to ensure he is still alive. He struggles, but is able to lift her off of him, and they leave her snoring under the bridge. They come upon a field of white flowers when Cali blacks out.

Ch 9 - XAVIER

Ch 10 - GREYSON

Ch 11 - XAVIER

Ch 12 - CALI

Ch 13 - MAYA

Ch 14 - MAYA

Ch 15 - CALI

Ch 16 - XAVIER

Ch 17 - CALI

Ch 18 - MAYA

Ch 19 - MIKAH

Ch 20 - GREYSON

CH 21 - CALI

Ch 22 - MAYA

Ch 23 - GABRIEL

Ch 24 - CALI

Ch 25 - XAVIER

Ch 26 - MIKAH

Ch 27 - CALI

Ch 28 - XAVIER

Ch 29 - GREYSON

Ch 30 - MAYA

Ch 31 - CALI

Ch 32 - GABRIEL

Ch 33 - XAVIER

Ch 34 - CALI

Ch 35 - GREYSON

Ch 36 - CALI

Ch 37 - CALI

Ch 38 - XAVIER

Ch 39 - CALI

Ch 40 - MAYA

Ch 41 - CALI

Ch 42 - MAYA

Ch 43 - CALI

Ch 44 - CALI

Ch 45 - MAYA

Ch 46 - XAVIER

Ch 47 - GREYSON

Ch 48 - MAYA

Ch 49 - JOSS

Ch 50 - CALI

CH 51 - GREYSON

Ch 52 - CALI

Ch 53 - XAVIER

Ch 54 - XAVIER

Ch 55 - CALI

Ch 56 - GREYSON

Ch 57 - MAYA

Ch 58 - CALI

Ch 59 - GREYSON

Ch 60 - MAYA

Ch 61 - XAVIER

Ch 62 - MAYA

Ch 63 - CALI

CH 64 - XAVIER

Ch 65 - CALI

Ch 66 - GREYSON

CH 67 - MAYA

Ch 68 - CALI

Ch 69 - CALI

CH 70 - MAYA

Ch 71 - GREYSON

Ch 72 - LOLA

Ch 73 - CALI

Ch 74 - XAVIER

Ch 75 - CALI

Ch 76 - GREYSON

Ch 77 - MAYA

Ch 78 - CALI

Ch 79 - GREYSON

Ch 80 - CALI

### Ch 81 - MAYA

Maya insists on Colton informing Joss about the situation and having her as Luna recruit Mrs. Smith for help.They run into Lola and Jay returning from the woods, and tease them for their appearance. Colton explains to Joss about the sighting of dead people and their plan to ask Big Mac for help in finding the orb; but to get to Big Mac they needed Mrs. Smith’s help. Joss listens and agrees to talk to Mrs. Smith. She tells Mrs. Smith the information she just received, and Mrs. Smith denies to help them because she does not want to betray Big Mac. Colton gets upset and demands to know what the story is between Silas, Big Mac, and Mrs. Smith.

### Ch 82 - GREYSON

Astrid, Torin, Artemis, and Greyson fall down the mine shaft from the broken rope ladder. Greyson is able to hang on to a piece of the wall with one hand, and the other hand continues to painfully hold onto the rope holding the three Fae. However, he is unable to hold onto the rock wall for long before they start free falling again. They hit the ground, which is soft, and Greyson momentarily mistakes Artemis for Cali who is under him.They untangle themselves and find themselves face to face with a large snake.

### Ch 83 - CALI

Cali tries to sleep on the cold ground, Xavier still angry at her, is sleeping a few feet away from her. She pouts that at least Greyson had kept her warm in his wolf form, then realizes she can’t compare the two. She still is upset that even though Xavier came to the Fae world for her, he still brings with him emotional baggage. She finally admits that she understands the myth of the due destini. She falls asleep and dreams about her mom singing her a lullaby as a baby during a thunderstorm. She realizes that she has never been afraid of lightning. Her father comes in, but leaves the room, despite her wanting him to stay. Her mother puts her in the crib and says she has to go. She starts to panic when the storm gets louder and her mother tells her to get the flowers before it's too late. She wakes up with Xavier and realizes it was all a nightmare.

