I feel Tate’s hand running through my hair gently. “Vi?” he says, almost anxiously.Why do I have a feeling he wants something? I best make sure I don't look him in the eyes when he talks to me or I am likely to give him whatever he asks for! Those eyes are too much for me! He could easily manipulate any situation with them, I am certain...“Yes Tate.” I look at him, making sure I avoid eye contact, raising my eyebrows, waiting to see what it is he wants.“So….” He says, nerves are clear within his voice. Which I have to say I am finding quite adorable...“Hmm” I say, trying not to let myself be sucked in by his cuteness.“You know you realised earlier that we were… erm…” he gulps “were, erm”I am trying not to smile. Anybody would think he was nervous to discuss this. I am just finding him cuter by the second. God dammit! “Mates?” I finished the sentence for him. Looking at him, his big, dark eyes were focused on mine. Shit! I didn't mean to look at his eyes! Oh they are so gorgeous.
I could see Violet’s eyes darting back and forth, making me think her mind was working over time. A lot for her to take in, I know. Maybe she doesn’t want a mate. I need to be considerate of that. Not all she-wolves do. If she didn’t want a mate, I would need to back off and give her space, be there as a pack Beta and nothing more. Be professional, despite the fact I would be falling apart.There is no point denying it, I was falling for this girl. I barely knew her, but I am pretty certain I was falling for her. I had missed her when she wasn’t with me. Didn’t like it when Hattie had taken over the lessons for her when I had to work, though it was a reasonable thing to happen. I had simply missed being around her. And I was broken at the thought of her being upset with me. Yeah, it was safe to say I had been falling for this girl, hook, line and sinker.I know she had been completely unaware. I had maybe been partially unaware. I know it now. I had put myself out there now. She knew
I am full of nerves as we walk down to the dining room later in the day. Tate had been eager to get me back to the pack house, to tell Alpha Lachlan what has happened and tell him I would be moving in with him. Alpha seemed a little reluctant to believe Tate’s version of events until Azaria decided to snarl at him to shut him up. Haha, she may well be a little feisty and he was getting on her nerves as much as he was mine, accusing Tate of breaking pack rules, telling us before our first shift and whatever crap he was spouting.Obviously, there was no denying my wolf was present when she snarled. I don’t think he was best impressed. Tate was trying not to laugh. I am certain of it. I seriously need to stop pissing off the alpha though, or I won’t have a mate because I will be kicked out of the pack for annoying the Alpha so much. No matter how amusing his mate may find it, or my mate now too. Not my fault he is just a grump though.“You ok, Vi?” Tate says, taking my hand in his. He wa
We sit in the dining hall, the four of us together to have dinner. Hattie is telling me her parents are watching Devin for her. He is still not quite right, which makes me think she should not have come here to be with me today, but she was adamant that she was going to be here with me. And I have to admit, I am glad she was there in the end. She seems to put the room at ease with her jokes and her smile. And I have to say I enjoy her company. The four of us sitting here together, chatting away is quite enjoyable. And as Tate had told me, the food from here is actually quite tasty.Many pack members come up to our table to chat to the Alpha and Luna, or to Tate too, some even to say hello to me, which is quite a weird feeling, but I do the polite thing and say hello, and make conversation with them . They all seem genuinely happy to have me here, which is not really what I was expecting. Perhaps I had rushed into the judgement that I would not be welcome, or had automatically thought
It had been perfect. Us all sat together as the group to lead our pack. Laughing and joking together. Chatting away. I felt content. Something I had not felt in a long time. The pack members were being friendly, coming to speak with us here and there. This felt s natural. So right. I have been waiting for this moment for so long. I was proud of having my future mate by my side, and that the whole pack now knew.Violet was sitting there smiling and chatting kindly to pack members one minute, then I am unsure what had happened, but I could see a change in her eyes. They altered, and were glazed, almost a silvery tone to them. Flickering. I don’t know what was wrong. Her body twitched a little. I asked if she was ok, and she did not really give me a proper answer before she darted from the room. I am instantly on edge. Everything seemed to be going so well and now this happens? And I am unsure what this even is...Lachlan and Hattie both looked at me like I had done something wrong, yet
We stand at the door of my room looking at one another. The hurt in Tate’s eyes is clear and I hate myself, but I can’t see a better option. Then suddenly a nasty snarl comes from his lips. I can only assume Odyn has pushed through.“Tell me you were not about to fucking walk out on me?” he demands, his voice trembling in anger. I have never heard him sound like that before, and I am shocked how terrifying he can sound. He has only ever been sweet and kind to me. I guess it was easy to forget he was a pretty ruthless werewolf under all of that cuteness.“Tate please..” I begin.“NO!” he roars, I think Odyn may have taken over here…Lachlan is suddenly running up the stairs, Hattie not far behind him. I am trembling, unsure what to do. I knew he would be hurt, but I did not know he could be quite this intimidating. Would he hurt me?“You won’t make excuses Violet.” His voice breaks and I see tears in his eyes now. I think his emotions are unsure what he is feeling. “You were going to r
I am standing in Violet’s room, my whole body tight with tension and shock. Lachlan knew this about her and never said a word? I feel betrayed. I am his Beta! Apparently meant to be his best friend too! Not only that, he knew she was going to be my mate, so why not tell me? Something here does not add up. The fact he didn’t even tell Hattie seems odd too. Why not share this with us? We do not keep things from one another. We should have been prepared for this. We could have come up with a plan! Known what to do, or at least had some fucking idea, instead of being blindsided by it all! This is not like Lachlan. It makes no sense...Literally moments ago, I was enraged with Violet for her leaving me, or preparing to. I don’t think I have ever felt myself reach that level of anger before. It was most definitely fuelled by Odyn. He was literally under my skin surface, it was a horrible sensation, not quite at shifting point, but ready to burst through. My voice was so deep, course and rou
“You see Violet, what you don’t realise is, the gifted wolf that is part of your family is also part of my family” Lachlan’s voice is echoing in my mind.Hattie walks from the bedroom. I think it is safe to say he has made her angry by keeping things from her. Did she know none of this? She had to know of his family line surely? Their children could carry it, right?“I am sorry, Alpha.” I say.“Calling me Lachlan is fine Violet, you are Tate’s mate now. Alpha is only for formality. And don’t worry. She knew about my family history, so that is of no great surprise to her. She knows our children could be gifted, well, the girls, if we go on to have any. It is a female trait, it seems, within the family. I think she is shocked I told you. Not something we share with many. But I want you to trust me. To understand why I took you in, I wanted to protect you, Violet. Why I will continue to protect you. Your father’s family are quite strange in them deserting you, but I need to discuss that
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