Noah's POV"Don't mind his words, let's go, Storm." I took her hand and led her out of the room. She was shivering severely by the time we got to the office and she seemed lost. We entered the room and I shut the door. My office was soundproof so I wasn't bothered by how loud our voices will get.Queen Claire took the sofa in the room and gestured for Storm to sit with her. Storm glanced at me and I nodded. I let go and she sat next to the queen. King Benedict sat in my chair, and Jasper and I sat in front of him."Noah, explain in detail what was going on." He said and I did. I told him about how I found Storm but didn't approach until she was attacked and how I brought her to the pack."Is everything he is saying true?" He asked Jasper and Storm. Jasper nodded."Yes, I had given up all hope that I was supposed to have a mate. I've always looked at myself as an anomaly and I was prepared to live my life alone." Storm said in a low voice and Queen Claire squeezed her palm." This is a
Storm's POV My back hit the ground as I fell and I blacked out for some minutes, when I came back to reality, screams filled the hall and people were running wild, I tried to raise myself but my ankle had twisted when I fell. I groaned as I snapped it back into place. My mind was trying to figure out what had just happened. I was trying to stand when someone put their arms around me and helped me, my body tensed up but relaxed when I saw that it was just Caleb. "Are you okay?" He asked me, I tried to place my injured foot on the ground but clenched his arm tightly as painful spasms ran through my body."I'm fine, I just need to shake off this leg for a minute or two and I'll be great. Caleb, what the hell happened? Where's Noah?" I looked around frantically, but Noah was nowhere to be found."Storm, I need you to calm down. Noah is fine but you're not fine, maybe I should take you to see David, he'll be able to take good care of your leg." Caleb led me out of the hall and into a ca
Storm's POVI crossed my legs and leaned back watching him as he qualmed in his seat. I beckoned to Teddy and he came in. "Frank, I don't like the way you're being treated, it's appalling to see a grown man being beaten like an animal. I detest such behavior, Jasper, I don't want you to touch him anymore. If anyone touches him, they have a problem with me." I glared at the enforcers and they seemed ashamed. "Teddy, please get Frank some clean clothes and some water to wash up. He is our guest, just because he made a mistake, an error in judgement doesn't mean we should treat him like filth." Teddy and everyone else in the room were confused. Frank especially, he wasn't expecting me to treat him so well. Teddy froze in his tracks and gave me a perplexed look."Teddy, why are you still here? Please get the things I asked for urgently." I said in a tight voice and raised an eyebrow at him."Yes, Luna. " He bowed slightly and hurried out of the room. I watched him till he left the room.
Noah's POV"I'm good enough, I need to go see the bastard who shot me." I pushed myself up from the bed but David tried to stop me, I smacked his hand away and jump down from the bed."Noah, calm down. You were shot with a silver bullet, I know it doesn't really have a huge effect on lycans but still, a bullet is a bullet, it might have pierced some organ."" But it didn't. See I'm fine." I said, twisting my body to emphasize that I was okay.David pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed. " Fine, if you say so. I think it will be better if you head home instead of the prison. You should go be with your mate to calm her down. She must be panicking right now." David's words resounded in my ears and my heart raced thinking about Storm and how she must be feeling right now. I hurriedly put on my clothes."David, you're right. I need you to drive me to my house." David nodded his head and pulled off his ward coat. He led the way and I followed, we exited the clinic and got into his car.
