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Amber’s pov After Axel had calmed down, I left his office in a daze. I had never seen Axel cry and my heart was breaking for everything he was going through. I had killed men and woman myself in battle, but this was personal. I could understand how he could snap, his father had been a horrible man. I mindlinked Kenzo to tell him I was okay, it was not my place to tell him more about Axel. "Kenzo, I am okay and Axel has calmed down." "What the hell is wrong with him?! Is he really that jealous of us?" Kenzo replied. "He’s dealing with some stuff that’s bigger than just seeing you and me together," I told him. "O, so we’re together now huh," he flirted. "I am going now," I said and I broke the mindlink, too exhausted to respond to his flirting. "Be honest, it does feel nice to be wanted," Ripley teased. "O you too, leave me alone," I sighed. I was confused enough already. I went to look for Elias who had just finished eating lunch. I quickly ate something as well and we headed
Axel's pov I had the most awful nightmare, I was reliving the night I killed my father and this time I couldn’t stop my father from hurting my mother. Suddenly I felt a sense of calm, a feeling of warmth against my chest. I was snapped out of the nightmare and was now laying down in a field of wildflowers, feeling the sun on my skin. I had never slept so well. I woke up feeling the warm feeling against my chest leave, I heard the door to my room open and close. I was still not fully awake and felt relaxed by the scent that surrounded me. When I woke up a half hour later I wondered what had happened. Had I dreamed the scent and the sound of my door? When I went downstairs I saw Amber and Elias, I had made plans to spend most of today with Elias. Amber was looking very nervous and tried to leave as soon as I walked in. Now I knew, I hadn’t dreamed her scent around me. I didn’t know how or why, but Amber had slept in my bed. I told Elias about my dream, trying to get a reaction out of
Amber’s pov Today we would join the Crimson Moon pack. The ceremony was in the afternoon and the party started around five, we would be served dinner during the party, Maria told me. Elias was so excited he woke up very early, I told him he could sleep in my bed for a bit. It would be a long day. I hadn’t been training with Ripley last night, I wanted to have a night to relax. I was watching a movie in bed, when I wanted a snack. When I went to the kitchen I ran into Axel. He was thankful that I had stopped his nightmare, but seem to think he would have to deal with them alone. We might not be mates, but if I could help him through such a debilitating nightmare I would. If my presence was enough to calm him down, why would he need to suffer alone? I told him I would help and walked away to get my snack. I made some popcorn and took it with me to my room. Luckily Axel had no nightmares, because I woke up to Elias standing in front of my bed. "It’s too early. Come you can sleep next
Amber’s pov While the rest of the pack headed to the party Axel, Elias and I went to the packhouse to change clothes. Maria had already prepared everything, our clothing was laid out in our room and then the make-up and hair person would come and help us with the rest. Elias didn’t need any make-up, but someone was coming to put the finishing touch on his hair. It all went pretty fast, we didn’t want to miss too much of the party. We all met in the hall when we were finished. My hair was pulled back with little clips, making my face stand out. The make up artists had used various shades of green eyes shadow to match my dress and my lips were a deep red to go with my hair. I was wearing my new dress with some golden heels, that I could just comfortably walk on. I wondered how long that would last though. Elias was wearing cobalt blue dress shirt and his black kaki’s and the hair stylist had made small braids on the sides of his head, close to his air. She had put some blue glittery y
Axel’s pov I woke up and got some breakfast, usually Amber and Elias were up around this time too. I ask some of the kitchen staff and they hadn’t seen either of them. They were both probably still sleeping, I would wake Elias up myself and let Amber sleep in. When I went inside Elias’ room the bed was empty. I started to panic and rushed to Amber’s room to wake her up to help me find Elias. I entered her room and saw the both waking up in her bed, confused by my sudden arrival. They both looked adorable though, with their sleepy eyes staring at me. I explained what happened and helped Elias get ready for today, picking an outfit for the ceremony. I knew Amber had bought another outfit for the party, so I picked the first shirt I could find and some black trousers. He looked so cute, dressed up like a little gentleman. We had a really nice morning together and after lunch we went to area where the ceremony would start. I wanted to make a speech that would explain everything and le
Amber's pov Saturday morning I woke up by my alarm, I was sleeping in Axel’s room and he had me wrapped in his arm. I smelled eucalyptus and sandalwood all around me and did not want to leave at all. I tried to get out from under Axel’s arm. "Stay please. I’ll tell someone to wake up Elias and take him to breakfast. I’ll ask Maria, he seems to like her. Please, just for one morning?" I sighed. I really didn’t want to leave his warm bed and rush back to my own like I had done every morning for the last week. I turned around, now facing him. His hair was looking disheveled, I put my hair through it and tried to get it back to normal. "You’re even beautiful in the morning when you just woke up", he said. He tried to kiss me, but I backed away. "Sorry, Axel but I really need to brush my teeth first," I giggled. He looked at me longingly, "do you want to take a shower with me? I won’t try anything. It’s big enough for the both of us." The idea of seeing him in the shower made it rea
