I hadn’t wanted to leave Aurelia, especially without notice, but I didn’t have a choice. I had to return home. My father is dead, and my mother is dying. I need to be there for my family and my pack. I couldn’t just sneak over and tell Aurelia I had to go.
I also don’t have her phone number, so I couldn’t just text her either. I only shot a text to Rowan about it. I kept it brief, telling him I had a death in the family and had to go home.
I took my motorcycle to get home as fast as I could. I’m confident I broke multiple traffic laws to reach the packhouse in record time. There were pack members all around, even at this predawn hour, everyone dressed in black to mourn their former Alpha.
As I tossed my helmet aside, members bowed and made sure to get out of my way. I was certain my eyes were red as I threw open the heavy double oak doors. “Where is she!?” I shouted.
Silvercloud was the first face I saw. He looked like shit, and his clothes were
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“Hi, mom. Hi, dad,” I greeted them as I managed to get out of my mother’s bear hug. It felt weird facing my parents now. I’ve talked to them on the phone since Logan told me the truth about being adopted. But that was different. Now that I’m looking at them, I can see how I don’t resemble them in all the ways. I’m taller than both, and neither has red hair nor the same green eyes as me. I shook my head because this wasn’t the time nor the place to think about that. “Are you alright, baby?” my dad asked, grabbing my shoulders, looking me over as if trying to find bruises or something. “I’m fine. I don’t know what they told you, but it’s bullshit,” I assured them. “What? What do you mean? We got a call telling us that the groundskeeper assaulted you,” my dad questioned, looking back at Mister Moors, confused. I rolled my eyes. “Mister Moors’s full of shit, dad. He was told that by his creep son. His son’s the one that tried to assault me and just this m
I’m already in the mood to kill someone. Siegfried is, of course, ever-present at the top of my list to kill. But Darien and his dumbass father are coming in a close second. As glad as I am that Aurelia was able to fight off the little shit, she shouldn’t have to. He should have respected her “no” the first time she told him she wasn’t interested. I swear I’m going to break his arms. No better, I’m going to rip his arms off so he can’t touch anyone again. And Rowan. That little weasel is going to get his, too. I’m still confident he’s who is letting those poachers onto my property. For that alone, I want him taken down. But now he’s going around accusing me of raping my mate of telling her parents these lies. I don’t need that kind of impression left on her parents before they even meet me. The only good thing about this debacle playing out at the camp is her parents believe her and that one of my pack responded to the call. I could hear her han
As thrilled as I was watching Mister Moors and his son getting arrested, I still had this pit in my stomach. The camp was going to close down, and I wouldn’t see Logan again. Or at least it felt like I wouldn’t. What’s he supposed to do, just show up at my family’s ranch and introduce himself as my mate? Yeah, I can’t see that going over very well with my parents. They don’t even know I’m a werewolf. Then again, they don’t know that I know I’m adopted. Overall I just had this nagging feeling. Like something was wrong. Logan was dealing with so much right now. His parents were both dead, and as I looked at my parents, who were busy putting my things in the truck, I fought the urge to cry. I don’t know what I would do without them. I can only hope that my parents will still love and accept me after telling them what I am. Then I saw Elyse crying with Crystal and June watching the spectacle with all the other campers. I started to head in the
I don’t know how long I was out in the forest running. I’d turned control over to Jericho and was letting him run to his heart’s content. I know this wasn’t how an Alpha ought to behave. I shouldn’t have run off like this. I have responsibilities I need to tend to. I have a pack in mourning for this former Alpha and Luna and others who lost their lives fighting off Siegfried and his rogues. My brother is just as hurt by these events as I yet he’s not acting this way. All I want right now is Aurelia, and I can’t have her. I came to a stop at the reservoir at the edge of town. Looking at my reflection in the water, Jericho’s blood-red eyes looked back at me with all the same pain as I felt inside. My body tensed as I smelled someone nearby. Raising my head, I growled, baring my teeth as I saw the cinnamon-colored wolf that came into view across the reservoir. ‘Siegfried,’ Jericho growled. His yellow eyes seemed to be taunting me. I started t
“Aurelia, you tell me everything. We don’t have secrets. So what happened?” Alex questioned, getting up and shutting my bedroom door. He was right. I do tell him everything. He’s the first person I told when I got my first kiss way back in fourth grade from Cooper Barker by the slide. Probably the only thing I didn’t tell him about first was when I got my period. That I told my mom because, well, that’s women stuff, and I needed her guidance far more than I’d ever need Alex’s on the subject. I just wasn’t sure how much I could tell him. I trust him to keep my secret, but I don’t know the rules about telling people. What if I tell him and I find out I violated some werewolf law? What if there’s a law about keeping the existence of werewolves a secret? I don’t want to get in trouble. I also don’t want to put Alex in danger. Whenever he has time to talk to me again, I'll need to ask Logan about it. I also can’t just tell him I know I’m adopted. Because wit
All I wanted was to hear her voice. I would rather have her at my side, but I can’t. So hearing her voice is the next best thing. I wasn’t sure what I expected when I called her. But I didn’t expect to hear her friend in the background. I wouldn’t have minded if her friend was a girl or a mated werewolf. But a human boy, single or not, I don’t trust humans. They don’t have a bond to their significant other as we werewolves do. So cheating doesn’t matter to them. And I can hear his jealousy and judgment with every word the boy uttered. I don’t know how much she’s told him about me. Doesn’t matter. I suspect he’d be jealous no matter what. “Do you want me to come? I could get my mom to drive me,” she offered. I chuckled softly. “God, I forgot you’re a pup. You probably don’t even have a learner’s permit, do you?” I sighed, shaking my head. “Stop teasing me, old man,” she snorted. “How much older than you is this guy?” her friend questioned.
