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Argo’s pov
Dinner was fucking great, but all I could think of was that little apron. I knew Mila would rock that fucking look, and I was going to rock her fucking world.
‘Stop being so damn horny,’ Mila scolded me using our mindlink. ‘We’re eating!’
I smirked, seeing the faint blush on her cheek. Whatever I was feeling, she was feeling too, and I could already smell her arousal in the air.
But not to embarrass my mate further, I decided to focus on my brother, who was seated next to me.
“Stark is really fucking excited to see his brother.” I told Airk.
“We could leave early and let them run? Just the two of us.” Airk suggested, and I loved that even now that he was marked, he still made time for me. It wasn't like I hadn't made time for him, but things were different now.
Airk was just marked and mated and well, basically in the honeymoon phase. All you could think about in that phase was fucking, and, well, fucking. I imagined all Brax and Airk had on their brain was sex.
‘I guess you never left the honeymoon phase then,’ Stark teased me.
How could I when I had the most beautiful mate in the fucking world? It was impossible to keep my hands from her. Even now, during dinner, I was playing with her hair without realizing it.
“I’d fucking love that.” I told my brother, happy our wolves got to spend some time together.
I knew he wasn’t fully healed from his trauma, but he had taken a big fucking step. The need to hear everything that happened was overwhelming. I wanted to hear about the Moon Goddess and about getting Kael back. Fuck, I wouldn’t even mind hearing about the sex. During this whole process, I tried to be there for Airk in whatever way he needed me, but this was something that I couldn’t be there for. Getting Kael back and marking Brax, was something that I wasn't involved in.
But that didn’t mean that I wasn’t curious about what happened inside that pretty blond head of his.
What made him suddenly decide to mindlink me and ask for supplies two nights ago? I knew when he asked for lube what the hell he was planning. It wasn’t hard to predict that needing those things would mean he wanted to mark Brax.
I looked at my brother, who seemed to be thinking, and then Airk stood up, surprising us all.
“Since our Alpha made this big romantic and very public speech the last time we had a celebration, I thought it was only fair to return the favor.”
Everyone laughed, and Airk continued.
“I am not big on public speeches. Or speeches in general, but as you can all see, Brax and I have marked each other.”
Everyone clapped, and I howled, cheering my brother on.
“Brax and I had chosen each other, but during the Blood Moon, we realized we weren’t just chosen mates. The Moon Goddess has actually picked us to be second-chance mates.”
“He actually spoke to the fucking moon goddess. That’s our Luna, everyone! He's better than everyone here.” I yelled out, getting laughs and cheers from the crowd once again.
“Thank you, Argo.” Airk said, blushing slightly. “Yes, I spoke to the goddess, but this speech isn’t about that. I wanted to publicly say that I am proud to be Brax’s mate. I love you, Brax. And I am honored to serve this pack as its permanent Luna. I plan to stay here and do my best to be the best Luna and mate for this pack, and it's Alpha.” Airk said, and then he actually gave Brax a kiss in front of all our people!
I was so fucking proud of him. Jace had wanted Airk to be hidden, to never reveal who he was. But now Airk had Brax, and they could display their love for each other without any judgement from the pack.
The pack all clapped and cheered again, excited to see their leaders so happy. This was how it was supposed to be.
There had been a few old farts who weren’t happy when Airk first became Luna, but Brax, Elora, Mila, and I had made sure they knew they could either accept Airk or fucking leave. Everyone could see how Airk had made Brax a better and happier Alpha, so those that weren’t accepting of him were only because of their prejudice, and they weren’t fucking welcome in the Blood Rock pack. We don't want their homophobic asses to poison our pack. Fuck them and their tiny pea brains filled with hate.
Airk sat down, and I nudged his side. “One good fuck under the blood moon, and you suddenly turned into a new person.”
Airk nudged me back, “it wasn’t just the sex.”
“I know, and I am fucking ready to hear everything. You’ve slept way too fucking long, and then my lovely sunshine stole you for the whole fucking day.”
