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Shadow Pack 2
K. Easton
PROLOGUE
Diedre sneaks out of her parents house to meet up with a group of rebellious kids. She finds them in the woods and walks right up to their campfire. She takes their flask from one of the guys and takes a drink. They are worried about her telling Zade about them. She explains she wants to help them. She tells them her sister is also a Shadow Pack wolf mated to Phoenix. They agree to let her work with them to take down the Willow Creek pack.
1. Adrianne is at a fancy dinner for the Wold Creek packs. Phoenix keeps using their connection to talk to her. She gets distracted and tells him she needs to concentrate. A girl, Marie, introduces herself. Adrianne apologizes for not remembering her because she has met so many new people since coming home. Marie asks her about the details of her wedding to Zade that is coming up. Adrianne admits she doesn’t know too much about it. She excuses herself to go mingle, but it isnmt long before Zade is pulling her away to leave. He drives her home and asks her to give him a kiss. She refuses saying she isnmt ready after the trauma of being kidnapped by the Shadow Pack. He gets angry and speeds off before she makes it to the house.
2. Pheonix and Nora go to the Atwood family’s townhouse. As soon as the teenage girl opens the door, he thinks she looks and asks exactly like Adrianne. He asks to talk to her mom and the girl goes to get her. Eva comes to the door and is surprised to find the pack alpha. She welcomes him in and starts trying to tidy up. Pheonix stops her and says they might have found some of the Shadow Pack wolves that were stolen as babies. He wants her and her husband, Niven’s DNA to prove their daughter is among them. He explains they will be able to sue in human courts to make things official. Eva tells him she had Adrianne in a stroller to go for a walk. She went to grab her blanket. In the 11 seconds, Adrianne was gone. As Phoenix leaves, he starts to think the kidnappings were planned rather than random like they had previously thought.
3. A strange car brings Deidre home. Adrianne waits until her sister is upstairs before she opens her door to talk to her. Deidre promises she is okay, but things are different for her too since Adrianne left. She still can’t tell Adrianne what is going on, but promises to come to her if she needs help. Adrianne and Pheonix have phone sex using their mind connection.
3. Deidre gets a call on her burner phone. A man tells her he knows that she has been meeting with the other resistors on public. He says he has a place for them to meet if they sign nondisclosure agreements . Deidre asks why he should trust him. He says he is from Phoenix’s pack and starts giving her enough details about Adrianne to convince Deidre he is telling the truth.
4. Adrianne waits until no one is around to drive over to the Crawford’s house to go into the woods. She puts her clothes into a bag and shifts. She takes off running, but it isn’t long until Zade finds her. He shifts into his human form and is upset that she is not accepting him. When he goes to grab the scruff of her neck. She backs off and growls at him. He says he is starting to think she is on Phoenix’s side. When she gets back to her things. She has text messages from Zade telling her she will have to move into his house before the wedding to keep her safe. He says he cannot trust her anymore. Adrianne decides not to tell Phoenix about this because she doesnmt know how he will react. She asks about her birth parents. He tells her the lab is working on the results as quickly as they can and he asks several times a day.
5. Deidre sneaks out of the house late at night and goes to the wear house where the mystery caller told her to meet him. Four of the other resisters are hiding in the bushes. She tells them she will go in first to make sure it’s safe. She meets Kaz inside and brings the others in. He tells them they suspect there are around 200 Shadow Pack wolves that were stolen from their parents as babies. They are collecting DNA samples to try to match up the children to their biological parents. He gives them each a card with a number on it. He tells them to call it if they ever need to get out quick. He has them sign the NDA papers. Deidre asks about Adrianne’s wedding to Zane. Kaz explains he plans to use their help to make sure it doesn’t happen. Deidre feels like she has found a place where she has earned her place and belongs.
