//Raven//He was here!The enticing scent made me shudder as panic ran through me.I leaped from the bench and snapped my head back and forth, looking for a place to hide.I darted between the flowers and hid between them. My heart nearly jerked out of my chest.A small soft voice squirmed in excitement as a baritone voice laughed, counting down from thirty.Suddenly, a small girl with hazel eyes climbed into the flower, where I was hiding.Her eyes widened with a mixture of shock and excitement.I gazed at her, completely mesmerized by the pool of innocent hazel eyes staring back at me.I had never seen eyes look so innocent before. She giggled and placed her fingers on her lips, gesturing for me to keep quiet. "No talking aunty or else papa will find us and force me to shower. " she huffed in a shushing manner, crawled, and curled up on my lap. Poking his tiny head out to take a peek.I played along and hushed.“Ten...Nine...Eight.” Zander counted down."One, Ready or not, I am comi
//Raymond McQueen// (Raven’s father)A groan escaped the filthy mouth of the man dangling from a chain as I glared at him with blood trickling down my knuckles. He was a werebear , he smelled like the bear that attacked my former Luna and Raven.For the past weeks, he has been without food or water.Despite being tortured for close to two months, the accomplice of my wife’s killer refused to talk and I was running out of patience .“ Who killed Mellisa Macqueen?” I sneered. “And where are the bears hiding?” I believe my mate's death was orchestrated by the bear Alpha. They lived in hiding and no one knew of their whereabouts.My finger jerked forward with pressure , landing a blow on his jaws.I grabbed the bastard by the throat with little strength and choked him before he could have talked. The werebear panted in exhaustion and sealed his lips. His loyalty to my mate's murderer shinned in his eyes.He was determined to take the secret to the grave…. I admired his resistance and lo
//Alpha Chase Roland //***Two weeks ago***“Alpha, one of the men you sent after Raven is back “. Ben updated me after walking into my office without knocking as I sent my narrowed, fuming eyes his way . I was sick of the chase game. I wanted her back . I need her in my life. I wanted to punish her , fuck her and then lock her up from the world. I yearned for her. Wanted to punish her over and over again until I took all the fury and steam from these months of waiting and searching out of my system.I will break her , make her beg to be mine . “ Bring him in , now !” I growled and my eyes glowed yellow.My beta rushed out immediately. My body shuddered in anticipation and was overcome with rage as the wine glass of whiskey shattered into pieces in my hand.The best tracker in my clan , Mattew, strode in within a matter of seconds. He bared his neck in a bow and cast his eyes away like a good follower. My wolf perked up, looking behind him for our Barbie doll.“Where is my possessio
//Zander//I marveled at how easy it was for Daisy to accept Raven . I watched them play the entire time and it was like they had been doing it all their lives . I was blown away . Raven was incredible. I couldn’t help but feel an overwhelming amount of pride . Raven handled Daisy beautifully . She dealt with her tantrums and was able to get Daisy to even eat meals that she despised the most. I must say I was surprised when Daisy finished up her food without complaining. I felt angry and jealous that Daisy was connecting with Raven in the short period they'd known each other. Children!As of now , I didn’t know what I wanted. I was indecisive about my love life …. But I can’t deny that a large part of me wants to be with her.It was driving me insane. I was at war with myself. However, I intended to see what this so-called fate had in store for Raven and I .I exhaled. I knew I was a fucking idiot for almost rejecting her.I walked into the dining area the next morning to see her placi
//Zander//Raven departed to collect her items from her room on the right wing. This gave me the chance to really think about what transpired between us this morning. I was suddenly feeling hot as sweat formed around my brows . I ambled to the sink in the bathroom, smashed cold water on my face, letting out a heavy exhale . As I wiped my face with a towel, my reflection in the mirror mocked me. I felt like I had lost to her by agreeing and accepting another mate into my life. I felt tricked , played by the little human girl.It was obvious she had it all planed out and was waiting for an opportunity to initiate it.“Ha! Don’t blame her.” Axel laughed . Apologizing to her, gave her the advantage she needed.“ No, that’s not it. It was because you underestimated our mate . Don’t tell me I didn’t warn you… haha”, Axel taunted , laughing like a mad dog. He was happy our mate was moving in with us. This was what he wanted …. I grunted. Raven thought she was in love with me . It was all
//Raven//After dinner, Zander took Jessica and I around the kitchen to help us familiarize ourselves with the place.“ Plates are on the top right cabinet . Cups and cutleries are on the lower shelf. You can find all the pans you need in the lower cabinets “, he grumbled as he opened the cabinet doors. “Daisy has her own plates and cups in here.” Zander pointed to a small drawer . "She is found breaking glass and hurting herself in the process, so be on watch around her. Also, she tries to wash her dishes after meals and likes helping out during washing time. Please and please again, give it a good rinse when she goes out of the kitchen “, Zander chuckled and sent a pointed look my way . My heart fluttered at the eyes he had given me. I turned and signed all that he had uttered to Jessica.“ One more thing, Daisy is allergic to peanuts and tomatoes . Always remember to leave them out of her meals . I would be furious to be called to the hospital because of your negligence “. He huff
