Theo's POVLilith pulls away moving to leave the room and I follow, I follow not because I want to but because I feel I have to.She needs someone to lean on, needs someone to listen to her worries.Lucas and Dr Knight have stated that they can feel her emotions ... I can't say if they really do or not and I cannot deny I don't feel her emotions because we are marked and even without mating that bond is far superior to any bond I have ever had.I trail behind Lilith as she leaves the house barefoot, she walks along the grass that just last night she collapsed on after shifting back from Abyss.She heads towards the woodlands that line the yard then she dips inside silently. We walk in silence as the twigs break beneath her bare feet and I worry, I worry that she might hurt herself but she barely even registers stepping on them or the fact that I am standing beside her as we walk. We move for just under an hour and we're getting pretty close to the area I'm keeping the prisoners in the
Theo's POV"I haven't a clue what you are talking about" I lie as he takes a few steps from us, how does he know I have his men?"I can smell them, Theo, a mile north of here."He's exactly right, they are a mile north of this very spot in my bunker that I have this far out so the pack member's children don't accidentally stumble upon it on any given day but how can he smell them when the door is laced with wolfsbane?"What do I do with Lilith, when will she come back?" I ask to distract him from the fact his men, his father's men are in fact being held down in my bunkers for prosperity at this point because no one has come looking for them and I really don't believe that Damien will care if they were to die. "Guide her home, she could be there hours or days. Obviously, she needed her mama...""Okay then" he walks again as I hold onto Lilith to prevent her from following him, which she tries. She moves every time he does. "Oh and Theo...""Yes?""The mating ritual needs to be finishe
Lilith's POVI'm walking through the greenest of grass towards a lady standing in a white gown at the top of the hill in front of me. Her beautiful honey hair flows out behind her as the wind catches it. It takes me an age to walk to her, every few steps it's as if I'm being pulled back, turn't around but I eventually get to her. Or she gets to me, I'm not sure."Lilith" she calls snapping my attention from the floor to her "it's so lovely to see you again child.""It's nice to see you too... who are you?" I ask."Why Celeste of course but you can call me Leste.""As in our creator?" I ask as she guides me to a bench. Theo's voice comes out of nowhere making me look around for him though I cannot find him."Lil... Lilith wake up. We cannot cross these borders. Lilith... Lil... Jesus don't make me breach the border come back. Lil?...Lilith""It's no use, when she's in the other realm she cannot communicate in this realm" there's that voice again, the man that saved me the other day...
Theo's POVI leave Lucas in charge of finding Khai to bring him here under the agreement if he doesn't come willingly that he must take him but that means Khai's men, the men I still have in my bunker are still being watched by Andy which isn't a problem in and of itself but it is a problem by the way that my gamma is a gamma for a reason. Andy didn't always live in this pack, in fact, he came from a pack just thirty miles away when his mother found her second chance mate after his father died.My father graciously allowed them to move here instead of one of his favourite warriors moving there.So you see although I chose him to be my gamma because we went to school together and I consider him one of my best friends I don't know whether to trust him completely.The man has family outside of my pack meaning he has allegiances outside of my pack and one day they may cause a problem.For now, though I trust him enough to trust he will do the job I've asked of him."Alpha?" Calley calls
Abyss' POVShifting for the second time so soon took everything out of Lilith meaning she fell into another deep sleep-like state as her body recuperates whilst I finish the business of finding Khai so Lucas doesn't take him. I can feel him sitting on the edge of the property waiting and watching as he listens to his men talking with Andy who is holding them in the underground bunker that Rex and Theo use for their prisoners. In passing, I could smell three individuals that obviously didn't belong to this pack down under a hidden hatch door laced with wolfsbane.To say I'm disappointed in Theo and Rex is an understatement and I shall be chastising them to no end but first, the task of getting Khai to agree to talk or Obsidian, to be honest, will be the best bet.I have been mated to obsidian three times in my lifetime and unfortunately for us, we remember every one of those lifetimes together. I think that's why Khai is adamant not to let history repeat itself, why he's keeping his
Theo's POVI find it intriguing that Khai never aspires to be an Alpha when that's all he's been brought up to be.If his father is anything like mine or the hundreds of other firstborn son's dads out there he would have trained Khai from a young age to take over the pack.Khai would have loved and breathed his duty's from a young age.As it is his words sound sincere which for some stupid reason blooms hope in my chest that maybe he will stay... for Lilith of course."Tell us about Lilith, how did she come to stay in your pack?" I ask."I can't answer that..." Khai shrugs stroking Abyss' fur alongside her jaw."How long have you known she is your mate?" Lucas throws at him. Khai smirks, swallowing loudly before turning his face towards me."Six years give or take" he shrugs his shoulder surely towards me."So when you turn't eighteen then?" Lucas fires back at him, obviously taking the more senior role in this conversation, for now."Yes.""How old is she?" I ask."Nearly nineteen" K
Theo's POVLetting Rex head us back to the house in his form leaves me time to think over the fact that Khai has been seemingly missing for months without so much as a whisper from his pack. I guess that's why Damien hasn't put out word of his missing men either, maybe he thinks Khai took them with him or something.Then there's the fact that he is a grey Wolf which is rare for someone so young, and especially for a wolf that is supposed to take over the reins of Alpha in the near future. Maybe he isn't the firstborn Rex tells me giving me food for thought but it's fruitless because I'm not about to go digging my fingers in pies that really have nothing to do with me. After all, my pack doesn’t need to be put on the radar, especially when I’m hiding Lilith and her wolf, for now anyway. Abyss is laying on the floor by the back porch when we get back, her head in her paws as she stares at the direction I have come from. Rex asks her why she hasn't shifted and apparently Lilith is sti
Lilith's POV Khai is sitting at the kitchen table when I walk into the kitchen alone after Theo rejected what I was asking for before I had even asked for it. That sting, that's still there, stung like a bitch knowing he didn’t want to touch me in that particular way because of the fear of the unknown future. It makes me incredibly sad that our relationship depends on the fact that at some point his father had a vision of me being used because of the said baby inside of me.Would someone really do that, is it a possibility?“What has you so sad?” Khai asks as I sit at the table across from him. I regard him for a moment, sitting in a pair of black jeans, a black polo top that looks as if it could have a good wash. His hair is flopping to one side, unlike the last time I saw him when he was getting me out of the room with his father.“Theo…” I mumble as I look back down at the table in front of me. The last thing I remember is hearing Lucas saying he was going to get Khai and here h
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