The elevator dinged open at the last floor and they gracefully stepped out. Guards had been waiting there and they quickly surrounded their Alpha and Luna. The party was being held in the receiving hall of the entire castle which was spacious enough to accommodate hundreds of people dining and dancing.

Shem, Crusoe, Jericho and the ladies were walking a few spaces behind Wayne and Olive, while the guards walked beside them. As they reached the sliding double doors that led to the ...