Natalie Grayson
The night was full, everything and everyone were here. The music played in the background as everyone chatted amongst themselves in a delightful and happy matter.
I watched how many couples found their mates within a few seconds and enveloped them in their arms, or in other cases, being dragged away in a rush to mate. The smell of arousals hit me like a tonne of bricks, my wolf calling out to me as she was like the many others, searching for their mate.
Alice was gripping onto my arm when we arrived and instantly, I could tell she had found her mate. Her eyes glazed over and her nose pointed up to the air.
She immediately let go of my arms and went into the crowd, disappearing from sight. I almost called out her name, but stopped myself from distracting her and looked around.
In the distance, I heard some wolves howling and some Alphas introduced their newly found mate to the whole audience, but I could tell that in some of the girl's faces, they dreaded this.
Many Alpha's came to visit, bringing with them hundreds of wolves, both male and female for the festivities. However, a few Alphas were either missing or late.
So the night was still young and my sister, Alice had already found her mate in a matter of seconds. He was a beta from the Armor Pack who was really charming.
My parents welcomed him with open arms, as well as the rest of my family, I included. They were to be mated in her next heat, and hopefully bring a child into the world so I could be an aunt.
Finally, as the night drew in, when the clock hit nine, I pulled back from the festivities, and walked in the cold wind towards the library, hoping to at least get a few reads until my parents or sister dragged me back to the hall so I could find my mate.
But Raya and I had not had a whiff of our mate's scent, nor did we feel any connection to anyone we had just met.
As my wolf whimpered for me to go back, I pulled myself together and opened the library doors, inhaling the scent of old parchment, books and dust.
I hoped my mate would smell like this because it was intoxicating. Settling down on one of the chairs, I grabbed the nearest book and started to flip through the pages. Luckily for me, it was a book about humans which I loved reading.
So I continued reading as the time ticked passed and soon it was midnight. However, the festivities would continue to last until the next morning as more people would be arriving at this time.
And the more time that passed by, the more my wolf cried out in pain as she thought another year would pass ny without us finding our mate.
I was beginning to feel the sadness too. Although I didn't like the idea of a mate, it would be nice to have someone to lean on.
Minutes later, I felt my eyes grow heavy, and disappointment filled my chest as I realised I may have to go another year before I would find them, but then I smelt it.
It was only a matter of seconds until I realized what it was. My eyes shot open, the feeling of sleepiness withheld as I came to my senses.
Mate, my wolf said in my mind.
The scent was heavenly, it wrapped around me like a blanket, it was the smell of the library, only much stronger and hinted with roses.
Raya was crying out in happiness as my eyes scanned the library for the source of the delicious scent, but no one was there.
I panicked for a second, wondering who the source of the smell was and where they were. I could hear Raya telling me to go towards the scent, but it wrapped around me like a blanket, and I swore they were close, but the more I looked around, I could not see anyone.
"Hello?" I called out, trying to see if anyone was there.
I tried to heighten my sense of smell and hearing, but all I could hear was the wind blowing and the trees rustling. It was like there was a ghost roaming the area, but I knew there was no such thing.
After a small search of the library, the smell still lingered there. However, the source was still unknown and I was saddened at the fact that I could have found my mate, which I did, but they were gone — just like the wind.
Unwillingly, I left the library with a burning desire to find my mate. Raya was howling at me, but I shut her off after the disappointment as I walked out of the door.
It was as if they had disappeared without a trace. With a saddened heart, I walked back into the hall only to be hit with much more scents of newcomers from other packs, mixed with the smell of alcohol and arousals. I believed that all the packs were here now.
I walked aimlessly through the crowd, trying to find the scent that I had been longing for only to find no one with the exact scent.
I frowned as I reached the end of the hall, then I hid behind one the golden pillars, trying to desperately not to cry. I didn't necessarily long for a mate, but knowing I had one and I couldn't find them obviously made me doubt that I had a mate.
Maybe it was just a trick of the mind. If I didn't see anyone, maybe it was just a trick, right?
Maybe my mind made me think of it because I was reading a romance book, which would have given me false smells, right?
Is that even possible? I growled at myself, hitting my forehead with my idiotic excuses for the delicious smell. Then I felt tears stream down my face.
Sure, call me a hypocrite or whatever, but I was so sure that I smelt my mate. Even if I didn't want a mate, or seemingly didn't need one right now, it was nice to know someone was made for me.
That the Moon Goddess was ever so kind to give me my other half, and now that I knew that I had one, it kinda made me feel complete.
Then suddenly, I found myself smelling the same scent that I smelt in the library. I allowed it to engulf me in a quiet embrace, and as I looked up from my tears, I saw two electric blue eyes staring directly at me, almost calming me and I inhaled the scent once more.
