“Emma, if you can come earlier tonight so we could prepare all for our guest’s dinner tonight, I’ll help you with Hope, sweety”.
“Yes, Luna”, I just need to bathe Hope, and we’re on our way there”.
I put on my sneakers, black skinny jeans, and a shirt, my sandy-colored hair was in a messy bun, I took Hope with me and started walking to the pack-house.
“Oh, thank God, I ’m so nervous because of Maison’s guest, he’s such a stiff person, I never know what he’s thinking”, Luna said, taking Hope, and going to the kitchen while I followed her.
I thought he and Alpha Mason were high school friends?“, I asked her while I was preparing dinner.
“Yes, they were, but back then Arden was already changed because of his parent's death."
" He was only 15 when a pack of the rogues killed them, and he needed to take the Alpha role which I believe made him the strongest Alpha leader of a most powerful pack ever”, She said it was a bit sad though.
“THE STONE HEART PACK”?!, I was asking in shock, dropping the bowl to the floor.
Hope was looking at me with her big grey eyes while she was nibbling on a cookie.
Sara just looked at me warningly, pointing in Hope’s direction: “I’ll call Jane to watch for Hope while we finish dinner, ” she said with a warm smile.
I shook my head laughing to myself, thinking I was worrying unnecessarily about a person I didn’t know or who had anything to do with me, besides, it’s not that Luna and Alpha are having guests for the first time and I serving them, it’s my job after all.
It was five hours before we put everything in order since I still had to clean the kitchen and set the table, Although I had help from another omega, Lily, and Amber, I was more sure to do the most important things myself, I never wanted history to happen again, especially now that I had Hope, even though, Sara and Mason treated me more like a daughter since they didn’t have their children, anyway, I knew where my place was.
A little before eight o’clock, voices were heard in the dining room. I could recognize Alpha and Luna as well as beta Jack’s and Gamma Shon’s voices, but there were a couple of strangers, one specifically a deeper voice, and I knew an unknown guest had arrived.
I don’t know why I again caught uneasiness, I honestly didn’t feel best near authoritative people, especially Alpha, except for Sarah and Mason who were the exception because they practically saved my life.
Lily and Amber worked quickly carrying meals to the kitchen while I took the main one on a large platter and headed to the dining room where the atmosphere was more than tense, at least it seemed so, but again, I might have been mistaken.
When I was near the table, Hope appeared running towards me and almost knocking me down, holding a giant paper dinosaur in her hand.
“Mom, Mom see what Aunt Jane made for me!” She shouted cheerfully in her sweet voice making me laugh.
Jane ran quickly, apologizing and whispering something in Hope’s ear and both of them rushed into the living room, laughing.
From the direction of the table, a growl was heard, from which my hair jumped and my knees buckled.
The man was now standing next to the table, clenching his fists and his body was visibly shaking.
His dark brown hair was short on the side, while several strands of hair, fell on the forehead.
His perfect eyebrows and nose were now angrily squeezed as his seductive half-full lips.
Through the black shirt on his broad shoulders, you could see each tenderfoot muscle on his body as if it had been created by the Goddess herself and its height only made him even more frightening, as sparks from his golden eyes, that were glowing in my direction.
The strong smell of pine after the rain was breaking through my nostrils, groveling my blue eyes with tears, and instead of the greatest happiness in life, he left a bitter taste in my mouth, and even greater chest pain due to the final realization: “MATE”
...That was all my tortured heart could bear, along with my quivering lips.
Everyone at the table was stunned by the same knowledge as I was, while a blond man, a little shorter and weaker than my Mate, tried to restrain him, which made me realize immediately, that he was his beta when a tray flew from my hands to the other end of the room and a strong hand held my neck as I was nailed to the wall and trying to breathe.
“I can’t believe the Moon Goddess made such a mistake when she gave me a whore omega for Mate, who has and a child with another.”
He hissed in a deep voice, and tears now streaming down my face in streams, ripping the ugly memories of my life, out.
I was choking because his grip didn’t loosen and I knew his wolf had taken over, deciding to finish me off.
“Whose is this child, answer me omega!”, he shouted with a voice like thunder.
As soon as he mentioned my Hope I got angry but I was too weak to answer or do anything, and although his grip was firm, I knew it wasn’t the strongest of him because I would have been dead by now.
“Leave .... my ... daughter .... alone”, I could barely utter, when I heard Sara’s determined voice.
“Alpha Vulcan, you let Emma go now, or I’ll call the whole pack to make you do it, I swear to the Moon Goddess! “
Though she was determined, I felt a shudder in her voice.