Mila giggled, “he’s my brother now too, you know.”
It fucking meant the world to me that Mila considered Airk family. Elora sat on the other side of the table, and I kind of felt bad for not including her in the run with Airk. But as twins, Airk and I always been fucking close, especially when our parents were off looking for our sisters half the time. Elora and I hadn’t been as close because we didn’t grow up together.
I looked at my big sister, and she smiled at me and mindlinked me, ‘it’s fine. I’ll join you two later.’
Fuck, another mindreader in the family.
‘You don’t mind?’
‘You’re twins, Argo. I know how close you two are. Besides, I have to put Tristan to bed. He’s a momma’s boy right now and cries when Darian tries to hold him.’ She said, mind-linking me and pointing to Tristan.
He was staring at Darian, and as soon as Darian made eye contact with his son, Tristan looked like he was going to cry and quickly stuck his arms out towards Elora. Yeah, definitely a mommy’s boy.
‘Takes one to know one,’ Stark teased me.
That reminded me; I wondered if Airk had told mom yet. She was going to be so fucking happy knowing Airk was marked. And so was the rest of the family.
The staff ate with us but still served everyone first, and when they brought out the apple pie Mila and Airk made, I was really fucking impressed.
I made sure to switch plates with Airk each time, hoping the chef wasn't trying to fucking poison me. He would never hurt his Luna, so I was sure Airk's food was safe.
I love that they made something that was important to my family. A tradition that started with grandpa Os and is now here, in another pack with his grandkids
‘And his great-grandkids,’ Stark reminded me of Tristan.
‘Not just Tristan. Perhaps you and Airk will have kids of your own too.’ Stark said. I knew Mila wasn’t ready for kids yet, and I didn’t mind having her all to myself for now.
But how would Airk and Brax start a family? Bringing it up would probably freak Airk the fuck out. They had just taken one step, and I was already thinking of the next big one. But with two men, you kind of need some help making a baby. They could adopt, but they wouldn’t get the alpha genes.
But that was a conversation for later, I guess.
- - - - -
Everyone was still talking and eating, but Airk and I had left. We were going to shift, and then the rest would join us.
Our wolves are twins, just like us, and everyone could understand how important it was for them to finally be able to be together again after so long.
Airk was the first to shift, and I was amazed at how strong and fucking good Kael looked. He almost looked like he was glowing for a second, and I couldn’t be more proud of my brother for getting his wolf back.
I shifted too, and we let our wolves play. They were like pups, running around and chasing each other.
‘So it was because you marked Brax?’ I asked.
‘You mean why I got Kael back?’ Airk replied through the link. ‘No, it wasn’t. The Moon Goddess told me marking Brax wouldn’t give me my wolf back. I needed to forgive and move on.’
‘Forgive who?’
‘Jace, the Moon Goddess, myself, Brax. Everyone I blamed for what I went through.’
I growled, the sound coming from my wolf’s lips.
‘I don’t forgive the fucking bastard.’
Kael howled at the moon before mindlinking me again. ‘It’s not about him. It’s about allowing myself to move on. Not holding on to that pain. It doesn’t mean I’m okay with what he did. I am just not letting Jace ruin my life anymore.’
‘Fine. But I’ll hate him for you then. That fucker needs to burn in fucking hell for what he did.’
Kael jumped on Stark, trying to pin him to the ground, but my wolf had a lot more experience with fighting. Not that this was a real fucking fight; our wolves were just playing.
I ran off, letting my wolf guide us back to the packhouse, where the rest were waiting for us.
‘You two are so much alike,’ Mila said, seeing Kael stand next to me. She had never seen Kael before. None of the pack had seen him before, and it surprised everyone to see that our wolves were a mirror image of each other.
‘They’re fucking identical; we’re not.’ I joked at my mate. ‘Now shift, Stark wants to play with Leysa.’
‘Play… Okay. Not sexy play. Just play.’ Mila scolded me. ‘We’re in public, remember.’
