MavenI thought I had been doing a good job keeping Amelia at arm’s length, but apparently, I was wrong.Bennett watches us curiously, but he never makes a comment. Maggie will occasionally make a remark to see my reaction. I’ve told her that she’s just my friend, the same way that Maggie is to me. But Maggie can see right through me. She rolls her eyes and scoffs at me.I can’t help but want to be around Amelia. I don’t know if it’s the mate bond or if it’s just because she’s that much fun to be around. She’s my closest friend now and a small part of me feels bad for having to hide her and for keeping this secret from her, but it’s for her own good!I need to distance myself from her when we’re around others. The more people that think that something is going on between the two of us, the harder things will be for her, especially if the council gets involved.I know the Elders would never approve of her. They think she had to of done something despicable to make her last pack banish
AmeliaI haven’t seen Maven this angry when it’s just the two of us. Normally he seems relaxed and happy for us to get time together, but today he seems upset.He opens the door leading us to my hidden apartment and once we’re in there he stalks toward the couch and plops on it. I look at him with my head tilted to the side and I say, “Maven, if you don’t want to hang out tonight, please know that you don’t have to.”He huffs, “I know I don’t have to, Amelia.”I press my lips together then say, “Okay, you just seem awfully tense.”He breathes out and runs a hand through his dark hair before he tells me, “I want you to know that this will never happen, do you understand me?”My eyebrows scrunch together, and I ask, “What are you talking about?”“This, whatever you might think is going on between us. I want you to know that we will never be together.”My teeth clench tightly as I try to process my emotions so that I don’t overreact. I breathe out and say, “Maven, this is just a friendsh
AmeliaI go to the grocery store with Henry and get everything we need and place it in the car. All the cold stuff goes into a cooler that way I can take Henry to the park and not be in a rush to get home.I drive to the nearby park and get out and get him situated in his stroller. We walk around the park, and I listen to his precious little coos and giggles. He’s such a content baby when he’s outside. Any time he cries, and we can’t get him to stop quickly, we always take him outside and it has an instant calming effect on him.I’ve become like a nanny for Grace and Bennett. Maven doesn’t seem to mind as long as I’m able to do my other work. I don’t have like an increase in pay or anything, but honestly, being around Henry made me realize how much I enjoyed babies. I would love it if all I had to do was tend to him all the time.For the first time in my life, it has me thinking about how many kids I might want to have. I’ve never really thought about it. Since I’m an omega, unless I’
AmeliaI wait in the corridor for Maven to let me into my room. This is the one sucky part about our arrangement, but at least I know that I am safe. I have complete faith in Maven that he would never harm me.He rushes up the steps and his step falters when he oooks up and our eyes meet. I nod my head as I say his name in a formal tone, “Maven.”He breathes out as he moves in front of me to open the corridor, “Amelia.”He smells nice, I don’t know if he’s wearing a stronger cologne or what, but I want to lean into him and just breathe in his scent. I refrain from doing that, we’re just friends and even if we weren’t, that would be weird for me to be sniffing him.He opens the door and I walk past him. As I do, he asks, “Is It okay if I join you ton-” His words stop and he stares at me with a scrunched up face as if I’ve done something to disgust him.I look at him with confusion and he asks, “Who have you been around?”“What are you talking about?” I question. He takes a step closer
AmeliaIt’s been a month and things between Maven, and I are still weird and uncomfortable. He has stayed for a movie night only once since he acted all jealous over me.I try not to let it bother me, but it’s hard whenever I have considered him to be one of my closest friends.Lately, I’ve noticed that my wolf seems to be more present than ever before. It’s weird and exhilarating. She doesn’t talk to me much, but she has been wanting me to shift more frequently. I love it, I love the feel of the wind in my fur as we run around. The only confusing thing is now that my wolf is more present, I’ve started to feel more drawn towards Maven. It’s hard since he doesn’t seem to want me around.I walk up to his office to bring him his lunch. He stands up to take it from me and when our hands brush, I feel an electric shock that causes me to gasp. I would’ve dropped the tray if Maven hadn’t already taken it.His eyebrows furrow as he looks at me in confusion and asks, “Are you okay, Amelia?”I