6. Adrianne’s mother and Zade’s mother, Emma, take Adrianne to a dress shop to try on the wedding dress they picked out and bought for her. It does not fit her body type and looks horrible. The shop owner, Lily, pulls Adrianne aside to get her measurements. Adrianne can tell she is a Shadow Pack wolf. Adrianne asks how long she has been in Willow Creek. Lily says she lost her mate and child 15 years ago. She found love and her new husband has made her feel at home. Adrianne admits she doesn’t want to marry Zade and that her mate is up north. Lily tells her to make sure he is worth it because Zade and his father scare her. Adrianne admits they scare her too. She tells Phoenix to hurry. That night will be her first night in Zade’s house.
7. Phoenix gets a call from the lab to tell him the samples have been tampered with and are now missing from the database completely. He tells the guy to get new samples and retests run within 72 hours and not to tell anyone about it. He reaches out to Adrianne and she sends him a mental picture of her horrible wedding dress. It makes him jealous. He starts up their nightly mind sex, but she stops him and ends up telling him she was moved into Zane’s house that day. He is furious. They have mind sex anyway.
8. When Adrianne goes downstairs the next morning, Zane is in the kitchen. He says he can’t trust her. He asks if she had sex with Phoenix. When she refuses to answer, strangles her. She tried to claw his arm to get him to let go, but he doesn’t until she nods the answer to him. He says he will not leave the house without an enforcer. He also says he made the DNA samples disappear to prevent Phoenix from proving she is a Shadow Pack wolf. He says she is his and leaves her on the floor.
9. Adrianne does all she can to stay in her room. She waits until all the cars are gone before she goes down to the kitchen. She sees Zade’s brother, Zeek (went wild after his first shift and was sent away to boarding school), is on the phone talking about how he is betrothed to Deidre. He says his parents are planning a bonding ceremony for them. He goes on to say they are planning the same for Zade and Adrianne the night before the wedding after they kill Phoenix. Adrianne sneaks back up to her room and tells Phoenix what she overheard. He isn’t concerned for his own safety, and he says the DNA proof will be ready soon. He is tempted to start a war to get Adrianne out of that situation. She doesn’t tell him about Zade strangling her, but says he is different.
10. Deidre is at Adrianne’s bachelorette party at the Crawford house when she gets a text from Kaz telling her to meet him. She says she can’t because Adrianne needs her, but he tells her to bring her sister. Deidre gets her drunk sister to her car and drives her out to the warehouse. Adrianne tuns to Kaz when she sees him. Kaz and Deidre fill her in on what has been going on. The minors have been filling out and filing emancipation paperwork so they can leave Willow Creek without any issues. Kaz has arranged flights for them all that will leave on Friday. He promises Adrianne they will leave Friday no matter what. She tells him about Zade’s plan to kill Phoenix and he promises to take care of her husband. Deidre is shocked at this news. They start heading back to the Crawford house and Adrianne asks Deidre to stay with her until they leave Willow Creek. Deidre agrees.
11. Friday morning comes. The results are in. Adrianne’s and many of the other shifters biological parents have been identified. Phoenix and Kaz will be going to Willow Creek. Note will start informing the families they their children have been found and are coming home. The proof has been sent out to the surrounding packs. They know Zeei had planned to show up at Phoenix’s house to kill him that night. They have a border patrol set up to keep him (and the other Willow Creek wolves) out of their territory. Phoenix is prepared to kill Zade even if it starts a war. He reminds Kaz that Valen will become alpha if anything happens to him. He says they will leave in 20 minutes.
12. Adrianne is in a good mood when she wakes up to Phoenix’s voice in her head. He promises he will see her that night and tells her not to worry about him. He tells her that the Ashwoods are her parents and she can meet them after she is home. She is in a good mood when she goes downstairs to find the Crawford quietly discussing matters. Zade is suspicious of her good mood. She asks to speak to him privately. When they get to the hall, he slams her against the wall. She warns him about leaving bruises that will show in their wedding day. He backs off and she asks to run her wolf. He says no because he doesn’t trust her. Zeek approaches to ask Zade a few questions before his flight. Zade leaves her to talk to him and Adrianne goes back to her room telling herself it will be over that night.
