RedI watch silently as realization dawns on my little mate. I noticed the change in her scent few days ago, but it was my mother who told me what it meant. I suspected this, but I wasn’t sure.“Grandchild? You’re pregnant?” Brian quietly asks, gazing at my mate with tears in his eyes. Someone's emotional.“I-”“Yes, we’re having a baby.” I answer confidently when my little Skye can’t find the right words. At my admission Skye turns to me with wide eyes before looking down to her stomach. She’s not showing yet, but for someone with sharper senses, like me and my mother, the change is already noticeable.“Red?” I hear the slight panic in my little mate’s voice, so I immediately carry her away, leaving stunned Brian behind.Heading straight to our favorite bench, carved from a fallen log, I sit down, setting my my on my legs. “Calm, my love.” I try to soothe.“I- I’m pregnant!” She cries out hysterically, shaking in my arms.“I know.” I proudly grin.“Oh goddess! What if it’s my fath-”
SkyeThe journey to my dad’s pack is a long one. At first I couldn’t get used to the vibration of the car, slightly panicking whenever we met a bump on the road. I’ve never been in a car, so everything felt weird to me.It took a few days for dad’s beta to arrange a vehicle for us, and thankfully there’s a road leading to the pack, so he could come right to Alpha’s house. Luna explained to me that during the last 20 years or so, the pack took care of the infrastructure of the pack land, making sure to have good connection with the town outside the woods. Since they’re not cursed anymore and don’t have to stay as wolves for most of the time, they can take care of the pack’s needs without another alpha’s assistance. Apparently, a neighboring alpha, Alpha Leo’s friend, was helping with the necessities, even lending few of his female wolves to help cleaning the pack’s houses. I was surprised when I heard this, but I figured that during the hundred years they were cursed, they had to manag
HunterI wake up to Skye sleepily stirring on top of me. She had no trouble falling asleep, doing so still in my arms while I carried her inside, but during the night she woke up a few times.“Good morning, love.” I greet when those gorgeous chocolate eyes meet mine. Skye groans tiredly and drops her head on my chest. I stroke her hair, massaging her scalp with my fingers soothingly.“Morning… What time is it?” She quietly mumbles.“Almost 11.”“What do we have to do today?”“You can start by getting out of bed.” I whip my head towards the door, where I’m met by my mother and Brian. They’re both staring at us with smiles on their faces and their arms crossed against their chests, leaning against the doorframe. They fist-bump, grinning widely as Skye scrambles off my body and hurriedly tries to tame her wild hair, muttering apologies continuously.“I didn’t hear you come in…” I trail off, confused, as I sit up and move to the edge of the bed, facing the intruders.“The whole house was
Skye“Skye? Are you alright?” I hear Hunter call out from outside the bathroom. I’m about to answer him, but another wave of puke stops me. I dry heave into the toilet bowl due to lack of food in my stomach.“Skye?” Hunter repeats, increasingly worried.“I- I’m fine.” I cough up, panting in exertion as I flush the toilet and walk up to the sink to brush my teeth. I need to get rid of that horrid acid taste in my mouth.“You don’t sound fine, love. Can I come in?”“No. I’ll be right out.”“Okay, I’ll wait here.” I only sigh at this. Hunter’s been really overprotective lately and has barely left me alone, unless it was with his mother. She’s been training me and Pearl, my wolf every day, that’s of course when I felt good enough to train. Lately I’ve been feeling awful, so we had to postpone our training. Morning sickness is a bitch. ‘I know, right? I feel so weak and tired.’ Pearl agrees with me. After she got stronger, mainly due to being mated and trained properly by both our dad and
SkyeAfter hearing Luna Angel’s advice, my dad and Hunter took it upon themselves to imply it in my everyday life. I’ve been eating more meat, taking vitamins and occasionally munching on crackers and almonds, and soon enough the morning sickness lessened a bit. I still don’t feel all that well, but at least I’m not suffering so much.Now I’m with Luna Angel, Hunter and Beta Ruby, overseeing the warriors’ training. After Hunter said they need to know how to fight against Undeads, the warriors eagerly asked for Luna Angel to train them. They seemed excited, which surprised me, but apparently they’ve also heard about Luna’s reputation – the Beast’s reputation.“Aim for the heart! Not the head!” Luna shouts, pointing at a pair of warriors sparring in the middle. She’s really strict when it comes to training. I should know. She was the same with me.“I think we should let them rest for now, they need to get ready for the patrol.” Ruby suggests.“Okay. Once the patrol comes back, tell them
HunterIt’s been two weeks since mom left with Luna Caster to deal with the Undeads’ attacks. But I haven’t had time to worry about her with everything happening here. Skye’s feeling better, but she still needs help during the day, Camilla moved to our pack to be with her mate and that Daryl guy found out that his mate is indeed Camilla's cousin. Also the Moon Howlers pack decided to tell the Werewolf Council about us refusing their deal, of course presenting themselves as victims. Brian, Adam, Kaleb and I have been dealing with the inspectors from the council for 10 days now, and it’s been extremely aggravating.After showing them the contract the Howlers sent, which for some reason differs from the one they showed the inspector in charge, the council announced we had the right to decline the offer. They also decided to punish the Moon Howlers’ Alpha for fraud.“Never in my life have I been so fucking tired.” Brian sighs, plopping down onto the couch in his office. I’ve just put Skye