” Arden please let go of the girl, you’re strangling her,” Mason’s voice was calm but determined when he put his hand on his friend’s shoulder, while now, beta and gamma with Arden’s beta, standing beside him and I felt his grip gave way and his eyes turned into a beautiful silver color. My soul hurt, the more I looked into his eyes, as darkness slowly took over me.
I woke up in the living room, hearing familiar voices and a discussion, which made my headache stronger. I immediately remembered what had happened before I lost the ground under my feet and I automatically got up because I was scared for Hope. ” Shhh, Hope is in Luna’s room and sleeping soundly”. Jane tried to calm me down. “I was waiting for you to wake up to tell you not to worry and now I’m going to her right away and you rest, everything will be fine.” Why did I have a stupid feeling that she was wrong, because of all that yelling from the kitchen I knew nothing good would come of it. “Damn it, Arden, how could you even think to say such a thing to her, to anyone, let alone your Mate”, I never heard Alpha Mason talk like that to anyone. "She’s not my Mate !“, Arden hissed. I saw Mason look at him with disbelief. “ Such pathetic thinking, Alpha Vulcan, especially when the Goddess gives us a unique chance to find our soulmate, and I don’t think you young people can judge Em
I broke, as I ran down the hall in a cold sweat until I heard voices from the kitchen. I stopped, not believing what I was hearing. My little Hope’s voice echoed from there, while another was unknown but it was a woman’s voice, trying to silence the loud laughter. I slowly crept close, trying not to be noticed, and was in disbelief after the sight I saw them. Arden and Hope were sitting and eating breakfast, while an older woman watched them from the corner of her eye, while she was working in the kitchen. “Mom didn’t tell me we were going to visit you, Uncle Arden,” Hope said calmly, looking at Arden he had a serious facial expression, but when he heard her, he almost choked with juice, not knowing what to say to my little girl. He wasn’t used to children, especially a direct one like my Hope, which put a smile on my face... Who would have thought... He coughed, with still serious facial expressions. “This week mom and I are supposed to go on a picnic by the river,” Hope said
“Emma, don’t look back and don’t stop, as long as you have the strength, run as far as you can,” her mother, holding her hands, said with her last strength. Emma cried looking at the young woman, whose once golden hair was red with blood, as was her body. She was disfigured and unrecognizable, and her father was dead, along with Alpha and the other members of the pack, if anyone survived, it wouldn’t be for long. She remembered when she arrived in the pack, together with Elena, who was an omega from her pack, who had taken care of her since birth, and masked Emma’s scent from Alpha into the omega protecting the little girl. She was the only child of her parents and they lived together with her grandfather, who was the former Alpha of the Moon Pack, because her father took over the leadership, of course, but when Emma was born, her existence shouldn’t be known because of the prophecy from a witch, who was killed by Emma’s grandfather had said on her deathbed. So Emma became an o
While he carried her in his strong arms, he could feel that she was shaking even in her sleep, which made his anxiety even worse, with the last knowledge he could extract from her, in only one way, he was not sorry to mark her, he already regretted the way he did it. He wanted it to be different. He knew that the first time he saw Emma, he was mean to her, thinking the worst. He’s insulted her, truth be told, The real reason was that he was captivated by her appearance at first glance, but also by a character that gave her the strength to fight, regardless of her past and fragile appearance. He put her down on the big bed in his room, ‘their room’, he thought, because he had already ordered that the smaller room next to it be transformed into a room for Hope, who was now enjoying her time with the nannies, and although he knew that Emma would need much time letting him into her heart. He prayed that it wouldn’t be like that, because he would be with her to change it, no matter ho
Luna Sara looked at her husband, Alpha Mason, with understanding. She was walking slowly away from the office, with the excuse that she would make them coffee, for which she knew she would wait a little longer, considering that she wanted to leave the two men to talk about everything in a more relaxed and private manner, at least as far as Alpha Arden was concerned. Although she would find out all the facts anyway, she wasn’t ready to immediately face the new facts that were related to Emma and Hope, knowing that all this would affect the lives of all of them. “Khan is 5 years older than me, but our parents always called us twins because of the similarity that couldn’t be explained.” “You know how Alpha can feel their Mate earlier, and that day, when the boundaries were attacked he was learning how to take over the title from our father, so he stayed longer in the office.” " When he heard what’s happened, he came, and on the spot, he found father, his beta, and dead rogues, among