||Raven||It was night time and I was confused. After my fiasco with Tyler, I have been hearing things out of the blue… things I couldn’t explain. I felt like my subconscious mind was playing tricks on me. But the voice in my head was vivid. It was clear as if another person was living inside me .., only if I wasn’t crazy.“ You are not crazy, Raven…. Is me … your better half,” The voice reappeared in my head and murmured. My better half??… I was going crazy. This didn’t make sense. Nothing in my head made sense. For the sake of my sanity, I closed all thoughts off and concentrated on getting Daisy to bed…..I tacked her into bed and watched as she dozed off. When I was completely sure she was indeed asleep. I kissed her on the cheek, turned off the light, and slipped out of her room.“ Are you ready for our evening walk ?” Zander's voice started me from behind and I nearly screamed. I slowly nodded and walked inside to get a warm coat, since it was a cold night. We exited the house
||Zander|| Raven’s wolf was beautiful. She stood tall at 12 feet and was radiating with power and grace. Her fur was unique, not like anything I had seen. It was black with hues of blue and green. Around her neck and ankle was a golden ring, which looked like just my Lycan fur. Her gold eyes beamed at me as her wolf leaned into me, muzzling the side of my face. " Our mate is special and her eyes are fucking beautiful. I can’t get enough of them, “ Axel rasped out in a dazed. “ When did you become poetic?” I chuckled, “ have you spoken to her wolf, yet? “ I asked him. “ Yes, her name will make your heart flip, Zander “ he chuckled at his own joke.” She is Athena!” He informed me. "Athena," I tested her name on my lips in a murmur….. She drew back as she heard her name and rubbed her wolfy nose against mine. “ You are Raven Wolf !!” Eros exclaimed, as if he was in some kind of entrance. I had never seen him so mesmerized by anyone, apart from his mate, Allison. Raven wolf ?? What
||Raven||“ZAYDEN SLOAN!!! RYDER SLOAN GET DOWN FROM THE TREE!!!!” I screamed at my sons for the one-hundredth time.“Zayden, mommy is mad. Let’s get down, please.” I heard Ryder say in his small baby voice as I rushed toward my best friend.“Hey, girly.” I pulled Emily into a bone-crushing hug as soon as I spotted her in the garden.“Oh my, you are crushing me, Raven. Slow down, girl.” She faked a cough.I laughed, releasing her from my hold.“Well, you can’t blame me, Ems. I missed you so much. How are you doing ?” Concern for her filled my voice.“ Well, apart from being heavy, all swollen, and damn tired all the time. I am fine.”“ Just hang in there, babe. The baby will pop out in less than a month.” I soothed her.She caressed her belly. “ That’s true. Just can’t wait. What are you doing standing here? Let’s join the others, time for the great reveal.”I squealed in joy as we walked to our family. We were having Emily and Zane’s gender reveal party in the garden.It was a big dea
||Raven||Today was the best day of my life.My fiancé, my mate is now my husband and I couldn’t wait to start our lives together and have the family I had always dreamt about.But fate had other plans and my little bundles of joy decided that it was their turn to come into the world.A sharp, stabbing pain rippled through my lower abdomen and when I took a step forward kissing my mate, I felt a warm liquid beginning to flow down my legs.Fuck! Did I just pee on myself? Is the pregnancy so draining that I can’t hold my bladder?However, I felt different.The pee was a lot and too warm. The fluid flowed out of me, down my legs and I felt my little boys squealing and moving vigorously in my womb, probably getting ready for their grand entrance.“Fuck!” I shrieked, gaining everyone’s attention.“What is it, love?” Zander whispered, alert.“ Daddy mummy has peed on herself.”The guests burst out laughing.“ I am pretty sure, my water just broke.”As soon as the words escaped my lips, the g
||Raven||*Three months later*I woke up to a lot of movement and activities in my room. It took me a minute to realize what was going on in there and why these people were there.“She is awake.” Glinda squirmed.All the ladies rushed over to my bed in full excitement when they saw that I was awake.“ Good morning sweetie” Mariam chirped.“ Good morning Mariam and everyone.“ I whispered.“Good morning, it’s your wedding day! Can you believe it?”Emily shrieked, bottle-feeding Aiden.“ I can, Ems. I can !” uttered in a tired voice.I was swollen all over. My baby bump was a full-blown belly.The little beans had doubled in size in months.I felt heavy and I could not see my legs or touch them.Every part of me had grown big, including my breast.It was ready for lactating.My hormones are so out of wack that I am on fire one moment and cold the next.However, the feeling of becoming a mother made my mood even better.“Come on now. Let’s get you fed for your wedding, then a warm, nice sc
