Nonna's POVMy heart feels so heavy in my chest, which amazes me at this point, it has been shattered too many time during my life for it to even exsist, how does it keep beating and becoming whole again, just to shatter once more. I sigh as I stir the pot of minstrone soup, Antonia's favorite, my dear sweet granddaughter returns today, she seems to be the only one not touched by all this tragedy. My thoughts wonder to Abigail, my sweet baby who is terrified of Michael and swears that he knew about her whereabouts during her abduction by my mate. I shake my head, my mate, my heart, my lifes breath, I slam my fists on the counter, "how could you be so cold, indifferent, cruel to our children and grandchildren," tears fill my eyes, but I refuse to let them fall. "I will not shed a tear for you, you hateful man-wolf, you were true evil and laid next to me nightly, whispering tenderly to me with your false words of affection, I curse your soul to burn for eternity and beyond." My tho
Braddock's POVWatching Abi wave to us from the rearview mirror is heartbreaking, we won't bring her back to Midnight under any circumstances and we have to go back. Charlie wipes her tears from her cheeks as she turns in the seat facing forward after waving to our little girl until she can no longer see her. I take her hand in mine and place a kiss on the back of it, "she's fine, she will have a nice sleep over with Ava and the guards will not let her out of their sight," I assure her. Charlie gives me a smirk, "I know, she's so excited about her first big girl sleep over," she giggles nerveously. She moves close to my side and leans into me, "we need to help him, Momma sounded so lost on the phone, do you think we'll be able to figure out how to combine our powers to help him?" I can't help but feel at a loss right now, not to mention I'm torn between wanting to rip his throat out first and then try to remove his mind manipulation, I know it's not his fault after learning ev
Alpha Michael's POVMy head is pounding as I try and open my eyes, I hear people's voices surrounding me, my body is warmer than usual, a voice I know squels, "it's working, I feel it." Charlie?, is that Charlie?, yes, now I remember she's here and so is Braddock. My head pounds again harder this time, it feels as though a sledge hammer is crushing my skull. I'm so tired, but the pain in my head is keeping me from sleep and whatever she's thinks is working is creating this pain, she needs to stop. I hear Braddock's voice, let try another, perhaps it's what truly triggered his anger. I hear the door open and a soft gasp, the sweetest scent hits my nose and the pain vanishes from my head, freshly baked bread and honey scents drift around me and then the word "MATE," softly said in my ear. Her voice is as sweet as her scent and then the sledgehammer hits my head harder this time and I feel my entire body jolt, I want to cry out in pain, but then sparks ignite on my hand and warmth e
Charlie's POV4 months laterMomma finally finished the journal about my abduction and subsequent years of captivity, she called Braddock knowing he would make sure that the loose ends of this torrid story would be completly tied up.Braddock told me that the woman that Vincent gave me to and the men were all part of somekind of sick and twisted organization for child prositition. These sick individuals that got me were paid to do what they did and they enjoyed it, they also had video of everything they did and happily handed it over to Vincent to show that he was getting his money's worth. The more I learn about him the more disgusted I am that his blood runs through my veins and my pups. It didn't take long for Braddock to gather intel on the members of this organization and formulated listings of their real names and address'. This organization is nationwide and overseas, so without haste, he contacted every single pack and gave out the information, for them to deal with whomeve
Abigail's POVI take another bite of my apple, staring off into the forest that's in the back of the school, I watch as the bush moves again and wonder if a rabbit's stuck or maybe a squirl. I place my sandwich down and walk in the direction. I hear Ava's voice yell out, "Abi what are you doing, come play." I ignore her shouts and slowly walk towards the bush. I lean over to see what's inside, "come on I'll help you if your stuck," I whisper as my hand moves some of the brush. A large rabbit jumps out at me and I fall backwards, my head hits the ground and darkness surrounds my vision. I hear shouts and foot falls racing in my direction, but the darkness takes me away. My eyes snap open as my body hits the ground, it's sunny and the sky is clear blue with a few soft pillowy clouds floating far up. I hear music in the distance and the smell of flowers surround me, I sit up on my elbows and look around. I'm in a field of wildflowers swaying in a soft breeze, a forest surrounds
Braddock's POVMy heart swelled in my chest as I watch Charlie and Abigail walk hand in hand down the stairs, my Luna in a off the shoulder light green gown, reaching just above her ankles in the front, thanks to our growing duel pups and my sweetpea in a off white princess gown, holding a stuffed grey rabbit that she made me purchase right after her little accident. As they reach the bottom step I can't help myself, "you two are too beautiful for words," as I scoop up Abi in my arms and plant a kiss on her cheek. Abi giggles, "Daddy you'll ruffle my dress," my eyes widen at her and I place her back down on her feet. "Excuse me princess," I bow at the waste to her and again she giggles, "you're silly Daddy." I take Charlie's arm and lead her out to the car. The car ride was nice, filled with laughter and chatter from Abigail. We arrive just in time for Abigail to receive her basket full of red rose petals as she walks in front of the future Luna Shannon of the Midnight pack. I'
