Khai's POVIt feels as if I'm sealing my own fate when I use my hand to lock the panic room.Never, would I ever have thought that I would willing lock myself in a building even if the amenities were of luxury and my stay would be a happy one.There's lounge big enough to be a communal room. Kitchen large enough to put the one in the pack house above to shame and bedrooms with enough room for eight in each split over three levels below the the house above.This is more than a panic room, more so being a state of the art hotel below ground that just so happens to be very safe to reside in but even so, I just locked us in here for hours.Unable to leave, unable to open the door that'll keep us safely locked inside and everyone else locked outside.I've studied the blue prints, I know there are three tunnels that will bring me out in different areas of Theo's pack, once the lockdown is over of course.Tabby and Leo have already sorted food and drink and the clock begins.“Come and sit do
Celeste’s POVThere’s a large amount of my time now eaten up with watching Lilith and Lora navigate life with one another.Theseus’s pool of sight is handy in allowing me to do that and I find myself hanging in every coo and bible and every action of Lilith.She is the mother I now wish I could have been, that sounds cheesy, right?But it’s true. I was so swept up in the need to save Hati and in turn my friend that I pushed aside those natural motherly instincts so that I could manage wholly with placing Lilith away from me.I see now that it was all a mistake, that I should have kept her and nurtured her and that her abilities would far surpassed anything beyond the concept of normal.She is the future and for worse concept of maternal love, I allowed her to be broken and damage in the lead up to the most important part of her life.I see that now.The unnatural way in which she survives, always hanging off needing to do something and not doing anything at all.Her fear base so high
Lilith’s POV When I wake I’m sandwiched between Khai and Theo and Lora’s already feeding from my breast.Her long body draped over my chest and stomach.Both Khai and Theo are sleeping besides me. Facing one another in this strange bed below the house.I wish they had woken me instead of leaving me here in this bed underneath the house in a place that resembles a prison much like the one Damian used to keep me in for weeks on end.But they hadn’t I guess they wanted me to sleep.I guess there’s no harm in sleeping here, the four of us seem content, and Lora sleeping whilst eating is a testament that.I stare down at her for a long moment, wondering if I moved whether I would disturb not only her but Theo and Khai in one fell swoop.I guess I would, so I don’t move an inch, laying my head back on the pillow so I can stare up at the stark white ceiling above me.The lights around the room are down in ambience, enough to aid vision but not enough to truly light the room.It’s quiet, not
Leo's POVTabitha hadn't slept well all night.Tossing and turning and wandering around the pack house.Last night was the last night we had to sleep here within Theo's pack house.Our home, is ready to move into and just in time because Tabitha is due any day now.Although she's a witch her pregnancy has seemingly taken on the typical characteristics of a wolf pregnancy.Now we never imaged she'd ever get pregnant, not with the torture she endured.Her body is a testament to everything she's had to go through.Each scar, mark and imperfection screaming of a story that she hadn't even enlightened me to yet.That first day I took her I knew she wasn't 'normal', I knew there were parts to herself that she had tried to hide from me.But I had never prepared myself to see such devastation when she finally allowed me to kiss her.Those first days with her are burned so deep within my soul that I harbour internal feelings no man should and now I have to live with the monster inside of me.M
Lilith’s POVThere’s a strange ambience in the pack house today.Things seem dull and sad yet excitable and happy in the same instance.And I think I know what it is, why I feel this way.It’s to do with Leo and Tabby, I’m sure of it.The pair of them are finally moving into the house Theo gave them. All renovations now finished and the brick and mortar ready for them to make it into a home.A place they can birth their child and bring him up. Hopefully nurture him into someone that can love Lora with everything he has.And with that love I’m hoping that he will give her a different future to the one she’s destined for.Of course I cannot force her. I cannot make her chose him.But I’m hoping that having someone of the same age that will love her unconditionally will give her options.Of course I think that things happen for a reason and I believe Leo and Tabby were forced into our pack under our rule for a reason.The reason being we needed their son around for Lora.It’s sad that t
Tabby's POVI hate to admit it but driving away from the pack house down the short one one road that will take up to the house hidden within the tree coverage has me expelling every ounce of anxiety held within my body.I hate that I'm not particularly thrilled to have been living in their home, especially because they've given Leo and I so much despite not actually owing us anything.My stomachs been painful all morning.Small and shape bursts of pain turning into radiating pain around my midsection.I know exactly what's happening and I didn't want to admit it in the pack house because Lilith and no doubt Theo would have ordered a doctor my way.I won't be having any of that.The birth of my son will contain only the two of us and no one else.Exactly how it should be.It's not like I need painkillers or intervention, it's not like I cannot handle the pain in regards to birthing my child.I don't admit to Leo either though. Remaining silent as he drives us home.Home, that word seem
Leo’s POVI walk back into the room to her knuckles white as snow.She’s hiding pain from me again and the only pain that would make sense is labour pains.She’s been in a quiet mood since this morning, having not spoken much as we left and her excitement to be in our own home again has been lacking.But I know confronting her will only cause he anxiety so I pretend I haven’t see anything, and instead being the bag of clothes I had chosen in Theo’s small town of shops the other day.“What’s this?” She asks.“Clothes I chose for Arlo, some small onesies and outfits,” I tell her.She breaks her cold exterior for only a moment as she pours the contents of clothes inside the cot.She segregated them into piles of style, keeping all the onsie’s together and the vests, even the little outfits and she fingers the material and just stares at the clothes.And from where I’m stood this is the break in her facade, the opening of the flood gates so to speak.“Are you hungry? Thirsty?” I ask with
Tabitha’s POVMy labour progresses quickly, the bath relaxing my muscles enough for my body to charge forward with its endeavour to rid my son from the safety of my womb.Now that Leo knows I’m in labour I don’t hold back on the guttural moans that surface in my throat.With each passing contraction my legs spread, hooking my right leg over the edge of the bath for purchase.I cannot help but let tears run down the side of my face and despite being inside water already I feel the pop of my waters.It comes after a particularly painful and harsh contraction. My stomach hard as rock, my breath caught into my throat and the burst happens audibly.At least to my ears it does and the bath fills with murky water from inside of me.The contractions double down after that and Leo is there right beside me as he always promised to be.He’s rubbing my tummy, cradling my face.Whispering words of encouragement when I feel discouraged at best.He is the definition of the words best mate, labour pa
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