I heard Luna Kyra giggle and Alpha Kenny taunted, “Oh, son, she’s playing hardball tonight. She knows you can’t do a damn thing about it until after her shift.” I heard Onyx purr in my head, “Rolf likes what he sees. Please tell me this means you’re going to let him mark us?” I answered, “I don’t know about that yet, but I might be persuaded to let them mate us.” I could tell she was grinning, “Well, that’s halfway there.” Before I knew it, I felt arms creep around my waist from behind me. I felt hot breath on my neck and low, sexy voice that damn near made me stop breathing, “You’re playing with fire, mate. I don’t know if I will be able to hold Rolf back.” I laughed, “You will if you want to have me after my shift tonight.” I heard him gasp and then he turned me to face him, then threw me over his shoulder and took me to my room. He kicked the door shut and threw me onto the bed. I laughed the entire time while he growled as he laid on top of me, “Do you mean that?” I hummed, “m
My immediate thought was, “This woman gives the best hugs.” Then Onyx came alive for a moment, “She is going to be an important figure in your life. She is a beautiful soul and so is her wolf. Trust her with our life. I must go back to sleep. I need rest for our shift.” I smiled, “It’s very nice to meet you.” I hugged Grandpa Joshua and he was just as comfortable. Grandpa Joshua smiled, “It’s very nice to meet you too.” I could tell Grandma Izzy was going to be a great source of comfort when we needed it. Just then, Queen Winnie popped in, “Hello, my dear!” I smiled, “Hello, Queen Winnie. I’m happy you came for dinner!” Onyx pushed forward and smiled, “Welcome friend. I can’t wait to work with you!” Queen Winnie smiled, “I can’t wait to see you again too, sweet pup.” Onyx huffed and retreated into my mind, a little butthurt from being called a pup. I chuckled and gave her a mental eye roll, “I don’t think she likes being called a pup.” Queen Winnie winked, “Why do y
Onyx shouted, “Zariah, get back and let me take over. Relax as much as you can and enjoy our mate’s touch.” Isaac dropped to his knees and rubbed circles on my back. Just his presence helped, but his touch helped even more. The once excruciating pain turned to white-hot heat spreading over my skin as Onyx’s fur sprouted. A sudden sinus headache from hell spread over my face as my nose and mouth jutted from my face to form Onyx’s muzzle. Suddenly, all the pain, popping and cracking stopped and Onyx jumped to her feet. Isaac looked her in the eyes, “You’re the most stunning wolf I have ever seen.” Queen Winnie butted in, “I hate to break up your moment, but I really need to put this spell on Onyx. She needs to be undetectable by dark witches.” Isaac stepped back, took off his robe and shifted into Rolf while Queen Winnie was busy with Onyx. By the time she was done, everyone else shifted and Winnie looked at Onyx like she wanted to ask me something. Onyx nodded to Rolf and he ap
I woke up the next morning with my mate’s arms around me. I started stretching and found aches in places I had never felt aches in before. Isaac and I had made love three more times the night before and I was already ready for a break. After untangling my body from his hold and taking a quick shower, I dressed in my leggings and sports bra and sat in the kitchen, drinking coffee for an hour. I filled up a cup and took it to the bedroom. I sat it on Isaac’s side of the bed and went back to the kitchen, deciding to make breakfast. I made a couple of sausage and cheese omelets and took them to the bedroom on a tray. I sat on the bed and started eating. As soon as the smell of the omelets hit Isaac’s nose, I saw one eye open and I giggled, “Good morning, mate.” Isaac groaned, “Good morning. What time is it?” I chuckled, “It’s almost six a.m. I thought you might want to go to the gym and work out with me a
I looked at Alpha Kenny with a guilty expression and shrugged, “He had it coming. He was thinking of a way to prank the gamma, so I pranked him.” Alpha shook his head and chuckled, “And the thing with Gina?” I replied, “Serves Shawn right for rejecting her for one of the sluts. She needed a confidence boost and I wanted to show her how strong she can be.” Alpha nodded approvingly, “At least you are doing some good while you’re causing chaos.” I laughed my most evil laugh as he turned to Queen Winnie, “How is she doing?” Queen Winnie replied, “She’s catching on a lot faster than I expected. Her great-grandmother took a lot longer to be able to control one wolf.” I asked, “Didn’t Onyx help her?” Queen Winnie replied, “She was a sweet woman who didn’t take much interest in her gifts until she was nearly kidnapped by a rogue dragon. Then she felt like she was on a tight deadline.” Onyx huffed, “She wouldn’t listen to me at all. She was more stubborn than you are.” I laughed, “Onyx i
I woke up with a pounding headache and in a room that was decorated for a woman. I was on a comfortable king size bed with pastel pink bedding. The curtains were also pastel pink and looked to be silk. The windows were huge and let in a lot of light. Everything in the room looked to be high end and far from the dungeon I was expecting. I sat up and put my hands to my head, “Onyx, are you there?” She yawned, “Yeah. Whatever they gave us was not wolfsbane. It was just a sedative.” I added, “That gave me a headache from hell.” Onyx suggested, “See if there is anything for it in the bathroom.” I stood up and sat back down, “The room feels like its floating or something.” Onyx agreed, “It does. Try again but go slower this time.” I slowly stood up and walked to the bathroom. The room was huge with marble floors and walls. The shower looked big enough for four people to shower with their own shower head. There was one wall, by the sink, that had floor-to-ceiling mirrors. There were two me