I wish I could be there at Logan’s side. But I can understand why he says I can’t. I don’t want to put my family in danger. And I don’t want Logan to worry about me. He went through so much when he lost Suzu. So I have to take whatever precautions Logan wants for my safety, my family’s safety, and his sanity. After we hung up, I just had to remind myself he was not alone. He has his brother and daughter there. Not to mention a whole pack of werewolves that will help him through this. However, I found myself clenching my jaw at the idea of there being women in his pack that would happily offer him physical comfort. So help me, if he takes one of them up on the offer, I’ll kill the girl and then castrate him. But, wait, where did that come from? He’s not mine. ‘Yes, he is! He’s our mate. And we will defend what’s ours. Marked or not.’ Theia snorted in my head. ‘I'm not usually the jealous type.’ I sighed. “Yes, well, I am, and I have some amount o
The funeral was, as expected, a somber occasion. All members of the pack living in Mount Hood and some other cities had gathered outside my packhouse. Overall it was a good turnout. I’m sure many of the pack warriors who came from the other cities will be looking to help avenge the death of my parents. I need to come up with a plan. Siegfried needs to be put down. I can’t let him live. He is a danger to my pack, and he’s standing in the way of me being with my mate. I cannot and will not bring Aurelia into this war. I won’t risk her or her family being hurt by association with me. As soon as we completed the services, I called David to be brought to my office. I sat waiting for him with John in my office. “Why are you calling for Bryant again?” he asked, arching an eyebrow. “Because he knows who Aurelia is, and outside of this pack, he has a level of authority that means something to the humans,” I explained. “Ahh, so you’re going to entrust her
Not everyone realizes just how romantic my husband is. And that’s fine by me. I don’t need others getting jealous that their mates/husbands/boyfriends will never measure up. Logan gets me on levels no one else can. Hell, he sometimes knows me better than I know myself. He knew I was struggling. He knew I was worried about the baby after Meridith said I had preeclampsia. I didn’t want to do anything that put me or CJ at risk. But I also couldn’t just suddenly drop my classes or shove all my duties onto Sarael and Sybille. The sneaky little fucker planned this getaway to our cabin. When Logan told me to pack for a month away, I was confused. I am near the end of my pregnancy, and he wants to go somewhere for a month?! I didn’t want to be far from my doctor. I was relieved when he said we wer
We are nearing the end of Aurelia’s pregnancy. And everything and everything seemed to be getting on her nerves. I haven’t known any to act like this, but Aurelia is an Alpha wolf carrying an Alpha pup. I can’t say if it is normal she-wolf wolf behavior. At the moment, she still seems to enjoy my company. I’m sure I have the mate bond to thank for that. Otherwise, I would be sleeping in a guest room at the packhouse. Our OB Meredith agreed that Aurelia needed to rest. Her exact words were bed rest after Aurelia’s recent checkup, where she was diagnosed with preeclampsia high blood pressure. So to keep people from her wraith and her blood pressure down, I’m taking her to the cabin. I smiled, glancing at her from the corner of my eye as I drove away from Mount Hood. The further a
I kept looking at my watch the longer John was gone. I hate being cooped up in this damn room. It’s not exactly the company’s fault. Obviously, I get along just fine with Chuck and Silvercloud. Alex, however, still gets on my damn nerves. I was glad his bitch of a baby mama declined to be his date. I don’t want her near my mate, let alone our wedding. He’s still not really explained how he ended up with that girl. I get that Aurelia graduating early and moving in with me created a void in his life. But to fill the void with that girl. Yeah, wrong move. He knows how much Aurelia hates that girl. And now, there will never be an escape from her because of the baby Alexander will share with her. I mean, I guess I can commend him for stepping up. Accepting his responsibility to the girl and the baby. Sarael was nice enough to rent her old house t
I will not kill a pregnant bitch. I will not kill a pregnant bitch. I will not kill a pregnant bitch. This is my new mantra. Or at least it’s the mantra I will be using any time I am in the same breathing area as Claire Weston. Ugh, just thinking her name makes me want to vomit. I would say maybe it’s the baby but I’ve FINALLY been vomit-free, knock on wood, for a month now.I have despised Claire well my whole life. Since kindergarten even. The girl was a bitch then, and she’s a bitch now. ‘Well, technically, so are you. Though in the more literal sense.’ Theia unhelpfully points out. I growl for probably the millionth time today. “Luna?” Sybille arches a perfect blonde brow at me as she looks up from bouncing Xavier on her knee.“Just thinking about the one wedding guest who better fucking not
