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
Allison P.O.V. Hearing Blake tell me he is a virgin is kind of a shock to the system as I never once thought that would be a possibility. On the other hand, I could also not complain over past exploits as I am not a virgin myself. The realization dawns on me, and I gasp internally. He has waited patiently for me his whole life, and here I am; his mate and a whore. Dawn growls at my thoughts, not liking the way I am thinking, but it is the truth. Will he finally throw me away when he hears that I am not pure as he is? I hug my knees tighter together. I think he can feel the extra tension with me, because his wolf nudged my leg with his snout, whining again. I have to struggle to keep from giggling at his antics. ‘Please talk to me, baby.’ Blake pleads, but I have no idea what to say to him? How do I ask? Where do I start? “I’m just really overwhelmed.” I mutter, not looking up. If I look up I know I will cave and spill everything. Blake sighs in my mind. ‘Shadow says it’s something
Bane P.O.V. I’ve been keeping myself busy with the little snitch lawyer that helped my wife escape me. I’ve made it fun; torturing him and getting all sorts of nonsense information out of him. He is a tough nut to crack, I must admit as such, but I will crack him! He knows where my Annabel, or Allison as she goes by now, went, and when he tells me I am going to drag her pretty little ass back here and make her understand who is the boss of her, unless I just kill her when I see in her pure anger. I don’t even care if she changed her name. When she is back with me we will fix that little mistake and get her back to her real name, as I refuse to call her anything else. She will always be Anabel - a lost little kitten. I’ll keep it that way. She has been with someone else. I know because I have felt it. It was the weirdest feeling in the world. I was perfectly fine, knowing she was alive and well somewhere, and I just needed to find her. Then all of a sudden it feels like my heart is b
Blake P.O.V.As I see Bane slam his computer shut I have to wonder what that is about? Allie is being held by Tristan now, and it takes everything in me not to growl at the sight, but truth be told; I am grateful that she has made such good friends with him and Elliott, who is standing beside her with a hand on her shoulder. She is shaking. I know the fact that hearing that bastard's voice again was a lot to take in, and I truly didn’t know he would be in the meeting today. It was why I muted my computer after I greeted him. I wanted to give her a way out, but she insisted on being here. ‘Baby, I am sorry. I never thought he would bring you up. I had no idea he would be here.’ Allie’s eyes meet mine, and in them I see determination mixed with the trauma based fear everyone would have for their former captor and tormentor. ‘My body is reacting on its own accord. I think that therapist needs to be a first priority, Blake. I need to work through this. One day I am going to face Bane ag
Allison P.O.V. I can’t believe this is happening. Blake is moving further down my body, kissing his way down to my stomach and further down to my thighs. I don’t even understand how we came here other than Dawn temporarily taking over in the office and telling him I want him. She is not wrong in any capacity, but I had not thought it would be today we were doing this. ‘Stop fighting this damn matebond, Allie! We need to be mated and marked by Blake and Shadow if we are ever going to be free. And you want them as much as I do!’ Again, she is not wrong, but fuck! After everything Bane put me through I never thought I would trust another being with my heart and soul ever again, let alone my body. I am so shy. My reaction to his naked body in the woods being any indication, but I guess my wolf is right; I need to get it together and embrace who I really am. “Oh.. Mhhm!” My mouth is uttering sounds I didn’t know it contained. Blake is doing all sorts of delicious things to me, making my
Bane P.O.V.I had rushed out of my office after slamming my computer down. I had gotten noting out of those useless Councilmen nor had Alpha fucking Blake given me anything. I still think he is hiding something from me, and that something could very well be a someone. We hate each other with a passion and have done that all our lives. We met as kids do to our fathers being Alpha’s, but he always had to have such high morales and thought Omega’s as worth something. Psst! Goodie-two-shoes. His father is like him, and I guess I am like my father. They also didn’t like each other which was obvious. My mother died before I can remember her, and my father always said it was a tragedy that she died, and he never really recovered from the loss of her, not until Helen came into his life after I became an adult. She was his second chance mate and he accepted her immediately regardless of what I said. He denounced the Alpha title to me, wanting to focus all his time on her, and so I became the
