Beep, beep… the alarm was sounding, waking me from the first night where I had no dreams. I felt relaxed. Looking at the time, it was quarter to five. Looking at the clothes in the wardrobe, there were gym clothes, casual and business attire. Luna Sara had really thought of everything. There was time for quick work out before I was to be at the hospital. Taking a change of clothes in a bag, I knew there would be showers at the pack gym or hospital. I ate and made my way to the stairs. It seemed like no one else liked to get up at this time, as I was about to head outside the elevator dinged. “Josie, you’re up early. You heading for a workout?” James’s voice came from behind. He wasn’t alone. Another male was with him and I was guessing this was Isaac. “Yeah, are you guys?” “Wanna head over with us?” “Sure, I was just going to wonder around and hoped I would find the gym.” I admitted. James smirked. “Josie, this is Isaac. Isaac, this is Josie.” James introduced us. He shook his he
“Hey you.” I heard a voice at the door. It was Isaac, shit I had forgotten that I was meant to go and see him this afternoon.“How is he doing?” Isaac asked me as he walked in and sat on the seat on the opposite side of Garrett.“He is healing well. All vitals are good. I don’t think it will take him as long as it Ethan to heal.” I confided in him. He looked at me, confused.“Sorry, we think that Ethan may have something else in his system, but we don’t know till the test results come back and we are still waiting. The good thing is he is healing, but it is slower than normal. I think we might need Luna to come and sit him for a few hours a day to help him heal.” “Cause mates help each other heal quicker. Is that why you are sitting with Garrett?” “I don’t know what I am meant to do, Isaac? It’s there the mate bond, but you wouldn’t believe how weak it is, and all the times I have come across mates healing each other, they were able to do it without even being marked.” I confessed.
After hours of torturing the man in the cells, we got nothing out of him. He was scared for his life, but no matter what happened to him, he wasn’t able to speak.“We are missing something, Josie? It is like he is bound that he can’t speak any if he wanted to. Athena said to my head as she was pacing back and forth. The man was going to die if they didn’t stop.“Luna, if we keep going, he will die. We need to keep him alive so Alpha can talk to him.” James’s voice dragged me back to the present, but what the Luna did next surprised all of us. She had picked up the knife and slit the man’s throat before anyone reacted. But she didn’t stop at that. She stabbed the man hundreds of times. No one moved to stop her. Isaac placed a hand on her shoulder.“Luna, that’s enough. He is dead.” He whispered to her. She slammed his hand down, slamming the knife through his hand. He screamed in pain, as it wasn’t just a normal knife. Luna hissed at him. Her eyes were dark, like she was possessed. No
“Ever since we got here I have had a weird feeling. I couldn’t feel the mate pull with Ethan, it was like I still had it shut down, but Ethan’s wolf Colton felt it more than any of us. But once he rejected me Garrett the pull to him was instant. Why would the Moon Goddess pair me with someone to have us reject each other and then mate me to his Beta? But the weird thing was Derek when Ethan called Sara he said he knew as soon as he talked to her that she was his mate.”“You can’t just know your mate is your mate by hearing them over the phone the Josie even if they happen to be chosen mates and wear each other’s mark.”“I have a sinking feeling Derek, Ethan and I have stuffed up. He asked me was I sure about the rejection because once it was done he couldn’t undo it.” Derek sighed and cut off the link, all eyes were on us.“Sorry Isaac, think we may have a plan, but I need to know that you are serious about your Alpha and that your not in the plot against him.” Derek smiled at him, Is
Ethan Why could I not wake up? My mind was working, but my body wasn’t. Lycans had attacked us. I went down hard and that was all I remember. I wonder if I was dead, but then I heard her voice. Why was she saying goodbye to me? Why was she leaving? My Luna, what the hell has she done?“We are in a coma, Ethan.” Colton’s voice rung in my ears, but he sounded weak.“Colton, are you ok buddy?”“We barely made it, Ethan. The Lycan's talons poisoned us, but she saved us. She really saved us.” He sighed. “Where is Sara? She should be here healing us. She is our mate.”“I don’t know Ethan. Ever since Jocelyn has come into our lives, I am so confused. Why would she leave us, though? Something is wrong. We need to wake up soon, before it’s too late.” He warned me. “I know buddy, I know.”Josie POVIt had been two weeks since we had left the pack, and now tomorrow we were leaving. I didn’t know if we would return, but I felt heavy in my body like I wasn’t meant to be leaving, but we had to. L
Garrett’s POV My head was hurting, throbbing actually, like someone had knocked me out for a long time. “Alpha, they hurt him, remember?” “Why do you sound weak, Farris?” My body was beginning to move, my eyes fluttered open, but fuck it was so bright the lights they hurt my eyes. Closing them again, I waited a few minutes until I thought I could handle it again. Slowly, my eyes adjusted. Fucking heightened senses sucked ass sometimes. Looking around the room, I was in the hospital, which was good, but they hooked me up to machines, so I couldn’t move that much. “Where is mate?” Farris asked me. “Not sure buddy, but we will find her.” I promised him there was someone in the room with me and it took me a few seconds to realize who it was by their scent. Why the hell was she here? If she was here, goddess knows what she has told Josie. Her eyes locked with mine and she squealed excitedly. “Boo boo bear, you're awake.” She basically jumped on me, causing pain all through my body.