The following bonus content contains spoilers for Beta's Surprise Mate. If you have not yet read Beta's Surprise Mate, please do before reading this bonus content. For all who are caught up on everything happening in the Bloodmoon Pack, I hope you enjoy this bonus content. It had previously only been available on my blog. You can usually find bonus content on my website and social media accounts. The bouns content, A Bloodmoon Wedding, is exactly what you think it is. Two chapters showing the events of Logan and Aurelia's November wedding from the bride and groom's points of view. I hope you enjoy!
I could not be more proud of my mate and all she’s accomplished in the last year and a half since we met. I can’t imagine anyone else would have so quickly taken to finding out everything Aurelia has. To learn that she’s a werewolf, mated to an Alpha, and is, in fact, the last of an Alpha bloodline, all while handling being a high schooler. My mate is one hell of a woman. After her graduation, we began the plans for her Luna ceremony. We also planned to merge our packs during the ceremony. Linking both packs as one was probably for the best, given some of my pack members had found their mates among the Fire Wolf pack. We were still on alert, and Silvercloud was tracking the movements of the Cholmáin pack. So far, they don’t know about Aurelia or that the survivors of Fire Wolf have come here. Thanks to the massive ego of their alpha, he didn't even consider that Conor and Fianna had an heir. And I plan to keep it that way. But if it ever happens
I'm probably a horrible daughter. I went the rest of the summer without calling my parents and filling them in on what I’ve learned about my birth parents and their not-so-extinct pack. I just didn’t know how to tell them. I don’t know how they’d react. Even though Logan kept telling me I should just tell them I haven’t. And in my defense, I have been super busy. I went from just learning how to fight in and out of my wolf form. The responsibilities of a Luna to now having to learn to be an Alpha to the thirty-six Fire Wolf pack members that arrived at the sunrise after Logan and I completed our bond. There weren’t many available houses in Mount Hood for them to take residence, so they’ve been crashing with various pack members. At the same time, we started construction on a new development of houses to accommodate my pack. We’ve integrated them the best we can with Logan’s pack, letting them join the training, and for those of school age, they were enr
I must have fallen asleep at some point. But honestly, who could blame me after all that. I deserve to sleep for the next couple of days after the workout Logan gave me. There had been two more rounds after he returned from the bathroom. And the last one had been in the shower. When we were supposed to be trying to wash off the heavy scent of sex before going home. Not that it would matter if we didn’t smell like sex. Everyone will know we had it. We marked each other, and our scents had mixed in the way that Sybille and Charles or Aislinn and David smell like each other. I haven’t even gotten a look at my mark. I wonder what it looks like. It hadn’t fully formed by the time I last remember having my eyes open. Mmming, I rolled in Logan’s arm, turning to face him. I smiled as I opened my eyes to see his blue eyes looking right back at me. I was startled for a moment, thinking he was sleeping with his eyes open till I heard him laughing. “Ugh, yo
It’s probably the mate bond pulling us together that makes it so easy to talk to her. It took me months to really open up with Suzu, and even then, it was longer still before I discussed pack business with her. I guess even back then, my gut knew Suzu wouldn’t and couldn’t be my Luna and that treating her like one would only cause both of us trouble down the road. It’s, of course, different with Aurelia. She is my mate and Luna. I know she can’t take on the role officially yet, but it’s best to have her start learning now. And given how she handled things during the attack, minus the scaring the crap out of me with falling out a window with a knife in her side, she’s going to be a fierce Luna. “I think that’s enough pack business. We’re supposed to be on a date,” Aurelia smiled as she slipped out of her chair and moved around the table. There was a sparkle of mischief in those emerald eyes but also a hint of nerves. I wonder what she’s pla