this multiple parents thing is interesting and I had not seen it coming. sometimes the characters throw me for a loop and this book has characters who do that often.
CXXVIKaiya Our people have forgotten we are not so much like humans. Their fixed ideas of gender and sex and sexuality go against our very nature. The conventions of humans should not me the conventions of werewolves or Lycans. Within our people there are secondary sex characteristics and blurred gender, there are fated mates who the goddess proclaims to be the best matches for one reason or another. It is when human conventions color our actions or cause us to act through fear, greed or other strong emotions other than love, acceptance and fate. “Luna?” A young woman asks as she approaches me while I enjoy the dying blooms in the garden. I turn to her, not scolding her because few realize I am the Alpha and my mates share the title. I scan the pretty little thing. She is an Omega from one of the visiting packs. “My Alpha said you wanted to know when his son Robin arrived. Robin had been excluded from the guest list for the mating ball because he has a mate already, so I was uncer
Robin I didn’t flinch when I rejected my mate or cut off his dick. He was a controlling, manipulative asshole who hurt people I care about and beat me into submission if I tried arguing. He shoved his dick down my through, gagging me while he fucked my mouth then would make me swallow his seed before threatening me and beating me more. I was afraid to stand up to him. I’m small. I’m too small for someone with Alpha blood and the youngest brother. People tease that my real father must be an Omega, but my mother was always faithful to my father and both parents attest to that. Back to the present and my nose scenting something amazing… Luna Kaiya smiles at my declaration about the divine fragrance that permeates my senses. She answers the door and the scent becomes stronger. I hear her say, “Dakota! You're here! Come on in!” But, my wolf drowns out everything else except the vision of beauty as the slim and beautiful Omega with an incredible fashion sense and the hair and eyes an a
DakotaMate?‘Mate!’ My wolf said in my head excitedly while fear ran through me.I was terrified, but a few moments of talking and then his touch with the delightful tingle and his luscious lips and tantalizing tongue had my reserves dropping and all I knew was that I wanted more of him. I’m only sixteen but so isn’t he and we are mates.Luna Kaiya discussed our duties and expectations and then…well…she and Mary went for a walk to discuss Mary’s future and her thoughts on staying on as an assistant and advisor to Robin. That left Robin and I and or forming bond and raging hormones alone.“Hmm…what’s on your mind, sexy?” Robin says as he kisses my bare shoulder and runs his hands down my torso, hugging me from behind as I look out the window of the bedroom, still naked from mating and marking. “You shut me out.”“Force of habit, sweetheart,” I reply, turning in his arms to kiss him. “I couldn’t let anyone know my wolf awakened early and with the chaos this pack has been for at least a
Kaiya “Dakota, tell her…tell your cousin what you told me, my love,” Robin says as he continues pulling the thigh high stocking up his mate’s long, lean leg. They are a very cute couple and their marks suit them well. “There are men…werewolves in our pack…they bend the laws you have made. You and your mates try to protect us Omegas, but there are still men who threaten or push until Omegas like me agree to their demands. One is a guard. He is young and has a mate. I don’t want her to hurt. She is a friend, or well..an acquaintance and recently became a mother to their first child. He started pursuing me before he knew she was pregnant, and was persistent that now he needed my permission for what he would have taken permission or not before, after you passed the laws protecting Omegas from being used for sexual gratification without our consent. Hours after she gave birth to the baby, he pinned me against the wall and told me if I wanted to keep my secrets I would let him fuck me. H
Kaiya His eyes meet mine and he knows he’s caught. ‘David! Come and arrest your brother! He has been molesting an Omega in the old library!’ I call through the link. Gamma David has two brothers. One full brother and one half brother. His half brother is at university. His full brother…well…he was the captain of the northern border patrol. Two of his men are right behind him and they are as stunned as he is that I caught them. “What did River tell you when you caught him mindlinking?” I ask Seth. “He told me his sister was looking for him. She does everyday, so I was not surprised,” Seth admits. “You aren’t the Luna yet, so piss off, bitch!” “Wrong thing to say, Seth!” David roars. “I told you she is the True Alpha. She wields more authority, even un sworn into her position because it is the authority the goddess gave her over our people!” “She’s so small and insignificant, like an Omega! How can she…” Seth’s words trail off as I fume and feel power tingle through my body. My
David Alpha Kaiya’s blast was much stronger than she realized. I felt the earthquake beneath me and worried about the damage to the buildings in this quarter. It has been long neglected and relegated as low priority as the quarter most of the Omegas live in. After placing her in the passenger side of the vehicle, I did as she ordered and now I am rushing through the old library in search of an abused Omega. As I reach the back stacks where reference materials are kept a scent reaches me…it’s pure and sweet and it’s tainted with my brother’s masculine, musky fragrance. I once found his scent enticing, but after he rejected me and I rejected him, he changed and so did his scent…something bitter replaced the fresh woodsy uppernote and the bitterness grew, contrasting with the musk and competing. Now, I don’t have to worry about how twisted my mate became after that fateful day of his eighteenth birthday. I follow the sweet scent to the back corner, my heart twisting more and more as