I shook my head, chuckling, “Look, it’s a duplicate Alpha Tolvar.” He shrugged, “I could think of worse role models.” I cringed, “Yeah, I could think of a lot better too.” He chuckled, “Wow. So, my chosen mate is a smart ass.” He then slapped me, hard, across the face. I fell back onto the bed, then bounced right back up to my feet and punched him in the nose, breaking it. I sneered, “If you think you are going to beat this she-wolf into submission, you need to rethink your strategy, boy. This she-wolf has already taken out nearly every man your father sent to come after me. If they hadn’t drugged me this time, you would’ve had two men in our cells instead of one. So, you will not be able to tame me.” He sat up with a stiffened spine, “My mate is also a strong she-wolf. Please, let’s start over. I will not hurt you again.” I chuckled, “You think that hurt? You hit like a girl. I’ve taken much harder hits than that during training.” I sat down at the table and chairs in the corner o
Isaac POV I got out of the shower and went to dad’s office. I looked around for Zariah and asked my dad, “Where did Zariah go?” He answered, “She went to her house to take a shower and get ready to go.” I nodded, “Thanks.” I started to run out the door when Rolf started whimpering. I furrowed my brow, “What’s wrong Rolf?” Rolf answered, “Onyx says she has been taken by Big Creek pack.” I gasped as I ran back to dad’s office, I motioned for dad to follow me then started running to Zariah’s house. The first thing dad noticed were the two warriors on the ground. I was focused on getting inside the house. When I got to her room, I started panicking. I found a guy on the floor, just outside of her closet. It looked like my mate had taught him a hard lesson in underestimating his opponent. I wanted to punch him again and ask where she was. I mind linked dad, “Dad, you should come in here. You should bring a couple warriors with you.” While I waited, I looked in the bathroom and could t
The following month, Alpha Doug and Luna Kathryn brought their two boys and one girl to visit our pack. The poor girl, Elizabeth, was stuck, in age, between both of her brothers, with no sister to have her back.Their oldest son, Lucas, was fifteen and held himself as a future alpha but he was also trying not to seem unreachable. He kept staring at Lena in awe, but it almost seemed as though he was afraid to approach her. I chuckled, “It’s okay if you want to hang out with Lena. Just stay where we can see you.”He let out a breath and walked up to her, “Would you like to take a walk?” She answered as she blushed a bright shade of pink, “I would love to.” As they walked away, I couldn’t help but notice the awestruck look on his face as he kept his eyes on her. I smiled at Isaac knowingly and Isaac nodded in acknowledgement. Aadi chuckled, “We may have a pair of mates.”Blaine approached Elizabeth, “Would you like to take a walk?” Elizabeth agreed and she started walking next to his whe
Within minutes, there were at least one hundred snakes covering his body, biting him, while he screamed in pain and terror. Blaine nodded and all of the snakes stopped biting and started climbing the wall to leave the same way they came in.He was still conscious and yelling obscenities at Blaine while our son laughed, “I’m glad you’re still awake, Devlin. If you thought that was bad, wait until you see what is next.” He nodded at the guards and Heather withdrew the tree roots.We all walked outside and the guards roughly dragged him outside and just let him drop, face up onto the ground. He looked at Heather and she smiled, “Happy to help, brother.” The tree roots started winding their way up his arms again.Devlin asked, “So what now?” He smiled, “This is going to be better than expected. You are going to see your end coming and feel every bit of the pain. Rot in hell, Devlin Thorn. You deserve no less.”We all stepped back and watched as two panthers approached him. He screamed like
We all went into the pack house and I asked if they would like some lunch before we go to the dungeons. Luna Kathryn asked, “Are you planning to go to the dungeon?” I nodded, “Blaine has a rather unconventional execution planned. We can go in Isaac’s office and tell you about it.”We sat in the lounge area of his office and Isaac started, “The first thing you need to know is that the prisoner is Blaine’s biological father. He kidnapped and raped his mother multiple times before she was able to escape. Not long after Blaine was born, he found them and tried to kill Blaine because he didn’t want kids. That’s how Blaine became paralyzed.”Luna Kathryn gasped, “Oh my Goddess! You poor child. You are so lucky to have survived.”Blaine spoke up, “It was the Goddess’ will that I survived. I have spent my whole life following Her path for me and I will until I die. Dad and I spent the last year looking for him so that I could get my justice. I’m just glad my biological mother kept track of him