Axel’s pov It feels like everyone has gotten used to Elias and Amber in our pack. Elias has been going to school and he has loved it so far, I pick him up every Wednesday afternoon for some father-son time. I found him a psychologist that specializes in loss to talk with once a week, with Amber’s approval of course. Speaking of Amber, things with Amber have been great. I couldn’t wait for the full moon, only a few days left. She spends almost every night in my bed and it’s becoming harder and harder to control myself, no pun intended. I am so lucky to have both her and Elias in my life and I thank the Goddess for them every night. If kissing her feels this great, I can’t imagine what it would feel to make love to her again. Mofran will arrive this week and will join the others in prison. We will start the trial in a few weeks, giving him time to find a layer. Amber’s mother will be one of the other’s that will be charged with treason. I told Amber we could banish her mother instead o
Amber’s pov Tonight was the night. We haven’t told Elias about tonight’s ceremony, I don’t want to get his hopes up. He has already been looking at me and Axel with a strange look ever since we kissed. It’s like Elias felt something has changed. Perhaps we’re not hiding our feelings that well, Axel and I are very nice and attentive to each other in public and I often see Axel staring at me at the dinner table with a big smile. I am almost 100 percent convinced we will be mates, there is just this tiny bit of doubt that is eating away at my confidence. I have never been to a full moon ceremony. I had pretended Brian was my boyfriend for all this time, so going to a full moon ceremony would be kind of weird. Maria had told me what would happen, it was like a party for every unmated wolf to attend from this pack and other local packs. Since we were the largest it would be held in the same place as the party for my pack joining ceremony. This time there would be no dinner, more a cockta
Amber’s pov The End It’s has been five years now, since Axel was kidnapped by Beatrix. There have been some minor setbacks, but we’ve mostly been able to come to an agreement with the witches. Some of the witches of Willa’s coven have even helped us throughout the years, by protecting our borders and offering healing salve for our member’s who aren’t eighteen yet. I love how Axel has kept his principles through all this, even though he was met with so much resistance from the werewolves in the beginning. It’s hard changing people’s mind, when they are so used to their prejudices. But Axel had done it before, by changing his pack to be more inclusive. Hunter is almost six years now and he is such a fun kid. Very outgoing and loves to be outside. He loves to play with his sister and baby brother. Yeah, you can say Axel and I have been busy. Our four year old Charlotte is really smart and loves to chase her brother around the room. Our baby is just three months old now, we named him De
Axel’s pov I woke up and checked the time, crap the trial had already started! I must have been tired from being injured, plus this morning didn’t help. Although I wouldn’t take it back for the world. Being with Amber was always worth it. I quickly got dressed and brushed my teeth. Luckily the courthouse was next to the hotel we were staying at. I mindlinked Amber while I was getting ready, “did I miss everything?” She summarized the morning for me, “Alpha Ivar blamed Finley for everything, saying he was under her spell. People were gasping when they heard she was a witch. He even knew about her trying to kill Elias. Then I testified and told them everything that happened that day. And that I had forgiven Finley after she had saved yours and my live.” I interrupted,“you forgive her?” Amber laughed, “is that so hard to believe? I am not forgetting what happened, but I need to forgive her for Finley and Elias to be able to move forward. I want to be a part of their lives, if Finley
Amber’s pov We waited in Beatrix’s house, trusting Elias was doing his best to stop a fight from happening between us. Zoey and Matt were getting restless and Axel was getting his strength back and sitting up right. I felt guilty for assuming Finley was betraying me so easily. It didn’t take long for me to go back to mistrusting her, even after she had saved me from Alpha Ivar. It had been too hard for me to think about forgiving Finley for hurting Elias. “But hasn’t she done enough to prove she has changed? Finley saved you and now she saved Axel, without any regards for her own life. Do you really want to stand in the way of Elias being with his mate?” Ripley asked me. “You are thinking about Finley and Elias aren’t you?” Axel mindlinked me. “How could the Moon Goddess choose someone who had hurt him so deeply?” I replied. Axel told me what had happened in the house, how angry and hurt Finley was by her grandmother. “You don’t understand Amber, I don’t think she had much of a c
