Khai's POVI have a rude awakening when Leo insistently calls me through mind-link, ripping me out of my slumber in the early hours of the morning.His voice is worried and that has me bolting upright in the bed.Lilith is wrapped around Theo, the pair of them sleeping soundly and I frown.Why is Leo calling me, and not Theo?'What, what is it?' I ask him sleepily as I love from the bed and though to the bathroom.I take a leak, emptying my bladder as he explains the situation.'Tabitha freaked out when she saw Alpha Dane. She went running into the safe bunker and I cannot get in. I need you or Theo to override the safety mechanism.'I groan aloud, hadn't Theo changed that to reopen with an author died hand print?Is Leo not on the authorised list?I don't bother waking Theo. It seems pointless us both being awake for no reason.Instead I rush off to Leo’s home? The one not far through the tress. The land houses just one mere small hour and the underground tunnel to the panic bunker.
Khai's POV"What is this?" I ask in a tone that I've ceased to use in recent weeks.It's an alpha aura, my alpha aura.I haven't heard it so menacingly before but then again I refuse to use it on most occasions.The young girls smiles my way, her pearly whites like a full wattage moon staring back at me."This is their comuppence, they should be dead..." she says with a cackle, pulling Tabitha along with her as she moves to the right of Leo.He remains standing without moving, his eyes wide, the vein in his face and neck pronounced."No, you don't," I demand. Moving myself along with them. I mirror the girls steps, ensuring to stay directly before her and Tabitha.And whilst I'm watching Tabitha I note her anxiety.If only I could mind-link her, reassure her I will not stop until this threat is dead at our feet.But she's a witch, and that ability does not branch out to her species.Instead, I beg her to look up silently. I will for her eyes to move off of her child and to me.I want
Tabitha's POVDane was right. He hadn't lied.He's been in the pack for a few days now, yet on that first day when he come over and introduced himself I hadn't recognised him.The white Wolf from my childhood, the one that I strongly believed was a made up figment of imagination to keep me company.But it wasn't.I hadn't imagined the voice that had guided me through the difficulties in my life... I wasn't. Crazy.That thought had been one of the most harrowing to live with.Hearing voices in my head that no one could hear.Having Gretchen look to me with the most diabolical look of fights as I talked to someone that wasn't there was one of the memories that has never left me.There's something in a that type of look that confirms your worst fears as you evaluate yourself as a person.Anyway, as I was saying, Dane.He told me he could feel me, that his gifts extended through him to feel his family.That all I needed to do was call for him in a moment of need and he'd know where I am
Theo’s POVI wake to the feeling of commotion and trespassing.My gut churning and Rex feeling highly uneasy.My eyes roll through the darkness over to Lilith, she’s laying soundly as she sleeps beside me. But I do not see Khai and that has me on high alert.It takes me only a second before I roll out of bed quietly, moving through the room, forgoing getting dressed because I won’t need to.I’ll shift as soon as I’m in the yard, and I plan on running until I find Khai.I picture him in my mind as I skip the steps two at a time, rounding the bottom only to take the second flight of stairs.I run them too and then round myself towards the kitchen and my goal, the back door.It’s dark outside, the only light coming from the moon above, and for a moment I stare at it in wonder.Whose breached the borders, why now?And where’s Khai?That’s is the question I focus on as Rex takes his form, his paws hitting the ground as we start running.He sniffs the ground, catching Khai’s scent as I try
Khai’s POVTheo makes all three of us give our own version of events.Mines easy and straight forward.Whilst talking I replay my morning wake up call, allowing him to see every detail I cannot explain.I show him waking up to Leo calling me, something I still do not understand and something I want to investigate.I show him the run, the walking up to the house as I find the girl holding Tabitha hostage whilst I thought little Arlo was cradled to her chest.Then the fight, Dane coming in as a white wolf. Yes, white fucking Wolf, glowing aluminous green at the very tips of his fur as the moon shon down on him.I question him, asking why he hadn’t mentioned Dane was a white Wolf. Why he hadn’t revealed that he was of the same bloodline and very similar to Lilith.Because he is, isn’t he?White wolves are apparently all derived from two blood lines and only occur once every few decades.They are rare, they hold owners that are even rarer and they are hunted.There’s so many things that
Lilith's POVI wake to an empty and cold bed, finding neither Khai or Theo are there for me to cuddle into.Lora isn't awake yet, she hadn't cried and I take a cheeky moment to myself, deciding to shower before she wakes.It seems the sun has just risen in the sky, the moon still shining as the darkness is slowly taken over by the light of the day.I wonder where Khai and Theo have gotten too and why they hadn't woke me or one of them stayed with me.Feeling for them I note nothing seems awry so I continue about my own morning.My shower doesn't last long, only a quick wash of my body and face as I try to wake myself up in a good mood.I get out on cue to Lora crying, though it's more of a gurgle than cry but even so she's hungry and ensure she's fed before we both get dressed.I meet Calley in the hallway as I head downstairs for breakfast.She's holding a backpack that's bursting at the seems and she looks utterly embarrassed to have been caught by me."That's a lot of school work y
Tabitha's POVThe first hour turns in to the second and then the third.The early morning drags past as we both wait for Arlo to come back from wherever he is and for Leo to come out of the drug induced coma he seems to be residing in.I worry myself silly, not only is Leo unresponsive which makes me anxious in and of itself but he's also not here to protect me.Yes, I have no only Theo and Khai but seemingly Dane also but I've never felt safer than I do with Leo.And then you have Arlo.This is the longest he's disappeared and I have no clue of where he is, how he got there and if he's safe.I've never heard of baby's being able to such a thing at such a young age and I've seen many baby's and children come through Damian's land.He preyed in those with special gifts and I hate to think of what he might do if he finds out Arlo can somehow transport.Whether that's willingly or if his body takes him away when he feels some sort of emotion is undetermined but if he's able to do this no
Lilith's POVKhai, Theo and Dane are sitting in the living area of Tabitha's and Leo's home.And there lies Leo, unresponsive yet his eyes open as he endlessly stares into the room."What's wrong with him?" I ask as Calley and I stop inside the room.I notice she's hiding behind me, avoiding Danes gaze as if she thinks he's a danger.Her emotions are palpable and I can taste each and every one of them.Fear.Anxiety.Upset.Angst.The lift could go on.But not one of them is it relates to happiness.I wonder whether this is solely to do with fact that Dane saw her gift or whether it has more to do with Cadence and that situation.But now is not the time to ask her why she feels the way she does."We had a breach, Leo was injected with a lethal amount of wolfsbane," Theo enlightens us.I nod, knowing he will explain more later, and that's fine by me.Obviously they have corrected the situation and it is under control and I can smell the distant wiff of Dr Knight, so I know Leo has gain