โWe will be fineโ Reaper mutters but it isnโt aimed at me, she is talking to herself, trying to keep herself calm because if I was losing my wolf abilities then I was dying, and she would be dying too.I must have looked scared because Daryl holds my hand, his thumb gently running across the back. His head hung low, his eyes focussing on the hand he held, but his leg was jigging, his heel tapping the floor, he was nervous.Daryl tries to get me to eat and drink but I didnโt want anything, what was the point if I was dying.โPlease Ashley, please donโt give up, it took me long enough to find you.โThe Doctor that had been treating me appears with another man, he was over six foot tall easily, with short bright blonde hair and a clean-shaven face, but more importantly, he was not someone that I had seen before.โAlpha Darylโ he shakes his hand and then turns to me โYou must be Luna Ashleyโ he looks at my hand thats in a cast and frowns asking my doctor for my notes, but I couldnโt help
Lucian quickly gets to work, removing the feeding tube from my throat as blood continues to spurt up from my throat.โItโs more than wolfsbane.โ Lucian scowls as nurses come in and start clearing up the blood but it was no use, I was projecting blood quicker than they could clean it up and Lucian sends them out. I wanted to ask him what was happening but every time I opened my mouth, more blood just spilled out.โWhat is happening?!โ Daryl roars as he rubs my back, he tells me to breathe, but as the blood continues to come, I start to feel woozy, the room spinning, Daryl blurs into Lucian and Christian appears, their voices merging with one another as I feel a tightness in my heart, like someone had a hold on it, and they were crushing it.โIt hurtโs Ashley, it hurtsโ Reaper calls out to me, but she sounds so far away, and everything goes dark.โAshley, can you hear my voice, squeeze my hand.โ Darylโs voice echoed around me, sounding like he was near and far at the same time. I couldn
โI want to go to my parentโs home Daryl!โ I huff, folding my arms across my chest as I glared at him.โItโs not a good idea sister, it is overrun by vampires now.โโI thoughtโฆ..โ I trail off as Daryl asks Lucian questions about his lifeโSo where do you live?โโNowhere and everywhere, I go wherever I want, when I please.โ He smiles at me, his amber eyes bright, โYou are more than welcome to join me sister, but I donโt think it will be the life for you.โโVampires!โ I mutter to myself. It was like they were both ignoring the problem that vampires posed, especially to the wolves, or maybe it was because the vampires had shown no sign of attacking yet.โJust leave it Ash, if we stay out of our way, they stay out of ours.โโIs it true Lucian?โโYou have lost me, is what true?โโI am the heir to the Royal throne?โHe glances away and Daryl tells me itโs not something I need to worry about, and I realise that they have already spoken about it.โJust tell me Lucian!โ I was getting snappy now
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I glance at him, trying to remember if he knew of Reaper or not as she stretches out inside of me, yawning sleepily. The timeline was all over the place, things had already changed to what I had experienced, Lucian even looked different, but he had already explained to me why. Yet if the first time he met me was in hospital then surely he wouldnโt know of Reaper and that was why he was asking me. โHave I shifted before?โ I ask him, keeping my eyes on the door where Christian had disappeared. He shrugs his shoulders at me but there was a twinkle in his amber eyes. โWhat are you not telling me?โ I ask, I didnโt understand why he wasnโt answering me. He glances to the closed door and holds a single finger up to me. Lucian takes the few steps to the door, grinning at me. He rams his hands hard against the door and we hear Christian swear as the door hits him. Lucian pulls the door open still grinning. โNow, now, itโs not polite to be eavesdropping Christian.โ If looks could kill, Luc
I turn to see Daryl standing about five metres away, his eyes almost a solid black as he glared at Jax.โAlpha, did you see her hit me?โ Jax wipes the blood from his chin and spits out some on to the ground at my feet, his gaze still firmly focussed on me.โI do not care Jax, but if you lay a single hand on her, you are as good as dead!โ Daryl moves forward, letting out a low rumble as a warning and Jax storms off.โYou came back?โ I question quietly, he was supposed to be gone for a few days.โLucian contacted me, said you seemed โoffโ and I agree. Itโs why I turned around and came home.โHe stares at me awkwardly, not quite looking at me and yet he was.โWhy did you punch him?โโIโฆโ I trail off because I didnโt want to tell him,โAshley, just tell me!โI shake my head, clamping my lips shut because what if I was wrong, what if after everything Jax wasnโt involved.โWhere were you going?โ I try to change the subject and he knew exactly what I was doing and thankfully he goes along wi
