Allison P.O.V.It’s been five days since I met Blake at the Diner, and he has been on my mind a lot since then. I can’t shake the strange feeling of him being important to me, but that makes absolutely no sense at all. He is a complete stranger, although the way I felt in his arms and on his lap when he comforted me in my panicked state was nothing I have ever felt before. The buzzing in my whole body and the stirring in my head, as if someone was trying to break free or something. Even now I can feel it whenever I think of him. His black hair, green eyes, perfect body and tattoos. Godness. No one should be allowed to be so freaking perfect. I have been coming to the Marigold Diner every day as promised, and I’m feeling more comfortable being out in public. Finally starting to feel safer. Tina has been a huge blessing I didn’t know I needed, and every day Tristan and Elliott have been there as well. As if they know exactly when I’m there. They have begun sitting with me, talking and
Blake P.O.V. Five days! I have been at this boring ass gathering for five lousy days and not just that?! No no! They made it a gathering of all fucking regions because Alpha Asshole and his minions complained and whined enough to the Elder Council! UGH! I miss my mate, and I wish I could go home to her soon, but I still have over a week left here. In endless meetings, and pointless work groups. We have discussed everything from food and water supplies to the smaller packs in rough areas to the growing problem of feral rogues. I know Tristan and Elliott have everything under control and they are taking good care of my girl. They update me every day when they have seen her, and they check on her in wolf form multiple times a day. Tina has been an angel and helped us keep her safe as well. I decided to tell her the truth, as I knew she would be on board with keeping an eye on Allie. It made it bearable to be here, but not more than that. And it also didn’t help that some of the Alpha’s
Allison P.O.V. ‘Girl, you need to wake up now! Our mate is here.’ Dawn says in my mind. It’s still really weird. Sharing my mind and body with someone else. She has been explaining everything about werewolves and how it all works while I’ve been out, but it’s still foreign to me. I was a simple human girl, who was running from her abusive ex husband, trying to start anew, and now? Now I’m some rare supernatural being, who can change into a wolf whenever I feel like it. That is so crazy to me. And then there’s the whole mate part. Dawn says I am going to have a soulmate, which is someone who will never hurt me. Someone who will love me, protect me and help me heal. It all sounds nice, but I am not sure if that is something I want for myself. Honestly I feel good in my little old cottage. It’s home now. I made it my home. A place where I am safe and myself. ‘But were you really safe there? The rogues would have killed us before we could live out our true potential.’ ‘Dawn, I am still
Blake P.O.V. I thought I had endured pain before, but hearing my mate break down like this, begging me to end her life and seeing her so completely hopeless and feeling her agony through our bond, breaks me in more ways than I ever thought possible! The tears soak my shirt, but fuck if I care! Even when she turns her head into my chest, and uses me as a cloth to dry her soaked cheeks, I don’t care. I will be everything and anything she needs! The raw feelings of heartache constricts at my heart while she sobs uncontrollably, her fragile body shaking and wrecking at each sob. All of them are a needle sharp stab to my heart and soul, and not for the first time I silently vow to her that she will never experience pain like this again! I will not let her down, and I will forever be the protector of her heart.Allie has been crying in my arms for over an hour, and at one point I almost think I am not enough to calm her down, but slowly her breathing evens out and she falls into a dead sle
Allison P.O.V.Blake tells me he has someone who wants to talk to me. I wonder who it is? Is it someone I know, or maybe he is going to hand me back over to Bane? I immediately toss that thought to the side. He doesn’t seem like someone who would hand me over to an abuser, although one never knows about these things I am fairly certain he wouldn’t do that. But then who could it be? Tristan? Elliott? Or perhaps Tina? The train of thoughts keeps driving from one thing to another, and it takes a turn to the recent conversation with my wolf. It was very enlightening talking to Dawn again, although the premise on which I got to talk to her could have been better. I find it easier to picture her in my mind, and what I have seen so far is amazing. I’m still confused and uncertain about all of this, but Dawn keeps assuring me we got this together and she’ll be here through everything. It might sound crazy but I believe her, and deep inside I think I have always known not everything was as
Blake P.O.V. “I just really want to live here in my nice little cottage, Blake. Why is that so wrong?” Allie was released from the hospital this morning. I slept in her room last night on a futon they brought in for me. We have been discussing this since last night, and we have yet to reach an agreement. She wants to go back to her little cottage, and I want her to stay here in the packhouse with me. “I want us to live together, Allie. Why is that so wrong?” She sighs, rummaging through her stuff. “I am not ready for that. I haven’t even been single for that long. Can’t we just date for a while and see where this is going before taking huge steps like living together?” We are currently sitting in her living room. When the doctors said she could go home this morning, she immediately wanted to go here, and I brought her here just after breakfast. She doesn’t know about Bane looking for her, or the danger she potentially is in with the rogue
