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Eighteen years ago... Damian's POV "Are you sure, boss? That's the baby?" "Yes, yes, that little girl holds more powers than anyone in our world to date." "How will you get her off of her parents?" "Her caregivers... those people aren't her parents," I tell Isaac. We are hidden well within the trees, watching my Lilith being pushed along in her stroller as her caregivers take her shopping. She, this tiny infant child, is the key to my success. Onyx led me here to her. Gave me an image of our future... This little girl will grow to wield such powers that she will be feared. She could wipe out whole packs with just a sheer click of those tiny little fingers. Unfortunately, she isn't my fated... not in this lifetime, but I've gotten rid of that problem. Or shall I say Onyx did? He killed her, hating the fact she cropped up out of nowhere... Celeste's insult. The girl was a mere wolf with no powers to support us with. She thinks she will have the last laugh, but I have
Lilith's POV Day Two The room is... dark, my heart thumping to its own rhythm as my mind races with every creak and every drip, wondering to the worse possible conclusion. Despite using my own fire orbs to light the place, no natural light filters in. I am below ground, the earthy wet smell confirming as much. Unlike before, I'm all alone. No one is out there for me to mind-link with. No one is there to keep me company. I try not to panic, and I try to concentrate on the room in front of me. The trickling water falls down the walls from seemingly nowhere. The damp smell and wet air that I'm breathing in. The mould spores growing fuzzy on the walls living fruititiously off of the damp. There are gouged marks on the wall beside my face, marks a younger version of myself made when I was being punished in much the same way as I am now. But back then, I didn't know life could be different. Back then, this was all I knew. The darkness before the light, before Damian's happiness
Khai's POV A whole day is what it takes Lucas to surface from wherever Damian had left him. Theo's furious, and I can understand why. We've been down here, and he's seemingly been god knows where doing god knows what whilst we starved and parched but as soon as the bunker door opens, I can smell the wolfsbane and Tiger-Lilly embedded within Lucas's blood. He reeks, and I won't deny that I gag, mostly because I remember being injected with the same shit. The memory of how it knocks you for six, taking your senses one by one before you fall unconscious for days or maybe even a week. It's a lethal potion for a wolf to carry, but Damian's never had a problem sourcing such things, mainly because he has witches versed in potions galore. They make them at his whim, and he uses them as if the supply is never-ending. "They drugged him..." I note, standing up from the bed I had chosen to use as my resting place. I walk purposely through the bunker, walking around the bucket we had u
Sixteen Years Ago Damian's POV My girl is two today, two years old and the cutest thing you would ever have imagined. Her little face is chubby at the cheeks, her lips are perfect, and her blonde hair falls in loose curls to her shoulders. She's the most perfect child one could wish for. When you look into her eyes, you wouldn't imagine she was merely a toddler. She's wise beyond her years, and her ability to communicate is beyond anything I could have imagined, but there lies the problem. I was going to allow her gifts to manifest after having a change of heart, of witnessing her save herself in that god-forsaken accident, but she is maturing too fast. Her ability to protect herself is a hindrance when I want to punish her, and her ability to have a tantrum and set alight the whole house has caused me to build three more. And now she can mind-link despite the fact she cannot talk fluently... I have to put a stop to her gifts. I must delay the inevitable, and that's wh
Theo's POVThe mate bond is made to guide you through life. Celeste binds two wolf souls with two mating human counterparts, so you never have to find someone to love. They are already out there waiting for the time that fate crosses your paths. I never thought I would have a mate. I thought for sure that I didn't have a fated because I was a hybrid human, wolf and witch. It would have made sense and been okay, but then Celeste had Lilith land on my packlands.Celeste, had me fall in love and mark and mate only for her to make me feel this way?It's the middle of the night, and despite being as tired as a wolf, I'm sitting in the tree on the no-mans land with Khai as we are watching from above. Damian's people are milling around in the distance, unaware they are even being watched. The night was going just as plainly as any other since she was taken. That was until my mark started to burn, like incessantly burn to the point of screaming fire licking through my veins. I tried to
Day Eight Lilith's POVI don't know much about mate bonds, but I do know we mark one another to solidify the bond and introduce each other's DNA to forge a new DNA. Damian never really taught us much about mate bonds. He never really mentioned it at all. But I do know that when Khai and Theo marked me, I felt nothing but happiness and a deep sense of belonging to them.Damian's mark is nothing like that, though. His mark brings me sadness and anger, and my blood is chilling within my veins as he sucks my blood from my body.I lay lifeless beneath him as he struggles to pull back and release me. It feels like I may die as if he's drinking my blood rather than marking my neck."Sir..." the distant sound of a male voice comes from the small door allowing filtered light throughout the room. The sight hurts my eyes and makes me squint as pain splices through my brain.Luckily, their voice breaks Damian's trance, helping him release me as I fall back into the mattress. "What?" Damian s