Ace “Now, I know you boys are all hormone driven teens and the hype after practice or a big game can really make you horny. As werewolves we feel the need to fuck more than humans or many other species. As part Lycan Alphas Dylan and I feel it ten folds what you do...But here’s the kicker…we don’t fuck nonstop and we don’t mate with anyone unwilling, be that through rape of coercion. Do you know what it means to coerce someone?” I say as I pace in front of the room full of teenagers. Dylan is talking to their coach who we discovered encourages their activities. “He’s just an Omega,” the quarterback groans. “He agreed to it and lets us all take our turns.” “He agreed through coercion!” I snap. “You used threats and fear tactics to force him to do as you wish! Therefore, anyone of you who laid a hand on him raped him! Do you understand?” I’m grateful most of them have the sense to look guilty. A few even throw up at the realization. But The quarterback and five others are stone face
Kaiya ‘Kaiya, when you can come down to the conference room across the hall from the official Alpha’s office,’ Ace calls to me through the mindlink. ‘I’ll be right down. Makya just left. After checking David’s mate, River, he gave me a once over and I am fine,’ I reply. I pull my hair up in a messy topknot and straighten my back. I am sure I’ll need good posture for whatever mess I am being called to. I step through the door and gawk. The highschool football coach is pantless, facing the wall with his dick in his ass literally fucking himself. “He won’t stop until he finishes…he can’t. Dylan gave him an Alpha Order to fuck himself and we will explain why,” Ace says in a soft voice by my ear as he wraps his arms around me. The room is full of familiar faces, many looking on in disgust or shock including a very pregnant young woman who I remember as the coach’s mate. They mated just before my sixteenth birthday. Unlike many mated pairs, who have children in the first couple of yea
Amina Miguel and Dierdre have been gone for a week and things here are getting tense as the host outside our borders seems to grow more and more. They have been joined by a few of the packs that don’t appreciate how we treat our Omegas well and make ourselves a safe haven for all oppressed werewolves. Draknar is keeping his people up to speed and they will arrive only once fighting has broken out. They agree with Kaiya that showing our hand too early would be unwise. In the meantime, Tobias is just over halfway through his pregnancy and Lena’s mates other than Miguel and the one he has gone to find are pregnant and two of our young warriors are amongst them. “How many of our warriors are pregnant again?” I ask Kaiya who knows all the details. “At least a dozen, at various stages and I will not let a pregnant wolf on the battlefield no matter how skilled, it is one thing to defend yourself if the fight comes to us, another to go out there,” Kaiya sighs and paces the floor in her off
Dierdre The Lord of The Hunt…He is the estranged prince of the Spring Kingdom. His elder brother is the future king. But the Lord of The Hunt is a wildcard. No one is ever quite sure what to expect. I awakened in an elegant room within his forest palace. At first, I think I am alone and then he speaks. “Priestess, have you thought about my proposal or is that man in my dungeon your mate?” “I have a fated mate, of that I am certain,” I reply. “And you choose to ignore our bond?” “I told you already that when I meet my fated mate, we will return if it is in agreement that we see if my mate also feels the bond,” I reply. “I have yet to meet my mate.” “What if I am all the Mate you are promised?” He asks. “I have seen a vision with a wolf and Lycan, you are neither of those,” I reply. “Dierdre, please! Please, tell me you feel it!” He pleads. “I…I feel it, but…you were not in my vision,” I admit at last. “And the Wolf-Lycan man in my dungeon?” “He is having me guide him to one o
Miguel The first two days we had to travel slowly as we passed through the dark region. The Bodkins entertained us both nights we were there and yesterday we crossed through what Dierdre called the Twilight Threshold into a very green and purple landscape that she informed me is The Spring Kingdom. We are going to a kingdom known as The Kingdom of Nod…Chimera Fae and dream sprites are the most prominent species after The High Elves that are present in nearly every realm. I have been learning about the realms and travel through this kingdom has been sped up by a bit of transportation magic. Dierdre explained that her Shadow Wolf Magic could allow her to travel through shadows and even bring me along, but that it is too unpredictable in this landscape. Tomorrow we will cross into The Summer Kingdom. The Kingdom of Nod is somewhere beyond the Kingdoms of The Four Seasons. This morning we saw our first Shrinking Violet. She was a pretty little Fae, but as she blushed a vibrant purple