One year later, I was at my desk in the office at the pack house, working on the books for the pack. I took a deep breath and sat back in my chair, thinking back on the past year.The kids have improved by leaps and bounds. My mind went to Blaine’s breakthrough moment.FlashbackShortly after I came home from the hospital, I had been resting on the couch because I wanted time with my family. The girls had gone to the kitchen to make a snack when Blaine approached me and laid his head on my chest.He asked, “Mom, can you tell me the whole truth about my father? Isaac is my dad, but I need to know about the guy who got my mom pregnant.” Isaac smiled and nodded at me. I looked at Aadi and she nodded also.I explained, “Well, your mom told me that he was a terrible man who had kidnapped her to sell her to some traffickers. He raped her multiple times before she was able to escape. I don’t know his name though.”Aadi added, “She told me that his name is Devlin Thorn. When you were a tiny ba
I gasped, “Three weeks?! What the hell was wrong with me?!” Isaac started trying to soothe me, “It’s okay, love. They were able to fix it. You had a brain aneurism. It burst just as you got here to see the doctor. They were able to stop the bleeding and fix the aneurism through your carotid artery.”I sighed as Isaac continued, “If you hadn’t been here, in this hospital, when you passed out, you could have bled out and died. They called me and told me to get to the hospital, and I jumped out of bed and ran for the hospital.”I furrowed my brow, “I remember you telling me that they were doing surgery, but I was out again before I could ask why.” He smiled, “I’m just so happy that you are still with us. The kids will be so happy that you are awake.”The doctor walked in and I shrugged, “I’m back, doc.” He laughed, “Yes, you are, Luna. I’m very happy to see you awake. I need to check and see if there are any neurological issues. Aneurisms can do that.”He checked the strength in my arms a
When we got home, Blaine had a huge grin on his face. Isaac lifted him out of his chair and put him on his lap. I asked, “So, sweetheart, how long have you been able to control animals?” Blaine blushed, “Since I was three. I can’t talk to them, but I can control what they do.”I smiled, “That is a really cool ability. Can you do that with humans?” He shook his head, “No. Just animals. But I can control their wolves after they shift.” I smiled, “Now that’s awesome. We make a perfect set. I can control humans.” Blaine’s eyes lit up, “Really?” I nodded, “Really.”Heather smiled, “Wow! That’s really cool!” She then put a somber look on her face, “Just do me a favor?” I asked, “What, sweetheart?” She sighed, “Just don’t do it to me?” Blaine and I laughed, “We wouldn’t even think about it.”Blaine explained, “I used to play with small animals when no kids would play with me. The staff would get mad at me for having a rabbit or a squirrel on my lap. When they would start saying hurtful things
Thirty minutes later, the guards were bringing the prisoner out of the dungeon and chaining his hands and feet to a large pole. Isaac and some warriors found a clearing in the forest that was just large enough to have the sun beat down on him the entire day.I growled as I watched him being pulled by a chain attached to a silver collar around his neck. I was quite pleased with the amount of silver attached to him. Just knowing his skin was being burned at each area made me smile.I asked Isaac, “Did you mind link Aadi to let her know where he is?” Isaac nodded, “I did. She linked the hospital staff to let them know.”My mate’s eyes glazed over as he received a mind link. Then, when his eyes cleared, he turned to me, “Our son wants the very last blow. He says he doesn’t need to be here. He wants to make the last one hurt the most.” I furrowed my brow, “I wonder what he is planning on doing.” He smiled, “It seems that our son has an ability that we know nothing about.”I nodded, “You are
When we reached the pack house, Isaac gave me a kiss and smiled, “I’ll see you at lunch time, love. I want to make sure you eat today.” I nodded, “Okay. I’m sure I’ll be starving by then. Did you want to start the interrogations this afternoon? We have a few to do.” Isaac ran his hands through his hair, “I forgot all about that. Yeah, we should do that this afternoon.”I spent my morning on the pack books and entering receipts. I was so glad that I was done with that part by nine a.m. and I mind linked Isaac’s dad, “Kenny, would you like to take some time to talk about the pack’s investment portfolio?” Kenny answered, “I would love to, Zariah. I’ll be there shortly.”After nearly three hours of discussing existing investments and then choosing a few new ones, I suggested we start looking for some real estate to invest in also. He agreed with that idea and said he would look around. We agreed to meet again in a couple weeks.As we finished our meeting, my brain started hurting and I was
When Isaac and the girls met us after the service, we went back to our house to change into regular clothes and I started frying chicken and making our sides. I put everything in containers and placed it all in the picnic basket as it was finished cooking. When the chicken was finally done, I placed it all in a container and put it in the basket.I went in the living room with the picnic basket on my lap, “Okay. Who is ready for a picnic? I’ve got tons of food ready to go.” Lena ran downstairs yelling, “I’m ready!” Heather ran into the living room, “I can’t wait! I’m starving.” Blaine rolled into the living room from his room, “I’m starving!”Isaac jumped up from the couch, “We can’t have that. Everyone, load up!” I chuckled, “You’re too funny. We should stop and get some cold drinks for everyone. I didn’t pack anything. There wasn’t enough room in the picnic basket.”He knelt to my level and touched his forehead to mine, “Will do. But, first, I need something.” He kissed me tenderly a