Khai's POVThe night descends over the trees drowning everything in a darkness that threatens to take my soul into the depths of hell that I've narrowly lived outside of the majority of my life. I've always hated the evening, the way the moon only gives enough light to be able to see muted colours of everything around me. The once vibrant greens and earthy browns, now dark shades of greys, fooling my very eyes of a different life at night.It reminds me of the days I was locked up in the bunkers working out my punishment in the dark. The things were so dark that I could only barely see the outlines and shadows of the bed frame and four solitary walls that would be my home.The shudder rolls through my whole being as I push those memories away again, and I move from one tree to another to distract myself from the darkened atmosphere around me.I've been waiting all evening for Alfredo to give me some sign that Lilith is okay. Our conversation the other day is playing on my mind, taki
Theseus's POV Swirling my hand in the fountain of sight, I summon the vision of my daughter, my only child in the sense of genetics. Lilith lays upon the bed I've seen her in more than a million times before whilst one of Celeste's creations feeds from her. I can feel her essence leaving her body. Feel her soul departing her being, and it's painful. I've never been disappointed in Celeste or her choice of creating wolves. That never mattered, but she has this one wolf, one being that isn't particularly thoroughbred. She calls him her moon-hound, and his name is Hati. And unfortunately, where he is concerned, I do hold malice. She refuses to rid his soul and believes he can redeem himself, but I don't see a way for him to do that. Celeste has long since participated in this reigning war between herself and this wolf she has created. He's a corrupt soul, feeding from the fear of others, taking their souls to prolong his life. He used to come back once every other life cycle,
Zeus's POVThey say evil rules the world, and I'd like to agree wholly especially as I watch Hati finally take the child that will soon become the queen of the earth realm.Theseus died some years ago at my hand as we fought for the title of god. I took his wonderful wife in as my prisoner, indebting her to me at the promise I would let her child, and the grandchildren live peacefully.But I did no such thing. Bringing Theo, Khai and Lilith here to the god realm to be my prisoners with their dear children as they also live out their lives locked within the house they cannot leave.Most believed Theseus would win, that he would take over from me, including his family.But love weakens you, and Goddess Adophen aided me in his demise.She has the gift of projection, and she distracted him easily as she projected herself as his wife and then daughter, taking his concentration and that love that is not a man’s best friend.I'm thankful for her, and I promised her that her daughter and son
15 years LaterHati's POVThe time has come, my beautiful Lorrie has come into her wolf, and I can feel the mate bond calling for her.She's been feeling it too, and though I've kept myself away for the last week I cannot stop the inevitable for much longer.Belle has given her blessing, she's taking the other kids, all five of them, out to the other house for the weekend to give me time with Lorrie alone.It's time for me to claim my mate and create the Luna our pack deserves.So I have Calley cook us dinner, stopping her twice to take her in uncompromising positions as she mutters her disapproval very loudly.And then I lock her down in the cells below the house for the remainder of the weekend intent on making sure she knows her place within this pack.Soon she'll have to answer to Lorrie instead of Belle. She'll have to bow down to her luna's disappointment and she's already made a distant enemy of Aspen over the years."Bring me the luna," I demand to Belle as she gathers our chi
Hati's POVTrue to a wolf pregnancy Belle is only pregnant for around nine weeks, her belly swelling fast as she grows my pup within her.And one fateful night as the wind howls and the rain falls she starts her labour as we lay our son to sleep.Lorrie refuses to go down and starts to get in the way as Belle circles on the floor through her pain as Lorrie tries to hold onto her mothers hands."Mama, up," she cries asking for up as she outstretched her arms up to Belle who looks to me for help as she winces once more."Calley," I yell out, intent on having Lorrie away from this ordeal, knowing I have no one else I'd rather trust with the child.Yes she might well have an ulterior motive, but I have no doubt that she would die for this kid. Anyway, I don't want to scar the child, I don't want her to remember her mother in pain when I want her to have only good memories of her.It takes Calley a moment but she comes, knocking on the door in her pj's as she looks at the vision before he