Stark and I sighed at the same time. So fucking strict. Wolves didn’t care about showing public displays of affection; animals just fuck in the wild. But Mila knew that both me and my wolf couldn’t say no to her.
‘Fine,’ I relented. Now fucking shift, sunshine.’
Mila smiled at me and gave me a wink before turning around and pulling her dress up, flashing me her bare ass before she shifted into her wolf. She was making it fucking hard for me to stick to my promise. Fucking tease.
‘Just fucking wait until we get to our room. I’ll get you back for this,’ I threatened my mate.
‘I can’t wait, pretty boy.’ Mila teased me before her wolf ran off, asking me to chase her.
I played with Mila until Brax howled at us, letting us know we were going to run together as a pack.
It was fucking beautiful; everyone who was able to shift was there, and we ran as one through the woods. I stared at the moon, and it looked like it was shining a little bit brighter.
'Thank you,' I said to the Moon Goddess, wondering if she could hear me. 'Thank you for helping my brother and giving him the mate he deserves. I won't forgive the fucker that hurt Airk and I hope you don't either. Because if I run into him once I'm dead, I'll fucking kill him all over again.'
Emmy’s pov Goddess, is this how it is supposed to feel? I didn’t have time to think about it because I was near my fifth orgasm. Isaac had gone from touching me with his hands to touching me with his tongue, which felt even better. I always thought men hated to do it, but Isaac seemed to love it. The first time his tongue gave me an orgasm, he smiled so brightly, looking up at me with his face covered in my juices. I felt horrified to see that I had made his face dirty, but he seemed so happy. I didn’t know Isaac as well as I should, but I knew he didn’t lie to me. His tongue was lapping at my core, and he mindlinked me, asking me another question. While it was hard for me to answer truthfully, I did appreciate the effort Isaac went through to make sure I liked something. ‘Can I insert a finger?’ he asked. He didn’t stop licking me, but a finger was waiting at my entrance. The moment I thought about something entering me, I froze. ‘Sure.’ ‘Em….’ ‘Maybe another time?’ I careful
Emmy’s povIsaac seemed unsure, but I needed to do my part and help the Iron River pack. They could have seen me as a traitor and killed me along with Alpha Jace, but they did the opposite.They had allowed me to join their pack and accepted me as the mate of Isaac, despite my past. Nobody had made me feel like I was bad for what I'd done.‘Except you,’ Meave said.Because it was bad what I had done. The thought alone made me shudder. It was horrible. Maybe if I behaved and was the best mate for Isaac, he and the rest would forgive me.Isaac strokes some hair out of my face and behind my ear, “I won’t leave your side unless you tell me to leave.”I frowned, “I would never tell you to leave.““Because you like being near me or because you don’t think you’re allowed to tell me to do anything?"“Both,” I admitted.“Well, you are allowed, but I like being near you too.”He was so sweet. Isaac had been this nice to me from the start, but Alpha Jace had been nice too, especially when there w
Isaac’s pov What had started awkward turned into a beautiful day. I had made Emmy cum multiple times, and it felt like we were really moving forward. She said she liked me, and while it doesn’t sound like much. To me, it meant everything. It was like we were starting over. Just to random people that happened to be mates that were getting to know each other. I knew Lena meant well, but her words set Emmy off, but at least she was allowing herself to feel them. For a while, until the mask went back up and “everything was fine.” None of this was fine. How I wish I could see inside Emmy’s head and be there to counter all her negative thoughts. ‘Then mark her.’ Linus said, but after what Emmy went through, marking should be her choice. We walked towards my grandparents office together, and I felt Emmy tense. Everything here was a trigger for her, and I wish we would have never come here. ‘But if we didn't, she would still be living with your mothers, and you’d be in the packhouse, mi
