Khai's POVLora has a whirlwind of a bad week.Her constant crying, in-consolation and lack of feeding has all three of us in a tis of emotion as we try our damned hardest to settle her throughout the days and the nights.But our break never comes and it's gotten to the point we've now decided to seek medical advice incase anything's wrong with her.Sitting here at the doctors office with our u settled two month old is not something I had planned on doing.Everyone looks our way as she screams and I swear they think she's some type of brat already. Maybe they're right, perhaps this is all behavioural but something deep down in my gut tells me this is not the case.So we wait a solid half an hour for the doctor, my anger building the whole time and Lilith's anxiety manifesting also. I hate that Theo's more than happy to sit with a loose hold around Lilith's back as he talks to the pack members also waiting in the waiting room.He has no cares and tribulations about Lora's behaviour.H
Celestes POVThe time spent with Theseus lasted only but a few days but even those few days was more than I could be expectant of.Our time apart seems to have sparked something great between us, creating a love far deeper and meaningful for us to experience and ride together.It's refreshing and though I hate the cold and lonely nights I think I can find happiness about the situation now.But that isn't what I'm up here in the viewing room to think about.No, I need to watch Hati.Something... unusual has occurred, he's found love outside of Aspen and I wonder why and how it's come about now, after all these years of his protest that Aspen is the only one for him.This girl, she's one of Theseus's and she's beautiful.Independent and capable of loving him back but where did she come from and why now?She hasn't been a member of his pack for long and I wonder who sent her his way to distract him because that's what she is, a distraction no doubt.Perhaps it's Theseus working his magic
Theo's POVI think all three of us come away from the hospital in a state of confusion.We had hoped to get some clarification and a plan to move forward and heal whatever ailment Lora was suffering from but it seems we are the sole cause of her discomfort.Us and the two pups residing in Lilith.Two, yes you read that right, two.It's highly unusual to have more than one pup but to have twins after already producing your heir seems unheard of.We travel home in silence, even Lora's fussing has seemingly stopped momentarily in the face of recognition to the problem at hand.Is she really jealous?Does that emotion begin at such a young as as hers?How can we reassure her that nothing will change when everything will change?These are the questions rolling around my mind as we make the long walk back to the pack house. The grass and the trees slowly replacing the built up cement that is the small centre I've made our own little town inside.And I think Khai and Lilith feel the same.Th
Lilith’s POVTheseus is excited to see Lora, his smiles all for her as he cites on her whilst walking through the yard and into the tree line again.I trial behind him, half watching him dote on my daughter and half wondering how the hell we will cope with three of her in the months to come.I had wanted a close relationship with her, to spend quality time and bond with her beyond what is expected of a parent.I wanted to give her everything I hadn’t had and in turn give her a normal childhood full of love and memories she’d cherish.But I feel adding two brother or sisters or even a brother and sister is going to put a wedge where it wasn’t wanted.Of course maybe she’d love a couple of siblings but if the doctors right then right now that truly isn’t the case.Not a lot of folk have to worry about this situation because it’s is truly rare for a She-Wolf to have more than one pup even if they end up living with a second chance mate.It’s just a thing a she-wolfs body doesn’t allow an
Khai’s POVTo say I’m glad I had a reason to leave the house is an understatement.I need time to think, and process the fact that we chipped in more than we bargained for.Never had I thought we pile be gifted with two new lives, especially after having Lora.It isn’t the typical equation that happens between wolves but then again I guess we aren’t the typical pairing, nor are Lilith or Theo full wolves.Maybe our genetics has something to play with how our fate is panning out or perhaps this is exactly what Celeste had planned but then surely she might’ve pre-warned us.I throw myself into running from pack house, through the trees and around the brushes.Over to the training ground where the warriors have already started training.I’m over fifteen minutes late and despite my being late I walk onto the training ground, throwing my top from my body and fall in line with the others are they run the perimeter.Andy says nothing when he clocks me, deciding to keep my tardiness to himsel
Hati's POVAnother gruelling day of being an alpha passes by and I feel wound and stressed but for once I have someone to go to to relieve my problems on.And there she sits waiting for me at the window in my room.Her beautiful hair lays down her back and her bare legs call to something deep inside of me yet I stand here looking for the longest moment, refusing to disturb her as she sketches something that she sees outside.I want to live closer, to peer over her should at her drowning but then I’d be disturbing her, enlightening her to my presence and right now she’s presumably distracted and hasn’t heard me come to stand in the bedroom door.Though she’s a witch and despite her not being able to smell me quite as easily as a wolf might, she might have the ability to sense me in other ways.I haven’t yet asked if she has any abilities and I haven’t reached out to Gretchen neither.I like the mystery surrounding her.I strive to get to know her, which isn’t something I usually prat a
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
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