### Ch 84 - GREYSON

Artemis uses her powers to hold the jormungand snake and allow the others to pass into the tunnel of the mines. When Artemis starts to lose her hold on it, Greyson shifts and grabs it’s attention. Instead of fighting, the snake slithers away. The group goes down a few more levels of the mine to get to the exit. While climbing down the ladders, Artemis and Greyson talk about how much alike they are. She tells him her mother died in childbirth and he tells her he didn’t have a mother growing up either. He realizes they have a connection

\*Shawn is listed along with Torin and Astrid to pass the snake; she is listed again as waiting at an opening in the ground of the mine

### Ch 85 - MAYA

Colton drives her and Mrs. Smith to Big Mac’s house. He asks Mrs. Smith if she’s seen any ghosts because Shaggy thought he saw his mom and Maya, Xavier, and he thought they saw Ava. Mrs. Smith instead asked how the brothers lost the orb to Silas, and if they had found it why did they not bring it to the council instead of hiding it themselves. They get to the area where Big Mac’s hidden house is and call out for her until Colton starts honking the car horn and yelling in the woods for Silas to come find her. Big Mac comes out, furious, and puts a spell on Colton to silence him. Mrs. Smith then tells her that Silas has the Orb of Letifer, and she lets them inside.

### Ch 86 - CALI

Cali is surprised that Xavier is able to freely use their mind link like her and Greyson are able to. Xavier then becomes emotional trying to explain to Cali how he made a mistake in leaving her to go with Gabriel. How being with his friend reminded him of his past and of his previous mate Ava. He talks about how he stopped trusting or getting close to anyone because of what happened with his father starting a war and his mate siding against him. Cali then asks Xavier if he loved Ava, which he answers he did. She then asks him if he loves her just as much, and he answers that he loves her even more than he could have thought possible. He states he realized now that she was important to him, and she wonders why now all of a sudden. He says because his father is back.She wonders if Greyson knows, which upsets him. They go to sleep, and in the morning he shifts so she can ride on his back. They finally reach the ridge where the white flowers are, and a voice says it can help her find the moon buttercup.

### Ch 87 - GREYSON

Out of the mine Greyson, Artemis, Astrid, and Torin backtrack to catch up with Cali and Xavier. Artemis thanks Greyson for helping her out of the mines. She wonders why all of a sudden werewolves were popping up in the Fae world when Torin mentions that Xavier and him look alike. Greyson tells them that they are half-brothers. Torin tries to continue with the questioning which creates an inner turmoil of Greyson thinking about what Xavier and Cali are doing and how Xavier had left him in the zoo. Artemis notices Greyson’s demeanor and asks him if he hates his brother.

### Ch 88 - MAYA

Colton, Maya, and Mrs. Smith goes inside to Big Mac’s hidden house; she undoes the spell keeping Colton from speaking. Mrs. Smith tells her that the Evers brothers accidentally let Silas take the Orb of Letifer, where Big Mac starts panicking and packing her things. Maya gets frustrated because she doesn’t know what is going on. They explain the Orb of Letifer draws power from the realm of the dead and anyone who has it can use the power of the people they have killed. Silas had the orb during the pack wars to increase his power and took Big Mac’s mother for her witch powers. She reveals that her mother stole back the orb and he killed her for it. And, even though Big Mac did not have the orb, he was probably looking to kill her for taking Mrs. Smith from him.

### Ch 89 - XAVIER

Cali and Xavier are at a ridge with many different kinds of white flowers and meet the creature who grows the moon buttercup. Cali asks for it’s help while Xavier impatiently denies speaking to it. He warns that if they choose incorrectly, they do not get a second chance. Xavier tries to persuade Cali to leave the creature alone until she opens a mind link to inform him that she was given a hint to ask nicely in order to get the flower. The creature agrees to help find the flower if Cali makes a deal with him by giving her mother’s necklace. When she disagrees, he requests Cali herself, causing Xavier to step in. The creature says the moon buttercup is much more than a flower, and in exchange he wants a human - like Xavier.

