I apologize for the wait. I had an issue with how this chapter was going to go, but I think it's developing nicely. I did make this one a little longer than usual. I couldn't find a good stopping point. I do hope you like it.
Delphine sneered back at Queen Winnie, “Winnie, I should’ve recognized your work. Nice job controlling my rogues.” Winnie laughed, “That’s child’s play. Move and I will sic the whole lot of them on you.” She smiled, “You know you will not stop me from getting what I want.” Winnie shrugged, “I will do everything in my power to make sure you won’t.”Back in the safe room, Lena and I were watching the events unfold at the gate when the movement on another camera caught my eye. I looked more closely and found that we had more witches approaching from the forest behind my house! I sent a mind link to Kenny, “Kenny! Isaac is at the gate with a dark witch and we have more approaching from the forest behind our house.”Kenny was about to answer when I watched as the witches being levitated and carried to join Delphine on the other side of our gate. Our daughter carried them to the area and lowered them to a reasonable distance off the ground and dropped them roughly. They landed with an “oomph
By the time all of the morning’s events were over, it was nearly lunch time. I sighed, “Half the day is almost over. Ugh. Why don’t we all go to the pack house for lunch? I’ll make steaks for supper tonight.” Lena smiled, “Let’s do that. I want to see pop anyway.” I turned to Isaac and Winnie and laughed, “She knows pop watched what she did with the witches.” Lena blushed as she put her Nikes on and we all left for the pack house.When we walked into the doors of the pack house, we went straight to the dining room and started filling our plates. As soon as we sat down, we saw Kenny and Kyra fill their plates. Lena stood and waved them over and they nodded in acknowledgement. Kenny sat next to Lena and gave her a one-arm hug, “Great job on those witches this morning, kiddo.” She smiled, “It wasn’t just me. Mom was a badass too.”Kyra laughed, “Oh yeah, she is. I really liked the Delphina-cube.” I laughed, “It shut her up. That’s all I wanted. I knew she was trying to stall to make sure
Alex POVWhen the truck hit my side of the SUV, I knew this was intentional. I saw the two SUV’s ahead of us stop and reverse, then I heard the ones behind us get in battle position. Two of our warriors immediately shifted and jumped into the open windows of the truck, ripping out their throats, but not before our SUV was flipped onto my Luna’s side.I watched as she slammed her head into the window and went unconscious. I mind linked Isaac that we were hit immediately on impact, so he should be on his way here. I was trying to stay in the vehicle to protect Zariah until he got there with our ambulance and more warriors.A dark witch approached us and suddenly I felt the SUV floating. I had to grab onto Zariah to prevent her from falling out of the broken window. When we saw a bolt of lightning and then a ball of ice hitting the witch, I knew my Alpha was there. Our SUV floated back to the road and Isaac ran to us.He yelled, “Alex! Is Zariah in there?” I nodded, “She is. She was knock
Zariah POVWhen everything went black, I honestly thought I was dead. The only thing that reminded me I was alive was a pounding in my head. I couldn’t hear anything anymore. I must have fallen asleep, or something, because it didn’t take long for the Moon Goddess to show up in front of me with absolutely nothing around her this time… only black.She gave me a concerned look, “Hello Zariah.” I must have looked confused because she laughed lightly, “It’s going to be okay, my child. You and Alex were in a car accident. Everyone is mostly okay. Your injuries were the most severe. I am here to keep you calm and to ease your pain while you heal.Your head hurts because you shattered the car window with it. You have a couple other injuries, but Onyx is healing those quickly. Your head injury is bad. The doctors are going to perform surgery on your head to ease the pressure on your brain. I will stay with you to help you through it.”I asked, “Was this the work of the dark witches?” She nodde
I asked, “Is he still alive?” Isaac answered, “He is. I wanted to see if you could get more information from his mind.” I nodded, “Onyx is telling me that we both need time to rest and heal some more. Probably a few more days. I really think I need to listen to her.” Lena agreed, “You should rest, mom. Dad and I will be here for you and there are guards outside the door.”I smiled and lightly squeezed Lena’s hand, “You are so sweet, but you both need to be doing other things. The Moon Goddess visited me while I was out. I need both of you to really start practicing your abilities and start coming up with strategies for fighting the dark witches. It won’t be long before the attack we’ve been dreading. Sweetheart, I need you to practice your abilities with Queen Winnie.”I turned to Isaac, “Love, I need you to practice your abilities too. When I get out of here, I will do the same. You might also want to talk with Abby and Damien. Selene said they are preparing for a war with dark witche