Bane P.O.V. “You will never get away with this absolute batshit crazy plan of yours, Bane.” My prisoner says in a disgusted voice. She is on the backseat of the SUV, scowling into my side as I’m driving. Today is the day, and we are moving everyone out to be in position when we get the signal to attack. I have been planning this for a lot longer than anyone knows. I always knew I wouldn’t keep my position as Alpha. Not with my tendencies, and it was only a matter of time before Blake or one of the other idiotic Alpha’s who believe in equality in a pack and ‘the pack is a family’ bullshit, would bring me up to the Council. They have been edging to strip me of my title since I gained it, but I managed to keep one step ahead for a long time. “Did you hear me, you son of a bitch? You will never succeed. They are way too many, and..” “Either you shut up yourself, or I will have you shut up.” I growl, my patience wearing thin. After everything with Tabatha went down, and she managed to
Allison P.O.V. Everything happened so fast. Athena crying. Me going to sooth her. Picking her up from her pram to check if she needed to have her diaper changed before a feeding. The yell from Blake. I felt the magic thrown at me and I screamed, turning to protect my child from harm. Who dared to try to harm me or her in our own house? I could not be anyone but the Council member who was blessing Pete and Dia a moment ago. Everything is chaos as the magic slams into something, but I don’t feel a thing. Did Blake manage to get in front of me? I fucking hope not. I will kill him if he tries to sacrifice himself for us. Well, no I won’t, but I will scold him about foolish acts! Dust all around me. I can’t see a thing. Someone yells my name. “ALLIE?!” I didn’t even notice I was crouched on the floor with my child. I stand, and then I see it. A amethyst colored shield bubble all around me. I look down to see my daughter with her silver eyes shining. I guess not all magic in her is bound
Blake P.O.V.An uproar follows my statement. People are shouting over each other, but no one is shouting as loud as Elias. “How dare you! I’m here, aren’t I? Even with the knowledge of my son being after me and my Luna, I still came to this Goddess forsaken debate club. You are all fools to think you can win over him, but I came anyway. To show my allegiance to all of you.” All at once people shut up and glare at the Alpha who is breathing heavily now. He talked over, and he knows we know he did. I smirk. ‘We’ll need them to vote in Pete favor babe.’ Allie mindlinks me, and I have just the right thing to push this along nicely. I look at our table where Greyson has been sitting amongst my pack members unnoticed. I nod to him. He swallows, stands and walks to my side, Tabatha at his side, her hand clasped tightly in his. I hadn’t noticed she had switched tables in all the comotion, but looking at our table again I see both Talia, Dia and Athale amongst my family. I smile internally.
Allison P.O.V. “Alpha Blake, the joke with your womenfolk burying us is not really funny.” Alpha Issac says from a couple of chairs down our own table. Blake just looks at the Alpha with a bored expression. “No, that is why it was not a joke, Alpha Issac.” He answers, taking a bite of his BLT sandwich. Dawn snickers in my mind. She loves how our mate just takes for granted that we can beat all the Alpha’s present - I mean he is probably not entirely wrong either. Most of them are cocky and arrogant creatures, who will underestimate me and Dawn and lose a fight. My wolf did swoop the ground with Bane’s rogue Alpha wolf not that long ago. ‘We’re not some simpering Luna, we’re an Alpha female and they don’t believe that one bit. They think Blake is trying to intimidate them. I can’t wait to prove them wrong.’ I snort out loud, harnessing the attention of the table. Blake’s eyes have that glint of not well hidden amusement, so Shadow probably told what Dawn said to me. “Something you
