Theo’s POVLilith remains with us as my father, Lucas and I propose different ways in which to hide Lora’s identity for as long as possible.I hate to say it but not introducing her to the pack will probably be the safest thing for her.But that thoughts upsetting to say the least.What pack has no awareness of their heir?Why? I head you ask.Well the answers simple.If one of my pack member we’re to be cornered or taken they would have no proof to the contrary of Lora’s existence.If they were tortured for the information nothing would be leaked to the enemy, that’s Damian and Hati, by the way.It’s sad to realise this may be the only way to protect Lora but needs must.Now the only problem is Khai, Calley, Arlo, Lucas and now my father know about Lilith and there’s no way I can deny Angela the chance of meeting Lora and helping us with childcare.So that means there are eight people who could potentially be a liability.But that’s where the warriors come in.Their protection will b
Hati's POVI walk through the fire ridden land that once belonged to Leo Lymph.Everything is charred with the after effect of the fire that took place at the hands of the witches I had sent to bring Tabitha home.The trees are leafless, the ground is grassless.The houses are burnt to the ground and the heap of bodies that lay at my feet at just that, bodies of a rival pack.I kick the small body, no doubt a teenager at my feet.They could have still be alive if not for their alpha.Funny that, and alpha is supposed to put his pack first, the people inside it are supposed to have been his first and foremost priority.But Leo had obviously lost his way, out his mate before his pack and that leads to dangerous outcomes, as he has found out.“Where’s his body?” I ask, the sadistic part of me needed to see his body charred beyond any recognition.“This way, alpha,” one of the warriors leads me down to the pack house.It’s too, is mostly burnt to the ground, the rubble in piles where it’s
Lilith’s POVMy severest out of the bag, yet I hadn’t expected to confront it this soon after coming home.But here we are.I’m not ashamed, far from it but I do feel slightly bad for Tabitha’s son.I unbounded him, relinquishing his previous mate that Celeste had chosen for him and now he’s only a second chance mate for Lora.But I have no doubts that Lora will chose him, love him as if he were merely her first chance mate.Now I have no clue if Aspen will follow along or make it near impossible but I’ve seen a version of the future where they live happily together, walking alongside one another in a loved filled environment.Aspen is not the typical Luna wolf, she holds no abilities and not a Luna bone in her body.I’m not sure of her background, of the things she did in past lives but her soul doesn’t scream distasteful to me.Perhaps she’s only follows along with Damian’s wolf, Hati in her lifetimes.Perhaps I’m kidding myself, wanting something good, agreeable about Lora’s Wolf t
Hati's POV"Stop the car," I demand as we drive down the no-man's lands between my pack, Khai's pack and Carlise Kennedy's pack.The land is no-man's for this precise reason.We all need the ability to travel and with travel we must pass through land. So that's how the land come to be.It's not owned by anyone, but our lands back on to it.I've stopped the car because the familiar tart citrus scent hits me.I haven't smelt it in so long, many many years in fact yet it never ceases to amaze me at how strong Aspens scent is.Just the smell of her has my heart thumping ten to the dozen, racing inside Damian's chest like a frightened pup that's scared of the dark.But the unusual occurrence is the fact I cannot pinpoint the direction in which the scent is travelling from.I move to the right, standing just before Theo's land.I smell the air and she's there, but I turn right to smell the air at the next boundary.Carlisle's boundary and she too, is there and out of curiosity I step to my
Lilith's POVMy night is disturbed again, Lora waking frequently to feed whilst my eyes droop with the tiredness that the lack of sleep is causing me.If I had match sticks, I'm sure I'd be using them to hold my eyelids open, though I'm sure my eyes would roll into the back of my head to find whatever sleep they could.This morning Theo is having me walk the pack lands with him."It's bout time I introduced you to some important people within the pack," he had said whilst I was drink a gallon of coffee and eating porridge.Okay, that's a little far fetched but I did have one cup of coffee.And yes, the doctor has already stated not to drink to much.Caffeine can be problematic with Lora and my milk apparently but even so, there's no way I'm going to get through the morning without something to help me stay awake.So we're driving in the car towards the centre of the pack where it's built up into a small community.There are houses and a few large buildings.A few small shops that sell
Hati's POVThe days are blurring into one mess of disappointment.I'm no closer to finding Aspen yet her tantalising smell is around to tease me at any given moment.My heart aches for her, my howl sitting at the back of my throat in an eternal need to find and claim her.But I must push through, despite the fact I feel like giving up.My duties call to me and they must be completed.So I sweep through the northern packs one by one. Ensuring there's no newborn unseen and I move forth with the pretence too.Making sure the packs have indeed stuck to the rules regarding their packs and how they are run.Of course, and unfortunately, I find nothing wrong with them. Not that I would presume that the packs would stray from the guidelines they are given.But it would have proved exciting if the opportunity were to have rose to make a show of the pack.Perhaps it could have even been an opportunity to take more land to add to my own, though this far out would Royce difficult to keep it.I'm
Theo's POVI never expected for my previous endeavours to affect my mate.I hadn't thought I had a mate so the choice of being with other women never seemed relevant to think about but now I'm sitting in my office brooding about the fact I hurt Lilith.I took her to meet the medical staff but I never imagined that Delta would be covering for her father.I'm out of the loop, my lack of attendance within the pack proving that I need to dive right in the deep end to know who's where and why.And I suppose my open familiarity with Delta didn't help the situation in any stretch of imagination.But what was I suppose to do?Stay celibate for my late teenage years through to my thirties?Would any man, any wolf or witch or any of kind decide to stay true to a mate that never seemed to come around?I don't think so, not at all. But that doesn't mean my infidelity, if you can call it that, doesn't hurt to realise.How stupid of me, and how insensitive to take her somewhere that I knew could po
Khai's POVLilith's repentant as she lays with Lora in ned whilst feeding her.Her emotions so sour and potent that I can feel them as if they were my own.And under that repentance is sadness and anguish.A lace of feeling betrayed.I'm unsure what has happened and despite the fact that I had plans to be out on the training field with the rest of Theo's warriors I have stayed here.Standing at the entrance of the bedroom door, staring at Lilith in confusion as she mutters to herself about stupidity and anger and how neither work alongside each other.“What did he do?” I ask after standing awkwardly for a long time.Growing angrier by the second that Theo has hurt her in any way I walk into the room to join her. To investigate the situation at hand.If he’s…She looks to me guiltily, making me half my thoughts right there.“What did he do?” I repeat.“I haven’t a clue of what your talking about,” she lies.And she knows I know she’s lying.So I have no clue why she’s so upset.What is