||Zander||After six hours of searching, we came back empty-handed. I questioned our warriors and they didn’t catch a glimpse of her leaving the pack, leaving me to conclude that my mate had been kidnapped.Glinda and Emily also came back an hour ago.They couldn’t even catch the scent of my mate at the mall.My heart was breaking into a million pieces as I continued to mind-link her.I felt so weak and suffocated without her.My Lycan beast kept growling in my head and keeping him grounded was becoming hard.The mansion felt empty and my life darker without my little wolf and her delicious scent. I could not smell her.Her scent had completely evaporated as if she was never there.I want to see, Raven. I was desperate to see her again.I was ready to surrender to the enemy just to ensure that both my little wolf and our unborn child were safe.I gripped the armrest of the chair I sat on with so much force that it began to break under my grip. I was absent-minded as Theodore and Zane w
||Raven||Once I was in the four walls of the room, I rushed into the washroom and splashed water on my face.I studied myself in the mirror. My eyes were sunken and dull and I had bugs under my eyes.My hair had disheveled and I ran my fingers through it.I quickly leaned down and tied the small knife I got from Shane’s kitchen around my thigh and crawled back into bed to rest till the wolfsbane completely left my system.I slipped into sleep.An hour later, the sound of the door opening, woke me up from my light slumber.I blinked many times as my pupil focused on the figure standing and leaning against the door.My heart rate slightly increased and my breathing patterns changed.“We need to get it over with. Grab her”, Jerold purred and two men stepped into the room.One was Merlin from the hearing and the other was unknown to me.They glanced at me with a smile playing on their faces.Their eyes flickered with lust and Merlin whispered.“My pleasure, master.”Stalking towards me,
||Raven||“ I plan to punish you for disrespecting my mate, but before that, how about we have some little fun?”he said with so much evil in his voice, his voice was husky but sounded nothing like Zander’s alluring, sexy voice.”“ Don’t - stay away. Don’t you dare touch me”. I panicked. I couldn’t pull back.The wolfsbane was still active in my system and after using all my strength on Jessica.I became vulnerable.“ I have dreamt of this moment for so long it feels so unreal to have you in front of me, breeder.” He smiled and breathed down my neck as his nose trailed down my neck.“ You smell divine..” it took every ounce of strength in me to hold myself back from batting him with my head.But I knew he was dangerous and I would be in so much trouble if I chose that solution. I won’t be the only one in danger. My unborn child will be at risk and I can’t allow that. I would have to buy Athena and me some time to get out of here.“ I can’t wait to mark you. And remove the Lycans mark
|| Raven||SHE TALKED! JESSICA SPOKE!My best friend can talk. My mouth opened in pure astonishment and no word came out. My tongue was stuck. It couldn’t move to start a sentence…“All you think about is Zande.” Jessica hissed. “ Zander this! Zander that! I am tired of hearing his name from you.” Her teeth gritted, furiously.“You are stupid to think that Zander will come for you”, she was thrown into another session of laughter.And I was stricken. What was wrong with Jessica?She was different. Harsh and rude! I don’t recognize the person in front of me. Where did that sweet, nice, and innocent woman go?When did she start to speak? When did she recover her voice?And why was she talking to me like that?I didn’t understand anything. My mind quickly got busy, arranging the scattered pieces of the puzzle in my brain together… from the time I was drugged to now.How did Jessica get here so fast?How did Danica get onto the pack-land easily, without detection?And how was it possible
|Zander.||“Zane!” I shouted. “ catch,“ in one fluent motion.Zane caught the spear and blocked the attack by one of our warriors.Theodore followed right after knocking the air out of his opponent. I spun with one high punch, landing on the gut of my training partner.It was early in the morning and we were training our warriors vigorously for an impending attack from Jerold Black. I have been restless since the last battle, knowing that bastard was lurking in the dark.I felt he was closer than we thought.“Well, that was easy,“ Zane drew everyone's attention to himself after hours of training.“ Good job everyone. I have seen a massive improvement in your skills, so today we will end training earlier than expected,“ he announced, whistling and applause went through the warriors as Zane dismissed them, walking to me.“ Are we ever going to get a real challenge? You and I ??” He asked.And I let out a chuckle, shaking my head at my brother.“ Be careful what you wish for,”“ I must ag
||Raven||Two weeks later.Daisy is dead! Fuck! I was holding the lifeless body of Daisy. Her throat was slit. She was bleeding heavily.Her limbs ripped off her body, lying inches away. I was holding her tightly against my body.Screaming and weeping uncontrollably We were in the woods in the River Moon Clan.With wolves fighting around us.Then I heard the thudding sound of heavy footsteps approaching me.In a daze, I saw Zander, roaring furiously.His was enraged glaring down at me.“You killed her. It’s all your fault, “ he hissed in a deep guttural voice “ All you had to do was surrender to Jerold Black.”“ No “I shook my head.” I love her.I saw her as my daughter “, I sobbed, holding Daisy's cold body closer.“You killed my daughter, bitch. I regret being with you. I should have abandoned you when I had the chance.” Zander's voice was murderous.He looked angry as he took predatory steps toward me and I realized I was his prey.He ripped Daisy's body out of my arms and I shriek