Garrett’s POV She was still gorgeous, and she gave me that same smirk she did the day she rejected me. “So it seems you didn’t except my rejection Beta Garrett, which I am thankful for. Because my chosen mate Alpha Aiden is weak, goddess, he is weak.” “’Why are you here, Alexis? The four of you should be in the cells.” “Beta Garrett, that is no way to talk to our guests.” Luna Sara clicked her tongue at me. “Luna, you weren’t there. I am sorry but I am finding it hard to believe that you can just sit there and let them walk around while our Alpha and your mate is laying in the hospital…” “Beta Garrett, sit the fuck down. Listen.” Luna cut me off. “Alexis, tell him what you told us.” She gestured for Alexis to go ahead. “Jocelyn at first was accepted into our pack, but the older she got, the more we all noticed that there was something different about her. She became nasty and resentful. She bullied me. Yes, she was stronger than me and she made sure it was known to everyone.
Chapter 22Two figures stood outside my door. They looked in when they heard me move. Thank the goddess, it was Lucas and Nate. These two were the only ones that Isaac trusted with no doubt to guard me. “Boss, thank goddess you're awake.” Nate linked me, they went to stand back at the door.“How long have I been out? And I am guessing whatever is happening is bad if you two are here?” “Yeah boss, Josie saved your life, but she is gone now.” The sadness in his voice was obvious even to me, but I was filled with just as much sadness, if not more.“Sorry, boss, but you have been out for a month.” A fucking month, that was too long. “Can you get William and Isaac here? I don’t want anyone else to know I am awake.” I ordered Nate. My head was spinning. An entire month, we were asleep. How was that even possible? I know it almost killed me. I felt the Lycans talon rip through my chest, the silver made me pass out, the pain was incredible, but even that was nothing compared to the pain y
Darius’s POV Since, when could our mate show someone the memories of what had happened? Seems we didn’t know too much about her powers, but that was to be expected, I guess. It was hard to just sit there and watch her show Jolon and me not comfort her. But it was always her choice. I would never force her. She seemed to have a plan with Jolon. I trust her judgment. “We will only step in if something happens to our mate.” “I agree buddy.” Trying to calm my inner beast, because we both knew if he couldn’t stay calm, then how was I ever going to? Josie had placed her hand on my lap, rubbing little circles on my thigh with her thumb as if she could sense my tension, which if she could, then I needed to reel it in. “Jolon, do you think you will tell us your story?” She asked him in barely more than a whisper. I looked at Jolon, hoping that my old friend was still in there somewhere and he wasn’t too far gone, that we couldn’t bring him back. His face was full of sorrow, looking into he
Josie’s POV“Darius, what about Jess?” The question had been eating me up since I had let the others become part of the bond. I was sitting on the bed as Darius was finishing a few things on the computer. I would be his tonight and he would be mine, but I wanted a clear mind of everything first.“I don’t know. I can honestly say this is the one time I am unsure of Jess and her motives. We need to go and see Jolon first before anything is decided, but I want to do one thing first.” He wriggled his brows at me. I almost forgot about Jolon, with everything that had just happened. Wiggling my finger at him indicating he should come over to the bed, he stalked over to me slowly. “Are you sure you want to do this now, my little mate?” his voice was husky, making my core throb. After everything I had been through, my heart was telling me this was right and the timing was right. “I am Darius. After what happened to me, I didn’t know if I would ever be ready, but I have a feeling we need to
Jocelyn’s POVThe scars that lined Xavier’s back were the hardest. It seemed like his skin had been torn apart. The mental scars these scars left on him ran so deep I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to heal him.“Athena, I need your help.” I whispered to her.“Jos, they run deep. If we take them, they will not only scar us mentally as well, but it will be physical.” She whispered as well. She was crying from the pain Xavier had suffered.“We have to Athena. I know we have to do this.” As I told her this, the memories he held of what happened entered our mind. So much pain because he wouldn’t give his sister up. She doesn’t know he suffered this because of him. The claws ripped through my back. Screaming, I fall to my knees, but I wasn’t done yet, they others approached me but I shook my head no. Instead, they gave me their strength, but it meant they would all bear some sort of
Darius POV“Ok.” She pulled me out of the room, because there was so much to do and I was feeling guilty I hadn’t told everyone yet. Dinner was going to be delivered soon. Everyone was looking at Ethan and Ava like they wanted to kill him. They needed to understand about everything. We couldn’t be divided, especially now, we would be stronger united.“There are things that have happened you all need to know about. Now that you're awake, Ethan, it will make it easier with a plan of attack.” This had their attention. I motioned for them all to sit at the table, which they did.“This entire time, we have been looking into and paying attention to the omega attacks, but I think this has been a distraction. I had a prisoner that just showed up and I now know is the mate of the rogue king planted here as a spy. The things she has done are unspeakable. She is Jocelyn’s birth mother. She was the Luna of the Berserkr Night M
“GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY OFFICE NOW.” I roared at her, vile was building in my stomach. I would kill her. How fucking dare she do is. How the hell did she even get into my office? Helga got up to see who I was talking to. She looked like she might faint, but what she did next surprised even. She pushed past me and grabbed Katie by the throat.“How dare you sneak into Alpha’s office and dress like the slut you are? He has a mate now and if she was here and caught you. Goddess help you Katie.” She hissed at Katie, whilst Katie was clawing at her hands to let her throat go. After a second she throw her to the ground. Katie grabbed her robe and ran out of the office before I could do anything else.“Fuck, I am so sorry, Alpha. I didn’t know. She must have snuck in when I wasn’t here.” She spoke really fast. I placed my hand on her shoulder.“Thank you Helga, for what you just did. I know you would have never have let her in.” I gave her shoulder a squeeze, she gave me a nod, then walked ou
Darius’s POV I hated to leave my mate, but my gamma really needed me right now. Josie gave me a look that I knew she understood that Jess needed me. Her mate had betrayed her, had cheered on Jolon to beat her. I mean, what kind of mate does that? His true colors started to appear. Jess was distraught. Never had I seen her cry, but here and now she was sitting in my office with a drink in her hand, crying tears over someone that didn’t deserve her. She looked at me. “How could he do that? I know you always had your doubts, but I am his mate.” She sighed as she downed her glass of whiskey. It was hard to become drunk as a Lycan, but not impossible if you lace your drink with wolfsbane, then you would be a goner. The burn of the liquid going down your throat was mostly enough. Jess had never had more than a few drinks, and she was now at her limit. I would let her have. “Because he is a fool, Jess. Jolon has him fooled like he had me fooled. Bane is an idiot and doesn’t seem to know w
“Just ahead in the clearing. There is a scared waterfall that allows one to heal their mind if they are in need of it.” Norris explained to me. Leaving them behind, I blocked out their thoughts, putting up a barrier between us and the world. Athena went into the clearing. The waterfall twinkled from the sunlight that seemed to dance on its surface. It was like thousands of diamonds in the water. The rocks that surrounded the waterfall were littered with flowers. It looked like a rainbow. The water was clear, even though it looked deep. Athena entered the water. We felt a tingling coursing through our body as we went further into the water. She swam around as whatever magic was held in the water worked on Athena.“Your turn now Jos. Just go with it.” Athena said to me. I could feel the calmness from her. Shifting back, deciding to float on my back as the water washed over my body, clearing my mind of all the hurt I had ever felt. How is this working? I thought to myself. Feeling the pr
Jocelyn POVComing into view was a rock formation that would have once been a cave from the looks of it. There were four people waiting out the front for us. Two were the guards, and the others were Derek and Isaac.“Luna, Xavier. I thought you had knocked off?” The more burly guard asked Xavier. “All good Norris. Turns out that Laila is mates with our Luna’s friend.”“Holy shit, Lai found her mate. Wow, that’s incredible.”“See, I knew Alpha was right in wanting to open up the kingdom to the wolves. You don’t know what you have done for us Luna. Maybe I will find my mate as well.” He walked over to me and pulled me into a hug, which made me squeal at first, but I returned the hug.“Sorry Luna, I am Norris, and this guy here is Fred. We normally are guards down in there, but today we decided we wanted some air.” Fred smacked Norris.“Sorry about him Luna, we aren’t slacking…”“Fred, honestly, if I had to send all my days down there as well, I would want a breather. But please call me
Jocelyn“Jess, what happened?” Darius asked her.“I was training with one of the warriors and that idiot decided he was going to attack me from behind. So I showed him that he couldn’t touch me, but the more concerning thing was Bane didn’t stop him. He was cheering him on.” “Jess, let’s go and talk.” Darius said to her. They looked over at me and Jess had a saddened look on her face.“Jocelyn, did you and Wes want to come with us or stay here and train with the others show them what you and Athena can really do?” He was giving me a choice, but the look on Jess’s face I know she needs to be with just him. Jess and I are friends, but when it comes to matters with your mate, sometimes the fewer people know, the better. Looking at Wes, he nodded his head that he wanted to stay and train.“We will stay.” And with that, Darius and Jess left to go talk. Wes looked at me like he wanted to say something, but he stopped himself.“Well, if it isn’t the whore of a she-wolf that thinks she has a