SkyeWe end up staying in bed for the whole day. I don’t complain, though, it’s nice to have my mate all to myself, without him constantly leaving to take care of something. Because of that stupid inspection he barely slept, never mind having time for me. Had it not been for Beta Ruby, I would probably go crazy.The whole day was peaceful, much to my surprise, but it’s the next morning when shit goes down.As we walk downstairs for breakfast, famished after our yesterday’s activities, we hear the hushed worried voices of the Betas and my dad.“What’s going on?” I demand as soon as we step into the kitchen. Dad only glances at Hunter worriedly then gives me an apologetic look.“Luna Kingston… is gone.” I gasp in shock, taking a step back as tears immediately stream down my cheeks.“What do you mean ‘gone’?” Hunter shakily asks, tightening his hold of my hand.“I just talked to Luna Caster. There was an attack yesterday, but your mother never came back to the pack.” Dad quietly says and
HunterRight after my mother leaves, two warriors enter the house to get the Undead guy out. I’m guessing they saw mom fight against him.“Alpha, what should we do with the body?” They question. I don’t say anything, assuming they’re talking to Brian, but when I catch their imploring looks I realize they’re asking me.“Burn it. Then tell the border patrols to look for others. It’s possible he wasn’t the only one that managed to get onto the territory.” The warriors nod firmly and drag the dead body out.“I’ll call Luna Caster.” Brian informs us before retreating to the office.I catch Skye’s gaze, my heart almost breaking at the sad look on her face. She got really close to my mom, so losing her so suddenly must feel horrible. I know I feel bad about her leaving.“It’s okay, my love. I’ll take care of you. Everything will be fine.” I assure Skye, pulling her gently into my arms, pressing a kiss to her head.“What do I do now? I don’t know how to-”“Shh, it’s okay. Don’t be scared. I’m
LorenzoMy heart feels like it’ll beat its way out of my chest as I drive back to Berkeley. It’s been fucking weeks since I was last here and I can’t believe I’d ever say this, but I miss this place. I think it’s because my mate is there.I can’t wait to see her.I’ve been trying to find out why those rogues and humans had the Alpha King’s emblem on them, but my effort was fruitless. Almost every human had their tongue cut off and the wolves didn’t know who was behind the attacks. This is getting really messy.Just as I enter the city, there’s an unsettling feeling in my chest, a heaviness that restricts my lungs to the point of being painful. And I have this uneasy feeling it’s connected to my mate.There’s something wrong with Ivy.I speed through the streets of Berkeley, heading straight to Ivy’s apartment complex, cursing at every slow driver that stops me from reaching my destination. It would be so much faster to just run, but how can I do this in the city filled with people?! I
LorenzoMy heart feels like it’ll beat its way out of my chest as I drive back to Berkeley. It’s been fucking weeks since I was last here and I can’t believe I’d ever say this, but I miss this place. I think it’s because my mate is there.I can’t wait to see her.I’ve been trying to find out why those rogues and humans had the Alpha King’s emblem on them, but my effort was fruitless. Almost every human had their tongue cut off and the wolves didn’t know who was behind the attacks. This is getting really messy.Just as I enter the city, there’s an unsettling feeling in my chest, a heaviness that restricts my lungs to the point of being painful. And I have this uneasy feeling it’s connected to my mate.There’s something wrong with Ivy.I speed through the streets of Berkeley, heading straight to Ivy’s apartment complex, cursing at every slow driver that stops me from reaching my destination. It would be so much faster to just run, but how can I do this in the city filled with people?! I
IvyThere’s only one thing I didn’t want to happen on a sunny Saturday afternoon. It’s the one thing I’ve been dreading happening ever since I moved here.So, of course – it happens right when I don’t want it to happen.Dad calling… I take a deep breath to calm my racing heartbeat then pick up the phone. “Hi dad…” I quietly greet him, sitting on the couch with my pajama clad legs against my chest. I noticed that whenever I talk to my parents, I always curl up on myself to get some… sense of security. Why do I need to feel secure while talking to my own parents? I don’t know.“What took you so long to pick up the phone, Yvette? Are you with someone? Is it a boy?!” Dad demands harshly, making me flinch at the loudness of his voice.“N-No… I was just studying…” I stammer pathetically, like every other time I talk to my dad.“Good.”I bite my lip unsurely, debating on whether to ask the question burning in my mind. “W-Why did you call, dad?”“I’m calling to warn you that I’m on my way to
