Theseus's POVSomething begs me to stay within the house to watch our fighter walk down the stairs, it's just a shame I do not care for the sounds coming from upstairs, even as muted as they are.Intimacy is part and parcel of loving someone, but when it's your young, your daughter that only makes your squirm.And though my hearing is not on par with the wolves we are surrounded with, my hearing still allows some sounds to filter down here to the living room.Lilith's late, only by a few minutes but that's because she's side tracked, Khai was sent up to collect her, Theo waiting outside with the efficient that will take her through the ceremony of becoming this packs Luna.One step forwards in her fate, earning this title based on her selflessness.Lilith has always been destined for greatness, we knew that before even making her.Before Celeste grew her and birthed her.I look to my wife, my mate.She's strikingly beautiful in the gown I had made for her.Perhaps when I brought it ma
Hati’s POVAh, now I know.Theo is holding a luna ceremony for his mate.For Lilith.I knew it would happen, there’s no way that son of a bitch will allow any room for her ownage to be questioned.But I’m not sure Zeus will care of his moronic claim on the girl.Zeus is god, everyone’s god and I doubt a small and insignificant hybrid wolf would put him off of claiming the girl he had sent down here for me to keep.Obviously I didn’t keep her too well, my inability to bend her will to my own has proved troublesome.And her loyalty sure hasn’t landed where it should have but then again perhaps that’s her destiny, or what Celeste calls fate.This is a welcome distraction from my nightmare of trying to find Aspen.And I check for invites, wondering if I missed mine whilst I’ve been busy.But there isn’t one and that is… unusual.Luna ceremony’s are usually a big celebration.Alphas from all around are invited, the more the merrier but I’m shocked to find out that Theo has not invited one
Theo's POVThe ceremony passed with ease, Lilith accepting and vowing to remain in the one place she has destined to be in.For that I'm sure. She looks breathtakingly beautiful in her gown, beautiful beyond's words that I cannot fathom to articulate.Everyone forms a line to congratulate us.You see, this ceremony is basically a wedding, a binding of agreements between man, the alpha, and woman, the Luna.I think that's why we dress up as we are, me in a suit, a tie and all and her in a beautiful white gown that only accentuates the fact she is a magnificent piece of art.This is a day I will look back on for years and the photos will enable me to remember every detail.But it does get boring, the endless pack members repeating exactly as the last has said.It's not as if they need to do this, I can hear their lurking happiness through the pack link, and I think Lilith can too.She looks tired, overwhelmed after twenty minutes of shaking everyone's hands, and I watch worriedly as sh
Lilith's POVI bailed. I thought I could do it, but the anxiety of shifting before everyone overtook me.Yes they are my people and I felt nothing but love coming from them today but shifting for me is an emotional affair.It leaves me feeling raw and unplugged. Open to the possibility of being vulnerable.And I want, no need, not to be vulnerable in front of my people.Perhaps I'm just tired, maybe I can blame it on that. I haven't been sleeping well, waking often without really falling into a deep sleep.Not that I would change Little Lora for the world.She somehow completes me. Fills a hole I fear Celeste and Theseus created long ago.But they are trying to make amends for that, and I appreciate them doing it in an organic way without pestering me into forgiving them.In fact I dare say they don't expect forgiveness.That sounds slightly crazy, doesn't it?Who would think the people who made me, birthed me and dumped me would be so... normal.They are nothing as I wished for, not
Theo’s POVThe run with nothing less than exhilarating.The whole pack is bouncing around with happiness and compliments on their new Luna.They are excitedly murmuring between one another when I finally take control, shifting in the yard only to run through the house and head upstairs.It’s nightfall now, the sky dark as the moon has risen and the warriors in place around the borders.The house seems as if it were sleeping, it’s quiet and dark but I know better. I can feel Lilith and Khai.They are both awake.And as I walk through the bedroom door I note them laying in bed besides each other, popcorn in a bowl between their legs and the tv on the wall on very quietly.I presume not to wake Lora.“Evening,” I greet them, walking into the room to close the door quickly. I head straight through to bathroom, turning the shower on to rid the dirt and mud from my body.And I step inside just as the water warms, freezing myself in the process because I want to rush in the name of joining L
Khai's POVTheo's waiting for me.That's a new I'm happy to oblige with but that doesn't mean my worry of whether Lilith is ready doesn't sit in the forefront of my mind.If Theo hadn't already thrust himself inside her I would use foreplay to ready her. Stretch and arouse her but I can't.Not with him already situated.So I kiss along her mark, knowing just how much that turns her on.Licking, nipping and sucking lightly to arouse her. Making enough pressure to make her moan and squirm.Theo sighs too, her movements obviously arousing for him also and although I do not find him sexually arousing, I am pleased that he, too, is turn't on right now.I think that despite my love for only Lilith that I have a mutual respect and I'm turn a type of love for Theo.I would die for him, fight until the end to protect him just as I would for Lilith and now Lora.'She's ready,' Theo enlightens me, a smirk covering his face as push Lilith towards him to hold.My vodka already hard, waiting and re
Theo’s POVI lay in bed with Lilith and Khai well into the morning but I cannot sleep and my heart rate is palpitating.When we were running earlier I felt as if we were being watched and I had the warriors guard the borders and much to my dismay they found Damian’s warriors watching. Waiting…I knew they would be and perhaps Lilith bailing was a good thing.No one outside of my land, my pack know she’s a white wolf let alone a goddess in her own right.And no one outside of this pack know of Lora’s existence just yet.Though I doubt we can keep her existence a complete secrecy for long.We are going against every protocol known to wolf-kind.A heir, much as Lora is, birth should be lodged with the high court.Her name going in a book for future alpha’s.Her being a female is an unusual occurrence as it is.Almost all alphas produce male heirs and up until recently rules would be in place for female pups to be disregarded when another male pup turned up.But I’m glad that particular ru
Hati's POVI flick through the photos that have been developed and printed on paper.The recognition of certain wolves is apparent but the wolf running alongside Theo was not as I expected.A small grey and red Wolf that seems a far cry from a Luna.Far cry fr a goddess she-wolf too.I expected Lilith to be... more.Maybe I let my mind and imagination run away from me.The expectations high because I know who her parents are.Because in all honesty you would presume her parents would give her the crème de le crème of wolves, gifts and life.Surely Celeste picked the best for her child and Theseus is no less able to do such a thing.He's a god in his own right, controlling witch-kind.I think that is why I've chose to house a coven on my land.Keeping them prisoner as I use them for my own pleasure.I'll admit it's a mind fuck when you take a female witch against her will.Especially when they have the powers to manipulate you. Not that their gifts have ever stopped me from taking wha
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