Lilith's POVThe night drags through as I lay between Khai and Theo in the aftermath of our love making.Their bodies doing the one thing I'm lacking the ability to do.I should be sleeping yet I cannot quieten my mind down enough to be able to fall into slumber, instead my mind is racing and as is my heart.Silence meets me from every direction yet there's also a sense of happiness coming from deep within that seems to have me so excited that I'm confused.Is it me, or these two babies that currently reside deep within my belly that are making me feel this way?At first I had panicked, my anxiety through the roof and I even contemplated for a small moment about not having these two innocent children.But the more I've had time to think it over I've realised that their appearance isn't such a bad thing.I love kids, I love Lora and to procrastinate over her having no siblings makes me sad.So the ability to give them these two siblings is a blessing and I realise that she will be a tr
Theo's POV"The borders are clear," Leo reports despite not ha ing actually ventured out to Amy border pet my request.His wolf is black, his inner self a true alpha and no doubt if an attack were to happen they would presume he were me and I have no doubt they would attack with the intent to kill.And I cannot put him in that type of danger.Not after all he's done for us and after all he and Tabitha have lost.And especially not now knowing he has Arlo who he must be around for.So I refuse to have him patrolling and the furthest out I will allow him is the training ground.He doesn't like it, feels utterly ground down yet I also feel relief coming from him at times and that is the emotion that confounds me.He’s relieved not to be in charge, his role now more affordable to him now than that of the charge being alpha has be laid to rest.And I suppose I get it.The responsibility of being in charge does take its toll.The insistence of being need from every avenue as you turn in eve
Hati’s POV“Hati,” zeus greets me wirh a cigar in one hand and smirk on his lips.He’s sitting in my office, a smile on his face as he waits for me to enter.He’s come unannounced and I’m not to happy about that.He has no invitation but I suppose I can ask for that update on whether he will be taking me up to the god realm.“Zeus,” I greet him in passing. Walking to the line jars of alcohol to pour myself some whisky.It’s been a long day of licking naughty children uo and releasing those who have done their time.It’s a gruelling job but not one I’m willing to shy away from.I suppose that’s because I truly love drinking in their emotions as I close that door and lock them into the darkness I control.The rush of being the the one in charge gives you endorphins like no other and I crave that.Crave it until my end, and I hope my end comes soon.The end of this miserable life and the repetition of the last millennia.“What do I ow for this pleasure?” I ask taking my seat.“The reques
Theo's POVWe're all sat around my desk after the first rehearsalOf what we've planned of something we're to go wrong.Leo is the factor that only we will know about.He will be the dominator that swats things in our favour.And it's his job to ensure first and foremost Lilith, Lora and the twins are taken to safety followed by Tabitha and Arlo.As an alpha it will be expected that I rush to scene to defend not only my land but my people and our integrity amongst other things and we all agreed that it would be suss if I were to stay behind to ensure Lilith was not taken again.Besides, Leo has proved his ability to protect the people within this pack in the most loyal way possible and I won't disrespect him by pushing his aside whilst training the packs highest members for the future outcomes that may arise."So you see we need the element of surprise because Damian's warriors will come in groups. He will never send the full force in the first round. He will wait u Til our warriors h
Khai’s POVI never thought I’d openly leave the pack alongside Theo but I have.We’ve travelled three packs over to Alpha Danes pack.We’re hoping to pull him on side, to have his pack as an element of surprise if the need ever arose.Dane doesn’t follow rules much and he actually never takes part or joins in with the other packs around us.His choice to keep him, his land and his people as private as possible has always been a novelty yet he’s the only one damned stupid enough to expect privacy in a world there privacy isn’t a thing.He agreed to this meeting without a second of thought. Giving us permission to travel to him and we got through his borders quickly also.And now we’re driving through the winding roads towards the centre of his land.Unlike other packs he keeps all of his members towards the centre of his thirty acres of land.As we drive through the tree surrounded road we see nothing, though we can hear the wolves breathing, their paws breaking branches and crushing l
Lilith's POVI hadn't wanted them to leave earlier this morning but they claimed they had to, alpha business and all that.So here I am stuck with Tabitha in the house as the heavens have opened.We had hoped to take the kids out in the sun, to perhaps walk with them in their carriers until they fell asleep.But instead we are sitting at the kitchen table, words haven't flowed very easily and I feel as if there's a wedge between us that wasn't there before my latest heat."Thank you for caring for Lora back then," I say. Hoping this might trip her out of her quietness."No problem," she trails off. Her words unfinished, unsaid."Are you okay?""Yes, why wouldn't I be?" She asks all defensive.I look her over, she seems okay.Lost that belly completely, she's holding Arlo in her arms as I am Lora. She still looks fresh faced, if not a few rings of purple on her under eye.She doesn't look as if she's just had a baby, not really but she has and I'm going to put this behaviour down to la
Theo’s POVThe meeting with Alpha Dane went precisely how I wanted it to.We spent most of the morning discussing potential ways for our blacks to forge a way forth.The ideal and most prestige offer was the loan of forty warriors that will live within my pack as my pack members but follow his rule and his training.In the event of a breach they will congregate off, hiding themselves only to strike when the opposing person thinks they have the upper hand.And with the underground bunkers that will enable them to do that.Though I will have to tweak the lockdown mode but that isn’t a problem.As long as there’s only a few people able to open the underground safe house before the few hours there shouldn’t be a risk.I’ve already summarised there will be six of us.Khai and myself being two of them as well as Lucas, the head of our warriors and the head of Danes warriors.That leaves space for one other to take control of the choice of who can and cannot leave the safety of the bunkers a
Khai’s POVSo I didn’t manage to convince Theo to allow our women to apply for the warriors. But we did get the help we needed and plus some.We have new men coming into our pack, men that could be potential mates for our abundance of women.Perhaps some might say that that would be a problem, why introduce men to mate with our females if we’re only having female children as it is.But it’s the mate part that’s the wanted part.Our members might find their mate, some of the olde row men who refuse to leave our lands might find the one fated to them from Celeste.Perhaps they won’t, it’s a possibility but having even a small percentage that some of our she-wolfs find their gated is enough to be gleeful.Though I’m not sure how they might feel.Would they leave to join Danes land to follow their man or would they expect their mate to come here permanently?I muse of lover this in the last leg of our journey home.We’d stopped just inside the borders, made the first instalment of men pl
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