We run through the trees, quick and light on our feet. I am able to keep up easily with Lachlan and he is fast. I am just desperate by this point to get to Violet, to bring her home and put all of this behind us. We make our way to the edge of the trees but continue along the tree line, knowing we have good cover here, and can be well camouflaged by the trees if anyone was to look up this way. Giving us a degree of protection. From here, we can see the pack is almost deadly silent, the streets empty. Deserted.They have fled. I can only assume they had locked up after hearing of the attack. As they should do. As we would do. Good. Nobody innocent would be hurt. That was something Violet had said she did not want. This way, hopefully, it would not happen if we put a stop to the attack now. As she had requested. If the things she said were right, and we were putting her in danger, we needed to stop the attack as soon as we could. It seems so unnatural a pack being deserted. They ar
Sitting in the house where my grandfather left me locked up, which was definitely more lived in than the old cabin, so I can only assume it is his home. Pictures line the walls, the shelves. Family. Everywhere. This man was a family man, that much was clear. I could see similarities in their features, in myself, my father, even in Lachlan to some degree. Though I did not know his face particularly well, not having looked at him too much, being a moody bastard and getting on my nerves the way he did, why would I want to look at him?! Finding it difficult to keep looking at the pictures, accepting these are family I never knew existed, more secrets tugging at my heart… I sit down on the sofa, and wait. Hoping that things will not be long. ‘Vi?’ I suddenly got a mindlink. It seems more faint than usual, like a really crackly radio. But I can tell instantly who it is. Tate. I thought my abilities were dulled because of the wolfsbane. It hadn’t occurred to me to try mindlinking th
Lachlan marched on ahead, silence between the two of us. His face tense with worry. I chose to try to mindlink Violet and thankfully managed to get to her! But after some conversation she was seemingly ignoring me. Perhaps I had annoyed her by saying things against her grandfather, considering the fact she had called him family earlier? I did not know. But the link had been weak too, crackling like a failing radio, fading in and out like it was losing signal, so I do not know if it was simply that the mindlink had stopped working. Or that she had chosen to stop talking to me. Lachlan stopped by the water tower. It was at the edge of the forest in one of the fields. Perhaps they said they would meet here as it was a landmark easy for us to find when we did not know the pack. I just want my girl back. I do not care for anything else right now, not even the fighting. I just want Violet back. “We wait now.” He tells me, as he leans against the back wall, so we would be out of sig
I hear her words. I was so close to shifting. My wolf was on the verge of fully shifting. Then she was in front of me, blocking my path. No fear evident, her eyes blazing with fury. Telling me to stop. Tate warning me with his tone of voice… I was enraged. Furious. Nobody should be standing up to me like that. I am an Alpha. Only other alphas confront an alpha like that, not a simple pack member. Perhaps a Luna at most if her husband annoys him… But never the lower pack members. Even if she is the Beta’s mate. Or a gifted wolf. But I had been brought up the right way, I would never hurt a woman unjustly. So, instead, I stood staring at her, glaring. My anger burning through to her soul. My heart pounding as I pushed my wolf back, because if I let him have any further control, I knew would shift and end this old man's life.He had been desperate to shift, to attack, to end the life
I stand opposite Lachlan, having finished defending my grandfather. Telling him the truth. He is standing, chewing his lower lip, looking deep in thought. I glanced at Tate, still sitting on the floor, leaning on the building, taking in everything I had said. He nods at me. Before he looks away. ‘Tate?’ I mindlink. ‘Not now Violet.’ He responds. ‘I am sorry.’ I whispered through the link. He nods again, before dropping his head to his hands. What have I done? “Right, what makes you so sure that is the truth?” Lachlan's voice is suddenly booming. “He could be telling you things to make you feel sorry for him. Seems it worked, with you suddenly running around after him, willing to ruin your matebond for him.” I shake my head at him. Did he really think I was willing to ruin things with Tate for this?! That happened because it was the first thing that came to my mind. The first thing I could think of that may give me leverage. I had nothing of value to them. I hoped that
I see Violet’s body shudder and I realize she is likely to fall, and quickly go to catch her, bringing her down to the floor, just as Lachlan moves toward her too. Our reflexes are almost instant. Though I have not taken my eyes off her since she arrived. Her eyelids are flickering… she looks scary. I took her hand. “Vi?” I call, as both Lachlan and I knelt by her side.After getting no response, I looked at Lachlan. He shrugs. He checks her pulse, though, why I am not sure as I can see from where I was that her breathing is rapid, her chest rising and falling quicker than it had been. Damien was standing by our sides, looking down at his granddaughter with great concern etched on his face. “She is having a vision” a low voice says quietly from behind us. We all slowly look at one another, unease and apprehension clear on each of our faces at the sudden appearance of som
