(Sorry it's short but going to post a 3rd for today). Who is it and what is their plan? Guesses? Thanks for reading!
Reegan’s POV Humming to myself as I worked, I let my mind wander over the events of the last two weeks and my hopes for tomorrow. I pretended to gripe when mom asked me to help set up, but it was just a ploy to get under her skin. I secretly loved to watch my always proper Luna mother lose her cool but the truth was, I was happy to do anything to make tomorrow perfect for my mate. As busy as the past couple of weeks were between ceremony preparations and getting as much work done as possible before we left town, it still had been some of the best time spent with our mate so far. We had taken steps to further solidify our bond and were preparing to formally begin our future together. I couldn’t be more excited and I knew my brother felt the same. The only downside to all the craziness was that we hadn’t had much alone time with our girl. Of course we still managed to make love to her every night before we all dropped from exhaustion, but there was no time for a midday rendezvous an
Kat’s POV The rest of the week passed quickly and before I knew it, Friday had arrived. The mating/Luna ceremony was scheduled for Saturday night and Rachael wanted everything set up by the end of the day so we could focus on ‘self-care and relaxation’ all day tomorrow. What she really meant was that her team would need every moment of my time to get me ready to her specifications in time for the ceremony. A flurry of activity had filled the pack house all week, leaving me barely any time to spend with my mates. I had wanted to surprise Ryan with a wake-up call like I had done for Reegan earlier in the week but by the time I dropped into bed each night, I was out cold until the alarm went off. Most mornings Ryan was already awake, lying on his side watching me sleep. This morning, Ryan had gone to his office to get some work done, trying to tie up loose ends before we left for Forest Trails early Sunday morning. Reegan was helping his father set up tables and chairs, a task Rachae
Kat’s POV I’d lost track of how long I’d been running, probably hours, when I realized where my wolf was taking me. I had felt the surges of power thrumming through me as her pain and anger melded with mine to fuel the storm that swirled around us. But I had been oblivious to the fact that through it all, she had been the one to formulate a plan, to guide us while I had just lost myself to my own turmoil. Guilt joined the sea of other emotions coursing through me as I felt her curl up in the back of my mind, finally able to nurse her own wounds. “I’m so sorry, Cara!” I apologized for my selfishness, tears streaming down my face, mixing with the rain. “I know Reegan and Rikkon are your mates too. I should’ve reached out to you sooner. I just wasn’t ready to face it.” “I understand, love. I will always carry your burden when I can.” She answered, but her voice sounded weak making me worry for her. “You shouldn’t have to though. We’re a team.” Though even as I said those words, I c
Ryan’s POV I was doing my best to focus on work, tying up loose ends before our time away with our mate, but the pack house was so noisy with all the workers setting up for our big event. Thinking about the reason for all the noise just distracted me further. I couldn’t stop wondering what tomorrow would hold. What would her dress look like? How would she fix her hair? Would she be as excited as we were or would she be more nervous? All these thoughts played on repeat in my mind. It had only been two months since we met our mate, my beautiful angel, but so much had happened in that time, it felt like we’d been waiting for forever to make her officially ours. My wolf clearly did not understand the complexities of running a pack, nor did he care. He was just as anxious as I was, if not more, and kept urging me to forget about work and go find Kat. Of course he wanted to mate with her. That’s what he always wanted. But right now he would settle for just having her in his arms. I want
Reegan's POV Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. What the fuck was that noise? Blinking against the bright lights assaulting my eyes, I struggled to make sense of my surroundings. Sitting up, I cupped a hand over my eyes to shield them from the light and managed to look around. I was in a bed that wasn’t mine with an IV in my arm, monitors sounding in my ears, and a throbbing headache. Why the hell was I in the hospital? What the fuck had happened to me? “Welcome back to the land of the living. Though I’m guessing you’re going to wish to be comatose again soon enough.” Ryan’s disembodied voice said from somewhere in the room. His tone was flat, like he had no life left in him, and it immediately set me on edge. My wolf was still sleeping off whatever this was so my senses were dull but it didn’t take a wolf or our twin bond to hear the pain in his tone. He stepped into view and his face confirmed what I thought I’d heard. His eyes were dull and sunken in his skull. Dark circles under his eyes
Reegan's POV Ryan's words hit me like a ton of bricks, knocking all the air from my lungs. I couldn’t speak. I couldn’t breathe. All I could do was stand there and stare at him, frozen in place. How could I argue with him? I couldn’t. Because he was right. I did this. This was the Moon Goddess’ way of paying me back for all the selfish choices I’d made, nothing more than I deserved. Only, her retribution cost so much more than just my own happiness. It was destroying the people I loved. But maybe that was her plan all along. There was certainly no better way to make me pay for my sins. Sure, I never actually promised any of those women anything in exchange for sex. I never had to. They were all too eager to throw themselves at me, just happy for whatever scraps I offered them. If any of them were under the mistaken impression I would make them Luna, it was a misguided assumption on their part. Or maybe some of them had intended to use my indiscretions to climb the social ranks.
