"You did what?" Penny was looking atlike I was crazy.


    Currently, we were getting ready to walk downstairs to the BBQ. She had ran hearlier and got us


    clothes to wear tonight. Penny was wearing a fun, light blue cotton dress. It had buttons down the front


    and she had put on white sneakers. Leaving her hair down, she did a lightyer of makeup and looked


    perfect as always.


    She grabbeda pair of jeans and a simple white button up, athletic fit shirt. “What was I suppose to do. I


    told them if they went under cover, we would forgive them. It was the only way I could figure out how to


    get to Vin. Besides, they only want to be with each other." Penny was not taking the news about Kara


    and Gunther as well as I hoped. "I don''t want them here. Why can''t they just be exiled and be done


    with it?" "For starters, you are his alpha. You hold the title and he is still part of your pack. Second, the


    pack will give them a hard tbut eventually, they will forgive them. If I let them go, there would always be


    that regret in their hearts. They need this." "What about what I need?" Penny put her hands on her hips


    and looked atwith so much anger, it surprised me.


    "Why are you so angry about this? I figured you wouldn''t be happy but I didn''t think you would be this


    angry." Finishing buttoning my shirt, I was ready to go.


    Penny crossed her arms. "I just want to forget everything. I had to give birth in a hotel, watching you


    fight for our lives and..." Penny closed her eyes. "I don''t want to remember and that is all I see when I


    see them." Walking up to her, I pulled her into my chest. She turned her head so her makeup wouldn''t


    get on my shirt.


    "I understand that was very traumatic for you. I didn''t enjoy it either but I have to stand by my word. If a


    man doesn''t have his word, how trustworthy is he?" There was a knock on the door that kept Penny


    from answering. Instead, she pulled away fromand walked over to the door. Afte collecting herself, she


    opened the door to Alec and Kristen.Property belongs to N?vel(D)r/ama.Org.


    "Hey! Are you guys ready to head down?" Ice asked as she looked at Penny''s dress. "That is too cute!"


    Kristen was wearing a maxi dress and a jean jacket with her hair in a pony tail. Alec was in jeans and a


    ck button up. "Apparently, we are thest to head down." He said.


    "Well, let''s head down." Penny had on a smile and waited till Kristen and Alec went first. "After you."


    Kristen took Penny''s arm. "We can walk together!" Alec just shook his head and ollowed the girls.


    Coming inst, it vas my responsibility to shut the e loonThe loor The babies Je woping and he nannies


    were just hanging out, vaiting for us to leave. With two juards at the door, I was getting nore and more


    comfortable leaving hem for short periods at a time. As soon as we made it downstairs, the sun was


    starting to set. Soft lighting had turned on, music was ying and the smell of BBQ made my stomach


    growl. "This turned out good." "Thank you!" Kristen guided us over to one of the head tables. She had


    ced multiple tables for each Alpha to sit up front. "Colt, they are ready for your speech and then we


    can eat and mingle." Carson said as he walked up to me.


    "Kara, are you in position?" I mind-linked her as I walked up to the podium.


    "Y-yes." She said. Her voice made it sound like she might cry at any moment. "Good. Be ready." I said,


    firmly and walked up. "Hello!" I said in the microphone.


    The tent wasrge enough that it wasn''t a bad idea to have a microphone. Within seconds, the noise


    quieted down and the music turned off. Kara and Gunther were in a little tent off to the side. I had


    asked people to put up Do Not Disturb signs so they wouldn''t be seen before I was ready for them to.


    "Thank you all foring tonight! There has been so many emotionstely and with all the ups and


    downs, a little rxing was defiantly needed. I have one announcement I need to make before we


    continue to enjoy tonights festivities." Looking back at Penny, she had her arms folded and wasn''t


    happen. Kristen and Alec had picked up on her emotions. Alec knew what was going to happen but


    apparently, he hadn''t told Kristen because she looked confused.


    "Not that I need to exin my reasonings to anyone but I feel like everyone here deserves an


    exnation." I paused trying to find the right words. "Many times, when people are in danger, you have


    to use the tools that are in front of you. When an opportunity presents itself, you have to take it by the


    horns and not look back. That is what I did. I saw an opportunity at a point in this war that could have


    broken the case wide open. If you are from my pack, you will remember when we held a trial for Kara,


    Gunther and Zac for treason. They were found guilty and sentenced to death. What you don''t know... is


    I faked their death.” A loud gasp ran across the tent. "WHAT?" A few people yelled out.


    "I made a deal with them. I would fake their deaths and toss their bodies at Vin''s feet. My hope was


    that Vin would believe I failed aback.


    killing them and take them This n worked. They were invited back at Vin''s private mansion. I have


    put trackers on them so we followed them there. I can go into details but the bottom line is they put


    their lives on the line so I could gather information."