My mother had called Thomas to come over and pick me up the next morning. We all agreed that I needed to spend time with him and his pack especially since my 18th birthday was right around the corner. Thomas had mentioned to my mother that he wanted me to attend the pack school on his territory. My mom didn’t protest. I didn’t sleep. Ryan came in to snuggle, upset that I was leaving. I wish I could explain everything to him; however I refused to steal his innocence. The next morning I finished packing some of the essentials in some bags. I saw him pull up in his black suv. Beta Sam sat in the passenger seat. Anxiety started to plague me. Was this a good idea? I didn’t know how to feel knowing what he did.I stood on the front porch with some of my bags next to me. He gave me a sad smile and instead of giving me a hug like he usually did, he picked up my bag and swung it over his shoulder.“Hey kiddo, you ready?” Thomas asked. I could tell he was nervous. My mother walked onto the po
—-I spent the day unpacking. Thomas let me be as I got settled. I heard him walk up to my door a few times before walking away. What could he say? I knew the truth of what he did. I know he didn’t have any control over the command, but I was still upset. Rachel blew up my phone. Upset that I didn’t say bye to her before I left. I groaned, and fell on bed face first not wanting to deal with more drama. I had enough going on. “Quinn,” Thomas knocked on the door and stepped in. He looked around the room; it looked like a tornado went off in here. I moved my head to the side. “Whats up?” “Well, it looks like you have gotten a lot done.” He teased me. I rolled my eyes as I folded a shirt and stacked it on top of a pile of already folded clothes. He leaned against the dresser closest to the door and ran his fingers through his hair. I looked at him over my shoulder picking up another piece of clothing to fold.“Quinn…. I honestly don’t even know where to begin. Please know how incred
I surprisingly slept better than I had in a long time; however, my beauty rest was rudely awakened by a ridiculous alarm ringtone that no doubt Ryan had set up. Bye Bye Bye by NSYNC rang through the phone. I'll give him some credit. He had good taste. I walked out of my bedroom entranced by my phone. Responding to the never-ending texts Rachel was sending me asking when I was coming back. As I turned the corner, I suddenly hit a wall that was wet and heard a grunt. It took me a second to realize I had in fact walked into a wet man. My eyes slowly traveled up his body. His muscles were perfectly shaped. A towel hung low around his waist showing off his Adonis belt and packed chest of muscle. He had scars that resembled claw marks going across his right peck. Tattoos cascading down one of his arms and down both legs. His brown hair was long on top and faded on the sides. His beard was barely grown in. His gray eyes sparkled. I couldn’t help but be in awe of the Greek god standing bef
The drive was brief. I got out of the car and walked up to what looked to be an abandoned warehouse.“This can’t be the place.” I mumbled to myself to look at the text Thomas sent. This was the address. But it didn’t look like a school to me.I looked over at Sam. Was he really going to follow me everywhere I went? I already felt like a freak show at my last school. I refused to start that way here. “I don’t think we are in the right spot.” I said to him, ``getting a little annoyed.“Are you sure?” He asked with a grin. Still leaning on the car. He pointed to a woman who was dressed in a black pantsuit. Her auburn hair neatly clipped up. She oozed dominant energy. I looked at him confused, when I heard her call my name. “You must be Miss Pierce.” She walked up to me with a perfect smile. I nodded, unsure who this person was. “I am Katherine Turner, headmaster of the academy.“Good morning, Sam.” She welcomed. He nodded with a smile. “Alpha Thomas informed me that you would be accomp
As soon as he walked past me he did a double take in my direction. Awkward. His sparkling gray eyes looked at me surprised before he quickly pushed the look away. He stood next to Mr. Reynolds waved before folding his arms across his chest. “Hey guys,” his smile was perfect with his full lips. His voice is deep and smooth.Get it together Quinn, of course the only man that I ever had physical contact with had to be him and look like him. Was bad enough I embarrassed myself at home but now I had to deal with him at school! I scolded myself internally. “So today we will be focusing on fighting fist on fist for moments that you are unable to access your powers. We will then go into a second round where we will then bring in your powers to see where everyone is at.” He explained. We all lined up and one by one I watched Derek throw the students on their asses. I thankfully was trained by my mother and I knew I had the advantage of having alpha blood even though I hadn’t shifted yet. I s
I woke up to murmurs around me. As my senses came to, I realized I was lying on a couch that was in Thomas’s office. Slowly sitting up I held one hand to my head and the other shielded my eyes from the fluorescent lights. I felt like I was run over by a train. “Quinn,” I heard Thomas’s voice as he rushed over to me. “Are you alright?”“I’m fine, I just wanted to make a lasting first impression at school.” joking, not wanting to show how embarrassed I was. Thomas chuckled, moving a strand of hair that fell in my face over my shoulder. “Well, I would say you definitely made a lasting impression kiddo.” I shrugged. Thomas’s eyes glazed over, communicating with someone through the mind link. He growled and stood up quickly mumbling to himself. Curious what upset him, I got up a little too quickly as I stumbled before getting my footing. I heard yelling outside the packhouse. When I opened the door, Thomas was between Derek and Sam trying to separate them from fighting. Derek had a s