13. Deidre helps Adrianne get ready for the rehearsal dinner in their childhood home. They got everything they need into one backpack that Shayla will pick up and get to the airport for their departure. The whole family gets in the car and Deidre holds Adrianne’s hand the entire way to the venue. Kaz has been in its basement all day. The dinner is rough for the girls. Zade takes the microphone to make a speech and announces his brother has killed Phoenix and his inner circle. Adrianne is so furious she starts shifting. Deidre tries to pull her away so she can compose herself. Zade asks that his fiancé join him on the stage.
14. Adrianne tries reaching out to Phoenix in her mind, but doesnmt get a response. She tells herself Zade must be lying. She is ready to kill him. Phoenix tells her not to and she realizes he is there. She starts heading up to the stage to meet Zade as he whines about making him wait. Just as she is about to give him her hand to help her up, Phoenix calls out that Zade will not touch his mate.
15. Phoenix sees how bad Adrianne looks and the bruises on her neck. He shifts into his wolf form and Zade dies the same. They fight and Phoenix ends up winning. They shift back into their human forms. Phoenix says no one has to know that Zade lost. He doesn’t want to claim his territory, he just wants to take Adrianne and Deidre home. Zade pulls a gun from the podium and shoots.
16. The bullet grazes Adrianne’s arm. Phoenix shifts back into wolf form and kills Zade. Deidre helps Adrianne up and they get ready to leave with Kaz and Phoenix. Their dad tries to stop them, but Deidre gives him a copy of her emancipation paperwork. She tells him she would rather rot in hell than marry Zeek, the new Willow Creek alpha. In the car, Phoenix has trouble keeping his hands off Adrianne. Deidre asks Kaz if they is how mates usually are and Adrianne notices how close she seems with Kaz. She is about to mention it when Phoenix changes the subject to the impending war.
17. In the car, Phoenix explains they are ready for war. Many of the other packs might believe Zeek at first, but he thinks they can convince them of what really happened. Kaz beings up that there is a way to convince everyone. Phoenix is a bit shy about saying he means that if Adrianne were to get pregnant, the other packs would believe in their bond. He tells her they can wait and they will go to each territory and convince them if they have to. Phoenix asks if there is a medic waiting for them at the airport. Kaz confirms that as well as the resistors are aboard their plane. He tells Deidre he is proud of what she did. She points out it was a joint effort. He calls her kid and she does her best to hide her disappointment.
18. Adrianne and Phoenix are reconnecting on the plane when Deidre comes over to tell Phoenix they won’t let the pilot take off. Phoenix goes to take care of the problem. Adrianne tells Deidre she would understand if she wanted to go back. Deidre says she will always consider Adrianne her sister and she has no desire to go back to the toxic environment they were raised in. She is excited to start her new life. Adrianne notices Kaz checking out Deidre and says she thinks Deidre will like their new home.
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19. Phoenix knocked out the two pilots he payed to get them out of there since they wouldn’t fly the plane when ordered not to by ground control. Kaz moves them to the cabin and sends Adrianne into the cockpit. Phoenix and Adrianne have sex. There is something turbulence and a knock on the door, but he ignored both until they are finished. After they are cleaned up, he sits in the seat to pilot the plane.
20. Kaz knocks on the door again and when they answer, he tells them Zeek is an hour behind them. Phoenix tells him to let Zeek land, but not to let him off the plane or out of the airport. He wants to explain what happened to his brother. Adrianne is worried about going to war. She tells him she is ready to have a baby with him, especially if it will convince everyone she has accepted the mating bond.
21. Adrianne demands that she and Deidre be allowed to attend the meeting with Zeek. Kaz is reluctant, but agrees to it. Zeek says he is willing to let all of the resistors go if Deidre comes back with him. She agrees to go to prevent a war, but Kaz is the first to object and Adrianne quickly agrees. Phoenix says their answer is final and Zeek declares war. The three packs surrounding them have taken Willow Creek’s side, but there are three more that side with the Shadow pack. One is remaining neutral until they meet with them. Deidre feels bad for not going back. Pheonix explains she is part of his pack now and he won’t let what happened to Adrianne happen to her. They head for a smaller jet.