Allison P.O.V.I can’t believe that sick fucker broke into Mr. F’s office and stole my information. And he killed him. That is just all sorts of fucked up and twisted! Why is he so invested in me? He could have any woman he would like, but he is chasing me. Knowing I was his mate and he mistreated me like he did has my heart hurting. Blake reaches over a hand and grabs one of mine. I didn’t even notice it was shaking before he grabbed it. He gives it a gentle squeeze, showing me he is right here with me. It makes my hurting heart flutter with gratefulness. He could have run so many times, but he has stayed with me and offered me a place to stay. He has been understanding, sweet and caring all the way. He has not tried to rush me, much, and has been so amazing when I gave him my arguments for not wanting to live together. He even has accepted the crazy train I obviously boarded today, as I changed my mind after seeing what Bane is up to.“Why is he so obsessed with me?” I ask Blake qui
Blake P.O.V. I realize Allie is not by my side when I reach the buffet table. I look back and she is still standing in the doorway to the kitchen, gaping with huge eyes. I chuckle to myself. I probably should have warned her. With the raw passion for cooking and baking I just heard her speak to the Omega’s with, I should have mentioned our capacity down here. I walk back to her, grabbing her hand and turning her eyes on me with the other one. “Earth to Allie? Are you still in there, baby?” I ask with a laugh. Allie blinks several times before closing her mouth. “Maybe. Tell me! Is this real or did I die and go to heaven?” Fuck she’s adorable. “This is real.” I tell her, draggin her forward. She brushes a hand over one of the countertops. Our kitchen is big. Bigger than anyone else's that I know of.We have four double fridges, with drawer freezer underneath, four stoves to cook and four big ovens. There is also a big prepping area with two double sinks, and a lot of table space. C
Bane P.O.V. “How long does this creature take to grow my offspring?” “4 months, but be warned; this is the last solution, Bane. The child born of a fae is forbidden and a child of a dark fae and werewolf is an abomination.” “I don’t care, Tabatha. Just make sure you have everything you need to put the child inside her when I tell you to.” “You don’t think your Luna can conceive?” I growl at the question. It’s not a question if Annabel can conceive, but a question how fast she’ll find a solution to lose the child when she is pregnant with it. She hates me, and I hate her. She is nothing to be! I just need her DNA and mine to mix. I found the dark female fae wounded in the far end of the mountains some time ago, and she has been my guest ever since. I am not about to let her go, knowing her powers will flow to the child through the cords of the womb. I’ll make sure she carries to term. “This is not the problem, wretch. Can you do it or not?” Tabatha raises an eyebrow at my outburst
Allison P.O.V. “.... done going back and forth.” I open the door to the office where Talia and Blake are talking. This already feels like a long day and it’s only 7.30am. Two Omega’s are behind me with breakfast, coffee, juice, plates etc. Blake and Talia greet me and the Omega’s with smiles, but I notice they do not reach either of their eyes. Something is concerning them both, and it can only be one thing, or rather one person. I really hope we get him soon. He has ruined so many lives, and maybe we are only scratching the surface. I have a bad feeling about him - like there is a lot of shit we don’t know yet. “We come bringing gifts.” I say in a cheerful voice, trying to lighten the mood. It took me some time to get away from the hospital after Lianne, Tristan and Athale came back. I wanted to make sure they got food and drinks, and that Lianne and Dia weren't going to rip each other's throat out again. Turns out Dia was the one who asked for Lianne to come back. Must have misse
Blake P.O.V. ‘Alpha, we need you and your mate at the hospital.’ I wake with a start by the mindlink. Sleep is still blurring my brain, but I shake Allie awake and ask her to dress quickly. She gives me a questioning look, but I just shake my shoulders. ‘We’re on our way. What is going on?’ I asked the nurse who frantically woke me. ‘We’re not sure, but one second the Night Howl Beta was stable and the next he flatlined. Beta Lianne and Coven Mother Diamina are at each other's throat. Please hurry.’ I repeat her words to Allie as we fly down the stairs and outside to run to the hospital. “This is not good. If Dia loses her mate before she gets to know him properly…” She doesn’t have to say anything else. Diamina might go insane from the pain of losing her mate, even if she only just met him. The intense trauma from seeing his battered body yesterday and everything in between. Once we’re inside the hospital we just have to follow the raised voices. Lianne and Diamina are face to f