How can things become so messed up? This whole situation was based upon rejected love, it would seem? “You had a mate already, she rejected you years ago, and you had both moved on, having families, so why would you still want revenge? Especially to the point she died?” I find myself asking. “Look sweet girl, looking back, it makes no sense to me either. The matebond never fully went for me after she rejected me. She was special. Eliza truly was. Yes, I moved on, but my heart always held a place for Eliza. Laura died in childbirth of our youngest pups too. They were twins, Kadence had a sister, but the complications during the birth caused the little one to die and Laura to die too. I was alone once more, and bringing up my family. I pined for Laura. I loved her, of course I did. Please do not think that I did not. Please never question my love or dedication to her. She was a wonderful mate to me and knew of my past, she was one other that I did share it with, and she accepted it. Bu
The scene surrounding me is suddenly mayhem. I feel a pair of strong arms around me pulling me back. Embracing my trembling body as I take in the terror occurring in front of me. Tate’s voice is next to my ears as my body is shivering. “Don’t move Vi, I do not want you getting hurt.” Move? I am not sure if I could! I am in shock. I have seen wolves since being in the pack. Of course, I have. It was a werewolf pack after all. It is a daily occurrence people letting their wolf out for a run. I have seen Tate’s wolf, Odyn, many times now since that first time. Plus, I have seen Hattie’s wolf too, and Lachlan’s when we have all spent time together, beginning to train together, or just spending time together. But one thing I have not seen is wolves when they are shifting to attack. And right now my grandfather was still trying to shift, and Lachlan had shifted to attack. His body altering quickly, so much quicker than mine ever did, the seamless alteration of human limbs into wolf body pa
Dear Diary… Well, how can life change in the space of a year? By a crazy amount when you learn your parents lied. Or perhaps not so much lied but kept secrets from you. Secrets do nothing but make life difficult. Make life twisted and they hurt when they are finally revealed. But the secrets in the end brought me the happiness and life I was meant to have. Could the secrets have been part of the fate that led me here? Who knows? Having learned the things I have about being a werewolf, and how the beliefs are, fate plays a big part in our lives. Perhaps the path my life took was all a part of fate's plan... A path that brought me to the Autumn Moon Pack. To Tate. The handsome, mysterious Beta. The sweetest, kindest man I had ever met, that I was able to call mine. All because of a goddess I had never heard of until I learned of my heritage as a werewolf, blessing him as my fated mate. My fated mate. My love. My future. And now the father to the little one I am carrying inside my
I wake up wrapped in the warm embrace of Tate. His head is resting on my shoulder. “Good morning beautiful” he whispers. I found myself chuckling. “Good morning to you too” I whispered back. “You know I am going to have to get you up and out of bed shortly for your training.” He says with a sigh. “Euurrgghh!” I grumbled. “But the bed is so warm and comfy!” Training has been going on almost each day since we returned to pack six months ago. Lachlan was relentless. Though I can’t blame him, Azaria was just as unrelenting too in her necessity for me to refine these gifts of mine and in her need to make me as strong as she could, both physically and mentally. “Oh. You mean you don’t want to stay in bed because of your handsome mate?” Tate huffs, flipping himself, so he was suddenly on all fours, leaning over me. I find myself smirking at his playfulness. We had most definitely refined our relationship and our gifts… “Perhaps I was just coming to that…” I teased,
The doctor leads us into Damien’s room. He is not looking good. Though what would I know? I am not a doctor. But he looks like he is at death’s door. And it scares me. But he is in the right place. Tate had told me this hospital had some good doctors, and I am sure Lachlan would do what he could to make sure he got the best care possible. Pierce led the rest of the family into the room. All looking equally shocked by the state of my grandfather. I doubt the doctors would allow us all to stay in here together for long before trying to throw us out. “What has the doctor said?” Adam asks, I am surprised he is here, expecting him to be with his son, though I can only assume his mate is there, as I have not seen here since we arrived. Lachlan looks up from where he was standing by the side of the bed, his grandfather not having moved since we walked in here. His eyes not having moved from his brother in the bed. “The doctor said he is stable now. Though he is badly injured. He
