#Chapter 30: Summons

Zane POV As an alpha, I’m not really allowed for things to scare me, but I will admit to being quite concerned when I spotted the thick, hand-made paper enveloped with the day’s mail next to a King Size catalog and a Better Dens and Gardens. I never read the magazine myself, but Olivia loved it and couldn’t find it in myself to cancel the subscription. I thought absently Sarah might want to see it. But the importance of the white envelope (“That color is eggshell,” I heard Olivia’s voice say) could not be ignored. I took it into my study and closed the door, sat down at my desk, took a breath, and finally opened it. The equally impressive piece of paper within was unadorned and contained only a single line of calligraphy: Pack Alpha Zane Cavendish and human female Sarah Astor have been summoned to appear this afternoon at 2 p.m. It wasn’t signed. It didn’t need to be. As needed for my position, I had been called to the Luna Temple several times before, but for Sarah, for any