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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
Gasps were heard throughout the room and I watched Lena put a protective arm around the little girl. I mind linked my mate, “I think we just found Lena’s little sister.” Isaac answered, “I was just thinking the same thing. We’ll talk with Lena about it later.” I agreed, “We can’t make this decision without her input.”I asked, “What did the Goddess say to you, little one?” She stood on the coffee table and paced the length of it, back and forth while fidgeting with her hands, “I need to let Gemma tell you all of it. Some of it is hard for me to tell. Is that okay? She can be a bit bold… for a kid.” I chuckled to myself as Onyx laughed, “Aren’t we all? This child is ours, human. Lena also knows.”Heather’s eyes turned a beautiful shade of jade and we all smiled. I greeted, “Hello, Gemma, we are all happy to meet you. You have beautiful eyes.” Heather’s voice changed into that of a teenage girl, “Hello, Luna.” Then she looked around and greeted each person by name. She continued, “I shou
Two days later, Winnie brought Heather to me and Lena immediately scooped her up, “Hey, little sis. Let’s go talk. I think I have a plan to keep you out of danger.” She then proceeded to run upstairs to her room and they shut the door.I made a face toward the steps and Winnie laughed, “What was that look about?” I answered hesitantly, “I’m just a tad suspicious. I know Lena has seen the attack and she knows how I will be taken.” Winnie smiled, “She has seen it. Having said that, you know she can not tell you what she has seen.”I nodded, “I know. It just makes me sad to think she has all this on her shoulders and there is nothing I can do to lighten the load.” Winnie shrugged, “Trust me, hon, she is so much stronger than she looks. It became a part of who she is before you even knew her.” I nodded, “I guess you’re right.” She laughed, “You know I’m right.”It didn’t take long before Lena and Heather walked back downstairs. Heather came to me and gave me a tight hug, “Good morning, Lun
I immediately heard my mate’s voice in my head, “You are not doing this alone. I’m on my way.” I shouted in the link, “No! She cannot get all of my power if you aren’t with me! I want to be able to continue my healing ability!” He answered, “Absolutely not. Trust me. Our daughters have a plan… and it’s a good one. Trust your family.” I conceded, “Okay. I’m going out there now.”I walked to the orphanage and found a lone dark witch standing in front of the orphanage with Heather in her arms! Heather was going along with whatever the witch told her to do. She had a far off look in her eyes and I recognized that look. I was easily able to look into Heather’s mind and found that she was pretending to be controlled and the witch was somehow falling for it.Breathing a little easier, I asked the witch, “What do you want?” The dark witch answered, “Delphine demands that you and your mate come with me. If you fail to do so, I will kill the child.” I had a feeling that was what she was planning
After the initial crowd of people were let out of the gates, I turned to Isaac, “That’s not all of them. There is one face, in particular, that was not present.” My mate nodded, “I know. I have already sent warriors to get them.” I suddenly watched his eyes glaze over and I knew something was wrong.When his eyes cleared, he growled, “The warriors are having to forcefully bring her and her entire family here. They are refusing to leave.” I sighed, “I was hoping it wouldn’t come to this.” I mind linked Lena, “Hey sweetie, can we use your levitation skills for a bit? We have an argumentative family. They are giving our warriors a hard time about leaving.”She smiled, “Sure, mom. Can I use your computer to look at the cameras?” I smiled, “Please do.” It didn’t take long before the entire family floated to the gate. Isaac smirked, “I never even thought to use our daughter’s ability.” I shrugged, “That’s why you have me, love. We complement each other.”When the family was placed on the gro
After hearing all of them whine and cry on the way out of the pack house, Isaac and I went to the dining room to join our children. When we reached the dining hall, all three of them waved us over to our table. Isaac escorted me to the table and I asked, “Would you please get a glass of tea for me?”Isaac nodded and went to the beverage station to prepare our drinks and I turned to our children, “Blaine, you don’t have to worry about any of them hurting you again. They are being banished. Your dad and I just need to do the official banishment in about an hour.”Blaine asked, “Why in an hour?” I answered, “Because there are a couple of them that did things to you that were so awful that I want every trace of them gone. I want every single family member gone. You understand me, don’t you?” He nodded, “I understand. Thank you, mom.”Isaac sat my coffee in front of me and then took a seat next to Blaine, “We would do anything to keep all of our kids safe.” Blaine asked, “Wouldn’t you do an
Ten minutes later, we were all in Isaac’s office, waiting for the rest of the employees from the orphanage to arrive. I sat in my wheelchair next to Blaine while my girls sat on the couch on my other side. Isaac sat at his desk, smiling at all of us.I asked, “What has you so happy, love?” He smiled, “If you could see what I see, you would be happy too. Seeing my whole family together makes my heart happy.”Blaine furrowed his brow, “What do you mean?” I smiled, “Let me see.” I was able to easily access Isaac’s mind and look through his eyes. I smiled at the sight and turned to the kids, “I wish we could frame this memory and display it in the main foyer. It’s absolutely perfect.”I projected the photo onto the white wall and all of our kids gasped. Lena laughed, “Mom, you need to warn us before you do that. Blaine didn’t know you could do it.” I looked Blaine in the eyes, “Son, you are a special wolf in a family of special wolves. We are going to keep this a secret until you are older