### Ch 90 - CALI

The creature states that he wants Cali to give him her human, and that was his final offer. Cali asks Xavier to trust her through the mind link. She then ensures with the creature that the deal is for Cali to give up her human for the moon buttercup. When they shake on it, the creature laughs saying that the last customer only gave up his shoe. He shows them the flower and admits that he will use a human to do chores, however Cali states that Xavier is not hers he wasn’t even human. The creature became upset and summoned a large flying soup ladle to take it away. When she picks the flower, she hears a voice.

### Ch 91 - GREYSON

Greyson thinks about Artemis asking him about hating Xavier. He answers that he does not hate Xavier but Xavier hates him because he believes Greyson has betrayed him. He appreciates talking to Astrid as she was the only person who had met Greyson first whereas everyone else had been biased towards him. Artemis tells Greyson that she is an orphan. Greyson informs the group that he is Alpha of the pack. Astrid asks Greyson about mates, to which he answers some can have two, and tells the story of the due destini Cassandra. Torin, requesting more info, likens Cali to be mated to both Xavier and Greyson and how she would be torn between them, unable to choose. Greyson states that in the story, instead of choosing, Cassandra decides to avoid the choice of either one. Astrid then asks Greyson about the scenario, what would happen if Cali did not choose Greyson.

### Ch 92 - COLTON

Colton, Maya, Mrs. Smith, and Big Mac are continuing their conversation about Silas. Mrs. Smith reminds Colton that his father was not faithful to his chosen mate, his mother, and took women when he wanted them. When Mrs. Smith was a teenager, Silas took her from her pack and forced her to join the Redwood pack. Big Mac states that her mother was also forced to join. The girls became friends, and then more than friends, and Big Mac helped her escape followed by her mom. Lola’s parents reached out to Mrs. Smith when she was being adopted to protect her from Silas. Suddenly there is a loud noise.

### Ch 93 - CALI

Part teddy bear, part mouse (mouse-bear creature) inside the moon buttercup tells Cali that the trees told it about her. It said she could have the flower as long as she told it something that was true in her heart. She tells it that she needs to save her mom and that it’s the thing she most cares about in the world right now. However, the creature states it wants to hear something true that she herself hasn’t admitted to herself yet. It further explains that if she is honest, the flower will last eternally after being picked. If she is not honest, it will die once picked, and so will her mother. So, she tells it she’s in love with two men. It sprouts wings and takes the tear that falls from her eye, telling her she can now pick the flower. When she plucks it, her mother’s necklace opens up to show a space to keep the flower safe. Xavier is upset about her admission and demands to talk about it immediately. Cali walks away and runs into Greyson and the Fae group.

### Ch 94 - GREYSON

Cali greets him with a hug and shows her pendant holding the moon buttercup, but he is upset that Xavier was the one who had helped her retrieve it. He is about to tell her that Xavier was the one who left her in the zoo when Torin asks if the tension around the brothers and Cali is due to the due destini. Greyson interrupts and asks Cali how they got the flower, and she tells the story to Astrid. Artemis states that the Kollector had wanted a flower bear, as it is a rare creature, and she would have gotten a lot of money for it. Xavier then questions who she is. Cali explains that she actually captured them, when Xavier starts blaming Artemis for their problems. Greyson defends her, realizing he feels protective of her. A fight ensues and Xavier shifts to attack Greyson.

### Ch 95 - CALI

Xavier had shifted and attacked Greyson, who now has also shifted. Cali inner monologues her decision to choose both of them and believes it’s her responsibility to stop them. She threatens to leave both of them if they don’t stop fighting, which they don't. She then uses her Fae powers to stop the fight and demands them to shift back. She puts both of them in their place and tells them that she is returning to her mother without either of them

### Ch 96 - COLTON

The loud noise turns out to be Big Mac’s alarm. Colton offers to go outside to check; Maya insists on coming. During their patrol, a wolf jumps out of the bushes.

### Ch 97 - CALI

Cali continues to put the brothers in their place, she yells at them and takes off with everyone following behind. Cali continues to inner monologue her anger towards her companions when they are blocked off by a mob of angry miners carrying shovels and pickaxes.