AmeliaWhen I woke up, I was in a room all by myself, except for Henry lying in a cot. I walk over to him as he is crying loudly, and I pick him up and try to calm him down. I look around the bland room, it looks like I’m inside a home that hasn’t been settled in yet. The only thing in here was the cot where Henry laid.There isn’t even a bed in here for me. I pace back and forth with Henry in my arms as I try to settle his cries. The door opens and I turn to see a man that I recognize. He was the rogue wolf that I met when I was leaving the White Fang Pack.His name started with an R… Ryan, no… Robert? No… oh Ross!He smiles at me as he asks, “How do you feel, Amelia?”My eyebrows furrow and I hold Henry close to me as I ask, “What the hell is going on here, Ross?”He holds his hands up as he feigns innocence, “I have no idea what you’re talking about, Amelia, I’m just here to make sure that you’re comfortable.”I give him a deadpanned expression. You don’t kidnap a person for no rea
MavenBennett sits across from me in my office as he flips through a folder that I gave him. I’m having to teach him all about the businesses that we run so that if I’m ever absent, he will be able to keep things running smoothly.The door bursts open and I see Bennett’s mate, Grace, looking frantic as her eyes flicker between us. Bennett stands up, alarmed by her sudden arrival, and he walks toward her pulling her in his arms as he asks, “What’s going on, darling?”She looks at me and says, “I’m so sorry to have disturbed you, Alpha. But Amelia isn’t back with Henry yet. She’s always back home by 6, but it’s 6:15 and I can’t get in contact with her. I’m scared something’s wrong.”Bennett says, “Grace, it’s only been 15 minutes. I’m sure it’s nothing.”Amelia has impeccable timing. Ever since that one time she has never been late unless someone was doing something to force her to be late. My wolf howls inside me, worried that something that has happened to our mate.I rush out of the
AmeliaI don’t know what made the rogues decide that it was time to release us, but I’m grateful with how fast it seemed to happen. Poor little Henry was so uncomfortable and upset because we had run out of things for him.We sit in the back of a van, and I hear someone snap at us, “Get that baby to shut up!”I roll my eyes, it’s not like I’m not trying! But I’m not his mother, I can’t just have milk for him twenty-four seven!They slam the breaks as they bring us to a stop, causing me to fall and hurt my shoulder from trying to prevent Henry from getting hurt. The back door opens, and I see Ross and he grumbles, “Come on.”I hurry to my feet and get out of the van. He brings me near our pack and tells me, “Just keep walking straight and you’ll be across pack lines.”I nod and scurry to move away from him, but he grabs my upper arm and says, “I’ll see you again soon, Amelia.”My face scrunches together in confusion and I face him as I ask, “Why? What do you want with me?”“I know you’
Magnolia Knight I run through the pack as fast as I can as I try to beat Henry to the lake. He gave me a one minute advantage, but we both know that it will not be good enough. Not whenever he has his wolf and I don’t. Yet I still play the game. It’s fun, so why not play around with my best friend? His wolf suddenly jumps over me, making me gasp, and it turns around and looks at me. Its tail wags, indicating its playfulness, and I laugh at it. I swear his wolf acts like a pup and it’s one of the cutest things that I’ve ever seen!His wolf tips its head down at me and lowers its body down so that I can ride on him the rest of the way. My legs are burning from how fast I was running and I’m out of breath, so I’m not going to turn down a chance to relax for a minute. I get on his wolf and nuzzle my face into its dirty blonde fur, and I hold on. Once it feels me lightly tug on its fur, it takes off. I close my eyes and enjoy the feeling of the wind in my hair as it surges us forward.
Amelia We waited two years before we finally decided to get married. We wanted our daughter to be able to be a part of the ceremony and be our flower girl and we wanted her to actually be able to walk down the aisle. We picked out this big poofy and sparkly pink dress for her and she loved it because she loves all things sparkly and pink. We learned during the ceremony that her favorite thing to do was spin so that her dress would flare out. She spun around so much that we are lucky that she didn't throw up during the ceremony. I am so grateful for everything. I never could have imagined this in my life. And man, Maven cleans up good! The moment I saw him, all I wanted to do was take him to our room and make love. He had his dark hair combed back, his beard meticulously trimmed, his tattoos were covered by his navy blue suit, and all I wanted to do was grab him by his gold tie and pull him to me and kiss the daylights out of him. It was hard to wait through the entire ceremony
AmeliaI waited eagerly for Maven to return home.I was so happy when I got his call and he said that everything went smoothly. He told me about all the drama and I agreed with him. It sounds off. Cora made it seem like Kyle was this bloodthirsty maniac, but... he wasn't.It doesn't matter. All of this is finally over.I sit in our room staring at the ultrasound picture I got today. It turns out I'm further along than I thought. I'm almost halfway through the pregnancy. The baby is measuring and looking great. It is definitely a girl, just like Cora said!But the crazy thought is that it's only a couple of months before I give birth and our little Magnolia Jade will join us.When Maven gets home, I show him the ultrasound, and he cried, but by the next morning he went into a full on dad panic mode. He started doing everything he could to prep for her arrival.Three months passed.It was a long labor, but I finally gave birth the Magnolia Jade Knight. She looked exactly like her daddy.
