Leah’s POV We weren’t really using protection and I wasn’t on anything, and worst of all, we hadn’t really discussed children, but we were busy every chance we got, so it was very possible that I could be pregnant already. I pushed the thought to the back of my mind as we stood back and looked at our finished project. Everything had really come together so damn nice and I couldn’t understand why the first Luna couldn’t get it done faster. What was she doing that I’m not or was it the other way around? Was I doing things she didn’t? Sebastian slipped his arm around my waist and smiled as we looked at the colourful, freshly painted building in front of us. “You did good.” He dropped a kiss on top of my head and I grinned. I really did do well. Emily had a group of young adults together that were going to move in and help with the children and the air was electric with excitement. Sebastian suggested a barbeque to celebrate our achievement and whoops went up all around us. Everybody dis
Eli’s POV I had enough of watching these bastards and was on my way to call my warriors when my new beta rushed into my office looking as if he had seen a ghost. He almost pushed me out of the way as he grabbed hold of my TV remote and searched for a channel. As soon as the face came up, I felt my heart sink! The headline read “Werewolves and Vampires” and the reporter was the girl I sent after Sebastian! She had footage of me shifting in the city! How on earth did she get that? She also had footage of me walking out of the club where I met Nathaniel! That BASTARD! The only way she could have gotten her hands on that was if Sebastian had helped her! “These creatures are living among us. They could be your neighbour or even your closest friend and you wouldn’t know it until it’s too late. We want to caution everybody that should you come across one of them, you shouldn’t try to take them down yourself …” I didn’t even listen to the rest as I lowered my head into my hands. My phone ran
Leah’s POVMy heart went out to the girl and Eli, but for once, I didn’t feel the need to interfere. My own life depended on this plan working. I was furious at Sebastian when we drove here and he explained what he was planning, but my fury died as soon as he told me that he was going to use this plan to get Nathaniel out of our lives for good. At first, I didn’t think that Nathaniel would fall for it but watching his face when Sebastian explained to him how Eli had been dealing with the reporter this entire time and how he planned to bring down not just our pack but the entire vampire community. I felt that it was a huge reach, but Nathaniel seemed to believe Sebastian, and as soon as Eli arrived it was all over for him.I didn’t want to think about what would happen to him and the girl. I just breathed a sigh of relief when Eli walked through the door and I realized that Nathaniel shook Sebastian’s hand. Th
Leah’s POVSeeing Sebastian handing out the toys to the children, convinced me that we needed to have a child. I wished we could take all the children home from the orphanage because I couldn’t begin to imagine taking just one of them and having to leave the others behind. What were they going to think after we leave them behind? I started to wonder if adopting was such a good idea and when I felt Sebastian’s arms circle around me, I breathed in his scent and felt my wolf calm down instantly.“What’s up, buttercup?” He sat down on the floor behind me as I pulled little Elana into my arms and handed her the blocks she’d been playing with.“I can’t do this.” I turned my head toward him and spoke softly.“Do what?” He frowned, smiling.“This,” I looked at the other children. “I can’t ima
Eli’s POVI felt like killing Nathaniel when I heard the girl screaming next door. They unlocked the door just a couple of minutes ago. I could feel her fear, which was strange since she wasn’t a pack member and she wasn’t my mate. It had to have something to do with our blood connection. I couldn’t imagine them moving that tub I remembered into her room, and I knew that calling her over the radio wasn’t going to help if they were doing something to her. This was infuriating! I wondered if I would be able to break down the door if I shifted, but immediately pushed that idea to the back of my mind. I knew that Nathaniel would have prepared for my strength and I would probably not be able to break it down! Her screams slowly left her room and passed by my door and I shoved my pillow over my head to try and drown them out. There was no way I would ever be able to save her. Images of what happened to me when he made me
Leah’s POVMy heart was literally torn to pieces! I made a point of going to see the children as often as I could. I didn’t want a single one to think they weren’t loved. Which, of course, made me feel even worse about our decision to adopt just one child. Our way of life suddenly made absolutely no sense to me! We fought like animals over territory, and nobody thought about the poor children that were left behind. I pulled the journal from my shelf. Sebastian and Emily were out for two days to attend an alpha meeting, and to my surprise, it was made very clear that no Luna should attend. That, of course, made me worry. Why would they have a meeting where the Lunas of the pack shouldn’t be there? I sat down and opened the book to the next page.As I read previous Luna’s diary, I realized that she struggled with the same problem I did. She clearly knew that Sebastian was a hybrid and didn’t want a biolog