I chuckled at Queen Winnie’s bluntness, “Hello, Queen Winnie. How are you?” She laughed out loud, “Oh, honey, I’m okay. I’m sorry to just barge in and start making demands. I’m just almost in panic mode.” I furrowed my brows, “What’s wrong?” She answered, “I spent some time with your friend in the cells and was able to extract some thoughts.”I asked, “Did you find out who the mole is?” She nodded, “I did, but I have no idea how this person is getting the information that they needed to find you.” I asked, “Who is it?” She answered, “Her name is Katrina. She is a kitchen omega.”I sighed and shook my head, “I left the pack that day to order pork from a human hog farm and beef from a local beef ranch. The lead omega in the kitchen mind linked me to let me know we only had a few days’ supply of each before we ran out.”I suggested, “I would be willing to bet Katrina was the one who told the lead omega we were running very low. Our lead kitchen omega is really good about letting me know w
Zariah POVI was sleeping so peacefully when I felt Isaac get white-hot angry, then immediately tempered it down. I immediately chalked it up to getting information on the mole and the situation with the dark witches. I decided that if he didn’t feel the need to wake me up and tell me, that meant it was being handled. I was never more grateful that I had such a considerate mate.Onyx sighed, “I can’t sleep. Something is irritating me.” I mentally rolled my eyes, “I do not want to deal with you being grumpy.” She rebutted, “But something is going on. Even something our mate doesn’t know. We need to talk to the omega.”I asked, “Are we healed enough to discharge from the hospital?” She whimpered, “Can’t we just go talk to her and come back? We really need more sleep, but I need to see her and look into her brain.” I nodded, “Alright. I guess. Let’s ask the doctor.”I mind linked my doctor, “Would it be possible to go speak with a prisoner in the cells and come right back? My wolf is tell
It has been two weeks since I discharged myself from the hospital. Isaac put Katrina down for treason and endangering the life of the pack’s luna as soon as they got all the information they could get out of her. I was very relieved she was gone.Then the search began for Tirayna. We started wondering what her position was within the dark witch coven. Was she second in command? She looked considerably younger than Delphine, so was Tirayna her daughter? We had too many unanswered questions for my liking.Winnie was back in her coven, researching the relationship in question. She told us that she would come back when she had some answers and she would be equipped with everything she required for a special protection spell, if one is needed.After two weeks of trying to rest in the house, I decided that I wanted to get out and spend some time in the orphanage. I asked my daughter if she wanted to come with me. She answered, “Nah. I’m trying to work on ways of fighting the dark witches.” I
Isaac ordered, “Franco, take your mate to the hospital. I will get my mate out of bed and into her chair and we will be right behind you.” I rushed out of the bedroom, “Don’t wait on me. Just go. We are literally right behind you.” Franco ran at full speed with Aadi in his arms.Isaac moved behind me and started pushing my wheelchair at full speed through the halls. I asked Isaac, “Did you happen to link the doctor?” Isaac answered, “Franco already did that. The nurses will be waiting for him. I already told them to give her the Luna’s room.” I smiled as I looked up at him, “Thank you, love.”He smiled as he waggled his eyebrows, “You can thank me later.” I shook my head chuckling, “You are so naughty.” He leaned down to whisper in my ear, “But you like my naughtiness.” I chuckled, “I do, but the place for this particular conversation is not here.” He stood and laughed out loud, “I get it.”As soon as we reached the clinic, there was a nurse and a doctor waiting for them. Franco’s shak
