They are finally marked! Now the fun starts as they train and strategize with their new abilities. I hope you liked this chapter. I would love to read your comments.
We spent that day and the next making love in every position and every room in our house. We only took breaks to eat, drink or sleep. By the second morning, I was feeling very sore and needed a break. When Queen Winnie popped in while I was making breakfast, I sighed in relief, “Thank the Goddess you are here! I may be walking funny, but I am so happy to see you.” She laughed, “Rubbed you raw, did he?” I nodded, “But we couldn’t stop. It was crazy!” She smiled, “Oh, I wish I could have that feeling. I wouldn’t mind being rubbed raw once or twice.” I laughed, “It’s not very comfortable.” I finished making the waffles and I sat all the food on the table. I asked Queen Winnie, “You are staying for breakfast, aren’t you?” She smiled, “Why else would I be here early?” I set the table for three places just as Isaac walked into the room. He was looking and smelling extra yummy today. I had to look away because there was no way I could handle anything like that today. I desperately needed
Isaac jumped into action. He threw his hands up and held both hands with his palms facing the fountain, turning it into a huge ice sculpture. Isaac smiled, “Nothing like learning under pressure.” I laughed, “Oops.” Queen Winnie just shook her head, “That’s why we are out here. We need to learn your abilities and both of you need to learn how to control them.” I added, “I’m sure that is most helpful way to learn.” Isaac asked, “If I just visualize something, will it happen?” Queen Winnie replied, “It could, if you have the ability to use that element.” He closed his eyes and started moving his hands in a lifting motion. A strong gust of air blew under me and swept me off my feet. I was travelling around the clearing on my back. I started laughing when I came to a stop in front of him. Winnie laughed, “You did that well, Isaac. That was really good.” I asked, “Do you think you could do that on a mass scale?” He nodded, “I think so. We can try it on the warriors later.” I smiled, “Soun
After I was ready to go, the guys were cleaning the kitchen and Isaac was standing in the living room with four warriors. I walked into the room and, without turning to be sure it was me, he held out his arm to pull me close to him. I have to admit, this was my favorite place to stand during hours that I was awake. Isaac explained, “Love, these warriors are some of our best and most trusted. They will be joining Alex as your protection detail at all times. This is Kevin, Jayla, Mike and Tayna. They are mated couples, so they don’t lose time with each other.” I smiled, “I like this idea! I’ll allow it.” My comment made everyone in the room laugh. I chuckled, “No, really, I do like this idea. I just hope that having to follow me around all the time won’t mess things up for all of you. Has Isaac told you this could go on for years?” Tayna replied, “He has, Zariah. We are all honored to serve you for life.” I gasped, “Are you sure? What if you have children?” Tayna and Jayla shook thei
The guys ran after the human to disarm him while I linked Isaac, “Isaac! We’re in the mall parking lot and Alex has been shot! I need you to come quick and bring your dad!” Isaac, proving himself a wise mate, responded, “On my way.” I was busy trying to keep Alex’s eyes on mine as he writhed in pain. He cringed, “Silver bullet.” I shook my head, “Don’t you worry, Alex. Isaac and Alpha are on their way. Just stay awake. Okay?” He nodded, still cringing in pain. We heard another gunshot and I looked back at the girls. Tayna stood up, “I’ll go see what is going on.” She was only gone for less than a minute when she smiled, “Never mind. The situation is controlled. Apparently, they were able to get the gun away from him and they shot his foot.” Alex laughed and then groaned, which made the rest of us cringe. As soon as the guys arrived with our shooter, Isaac, Alpha Kenny and Gamma Axel showed up. Gamma Axel ran to Alex and I ran to Isaac, “This was awful. That human approached me in th
I was waiting at the emergency entrance of the pack hospital when an ambulance pulled into the driveway. Tayna jumped out, then two paramedics followed. When they pulled the stretcher out it almost looked empty. When I saw her face, she was a bloody mess and she was severely malnourished. The human nearly mutilated her face. She must have one tough wolf, because Onyx was able to sense her wolf. I went with them to the exam room and put my arm over Tayna’s shoulder. She immediately turned and started crying on my shoulder. Luna Kyra approached us and smiled at me, “Already a damn fine luna.” I sighed, “Thank you. I wish there was something I could do for Elena.” I told Tayna, “She has the best doctors in the state treating her. Her wolf is strong. She just needs to do some healing of her own.” Tayna stepped back and looked at me, “You can sense that?” I nodded, “Onyx recognized her wolf right away. She has been weakened, but she is not gone.” Tayna let out a breath of relief, “Zariah,
I growled, “I could blind you here and now. But that would be way out of order. I want you to see everything we are going to do to you. But I will blind you before we kill you.” He growled, “Just give me something for the pain.” I chuckled, “You are going to get something for pain only because your mate doesn’t need to feel it. When she is better, you will feel every bit of pain that you inflicted on her.” A nurse walked into the room and injected something into his IV. I turned to the nurse, “You don’t really have to be gentle. His mate is in a medically induced coma.” She asked wide-eyed, “Is his mate the lady they brought in that was beaten past recognition?” I nodded, “That’s her. We need to get him stabilized then down to the cells. I really don’t want to be bothered by his screams.” She agreed, “I will sedate him so the guards don’t have to waste too much energy getting him there.” After thanking her, I went back to Alex’s room. I stepped into my mate’s arms and took a deep b
