Leo's POVOur first night as parents isn't smooth sailing.Arlo is just a newborn, after all.He fusses often but now that Tabitha’s called some she’s able to aid him to latch.I cannot count the hours I decided to lay and stare at the pair of them, Arlo laying between us as Tabitha slept.Her delicate hand rested on his chest, feeling for his breath and rising chest that I’m sure on some subconsciously level aided her to sleep so soundly.These beings before me are now my family.My own little unit that feels far more important than my pack had ever meant.Yes my people belonged to me and I belonged to them but never on this basest level that I belong to Tabitha and now Arlo.I understand many things now, but specifically why Theo had left his pack in the hands of his father.The birth of a child has a monumental effect on each party involved.Whether that be a parent, grandparent or fellow pack member.And the latter brings me to now.It’s eight am and the pack, Theo’s pack, is buzz
Celeste’s POVI wake to that familiar feeling of one of my bonded souls departure.And I know, instantly, that it’s Leo Lymph’s son.And much to my happiness I find the soul missing from the pool of bonded souls.This leads me to move to Theseus’s room to gape down at the pool of sight.Sure enough Leo is standing besides his mate with a small child in his arms.I smile indulgently watching them rock the boy as they try to calm him.It’s not often I’ll come here to watch a pair become new parents but this pair are special.It seems my daughter had chosen them specifically choosing their som to be the second mate for little Lora.Which means this baby will be the future for the roles Theseus and I take on.One day this will all be handed down to Lilith and them Lora and by extension of Lora, this little boy to.And that means he’s almost a prince, in all sense of the word at least.His future set, his charges already assigned.Excitement ruins through my for the rest of the day, my cho
Khai's POVI join the warriors bright and early, stepping onto the field with nothing but my shorts on.Last week you wouldn't have seen me without my T-shirt, this week I'm confident enough to forgo it knowing it’ll only be taken off in an hour or so anyway.As usual we start with a run around the training field perimeter.I take my place in the fourth row, second in but everyone stares at me.It makes me uncomfortable, feeling as if I don’t truly belong.Have they tired of me already?Did I upset one of them?We start to run at Lucas’s demand and thankfully all eyes leave me, returning to the forward direction as we start our training.I wish I could admit that that was the last time someone looked at me but it wasn’t.The time came to spar, each of us partnering up but no one decided to pair with me and unlike normal Lucas hadn’t demanded someone pair with me.So whilst the others start to spar I sit out at the side watching with confusion.Everyone seems to snubbing me, purposely
Theo's POVThe packs emotions are all over the place today.And not only am I struggling with dividing myself from those emotions but I'm also struggling not to act impulsively on Khai's.He's terribly uncomfortable, his emotions frayed to say the least and there's nothing I can do about it.As it is, I've found myself travelling to the training friend to watch from afar.At first I don't particularly see what Khai's problem is.They are all training as they should be, him standing aside as he watches on.But then the murmured whispers of the pack members filter through my mind and I listen intently.Hearing them shun him because he's now their alpha.They haven't a clue how to act around him, unsure whether they should touch in him the manner they have been.Their respect is boundless yet their behaviour is the opposite.Instead of asking him outright if he wants to participate, they've seemingly forced him to sit on the sides lines as perhaps I would whilst I watched them train.I c
Lilith’s POVI have everything ready whilst sitting in the kitchen waiting for Theo to come back from his walk.He promised to take me to Tabby so that I could see them for myself and deliver the flowers, food and cookies.I know they’ve asked for space but I think as Luna and alpha of the pack, we deserve to visit them after such a monumental occasion.Anyway, Tabby and Leo agreed staying for us to come right after the doctor who went there around an hour ago.So as soon as Theo surfaces through the trees in the yard I bounce with happiness whilst gather the basket and Lora in one go.I’m ready to leave before he even walks through the back door.“Can we go now?” I ask.He smirks at me, seeing me juggle holding Lora in one arm and the basket int he other.And he reaches for Lora, taking her into his chest before he nods.“Let’s jump in the car, it’ll be quicker,” he tells me with a peck to my forehead as he walks with Lora through the house.I follow eagerly, placing the basket in th
Hati’s POVThe funny thing about owning witches is the fact they can see things we otherwise wouldn’t.And my witches know their worth, and that is information.And the information Gretchen has enlightened me to is… worrisome.There are witches travelling through the packs, looking for the very witch I killed.And though that shouldn’t be worrisome because I know she’s dead.Dead, burned and buried. It does.Who are these family members that have crawled from under a rock searching for the girl that was tied to my very soul?When I took the child, I exterminated her whole family, torching their hut. Watching it burn.So how are there sisters alive and well?Part of me wants to take them and lock them up to bend them to my will to try and use them as I did Tabitha.Perhaps their soul might give me something she hasn’t.Maybe this full ache of sheer unhappiness that I believe is her fallen soul might disperse itself from me once I bond to another.But Gretchen enlightens me to the fac
Khai’s POVThe moment I stood up and took control of the situation things started to mellow out.Those around me fell into line, so to speak.And by the end of training that day I had gained respect from all the warriors around me, including Lucas.Each bid me farewell with the parting gift of using the title alpha and though I never envisioned myself being called that, it had a ring to it.I wouldn’t say I enjoy being addressed in that manner but I enjoyed reaching and successfully reeling in the respect after sitting for a long moment in exile.And it made me realise that I would one hundred percent prefer to be an alpha of these people rather than a lowly thought of member.So I allow Obsidian to remain in his state, running through the woods with his tongue hanging out through pure exhilaration.Our relationship has come along so far since I’ve come here.I actually allow him to be him whilst I am me.He’s able to shift whenever he wants rather than being suppressed and I’m happy
Leo’s POVWe take four days to ourselves, besides Lilith and Theo’s visit.We get to know Arlo and we learnt ha the hates to be put down, that he will scream blue murder if we do and we have made the decision to co-sleep.It’s what felt best for us and it’s worked out fine.We both fall asleep staring at him laying between us in our new bed.I’ve never known love like this.It’s so vastly different to the way I love Tabitha yet it’s just as strong and impressionable.I love the way he half smile son his sleep with that milk sitting upon his lips after he’s had a full feed from Tabitha.I love the way he twitches when one of us strokes his cheeks.I love his smell as I hold him on my chest and my nose sits upon his dark hair.I love the way he looks around as if he’s trying to figure things out when he probably cannot see anything yet.There’s a whole lot I love about him.And that love for him extends to Tabitha.My love for her has warped and changed, moving into a different type of
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