Kat’s POV I’d been in Forest Trails with my aunt for over a week and, as far as I knew, no one knew I was here. Aunt Isa, as I’d taken to calling her, had told me my father had called her looking for me mere moments before I’d arrived. Of course she told him I wasn’t here because I hadn’t been at the time. It had taken a lot of begging for her to agree to keep my presence from him. In the end, she only agreed not to call him with the information herself but refused to lie to him outright if he directly asked again. It was the best I could hope for but I knew I’d need to tell him myself soon. I was currently lying in bed, the same place I’d spent the majority of my time over the past week. That was another problem I’d have to remedy soon. I wasn’t sure how I would manage it. My wolf had gone from blood curdling howls to painful whimpering to curled up in a listless ball in my head. Without her energy pushing me, I was finding any motivation of my own hard to come by. As hurt as I
Kat’s POV Aislinn and Cara ran together for hours, playing together, chasing small woodland creatures, their spirits reconnecting. My aunt and I were mere passengers, along for the journey. At times, Aislinn would stop and encourage me to join Cara in trying to channel our power. She would ask us to align our thoughts, focusing our energies together towards a common goal. Her expectations were low, only suggesting small displays such as pulling water from a stream to drink, moving small rocks or branches, or lighting some twigs on fire with our mind. All we actually managed to do was concentrate so hard on levitating water from a stream that we lost our balance and fell in, drenching ourselves and Aislinn with the backsplash. Still, she never became frustrated or lost her patience with us. And though my aunt never spoke, content to let her wolf run the show, I could sense her amusement. “Enough for today, little one.” Aislinn’s voice floated into my head as we laid in a clearing,
Thank you so much to all mu lovely readers for sticking with "An Unwanted Fate" until the end. I hope you enjoyed the ride as much as I did while writing it! I hope to start publishing Book 2 in the Celtic Wolf serie:: "A Tangled Fate: Bound By Her Betas" within the next week. Sneak peek: “Mate!” My wolf howled. “She’s ours!” “What are you talking about, Callum? She can’t be ours, not yet.” My wolf whimpered and whined in my head, begging me to go to our mate. I felt his pain but I knew I couldn’t give him what he wanted. So I did the only thing I could do. I ran. When Finnick Cross recognizes his mate in 16-year-old Sarah Woods, he is ecstatic to find the girl he loves belongs to him. There is only one problem. She’s too young to recognize him as her mate. Afraid he won’t be able to restrain his wolf from claiming their underage mate, Finnick decides to leave, intending to return and claim her as his on her 18th birthday. But when an unplanned encounter derails his plans, wil
Jesse's POV I’d been locked in this room all night without seeing another soul. I assumed the Glass Lake Alphas knew I was here and why. Their Beta would have told them by now. I’d fully expected them to come storming in here last night, fuming over what I’d done, or tried to do, to their Luna. I would have gotten some small satisfaction from it if they had, knowing I’d at least ruined their perfect night. But they never came. It could have been worse. I could tell this was a room for prisoners by the stark, slate-gray concrete of the walls and lack of amenities. But it wasn’t the dank, rancid-smelling lower cells reserved for the vilest offenders. Perks of being a fellow Alpha I guessed. Still, I didn’t want to spend any more time here than absolutely necessary. The room had no windows so I had no way of knowing what time it was when I finally heard two sets of footsteps approaching in the hall. Despite my wolf, Ares, whimpering in my head, I puffed out my chest and squared my sh
Jenna's POV “Aaaaaahhhh!” I screamed as I angrily stomped back and forth in my tiny cell. Not that I could go very far in either direction. And not that anyone could hear me scream. I knew there was a guard down here somewhere. I could smell him. But he never came close enough for me to see him. If I could just get him to come closer, I was sure I could manipulate him to help me out of here eventually. But no. I was only given food and water once a day and even then, it was one of the nasty old she-wolves from the kitchen who brought it to me. After Reegan had brought that bitch down here to see me, one of the warriors must have come to increase the length on my chains. I was unconscious at the time from . . . well I wasn’t exactly sure what she’d done to me. All I could remember was being slammed into the wall by something powerful I couldn’t see. At least I wasn’t hanging from the ceiling anymore but it was a small victory. When I’d asked why I was being offered such civility
