So Ian's not happy! Should Isabella have told him Kat was there or was she right to respect her wishes? Thanks for reading!
Damien’s POV One of my pack members, Isabella Byrne, had returned to my territory recently after traveling abroad for some time. It was standard procedure to debrief with anyone who’d spent more than a month or two outside the pack for safety purposes. Isabella had been back for a while but I’d been too busy to meet with her. I wasn’t particularly worried, knowing she’d gone for personal reasons, but I still needed to follow protocol. I was on my way home from checking on a minor border disturbance when I decided to just swing by her house and see if she had time to talk. I pulled into the drive and jogged to the door, hoping to catch her at home. After initially staying with friends, she’d finally settled into this cute little cottage on the edge of town. I knew she lived alone and usually kept to herself so I was pretty sure she’d welcome the visit. Ringing the bell, I heard an unfamiliar voice call out from inside. “I’ll get it!” the melodic voice called out. My wolf stirred a
Ian’s POV In a matter of minutes, I’d gone from begging the Moon Goddess to return my daughter to me safely to wanting to strangle her myself. I knew she was hurting. I’d talked to her mates multiple times a day since the day she’d left them, so I was well aware of the misapprehension she was operating under. And I knew her well enough to know what it must be doing to her, thinking the very pain she’d tried to avoid came for her anyway. Still, how could she be so selfish to let me worry about her that way? I knew the answer to that. She didn’t trust that I wouldn’t tell her mates. And if I was being honest, she might have been right to worry. I was still debating with myself whether or not to call them. With every conversation we’d had this past week, I could tell their thin grasp on sanity was unraveling. Knowing all too well what it felt like to lose a mate, I hated to let them suffer when I could ease it for them. In the end, I settled for a compromise. Kat only said I could
Kat’s POV I wandered the streets of the little town comprising Forest Trails’ city center with no real destination in mind. Planning ahead wasn’t really an option given the circumstances. One minute I was rushing from my room, excited to see my dad and the next minute I was frozen in place, watching him pull my aunt into his arms and claim her as his mate. So now, I was wandering the streets in unfamiliar territory, trying to sort out my feelings. The possibility that my dad would find a second chance mate had never really crossed my mind. It wasn’t something we’d ever talked about and I’d foolishly assumed he’d be content to cherish my mother’s memory alone for the rest of his life. Considering how long a wolf’s life could be, that had been rather short-sighted of me. Now that the unexpected had become reality, and with my mother’s sister no less, I was not at all sure how to feel about it. I hadn’t left because I was angry, though maybe it had seemed that way. I had left because
Kat’s POV I made the short walk back to the little cottage and walked right in, only to wish I could turn around and walk right back out. The first thing I saw when I walked in the door was my father and my aunt making out on the couch. He was practically laying on top of her, kissing her passionately while caressing her breast and she squeezed his ass. They immediately separated as soon as they heard me walk in but the damage was done. I could never erase that image from my brain. “Oh Goddess! Sorry! I’ll just head to my room. Carry on!” I babbled, trying to escape the room and the embarrassment hanging between us. “No mija! Stay and talk to your father. I’ll go.” Aunt Isa insisted, but the pained look on her face told me she believed I wouldn’t accept her, accept the bond between them. “I only meant to give you some privacy. If you truly want to talk now, I’d prefer it if you stayed.” I said, offering her a small half-smile. She beamed at me in return. “Ok.” She murmured,
Ryan’s POV I sat in my office staring at the wall, unable to do anything remotely productive. A full month had gone by since I last saw her. I couldn’t believe it had been a month since I’d held my angel in my arms, nuzzled my nose in her silky blond curls and inhaled her amazing scent. A whole month since I’d made love to her, burying myself deep inside her while watching her come apart screaming my name. I groaned aloud at that thought. The first couple of weeks after she left, I refused to wallow in self-pity, choosing instead to throw myself into finding her by any means necessary. I was an Alpha, always focused on fixing any problem and I was determined to approach this the same way. But the more time that passed with no leads, the more overwhelming the pain became until it completely consumed me. Maybe she’d already moved on. Maybe she never really loved us, loved me, in the first place. Neither my brother or I had gotten a decent night’s sleep without her warm, soft ski
Reegan’s POV I was currently laying on the floor of Kat’s closet, snuggling into her pillow and surrounded by the scent from her clothes. It had become my go-to spot for those times when my need for her became so desperate that I had to close my eyes, breathe in her intoxicating smell and pretend she was standing next to me. Delusional, I know. But it was the only thing preserving the tenuous thread to my sanity. Admittedly, I’d made some pretty poor choices in my life followed by some extreme periods of self-loathing because of them. However, I’d never lost the will to live until I’d given my whole heart and soul to my mate only to have her leave me due to my own failure to protect her from my past. Now, the only thing keeping me going was the slim hope that I could still fix this. If she never took me back, it would kill me. But, I couldn’t walk away without doing everything in my power to make her understand that she was loved and wanted beyond words and she never deserved to b
Kat’s POV Curious eyes watched me from deep in the forest as my aunt’s wolf put Cara and I through our paces. I couldn’t see them but I knew they were there all the same. Whether in human or wolf form, the pulses of energy leaving us as we practiced our new abilities wasn’t likely to go unnoticed for long. Eventually, Aunt Isa had agreed it was best to tell her Alpha about my special skills in hopes he would help keep the audience to a minimum while we worked. It was a risk, but we both felt we could trust him with the information. He readily agreed to keep our secret and I knew those watching were only his most trusted warriors. “Again!” Aislinn, my aunt’s wolf barked in my head as I repeatedly set a pile of brush on fire then drew water from the earth to put it out. I could train in either form, but my aunt found it easiest to retrieve the knowledge hidden somewhere deep inside her for years when she transformed into her wolf. Though she could connect to it somewhat in human f
Kat’s POV Piercing green eyes met me as soon as I walked in the door, looking at me with the same adoration they used to hold when we were together. I stopped just inside the room, intent on keeping some distance between us. I couldn’t begin to fathom why he would be here but it couldn’t be good. “Alpha Klein, how-? What-? Why-?” My wolf rolled her eyes at my lack of eloquence as I tried and failed to ask all my questions at once. Jesse looked like he wanted to laugh but restrained himself. “Really Kat? We know each other way too intimately for formal titles, don’t you think?” He said with an annoying smirk. “I think your Luna would probably disagree.” I stated flatly. I thought I saw guilt flash in his eyes but it was gone before I could be certain. “How did you find me?” “Tyler mentioned it in passing. Don’t be mad at him!” He interjected when I opened my mouth to express my displeasure. “I don’t think he even realized he said it and he has no idea I’m here." “Why are you