Isaac laughed, “Calm down, my luna, we have a dress designer coming here tomorrow. She will be working solely on your dress until it’s done.” I sighed in relief, “Okay. That will work. Now, Alpha Kenny, I will take that laptop to Luna’s office. She and I will talk about how I want my office decorated, then I will work in there for the rest of the day.” Alpha asked, “When should we move out of the alpha apartment?” I answered, “You can stay there for good, if you want to. We will be living in my house. We will be able to draw clear lines between work and home. Plus, if we have more than a couple children, there is room on the property to add on.” Luna Kyra looked at Alpha Kenny and asked, “Why didn’t we do that?” Alpha Kenny replied, “I was always told that it was important for the Alpha to be available twenty-four hours.” Isaac answered, “I’ll still be available for emergencies. We just won’t be at the packhouse. We are only five houses down from the pack house. There is no need to
I asked, “Did she ask for me by name or title?” He answered, “She asked for the black wolf with the red eyes.” I nodded in acknowledgement, “Okay. We should get back to our house. First, I need to call on someone.” I whispered, “Winnie, I really need your help.” Winnie popped in and asked, “What’s up, hon?” I brought our scout to her and asked him to repeat what he told us. After the warrior was done reporting, Winnie scowled, “You all get back to the house. Make sure you have warriors sweep the house before you enter it.” When we started running again, she asked Isaac to stay. I kissed him gently and sighed, “Be safe, love. I can’t be without you now.” Isaac smiled, “I will. We shouldn’t be too long.” The ladies and I ran to the house, where Luna Kyra was waiting for us. I ran to her and hugged her, “Why can’t they just leave us alone?” Luna Kyra sighed as she returned my hug, “I know, sweetie. This whole thing is messed up. But the good news is if they are still asking for Onyx, t
I had just finished updating the books for the pack’s business when my phone rang. The school counselor sounded quite irritated when he informed me that Heather had finished the tests. I thanked him and told him we would be there shortly.I rushed to my mate’s office and smiled, “She finished. Let’s go.” Isaac beamed, “Okay.” He jumped up and we left. He started to head toward the truck and I shook my head, “It’s going to take longer to get me in there than it would to just walk.” Isaac chuckled, “Okay, then. I’ll push your chair then.” I nodded, “Okay.”We made it to the school in a couple minutes because Isaac decided to run most of the way. We went to the principal’s office and we found him trying to seduce his secretary by kissing her neck. Isaac cleared his throat and we watched him look at us while continuing his seduction.When he realized it was us, he stood straight up, cleared his throat and stuttered, “A-Alpha, L-Lu-Luna, how may I help you?” I just shook my head in disappo
The next morning at breakfast, Franco asked, “Alpha, is it okay if one of my little brothers comes down for a visit?” Isaac nodded, “Of course. How old is he?” Franco smiled, “He wants to look for his mate. He is sixteen.” I smiled, “Make sure to take him around the whole pack. Is he planning to spend a couple days?”Franco nodded, “He was planning to stay at least a couple of days. If he finds his mate in your pack, he is planning on asking permission to build a house.” Isaac agreed, “Of course he can. I will always welcome new pack members.”I reminded my mate, “I will be going to the school with Heather this morning to give permission for her to take the test to graduate early.” Isaac asked, “Isn’t she a bit young for that? She’s not even in high school yet.” I laughed, “She will be fine. She just isn’t being challenged enough right now. She wants to start college.”Isaac raised his brows at Heather, “Are you still wanting to be a doctor?” Heather nodded, “I am. I want to have my l
When we got to the kitchen table, everyone was there and Aadi looked like she was ready to burst. I chuckled, “Aadi, would you like to tell us your news first?” She laughed, “You got a visit too, didn’t you?” I nodded, “I did. But I will let you tell everyone what she told you first.”She grinned, “I know the path for both sets of twins.” Franco asked, “You do?” She nodded as she continued to tell everyone at the table everything the Goddess told me. She looked at me and asked, “Do you have anything to add?” I shook my head, “Nope. That covers everything she told me. I’m excited for them and they haven’t even been born yet.”Blaine asked, “Did she say when they would shift for the first time?” I answered, “I know your siblings will shift as toddlers. She didn’t give a specific age.” Aadi answered, “She didn’t tell me anything about when ours will shift.” I added, “But I would assume that if they were meant to go through everything together, then they would all shift together.”Heather