Axel’s pov I woke up tied up next to Omar in a small house. An older woman was standing in front of us. She wasn’t looking at us, but at someone else who had entered the house. I couldn’t turn my head enough to look at her, my whole body felt weak. But I recognized the voice from somewhere. “Jade you came back” the old lady said. “My name is Finley and I am not here for you grandma. I am here to get Alpha Axel and his gamma back.” That’s why I recognized the voice, it was Finley so that meant the old woman was Beatrix. I tried to talk, but my body was to weak. Beatrix walked to Omar and grabbed the iron chains around his arms. She pulled him by the chains to the middle of the room. She was strong for an old woman. I tried to turn my head again, this time slowly and I could see Beatrix and Finley standing over Omar. Finley wasn’t dressed and had probably just shifted back. “What are you doing Grandma? Just let them go, we can talk about this.” Beatrix started to laugh, “talk about
Amber’s pov I had just arrived at the location of the courthouse and was greeted by Elias, Zoey and Finley. Finley and Elias both looked tense and like they needed a good night’s sleep. Preferably not together, because I still didn’t fully trust Finley. Her hair had grown over the last few months and she had put on some weight, but her face still showed how much she had gone through. “Hi mama, are you ready for the trial?” Elias asked me as he gave me a hug. I had mindlinked Axel on the way over and he had told me about the fires, which still had me worried. “Actually I’ve been busy stressing over your father on the drive over. He’s taking too much on. There was a fire in the forest and now he is tracking the source in the woods with Omar. He has people who can handle that, but he always wants to be hands on” I told Elias. Elias laughed, “just like you mama. It’s not like you ever sat back and let other people handle anything.” I frowned and playfully hit Elias on the arm. He was
Axel’s pov’ Amber was right, we did need to prepare for the worst. So I contacted every ally and let them know to up their security. I told them there was a group of witches that had plans to potentially hurt werewolves, but that not all of the witches were bad. That last part was tough for most Alpha’s to except. Witches had always been our enemies and even when I explained about dark and white magic, they still didn’t trust any of them. “The only witch I trust is a dead witch,” was one Alpha’s remark. I understood where they were coming from. Our ancestors had fought against witches for years, but I truly believed you couldn’t just assume every witch was evil by default. There are bad witches, bad werewolves and bad humans. But that means there must also be good witches. I believed Willa when we talked and she had done nothing to help me. I would much rather have a friend than an enemy, but I was pretty mild tempered for an Alpha. I think that’s what Amber liked about me, but it
Amber’s pov I love having Hunter around, but every time I see that little face of his I am reminded of Charlotte and I wish I could have stopped Alpha Ivar. I have killed men for less, but I understand what Elias wants to do with his court system. It’s important for him to have people be accountable and that every werewolf can see that. Since I was in the dungeon with Alpha Ivar, I can’t help Elias in the trial like we planned, I can only testify. So now I am focused on raising Hunter and Briana and being the best Luna I can be. I go to training every evening so that can get Ridley some exercise and I can practice my fighting skills. I want to be able to defend myself against anything, even though Kenzo said I already am at the top of the class. Things with Axel have been good, but I can sense and see that he is stressed out about the whole witch thing. I think he tries to do it all himself, because he doesn’t want to bother me. But last night I finally got him to share what has been
Axel’s pov Luckily both Elias and Finley accepted my proposal, Elias took Finley with him on his travels after she had fully healed. Now that I learned more about Finley’s grandmother I really needed to find that prophecy somewhere. I was pretty sure it wouldn’t be in any of the books we had, but if I could find this Willa perhaps she could help me. I reached out to all my allies, letting them know if they could help me track her. I mentioned to them that she wasn’t to be harmed, they should only let Willa know if she could contact me as soon as possible. I then mindlinked Amber and asked her how Hunter was doing. He had been with us for a couple weeks now, but I couldn’t imagine life without him. What I could imagine is sleeping ten full hours with Amber by my side or even better feeling Amber on me. But sadly there was no chance of that right now, Hunter has been so clingy even at night. I think he might have gotten very little attention at the orphanage and was scared we wouldn’t
Axel’s pov I came looking for Amber and Charlotte and I ended up having a son. That’s not something you just get used to. But I think Amber and I both forgot how much work a baby is, so we barely had the time to adjust. Hunter seemed to favor me. Which was fine, but I still had my responsibilities as Alpha. Logan offered to step in for a while, but his son was the same age as Hunter. In the end we found a solution, baby-carrying seemed to work like a charm. Amber carried Hunter most of the day, while I took care of some work. I had another lead on the witches, the girl Jade, that Elias brought home, much to Amber’s dismay. Jade now wanted to be called Finley, her real name. I guess she wanted a fresh start and live truthfully, but neither Amber or I trusted her. But I needed Finley’s help, I knew nothing of witches. If she could provide me some insight, I could finally decide if the group that lived nearby was friend or foe. And once I was finished with my research, Finley could go o