The person knelt down so that we were at eye level, and I watched as he closed his eyes inhaling my scent, but he kept a small distance away as if he was afraid of me.
I wanted nothing more than to reach out to him and embrace him, pulling him closer. But, I stayed still, watching his eyes open, turning darker by the second as he moved closer, his hand slowly reached out to caress my cheek.
And when he touched it, I saw colours, all shades and all tints. The feeting of fire had coursed through my scent and I leaned into his touch, my eyes ceased their watering.
We simply stayed in each other's embrace for another few seconds. It was magical, and when we decided to break the silence, we whispered the same words together.
"Mate."
Nolan Walter I had been blind for as long as I can remember. My mother and father told me that I was cursed by a witch who strongly disliked Alphas and had a long feud with the werewolf world. The witch who I never knew, thought that all Alphas were possessive and always wanted what wasn't even theirs, so she cursed us, thinking that Alphas could never love. She made me blind so I could never see my mate and be vulnerable to the world. The only way to regain my sight, was for someone — preferably my mate — to tell me she loved me and mean it, not because of the mate bond, but love me with all her heart and all her soul. She was to love me for me, not because of my status. Being twenty six, one would think I would have found her, but sadly, I hadn't, nor did I even have the time. I never had time for it, and every time the Red Moon Pack hosted the unmated ceremonies, parties or gatherings, I wouldn't attend to them. I was a blind Alpha, and that made me vulnerable. It was my disa
Natalie Grayson My heart stopped for just a couple of seconds. I saw the look in his eyes as he inhaled my scent, devouring what was floating in the air, his blue eyes turning dark as if he couldn't see me. Then he turned away and inhaled more of my scent. It was captivating, and he seemed so gentle as my wolf purred in delight. And when I inhaled him in, I could sense the power radiating off him, signalling he was a high rank, he was an Alpha. Letting this set into my mind, I breathed in heavily, exhaling with a lot of force, my doubts floating in my mind as I took him in. He was going to take me away from my family. He was an Alpha, a strong male who was a force to be reckoned with, and no one was to ever defy an Alpha, let alone match him as an equal. Even a Luna couldn't pass as an equal. Lunas were meant to serve. I am going to be a Luna. The thought settled in and my wolf hummed with the power she was going to obtain once he marked her. As a Luna, one would be a force to b
Natalie Grayson l instantly froze after I heard my mate's name. Alpha Nolan, one of the most feared Alphas, yet something gave off a weird vibe as I tried to recall something important about him that I had forgotten. I shrugged off the thought and stared at my mother, who still covered her mouth in awe as she regained her posture, and I knew she was deeply affected by the power that radiated off him as he stood there with unseeing eyes. His eyes did not meet my father's and I faltered at the lack of sight that he seemed to have, and I managed to recall the one thing that I should have remembered when I first met him."You are blind," I blurted out and it made me look at him closely.A wolf without eyesight was vulnerable and weak, yet he turned out to be a strong and feared Alpha, which obviously meant that his other senses doubled. Alpha Nolan turned around and looked at me, giving me a somewhat sympathetic frown as kept his gaze on me. "Yes, I am," he said, then sighed before t
Natalie Grayson Raya was howling at me to get back up, and her cries and whimpers were all I heard as a black abyss just took over my surroundings. She and I could hear the faint mutters of voices, but our eyes didn't open. I didn't know how many days or hours I had left in this world, and I had nothing other than my wolf to comfort me. In fact, the thoughts in my head just kept repeating the same word over and over. Betrayal, it chanted and chanted until the word itself was imprinted in my mind.I had never heard of a situation where someone marked their mate forcefully, and I might as well have been the first one to be in the situation. Not only was it a sin to mark your mate forcefully, but it meant that the person who did that had a lack of self-control, and it would reflect badly on the people associated with that particular wolf. Seeing that my mate was an Alpha and he marked me forcefully, it would reflect badly on his pack and his family. It would also bring shame to the
Nolan WalterMy wolf was howling at me to go back as the voice of my mate when she was angry at me was repeating itself in the back of my mind. To say I was feeling guilty was an understatement, but my wolf was not. He was growling at me to go back and teach her a lesson, but I couldn't hurt my mate more than I already had and the bond was half done. I could feel all her feelings like they were my own, so I felt the slow burning of anger and hurt etched in my heart because it was in her heart. I could feel all her pain and it was totally my fault. I didn't have any control over my wolf or my body so I forcefully marked her, and something that should have been sacred had been treated as if it was just a bag of trash, and now she was dealing with something that I couldn't see. When I saw her, when I touched her, regained some of my sight back. However, it was not like the sight I thought it would be. It was if the Moon Goddess gave me a new gift and allowed me to see the auras or fee
