Zeus's POVI excel in making people squirm and that's precisely what I have done regarding Celeste and bringing Hati to her door.She squirmed more than I presumed she would, lost for words and unable to stop staring towards him.And despite my thoughts of her being troublesome, she allowed him inside her home.Yes her home, the place she and Theseus keep private at all times.The only regular visitor they have is me, and that's only because as God, I can gain access to any part of my realm that I wish.The other gods and goddess must seek permission and this has always enabled Celeste and Theseus to remain private and hidden here in their home.But not today, today Celeste broke her own protocol and allowed the house to open up to none other than Hati.If I had known how receptive she would be I would have brought him here last week rather than waste his and my time waiting for her to join us for dinner.As it is the pair of us watch her flit across the kitchen, using the counters an
Theo’s POVWatching Lilith and Calley work together as a team has been rather wholesome.Never did I think that I would change my mind, and never did I think that Lilith would head the comity with Calley to force change for our she-wolves.But I’m starting to come around, starting to believe that this is the right step to take.After all, the evidence is thick and hard.The women of this pack have been wanting change for a while it seems.I hate to think of putting them in the line of danger but then again I have out my foot down on the responsibilities they will have.Yes they can train and yes they will be given responsibility in regards to ensuring the children, women and elderly are safe during a drill but they will not stand upon the borders as warriors of night and not during the day.I’m allowing change here, but not willing to allow our women to be hurt in the process.Calley wasn’t happy with this ultimatum yet Lilith jumped on the agreement and was happy to allow for it go
Lilith's POVCalley and I have been flying in the high of finally getting this thing together and ready for the interviews today.We asked Theo to sit in, to give input and his blessing on each girl we agree to take on.Apparently he's given us the round number of one hundred as a number to aim for.There's room for growth, apparently, but for now that's the highest number we are allowed to take on.It costs money, time and patience to train up our women and we need to find our feet in regards to time management, who, where and when we will trim and how we work alongside or around the male warriors.Calley is adamant that in the near future she wants this division between male and female to cease. She wants us to be as equal as we can be, to share responsibility and work alongside one another and though she's keen to try and get Theo to drop his division now in the present I've told her to calm down and step back to enable the future to path the way to equality.Theo is a fair man, f
Celeste's POVThough I eat my food, I wasn’t particularly hungry and when I move to stand, to gather the empty plates Zeus demands I sit.“Sit back down,” he demands.I don’t want to listen, I try my hardest to ignore his demand but his aura is strong, despite the fact Theseus has sworn to challenge him.I bare my neck in submission, my body following his demand despite my mind saying other wise.“Zeus,” I mutter unhappily.“Hati, clean the dishes,” he demands again.His tone is low, sultry and meaningful and for once in Hati’s life he does as he’s asked instead of doing as he wants.I watch with disdain as he takes the plates I was using as a tool to busy myself and I twiddle my thumbs as I ensure Hati washes them promptly.I hate him standing there in my kitchen, I hate him here in my house at all, if I’m honest.Why must he be here, when he belongs down there?I feel Zeus watching me, his eyes boring into my skin as he assesses me assessing Hati.What’s his game?What did he bring
Calley's POVI hadn't realised that Theo could be so accommodating until I pushed for change and he allowed it.He's even created the opportunity of growth with his blessing as we work from his office in the pack house.We've passed many application to the next stage. Only refusing the few older women that would find it hard to keep up with the physicality of being a warrior or those who lied about their age as if they had thought we wouldn't check them against the database Theo keeps of all pack members.And as we accept another one I get exuberantly excited.It’s crazy, the sheer amount of women that have applied.I think it’s a huge smack in Theo’s face, even if he won’t admit to it.And I find it reassuring that my decision to apply for change came at the right time.I have the reassurance now that I can fulfil Lilith’s request of protecting Lora at all costs.I’ll have an army of women stood behind me and one day, when the time is right, they will stand behind Lora also.It’s str
Khai’s POVI’ve come to learn that physical ability is key to being a warrior worth his rank and that is why I’ve put my all into training.Unlike some others, because of my status, I’m given the ability to be great.I felt that snap inside me that night I agreed to stand as an equal besides Theo.But others have to truly work for their strength.And that’s my worry about these women.But nevertheless I’m supportive of their presumed roles and I do believe that this change is for the better.And that’s why I’ve agreed to help Lilith and Calley assess each gives ability on the assault course.Leo and Lucas have also stood up and agreed to stand besides them.The three of us putting together a hard course through the assault course that will enlighten whose already physically capable, who show’s potential to become physically capable and who might be better suited to another role within the pack.The morning starts early, and despite Lilith’s want to bring Lora along, I manage to convin
Hati’s POVI come away from dinner exuberantly happy that Celeste has been so accommodating.I hadn’t expected for her to allow me the end of my life and I’m not sure whether I completely believe her but for now I will say I do and love the last years of my life happily.I have contingency plans in place that I’m more than happy to engage with if she doesn’t follow through, but perhaps she’s finally realised a repeated life is not for me.Then again, perhaps she knows her reign will soon come to an end, after all, she has an heir now.One that I’m well acquainted with.One that lives one pack over unfortunately.Lilith was always a special child, one that I had no doubt would give me gifts I hadn’t even comprehended yet.But I missed that chance to have her soul.That night I decided to chase her away, hoping she might’ve died when her head smashed into that rock.I saw things differently, a quick end to her miserable life instead of living with the two people fated to her.I never dr
Celeste’s POVZeus takes Hati from my home and the land it resides on, in fact I can attest to the fact he takes him from the god realm and back down to earth.I clean the house late into the night, riding any trace of either of them in my home.Scrubbing on my hands and knees like a pea sent human that I once was.What is Zeus’s game and why am I being forced to take part in them?He already assured me many months ago Hati would not live beyond this life and I’ve put plan into place to destroy his soul once it is recalled home.But now he’s making Hati beg for sun a thing to materialise as if I hadn’t already been given the instruction to do so.Zeus seems to like his pie and eat it, even if that means he makes a fool of those around him.The dining chair Hati residing in not hour ago is soaked through with detergent and water as I use the scrubbing brush to rid his stench from the material.I’m not sure why I bothered, I could have just burned it and asked the house for a new one bu
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