Lilith's POVThe distraction of making dinner seems to be the key of making me forget that I started this silent argument between Theo and I.Lora lays in her little basket crib on the counter whilst Khai and I work together to prepare the ingredients to make dinner.We laugh, cuddle and brush against one another.Khai cannot seem to keep his hands to himself and I'm all for it.It's precisely the distraction I needed.And that's how Theo finds us, Khai kissing me from behind. My head turned to the side for him to reach my lips.A smile is plastered on both of our lips as his scent alerts us to his presence."Finally, how long did it take you?" Khai asks Theo.He walks into the kitchen with a few bags in his hands that he places besides the crib before picking Lora up to cradling her close.I watch him smell her, a sense of ease washing over him as they bond through touch."I was ashamed," he notes.His eyes finding mine as he talks solely to me.His confession something I never knew
Hati’s POVMy search has me crossing the border into Canada. These packs are only under us through a mutual agreement.Their rules are their own, mostly.But ultimately they must work with us to ensure that our race abides by the procreation of time.Mating is something we honour, finding out fated and coming together seems to be the thing Celeste has always wanted for us and us as sheep followers we do just that.I understand, the bond being so potent that we cannot deny it.Not without pain and discomfort.That’s what I find at my next pack.They are all men, men that chose to ignore of kill their mates. I’ve never passed through such a depressing and dire pack.And though I should report them, I have no cares of their goings on.My main concern is to find Aspen and as quickly as possible because this aching in my chest is not something I’ve ever had to live with, nor do I want to live with it.But as we get closer to the very northern borders she is nowhere to be found. Something
Lilith's POVThe next day Theo calls a meeting between the three of us, Lucas, Andy and Dominic.I pace the office worriedly, cradling Lora to my body awaiting whatever he brought us in here for.And I don't have to wait long."The pack knew you were pregnant, it's useless trying to pretend Lora doesn't exist," Theo explains as we all look to him."They've never met her son, we could feign a loss," Dominic argues immediately. Having probably already thought somewhat on this.I must admit I hadn't, I had never factored in that we would come home here to Earth to hide our child.I suppose that Theseus challenging Zeus gave me hope that we were returning to normality but that wasn't what we came home to.It's a shame, but perhaps we were never meant to hide her.Protect her, yes but hide her away from the world, the pack?I'm starting to think it is cruel amongst other words to do.Our pack will start to feel betrayed, pushed aside with being kept out of the loop.This isn't how we are s
Theseus’s POVI don’t hang around Theo’s pack for once they settle in. I things I need to do and those things are talking Hati.He travels through the days and the night, moving through pack after pack searching. Smelling, imprinting any smell that smells new.He knows, I’m sure of it.It wouldn’t surprise me, he’s an old wolf and he isn’t an idiot.Of course he can smell her, though I’m convinced he’s realised she isn’t this far out, his desperation turning into annoyance.Her scent is an unusual one, citrus sweet with a tangy undertone that doesn’t particularly fit the bill for a shewolf. But then again aspen has never been a normal shewolf.From my understanding she was a rogue most of her natural life.Being born between two wolves that had no business being with one another because they had mates. I fed elite lives amongst most breeds, and species you see.Anyway her life was never accepted, her smell something abnormal back then.It was only found out at a later pairing of Cel
Khai's POVThe run out to the waterfall is over quickly, far to quickly.All three of us shifted into our wolves, our paws pu dung into the floor and nails ripping the ground as we run.It feels good to be free, the wind in Obsidians fur, the smell of the running water getting closer by the second.The surprise is less of a surprise than I think Lilith had hoped but I presume that’s because the pair of us, Theo and I, that is. Are starting to see visions we shouldn’t be.I confirm as much when we speak privately through mind-link.Lilith has already shifted and left us standing on the deck behind her.I had watched mesmerised as her white fur swayed as Abyss shook her fur out. The very tips a purple much like her eyes, but only as the light hit her fur in the right angle.Abyss doesn’t hesitate to jump into the water, swimming inside as if a wolf belonged inside the water and then she disappears behind the waterfall.My heart palpitates in panic even though I can hear that she’s fine.
Hati’s POVI wake as we pass through the no-man’s land between mine and Theo’s pack.lThe scent, Aspens, calling me from my deep slumber. I’m sure she must be around here, she’s close but I cannot act on impulse, not tonight. Not when I’m so tired.My body suddenly feels so drained perhaps because I’ve been on the go for so long.I don’t normally rest as normal wolves do, my rest comes in the form of giving over control, burrowing into Damian’s mind to recoup but alas, I do not want to do that.Giving him even an ounce of control is not something I will entertain in this moment.I sniff the air, moving forward in my seat as we drive past the last part of Theo’s land.He must be back, Lilith’s scent being the most potent that I can smell, follows by Theo’s and Khai’s and finally Aspens. They seem to interlocked with one another which has my mind ceasing my heart palpitating.Surely… surely it cannot be?Have they mated and produced a child who houses my mate?No, no, no.That would p
Theo's POVWe sit in the warm air on the blanket just big enough for the three of us, eating the food Calley has prepared for us.The sandwich filler she had made this morning, the fresh bread she baked last night. Fresh fruit from the farmers market just outside of the pack.How can I tell?It's the flavour of the strawberries and oranges, they never change always exactly the same no matter what time of year the fruit is picked.We talk about how much life has changed, what the ceremony will do. The dimension it will created within the whole pack.Lilith's nervous, she doesn't believe she's good enough for the role. Believing her lack of involvement with my pack will disable her from forming the bonds that are needed between a Luna and those she will be guiding.But she is, undoubtedly is.She cares immensely for our people.And that is the number one basis for a good Luna.I don't doubt she will excel further than she believes she can and I don't doubt Khai will support in doing so
Theseus’s POVI spend longer than anticipated with Celeste. The need to discover if there has been a ripple effect to changing one’s mate has consumed both of us for half a day.And the answers were inconclusive.It hasn’t been unheard of for Celeste to change her mind and rebond mates. Especially when she’s found someone that seems more of a match.But the only thing we’ve decided is that we cannot one hundred percent say that Lilith’s decision didn’t ripple the lives of those she chose to play with.Lilith is only a godling goddess, she is out child and in all fairness it isn’t her job to change the future life of a soul.It is Celeste’s job and therefore the perhaps someone else making the decision that directly go against Celeste’s may have an adverse affect.Of course we cannot know for certain that the little she-Wolf died because of this changed decision.Chain reactions happen even when they are not your fault.And of course we cannot blame Lilith for her decisions. Not when t