One Year LaterHati's POVLorrie has turned into a funny little thing. She's walking and talking in toddler gibberish and I fall in love with her more everyday as she fills our life with fun and happiness.I can see why Celeste matched her soul to Aspens. She's spunky, confident and happy just like Aspen has always been. We ended up relocating around three to four months ago, coming out of hiding, leaving the continental US.Now we live in the very green Scotland, in the rainy United Kingdom.We've decided to try and blend in, whilst living in the middle of nowhere.It's been an adjustment weather wise, but we really don't come by people often, and the home we brought is surrounded by acres of green forest which is perfect for us to shift.And shift we must, because the lack of shifting causes aging, and that brings problems regarding healing one's self because our bodies resort to being only human.And I have a surprise for you, something I never imagined or cared for but equally was
Khai's POV"Aaah!" She screams as pain radiates through her mid region. I hadn't expected her to wake from her nap in pain, I also hadn't expected her to tell me we won't be finding Lora but she did that to and despite knowing she probably has the gifts to see such things, I deny her allegations and pretend that we will find her. To say she took me off guard would be an understatement but all I could do was call for Theo Lilith has gone into labour a whole week before she's due but I think that's normal for multiple pregnancy but no less scary as she freaks at the pain and wails into my shoulder.She labours in bed, standing up and even in the shower.The whole time crying for Lora, feeling as if she might be replacing her with the children coming out from within her tummy.Sadness fills the room and the three of us did not enjoy the birth process at all.Our sons entered the world screaming loudly, clearing their lungs within minutes of each other and though Theo and I wanted to c
Lilith's POVDane is adamant that Damian isn't dead and equally as adamant that I can use my memory to summon where his whereabouts.Apparently the witch side of me can teleport, and that's a given because I have done before but never have I teleported to a person specifically, only a place.But the more I think about it, the more it makes sense.Of course it does, if I can summon a place, then I can summon a person, right?I just have to practice, apparently. It still astounds me how much he knows about me when most know nothing about me at all.And it just so happens that I feel closest to him out of anyone I've met.I'm having a bad day today, pain is radiating along my back, a sharp stabbing pain accompanying it whenever I stand for to long.I think it's the twins, my boys that are currently safe within me.I miss Lora.I miss Calley.Heck, I even miss Lucas.I can only hope that one of them with with my baby girl, that they are doing everything in their power to protect her from
Hati's POVA further two and a half weeks have passed as we live in this humid and small place in hipster being on top of one another. My men have broken all the agreements I even made with Gretchen, her witches becoming the slaves they are used to which had disfavoured the respect the witch have held for me. But needs must and all that.Even I and finding it hard not to play outside of Belle.Take yesterday for example.Calley had been caring for the child as she has been for over two weeks, ensuring Lorrie remains quiet and happy to limit the time the child spends with Belle.I'm not stupid and I had noticed how she would try to prevent any crying coming from Lorrie.The child has grown far quicker than I thought possible, her growth excelled.She's standing against furniture, giggling and eating some solids, but that's just a trigger for me.I've told Calley she must feed from Belle and she's purposely ignoring my request. Ensuring Lorrie skipped three feeding sessions yesterday.
Theo’s POVThe days have passed in unimaginable pain as I mourn the theft of my child, and I also watch my mates do the same thing.I feel like an utter failure, and as I sit and ponder the reality I then realise I lost my best friend, beta and Calley and Arlo in one foul swoop.How did such a thing happen so easily?Especially when we trained to prevent such a thing.Even Danes members failed miserably and he’s travelling here today, his communication less than moody.I’ve been sitting alone in my office pondering life and the atrocities that have amounted to this very day and I see all of my failures. Can count them precisely.I suppose that’s why I’m avoiding everyone.What type of Alpha fails his people?!My computer pings with an email, giving me a welcome distraction as I jump out of my own mind to concentrate on something other than the trashy surrounding me.It’s Dane, he’s crossing the border. Warning me incase the pack decide to attack.I feel awful, despite being down two t
Three Weeks Later Hati's POVWeeks pass as we adjust to living here below the burned pack-land of Leo.I cannot believe he's still alive, but then again what more can I expect from these peasants and their ability to slip through my fingers?The child, Lora. Or Lorrie as we've been calling her has settle very nicely. She's sitting by herself now, rolling around and has become very content within this smaller pack of mine, and everyone loves her. Worshiping their lunar even in this childish stage of her life.And the girl, Calley, keeps a very close eye on her.That day was quite something when we tied our blood in a bonding agreement."Eko, eko, azarak. Eko, eko, zomelak. Bagabi lacha bachabe, Lamac cahi achababe. Eko, eko, azarak. Eko, eko, zomelak," Gretchen had changed as she created the bond that would be undeniable."Repeat after me, girl. I, fill name, solemnly swear to bind my blood with Hati in agreement for servitude. Bonding our blood forever more as I lay my life down at