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Celeste's POV"Theseus? Are you home?" I holler out as I walk through the mansion we call our home.We live in the third realm, the god realm, where all gods and goddesses with immortality reside.We've lived a privileged life, but it wasn't always that way.I was an ordinary girl from a family with a mother and a father, and we lived a wild life out in the Canadian woodlands.We had distant witches' blood in our genetics, and my mother practised witchcraft despite not being a witch.My childhood was filled with my mother extracting the souls of one being and melding them with the soul of another, most experiments going wrong. Some were going right, but she never once made a being that lived long enough to count as a species. That's where my desire to make a wolf-shifter came from.One of my favourite books was about a wolf and his need to find a friend. I would read it every night.In the woodlands around us, we're packs of wild wolves that lived beside us humans, so that's how I sum
Khai's POV At precisely noon, they arrived exactly as Alfredo had suggested but what I find unusual is the fact that they had children, whom I had presumed were ready, with them. “What is this?” Theo hisses towards them and me simultaneously. One of the witches, a small girl that’s been alive for longer than once thought possible, turns his way. Her name is Penny, and she’s been around for more than one of Damian’s life cycles. She’s the one who started withdrawing children when she could, and I suppose without watching her do so, I would never have concluded that I needed to help. “It’s okay; he’s just wary. He’s worried about his pack.” “So he should be…” the other witch Sara whispers as she looks around us. Theo had Calley and Arlo go over to Lucas’s place, so the pack house was empty. Currently, it’s only me, Theo and his father on the property, but I can feel Lucas and Andy nearby. I presume for a just-incase moment. “Who are these?” I ask whilst taking a small toddler.
Lilith's POVMany influential people are sat around the dining room table dressed in expensive dresses and suits. Each with a face as straight as stone, and the atmosphere is rigid.Damian has me sitting beside him. His hand on my leg that's bouncing uncontrollably.I hate feeling him touch me, yet his touch is grounding. It's confounding, but I guess that's because I really don't want to upset him... yet.Many people have greeted me in passing, and I've not known many of them or their names, but one I do know is Leo.He's here sans Tabby, and he's dressed in an expensive slate suit. He takes the opportunity to come and say hello after Alpha Fredrickson, and his mate Luna Mina leaves us. He holds his hand out before him as he speaks."It's lovely to see you again," he greets Damian with a smile and a shake of his hand. Then he turns to me, and I panic. My heart racing, and my palms shaking.Will he show the hand I do not want to be known? Will he admit that we know one another?I look
Theo's POV Leo appeared in the yard late yesterday evening with Tabby unannounced. She was clinging to him with the small girl behind her, the same one that teleported them here last time. At first, I thought something was wrong, and I panicked, walking out to greet them, looking right at Tabby, expecting some sort of bad news. The news wasn’t bad, and it wasn’t good either, but it was news nonetheless. Leo explained that Damian was holding a dinner, one that I somehow hadn’t been invited to. I know that is a far cry to prove he doesn’t care that he has Lilith. I’ve been sitting on the very edge of my seat, wanting to trespass his borders to match my warriors to the bunkers Khai is adamant she is residing in. We could fight it out, assert our dominance and take our mate back, but Khai is refusing point blank to make any moves. Leaving us sitting ducks as to whether Lilith is Turkey okay or not. I’ve been relying on the mate bond these past few days, begging for the emotional
Theseus's POVIt's physically draining to keep myself invisible in this realm. I've never had a problem with practising this specific ability before, but I've been using it non-stop for a few days, so I'm tiring far sooner than I'd like.It's been aeons since I've walked among my people, or Celeste's, for that matter.There's the thing about being a god. Your life comes privileged and cursed.I've always said that we need to be with our people to know our people, but alas, gods are not known for being as one with their creations.It wasn't always this way for me. I once was a man like any of those around me now.I was a gifted witch with the ability to disappear and teleport.Apparently, my bloodline heritage had left me the inheritance of my kind.It would have been nice to know and have a heads-up that I would be left in charge of our kind for an eternity—stuck up there in the god realm watching over those who I create.That I would have needed to pledge my life to an eternity of s
Lilith's POV The evening had dragged past as I stood watching the women speak about everything and nothing and me... Everyone had noted the mark that evidentally sat on my neck, and I had wondered what exactly they had been interested in, why it was so magnificent to them. It wasn't until everyone had left and I was allowed to retire to my room, the one I have always stayed in... the one I showered that I had the chance to see what was so enthralling. I looked into the mirror, free of steam from the shower this time. My once burning purple mark was now a deep black trifecta. The mark makes a strange six-looped shape. Well, at least it isn't burning bright purple now... and saying that, as I look at myself, I notice my eyes, too, have changed back to my standard blue colour. I had gotten so used to seeing myself with purple-hued eyes that it must have escaped my notice this morning that they had indeed changed. I show again, letting the warmth of the water pelt my skin and
Lilith's POVThe evening had dragged past as I stood watching the women speak about everything and nothing and me...Everyone had noted the mark that evidentally sat on my neck, and I had wondered what exactly they had been interested in, why it was so magnificent to them. It wasn't until everyone had left and I was allowed to retire to my room, the one I have always stayed in... the one I showered that I had the chance to see what was so enthralling. I looked into the mirror, free of steam from the shower this time. My once burning purple mark was now a deep black trifecta. The mark makes a strange six-looped shape. Well, at least it isn't burning bright purple now... and saying that, as I look at myself, I notice my eyes, too, have changed back to my standard blue colour. I had gotten so used to seeing myself with purple-hued eyes that it must have escaped my notice this morning that they had indeed changed.I show again, letting the warmth of the water pelt my skin and rid the
Theo's POVTabby's laughing as she runs around with those kids Khai's friends arrive with, and I'm watching them.They are out in the yard, the four children running around to let off steam as Tabby and Arlo play tag with them as if they, too, were young children enjoying the right of passage of running freely."It's weird, watching children find happiness in the most mundane thing, isn't it?" My father asks me with one of those confident smiles that makes me want to make a witty remark back.I don't take my eyes off the children, but I do answer him after a long moment of thought and exercising control over my childish ways."Yes, father. It is hypnotising. What is it?""How do you know there is something? I might only want a small conversation about the orphan children we have within our pack now.""They aren't orphaned; we don't know that yet..." "Damian has habits, son. Those he steals from, he does so after murdering them. It's an unfortunate truth but a truth nevertheless."That
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