### Ch 98 - MAYA

Maya shifts immediately and pins down a dark brown wolf, which she describes as muscular like an experiment gone wrong; and something was off. It mind links with her when Colton shifts as well and begins to attack. He explains he’s a werewolf too and that he was hurt. He continues to talk to Maya via mind link, stating he came for the witch’s help to shift back. He also mind links with Colton to tell him the same thing. Mrs. Smith and Big Mac come out and agree to tend to his wound. Big Mac asks the wolf how to know where to find her, when he responds Silas sent him.

### Ch 99 - CALI

The miners point out Artemis as their kidnapper in the human world, and forcing them to work the mines. Cali tells them her story while the miners state they want all Fae to pay for what happened to them. Cali tells them if they don’t calm down and leave them alone, they will be ruining their only chance to return home to the human world.

### Ch 100 - LOLA

The Redwood Pack is with the realtor checking the possible new pack house. Jay suggests to check the bedrooms, as it is an investment to ensure they are happy with what they are getting. Lola flirts with Jay in one of the bedrooms until she feels her wolf urging her to shift.

### Ch 101 - COLTON

Colton tries to kick out the injured wolf when he clarifies that he was not sent by Silas but he was trapped in his wolf form by someone named Silas. Big Mac finally decides to change the wolf back to human form and they find Teddy Tahir with a gash on his leg. He tells them he was from the Arrowood Pack but went Rogue and accidentally trespassed on Silas’ territory, so his witch put a curse on him which forced him to stay in wolf form. He then tells the group that he know where Silas’ territory is and can take them to him.

### Ch 102 - CALI

Cali tells the miners that she got rid of the Kollector and now is the boss, so if they wanted to return home to the human world, to follow her. Cali and Artemis have a heart to heart about their differences. A voice stops them from walking further into the forest.

### Ch 103 - LOLA

Lola has an uncontrollable urge to shift when Jay reminds her the realtor is downstairs. Jay tries to calm her, not understanding that her wolf is trying to claw out. She tries to go out the window when Jay blocks her. The second she explodes, she feels relief, and is jumping out the window of the second story. She runs to the woods and Jay chases her in wolf form and mind links that he is worried. She realizes she prefers her wolf form to her human form and plays with Jay. He’s still worried about her behavior, but gets her to chase after him. Happy, she acknowledges her wolf and asks for permission to shift back to human form to be with Jay. Agreeing, she shifts back easily and Jay follows suit.

### Ch 104 - CALI

The voice is coming from a willow tree, who has a message for Cali from Mercutio. It says Nybor is looking for her. Artemis questions what Cali did to make Nybor angry. Cali tells her the short version, and that she tried to steal her pendant. Artemis admits Nybor asked her to join her band. Cali asks the tree what they should do to avoid Nybor, and gets directions for the long way around. Tired, they decide to camp before heading out again. Both Xavier and Greyson mind link with Cali to ask her to talk to them, but she chooses to ignore both for fear of inciting a fight. She notices Artemis and Greyson talking, then walking away from the group, feeding the flames of her jealousy.

### Ch 105 - LOLA

Jay and Lola have their hot sex scene after their run and shifting back to human form. Post coital, Jay expresses concern over Lola’s sudden enthusiasm for shifting. She assures him she is fine thanks to Big Mac’s potions, and that she feels more connected to him when she is able to share shifting experiences with him. He tells her he loves her and they walk hand in hand back to the house. Stopping by the car to retrieve clothes, they decided to walk inside at different times to not seem obvious what they were just doing. Upon entering, she sees the group closing the deal on the house, paid for in cash. She receives a call from Dad and Pops - Pops - who says nobody is able to get a hold of Cali and her father is worried. They want to let her know her mother’s taken a turn for the worse.