Natalie Grayson I was granted three days from the Alpha himself to recuperate and say my goodbyes to both my family and fellow pack members. In my mother's words, the mate celebration could have never been better, since I had found my mate. She said even though he was well… not really nice and kind of brash but I found him nevertheless. More than thirty members of our pack, both male and female had found their mates, so we would be getting new members and losing old ones too. Alice would also be leaving in a couple of days too and luckily for her, her mate was kind and understanding, and he had allowed her to stay for a whole week so that he could meet our family and get to know us before they left. She was really lucky. And as for my mate, I hadn't seen him since he ran out of the hospital. However, I had caught whiffs of his scent around the area so he must have been staying in one of the rooms in the packed guest house. Several of his she-wolves had found their mates here, so
Natalie Grayson The day that I had been dreading had arrived. My bags were packed in a small corner of my room, along with a couple of possessions that didn't fit into the bags. My room was almost empty, the bed was stripped bare, and my closets were empty.However, I left a few belongings behind such as a few stuffed animals, a couple of underwear and clothes, plus a few pictures, just in case I ended up running back here and hopefully stayed here again. My heart was heavy as I gathered all my bags to bring them downstairs. My parents were weeping as they joined me to carry down my bags, and my siblings anxiously waited in the living room. My friends were waiting in the dining room because we had invited Taylor and Drew over to say their final goodbyes as we waited for the clock to strike 10 AM. We had a quiet talk about memories we were so fond of, and my parents joked about my siblings and I as my two good friends joined them in reminiscing on memories about me when we were litt
Natalie Grayson My voice echoed clear in the room, and my anger was almost to a point of explosion as I watched him freeze in mid step. I could hear his ragged breathing as he struggled to contain his wolf at my defiance. If he thought I was going to come willingly, then he thought wrong. I was not going to leave my family because of some Alpha who thought it was right to mark me against my wish. I knew he could feel my anger coursing through me, and I also knew that the Moon Goddess was punishing me and him as we felt the bond somewhat course through us. It was strong and unwilling to break, and the ties of the mark he inflicted on me made it even harder to think as he turned around with a seething look on his face. His eyes were turning almost golden as his stance was rigid yet so calm at the same time. I watched as he tried to control his emotions, and waves of his anger flowed through the room. I could feel my family tense behind me, and my younger siblings cowered away i
SEVEN YEARS LATER Narrator's POV"Happy sixteenth anniversary, baby," Nolan hummed lowly into Natalie's mouth as he gave her a slow, yet blissful good morning kiss that made her toes curl. Natalie moaned in content, wrapping her arms around her beautiful mate as she kissed him back slowly.For their sixteenth anniversary, Nolan had surprised her with a trip to Ibiza, Spain. They had spent their time there on a beautiful island that Natalie couldn't help but cry over. Now three days after arriving, they were still spending their two weeks on a blissful holiday, and it was almost like a dream to both of them. Their two kids were back in the pack, training without their parents breathing down their backs, and they loved the silence in the little cottage which they shared."Happy Anniversary, Nolan," she whispered to him as they pulled away from each other.Nolan beamed brightly and looked down at his beautiful mate. After all these years, Natalie still had her silver hair that she still
Narrator's POVNatalie felt the hole in her heart grow every passing day as the twins first birthday got nearer. Or should she say, triplets. Her little babies were turning one and the mere thought of them not celebrating it with Sean made a frown come onto her face. Sophie and Ryle noticed their mother's frown, so they walked towards her, their little chubby fingers stretching out to their mommy who was sitting down in a small rocking chair and clutching a tiny picture in her hands."Momma!" Sophie exclaimed loudly, falling into her mother's lap as she tried to get on the chair. Natalie gave out a small smile as she watched her two babies in front of her. She picked up Sophie and Ryle, placing their chubby bodies on her lap as she kissed their cheeks. They laughed in glee before Ryle spotted the little picture and snatched it out of his mother's hand."What is it, momma?" he asked, furrowing his eyebrows at the sight of a small baby in the picture. Natalie's breath hitched as she w
Natalie Grayson I found myself shaking in my bedroom, and my hands were pale as my fingers shook all because I was nervous. I took deep breaths in and out, trying to calm my mind which was all over the place as I sat in the bedroom with my nerves flying everywhere. Goddess, help me to go through with this, I thought, pleading with the Moon Goddess.You can do this, Natalie. You can do this, I thought as I encouraged myself.The thought of becoming a Luna was very daunting. I hadn't believed that I was fit to even think of myself as becoming a Luna, but here I was, getting ready to become one today. After only a few months of giving birth to my beautiful children, I was now prepared to take on the role of becoming the pack's Luna. The Blood Rose pack was one of the strongest and most dominant packs among all the packs in the Werewolf kingdom. It had not only had been dubbed as the 'best pack to live in,' but the pack with the best well-being and economy. My mind had still not adap