That evening, at dinner, Heather asked, “So, mom, I’ve been waiting patiently all day. Are you going to tell us?” I looked at my mate and we both laughed. I answered, “I was wondering when you would ask. We are having a boy and a girl.” Heather smiled, “That’s perfect. Are you going to stop with them?” I shook my head, “No. The Goddess told me we will have a minimum of five.”Heather gasped, “Mom! Are you sure you will be able to handle it with your medical issues?” I smiled, “This is the Goddess’ plan for us. I will always follow her path for us. There are good reasons for each of them to be born, although I don’t know what they are yet.” Isaac added, “Besides, you know we love raising children. We had so much fun with you, Blaine and Lena.”Heather smiled, “Yeah, we did have fun. And you are young enough that you can still enjoy them. I keep forgetting that you guys were still teenagers when you adopted us. We are all so glad you did too.” I blew a kiss to her from across the table a
Three months later, Isaac and I were sitting in the doctor’s office waiting to get another ultrasound done. My doctor had been treating mine as a high-risk pregnancy because we didn’t know what was going to happen after all of my scar tissue was removed. We were hoping my uterine walls held up. Doctor Spink was certain that all was okay with it, but my doctor just wanted to keep an eye on it.When his nurse came out to get us, we went straight to our exam room and she smiled, “Your baby bump is already starting to get big. Are you planning to find out what you are having?” I chuckled, “Of course. We’re so excited. I really hope they cooperate.” She laughed, “Oh, trust me, we’ve met our fair share of uncooperative babies. We have our ways of getting the information we need.”She took my vitals and Isaac asked, “Can we please get a female doctor? It drives my wolf nuts to see a male doctor examining my mate.” She chuckled, “That’s a sign of a good mate. I can ask Amy, our nurse practitio
Six days later, I was in my office when Heather walked in and sat in one of the chairs across from me. I sat back in my chair and asked, “What’s up?” She smiled, “I just got back from getting my schedule and materials for school. I don’t need to take any of the Math classes, or the literature classes. I have to take at least one civics class and a bunch of electives to get my Associate of Science degree. I will be able to take the majority of my classes online too.”I raised my eyebrows, “That’s great, sweetie. What does your schedule look like?” She handed a piece of paper to me and I saw that she is doubling up on her credit hours. I asked, “Sweetheart, are you sure you want to take so many hours in classes?” She nodded, “I’m sure. These classes seem to be fairly easy. I think Chemistry and Biology might be a bit difficult, but not impossible.”I sighed, “Okay. I might be able to help some, but Aadi might be even more help. What is your civics class?” She answered, “I think it will b
Thursday evening, we all sat down for dinner, then we all noticed that Heather’s seat was empty. I asked, “Ben, have you heard from Heather yet?” Ben answered, “She called me at lunchtime. She said she may be late. She still had four more tests to take.”I nodded in understanding, “I bet she’s overthinking some questions. My daughter is most definitely a genius, but she does doubt herself a lot. Ben, you will have to keep that in mind and reassure her of her intelligence regularly.” Ben laughed softly, “She’s most definitely perfect for me. I tell her how smart she is all the time. She’s also a badass on the training grounds.”Isaac laughed, “Yes, she is. Just like her mother. Before Zariah was paralyzed, she could kick some serious ass. She put me on my ass more than once. She may not be able to use her legs anymore, but she can still pack a punch too.” I smiled, “The Goddess always puts us with our perfect partner.”Ben smiled, “I couldn’t agree more.” Blaine sighed, “Mom, Elizabeth
That evening, Isaac and I went home and found Aadi cooking dinner. I asked, “How are things with you? You look a tad bothered.” Aadi answered, “Not really bothered. Not mad either.” I laughed, “Okay. So, what’s the problem?”She answered, “Franco’s brother got here at around eleven this morning. As soon as they got out of the truck, Ben started sniffing the air and he hasn’t been able to stop. Franco has been so excited about it that he forgot to run to the store for me. I’m craving cookies and cream ice cream. I really wanted that for dessert.”I chuckled, “How about calling him now and asking him to stop?” She sighed, “I understand why he’s excited. His brother has scented his mate. He’s taking him all around the pack to see if he can find her. I’m just having a hormonal moment.” I looked back at Isaac and He chuckled, “On it.” He walked out the door and walked right back in.I furrowed my brows at him and he smiled, “I think I know who Ben’s mate is.” He ran upstairs and walked back
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 disappoi
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 li
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