### Ch 106 - GREYSON

Artemis and Greyson walk away from the group to talk, where Artemis admits she’s not good at talking about feelings. But, being with Cali makes her think about things, and she wanted help to apologize to Cali. Greyson asked if she was apologizing to him too, which she was. He admitted he was not so good with people either, and she agrees at this time he’s not doing well with Cali due to the due destini. But, he seems to be the best person to connect with her and help her connect with her too. Greyson thought about his connection to Artemis, and his current situation with Cali, deciding not to snitch on Xavier about leaving him in the zoo. Greyson tells her he has no tricks in getting to talk to Cali, just to tell her everything she is telling him. She agrees, but questions what to do if Cali does not accept her apology. He assures her that it’s not in Cali’s nature to not accept an apology. She thanks him for the advice and tells him that she understands Cali’s attraction to him. Greyson starts to wonder if Artemis is hitting on him when Xavier laughs that he hopes he’s not interrupting them.

### Ch 107 - COLTON

Teddy tells them he can take the group to Silas and Colton tells Teddy Silas is his father. Teddy is afraid of Colton, but the group assures him Colton is not like his father. Still suspicious of who Teddy is, they clean his wound and offer for him to stay the night to heal up. Colton and Maya discuss what their next move is, where Colton is unsure as he originally wanted Big Mac’s help to get into the Fae world to get to Xavier. But, now that Silas has been sighted by Teddy, he wonders how dangerous it would be to go after him solo. Mrs. Smith interrupts them to ask if they could check the perimeter for Big Mac’s peace of mind. They go on patrol and get to the hot springs where the flirt and decide to go in.

### Ch 108 - CALI

Cali is explaining to Astrid about the human world when she zones out to worry about what was going on with Greyson and Artemis. Astrid breaks her out of her trance and they discuss how Cali feels about Xavier and Greyson. She admits she noted it would be mentally stressful when Xavier put his arm around Cali while looking at Greyson to stake his claim. However, she knows through their travels that there is a story with her and Greyson, and all of a sudden Xavier pops up. She then admits that Xavier and Greyson are both her mates. Astrid then tells her about her most serious relationship, he broke it off, and she realized she was better off. She then advises Cali to maybe take some distance from both her mates to figure out what’s best for her. While she thought about this advice, she wondered what if she distanced herself from both Xavier and Greyson and realized that neither of them were good for her.

### Ch 109 - XAVIER

Xavier taunts Greyson and Artemis about them going off alone and threatens to inform Cali. Artemis decides to leave to give them space, thanking Greyson for his help before doing so. Xavier hears this, and says whatever Greyson helped her with wasn’t worth a thanks, and tells her to share the secret. She ignores him and Xavier tells Greyson he’s disgusted another one believes his lies. Greyson, upset with his attitude, wonders why he is even bothering to talk to him after leaving him stranded at the zoo. He tries to leave when Xavier blocks him. Greyson asks what they could possibly talk about - perhaps Xavier’s fear that he’s lost Cali - and reminds him that it was him who accompanied Cali to the Fae world and protected her until he came. Xavier calls him a placeholder to fill in when he left. Greyson counters that it was him who left her, and pity that he was already given another chance at having a mate. Xavier tells Greyson to leave Cali alone, when Greyson reminds him that his life was spared once and it won’t happen again. Xavier tells him if it weren’t for Cali, he would be dead now. Greyson dares him to go ahead and do it since Cali wasn’t there now, but Xavier decides against it in order to win Cali’s trust. Greyson asks Xavier when he’s going to tell Cali about what he did, when Cali shows up.

### Ch 110 - MAYA

She pushes Colton into the hot spring, he grabs her and pulls her in as well. They reminisce about the time the played truth or dare (Book 2). They have a sexual encounter and return to the house. Big Mac lets them in and is suspicious of how thorough they checked the perimeter. Big Mac goes to bed, and Mrs. Smith asks to talk to them about Teddy. She informs them that Big Mac believes he’s a spy for Silas and that they will need to get proof to change her mind. Colton decides to wake up the sleeping Teddy and demands to get some kind of proof when Big Mac appears and asks the name of the witch who cursed him. He states it was Demeter, when Big Mac says Silas already know where they are.

