Lilith's POVI've gravitated to the room with my daughter's soul again—something pulling me up here as everyone goes about their afternoon quietly. The pools all sat at equal intervals on the floor, their contents glowing, illuminating the room with enough light to be able to see before me.Immediately I walk to the one she resides in, dipping my hand inside the liquid to find her unique purple soul. I note the liquid is warm, possibly at body temperature, and it illuminates in a blue hue. It's there, hiding at the bottom of the pool all by itself where, as the others are huddled as a unit, somewhat like a pack, if I could use that as a way to describe them.They mingle within the smallest of circles yet never part.I pick my daughter up, her form going rigid as she frets at being moved.But then she blossoms, spreading out in my palm as if trying to hug me, and I can feel her happiness at being near me."Are you so sure of wanting to be paired with Aspen?" I ask aloud, even with th
Theo's POVWe've been up here for four days already, and I'm kissing my pack. My father... the ability to be the alpha rather than a lowly omega that has to follow every rule.The one good things about being up here are the fact that Calley is learning not to black out every time she exerts herself.Theseus is a good teacher, his guidance is sure and slow, but I think that's what Calley needs.She bowls into things at a superhuman pace whilst her body lags behind.I'm watching them now,Lilith is sitting on the swing for the third day in a row, whereas Calley is standing beside Theseus, sitting on the floor in front of Lilith, hidden up within the tree that houses the swing and standing at the bottom of the house staring up to the second floor where I'm stationed to watch them.Her fourth version waves at me with excitement, and I chuckle.This is all Calley has dreamed of, the ability to use her ability without faulting out.I’m glad that in this mess of a situation, I have found a w
Two Years AgoDamian's POVWe are walking down a long dark corridor in a building I've never visited before.It's dark, drag and erie.Unwelcoming at its best.I've yet to figure out how to gain control, so I remain in my mind watching Hati... Onyx, control my life.Have you ever heard of that saying you walk through your life with blinkers on? Well, I have, and I have first-hand experience with it."Hati..." a small girl dressed inappropriately greets him."Ah, Abigail. How beautiful you look this evening; where is Zeus?" He asks."In your room, waiting for you, sir," the girl recites."Very good, don't go too far... I may have time to squeeze you in," he laughs."Of course," the girl mumbles quietly as if she doesn't particularly want to hang around, but she knows it's imperative to for her safety.I fear for the girl, but there's nothing I can do, so I swallow the feeling down to watch on quietly as Hati greets Zeus."Ah, dear Zeus. What calls for this meeting?" He asks."Just a c
Lilith’s POVWe train again in the yard all morning, but despite Theseus’s desire to hone in my skills, I make him help Calley.What an extraordinary gift to be able to project herself in more than one place.But she’s struggling, her ability only lasting for a short amount of time and the more challenging to she’s at making her extra versions of herself seem real, the worse her ‘blackout’ is.Celeste states she needs to use the energy from hosts around her, but she’s finding it hard to tap into us.Not that Khai will allow her to borrow anything from me.I’m a big no, no, according to him. This is precisely why he’s stood out here with us, lending his energy and strength for Calley to practise with.The first round goes well, and her second version appears before me.She looks identical to Calley.Her mannerisms, the way she talks. Even down to the way she breathes.Theseus asks Calley to push herself, telling her to feel for Khai and to take some of his energy. His essence that sits
Lilith's POVWar is raging all around me, wolves fighting wolves, humans fighting humans.There's not one ounce of serene happiness for as long as the eye can see.I'm standing at the tree's edge, Khai on one side of Theo and me on the other. They are one step ahead, protecting me. Using their bodies as shields, but no one can touch me; no one's as strong as I am, and that's why I move between them, breaking through their security to walk amongst my people.No one notices me as I walk in between them. My bare feet hit the grass silently, and it's as if I'm regal.Moving at a slow speed as time halts to the slowest pace it can.Wolves are lunging for one another, striking for each other's necks.Humans are drawing weapons meant to kill.Knives, guns... the claws of their wolves.Blood spurts, people fall in slow motion to the ground, and my heart hurts zMy people cannot be fighting this way; they shouldn't be fighting."Stop," I yell. My voice sounded across the horizon for anyone to
Theseus's POVI watch Lilith disappear with Zeus, yet I do nothing but stand and watch as he lures her away to win her trust.I should be preventing this from playing out, yet I know I can't.I must bode my time, watch and wait for the most suitable time to strike.I know his game, his need to harvest her abilities to keep his reign, but if he'd ask, he'd know I didn't particularly want to overtake him.I have no business in being him, of being god, yet for some unknown reason, it is I who is supposedly destined to overtake that particular role.I've been around long enough to know I cannot decline the position in the way of talking. The successor must fight for the title, and I know that fight is part of my fate.Last night, Zeus let me know he was willing to fight for his title, and unfortunately, I had to save face and say that I knew that I, too, were willing to fight.The only reason I'm willing to fight is for Lilith.If my taking this charge of taking on this responsibility mea
Lilith's POVWe land with a crack of thunder and a spark of lightning on top of a snow-covered mountain.The sky is bleak and white, and the air is surprisingly warm.My breath coke sour in a gust of warm air.My brain tells me it should be freezing, that the air should be biting my skin, but I’m surprisingly warm, considering all of the snow covering the floor around me.“Come, the walks lovely,” Zeus tells me.He reaches his hand out to offer me, but I snub his request, stuffing my hands deep inside the dressing gown adorned on my body.We walk through the snow and high up on the mountain. My breath came ragged and sparse.“Deep breaths now; the altitude is high,” he encourages.I don’t say a word, walking silently behind him as I try to take in as much of the view as I possibly can.We are high up on the mountainside.Below is nothing but mountains, trees and snow.It’s picturesque, and I wish I could just stop to take in the marvellous sight before me. But Zeus is on a mission, w
Zeus’s POVShe sits beside me with an air of regality.Her hair is long and blonde behind her, burnishing in the moonlight that dares to shine high above us.I’ve brought her here to show her the wonders of our realm, the wonders of being a goddess.Little birds tell me she isn’t intent on becoming her mother's successor.That’s both angering and saddening.She is the sole heir of two gods. Her responsibility is to take on those charges when her parents relinquish their holds.One parent is already well on his way to giving up his charges as the witch-kind god and vying to take my role, my legacy.I have been the GOD for more years than I’d like to count, yet there’s a chance I will give up the ability to rule anything and everyone.This has always been my destiny and my ability, and I’ll never sit under Theseus.I must aim for this child’s trust and make her believe I will protect her.She’s already vulnerable, her upbringing has done that part for me, and I’m sure, with enough work,
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