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
Hattie and Lachlan do what they do best when they are in a bad mood and go back and forth and snipe at one another. Until I tell them to shut up, to get on with doing what we need to do. I just want to know the information that Lachlan needs to tell us. He has some information he has been hiding and I want to know what it is. I just wish he would stop dragging it out. I imagine Hattie wishes that too.I see Lachlan shake his head at Hattie’s attempt at winding him up. “Right, let’s give it a rest, and get on with this. Then maybe we can actually work as the team we are meant to be to come up with a plan instead of battling one another”Good. He sees what we need to do now. Or I hope he does.I nod. “Yeah. Let’s do that. So, what are we working with?” I ask.“Will get to that” he starts. “First I need to explain a little.”Hattie rolls her eyes. “History lesson time.”I look to her, a little puzzled by her attitude. I am guessing she knows this bit?“The gifted wolf that Violet is, or
I stand in what feels like a total daze. Really struggling to take all this in. This feels like I have begun living in an alternative universe in recent weeks, it truly does. Things that I never knew could exist weeks ago suddenly are more than just a thing in a story book or in a film. They are real and I am apparently one of them. So messed up, it is fucking scary! If you told anyone in the normal world they would think you were high on drugs, I swear! How do you even adjust to it all?“You ok Vi?” Tate asks as Lachlan finishes talking.“Fucking marvellous” I tell him, maybe a hint of sarcasm to my voice.Hattie grins. “I can imagine.”“I know it sounds terrifying sweetheart, but we will find a way to make things work. We as a pack can protect you. We are a big pack now, so we have the ability to protect you.” Lachlan says.Seriously, how do they think they are going to be able to protect me? If I have these skills I am going to be hunted by a hell of a lot of people. Possibly even
“You know a lot about her father’s family?” Hattie asks, her gaze penetrating at her mate.I really do not want them to start arguing over me again. Over things he hasn't scared about me. I felt bad enough as it was.“Enough.” He says. “I researched, we will say that"Hattie's eyes narrowed. Is she annoyed again? Or not believing her mate. I still don't know him well enough to be able to read him and his body language. Is he being truthful? I would like to think he is being. This is important. These are things I need to know. Things that could affect the rest of my life now that my wolf has turned out to be a gifted one. I have to learn from someone, and right now the only ones I am able to learn from are my wolf, who seems to like teasing me, and this bunch of grumpy, argumentative people I call friends.“Azaria said, betrayed by her family, caused her death. What does that mean? Do you know?” I ask, simply repeating what my wolf had said. As I am unable to feel her right now, so kno
I am in this dark room, where am I? My heartbeat seems unfamiliar to my own body…‘It is a vision Violet.’ Azaria’s voice breaks my panic.I looked around me. Where has this bought me and why?! This man in front of me is laughing manically.“Aw mother, you seem so sad. Not quite so sure of yourself now. Didn’t know I had connections, I assume? Perhaps regreting the decision to make Jaques the Alpha over me?”Who is this man? And the Jaques he talks of? I can only assume the woman whose body I am within is his mother. But why am I having this vision? There has to be a reason, doesn't there? Lachlan said about learning to read the visions. Does this mean this has happened? Or is going to happen? I don't understand! But I do know that this man is scary. Almost psychotic in the way he laughs. His eyes looked possessed almost. Angry. What is making him so enraged?“Damien please. Why are you doing this? Make them let me go!” I feel myself speaking, but the voice is not my own, yet it comes
I stood and I supported Violet after what she described as something that appeared to be a vision. This shit seems to be getting harder to believe. Taking it all in, trying to be as supportive and nonchalant about it all so as not to worry her any more than she must already be. But I have to admit that hearing all of this, hearing the things about the gifted wolves, and the things they have gone through, it terrifies me that this is what could await my mate.We are the Beta and Beta female of a dominant pack within our country. We have expectations of us. But right now I am tempted to turn to my friend and say to him, I am handing my notice in and leaving. Finding a small cabin somewhere and living my life out there with Violet, just the two of us. Because everything I am hearing terrifies me! If it is just me and her, in the middle of nowhere and nobody knows of her, then surely I am able to keep my girl safe.I cannot let her be another tale of a gifted wolf that lost her life becau
Hattie and Lachlan are saying their goodbyes. Leaving me feeling extremely awkward, though I am certain that is what Hattie is setting out to do. She is such a tease it isn’t even funny. Calling us lovebirds was beyond embarrassing! I am obviously going to have to get used to her sense of humor and teasing if I plan to stay here, if I am going to be their Beta female. Wow. That is a weird thought.“Night Vi” Hattie gives me a hug. “Remember you can always tell him no” she winks, before grinning at Tate, who was giving her a serious death stare right about now. He did not look impressed with her. I imagine he is as humiliated as me though.Lachlan was laughing. He evidently finds his mate very amusing. Me not so much right now.“Not funny, Hattie.” Tate says with a scowl. Definitely giving off the mean and moody vibes at the minute. Makes him awful sexy when he does...“Well, Tate, you should remember that! A girl has the right to say no. Even to her mate.” Hattie says with a smirk.“Y
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