The meeting ended up lasting until late into the night as every unmated she-wolf wanted to see if Ben was their mate and we answered unending questions about the babies. I finally turned to Isaac and asked, “I wonder how many ways we can say that we don’t know what their path is?”Isaac laughed, “I don’t know, but I’m starting to wish we had not said anything about them.” I shrugged, “They’re just curious. All of our other kids had a purpose, so they are wondering about what will happen with these babies.” Isaac agreed, “I can understand that, but we already told them before the meeting ended that we didn’t know yet.”When we finally got home, it was late and even my night owl, Blaine, was ready to fall into bed when we got home. We said goodnight to the kids and went straight to our room. As soon as we were ready for bed, Isaac got under the covers and held his arm out to me.When I got under the covers, I immediately scooted over and tucked myself in with my head on my love’s chest
When we went home for dinner that evening, Heather and Blaine were clueless. However, Aadi was nearly bouncing off the walls in excitement, “Was I right?” I laughed, “You were.” Aadi giggled and hugged me, “I knew it! I’m so happy!” Isaac laughed, “There is some additional news. When we all sit at the table, we’ll tell all of you.”An hour later, we all sat at the table for dinner. Isaac sat his phone in the middle of the table, “I have Lena on the phone so she can hear the news too.” I smiled, “That’s an amazing idea.”I then turned toward the phone, “Hey baby girl! How are my grandbabies?” She giggled as she answered, “Growing like weeds! They’re starting to crawl already.” I smiled, “That sounds like so much fun.” She laughed, “It is. It’s exhausting too.”As soon as Heather and Blaine sat at the table, I started, “Well, I went to my regular doctor today. I am officially one week pregnant.” There were cheers around the table and on the other end of the phone. Isaac added, “There is
One week later, I was eating breakfast with my mate and Aadi when a queasy feeling took over my body. I rushed to the bathroom and lost every bit of the breakfast I had eaten. As I rinsed my mouth and used mouthwash, Onyx advised, “You should go to the doctor today.” I smiled, “I will do that. Thanks.”I went back to the table and drank more coffee. Aadi smiled, “Are you going to the doctor today?” I chuckled, “Onyx is telling me to, so I guess I better go.” Isaac asked, “Do you want me to come with you?” I nodded, “I think you should.”He asked, “What are we going to the doctor for?” I raised my brows at him, “You didn’t know what I was doing in the bathroom?” He shook his head, “To be honest, I was mind linking Stone with something I needed him to do today.” I smiled, “I’m pretty sure we are going to have a baby.”Isaac jumped out of his chair and let out a huge celebratory howl then knelt by my chair to look me in the eyes, “Are you sure?” I nodded, “Onyx is telling me I am and tha
I sat on Doctor Spink’s exam table after all of the x-rays and ultrasounds had been completed. I knew Isaac was nervous because he couldn’t sit down at that moment if he tried. Doctor Spink asked, “Are you having any pain at all now?” I shook my head, “No, just itching from the incision.” She sighed, “Yeah, that’s a common issue. Some lotion with Aloe in it should help that.”Doctor Spink took a deep breath and let it out audibly, “Well, it looks like the surgery was a big success. I see very minimal scar tissue now. There are no obstructions anywhere, so you should be okay to start trying for a baby. I would like to see you again in a year just to make sure the scar tissue didn’t come back. Otherwise, you can see your local doctor for prenatal care.”I smiled through my tears as Isaac held me, “Thank you so much. You have no idea how much we appreciate this.” She chuckled, “Oh, I think I do.” Isaac had tears falling as he shook the doctor’s hand, “Thanks so much, Doctor. This means
The drive home would have been excruciating if they hadn’t pumped me full of painkillers before we left. Doctor Spink knew that we had a three-hour drive ahead of us, so she tried to make sure it would be as comfortable as possible and I was so thankful.When we got home, I was gently lifted and placed in my wheelchair, then I was pushed into our house. We were immediately met by Aadi. She asked, “Does she have meds?” Isaac answered, “I need to pick them up from the pharmacy. They loaded her up on pain meds before we left.”Aadi nodded, “She should probably be in bed then. I will take care of her while you go get the meds.” Isaac kissed my forehead, “I’ll be back as soon as possible, love.” He walked out the door and I sighed, “That man is my life. You know that Aadi?” She chuckled, “I know that Zariah. You are his too.”She started pushing my wheelchair into the bedroom when Blaine rolled up to us, “Aadi, will you need help transferring mom?” Aadi chuckled, “I don’t know. She won’t b
I shook my head, “There is absolutely no way that could happen, son. You guys are just as much my real children as the unborn ones are. I have never had a favorite child and I will never start. The pack knows this too. That means, Blaine, no matter what sex our future children are, you will still be the Alpha heir. You are the one the Goddess wants leading this pack.”Blaine shrugged, “Then I guess I’m all in.” I smiled, “Thank you, son.” Isaac smiled, “I’m really proud of you both. Your mom was super worried about hurting your feelings. We even agreed that if you were not okay with us having a baby, we wouldn’t even try.”Heather furrowed her brow, “Mom, why would you do that?” I shrugged, “Because I want you two to feel like you are part of our family, even if it means not doing something I want. But that’s what parents do all the time.”Blaine gave me one of the most serious looks that I have ever seen and I even felt a little alpha aura come out, “Mom, don’t ever sacrifice your hap