Blake P.O.V“Are you sure you’re okay, bro?” Tristan asks for the millionth time since yesterday, laughing and dodging my swat when I turn around. “If you ask me one more time, Tristan, I am going to make sure you are seated with the most irritating, old fashioned and persisting of the Alpha’s throughout today and tomorrow.” I growl back, making him laugh even more. Allie gave me a really hard time after she slapped my face. My cheek was red for almost an hour, that was how much force she put into it, telling me exactly how pissed she was. Then she proceeded to stand up, walk over to Talia, thank her for having her and the packs back, asking for our daughter and sitting down again with Dia and Pete. She ignored me for the rest of the day, except if she had something Athena related or pack related to say. She actually didn’t say much at all now that I think more about it. She listened, observed. Something about her had changed when she came to, but I couldn’t put my finger on it. Eve
Allie P.O.V.The world goes dark. My body feels limp and numb as someone or something brushes me from behind. The anger of the indication that Talia should put me to sleep just because I want to protect my child is ridiculous, and I feel betrayed by both her and Blake. Darkness. Quiet.Something stirs from the darkness. I’m aware I’m still trapped inside my own mind. I still can’t feel anything other than my own breathing, and the sparks from the matebond - which means Blake has me in his arms. I can’t hear anything. Just feel little things. The something moves closer to me. I look around with my mental self. ‘Come on, little one. We are awaited somewhere else.’ I recognize Dawn’s magnificent figure and presence. “Are you just okay with them doing this to us?” I ask her, all my initial deflated anger, flaring up again. ‘Our mate was right. We were not ourselves, and he acted as an Alpha to protect us and the pack. I don’t care if you kick his ass for not explaining properly, I wou
Blake P.O.V. “Are you sure, Dia?” I ask, looking down at Allie with worry filling my entire body. She is my mate and my everything. Athena is our daughter, and I love her, but Allie is my mate and number one concern at the moment.“I’ll need some more information from Princess Tabatha, but yes I’m fairly certain I’m right about this.” Pete grabs her hand, lifting it and kissing the backside with a small smile. Dia blushes. They are a great pair, and Pete deserves some happiness at last. He has been struggling so much with having a crazy Alpha, then a weak one if Greyson is to be trusted, which I do, and everything with his sister. Something hits me - their ranked members; if Greyson goes back with them they are going to be mainly magical on the female side. Well, that is certainly going to be a change for the pack. A good one I think. Definitely a needed one. Pete doesn’t know, but I have all intentions of having him instated as Alpha of the Night Howl pack instead of their current A
Blake P.O.V. After fifteen minutes we’re all back in the room. Allie has borrowed a pram from one of our nurses, who was keeping it from her first child, and was very happy to be able to help her Alpha’s. Athena is sleeping soundly with Allie’s hand on her, and everyone else is getting situated - with food and drinks. “Baby, how about I keep an eye on Athena and you get some food? When did you eat last?” Allie shrugs, but I’m not really sure she’s hearing me. “Allie?” Talia comes to our side, removes Allie’s hand from Athena and cups her cheeks. Allie growls, probably because of the lack of physical contact of her child, for the way Talia is cupping her cheeks - who knows?“Allison! You need to eat, and you need to pay more attention! She is fine. Athena is right here with you and with us. No one is going to hurt her or steal her. I promise on my life and on that of my sister.” “HEY!” Tabatha protests from the bed, but Talia shoots her a glare over one shoulder. “But you need to
Allison P.O.V. “Everything that is said in this room is to stay between the people in this room. Are we clear?” Blake asks when everyone is situated on chairs and the floor. People nod silently. Their looks vary from intrigued to concerned to suspicious. Pete is in a wheelchair, and is looking better than when he arrived at our pack borders. We’ll need to get his story as well. This is going to be a long ass day with lots of talk and planning. It’s necessary, I know that, but it doesn’t make it any less tedious. “We’ve planned for breaks and meals - we need to get the full picture from Tabatha and Talia and then hear what Pete has to tell us. It’s vital we are on top of everything when the Summit starts tomorrow. We all know Bane is a crazy motherfucker, and he might decide to attack with the Alpha’s here only to prove a point - whatever that might be.” I say, rocking Athena in my arms. She’s babbling in baby and looking up at me. I look down into her silver eyes, smiling at my litt