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
I stand and look at Violet. We are still in her room and she is looking like she is expecting me to leave. I am sure she had said she was going to come and live with me in the Beta suite, didn’t she? Or with all the stuff going on, had she forgotten that? I mean I can kinda understand that, she has had a lot to take in today.Dare I broach the subject? Or is that being cheeky? I don’t know… I feel nervous. How sad am I?! I sit myself down awkwardly on the edge of her bed, hoping that if I do that she may get the message I am wanting to spend some time with her at the least and things can go from there…Wow, we are going to be the best of fated mates aren’t we? Don’t think there has ever been a fated mate marked and mated from across the other side of the room. So that might make things a little bit difficult if I didn’t find some courage and guts from somewhere, because right about now I was pretty gutless, and I ain’t afraid or ashamed to admit that. I have no experience with women,
I open the door to my Beta suite and walk in. So excited to finally have her home, and know that it is now not just my home but our home. The home that will begin our life together as fated mates. Despite my happiness and excitement, I try to act normal as I walk into the suite, and Violet soon follows. I really do not want to try to explain how i am feeling to her right now. Make myself sound like a right soppy idiot. Would not reflect well on me. And considering Lachlan had already made out he and Hattie would make me cry when they can't, I dont think things look so good for me in good impressions right about now.We wandered down the corridor of the suite. Crazy to think that only earlier we were in here having breakfast, and about to do lessons… Now we were here, her having had her first shift, now knowing who I was to her, forgiven me everything, having agreed to be my mate, and then met the pack, discovered she has a gifted wolf and now awaiting making plans to protect her. That
I stomped my way back up the stairs, ready to sit down more than anything. Not unpack and help sort boxes. Does this really have to be done now?! Yeah, maybe I am lazy, but it has been a long day. Not only that, but a fucking crazy one too. Could do with a scotch, never mind a coffee! My head is totally frazzled so I can only imagine how Violet's must be feeling right about now.I wriggle the door handle open using my elbow and walked into the suite with the boxes. Lowering them to the floor. The bags I had left earlier are now gone from the corridor. I am guessing Violet has already taken them to the guest room and begun to sort them. If she is that quick at sorting, then we may not have too much of an issue with unpacking!“Honey I am home” I yell, messing around.I hear her laugh, but it puzzles me as it doesn’t sound like it came from the guest room at all.I wander down the hallway, and pop my head around the doorway, and it seems my hearing had been correct. Violet is busy unpac
I find homes for most of my stuff in the modernly decorated Beta suite that is Tate’s home. Something I do notice, considering it is meant to be a home, there aren’t a great deal of things here. Plenty of clothes but definitely minimal things to make it homely. Or maybe that is coming from someone who had spent the last ten years living with an elderly lady who liked to collect tat, and basically had loads of clutter in her house. That could be it…Tate has disappeared. Likely sick of unpacking, and who could blame him? I sure had taken up a lot of his time today. I assume he may have gone for a shower as I can hear water running. So, once I finish putting the last things away, I wander out of the bedroom and out into the corridor again. Just as Tate is stepping from the bathroom, a towel slung low around his hips. Droplets of water glistened on his perfect skin. His gorgeous Greek god-like body was on full display to me once again. Hmmm, did it suddenly get hot in here?! Because I sw
Violet walks out of the bathroom looking sleepy, which, considering she had just fallen asleep in the bath, is understandable - but goddess is she beautiful! Her auburn hair is in wet ringlets down her back and over her shoulders. Her eyes look so sleepy, bless her… I think somebody may be ready for bed. I can't help but wonder how long she would have slept in the bath had I not woken her. She is wrapped up in a towel. It encases the curves of her body, driving me crazy! My heart raced at the thought of what little lays beneath that piece of fabric…But I give my head a shake and do my best to remain a gentleman so she doesn’t panic. I cannot be rushing this. I want to make this as perfect as it can be. I want to show her how good we can be. Though I’d say listening to the growl that came from her earlier, her wolf may be a little eager for some action! I smile at the memory. She was so funny. If that is the type of fun I am up for with her wolf, then things could most certainly be in
I was awoken to light snoring next to my ear, making me jump out of my skin, wondering what the hell was in bed with me! Imagine my surprise at opening my eyes and seeing Tate lying there…I nearly leaped straight back out of the bed, but stopped myself so as not to wake him, who was still sleeping peacefully. Yep, I had forgotten I had got into bed with him after my bath last night. It seems we both fell asleep intertwined in one another's bodies, our limbs wrapped around each other, the heat of one another's bodies giving comfort and warmth to the other. I could hear the snoring again, and I go to poke Tate and tell him to shut up, when I realised it wasn’t him at all. The noise is coming from my mind. What the hell? My mind can't snore, can it? Can I imagine snoring? Am I losing the plot?Then I realize Azaria is laid out, in the nether regions of my mind, all content, more like a cat than a wolf! Purring away, all comfortable and happy… this wolf is going to take some getting used
Listening to Violet describe her wolf being obsessed with me makes me smile. Yes, I wish it was her that was feeling that way about me, but maybe with time that could be the case… And it showed perhaps the mate bond was working. But the fact her wolf had woken her meant I needed to show her how to block her wolf. Still so many things my girl needs to learn. And probably so little time until word spread she was here… until she was at risk...But for the mean time, she was mine, and she was with me, and I was going to enjoy a little quality time with her. Waking up with her was perfect. Laying in bed chatting was so good, but right now tickling her may not have been the best idea… Hands were wandering, she was giggling, her head thrown back, a big smile on her face… parts of me were getting a tad bit excited...I was now almost kneeling above her, tickling her, as she attempted to tickle me too, but she was failing miserably as she could barely see where she was actually tickling to get
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