### Ch 111 - CALI

Cali questions Xavier and Greyson about what they were talking about. She gets upset because they don’t answer her - Greyson attempts to goad Xavier into telling her the truth about what happened at the zoo, but he deflects it, which makes Cali even more upset. She decides to take Astrid’s advice to give both the boys distance. Artemis sees her and asks if they could talk, trying to take Greyson’s advice and apologize to Cali. However, Cali remembers how Artemis and Greyson had secretly left with Greyson earlier, and snaps at her in jealousy. Alone, she falls asleep under a tree, where she dreams she’s wearing a prom dress on a game show called Faelorette hosted by Cort Haverson who is wearing a gold suit with purple velvet shoes. Apparently, she has to choose between Xavier and Greyson at that moment, who lives and gets to be her mate and who dies a horrible death in a pit of flames. If she is unable to choose, they will all die.

### Ch 112 - CALI

She wakes up from her nightmare and realizes its daylight, everyone else is ready to go. She avoids Xavier and Greyson, prepares the miners to leave, and thanks the tree. Before they set off, Artemis meets up with Cali, who starts to apologize for her behavior last night. Artemis cuts her off to discuss the possibility of border patrols or other dangers when they get closer to the border between Light and Dark Fae territories. Soon after their marching, Greyson and Xavier start mind linking with her, which she tries to ignore until she screams aloud to get out of her head. Everyone else in the party was confused and shocked, with Cali playing it off as a practice speech she was making. She gets lost in her thoughts, and leads the group across a small footbridge over a brook, and realizes things seem too quiet. When she turns around, nobody is there, and turning back - she sees Nybor who asks for what was taken from her.

### Ch 113 - Unnamed (from POV of Ava in the mirror)

Big Mac tells the group about Demeter, a dark witch with dark powers, who probably knows where they are already if she is working with Silas. She starts packing again and blaming Teddy for bringing them into the mess. Colton starts to touch the mirror when Big Mac yells at him. He says he was looking for a way to look for Xavier, when the mirror thinks it sounds familiar but cannot remember it’s own name. Colton sees something in the mirror, whoever it is, has a sudden feeling of rage, but the group shrugs it off and continues their conversation about choosing to go after Silas or finding a way to help Xavier. They start to leave, when whoever is behind the mirror starts to pound and ask them to wait - tell it more about Xavier. Alone, it moves through the mirror, into Big Mac’s room, and remembers her name is Ava.

### Ch 114 - CALI

Nybor holds a sword and continues to ask Cali for the necklace, while Cali continues to look for Greyson and Xavier to save her. Still unable to harness her Fae powers, she tries to bargain with her, but comes up with nothing to offer in exchange. Bluffing a threat to Nybor, who gloats her magic is stronger than Cali’s, she begins to feel a surge of energy, but it quickly dissipates. Then, Greyson mind links with her to assure her that the group is safe, just trapped in a glamour magic. They begin to fight, with Cali able to summon some magic to blast Nybor off of her, and again threatens that she will take care of her like she did with the Kollector. Nybor doesn’t believe her, but Cali tells her to just ask her companions if she wants proof. When the glamour magic is removed, Cali asks the miners what happened to the Kollector, to which they respond he died. Nybor offers her and her Merry Women’s assistance in helping Cali, where she asks if she could get help getting across the border.

### Ch 115 - LOLA

Lola begins to think about where Cali is because of the news that her mother is dying. She asks Jay if he has heard anything from Colton, which he had not. They decide to return to Colton and Xavier’s house so the pack can get their things moved into the new pack house. She asks Jay how he would feel if she left the pack to search for Cali again. He’s upset because he believes she is choosing Cali over him again (last two times she did). She counters that he always chooses the pack over her, and asks him to come with her instead. He refuses to compromise, and they call Colton for an update. Colton tells them that they got sidetracked from finding Cali into looking for Silas to get back the Orb of Letifer.

### Ch 116 - Cali

Nybor and her Merry Women escorted Cali and her group towards the border with Torin teaching them to sing a song along the way. Soon they reached what Nybor called the Fields of Boscorth, the most contested region of the war. As they near the sounds of the war zone, Nybor’s Merry Women lead them to a tunnel that smugglers used. They go through the tunnel and make it out to the river where they have to take a small rusty boat.