Damien’s POV I was sitting at my desk, absently bouncing a rubber ball against my closed office door. Throw, bounce, catch, repeat. It was all I was good for today. That and getting lost in my thoughts of her. Tossed aside on the corner of my desk, taunting me with its presence, was the invitation to the mating ceremony for Kat and her Glass Lake Alphas. It had arrived today and I had been totally blindsided by it. I shouldn’t have been. I knew it was coming. I just hadn’t expected it to be so soon. I’d ignorantly thought I’d have at least a month or more to adjust to the idea. “It hasn’t even been a week, for Goddess’ sake!” I complained out loud to my empty office. “Boss, the transfer from Snowy Mountain is at the gate. I’m going to meet her now. I’ll bring her by your office for an introduction before I give her an official tour. If she’s hot, it might be an extended tour.” My Gamma, Eric, chuckled in my head. “Sure, whatever.” I responded unenthusiastically. I’d been s
Ian’s POV I looked down at the beautiful she-wolf in my arms as we danced together at Kat’s mating ceremony reception. I inhaled her mouthwatering strawberry scent and drank in her beauty. Her silky auburn hair that flowed in soft waves down her back, shining like the embers of a fire. Her eyes that sparkled like emeralds and danced with happiness when they looked at me. I enjoyed the feel of her lush curves as she pressed her body tight against me, the soft swell of her breasts against my chest and the flare of her hips where my hands fit so perfectly. I itched to lower them and feel the flesh of her perfect ass in my hands, but I forced myself to behave. There would be time for that later. Resting my cheek on her head, I chuckled to myself as I thought back to how nervous I’d been during those first weeks as we both learned to navigate our new relationship. All I’d ever known of women was Elena, Katalina’s mother and my first mate. But I never wanted Isabella to feel like she
*Warning: This chapter contains mature content of a sexual nature. Kat's POV I vaguely wondered how I ended up here, sandwiched between my two sexy mates, their hands roaming my body and muddling my mind. All I had wanted to do was lay by the pool, read a book, and relax but now all I could think about was the need to feel them touching me and kissing me, to have them both buried inside me. It was all-consuming, pushing every other thought aside. Reegan was lavishing my tits with attention, sucking at my hardened nipples like a starving man. He had one muscular thigh between my legs, pressed against my core and I couldn’t stop myself from grinding against him. The dampness between my legs was quickly soaking through my bikini bottoms, running down my thighs and soaking his leg. When Ryan stepped up behind me and sucked on his mark, my knees went weak. He slipped his arms around my waist, holding me up as his brother released my nipple with a tug of his teeth and stood up to capt
Reegan's POV I was totally in the zone, killing my workout, when all of a sudden I felt my wolf get anxious. He was pacing around in my head, all amped up. “Rikkon, what’s up man?” I ask, starting to get anxious myself. “Something’s wrong with mate! She’s upset! We need to go check on her now!” he whined back at me. He didn’t need to tell me twice! Since marking Kat, our wolves were so in tune to each other, it was like some of her Celtic wolf’s intuition was shared with us through the bond. If Rikkon felt something was wrong, then something was wrong. I was already moving towards the door. Not wanting to wait on the elevator, I took the stairs at wolf speed. In less than a minute I was flying through the door of our hotel room, slamming it against the wall as I flung it open. “What the fuck is going on in here?” I yelled as my eyes frantically searched the room for my baby girl. My wolf led me straight to her wolf so I knew she was here somewhere but I didn't see her. Tha
Ryan’s POV “I’m gonna head to the gym, get in a work-out before we take our girl out tonight. Wanna join?” Reegan asked. We were walking back from the hotel restaurant after enjoying breakfast with our mate. It had been several weeks since our mating ceremony and we were finally taking a much needed trip alone together. We would've liked to go sooner, but with the impending threat of the Dark Fae, and so much unknown about them, we couldn’t leave our pack unprotected. It had taken a while to mobilize our allies to send some of their warriors to reinforce our security. We’d decided to honeymoon at a five-star luxury resort on a tropical island and had just arrived yesterday afternoon. My brother and I had considered so many options when deciding to surprise Kat with this trip but with all the stress of the last few months and the uncertainty of the future, we settled on a place we could truly relax and unwind, just enjoying each other’s company. “You should go!” Kat offered. “I’
*Warning: This chapter contains mature content of a sexual nature. Kat’s POV For a moment, I lost myself in the beautiful seafoam green eyes staring deep into my soul when suddenly, I was pulled to my knees. Ryan reached out, grasping the low-cut V of my dress and ripped it right down the middle, leaving me completely bare to their view. “Fuck! I loved that dress on her.” Reegan cursed. “We’ll buy her a new one.” Ryan dismissed him. “It was in my way.” Then, coming along either side of me, they both helped to lay me gently on my back. I watched, practically drooling, as they stepped back and slowly discarded their own clothes, piece by agonizing piece. They were moving lazily, like they were completely unaware of the aching need I had for them to touch me. “Relax, Angel. We’re going to take care of you.” Ryan’s voice was full of erotic promises. Reegan tucked his arms under me and rolled me to my stomach. I could feel their heated gazes burning into me and I heard what sounde