I watch her. Doing whatever it was she was doing. Speaking as someone else through her body? She is unreal. How did she manage that? Her eyes shifted, to a deeper blue. She looked like she was from another world for those few moments she spoke. An aura radiating off her that gave that otherworldly glow. The voice coming from her was unrecognizable to me. But the look on my grandfather’s face changed instantly. Color draining from his skin. Eyes wide open as he looked at her, and I could see tears in his eyes. ‘What the fuck?’ I mindlink Tate. ‘Not a clue. I thought Azaria was going to talk, she can do that like most of us can. But that is not her voice. That voice is not Azaria's. I do not know who that is.’ Tate says, yet his eyes have not left his mate. He looked fearful for her, not knowing what to expect. All these gifts are new to us. We don’t know how she will be with them. During them, or after them. What effect they could have on her. But Azaria clearly felt the
I stood watching Lachlan walking away from me. My skin turning cold hearing my brother’s name echoing through my mind. How can they seriously expect me to want to help him? He killed our mother. Kidnapped her. Then tortured her to the point of her death. No. Have they lost their damn minds? I look to Pierce. His eyes are dark, but he is watching me. A sad smile on his face. He knew of this? I find myself struggling to speak. No. Have they lost their damn minds? I can hear voices surrounding me, but they are not registering in my mind. This is madness. This made no sense. They had brought my brother back here. To the pack we had him exiled from. What the hell was Lachlan thinking? Was he even fit to be an Alpha of our great pack? Does he not know what this man was capable of? Suddenly, a hand is on my shoulder, snapping out of my angry mind wandering. I realize there are many more unfamiliar faces surrounding me now. Unfamiliar. But yet they have a hint of familiarit
I stand waiting within the pack hospital as requested by my grandson. Things seem so hectic in the pack. My son dashing off here and there. I hate being old and not quite so able to help anymore. That used to be part of the role of Alpha I loved the most, the drama… the action. And I have to say it was something I missed as I got older, as I handed down the role to my son. Lachlan’s call was unclear. The signal was not good, and the reasoning behind him wanting me at the hospital was not quite explained. He just asked me to be here, saying I would be the best candidate for a blood donor if needed. I am not going to decline that, if somebody needs my help, it is there, no matter how old I am. I may feel like an old and decrepit man most days, but if I am still capable of helping, if it is needed, then I will be there. I may not be able to do much as a former Alpha and I miss that role and all that came with it, but if I can help, then they could rely on me. I had got here as quic
I watch as they drive away with my grandfather in the back of the truck. Fear is filling me. He looked dead. I was pushing toward him, trying to get to him, wanting to try to heal him. But Tate was mindlinking me, telling me to stand back, to not try this for the first time on him, not to risk his life further when I am not sure of what I am doing. Lachlan is taking charge. The voices are just a blur to me. I hear Adam saying that my grandfather’s wolf is dead. How can that be? He has been suffering, and nobody seemed to know other than his son. How much pain had this man had to endure? “Violet, come on now, we need to go.” Tate is leading me to a waiting car. I can only assume we are heading back to Autumn Moon. Azaria seems to have retreated once more. She is meant to be a gifted wolf yet seems to spend most of her time hiding in the outer edges of my mind. Though my lack of experience of how to deal with her maybe doesn’t help. My body was in a daze. Nothing around me reg
I feel my wolf pushing through and shifting once more, my body adjusting and altering of its own accord, turning into Rye, the dark gray form of my wolf. He seems to have pushed me right to the back. I can sense his anger. I don’t know what happens, but he is suddenly moving toward the two wolves still fighting alongside us, and before I know it, and because they are so engrossed in attacking one another, Rye pounces… Bringing his jaw down on the neck of the Alpha, clamping his teeth into the neck and sinking them in before twisting. The Alpha realizes what is happening and tries to fight back, but the grip Rye has is too tight and the way in which the Alpha is moving is only making the situation worse for himself, as I hear a galling snap as his neck breaks, and he falls from the grip of Rye before Lachlans’s wolf takes him and attacks him once more, making sure he is dead. Aggressively dropping him to the floor once he is done with him, before his human form is suddenly pu
I check on little Alfie. He is still snoozing, his little eyes tightly shut as he is swaddled in his blankets tightly to protect him from the outside elements, as well as having been in the protective embrace of his parents as we have alternated in carrying him since leaving the hospital. He has slept so soundly since we left, and I am glad. Hopefully, he will stay that way until we reach this new pack. I did not expect all of this, but deep down I have to say I am glad. Our pack never offered us much, and the hospital did not have much in the way of options for our little one. We feared we would lose him. Hopefully, our new pack may be able to give us hope for a future for me and my family. My mate and our little one. The pain of losing our firstborn tore us down, but we worked through it and decided to try again. We were overjoyed to discover we were expecting another pup. Our beautiful child. The creation of our love and happiness of being mates. Only to discover he too had th