The car ride started off noticeably quiet.I pursed my lips and then looked around awkwardly. I had so many questions. Thomas looked at me from the corner of his eye, smirking with an eyebrow raised; noticing that I was burning with questions. “So…remember that one time when you were going to tell me something on our way to school?” I looked down at my fingers, fidgeting. Thomas sighed. “Well Katherine, your headmaster is my mate.” I nodded, trying to hide that I already knew that.“But based on your reaction you figured that out already,” he responded, chuckling. I put my lips in a line. “I may have overheard some of the conversation,” I admitted. Thomas gave me a half smile, his fingers tightened around the steering wheel. “Not long after the attack on your mother happened…,” his jaw tightened, anguish filled his face; “I saw Katherine and we realized we were mates. We were best friends growing up along with my best friend Ben. I hadn't seen her since she went off to school bef
Mandy insisted I go to a party that was going on at a pier tonight as an early birthday celebration. Even though there was still some time before that. It was nice having a girlfriend to talk to or just be around. It also made me miss Rachel from back home. There was way too much testosterone at the pack house.“Come on, it will be so much fun!”She squealed, unable to keep her excitement contained.“Do I look like I’m dressed to go to a party?” I asked, waving my hands in front of me. As we got out of the car, we walked up to her house and up the stairs to her room.“You can borrow some of my clothes,” she insisted, speeding to her closet to grab a few items that were hanging in the closet.She tossed several outfits on her bed and pointed to them. “Wah lah! Now try them on.” She demanded.I rolled my eyes getting off the beanbag chair that sat in the corner of her room.I scanned the clothes. Nothing was my style. I liked my converse, t shirts and jeans and all she had was pink and
EPILOGUE 8 YEARS LATER:“Momma, I want to go see uncle Ryan!” Ellie groaned. She stomped her pink-glitter converse into the gravel of the driveway. I continued to buckle Pryor into his car seat. I sighed and looked down at my baby boy who had a big gummy smile on his face. I kissed the tip of his nose before closing the car door. “Ellisse, how many times do I need to go over this with you?” She crossed her arms and looked so much like myself, I almost wanted to take a picture of it. Ellie groaned again and looked up at the sky. “I just don’t understand why I have to go with you to get grandpa.”’I squatted down in front of her. Trying to level with an eight year old was not easy. I straightened her jacket. “We will be quick honey. I know you are excited to see Uncle Ryan on his special day, but Great Grampa wants to be there too.” “I want to see uncle Ryan, but I want to see Rykerrrrr” She growled. Ryker was Mandy and Elan’s son who was a year younger than Ellisse. She was transfix
Six Weeks LaterQUINN POVFinally getting Ellie to sleep, I flopped down on the bed. I clutched my breasts and hissed as they were sore from my crotch goblin using them as her feeding bags.Derek walked out of the bathroom, a towel low on his hips. My eyes trailed down his toned abs down to his v line where the towel was. A clearing of the throat from Derek made me snap out of the day dreaming I was in. He scratched the back of his neck. “You know, Instead of looking at me like a snack, I can give you a treat,” a smirk went across his face.I blushed. My hormones were all over the place after having Ellie. One minute I wanted to fuck, the next I wanted to sleep or cry. I don’t know how Derek was keeping it together with my 17 personalities.I perched myself on my elbows and gave him a “come here” motion with my pointer finger. “Quinn don’t tease!” Derek pouted “I’m not teasing, come here,” I said with a small smile on my face. Without wasting another second Derek dropped his towel
9 MONTHS LATER:POV Quinn “One more push Quinn. She’s almost here.” The nurse encouraged me. I squeezed Derek’s hand once more, making him wince. He had been warned not to look over the curtain and sure enough, as our baby girl was getting pulled out of me, he looked and began to sway on his feet. “Will someone please bring our King a wet compress.” The nurse between my legs instructed. She looked up at me. “One more push Quinn.”I shook my head. “I can’t.” I cried. Derek was able to pull himself together and pressed a kiss to my sweaty temple. “You can do it, baby.” Derek encouraged me. I screamed as I gave my last push, giving everything I had left in me. The equipment and lights moved and flickered at my scream. No one in the room flinched when they heard my scream. Instead they carried on like I wasn’t an octave away from blowing eardrums out. I heard my baby girl’s wail as she entered this world. My body sagged from the immediate relief of being down with pushing. I looked