Allison P.O.V. “We need to treat him, Dia. And we need space to do that. I understand your feelings, trust me.” She gave me permission to call her by her nickname the day we showed them around the pack. Both her and Athale became fast friends of all the ranked members - and I love how my chosen family keeps expanding with awesome people. “You know nothing about how I feel.” I shoot her look that can peel paint from the wall, and she actually ducks her head. “Blake was attacked by a rogue, who I still believe to be my absolute crazy ex, and he was going to die. I was helpless. Blake hadn’t shifted and he couldn’t as the wolf clawed him and weakened him. No one dared to interfere in the fear of hurting their Alpha. I shifted for the first time that day and handed the rogue his ass. I saved my mate because if I didn’t I would watch him die. I know, Dia.” Both her and Athale stare at me with wide eyes. I blush under their gaze and wait for one of them to say something. We’re outside th
Blake P.O.V. The rumor that we are housing two Coven Mothers, especially the Sunrose and Bluewater covens, spreads more quickly than a forest fire in the dead of summer. Suddenly my phone keeps ringing with Alpha’s who want to come to my pack and meet the women, Alpha’s who swear they will never corporate with someone who ‘fraternize’ with witches and lastly Alpha’s who are eager to bring packmembers to see if some of them should be mated to one of the coven witches. Emails from covens have been swarming in as well, and Allie and the others have been a great support as I try to keep my head straight. Athale and Diamina think it’s hilarious and offer nothing more than laughter at my suffering.They’ve been here for two days now, which is just ridiculous taking into account how many people I have been talking to, written to or gotten threats from. Many of the offended Alpha’s are from lesser packs, who will fall into line in the end as the strongest in their Regions support me and my
Bane P.O.V. “.... not good enough. We need more time.” “There is no more time to give. The war is imminent and he is growing impatient.” The other person snorts. “He has always been impatient and cruel. What else is new?” “Don’t even start with me, Pete. Don’t you think I know that? I sought him out, remember?” Pete snorts again. “How could I forget? One day he was just a crazy ass bastard of an Alpha, but that could have been handled and the next..” Pete yelps, and the other voices hisses. “Quiet you suicidal idiot. Do you think he will be satisfied with killing you for treason?” “There is no treason to kill me for. Bane knows I never agreed to be his spy on the Night Howl pack, and as such he should be aware that I would work against him every step of the way.” “Your sister..” “Is safe with her mate.” Tabatha sighs this time, and I decided to grace them with my everlasting presence. They should both know better than try to whisper in the nooks and crannies of this place. I
Allison P.O.V. I’ve been speaking to Diamina the whole way to the training grounds, when Blake’s voice rings out in my head with her name. I already knew it, but he is very sweet to share his information with me. I know he will have done so with everyone else as well. As we get to the training grounds, Diamina, her sister, Talia and some of the other Coven members make a circle around us - wide enough for plenty of space to sit and not be crowded. I come up besides Blake. “What’s going on?” “They are shielding us, so no one outside the barrier will hear what we speak about.” He answers, and I gape as the women start chanting with their arms up and spread out. They are all facing outwards, and as the air ripples with their magic, I can see the thin barrier form from them and join wherever it meets with the piece someone else creates. It rises high about us, and the spell is finished as all the pieces are joined together at the top. Magic is absolutely fucking awesome! Lianne, Tris
Blake P.O.V. The next morning we’re awoken in our wolf form by the alarm going off. Shadow and Dawn both jump to their feet, alert and ready to react. ‘Where?’ I ask my border guards, and one of the men guarding the front gate answers. ‘They’re demanding to be let in, Alpha. We’re refusing and they threatened us with magic. They are obviously dark witches.’ Shadow looks at Dawn, who nods. She heard as well. ‘Neptune, we need you and Talia at the front gate. NOW!’ ‘Yes, Alpha.’ ‘Tristan, Elliott, get the pack into the saferooms as a precaution. Then come to the front gate with the girls as well.’ ‘Yes, Alpha.’ Shadow and Dawn are running at top speed towards the place where the frontgate is located. They slept in the other end of the territory, so it’ll take a little while for us, even in wolf form. ‘Tell them Allie and I are on our way as fast as we can. Make them wait.’ I mindlink the guard, who responds with a ‘yes Alpha’ as well. I can feel Allie’s curiosity about who is
Allison P.O.V. I can’t even be mad at the asshole when he slings me over his shoulder. I have felt the building pressure of need through our bond all evening, and I have done absolutely nothing to douse it. In fact, I have done everything I can to make it worse. Blake has been a true trooper all night. But I can’t help the squeal and the demand to put me the fuck down when he bounced up the stairs with me over his shoulder as a ragdoll. And he did it in front of the others. On our way up I hear similar squeals of surprise and indignation. And then Talia. “You try to put me on that shoulder, Neptune… PUT ME DOWN YOU DOTL!” I laugh internally. He is going to be in so much trouble, unless he fucks her brains out, which is apparently the general plan for all the males now. Fucking horny male wolves. Dawn does not help at all as she just purrs in my mind at the sight of sex. ‘Maybe you and Blake could let me and Shadow have our turn when you're done?’ She asks, and I promise to get the