Kami and Mat were waiting for us at Rian’s room. Before we went in though and crouched by Rian, “So this is your surprise. This is going to be your room.”

He gave me a big grin and his eyes twinkled in excitement, “Weally?”

“Yes, right now it’s kind of messy, so you will have to use your imagination. You also get to decide how to decorate it. Uncle Mat and Auntie Kami are going to help you pick stuff out and take you shopping to get everything.”

He nodded and I smiled, taking his hand as I stood back up. Tristan opened the door and flipped on the light as he entered, the rest of us coming in behind him. The room was a bit dusty and had some boxes and miscellaneous furniture pieces stored in the corners.

I let go of Rian’s hand and crossed the room to open the curtains over the windows and then the windows to air it out a bit. The room was rather large, measuring roughly 10x15 if I had to estimate.

The floors were wood, which would be nice as children were often messy, but we could put a large rug down too. The walls were painted in a typical off white color. There were two windows and a large closet.

Rian ran around the room giggling, clearly excited about his new space. He stopped in front of me and tugged my pants, “Mommy, this whole woom is for me?”

“Yes Rian, it is.” I smiled down at him, ignoring the ‘aww’ sounds coming from Mat and Kami at Rian calling me ‘mommy’. “Do you know how you want to decorate it?”

“We can decorate it any way you want to bud.” Tristan added. “We can do a theme, or we can make a list and go to town and pick out whatever you see that you like and just do some mixing and matching.”

“What’s a theme?” Rian looked at Tristan, unsure.

“A theme is where everything matches. Like doing everything in a forest style, or dinosaurs, or sports.”

“Ooooh, ummm…” Rian’s eyebrows knitted together, as he started to think of the possibilities, “Space, or ocean maybe?”

“Both good options.” I smiled down at him.

Kami came over and crouched in front of Rian, “We can go into town and see what we can find for those ideas and you can decide which you like more. We can also use the computer to look online for things too.”

“Today?” Rian asked, eyes filling with excitement.

“We sure can. Mat and I can take you into town if it’s ok with your parents.” Kami grinned at him and shifted her gaze to look at us.

I looked over at Tristan, he nodded a bit and I in turn nodded to Kami, “I don’t see any problem with that. Just window shopping today though. We need to clear out and clean up the room before we start buying things we need to complete the room.”

“Why don’t you go with them Half-Pint? I’ll get some Omega’s to clear the room and start the cleaning process. Maybe you guys can bring home paint and wall decor if you find any. That will have to be done before furniture is moved in any way.”

“You don’t need me here with your Beta gone?” I asked, not wanting to leave him short handed.

“No love, I’m just going to reach out to Lucian today and Brandon will be here if I need an extra hand. I promise to fill you in on all the details when you get back.”

“Alright, if you’re sure?”

He kissed my forehead and smiled. “I’m sure. Go on.”

I smiled back at him and nodded before turning to Mat, “Will you go get one of the trucks please? We also need a booster for Rian.”

“Of course I will.” Mat turned and headed for the door to go get a truck for us to take into town.

Then I turned to Kami, “Should we make a list of things we should look for?”

“That’s not a bad idea.” Kami said.

“Come on, you Rian and I can go make a list while Mat gets the truck.” I took Rian’s hand and let him swing our hands between us a bit.

“Sounds good. Later Tristan.” Kami headed out.

Rian and I followed behind her after Tristan kissed me and ruffled Rian’s hair gently, “You be good for Auntie Kami and your mom, ok?” He said to Rian as he handed me a card from his wallet. I tucked it into my pocket.

“I will. I pwomise!” Rian giggled and smiled at Tristan, waving as we walked out the door.

The three of us headed downstairs and into the kitchen. Kami settled Rian onto a stool at the bar in the kitchen and I whipped up some sliced fruit for a quick snack before we left. We all munched on the fruit while Kami and I worked on the list. Mat walked in a few minutes later, helping himself to some fruit and adding to the list.

Twenty minutes later we had our list complete, our snack eaten and we were on our way out the door to head to town. Will, one of the warriors from our very first trip into town was waiting at the truck for us.

“Good Morning Will! Are you joining us today?” I waved at him as we exited the pack house.

“Good Morning, nearly afternoon, Luna Alyce, Lady Kami, Beta Mat, Rian. Yes I am and I hear we’re headed out to shop for a very important event today?” Will looked down at Rian, who was eyeing him up and down in return, and waved at him.

“Yes, yes we are. Rian, you know who Will is don’t you?”

Rian nodded and waved back at Will after another moment or two of observing. “He’s one of the wawwiows.”

“Yes he is. Now, let’s load up and head into town then.” I climbed into the back seat of the pick up with Rian, getting him into the booster seat and strapped in.

Kami went around to the other side, climbing in the back with Rian and I. Mat and Will took the front, Mat driving and Will in the passenger seat to keep an eye on things in our travels. Once everyone was settled, Mat started the truck and we headed off town.

~Tristan~

I watched as the girls left with Rian and Mat, finding myself smiling at the sight of Rian and Alyce together. Once they cleared out I reached out to a few of the Omegas to start clearing the room.

Truth was there wasn’t a whole lot stored in there, and it would likely only take a couple hours to move the boxes and furniture from the bedroom out to a larger shed we had put on the territory a couple years back for this exact purpose.

Once the Omega’s had arrived and received their instructions, I headed downstairs to my office.

*Brandon, Titus, meet me in the office if you’re free please. It’s time to invite our unwanted friend here.* I sent them a mindlink as I entered the office, leaving the door open for when they arrived.

I crossed to the locked cabinet behind my desk, which was actually a bookshelf/filing cabinet setup, and unlocked it. Retrieving a small, navy blue book, which held contact information for every pack, I returned to my desk, sitting down and rifling through the book.

Titus and Brandon entered my office and Titus’ eyebrow arched at the sight of the book. Having been my father’s Beta he was all too familiar with the book. “It’s time then?”

Brandon looked a bit puzzled, “Time? Time for what? What’s with the book?”

I nodded at Titus, “It’s time.” My gaze shifted to Brandon, “It contains contact information for all the packs. It’s time to contact Lucian.”

“I see. Let’s get to it then.”

I found the section of the book that held the information for Silver Moon in it and took a deep breath, steeling my nerves for what would come next. This was the turning point. There would be no backpedaling from this, but it was a necessary evil if we wanted to get what remained of Silver Moon back for Alyce.

I let out the breath and wrapped my fingers around the receiver for the phone, picking it up out of the cradle before dialing the phone number to Silver Moon’s Alpha line.