### Ch 117 - CALI

Cali doubts the boat’s safety and ability to hold everyone. She considers swimming in the river when she realizes the current is too strong. They head down to the dock where they meet an old man who requests payment for crossing the river when Nybor tells him that she killed the Kollector. Instead, the captain blames her for loss of business as he had been smuggling for the Kollector. Nybor then steps up to pay the man; calling her Cali the Konqueror. They board the boat and as Cali gives Nybor a farewell embrace, soldiers appear from the tunnel they previously traversed. Nybor assures her they can take care of it and the group is off down the river until they slam into some rocks.

### Ch 118 - COLTON

Finishing his call with Jay and Lola, he turns to Maya who is upset he made an executive decision to hunt down his father without discussing it first. He reasons that the only way the pack will be safe is to track down Silas, take the orb, and kill him. She argues that trying by himself and failing will not benefit the pack. He insists he is going no matter what and feels guilty for shutting her out. The group have decided to go to Nneka’s with Colton driving. He questions Teddy about what he was doing before he met them. He tells them he left his pack to become rogue and go exploring when he met another werewolf named Wren. Maya freaks out and asks Teddy how he knows her sister.

### Ch 119 - CALI

The boat capsized and ejects the passengers on board into the icy river. Cali manages to grab onto a boulder and she catches the miners and Fae aboard until they are all clinging to the rock. Greyson finds Cali and turns around to call Xavier to help overturn the boat. Halfway to the shore already, Xavier turns around upset he’s being ordered around. Along with Torin, Astrid, and a few miners, they manage to flip the boat over. They board the boat again, along with the captain. Greyson decides that him and Xavier are going to push the boat across the river, with Xavier upset at being told what to do again. Artemis sits next to Cali and they discuss Cali’s problem with the two werewolves. They reach the shore and begin to disembark the ship when Artemis questions her safety in Light Fae territory. She tells the group that the next step in the plan is to reach her grandmother’s and leave the Fae world tonight.

### Ch 120 - LOLA

She continues to wonder why nobody seemed to care that her best friend was gone, and tells Jay that she needs to try to find her. They argue and she storms out of the house. Joss notices her upset and tries to help her out. She explains her situation to Joss. In turn, Joss tells her that Fae can communicate with each other across the worlds, but she doesn't know any Fae. Lola returns to Jay to apologize, and tells him she needs to go to Minnesota because she knows where to find a Fae.

### Ch 121 - CALI

The group returns to the village where her grandmother; Astrid and Torin part ways to return to their home. They say their goodbyes and continue to her grandmother’s mansion. She asks Xavier and Greyson to behave themselves, then Artemis begins to panic about being there. They meet with Hera who notices the werewolves with disapproval, and then inspects Artemis asking her if she is a Mauvais, a Dark Fae family. She asks for the stone she gave to Cali at the beginning of her journey - which did not light up.

### Ch 122 - MAYA

Maya demands Teddy to tell her what he knows about her sister Wren. He states he met her on his way through Montana; they were both trying to find themselves. They parted outside of Helena and told him that she did not want to go back to Oregon. They continue their journey until they reach Nneka’s place, who holds a shotgun at the group telling them to leave her property.

### Ch 123 -CALI

Hera continues to check to see why Artemis does not light up the stone when Artemis takes it and stomps on it. She tells the group that she was raised in an orphanage. Cali changes the subject to ask for help to return to the human world, and shows Hera the moon buttercup inside her pendant. She promises to take it back to her mother and asks what she is supposed to do with it. Her grandmother tells her to just take it to her mother as she will know what to do. She says she will take them to the portal as long as Cali promises that she will come back to visit her. Cali agrees and her grandmother summons a guard to take them to the portal. She also tells Greyson that she releases him from his promise to fight in the Fae war for the Light Fae. She reminds Cali that her promise is an unbreakable bond and even if she forgets what happened in the Fae world, the promise still stands. She explains that humans have their memories of the Fae world erased to protect the Fae, but she doesn't know if that is what will happen for sure with Cali as she is half-Fae.