Nonna's POVWatching the mahem unfolding in front of my eyes, I scan the grounds for all my family, Antonia is pushing Shannon into the lounge on the side of the house, closing the doors behind them. Michael has shifted and is fighting off the rogues as does our guards and many of the visiting guest Alpha's. I continue to look and find Braddock has Abigail in his arms backing up towards the garden entrance, I continue looking but I can't find Charlie or Rose. My heartbeat quickens the longer I can't find them out there, I mind link Rose, "where are you?" I hear her reply quickly, "looking for Charlie, I can't find her." I cut the link and move towards the door leading to the garden area, I'll kill them all if she is harmed again." I look at the entrance and I don't see Braddock, I move quickly towards the door only to be pushed out of the way by Charlie, "sorry Nonna," she says as she steps out into the garden and off to the side. Within seconds, wolves are bursting into flames
Alpha Michael's POVI sit back listening to Nonna and Charlie as I look around the table I catch Abigail's eyes on me, her stare is intense as we lock eyes. I can't help but think that her stare is intimidating for a 6 year old, then she smiles widely at me, like she knows what I just thought. I can't break our stare as I listen to Nonna telling Charlie she is not safe now. I chuckle to myself then speak, "no need to worry about this our secrets are safe, trust me." I watch Abigail coming towards me as I scoot back to give her access to my lap, she climbs up and hugs me around the neck, "thank you Uncle Michael," she kisses my cheek and jumps down. My heart swells with joy that she is no longer afraid of me and I have obvisouly earned my second chance with her. I can't help the feeling that she will be more powerful than all of us put together. Charlie stares at me, "care to share brother?" I look at her and smile, "of course, I can manipulate minds you are aware of this corr
As I drive to our meeting wearing a black button up shirt, black jeans and black boots, I’m thinking of all the things I should have done during these past couple of weeks. After the very non-insightful meeting with both her parents I knew I was on my own. She threw out the roses I left for her in her Jeep, so flowers are out. She's more tom boy then feminine, she has a killer body, but dresses in jeans and camo. I painted a picture of what Boris showed me of Storm, her wolf and for some reason wildflowers just seemed needed wrapped around her beautiful wolf. By the time I had finished it, I had added Boris and a waterfall, it took me a few days to finally send a picture of it to her and it was a coincidence that it was last night and the full moon. When she responded with the word “Beautiful.”I couldn’t help but to respond back with the exact words that left my lips when I saw her response, SO ARE YOU. I paced my room all night, wondering if she was okay, if someone would he
I walked into my office and slump into my chair, training this morning went well, I worked out with the warriors and then spared with many. The amount of energy I have today is immense and I know why, the full moon is tonight, and I’ll be in pain for hours. I pull up my e-mails and find several from Alpha Sebastian and Alpha Terrance about the grand opening Friday night. I pull them up and find different flyers that are going to be distributed about the club. Some are directed at the supernatural community and others are for the human’s. It’s a big chance to have the mix, but with the amount of power we all have and each of us having a night to be in attendance we should be fine. I find an e-mail from Alpha Christov I click on it and just stare.It's a picture of an open field of wildflowers, a waterfall in the background and two wolves nose to nose and the space between them is in a heart shape. I can’t help but smile as I look at the sheer beauty of the picture. I stare at
I sit in my office watching the clock tick away, her father will be here any minute and though I’ve thought about everything I will say and every question I will ask, I’m nervous, like a teenage boy wanting permission to date his daughter. I just hope Sasha stays away today, I broke it off with her 2 weeks ago, had her move out of the pack house and into a small cottage. She was livid, called me everything under the moon and I have no idea what some of them even meant. She keeps coming back though, her outfits skimpier and skimpier, barely covering any of her private bits, soon she’ll be walking around naked, and for shifters that’s not a huge deal after shifting, but we don’t normally walk around that way.The guards at the gate let me know that Former Alpha Braddock of the Crescent Moon pack is entering our territory, and I walk to the doors of the pack house. I stand there and watch as a brand new SUV rolls up and he steps out of the driver’s side and rounds the car and opens t