Airk’s pov Argo had told me he spoke to Isaac yesterday, and it reminded me how much I had been focused on my own small circle of people. Brax and Argo were the only people I really let in and trusted. Even Elora and Mila I kept at a safe distance. It wasn’t so much by choice as by necessity. I didn’t have the energy to spend on others. Brax and Argo were both so familiar to me that it was easy to be around them. But even with them, I held some of my feelings in. It was scary to fully love someone when someone who was meant to be my one true love had hurt me so badly. But now that Brax and I were marked and I had forgiven Jace, I felt like I had more room in my mind for others. ‘You know we’re not totally fixed, right?’ Kael said inside my head. Of course, I knew we weren’t fixed. I still had things that triggered me; I could still get very angry or scared. I still had nightmares and flashbacks. But now, I had Brax, my big teddy bear, to help me relax. ‘And he’s so good at it,’
Emmy’s pov “Are you okay?” Isaac asked before he answered his own question. “Of course you’re not.” “Do you want to talk about it, just me and you?” he asked instead. I shook my head, “let’s just go to dinner.” “We can have dinner outside the packhouse if you like." Isaac offered, but that would mean meeting people. Who knew if any of them had the same reaction to me as Lena did? When I used to have dinner here, it was mostly me, the Alpha, and the Beta. Except for that time when Airk was here. Goddess, how I loved that first week. Alpha Jace was barely around in the beginning, and I would just stay in my room and relax. I wished it would stay like that forever, where my alpha would forget about me and focus his attention elsewhere. Although the thought of not serving the alpha made me feel guilty, if it was his choice, then it wouldn’t count, right? If he didn’t want me, then there was nothing to be done about it. I quickly learned that these thoughts would come to punish me.
Isaac’s pov Emmy is refusing to share her feelings with me, and since I promised not to cross her boundaries and force her to do anything, I am stuck waiting for her to open up. Her nightmares are becoming more frequent, and honestly, she looks unhappy. I don’t know what to do, besides being by her side as much as I can. “Do you think you can handle stepping inside Alpha Jace’s old office?” Grandma asked, looking at Emmy. She nodded, while I shook my head at the same time. It wasn’t a good idea. “Why does she need to go inside there?” I asked. “We’ve moved all of the files out of there. A lot was destroyed in the attack, but some we could still use. Jace had cameras everywhere, and I hope that being in the room might make Emmy remember something.” “I wasn’t in there a lot, only to pass through to the other room.” We all knew what room she meant—the room Airk was being held in. “And what could you really gain from that knowledge?” Grandpa Os sighed, probably annoyed with my q
Emmy’s pov ‘You have to tell them.’ Meave commanded me inside my head. ‘But they will hate me.’ ‘You heard former Alpha Osiris. That man helped you, and his family needs peace. You need to help him now, Emmeline.’ “Alpha Jace killed him, and I buried him in the garden,” I whispered, hoping they wouldn’t hear me, but knowing what everyone’s advanced hearing means, that could never happen. Isaac let go of my hand. Of course he did. Who would want to hold hands with someone like me? But then he surprised me and gave me a hug instead. “Is this the man you were talking about with Airk?” I nodded against his chest. “Do you think you can show us where you buried him?” Former Alpha Osiris asked, sounding a lot less scary than before. “Yes, former Alpha Osiris. I know exactly where he is buried.” How could I have forgotten? I dug the shallow crave myself. I had chosen an area where you could see the moon, hoping the Moon Goddess would protect him. “Emmy, can you tell us what happened?
Isaac’s pov The moment Emmy started to gag, I instinctively grabbed her hair. Thankfully, I was behind her and not in front like I had been a moment ago. Instead, my grandpa had his shoes ruined. “I’m so sorry!” Emmy said, wiping her mouth clean with her sleeve. “Okay, that’s enough for today.” Grandpa Os said, staring at his shoes. “Let’s both get cleaned up, and we’ll talk about everything else later.” Emmy nodded as she bowed her head in submission. “I apologize, Former Alpha Osiris.” “Now, just because you’ve puked on my shoes doesn’t mean you can’t still call my grandpa. If anything, it probably made us even closer.” Grandpa joked as he gave me a wink. I took Emmy out of their office, taking her back to our room. Emmy still had her head down, and I walked us to the bathroom. “You should take a shower.” “Okay.” “Do you want me to help you?” I offered, and Emmy nodded her head. First, I removed her clothing, and then I walked her to the bathroom, holding my mate’s hand.