โCome on Ash, just tell me!โโJax was working with Hayden!โโNo, noโ he steps back from me, shaking his head in denial when he suddenly grabs my shoulders, his eyes burning into my own, โPlease tell me that you are lying?!โโIt might not be true.โ I whisper, dropping my eyes, uncomfortable by the way he looked at me.โItโs why you are so odd around him, itโs why you seem to have more anxiety. Is that why you punched him? Sorry, why Reaper hit him?โI bite my lip, slowly nodding. Feeling sick that Jax was probably in the packhouse somewhere, after all, he did live here.โNot everyone is out to get you Ashley!โI snort because that was just it, everyone had wanted me dead in some way. Even my own best friend had hated me in the end.โThen why is Lucian the only one being honest with me right now?โโWhat do you mean? I havenโt lied to you!โโYes you have, you didnโt even tell me you were going to your parents until after!โ I try to keep Reaper under control, and I guess as we started sho
I stare at the scene from my hiding spot in the shadows, how was it that she looked exactly how I imagined and yet Lucian didnโt. Anyway, there was no time to think about that as Reaper whispers, asking what the human was doing.โItโs Tashaโ I mutter back, watching as she approached the vampires, her gun aiming at them the entire time but the man she called father, he had fallen silent, and I just knew he was already gone, humans could not survive that much blood lost.The vampires laugh, they were not ones that I had seen before, their laughs grow into full belly rumbles, and one moves, faster than the human eye could see, grabbing the gun and holding it against Tashaโs throat, trying to strangle her.I hear her splutter as the air is knocked out of her. I should help her but yet I find myself hesitating, watching as she brings her leg up behind her, smacking the vampire in the groin. His grip on the gun loosens enough for Tasha to get out under it.โYou vampires think you are invinc
A few months has passed since all the craziness with Lucian. Things had settled down massively, well, apart from being thrown into motherhood and raising triplets. I was just glad I wasnโt doing it on my own.Daryl was still getting used to having a smaller pack. Although he had already been out trying to recruit other packs that were smaller than ours. Some had accepted whereas others had told him where to go. The pack was still much smaller than the average wolf pack with less than a hundred people now after many had lost their lives in the fight against my brother, but he was certain he would make it great again. After all, he really wanted to pass on an almighty pack to Daryl Junior, the eldest of the triplets.In just a few months the three of them had grown quite quickly, instead of being like three-month-olds, they looked more like eighteen month olds and certainly liked to keep me busy and on my toes, especially since they were already walking and running. I assumed they were
More bullets come as I keep low, the stench of Lucianโs blood filling the air as he hovers above me. With each bullet, I am splattered in his blood, but it continues to do little more than slow him down.โYou have not learnt a thing!โ he roars at me as his claws wrap around my neck, lifting me from the ground.I should have been afraid, scared for my own life as I faced death when he suddenly stills. My feet dangling in the air at least ten inches from the ground. His deep amber eyes staring into mine, but he was quiet, no sound was coming from Lucian and yet everyone around us was yelling.His claws pierced the skin of my neck, my own blood trickling down over my cool skin as I watched Lucianโs nostrils flare. He was enjoying my scent, like it was something he had been longing for. This was not in my plan.His teeth sink into my shoulder as I let out a scream, and I see people charging towards Lucian. Daryl was shouting out something about protecting the Luna.Lucianโs jaw refuses to
โI will stop this.โ I try to reassure the tiny beast in my arms, but I still didnโt know if I could even kill him, if it was even possible.โShe will never be yours!โ Lucianโs voice howls around us making Natashaโs little beast cling to me harder. Her tiny claws piercing my skin as they dug into me, her body trembling as his voice echoes around us.โDrop the spell.โ I whisper to the small beast. Lucian was using her to put the spell around the dungeons, to stop others from getting any closer, but she was still a baby, could she even understand what I was saying? Could my reassurance be enough?Her small furry body continues to tremble against mine until it suddenly stops, momentarily scaring the crap out of me. When I hear soft snuffles coming from her and gently turn her head. She had fallen asleep on me. She had gone from a terrified little beast to one in a deep sleep, she had needed me so much more than I had ever known, and I feel a shift inside of me. The need to protect her, no
โItโs not that simple is it. I may have some magical abilities, but he still has years over me. Years of training, years of knowledge, years of planning what he calls his redemption.โโBut there is something he possibly didnโt account for. A motherโs love, a mateโs love. The fact that a whole pack will be right behind you.โIt just didnโt seem true. Maybe I had been looking at this all wrong and it wasnโt just my fight anymore.โThen how am I supposed to make myself stronger?โโYou already know Ash, look at the things you have been capable of. Personally, I donโt think you give yourself enough credit.โI was completely soaked from the heavy rain as I stared up into his amber eyes, the blue flecks shining brightly through the storm. It wasnโt just me that had changed but it seemed like he had too. His once sulky and moody self had mellowed out.โWhat ever happens Ash, you have three babies that need you.โI slowly bob my head, he was right, but I had still left them to check on my best