I return to the pack house and sit in my office going over the financial reports from our diversified business as a hard knock hits my door. I lean back in my chair and call out, “come on in Dad.”He opens the door and smiles widely at me, “seems someone’s mate is calling for help, couldn’t be a better time.” He sits in the chair opposite me and chuckles, “yours.”My eyes widen at him, “Alpha Christov called you for help with what?”His brow arches, “probably you,” he waves his hand dismissively, “doesn’t matter as long as I get to sit down and talk to him, assess him,” he shrugs, “also gets me inside his pack, perhaps I can see if something is amiss.”I lean back in my chair and look at him, “I don’t think he’s the one dad, he may be a lot of things, arrogant, rude, obnoxious and self-centered, but he doesn’t strike me as the type to deal with pedophilia in any manner.” I stand and walk over to the window, “from all accounts he's not flashy, this business is swimming in money," th
My mother was surprised when I told her I needed her, I'm 30 and haven't needed her for a while now, but this bond with Abigail has me baffled. The first thing she told me was to get rid of Sasha and that I should be ashamed that I hadn't already and was surprised that as an Alpha my mate hadn't rejected me because of it. My mother is strong, she raised us right, but we sometimes forget how to be the men she raised and made me very aware of that particular fact, "you we're raised better than to act like you have no sense."I’ve missed seeing Abigail every time I have arrived at the construction site, either she has just left or had been there hours prior. Today when I pulled up, her purple jeep is parked in the lot, I grabbed the dozen roses I bought and put them on the driver’s seat of her jeep. I smile as I turn to head for the office, I take two strides and see her coming down the stairs with her hard hat under her arm. She’s breathtakingly beautiful and a genuine smile curls
I’ve managed to avoid Christov for 3 weeks, I go to the job site daily, but at different times, so that the workers have no idea when I will arrive and neither do any of the other Alpha’s.Today I’m going with Beta Josh, I love my cousin, but he can be a royal pain in the ass when it comes to me, he’s extremely protective, which is his job but because he’s family he can be over the top with it. I step out of the car and head for the small trailer they call an office, I knock and enter only to find Alpha Sebastian there with the supervisor. I smile at the two, “good afternoon, how are things going today, Ralph?”Ralph is human as most of the workers on this job site, since our business is in the human’s city it just seemed right to use them, I guess. Ralph smiles at me, “Miss Abigail, everything is running as you expected,” he stands and offers me his seat, which I decline with a head shake. He continues, “the aquarium is being installed right now, would you like to take a look.”
I sit in my car outside the pack house, my knuckles white as I grip the steering wheel, I should go to her pack, talk to her, see what is going on in that beautiful head of hers. A knock on my window brings me back to reality, I look out and see Beta Charles. I sigh heavily and open the door and get out, “what’s going on?”He chuckles, “just wondering how long you planned on sitting in your car Alpha Christov, you’ve been here 30 minutes already?”I furrow my brows at him and slam the door, brush by him and head for my office, he follows in silence. I drop in my chair and glare at him, “what?”He shuts the door and sits opposite me, “Alpha Christov, what’s going on with you, ever since yesterday, you’ve been acting,” he rubs the back of his neck, “different.”I threw my head back and shut my eyes, her face appears every time I do and now it’s irritating me, she should want me as bad as I want her, and the feeling is only growing stronger the further apart we are. I tilt my head do
Momma wraps her arms around me as I get out of the car and walks with me to the garden, we sit on the blanket she has already splayed out on the ground and a basket sits on top of it. We sit and she looks at me, “what happened Abigail?”I blink back the tears that are stinging the backs of my eyes, “it snapped into place right before I was getting into the car.”She bites her bottom lip, her eyes soften and she speaks calmly, “I know you didn’t want it to happen before we knew for sure if he is the one that it behind the pup abduction ring, but now it has happened what do you want to do?”The shock of her questions, dries any tears that were threatening me a second ago, “what do you mean, he is one of the people we think could be the head of all this, you think that I would jeapordize myself to be with him and then find out he is the one.”She nods, “okay and if he’s not the one and totally innocent of this entire disgusting mess, then what, you said he has a chosen Luna already.”I
I get in the car and slam my fist into the dashboard, “AepbMo,” (shit) I look in the backseat and frown, I had it planned out, I reach over the seat and grab the bouquet of red long stem roses, open the window and throw them out it. I shake my head; I don’t know what I was thinking. Boris laughs, “you were thinking she would be alone, and you would be able to get some alone time,” he snickers. I shake my head, she’s too fucking beautiful, I throw my head back and close my eyes. The entire morning replays in my mind, from the time she jumped out of that SUV, my heart was racing. I watched her every stride, her long legs, in those tight jeans, her jacket hugging her hips and her breasts bouncing with every step, a few of her long black curls bouncing around her face. I shake my head, those pink lips curling into a beautiful smile as she spoke. Then fucking Sebastian has to flirt with her and fuck me if she didn’t flirt right back, like a dagger to my chest, I couldn’t help but gro