### Ch 124 - CALI

Cali worries over this news about possibly forgetting all that she had endured in the Fae world; especially her feelings for Greyson. Artemis asks Cali if she could accompany her to the human world, and Cali agrees thinking that she feels a sort of connection to her and is basically part of her pack. Cali then mind-links with Greyson to share her worries of forgetting about their adventures in Fae land and how Xavier fits in when they are back in the human world. Except the response she gets is from Xavier - she had mind linked with him instead.

### Ch 125 - LOLA

Jay and Lola are on their way to Minnesota and Lola thinks about introducing him to her dads. As soon as they reach outside, she feels the urge to shift and checks her jacket pocket for Big Mac’s potion. She greets her Dad and Pops then introduces Jay as her boyfriend to them. They question what happened to Ant which she admits are the same person. They head to the hospital in the car when she feels another desire to shift again when looking at the fields and the blue sky. Her dads offer to wait in the lobby while they visit Oral as not to overwhelm her. When they reach Orla’s room, the bed is empty.

### Ch 126 - CALI

Xavier confirms that Cali had accidentally sent a mind link to him about him, which was actually meant for Greyson. This spills the beans to Xavier that Cali is able to mind link with both of them. He then asks what did happen between her and Greyson. They agree, through the mind link, to talk about it after saving her mom. Greyson asks why she isn't answering his question when she admits she accidentally mind-linked with Xavier; which confuses him as he knows they are able to do this. She tells him that she actually only recently been able to mind link him. They reach the portal, and Cali begins to panic about losing her memories. She makes Greyson promise to remind her and that he would never forget about their time together. Xavier promises to stay by her side. She also asks Artemis to help her figure things out if she forgets, and goes into the portal.

## Cultural References

-All for one and one for all - Cali stays this (ch 2) when the group decides to cross the bridge together.

-Wizard of Oz - mentioned by Cali (ch2) when she compares her group to Dorothy’s group

-Hashtag feminism - Cali says this (ch 4) upon meeting the troll

-Pig-Pen - Cali says this (ch 4) when she thinks the troll smells like Pig-Pen had a baby with a giant

-Glee - Cali tells Greyson (ch 4) that she’s seen this and could sing to perform for the bridge troll as payment for passage

-The Voice - Cali says this (ch 4) about having Torin go on this when he sings a song to the bridge troll

-Mr. Law and Order - Colton says this (ch 5) to Mikah regarding the cop he is trying to save from Xavier

-Dracula - Colton calls Mikah an amateur Dracula (ch 5)

-Febreze - Cali wonders (ch 6) if she could introduce the troll to this if they were to hang out

-Mother Teresa - Cali mentions (ch 6) that she wasn’t the Mother Teresa of the Fae or the half-Fae

-Wicked Witch of the East - Cali compares Greyson being squished under Heather the bridge troll (6-ch 8). She further wonders if she clicked her heels together, would she wake up in bed back at the pack house.

-Hercules - Cali compares Greyson to a real life Hercules with better hair (ch 8)

-300 - Cali daydreams seeing Greyson in a little Spartan skirt like in this movie (ch 8)

-Google - Cali wonders how she can get instructions on use of the moon buttercup (ch 90)

-Wolverine - Colton extends his claws and threatens to go Wolverine (ch 101)

-Google Translate - Colton complains he’s not Google Translate when he is clarifying his mind link with the injured wolf (ch 101)

-Notebook (movie) - Colton states Mrs. Smith and MacKenzie look at each other like they were stars in this movie (ch 101)

-MILF - Colton thinks Mrs. Smith and MacKenzie are MILF levels of hot for dating when they were younger. (ch 101)

-Coachella - Teddy describes the witch who put the curse on him as Coachella meets hot evil (ch 101)

-Glinda the Good Witch - (ch 113) Colton tries to suck up to Big Mac saying she is a good witch while the witch Demeter is a dark witch

-Hulk - Cali calls Greyson and Xavier mini-Hulks (6- ch 117)

-Mall of America - (ch 124) Cali states that the Fae guard is looking at her like she was acting as a jogger at the Mall of America.

-Mary Poppins - (ch 125) Lola compares Jay to Mary Poppins when thinking of introducing him to her dads