Narrator's POVThey watched as their precious little twins laid in their respective cots in the baby room in the hospital. Natalie and Nolan held hands as they bared their sorrows to each, while they remembered their deceased little pup who they thought fit to cremate later during the week on the grounds of the pack, for hope that their pup would take care of the other expecting mothers and make them to deliver safely. They didn't cry about the loss of their pup anymore, because they knew that Sean would be watching over them with love and care even though they couldn't take care of him.The doctors had informed them that Sophie had kicked the little bubble that preserved them causing Natalie to go into a premature birth. Sean had died as his heart was weak from not developing properly and Ryle had simply come out healthy. Even in spite of everything that had happened, It warmed their hearts to know that at least two of their children had come out alive and well. It had taken Natalie
Narrator's POVNatalie had screamed her entire being out, tears spilling out of her eyes as she called out for Nolan but he didn't come, so she cried even more. She felt herself being prodded and touched. She could feel the numbness, but that was it. She didn't feel anything else. Fear was clouding up in her veins as she couldn't feel her pups again, and the thought alone made her scream. She was covered in blankets, and her eyes were closed as the doctors performed their magic. They were afraid that something was wrong with the pups, so they chose to cut her open in order to retrieve the babies.Their blood dropped cold as they only heard the tiny heartbeats which were now slow and weak. And they could only hear two.***Nolan sat on the hospital chair, already hating the distinctive smell of chlorine and antibacterial wash. His family was trying to comfort him, but he didn't budge or say anything. He just kept crying. A once mighty Alpha from the start was torn in shreds in a hospit
Narrator's POVNatalie was nine months pregnant. Her stomach was fully round and was filled with kicking pups. Each kick they made made her heart swell and with every ultrasound they went to, she fell more and more in love with her pups. Words could scarcely describe the amount of love she had for her babies. Nolan was growing more and more fond of the idea of becoming a father, and he would always shower Natalie with gifts, including gifts for their incoming babies.Last week he had the nursery made as a surprise for Natalie and the triplets. The delight on her face as she looked around her could be seen by anyone who was there. Happy tears escaped from her eyes and her hands were on her big stomach as she stared at the new nursery for their babies in awe. It was done up white with small touches of other colors. They didn't know the genders of their children but knowing that they were having triplets just made everything easier. The beautiful handmade cribs were white and were big e
Natalie GraysonThen Nolan continued his speech. "I can't wait for all of you to come out so after then, mummy and daddy will make more siblings for you," he said.Then he smirked and I quickly slapped him playfully. These triplets were already the death of me, and having more pups would kill me. I ain't going through no more pregnancies, sir. I can barely walk straight as of now! I thought to myself."No more children, Nolan," I whined as he kissed my belly softly again, and a small chuckle escaped from his lips and his eyes met mine."Why not? I want a little soccer team," he countered and pouted as I rolled my eyes, pondering on the nerve of this Alpha."You are not the one carrying them for nine months and then giving birth to them afterwards," I told him and he continued to laugh softly, so I smacked him on the head and he winced in slight pain.Yes, that serves him right, I thought, chuckling sneakily to myself."But making them is fun," he teased with a smirk on his face and I
Natalie Grayson"You are happy with him?" Alpha Aaron asked me as he sat next to me on the couch near the window while Nolan was outside playing with some of the little kids. My heart soared as I watched Nolan laugh along with the children who were trying their very best to wrestle him to the floor. What immediately came into my mind was the thought that he would make a really good father, and my future children would love him just as I did."I am. Very much so," I replied as I sighed in happiness, a smile growing on my face as I watched each child give Nolan a massive hug. I heard Aaron give a hum of approval, and I looked over to him. That was when I noticed how his face was slightly sunken, his arms and legs were slightly skinnier and his eyes were filled with sadness. My smile turned into a frown immediately and I watched him with worry creeping inside of me."Are you okay, Aaron?" I asked him worriedly as I spotted the signs of sickness or tiredness in him.Aaron' eyes snapped t
Natalie GraysonTWO MONTHS LATERI had never known that being around six months pregnant would take a whole toll on my body. I had been eating tremendously and had grown very curvy in a span of two months, and now my belly was probably the size of two basketballs because of the triplets and Nolan who had been constantly taking care of me. Surprisingly, after about a month of arguing, Nolan had asked Alpha Aaron if he and I could visit his pack, and I had kissed the daylights out of Nolan for that. We had spent almost a month preparing for our trip there, and tomorrow, we would be visiting Aaron' pack and I'm super excited."Ugh, I look like a whale!" I cried out as I tried to put a shirt on. It was meant to be my size, but the shirt wouldn't go over my very round belly."You kids are making me fat!" I scolded them playfully as I heard their little heartbeats echo in my ears.I knew that they couldn't understand what I was saying even if they could miraculously hear me. I felt frustrat