22. They fly another two hours to a smaller airport where Nora greeted them. They go home and Phoenix Carrie’s Adrianne over the threshold. They go to their room and have sex and the. Adrianne falls asleep
23. Phoenix can’t sleep. He goes downstairs where Kaz is still working on his laptop. He admits he is worried that Adrianne will eventually hate him for killing Zade. Kaz assures him Adrianne knows exactly what happened and her best friend was already gone. She was barely hanging on and Phoenix saved her from Zade. They both go upstairs to go to bed. Kaz checks in on Deidre before going to his own room.
24. The next morning, Adrianne and Phoenix have sex. They discuss having babies right away or waiting. They have sex again and then Nora knocks on the door to tell them there is a situation.
25. Deidre wakes up and Kaz gives her 10 minutes to get ready. When she makes her way down the stairs, Kaz tells her Zeek has 1,200 troops on ships off the coast. They are in lockdown and the other enforcers are waiting to hear what is going on from their alpha. He shows Deidre video of a family being reunited and tells her she will probably go down in shifter history for her efforts. Deidre is surprised at how much of an impact her actions had when she was just trying to do what was right. She asks Kaz how he had the key to the warehouse in Willow Creek. Kaz tells her they Phoenix had been buying up properties in Willow Creek to stay connected to Adrianne before she came to them. he had emergency medical aircrafts being in into the territory because they are the only knew that Donny have to identify where they came from. He sought her out to combine their efforts and their teamwork went well.
26. Adrianne wakes and Nora helps her get ready for the press conference. Nora tells her that Iris is pregnant and Adrianne congratulates her. Despite lockdown, Phoenix and Adrianne get ready to drive to the press conference. Adrianne looks around for Deidre before they leave, but she is off on a run with Kaz. As they start driving, Phoenix apologizes to Adrianne for not being able to court her properly through their mating. She has him pull over and tells him she is enjoying their bin and will be by his side forever. They kiss and then have to keep going to the press conference
27. Kaz keeps his run in the freezing weather lighter than normal for Deidre’s sake. She tells him to stop calling her “kid” because it makes her feel small and she wants to be treated like an equal. He tells her that everything they accomplished could not have been done without her and she will always be an equal in the Shadow Pack. He wants her, and has trouble resisting the temptation to kiss her. She suggests they go back to the house and he says he will race her knowing he will win. He winks at her and she blushes.
28. The press conference is the media room of Town Hall. Phoenix had chosen this town because the mayor and 75% of the residence are shifters. Phoenix keeps his speech short. Adrianne ends up setting her paper down and showing them the bruises Zade left all over her. When the get to the question and answer part of the conference, a woman asks how they don’t know she is being forced or manipulated to be there. She asks which of them have ever experienced Phoenix being the brute he is rumored to be. She tells them what Zade did to her in Willow Creek. The crowd gasps at the reality. Phoenix is proud of her and grateful she is willing to share her story.
29. Phoenix takes Adrianne to a coffee shop in town to meet her biological parents and sister. They cry and Eva sees Adrianne wearing the locket she left in Adrianne’s stroller when she was taken. They agree to meet again the next day. Adrianne thanks Phoenix for arranging the meeting. She feels bad that he will never get that experience, but he says he has already had time to deal with that. They head home.
30. A few weeks later, Deidre helps Adrianne get ready for her small wedding ceremony. When Evw comes to see Adrianne, Deidre leaves them alone and goes to get dressed. She gets her dress on when there is a knock at the door. When she says to come in, Kaz opens the door and she asks him to zip her up. He escorts her down to the ceremony. They have been running and working together a lot the past few weeks. They watch Niven walk Adrianne down the aisle.
31. Phoenix is full of emotions as he sees Adrianne in her wedding dress. He can seem her heat is about to begin. They have an outdoor ceremony and exchange vows. Then Phoenix picks her up to take her upstairs
32. The newly weds have sex and mark each other
33. Nora, Iris and Valens come to their bedroom door to tell them Deidre and Kaz have been taken by Zeke. He left a note saying he won’t hurt her, but he intends to make her watch as he slowly kills Kaz.