Noah's POV"How could you?" She spat out."How could I what?" I frowned confused. " How could you bring that half-breed here? A werewolf, what are you doing with a werewolf?" She was disgusted. My Lycan started to rise, he was getting pissed at her words. "Mom, please you can't come here and start to abuse my mate. Why don't you calm down so we can have a peaceful and mature conversation. " My voice was tight. I clenched my fists, although she was my mother, I was not going to allow her to insult Storm."Ah," she gasped, "how dare you? You're choosing her over me, your own mother. I can't believe this." She placed a hand on her chest, pained. Tears gathered in her eyes."Mom, I'm sorry. I'm not taking anyone's side, I just want you to mind the way you speak about Storm. Please come inside the house." I stepped aside and she entered the house. "Noah, has the pizza arrived…" Storm stopped in her tracks, her eyes widened as she stared at my mother. Mom's glare intensified at her. "Bi
Storm's POVEven though I had been expecting the kiss, nothing stopped it from shocking the living daylights out of me. I stiffened for a second before parting my lips and letting him in. I took charge of the kiss, pulling him closer to me and deepening the kiss. I sank my fingers into his hair and tugged at them lightly, I could taste the wine and pizza he ate and I knew he could taste mine as well. Our tongues fought for dominance and I ended up winning. The kiss broke apart after some minutes as we came up for air. The sexual tension in the room could be cut with a knife. We were breathing hard, Noah's lips were red and swollen and I was sure mine was as well but that didn't stop me from pulling him back for another kiss. Noah's fingers raised my shirt and caressed my bare skin, his fingers grazed against my breasts and moved down to my belly, he stayed there for a few minutes, rubbing my skin. I was too impatient to wait, so I grabbed his hands and brought them up to my breasts,
Storm's POV"Bianca, what are you doing here?" I asked. She turns and the smile dies on her face. Her face goes cold and she narrowed her eyes at me. "What are you doing here?" She redirected the question at me. " I volunteer here. I help with the children." She snorted. " Help doing what? Singing and dancing? Is that the job a real Luna does?" Amanda laughed, and the room went silent. I gritted my teeth. Oh, Bianca, you want to play ball, let's play ball." I thought the job of the Luna was to help the people of the pack, are you trying to say that the children are not part of the pack? Do you mean that the children of our pack members who will grow up to be the next generation of strong lycans are not worth the time of the Luna? Was that how you acted when you were the Luna? Tsk tsk, that's so insensitive." I said in a slow but loud voice. The women's eyes widened and some of them began to whisper amongst themselves. Bianca was red in the face. She opened her mouth to speak but
Storm's POVI felt a million sensations of pain move through my body as my back hit the counter, I almost blacked out from the pain. I should have known Bianca was going to retaliate, she wasn't the kind to go down quietly. I saw her hand coming down to slap me, I grabbed it and twisted it with all my strength. "Ah!" She cried out, I kept twisting until I heard her bones crack. Her other hand's grip on my hair loosened and I pushed myself up. Bianca was in tears, clutching her broken hand but I didn't care, I gripped her shirt and dragged her towards me."You want a fight, huh? I'll give you a fight." I raised my hand to slap her when someone held my arm. I was shocked, I turned ready to transfer my anger to the intruder. I froze when I saw Noah."Storm, you don't want to hurt her. I'm here now, you don't need to defend yourself anymore." Noah said and dropped my hand. I stepped back and looked at my feet like they were the most interesting things ever. I wanted the ground to open up
Ten years laterStorm's POV"Let go, it's mine." "No, it's mine." Identical sets of screams came from up the stairs, and soon the screams escalated to stomps and thuds, I took a sip from my glass of wine, waiting for someone to cry first before I climbed up the stairs to deal with them."Mom, aren't you going to do something about that?" I turned to see Fiona, she crossed her arms over her chest and glared at me, she was now a cranky fifteen years old and thought she was better than everyone. Fiona had grown beautifully in the last ten years, she was tall for her age, almost 5'8, her glossy red hair was pulled back in a tight bun, her lips were full and she had the eyes of a seductress. Fiona started calling me Mom when she was six and I remember how hard I cried the first time she said it."I'm waiting for them to draw blood." I glanced at Fiona over and couldn't hold the laughter that shot out of me.Fiona was dressed in a black crop top and short shorts with spiky black boots. Th
Noah's POVThe room had an eerie feel to it, the quickness and the stench of antiseptics made it worse. I walked over to Storm and held her hand. "David, is she fine? Is she hurt anywhere? Does she need surgery? Why is she still unconscious? " I rambled the questions out but my eyes were focused on Storm."She's fine, the impact of the choking caught off the air in her brain for a minute but she's a fighter and so is the baby. She'll be back home in a day or two." He said, my brain had only heard the word baby, what the hell was going on?"Baby, what baby? Who has a baby?" Was he talking about Fiona?David's eyes widened and he cleared his throat."Oh, erm, so I'm guessing you don't know. " He loosened his tie. " Storm is seven weeks pregnant, I don't know why she hasn't told you, she's known since she was three weeks pregnant." My chest ached and my eyes burned, Storm was pregnant and I was going to be a father. How come I didn't know, how could she not tell me?"Noah, are you okay?
Storm's POVThe doorbell rang, and Fiona and I made eye contact over the table, she shrugged and continued eating her pancakes. I headed to the door and opened it. Bianca stood at the other side looking like she had been in a catfight and lost."Hello Storm," Her voice came out raspy and I almost felt like offering her some water."Bianca, it's been a while." I crossed my arms around my chest and took a defensive stance. I was ready to fight her in case she decided to act mad."Can I come in?" She asked, her eyes downcast. She looked tired and worn out." It depends, are you here to cause trouble for me because if you are, I'm sorry but you can't." She shook her head, " I'm not. I came here to apologize." My eyes widened and I stepped back and she entered. I closed the door behind us. Bianca took a seat, I excused myself, and went to prep Fiona, she had finished her breakfast, I put the dishes in the sink and took her up to her room to play with her tab. I returned to the living ro
Storm's POVMom calmed down after a while and King Benedict interrogated my father about Maureen, our late pack doctor. In all my years of knowing that woman, I never expected she could do something like this."Did Maureen tell you who paid her to switch our babies?" He asked.Dad stroked his jaw, his arm around Mom, " I remember the name clearly, she called him Alessio. She said he was very powerful and rich." King Benedict laughed." Alessio, huh? Why am I not surprised? That bastard had been after me since we were born." I raised my eyebrows, confused." Who is he?" I asked."He was my twin brother. He was jealous that I had been born before him, making me the next in line for the throne, he always looked for a way to attack me but I didn't think he would scope so low to give me a dead child." Wow, what a hateful man." What are you going to do to him now that you know the truth?" Dad asked.King Benedict laughed again but this time bitterly. "I can't do anything to a dead man.