Raiden The first few days without Miguel have been alright, but there is a restless energy that had Alpha Kaiya concerned enough to call the Lycan King for some support. Her half-brother, the Future Lycan King along with his mate, are set to arrive ahead of his father today. His father and some warriors will be arriving in the coming days, but they have a secret route. It is best not to alert the growing mass of Shades, Riders, and beasts that we have backup coming. Beta Amina (who I guess I can just call Amina since she is basically my sister in law) keeps us updated on everything so that we can remain safe and vigilant. I would feel better if I knew my twin and Miguel were safe, but there is no way for us to reach them where they are, or to know when they find one another. I know that the dream we had, or rather the vision, was of them, but we never reached them. “Today, I am taking all three of you shopping for maternity clothes,” Lena announces as she enters the living room,
Miguel The sorceress…priestess…Mage…whatever you want to call her, meets me in the foyer of the Packhouse on the morning of our departure. “I suppose we ought to get to know one another since I will be bringing you into the realm of the fae and my magic combined with your muscle will be our primary defenses against anything foul. I am Deirdre, the half sister of your Alphas, Ace and Dylan. I am a priestess and half mage with both werewolf and Lycan blood,” the young, dark haired woman states as she shakes my hand. “I am Miguel. I too am part Lycan and I chose to join my small pack to the pack of your brothers and their mates, giving up my title as Alpha to strengthen both of our packs. I am a skilled fighter, but hope we don’t come into too many perils with my mates all counting on me to return in one piece,” I reply. “I really wish you would take someone else along with you,” Alpha Dylan says to his younger sister. “That can not be done. Miguel will be fine as he is seeking one
Lena It’s the last full moon before Miguel goes into the realm of the fae to try to find our other mate, Raiden’s long lost twin. I will be here with all of our pregnant mates. I know my fighting skills aren’t as great as Rita’s or Raiden’s, but I will do everything in my power to keep them safe. With the full moon rising, I can feel the heat and rut cycle beginning to take over, so all other thoughts will be set aside. I work to get dinner ready for myself and my mates. Antony is by my side, preparing the salad and making us dessert. His sweet face is turning rosy and I can tell from his looks that he can smell my rising arousal. He won’t go into heat, but he will get horny with the rest of us. The bond will ensure that. Of the four mates I have currently, three are pregnant and deliciously glowing with their pregnancies. “We’ll have to hope you don’t also get pregnant,” Miguel says from behind me. “At least not until I have returned.” “If I do, I know our pack will do their
Tobias Being a newly awakened pregnant Lycan is strange at best. I am hungry or horny often and now it’s the full moon. So both of my mates will be giving off sexy feromones which makes me even more horny. Gah! I just realized that my younger sister is going through this very same thing at the moment, only she has more mates than I do! That is mortifying. I need to put the entire thought out of my head. It’s bad enough that I can’t train while pregnant so I am overthinking things. “Tobias, stop overthinking. Talk to me if you need to,” Amina says, looking up from the report she is reading. “Or, if it helps you to get out of your head, read over one of these reports for me and see what you can discern from it. Maybe a fresh set of eyes will help me gain a new perspective on this situation.”I stop pacing and sit on the sofa in her office with one of the reports. SHe has been over these a dozen times. It’s the reports flooding in from all over the country about The Riders and The Sh
Damien I don’t mind helping carry things and put them all in the correct rooms of the new house. I don’t even mind putting the furniture together with Miguel. But when we are all done and Miguel sits down to talk with me and voices his concerns, it feels…different. It’s like he really is embracing me as family, which I know we are since he is mated to my mates’ sisters, but I still often feel like an outsider. “While I’m gone, can you please keep an eye on them for me. I know you are training Lena, and Rita and Raiden can both fight, but with them pregnant, I just…Lena can’t protect three pregnant mates alone,” Miguel sighs. “After the full moon, I’m heading out to find Raiden’s twin and birth giving parent.” “We knew that, but I really hope it goes well and you come back soon. I will watch out for them and I will continue training Lena,” I reply. “Afterall, we are family and family takes care of one another.” I don’t know what else I can say. It’s not like I can assure him they
Sorry I disappeared, I have had some major family stuff happen, but will resume updates in the coming weeks. They may only be 2 or 3 per week for now, but I am aiming to work back up to daily updates. I didn't mean to leave everyone hanging and I have to catch up on where in the story I am so that I can continue from there. Hopefully, some of the stuff getting in the way of me writing will be handled more permanently soon.Thank you for your patience in the meantime.I believe I have less than 20 chapters left in part 2 (give or take depending on how long some scenes take to write) then we will be moving on to part 3. So far part 2 has gone in directions I didn't forsee when I first planned it, but I like where it has gone better than the original plan. I fully intend parts 3 and 4 to be packed with action and more surprises. And hope to finish the book by the end of June or July.