Khai’s POVLilith has slept the whole day away, staying in bed without surfacing once.I check on her in the early afternoon to see her rolling around in bed, burning up with a temperature.Theo and I decide to call Dr Knight, and he sends Dr Samantha I’ve to check on Lilith.“How long has she been burning up?” She asks us as she arrives.“Just today, she fine last night,” Theo mutters unhappily as he strokes Lilith head.It’s almost evening now and we’ve been having to feed Lora Lilith pumped milk but she has much left and she’s unwakable.“I see,” Dr Samantha states, walking to Lilith.She starts look her over, taking her temperature, checking her heart and putting a cuff in her arm to do her blood pressure.She also tried to wake her, but to no avail just like Theo and I.“So?” Theo asks, cradling Lora to his chest as she starts to cry for Lilith.“I think it’s a bad infection. Her lungs have a rattle, so I’m presuming chest injection. Are you sure she wasn’t feeling ill before tod
Celeste’s POVOf course I presumed I would be met with criticism but I never expected to feel so burdened with it upon receiving said critic.Theo wasn’t one to hold back his opinion, not that I expect him to.After all, he’s of alpha bloodline and a strong alpha at that.He wasn’t impressed that I allowed this soul to love when I had the means to end its existence but he grumbled some sort of incoherent acceptance when I explained my reasoning behind my decision.The most important thing is he’s been wanted and can put things in place for Lora for her future.Lilith had already given her another mate, a mate that seems to be bonding excellently so far.And in the future this should help tremendously.WhT my people haven’t realised is a mate bond isn’t all its presents itself to be.They do not have to accept their fated and I do not demand nor punish them for not taking the one I believe to be well matched.That’s why I have second chance mates, and they don’t stop there.Some people
Lilith's POVThe memories continue to fill up any consciousness.A strange and unabating voice wakes me from my light slumber.It's not particularly saying many words, but it's happy nevertheless, and the aura accompanying the person is addictively more-ish.They seem blissfully unaware and happy, content with their surroundings which confounds me. Where are they? Are they close??Their room seems dark, maybe with the ambience of red. Yes, yes, I can see what they can. It's as if they are sharing their secret with me.I wonder if they are another of the long line of children Damian keeps. I mean, they must be, to be around here.I lay silently for a while, soaking up their energy, afraid that they might go silent again if I spoke or tried to communicate. I need this, the happiness from an untainted person.I can't really explain with words how happy and content the being makes me feel by just sharing their... innocence. I think, perhaps, it's maybe because I'm alone and I hate bein
Theo’s POVLilith doesn’t wake during the evening or the next morning.She stays in a sleep like state despite her fever coming down and the medicine battling the infection for her.I almost feel sick to my stomach that none of us had noticed her coming down with thing.And I feel even more defeated in the realisation I can neither communicate with her or Abyss, or see her dreams and thoughts despite touching her repeatedly.I’m unsure of what to take from her radio silence, unconvinced that she’d be truly asleep without thinking.And without dreaming.Even Lora hasn’t aroused a reaction from her despite our attempts to allow her to cry and pluck one from her.Samantha though, true to Khai’s demands, had stayed in the pack house. Ensuring her proximity in case the worse was to happen.And Khai and me?Well we’ve been here at home, refusing to go out on jobs, refusing to train.In fact if I’m honest we’ve nothing, really.Looking after Lora is the only task we’ve found ourselves doing
Celeste’s POV The souls refused to accept Haiti’s child and despite myself and needing sleep I keep it company, talking to it.Reassuring it that there will be someone that will love it.I see it now, the life that it had to lead.A life of solitary, a life Roth no one to love them until their mate comes.And trust me, I’ve given her a mate that’s unmatched in rank.A high up alpha that will be one of the rulers of wolf kind.The funny thing is this wolf has Lucan blood in him, only enabling them to evolve with the best of bloodlines.Hati’s child will be the beginning of said future.Sighing I look in the pool for the tenth time this morning.They are much the same, they are all keeping to one side whilst pushing Hati’s child to the other.I hate watching my souls divide themselves like this, being unaccepting of another in their kind and no matter how much I push them together nothing changes.I’m saddened to know I’ve made wolves that are far to blind to be inclusive.And it hurts
Lilith POVAbyss comes to the forefront of my mind. Her being wholesome and belonging.She makes me feel warm and for a moment we stare at one another. Her in her rightful form, a white wolf with purple tips. Her eyes endearing as her tail moves back and forth.“What is it?” I ask her.She looks to me sadly, her eyes downcast as she tiptoes towards me.Do you remember that day we first shifted? She asks me.Yes. Yes it was painful, I answer.My mind wanders back to that day, everything morphing once more.Everything burns as I lay between Theo's legs out in the woods at the back of the pack house. My bones are making the most disgusting sound as everything morphs in front of me.My vision is blurry and hazy as I try to focus on the early evening sky above us, looking for anything to distract me from the pain that's all consuming. The moon is slowly creeping up and the sun rapidly disappearing and with every second that passes by and the pain becomes more... and more... and even fuc
Lilith's POVSadness crushes my soul as Abyss remains quiet after her revelation but the visions continue.Jumping to a time where Damian had taken me, the bunker being the very nightmare I thought I had escaped.The room is dark and cold and smells of mildew. And despite my best efforts, Damian's hold on me remains firm and unbreakable."Leave us..." he states as the darkness takes one of my senses. This was my worst nightmare, the dark. The inability to see my surroundings and the fear attached to that... I find that my heart is already racing, and Abyss has recessed into the darkest depths of my mind. She is silent and loans no strength to help me to breathe.The panic rises in my body as the silence stretches out, and I'm sure it's a tactic. A way to make me fear the unknown future that I will be living in soon."Your emotions have always been so... potent," Damian breaks the silence as he pushes me. I free-fall, expecting to hit against something hard. Maybe my head or ribs,
Lilith's POVImages morph of that last time I was locked in the dark.The horrid truth of my life coming down to flitting images of darkness surrounded by uncertainty in my thoughts.Those days were much the same as them in my childhood.Each passing in a slowed time that didn’t allow for time keeping.Again things morph, and I go back to one day in particular, images morphing to and throw as Abyss shows me something she deems necessary. My thoughts travel to those of that day, moving in the direction of what once went through me mind… I 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 chilli
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