Dead Luna – Chapter 22

Amelia’s POV

I can see the difference right away that money makes in a pack as we pull up to the Iron Peak pack house. The pack members homes look newer, if not larger. The pack house itself was a 4 story building more than three times the size of the one in Silver Falls, in a sort of french chateau style with an elegant fountain placed in the middle of the circular driveway in front. Almost like a miniature Versailles.

I thank Jimmy for driving us as he hands our luggage to Leo, give him a quick hug, and he speeds off back to Silver Falls almost an hour and a half drive away. I wonder if he’s intimidated by the obviously wealthier pack?

smile on his face. Very smooth indeed. Moon goddess had warned me he was a “ladies man”, so I was expecting behavior of this nature, and wasn’t about to let him sway me into bed like so many others before me.

is officers. Beta Dillon Jamison and Gamma Devon Wheeler I recall from the diner as well as having seen them at Green Mountain. Delta Charlie Pringle is a new acquaintance, though. As the only officer with a mate (and expecting a baby in a few weeks), he had opted to be left in charge while the others attended the alpha meeting. Also there to greet me were his 2 younger brothers Travis and Shawn, his sister Allison and her mate Geoffrey, and his parents the former Alpha Christopher and Luna Veronica. Neither of whom seem overly impressed with me at firs

a Dillon and Gamma Devon. When I ask why Zachary doesn’t show us around, I’m told he’s “busy”.

t for the gardens. Iron peak only grows enough fruits and vegetables for pack use, and very few flowers except for decorative purposes. They make most lot of their money from leased rental properties, security work, and several of the pack members

between the ages of 18 and 34.

private family dining room. It’s a very elegant room with a mahogany table that easily seats up to 16 people and a huge c

immediately started planning an outing for this afternoon to shop for a more appropriate wardrobe. “We Lunas have an image to uphold!”

a pretend affronted tone.

greed.

ench. Ooh la la!

a mutters in my head and I nearly choke o

and I doubt he’s particular about species.

d literally feel Ambrosia roll her eyes in my head. But maybe I need to give him a chance to show me what else he can be bes

adds.

Miranda and Grace get to work waxing, plucking, filing, polishing, straightening, lightening, daubing, and powdering to nearly every inch of my body. It was kinda nice to be pampered, I suppose, but seems a bit overkill for everyday. Luna Veronica seems pleased with the results, though, who claims to anyone even halfway interested that she had “transformed” me.

before.