“Hey no nonsense talk. You have been a great alpha to our pack. Not even dad was aware of uncle Thomas being a traitor until it was too late and he never realized we had a spy in our pack, you did. You can’t do everything Derek. From what I’ve seen you are a great father and husband. This pack loves you and wouldn’t ask for a better alpha. So don’t even consider stepping down because I refuse to take your place,” says Mark. He is standing in front of me, more serious than I have ever seen him in my life. I can’t help but feel his words to my very core and I nod at him as he embraces me. I don’t know what I would do without my brother. “Where is Maliyah?”“She’s in the library drawing,” says Aspen as he walks in. “Sorry Derek no luck so far. I only returned for breakfast and then I will head out again.”“Please join us for the funeral as well. The traitor isn’t going anywhere and besides family no one knows we are looking for a traitor nor does anyone know your powers.”“It’d be my h
DerekAs soon I order the elders to be called I see Dimitri, Gabriel and even Davina all shutter.“What is wrong?” Davina appears to have a fearful expression on her face.“It’s the coven, we need to go now!” Davina replies. I don’t understand what is going on but I refuse to let her go alone.“Mark, you and Daniela stay here with mom and the kids. Everyone else here we’re going with Dimitri. The coven needs our help. We are ready when you are Dimitri.”“No time to waste.” Dimitri recites some words and we are in the middle of his coven. They are being attacked. Houses are on fire, people are running screaming. I see kids hiding, tears stain their faces, with their parents no where in sight. Bodies line the streets, including children.“Anastasia where are you!” I can here Dimitri desperately looking for his daughter. Dimitri is furious and begins killing anyone in sight that doesn’t belong. He is very powerful and I would hate to be on the receiving end of his anger. It’s utter cha
“Derek.” I look behind me and find Mark heading my way with a manila envelope in his hand. I am dreading what it is, though I already know.“Please don’t tell me that’s what I think it is.”“Sorry Derek. It’s addressed to Davina. I am sure it’s another video.” Nero is growling in my head. I have to remind him to calm down as to not scare the children. They’ve been through enough for one night. “Okay, no elders this time, we don’t know who the traitor is yet. Just tell family, Aspen, Dimitri and Gabriel. Have Shane take over here for us.”“You got it bro.” I walk over to Davina and Maliyah as they finish the last of the houses. They truly are amazing with how quickly they put these houses together. “Love we need to head inside. It’s important. Maliyah I don’t want you out here alone so please go inside with the rest of us.”“Why what’s going on,” asks Davina. I hand her the envelope. She takes it and looks back up at me with fear in her eyes. She knows just as much as I do what is in
“We should go see the twins and Maliyah.” I loop my arm through his and rest my head on his arm as we make our way to the nursery.“Just in time for a bath,” says Calista. “We will do it Calista. We’ve been so busy lately. I want to.” Calista smiles as she sets the twins down on their play at. “I will leave you to it then my dears.” We each hug Calista before she heads to her room. Derek fills the tub while I grab the Thierry. Maliyah grabs Accalia.“Can I help?”“Of course you can sweetheart.” Derek has put some bubble bath into the tub and the twins squeal with excitement has bubbles floating around the room. The water is just deep enough for the twins and the temperature is perfect. We set them in the tub and they immediately start splashing, getting us all wet in the process.“Hey, I agreed to help with bath time not join it,” laughs Maliyah. Derek and I chuckle. We finish bath time and get the twins in their pajamas. Maliyah reads them their bedtime story. Thierry is out befo
Derek That’ll keep her occupied long enough for Dimitri to search Gabriel’s mind for the memories he erased from his consciousness. It could take a while since these memories occurred so many years ago It’s nice to see her have some friends over and be a normal kid for once. She’s been too focused on adult issues to enjoy being a kid. “You ready Dimitri?” “Yes, it would be best if we did this in the clearing. I don’t know what to expect when rummaging through Gabriel’s memories.” “Of course. Let me grab Davina. Everyone else will remain at the estate as a safety precaution.” I head into the house, finding Davina in the nursery spending some much needed time with the twins. I hate to interrupt it. I walk in picking up Thierry and tossing him in the air. He giggles but I can feel Davina glaring at me. She hates it when I do that. Her heart races a bit each time I do it. “Is it time?” “Yes love. Dimitri is ready. We are going to head to the clearing.” I hand her Thierry and pick up
DavinaWell at least that explains why the fairies never showed up for the wedding or luna ceremony. They are protecting my sister just as my mother wished. I guess it’s time for a trip to the fairy realm. If we are going to travel to another realm I am taking all the children. I don’t want anything to happen to them while we are gone. Mark will have to stay behind with Daniela. She can’t shift and we still don’t know what will happen to a baby if teleported. My sister is sixteen years old than me. I feel bad she has been without family all this time and unable to find her mate. “Well alright then. Let’s start prepping to leave for the fairy realm and bring my sister home.” Dimitri insists on coming and is taking care of things in his coven to cover his absence. Derek is not happy that I want to bring all the children but he understands my worry with what had recently happened to the coven. Maliyah is super excited about getting to travel and meet a unicorn and a pegasus . Aspen tr
Everyone finishes breakfast and gathers outside to prepare to leave. Derek and Mark are going over some business details that need to be taken care of while we are gone. Mark is also going to have the elders followed. Aspen is sure it’s elder Carole but believes it’s magic masking her, preventing him from truly seeing whether her intentions are good or bad. I’ll deal with her when we get back. “Is every body ready,” asks Dimitri.“The fairies are aware we coming,” I ask Dimitri.“Yes, they new this day would be coming and they’ve done their best at explaining to Katerina. She is not taking the news very well. Luckily her mate is there comforting her.”“Wait? How does she have a mate if she has been stuck there this whole time,” asks Derek.“We can ask them that after we get her to trust us. She also has a son,” Dimitri replies.Derek is trying to warp his mind around everything he has just learned. I had not had a chance to speak to him after Dimitri told me this earlier. I can’t wai
“It appears the deer died of old age. We will ensure the deer’s soul is set free,” says the boy. He stands at stares at me curiously“Hi I am Davina,” I say reaching out to shake his hand, hoping he’ll introduce himself. I more curious about him rather than their weird animal ritual.“This is River. Your sister’s son,” Cedar replies. River has dark brown hair and blue eyes. He is slightly shorter than Derek and his muscles are well defined. I can smell that River is a wolf. He must’ve noticed our scent as he continues to stare at us with curiosity before his facial expression turns to a smile. Instead of shaking our hands he pulls me into a hug. At first I am shocked before I hug him back, I can feel his warmth at his touch letting me know we are really family.“It is nice to know I have family out there. I’m River, your nephew. Mom is having some anxiety since she can’t remember anything before she was sixteen and this news is quite a shock for her. My dad’s name is Kale and he’s tr