Blaine looked at Isaac and me with determination, “I can tell you who the abusers are, Luna.” I moved my wheelchair close to his and asked, “Are you okay, sweetheart?” He nodded, “I will be okay. I always am.” I smiled, “I know you are. I want to know how you would feel about being able to call the alpha and I your mom and dad?”His eyes went wide as he asked, “Can I call Heather and Lena my sisters?” I laughed as Lena walked in, holding Heather’s hand, “You better, because we will be calling you our little brother.” Blaine smiled, “I would love that, Luna.” Isaac asked, “Do you know what that means, Blaine? Do you know what it means to be our only son?”Blaine shook his head as he furrowed his brows in confusion, “I don’t, Alpha.” Isaac knelt down to his level, “It means you will be my heir. You will be the next alpha of our pack. Would you like that?”Blaine’s eyes went wide again, “I would be happy just having you as my family.” I smiled, “Well, you will also have that for the rest
*Trigger warning… Description of child abuse in this chapter. *As soon as I was dressed, the salesman from the wheelchair manufacturer brought my new custom wheelchair into the room. After he made some adjustments, I was happy that I finally had my new wheels. I started moving around the room and feeling like I was fidgeting in my seat.Nurse Aadi walked in with paperwork in her hand, “Luna, it’s time for discharge instructions.” I held out my hand and she approached me, “I’m very sorry for leaving you the way I did.” I chuckled, “It’s fine. I understand completely. This is an emotional time. I have something to ask you.”Aadi raised her brow, “Ask away.” I asked, “Would you be willing to be my personal assistant and nurse? I would make sure to allow you time to volunteer at the orphanage, if you want, and you would also be Blaine’s nurse, because we are adopting him as soon as we leave the hospital.”Aadi smiled, “I would love to accept the position. Would it be wrong if I don’t give
Four hours later, I was in my hospital room trying, and failing, to take a nap. I had too much on my mind and I would start sobbing at random times. I could not find peace within myself at all. I felt so guilty that we could not protect her the way she needed us to.I suddenly felt so heavy that I had no choice but to sleep. As soon as the darkness fell around me, I was immediately surrounded by the brightest light I had ever seen. It was red too. My first thought was, “Shit. I have pissed off the Goddess.” Then I heard her voice, “Yes, you have. Zariah, you know more than anyone that you cannot control the actions of other people.”I cheekily responded, “Well, actually, you did give me a certain ability.” The light got brighter, if that was even possible, “You cannot control what they do on their own. Do not patronize me right now. I’m not in the mood for games. Now. This is what you will do. You will stop feeling sorry for yourself. None of this is about you. It’s about your pack, yo
Aadi and I went to the room where Cheyenne was waiting to be taken for burial preparation. I was immediately struck by the amount of blood that was on the sheet covering her body. Apparently, Aadi was also stricken by the sight because she ran to Cheyenne’s body and collapsed onto it.I asked, “Exactly what was your relationship with Cheyenne, Aadi?” She answered, “Cheyenne was my late mate’s baby sister. She took shelter in this pack after running from a human testing facility. She destroyed the place on her way out of it.”I asked, “Did you know that Blaine is her biological son?” She nodded, “I did. Cheyenne swore me to secrecy. I was with her when she gave birth to him.” I asked, “Do you know who his father is?” She shook her head, “No. I don’t know exactly who he is. I know he was a rogue and a trafficker who had sold her to the lab. He took her virginity on the way to sell her. He’s an evil man. It’s a wonder that she was able to give birth to Blaine.”I cried, “So much for one s
I asked my nurse to help me scoot into my wheelchair and get me to the Emergency Department. She gasped, “But Luna, it’s almost time for your physical therapy.” I responded shortly, “They are bringing Cheyenne in and it’s not looking good. I need to be there. We can reschedule PT until later. It’s not like I’m getting out of here today.”The nurse helped me scoot into my wheelchair and we took off for the Emergency Department like a bat out of hell. When we got there, I found my mate and he was holding our sobbing daughters closely. Heather was the first to see me and she ran to me, “Momma! She’s gone.” I sobbed, “I’m so sorry, sweetheart.”While Heather climbed into my lap, Isaac approached, “She’s right. They couldn’t save her. Her heart had been still for too long.” I shook my head and started crying. The nurse beside me growled, “I need to see her.” I asked Isaac, “Do you think she and I could go see her?” He answered, “Yeah. I can get you both back there.”I asked, “Are you going
TRIGGER WARNING: Domestic abuse scene ahead (this chapter only)It had been two days since we initially spoke with Cheyenne about being my private nurse and assistant and we haven’t seen her since then. I was starting to get worried about her. I was still in the hospital because I had not completed my physical therapy requirements. My doctor wanted to be sure I could perform all activities of normal daily living safelyWhen the morning nurse came to take her morning vitals, I asked, “What happened to Cheyenne?” The nurse asked, “We are sending one of our coworkers to her place right now. She didn’t call in to let us know she won’t be in. That’s not like her at all.” I suggested, “Let me check on her before anyone goes in.”I watched as the nurse mind linked the coworker to hold off going to Cheyenne’s house, then I tried to get inside Cheyenne’s mind to see what she was seeing at that moment. It was harder than usual to do it, and then I saw nothing in her mind at all. That scared me b