The breakfast was sweet of him, going out of his way to cook for me, so I didn’t need to face up to a dining room full of strangers when he realised I was feeling fed up. Makes it almost forgivable he was checking out my butt. Almost…He seems to be being really kind to me, but I am sure he is just trying to be nice because he has to be, yet when I suggest that he gets all defensive, so I am just going to leave it. I can’t be bothered, I need to be doing what I need to do, learn what I need to learn and hopefully they will let me leave.After I wash up the pots, pans and plates from breakfast, I see Tate watching me from the breakfast bar. I swear if he is checking out my butt again I am going to kick his ass…“You ready to go see Alpha?” he asks.Oh shit, I forgot about that. He mentioned it earlier, but didn’t really elaborate. I wonder if I am in trouble?“If I have to” I nod.“Well, you need to pledge to the Alpha and pack hunni, kind of a formality when joining a werewolf pack” h
What? I can’t leave? He seriously just said I can't leave.I feel fear rip through my body. Had they waited until I had pledged to the pack and him before telling me that? I thought I was coming here to learn about my heritage. Surely what happens then is my choice, is it not? I was trembling, I don’t know if it was anger or fear. My plan had been to learn and then leave. Had pledging to them taken away any choice I had?“Why?” I ask “I have no reason to stay once I learn what I need to, surely? My parents asked me to learn that was all.”The Alpha growls slightly. Shit, was that his wolf coming to the surface? I feel myself tremble even more, stumbling backward, wanting to get to the door. This is one big mistake. If he is growling, is he going to turn into his wolf and attack me? Have I angered him that much? But they can't keep me here against my will, can they?“Violet, you are safe here.” Tate tells me.Safe? Fucking safe when right now I have a big fucking bastard werewolf bloke
I walked out of Lachlan’s office, glad to get out of the tension in there. He was in a foul mood today, and Violet being so unsure of everything seemed to piss him off even more. Though at the same time she seemed to have no filter, which I have to say was kinda amusing. But you would think Lachaln would try to be a little more patient with her considering everything she has been through and everything she has suddenly found out, it has to be a hell of a mind fuck to find that out as an almost-adult and then being expected not only to accept it but also to have your life completely changed overnight.As we walked out of the room, I quickly removed my arm from around Violet’s shoulder, not able to deal with the tingling sensation of the mate bond and not react to it. Not to mention, I don’t want her beginning to question why each time we touch there is a weird sensation. So far I have tried to dismiss it as static shock, but surely pretty soon she is going to start questioning why this
The lesson was pretty simple and brief today. Tate decided to be kind to me and make the lesson shorter considering the other stuff I have had to do today, which I have to say I do appreciate. See he isn’t that bad after all. Certainly seems a nicer guy than his fucking grumpy ass Alpha. That guy seems to have a chip on his shoulder and is one seriously moody mother fucker.Though I suppose I may have been pissing him off being a moody cow too, but you would think he may have just a little bit of sympathy for me considering everything right now. But oh no, he expects me to be bowing down and kissing his fucking feet, it seems. Well, he is going to be seriously disappointed, cos that ain't about to happen.I'll try to be civil and that is likely as far as it will go, my mouth tends to have no filter if people annoy me. And he annoys me. A lot.The stuff I have learnt makes sense so far, and is pretty easy to understand, though I still find it pretty crazy that this stuff goes on and so
Well, lessons for today have finished, not wanting to force the poor lass into doing too much after having so much going on. Now we are strolling around the pack. I am quite happy walking around with this beauty by my side, not that she realises it. I don’t think she would even consider herself beautiful. She certainly doesn’t seem to come across as confident.But she is beautiful in an ethereal sort of way. Her eyes are such a beautiful shade of blue, I swear it feels like you could swim in them. I know I could get lost looking into them. That is why I try not to make direct eye contact with her too much, or else I know I am going to struggle looking away from her!The pack is nice to walk around, all neatly set out and well cared for. Our Alpha, Lachlan, always makes sure the pack is well taken care of. There are so many nice places to visit, and I want Violet to see that, see that the pack is not such a bad place after all.All she has heard about packs is damaging things, so I can
We sat by the lake, drying off in the late afternoon sunshine. Tate had headed into the cabin next to the lake to grab some towels. So it hadn’t been an abandoned cabin as I had first thought. Though in a busy pack like this, and going off how he described his times at the lake and how popular the lake is, it wouldn't make sense for it to be abandoned, I guess.I had taken the occasional sly glance at how chiselled this guy was. He was like he was sculpted out of rock or something. But I dared not let my eyes linger for too long in case he saw me, as that was not something I wanted to be explaining to him, nor did I want teasing for.“So you lived with Della since your parents died, I guess?” Tate asked. “She seems a sweet old lady.”Ha, she would get him for calling him that. She hated being called old. Though in truth I guess that is exactly what she was now. It is never nice having to admit it to yourself, I would assume though.“Yeah. And she is far from being a sweet old lady. Sh
I stood to the side and discreetly observed as Violet got herself dressed again. Taking in the curves of her body as she covered them back up with her clothes. Odyn, my wolf, had been loving having time with her, though was getting grumpy as he wanted to mark her. Completely disregarding the fact she had yet to shift, and didn’t even have her wolf yet, let alone know we were her mate.I had been having an internal dispute with him, at the same time as trying to chat with Violet, which was far from being an easy thing to do. Sharing headspace with a grumpy bastard of a wolf who thinks he has the right of control and the right to dictate what goes on can be sheer hell. Especially when he is on edge. In the end, I had to push him back so I could barely feel him. No doubt I would regret it later, but I could not risk him pushing forward and taking control and trying anything with Violet, especially not trying to mark her.It would terrify the poor girl. She saw me as a friend and nothing
We came to the edge of the trees and walked onto the footpath. The silence has been comfortable, I have to say, as we wandered back through the trees. I occasionally glanced to Tate and he had a glazed look across his face, so I can only assume he was daydreaming, or off in his mind thinking about other things. But that was fine with me because it meant he wasn’t on my case.I know he means well, but I just like my space, like to be alone. I don’t see what the big issue is with that.“Vi?” Tate’s voice suddenly pipes up from behind me, making me jump.I stopped and turned my head to look at him. “Hmm?” I acknowledge him.“Alpha mindlinked me, asking if we could drop by his office, we ok to head there now if that’s ok?” he says, his voice has an edge of anxiousness to it, but also tenderness. Very weird, I can’t put my finger on it.“Well, if Alpha asked, I am guessing I have to, right? That’s how it works, no?” I joke.He smiles, a half smile and nods. He doesn’t seem himself. Maybe I
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