Eli’s POVI woke up to the door unlocking. The sound of the heavy lock in the steel door reminded me that there was no way in hell I was getting through there on my own. Even if I was in wolf form. Nathaniel sure knew his damn stuff. I hadn’t really tried my hybrid strength, but no creature I knew of would be able to get through there without a key. Besides, once I got out of here, I would have no idea of where to go. Knowing these vamps, we were probably on a different fucking continent! My thoughts were rudely interrupted when one of their electric prods hit me in the side.For a split second, I wondered if this was going to become a daily occurrence! Were they going to come in here once a day, stick me with their little sticks and drag me off to be poked and prodded until they finally brought me back? I couldn’t imagine surviving much of this for too long. Even supernatural creatures have their limits. The lights flas
Leah’s POV“Yeah?” I frowned. I wasn’t entirely sure if Sebastian was smiling because he was in total shock or if he was actually happy. “Sebastian?” I watched him as he took a couple of steps and rubbed his chin. “Are you okay? Did you hear what I said? I’m pregnant.” I frowned, unsure if I might have broken him. He stood there looking at the floor for a couple of minutes and I felt my heart freezing over completely. I had to be ready for him to tell me to get rid of our baby. I mean, we did have an agreement that I wasn’t going to get pregnant …“Yeah, I’m okay. I’m happy!” He smiled. “And sad, and nervous and furious.” He frowned. “Leah, you know what this means, right?” He rushed over and pulled me into his arms and I nodded.“I’m so sorry, my lo
Leah’s POV I was speechless! All of the wolves around my son had shifted completely or at least partially and they were in agony, but he was just standing there looking at them. I looked at the moon and prayed to the goddess one last time. She had to help him! She just had to! A tear rolled down the side of my cheek as I looked at the moon coming out from behind the trees. As the last of its rays finally shone down on all of us, our son let out a howl that shuddered the ground. He hit the floor on all fours as his body started to twist in the most uncomfortable ways and bones snapped into their new places. He howled again and the pain he was going through could be felt in it. The pack howled in reply to give him strength as he slowly changed into his new form. He wasn’t entirely a wolf, but he also wasn’t entirely human or a vampire. He stood up on his hind legs and his arms and hands, which were meant to be legs and paws, were still arms and hands, but they were black and covered in
Leah’s POVI nearly had a heart attack when Sebastian told me that Nicolas had contacted him and advised him that Beverly was still alive first of all, and secondly, those two were going to get married! I was itching to get all the details since I always felt horrible about leaving her behind with Nathaniel, but Sebastian was being a typical male. He didn’t ask! I couldn’t very well call Beverly up like I would a friend and tell her to dish! I had to just accept that she had hopefully finally found love and peace after what had been done to her.Elana had started to get up and walk about the top floor and I was almost convinced she was teasing her little brother because she could. I had never realized that I could love two people as much as I loved these two children of ours. I still kept a hawk's eye on our son. We had no idea what the hell was going to happen to him. Would he become a vampire or a werewolf or be both like his father? Nicolas had been kind enough to offer their help
Beverly’s POV“Beverly, I have to be honest with you before this goes any further.” I frowned. Great! I misread his signals and now he is going to send me to some forgotten palace where I wouldn’t know anybody and … “I can see the wheels turning in that pretty little head of yours and I can tell you that it’s not what you think.” He smiled, tucking a stray piece of my hair behind my ear before taking my hand and leading me into my bedroom. He closed the door behind us and locked it which kind of scared and excited me at the same time! I was surprised when he walked up to me and slipped his arms around my waist and I felt myself go a little rigid. I’d been disappointed far too many times in my life. I have no idea why I even thought this time things could be different!“I’ve fallen in love with you.” He smiled and I felt my cheeks turn bright red as I gaped at him with wide eyes.“I’m sorry.” I was swallowing air like a damn fish out of the water! “I don’t think I heard you right. Did