LorenzoThe few Alphas gathered in the room are getting on my nerves. They keep interrupting the meeting and I have to put them in their place just to be able to continue. I’ve been constantly meeting with the packs for the last weeks due to the difficult situation with recent attacks on them. Almost every pack has been attacked and suffered a great damage.Almost.The Dark Moon Pack, where I am at the moment, hasn’t really suffered, having the strongest army on the whole continent, led by none other than Beast.She and her army of Deads easily dealt with the attackers and even managed to catch a few of them alive. After I visited the packs that didn’t handle their situation so well, I came here to interrogate the intruders.Right now I’m sitting in Alpha Kingston’s office, with his mate, Thea, his son Theo, - I wonder what happened to their firstborn, Hunter - and a few neighboring alphas accompanying us. The men are way chattier than I would’ve liked. I hate having to listen to thei
IvyMy whole Saturday is spent studying for the upcoming tests I have next week. I need to revise the material so I can get a good grade. The amount of assignments is overwhelming, but I don’t mind. I’d rather do this than spend another evening watching sad movies and eating junk food.Lia and Blake are with the football team in Los Angeles, where they have a game tonight. But even though they’re busy, Lia still called me to check how I was doing. She’s been doing that all the time whenever I wasn’t with her, mainly because of the situation at the club few weeks ago.I haven’t seen the man Lia beat up again, but it may be because I spend most of my time outside with her and Blake. The fact that they’re being watched by some bikers might also be a reason for my peace.After few hours of working on my assignments my doorbell rings, almost sending me into a panic attack. I know for a fact it’s not Lia, Blake or the guys from the team, since they’re all in a different state, and I don’t r
IvyThe next weeks were quite peaceful, spent mostly with my friends. Lia wasn’t joking when she said she’s not going to leave me alone. Whenever I went out, she was there with me. Today we even have kind of a girls’ day and it’s the best thing ever. I noticed that Lia doesn’t like girly stuff, so we didn’t do anything like that. We went for massages then got our hair done, and then we went to dinner to this cute little bistro Lia recommended.I was genuinely shocked when Lia told me she wants to dye her hair ash blonde, but damn does it look good on her. She had three sessions at the salon, today’s one being the last one.We talked about anything and everything the whole day, getting really close. It's so nice to spend time with someone so genuine and honest. She doesn't beat around the bush or pretend to like something she doesn't. When I suggested going shopping earlier, she straight ot told me she hates it and she'd rather not show me her angry side, saying it might scare me.“Oh
IvyI should’ve known. It was too perfect to be true.I’m so stupid.I put another spoonful of my favorite chocolate ice cream in my mouth, sobbing quietly as I watch the movie. I try to convince myself that the tears that flow down my face are caused by the death scene playing on the screen and not the fact that I was stood up.I glance at the dress I chose for the date with disdain, hating how it’s going to remind me of today every time I look at it. I shouldn’t have believed that a man like Lorenzo would want anything to do with me. He was probably making fun of me, like all the other guys that have ever asked me out.The first guy to ever play with me like that was my crush from middle school. He was so charming and polite when he asked me on a date that I immediately agreed, all too eager to be with him. He showed up, unlike Lorenzo, but the date was horrible. When he asked me if I had fun, I lied, afraid of offending him. Only then did he tell me that it was all fake, laughing i
LorenzoI asked her out. I know it might’ve been too fast, but I just couldn’t stop myself. After millennia spent alone, I finally found my little mate and I’ll be damned if I let her get away.“Someone looks happy.” Alex comments as he works on his laptop. I was unable to wipe the grin off my face the whole way here, so it’s no wonder he noticed the change of my mood. “What happened?”“I found my mate. – I grin when I see his eyes bulge out – And I asked her out.”“Already?!” He shrieks before clearing his throat. “I mean, already? Isn’t that a bit fast? Who is she?” He gives me a skeptical look.“She’s human, that’s for starters. I need to get close to her the traditional way. If I just suddenly told her she’s mine cause she’s my mate, she’d freak out. – I shrug, pouring myself a drink – I met her yesterday.” I smile fondly at the memory of my little mate in that cute little top and jeans.“Yesterday? – Alex trails off confusedly – But you were at the…”“At the club, yeah.” I nod, p
IvyMr. Lorenzo, David and I sit in Lia and Blake’s living room, waiting for my friends impatiently. I’m still shaken from the whole incident at the club, but for some reason the huge jacket the Mr. Lorenzo put on me earlier gives me a sense of security. It’s so warm and big, and it smells of Mr. Lorenzo. I wish I could just bottle it up and smell it forever. It’s so tantalizing.“Um, excuse me… - I get their attention – I would like to go home to change clothes, if you don’t mind. I’m covered in… blood.” I scowl at the stains on my body. I guess I got them by hugging Lia earlier.“Of course, sweetheart. Where do you live?” Mr. Lorenzo asks softly, staring at me with those golden eyes of his that resemble molten honey. I could get lost in them for eternity.“Just next door. – I answer, tucking a piece of hair behind my ear – I’ll just, uh, go and come back in few minutes. Is that okay?” I don’t know why but I feel like I have to ask them.David only chuckles in amusement. “Sure, go ah