Storm's POVNoah explained everything to me about Fiona, I grabbed my phone that had brought me back to the room and left. Fiona rested her head on my lap and played a game on the tab that Noah had gotten her, I still couldn't believe everything that has happened today, I was still trying to figure out how to deal with my new identity then I find out that Fiona was my niece. Could this day get any more complicated?I ran my fingers through Fiona's red hair, I was glad that we were related, I looked at the little girl but now that the king and queen knew she was their granddaughter, I was sure there was no way they were going to let her go back with us. My Lycan growled at that thought, I had become overprotective of her and I didn't want to leave her.A knock came on the door, Fiona raised her head, "Come in," She screeched. The door opened and Noah came in, I turned away. Fiona rushed to embrace him and he raised her and twirled her around, she squealed with joy and he laughed as wel
Storm's POVI felt my heart pumping hard in my chest, it felt like I was running out of oxygen and struggling for breath. King Benedict and Noah had been quiet since Queen Claire started talking, I couldn't understand how they could sit there and listen to her spew this bullshit unless they believed it as well. A million and one thoughts ran through my head, it was impossible for me to be their child, I already had parents, parents who raised me and loved me. I've seen my birth pictures, I might not look a lot like my parents but their blood ran through my veins, and their DNA was encrypted into me."Your majesty, that's impossible, I have parents, I told you about them. My parents love me very much, I can't be your child. Let's say I am your daughter, why the hell will my parents steal your child, they are good people, the best. I will not have you spoiling their good image." I dropped my arms and made eye contact with her. Queen Claire shook her head, " Storm, don't take this the w
Noah's POVIf the ground could open up and swallow me, I would have been very happy, everyone froze at my actions. My eyes stilled on the semisolid contents of my belly on the ground. I didn't know what to do. This was one of the rare times when I was brain-dead. Queen Claire was the first to recover, her hand went to my cheek and she dropped a resounding slap there. " What in the Moon goddess' name is wrong with you?" She spat out. I hadn't been expecting the slap but I sure as hell deserved it."I'm sorry, it's just that I had too much to drink, your majesty, I'm really sorry, I deserve any punishment you want to give me." I bowed my head, Queen Claire growled but didn't say anything else. Jasper returned and showed her to the guest bathroom to clean up while I quickly went to make myself presentable." Now that you look like a coherent human being, I'll ask again, where is Storm?" Queen Claire asked, she was seated on the couch with her legs crossed. I sighed and braced myself f
Noah's POV David had told me to take it easy on my feet but I didn't listen, I rushed to Storm and covered her mouth with my fingers before she could complete her statement. I felt a small twinge in my lower back because of my quick movement.She thrashed against my hand and bit it. I drop the hand and stepped back."Why the hell did you do that?!" She yelled at me. I stared at her in surprise."Why did I do that? Why the hell were you trying to reject me? Have you gone insane?" " No, I'm doing what I should have done a long time ago, I should have rejected you the day we might. I can't believe that I let myself be dragged into your disastrous life. I had rejected you earlier on, I wouldn't have gone through all this pain and trauma." Anger rolled off her and she shot daggers at me. The door slammed, and I looked back to see that Jasper had exited the house. He must have known that the conversation Storm and I were about to have wasn't going to be an easy one.*Storm, you can't reje
Storm's POVQueen Claire's sudden departure confused me and I was also worried about her. Tasha and Dania talked to each other and pulled up my blanket and turned to Luisa, I wanted to know more about the mysterious witch that had saved me. How did Noah find her? "Luisa, how did you and Noah meet? Are you guys close friends?" I asked her, she jerked in shock, Tasha and Dania stopped talking and focused on us."Yeah, I have also wanted to know, Storm's kidnap just took over my mind. My brother isn't one to make friends easily so I'm intrigued." Luisa hesitated, she avoided making eye contact with me and looked at the wall. "Well, we meet about thirty years ago at a bar in the human world, I worked as a bartender then, I served him drinks and we got talking, he knew I was a witch and I knew who he was as well. Long story short, we hooked up, and we had a fling for about a month before his psychopathic ex-girlfriend came and started acting like a stalker. I didn't want any drama so I