Leah’s POVTime flew by and before I knew it, I was on our bed screaming my lungs out, pushing a watermelon through a hole that wasn’t made for it!! I looked at Emily with wide eyes, thinking this was happening way too fast. I thought we might still have time to get to the hospital. Wasn’t that the way things were meant to work? But noooo! Our son had to start coming out as the elevator went down, so as soon as the doors opened on the ground floor, Emily pressed the button to take us back up. There was no time to wait for the doctor. We had barely made it to bed when I shouted that I needed to push. Sebastian wasn’t even here yet! He was out patrolling the borders with the warriors!“One last big push, Leah.” Emily looked as though she was feeling my pain as I shook my head.“NOOOO! I want Sebastian!” I cried.“This baby isn’t going to wait for
Beverley’s POVNicolas didn’t seem so bad, but I didn’t trust anything with fangs or canines or any supernatural strength anymore. They all found a way to lie to you eventually. Even that werewolf girl I met a couple of months ago. She sat there and did nothing while I was dragged off to be killed by Nathaniel! I wondered what the chances were of getting revenge but quickly pushed that idea to the back of my mind. If what happened to Eli was an indication of what happened when you wanted revenge, then I didn’t want any part of it! I thought for a moment of joining Nicolas and his coven, but I would never be able to feel totally at home.“There is one more option.” His voice interrupted my line of thinking. “But I don’t think you will be interested, since it was originally Nathaniel’s pet project. We have, however, found that there is still a need for it.” He fro
Beverly’s POVI had been there for a couple of days and the only people I saw were the guard and the girl who brought me food and clothes. I tried asking the guard what they planned on doing with me and who the hell was in charge around here, but he would just shrug and mumble before leaving me locked away in my room again. At night, I could hear whispers in the passages, but I could never make out who it was or what they were saying. I had half expected someone to come in here and interrogate me, but nothing. It was a total communication block and I was slowly losing my mind.I might not be entirely human anymore, but surely, they could allow me out of this room once in a while. They were feeding me so I couldn’t think that they planned on killing me. Whoever the hell they were. I could smell that they were vampires. I’d learned how to tell the difference thanks to the very short time I pretended to like Nathaniel. Yeah
Leah’s POVI was so damn excited about bringing Elana home that I felt nauseous the entire time! That combined with my morning sickness made me feel physically green, but I must have hidden it well because, thankfully, nobody asked me if I was okay. We had a picture session at the orphanage as Elana said goodbye to the staff and again as we arrived home. It had been a pretty exciting time just to bring her here, and we walked into the main dining room where the pack was waiting.The food smelled incredible as usual and we made our way around the room introducing everyone to our little girl. She was laughing and my heart sang each time her beautiful laugh rang through the air. It was probably one of the most prized moments of my life. After a little while, Elana started to yawn and I laughed, informing everyone that they were welcome to carry on with the party but that it seemed as though our little guest of honour needed a nap. We t
Sebastian’s POVThanks to the fact that Eli had killed Nathaniel, there was nobody anymore to tell me I couldn’t kill the bastard! I couldn’t focus on my pack around me that was being slaughtered by the hybrids. My focus was on Eli, and killing him! If I understood the sire line correctly, as soon as he died, his entire line would die with him! Thanks to his brilliant plan to make them all hybrids! I groaned as he pulled out a chunk of my hair and I turned as fast as I could to face him again. When I noticed he was distracted, I attacked again and this time I tasted blood.It looked as though the arrival of the vampires didn’t change a thing in his mind! He probably thought his pack was strong enough to take on all of us! As he sprinted forward again, all I thought about was that he was the one I wanted to rip to shreds! Bodies were falling all around us as we continued to rip into each other, staining both our coa
Eli’s POVI waited until I was sure all my people were in the great hall before I walked in. As I took my place at the podium, I stood looking at all of them.“For years now, we’ve had to take whatever our neighbours dished our way. Alpha Sebastian even stole my mate and claimed her as his own when he found out that she was my destined mate.” I knew the stories had been circling around the pack so it wouldn’t be news to any of them to find out that Leah was mine! “Then, he sent someone to kill our Luna!” I could feel the anger building up in the room and I knew that last statement was going to be enough to get everyone on my side. Even the people who would normally vote against a war wouldn’t be able to do it this time, since our Luna was killed by Sebastian. I didn’t need proof of this. I knew they would believe me because of what I was about to tell them. “When I wouldn’t give him our entire territory, he had me kidnapped.” I pretended to be unable to look at them, but I was slowly