MavenToday is finally the day. My group and I already left home and we are on our way to the White Fang Pack. We will meet with the other groups and invade. We are going to try to request that Aloha Kyle concede. But the likelihood of that happening is slim to none. More than likely there will be a lot of bloodshed. But unfortunately, that’s a necessary part of war. When we get there, I am overwhelmed by the amount of people backing us. We are well over two times the size of the White Fang Pack. This should be easy. The three other Alphas, Alpha Marco of Aztec Moon, Alpha Alfred of Red River, and Alpha Jared of the Golden Pack, were all waiting for me so that we can walk up to the borders togetherI take a deep breath, ready to shift at a moment's notice, but then… nothing happens. No one is here. They should at the very least have a patrol out here, but there's absolutely no one.I press my lips together. This isn't normal. We walk slowly into the pack with our warriors behind u
MavenThings are finally turning up. All the packs I spoke to were willing to help me. It turns out that Alpha Kyle has burned quite a few bridges during his short reign as Alpha. Thankfully, that works in my favor.I try not to talk about it too much around Amelia. I know it stresses her out when I mention the White Fang Pack, and I don't want to cause her any unnecessary stress in her delicate state. Almost all of our pack members are back home. We're giving our warriors two days to rest and then half of them will be coming with me for the attack while the other half stays here.After talking with Bennett and Grace and them agreeing that our idea about Ross and his group was a good one, Amelia spoke to our architect and is working to build a house for them. We don't know when we'll see Ross again or if he and his group will accept our help, but we want to get started on this. I'm just grateful that Amelia is so happy and that she is keeping herself busy. Now that our pack members a
AmeliaIt is good to be able to go back home so fast.Cora seemed closed off for most of our trip, but she enjoyed watching us. I noticed her eyes were always on one of us and she spoke with Maggie a lot.It must get lonely for her living out there all by herself. Although her home is beautiful and large, it must be incredibly lonely. I make a mental note for us to invite her to visit more often and not just because we need something. She has helped us out so much that I view her as part of our family and I want to treat her that way.As soon as we get back to our pack, Maven tells me and Maggie to stay in the car and I watch as he and Bennett walk into the pack house. It doesn't take long before two wolves come bursting through the door and both Maven and Bennett's wolves are right on their tails as they scatter.Maggie shakes her head and says, "Oof, that was not a good idea on their side. What makes Kaden and Veronica think they could outrun an Alpha and a Beta?"I shrug, "In Kaden
MavenAmelia and I lie down in the bed snuggling one another. She looks up at me and says, "Are we on board for the name Magnolia? Or should we do something different?""I like Magnolia, we should focus on the middle name.""I think a shorter name would be good. Like Magnolia Ash or Magnolia Eve or Magnolia Jade. What do you think?""I like Magnolia Jade, it seems like a little bit of sweet with a nice edge to it."Amelia rubs her hand over her stomach and says, "Magnolia Jade Knight... I love it."I ask, "How are you feeling about everything?"Her lower lip puckers and she says, "I don't know. I don't know how I'm supposed to feel. It's weird to me that the White Fang Pack is attacking because of me, but it's not like I knew Alpha Kyle that well. I just knew how he and his Luna were together and his Luna was an insanely jealous person.""Well, at least we know what's going to happen and that helps us have the element of surprise.""What packs are you contacting?" She asks as she play
AmeliaIt didn't take long for Maven and I to pack and once we were done we knew that it was time for us to go. I look around our room with a hand on my stomach. I hope that we won't be gone for too long. I want this place to be our home and I want to prepare our child's nursery here.As if he knew what I was thinking, Maven came behind me and hugged me, rubbing his large hands on my stomach and he says, "We'll be back before you know it, love, and we can decorate and do whatever you want for our little one's room."I breathe out, "I just hate to leave."He kisses my cheek and says, "I know, but we'll be back in no time."He grabs our things and we walk to the staircase and I see Maggie and Cora waiting for us. I take a deep breath and gather my courage. Everyone is okay, everyone will be safe, we have to do this.We all walk out to the car and then Maven drives and Cora sits in the passenger seat so she can easily tell him where to go. Maggie grabs my hand because she can sense my an
Amelia Cora looked concerned as she walked into our room and says, "I need Amelia to come with me, tonight."Maven sputters, "Wh-what?"She comes to my side and says, "I know this is sudden. I know you don't want to leave Maven, but please, listen to me and trust in me, okay?"I look at Maven and then back at Cora and ask, "What's going on?"She breathes out, "A girl just came in through the door and said she's back. Her name is Sophie-" my eyes bulge out of my head and I question, "Sophie's back?!"Cora nods and says, "From the sound of your voice, it sounds like she's a friend, but Amelia, you can't trust her. There's something off with her aura. You can't be near her. I don't even want her to touch you. Please, come with me."I look over at Maven, and his eyebrows are furrowed as he is processing. Sophie was one of my closest friends before she just randomly left. Of course I want to see her. But we should trust in Cora... shouldn't we?Maven says, "Amelia and I need to talk. Are y