6 months Later:POV Quinn “Ryan, come on! Breakfast is ready!” I called up the stairs. I was beginning to lose my patience with this boy. My once fun, loving, well-behaved younger brother, was now going through a terrible rebellious stage. Ryan stomped his way down the main stair-case of the packhouse. I rolled my eyes at his overdramatized walking. “You’re going to be late for school.”“So?” Ryan grumbled as he walked to the kitchen. “SO… It doesn't look good for the future alpha to be missing school or being late. You need to show the pack that you are reliable.” I internally cringed at my words. Ryan simply rolled his eyes and continued to go into the kitchen and sit on one of the stools at the island. I placed a heaping stake of chocolate chip pancakes in front of him. “I made your favorite.” “Thanks,” Ryan grumbled as he shoved a large piece of pancake in his mouth. Currently we were staying in my childhood pack house with the Red Night Pack as my father took some time to t
Quinn POVDerek sensed something was amidst and followed me outside where we both shifted into our wolves. The full moon’s energy coursed through us, giving us heightened speed and senses. I heard howls in the distance accompanied by mind-link messages that they too were on their way to see the rise of Damien Pierce. As we approached the hospital, the voices that had quieted since receiving my necklace were now talking all at once. “Savior! Follow the power!” The tall slate brick building came into view. Seline pushed herself faster. Wanting nothing more than to get closer to the energy source that emanated from the tall building. As we approached the hospital, two nurses stood outside waiting for us with scrubs to change into. Derek and I quickly shifted back to our human forms. “My Queen.” The nurses bowed before handing us the clothing. I still didn’t know how to handle being called that. I certainly did not feel like a queen. I gave them a small smile before getting changed. “W
What the man didn’t tell me was that my grandfather was not only speaking in his sleep, but approximately around the time Rowan was killed, he roared loud enough to make the building tremble under its intensity. Reluctantly, I had sent a mind link to my father to let him know about the situation. To no surprise he didn’t respond. With Ryan with Thomas and Kat, Derek and I were now here at the hospital in my grandfather’s room. I felt the stone on my necklace heat as we got closer to my grandfather’s bed. The sensation made me gasp. Derek looked at me warily. “You okay?” I tugged on the string to push the stone off my skin. “Ye-yeah” I stammered. My grandfather began to stir in his bed. Maybe it was because of the full moon tonight. Everyone seemed to be antsy, which was normal for a full moon. I walked over to my grandfather and put my hand into his. His complexion had improved significantly since the last time I had visited. His cheeks were less gaunt and now had a pink hue to th
Quinn POV Amelia and the remaining members of her and Rowan’s army were nowhere to be found. I immersed myself in helping tend to any injured and to support the mourning families. I refused to acknowledge that now that the other services for the fallen had been commenced, it was now time for my mother’s. The impending storm that threatened to come held off for my mother’s service. Whispers and side glances plagued my senses as I stood next to my father and Ryan. Derek stood behind me, close enough to let me know that he was there, but also allowing me to mourn with my family. My black knee length dress felt like it was suffocating me. I tugged at the fabric, attempting to get more room but unsuccessful. My father stood as still as a statue in an all black bespoke suit. His hands rested in front of him as he continued to look at my mother’s dark cherry coffin. Thomas led the ceremony. His usually bright emerald green eyes were dull and filled with unshed tears. Everyone was dressed
Quinn POV Howls echoed in unison throughout the territory as we all felt the tether to my mother break. I focused my energy on the enemy in front of me. I could break after this bitch was destroyed. Something must have spooked Amelia because she extinguished her smoke spheres and looked at me with her blood shot eyes. “This is over Quinn. I will take all that you took from me!” Before I could move towards her, she vanished in a cloud of smoke along with Rowan’s body. I let out a growl. “I’ll be waiting!”As soon as Amelia was gone, I ran back over to my mother and father. I fell to my knees in front of my mother and wrapped my arms around my father’s torso. “Daddy, she’s gone.” His entire body trembled as the other half to his soul was taken from him. Members of the surrounding packs circled us. Some wounded, some missing limbs, but all giving their respect for one of their leaders. I heard the sound of feet hitting the ground quickly before I heard the sound of Kat gasp. She fel
QUINN POVI knew she was gone when I heard my father‘s roar. It echoed throughout the field making me wince from the pain in my ears. I looked up to see my dad‘s wolf running to my mother who was still cradled in my arms. He licked her face as if his kisses could help heal what was broken. Tears streamed down my face as I felt her tether to me vanish. I brushed some hair away from her pale lifeless face. I heard bones cracking and rearranging before the bloody hands of my father touched my mothers face. Extreme guilt filled me knowing she just sacrificed her life for me. I looked at my father who looked like he had seen a ghost.“Anna baby please wake up please wake up” he cried shaking her pepper in her face with kisses “please baby wake up wake up you can’t be gone” he looked at me and panic.“What have you done you bitch!” The woman screamed. In my despair I had almost forgotten that Amelia was still alive. I stood up and moved in between my parents and Amelia. Her eyes became a