||Raymond||I picked up the card and flipped it upward.“ The secret in the River Moon Clan. Alpha Raymond McQueen never told the real truth behind the death of his only daughter. What happened to his daughter on the night of his Luna's death? Is the girl dead or alive? Is Alpha Raymond hiding the girl in his territory? It’s time to let the cat out of the bag.” My face paled and my body tensed as I read the last sentence as I fought to hold in my emotions.How did he get his hand on this? Who the fuck in the pack sent this?Danica snickered beside me and I pinched her thighs to shut her up. The council lord’s beta read the note out loud. An awkward silence filled the room.“ One of my guards found this on my territory last night.” Council lord, Titus explained.“ So now, tell us, Alpha McQueen, explain to us. How did your daughter die?” The council lord demanded.“ It’s nothing we should be concerned about. This must be the work of the werebears King. It's a trap to set us back and
// Unknown POV//“Sir, we can’t find the girl. “My second in command muttered and I immediately stopped what I was doing. I flew into a rage.“ What?” I felt claws replacing my fingers.“ The Red Knight soldiers lost track of her trail”.My anger only grew at his meekness.“ Speak up. How did it happen?”“ She was last sighted with a Lycan, a child, and a witch.They were headed to the airport in Alaska .”What the hell could that girl be doing with a Lycan, I speculated, attempting to glue all the information together.“ How long since they lost her?” I asked.“ Days … close to two weeks, sir.“ he shifted nervously on his feet and added quickly before I could skin him alive." The soldiers tracked her flight to Orlando, but they lost her at the airport. She could be anywhere in Orlando, sir.”I grasped him by the collar of his shirt, pinning him against the wall. “ Do you have any idea what will happen should any other Alpha find her before I do?” I roared into his face and he sho
||Raven ||“ I heard you have a date tonight.” Jessica signed “ Who told you? ““ Your mate … Jessica, can you help my lovely mate prepare for tonight? I want her to feel like she is the most beautiful girl on the planet . I want to make her feel special tonight.” Jessica signed and added." His words, not mine ."A blush crept into my face and I suddenly felt hot. I fan my face to cool down my body temperature as blood rushed to my ears .“ Ho ho hoo....steamy and sexy. I like your mate already.“ Glinda teased and smirked ." Oh my god …. Someone will be getting it tonight.”“ Glinda! “ I smacked her arm.She knew just how to make someone feel embarrassed.“ Ouch ! That hurts!" She faked pain….“ How about we start getting you ready for tonight,” Jessica suggested.“ It’s only seven o’ clock in the morning, Jess.” I scrunched my nose. “ It will take hours for us to make you feel like the beautiful woman on the planet .” Glinda taunted me using Zander’s words against me . I knew what
||Raven||“ It’s a story for another day, man. ““Well, don’t just stand there ! Come right in, your table has been prepared. “ Ashton had a sophisticated smile on his face as he glanced at me . The three of us walked into a specious but cosy cabin.It was designed with warm wallpaper with a great picturesque view of the forest . Although at the moment all I could see was darkness.The laughter and chatter of the customers created a lively atmosphere and old soft classical music was playing from the speakers.Ash ushered us to our seat and he handed us our menu .“ I’ll have Risotto,“ I requested.“ I ‘ll have whatever the lady is having,” Zander muttered .“ And please bring us a bottle of your finest French wine .”“ Burned “, Ash whispered, yelling.“ Will be back with your food in a jiffy. “He disappeared into the kitchen and we found ourselves alone and out of sight .“ How do you see the place ?” “ It’s just like how I want my first date to be. Cozy , warm and comfortable at the
||Raven||I fell, rolling inches away from the motorbike. A splitting headache turned every moment in my body into pure torture.As I desperately struggled to move into a sitting position. My eyelids became heavy. I was beginning to struggle to keep my eyes open.But the raging roar irked my mind. I knew this was not the time to lose consciousness.We were in the middle of a fight. I carefully took off the helmet.I struggled in pain and managed to move into a sitting position. I couldn’t feel my legs. I looked down and saw a small trickle of blood running down my arm. The cut was small so it should begin healing by now. The roar from Axel forced my eyes to move in the direction of Zander in time to see them ambush him.Axel threw a bear off him.“ Raven! “ he mind linked me. I could hear the agitation in his voice.“Fine … I'm fine," I replied. “ Zane is coming. Stay in place. “ Zander advised.He nodded his wolf's head and charged toward the bear. Soon, chaos began to break and I s
||Raven|| When we arrived at the Golden Lycan pack, Zander did not wait for anyone. He shifted and carried me towards the elevator.“You scared me, tonight,” Zander whispered into the mind link as he carried me into our room…“You scared me more “ I uttered mentally.“ I felt like a damsel in distress as you fought off our attackers alone, “ I added bitterly.“ I thought I was ready but I froze when I saw the bears. I am still weak like I was before.Zander’s eyes flashed black in anger before he captured my mouth in a blazing kiss. My hands were pressed against his bare chiseled chest to steady myself as he cupped the back of my head and pulled me impossibly close to him.He bit my bottom lips, causing me to gasp into his mouth and before I knew his tongue had found its way into my mouth, I tasted him.He tasted like fresh mint and I was addicted instantly.I broke the kiss gasping for air while Zander took those magic lips on a journey down my jaw and neck.Just as he did, a moan r
||Raven||“She is my wife.“ “She is my mum .” Bjorn rumbled at the same time, I did. The moment those words left my lips, my throat tightened and became heavy as if the scar from the acid burns had reappeared.“You were alive all these years” my heart raced.Tears gathered in my eyes which I desperately tried to blink away …The woman before my eyes sobbed loudly.“ Raven my baby!” she cried after she was out of her stupor.She was weeping as she ran over to me and grabbed my face, kissing me over and over again.“You are alive. I never thought that I would find you after all these years .”She whispered in a shaky voice, embracing me tightly as if I would disappear.Her motherly scent infiltrated my nostrils and I clenched my hands at my side.I was overwhelmed, speechless and shocked beyond words.I felt like I was seeing things. There was no way she could be alive … right?I gathered all the strength I could find in my muscles and bones, and pushed the woman away from me … my exp
||Raven||“If you didn’t plan to kill us, who did ?”“It’s Jerold black !” My mother uttered and I was astonished.“ What did you say ?” I asked again.“ Jerold Black planned the attack .” My mother announced.“When you were born, I knew you were the chosen one. The one from the prophecy that was why I named you, Raven. I also knew I had to protect you from him. So I did everything in my power to keep you safe. I kept you by my side at all times when we went out of the clan's territory, but I couldn’t keep you hidden from Jerold. When you were four, I started receiving letters, ““What was in it ?”Zander queried.“The first letter was: prepare her for my arrival… I will come for my breeder when she turns eighteen and it didn’t take a genius to know it came from Jerold black. The letters and gifts kept coming and I got scared. I knew I couldn’t protect you alone .” she whispered.“Why didn’t you tell dad?”“ I couldn’t. Your father was just like Jerold. He thirsts for power and I knew
||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