Hi!it seems I wasn't very clear. but the chapter from Storm’s pov is actually the end of the Stolen Alpha. So it's not something I can change. I simply forgot about it and I started writing the first draft of Nivia's story and went to read the end to make sure it matched whatever I wrote last year.hope this clarifies things.and yes, Kyra was alive in the chapter. but since Eli named his daughter Kyra, we can pretend its her and not reveal that I sometimes forget my own story......anyway once again thank you for your support. I first need to finish the Luna prophecy before I start on Nivia's story, whatever that may be
- - Five years after chapter 119. -- Argo’s pov Airk slapped my thigh a lot, fucking harder than was necessary. He knew I had been training a lot, and my muscles were still sore from sparring against his mate. Everyone might assume he’s a fragile little luna, but that man works out daily, and he is very fucking protective of Brax. “So, you almost beat him this time.” Airk said, and I wasn’t sure if he was complimenting me or threatening me. “It’s my goal, you know. He is the only one left to beat.” I joked. “You didn’t beat me.” Airk replied, raising his eyebrow. “I beat you when we were fucking fifteen! How could you forget?” As a kid, I’ve beaten him countless times, but I didn’t want to rub it in too fucking much. Mila entered the room, looking like the most beautiful duck as she waddled towards us. I would never call her that to her face, though; my sunshine had turned into quite a monster this pregnancy. She’d fucking rip my balls off if I called her a duck. "Hi, beautifu
So... I thought of a story line for Nivia and started writing the chapter, but then I remembered I actually already wrote a chapter about Nivia (Aeryn's daughter) at the end of the Stolen Alpha. I'll post it here as well, so you don't have to go looking. It's free; don't worry. But in the story, I reveal that Osiris is in his 70s. I did the math, and since Osiris was 28? I think when he became a dad for the first time, Asher was 20 and Aeryn was 18. Once Nivia is 18, Osiris should be... 84. Which in werewolf years isn't that old. I thought he was about 100 now, but I forgot they all had kids a lot younger than humans. So he's safe for now :D But I have three options for Nivia and haven't really settled on one yet. But for most of them, she will go to a special academy for werewolves that they started a few years ago to make sure future alphas and betas won't make the same mistakes. It is something Asher started to make future leaders see they have more in common than they realize.
Osiris’ pov ‘Are you happy?’ Santos asked as I watched all the kids play together. ‘You can literally feel what I feel and hear my thoughts….’ I countered, annoyed with the old wolf. ‘If you consider that you got me when you were eighteen, I’m actually younger than you.’ Santos replied, waging his tale in my mind playfully. In my mind, he was still the same as always, but in reality, like me, he needed assistance. He couldn't walk properly without the help of prostethics. If I could have gone back in time and changed things, I wouldn’t have changed this. I would have made sure Riker was still alive, but then his mate Mia wouldn’t have found her second mate. Maybe I would have saved Kyra or any of the other wolves who have passed over the years, but who knows the ripple effect of that change? ‘You’ve watched The Butterfly Effect too many times.’ Santos said, making me laugh. I've only watched that movie once, but I knew that if I went back in time to change things, life wouldn't
Isaac’s pov Time has flown by. Way too fast. As I’m sitting here, holding my son and seeing my mate after giving birth to another couple's baby, I just can’t believe we’re here. It feels like just yesterday that everyone went home, and Emmy and I were left running the Winter Bone pack. Thankfully, my mom, Sierra, stayed behind to help. As a former beta, she stepped up and knew exactly what to do. She had basically run the pack with my grandpa when my uncle left to find his daughters. My other mom, Kate, was busy trying to find ways to help my grandparents. While I knew Sierra was here to help me, she was also here because Kate could get a little obsessed when she’s working on something. My mom hardly sleeps when she’s in the zone, and she doesn’t stop until it’s finished. Sierra would only be in the way. But now that I have a child of my own, I wonder if mom didn’t also stay behind because she had just seen me hurt badly. Being hurt in battle was the first time I had ever been