No one stops me, no one even comes after me as I race through the forest towards her house. She had to be here, it was where it had all started.As I break out of the forest, I see it, her small house sitting on the opposite side of the road. A trail of blood leading up the few steps as the door sat open. Anyone could walk in here, anything could have found her.Creeping towards the house, I knew the trail of blood belonged to her. It was dry though and had been sat here for a while, but it didn't remove her scent.โTasha?โ I call out her name as I step in through the front door, hoping for some kind of response but I was met with silence and what was worse is the trail of blood ended in the middle of the room. There was nothing, no body, no pool of dried red, but more importantly there was no sound.The floorboards didnโt creak like I was used to, no weird smell from all the herbal teas she had scattered around.โCan you hear her?โ I mutter to Reaper. I didnโt even know why I was ask
The omega keeps her head low, not speaking as she remained in the room. She was our biggest risk right now; she was the only one to know that I had had a third baby and I couldnโt have her revealing that information, not to anyone.โYou canโt say anything!โ I plead with her, hoping that she would understand.โThey need to be checked over.โ She mumbles back at me and Daryl shakes his headโKiera, you cannot tell anyone, you cannot share the news of Ash having a third child. Do you understand?โ He was using his Alpha tone, a tone that I was only to familiar with.The omega gulps, her eyes wide as she slowly nods her head.โI need you to say it Kiera!โโI wonโt tell anyone, but how are you going to hide her, what if she is a poorly pup?โDaryl looks between me and the omega as I gently rock our little girl.โKiera, you will become Ashleyโs personal maid. You will do nothing else in the house except for helping Ash and tending to the children and monitoring any changes in them!โโBut the
โFor you!โ Lucian punches the stone wall of his cell, splitting the skin on his knuckles which heals instantly.โI donโt understandโโOf course you donโt sister.โ He laughs manically as he tries to pull the bars apart. I was glad Daryl had reinforced them.โYou werenโt to know I was going to have children.โHe looks at me from the corner of his eye. I was so stupid, I had told him of the vision, the one where I was left alone with twins, the one where Daryl was not in the picture. How could I have been so stupid?โYou told me that not all visions were correct that some were just created in my own mind!โโYes, but I saw that vision too, sister. Getting into your head was much easier than you trying to get into mine. Any time your wolf was dormant, it left an opening. A chance for me to see everything!โโJust kill him Ashโ Daryl links me"Whicjh is why you wanted Amber to trap me?"He starts clapping."About time you figured that out."โYou would never have found me without Daryl!โ I ye
The omega hands her to me, she was much smaller than the boys with tufts of dark hair that matched Darylโs, bright amber eyes peeping out under her eyelids.I still didnโt understand, the doctor had shown me the monitor, pointed out the two boys, how could he have missed a third baby or even a third heartbeat.Silent tears run down my face as I look at the three of them, how could I protect them? How could I protect my daughter from my brother? He was so set on taking her.โYou did well.โ The omega smiles at me as she drapes something over my legs, but I glance at the door. I had a bad feeling growing in the pit of my stomach.โHeโs coming.โ I mutter.There is fear on the omegas face as her eyes widen and her body stills.โYouโre scared of him?โโEvery omega is.โ She sits next to me.โYou know Iโm not talking about Daryl, donโt you?โShe nods her head and mutters Lucianโs name back to me.โWhat did he do to you?โHe didnโt have anything to do with the omegas.โYou donโt know?โ she que
It was strange after experiencing Amber's world!Being able to run through Lucianโs mind with his beast chasing me was something I had never considered happening, nor did I think it was even possible and yet here I am. To be in someoneโs mind was almost disgusting, you never know what they might be hiding and it was apparent that Lucian had been hiding alot.I had never bothered to ask the name of his beast, but something tells me itโs up there like mine. Reaper, another name for death and she certainly did have a dark side.โTell me where she is!โ I scream as I continue to run.โGive us your daughter!โโI have already told Lucian, they are boys, no females.โโYou lie! I can smell it. You are carrying a girl!โHere I had no bump, if anything my stomach was flatter than flat. Was this how Lucian really saw me?He chases me through the greyness of Lucians mind. There was no colour, like he only saw things a certain way. Anytime I get a chance to grab something to throw, I do. Lucian con