Brax’s pov “So, what made you change your mind?” My sister asked, slowly sitting down. It was getting harder for her to walk, sit down, or get up without the help of Argo or someone else. “I don’t think I really changed my mind; it was just..." Before I could finish, Mila started to laugh. “You did a 180. When Airk came home after the bonfire, it was clear you did not want a child this way.” I shook my head, chuckling along. “It wasn’t that. It felt weird to have a timeframe in which Airk and I could start a family.” “Nobody said anything about when you were supposed to have a child," Mila argued. “Didn’t they? Emmy wanted kids with Isaac, but not before helping us. So that meant putting things on hold. And Elora has her own army of pups she wants to push out, so we needed to do the egg extraction at the right time between pregnancies.” Mila giggled. “They don’t have that many kids. Mom has more.” “Mom didn’t have a choice but to keep having kids.” Mila took a deep breath. “We
Airk’s pov “It was so fucking gross.” Argo said, making the same face he made when mom put Brussels sprouts on the table when we were young. “He just ripped his whole fucking face off!” Dad sighed, “I didn’t rip his whole face off. I merely stuck my claws into his face and pulled. I’m not sure what actually came off. Maybe it was just his nose or a piece of his mouth.” Mom gagged, she was in dad's lap around the fire. “You’re not making it sound any better, Ash.” “Speaking of gross-looking things, how is grandpa Os?” Argo asked mom. Dad, Aunt Kat, and more people growled, and Argo threw his hands up in the air. “I was the fucking one that had to carry him like a baby, feeling his melting flesh against my hands. Besides, it’s how we deal with painful things, right, mom?” Mom gave Argo a wink, but then sounded very stern. “Maybe be a bit more tactful next time, Argo. You know how fucking important Os is to people.” “Fine,” Argo scoffed. “How is the fucker?” “He and Mom are doing
Asher’s pov “What the fuck happened?” Storm asked when I came close. He was surrounded by dead bodies and covered in blood. I was still holding on to Argo, who was barely able to walk. Yeah, what did happen? It was hard for me to remember everything. “Alpha Scott had silver nails laced with wolfsbane; he fought with Argo. We need to get out of here.” Storm shook his head, “no, offense, but we’re not going anywhere until you, your son, and I get some bandages or something. Because we’re in no fucking shape to take on any more people.” “Speak for yourself,” I replied jokingly. I stared at Storm’s body; his body was more red than his skin color. Storm smirked at me, “it’s mostly not my blood. But I did get shot, um, twice. So that fucking sucks.” I looked over at my son, who was having a hard time keeping his eyes open. Storm was right. We needed to stop the bleeding and rest before we left. We were sitting ducks here, but I did just kill the Alpha of this pack. So the remaini
Argo’s pov “It’s going to be fucking fine,” Storm suddenly said, startling me. We had been silently trying to track Dad for hours, focusing on all our senses. We weren’t running in wolf shape because some of our travels went through human territory. Also, we couldn’t fucking communicate if we were in our wolf form, since we didn’t belong to the same pack anymore. “I didn’t say a fucking word…” I countered, looking at him with my eyebrow raised. “Your face is telling me enough, little fuckhead.” I scoffed, “well, big fuckhead, I am fine. And dad will be fine too. Unless you’re worried?” Storm shook his head, “Asher can handle anything.” I liked Storm. And not just because he curses a whole fucking lot. He’s good to my sisters, and he’s like a third son to my parents. And he’s given my parents their first grandkids, which puts some pressure on the rest of us. But I knew he was just as worried as I was. Storm was really fucking close to my dad. Like surrogate dad, close. Fucker