“But Mom, I saw Mia preparing the basket, I know we’re going on a picnic, Uncle Arden promised me!” Hope looked pleadingly at Emma, despite her determined little voice. “Hope honey, you know how busy Uncle Arden is and we hardly ever see him. "Besides, Mia didn’t mention anything, did she?“ She stroked her daughter’s hair gently, while her gaze was directed at Mia, who just turned away head, smiling enigmatically, continuing to work in the kitchen. A rough cough was heard from the door, to which Emma jerked suddenly, seeing a tall man with blond hair and eyes, whom she recognized as Beta, standing still. “Devek!“, Hope suddenly broke out of her hand, running into his arms, which surprised Emma. “Hey, pumpkin” he laughed happily, lifting Hope into his arms. “Ready?“, he whispered to her, looking at Emma who raised an eyebrow, questioningly which made him serious and cleared his voice, gently letting Hope go, while she was holding him still for blond hair. “I’m sorry Luna, Alpha
He looked at her, as she approached, lightly and shyly, while he removed one hand from his hips, running it through his wet hair, and instantly tingles passed through her, and when he approached her, smiling at her, he grabbed her hand, she lost herself in his deep gaze, and feelings she didn’t even know existed. All of a sudden, all hell broke loose, and before she knew it, Arden pushed her behind him, and she could feel his tense muscles and anger when she looked up and met a pair of familiar, cold, gray eyes, from which hatred was emanating. His eyes shone like the brightest sun, but the coldness was incomprehensible, while he held her little girl in his arms, who was looking at her terrified, holding Khan’s hand with his hand, with which he covered her mouth so that she would not cry out for help. Derek’s arms wrapped tightly around her, preventing her from moving, and even though she was an Alpha and stronger than him, she didn’t have the strength to resist, too shocked, and s
Arden’s POV I looked at her fragile and scared, but with eyes full of longing, desire, and love, which I wanted to give her myself, I wanted to show her that I belonged to her with all my being and that I wasn't like him, and that I will never hurt her, while there is a drop of life in me. I put her as gently as I could on the bed, watching as her transparent nightgown lifted, revealing her beautiful, fragile body, like a girl, and for a moment I wanted to remember that look she gave me, as an approval, that she was not afraid of me and that she trusts me, which gave me the confidence that I lacked with her for so long. I put my lips on hers, lightly biting her lower lip, to let me explore their insides with my tongue, awakening in me an uncontrollable passion, but I had to control myself because I didn’t want to hurt her, although my kisses became more and more passionate, deeper I still controlled myself. Still, I could feel her passion, with which she responded to them. Her ha
Shortly after leaving, a familiar voice was heard near the cabin, where they both went to get dressed, because as much as they wanted to, now was no time for tenderness, and Hope ran like the wind into both of their arms, leaving Derek and Anna behind her. Now Emma could see the wounds on Arden, which were already healing, but that didn’t make it any easier, finally hugging her little girl and the man she loved, she could be truly happy. She tried not to cry when she saw her friend alive and well, who couldn’t help but burst into tears when she hugged her, which saddened Derek even more, regardless of the circumstances, since her round belly was already showing. Emma saw that which made her even happier for everything, hoping that one day she too would get the same chance for happiness. The witches had already largely restored the state to its former condition, except that the dead could not return... This was something that they would have to deal with for the rest of their life
She had no time for tears, or strength because her body was burning more and more and the pain she felt was unbearable, both physically and mentally. “Emma, wake up, you can’t give up,” a familiar voice that she hadn’t heard in a long time came into her head. “Stone...“, she barely said. “Yes, I am and I want you to listen to me, you have to endure, now is the time for the transformation, which we both waited for a long time.” “I promise you that this will be a lot of pain because the transformation will be faster than you would expect, but I also promise you that this is the first and last time, that it will be like that.” Stone said, sympathizing with her pain. Emma felt every bone in her body take on a new form, cracking and twisting as her body twisted strangely as cold sweat poured down it. Her screams were such that, if someone had been present, the blood would have frozen in his veins, but in half an hour she felt the pain subside, and her senses became extremely strong,
“I still have to get something to do, and you girls, don’t get too far away, because I’ll come after you, then we can visit the property together.” Arden kissed Emma on the forehead before moving into the office, with Derek. The day was beautiful and sunny, and Emma was happier than ever, still feeling Arden’s touches and kisses on her, so anything that Hope asked her, she answered with a smile, not noticing, that they had moved quite away from home, but they were nowhere near the forest or borders. Still, a strong feeling, to be on alert, fulfilled all her senses, when, like an angry herd, a terrible noise broke through the valley, carrying fear, and the smell of blood and death. The scream from the pack house sounded like Anna’s, when Emma crashed Hope, and ran toward the house, where Arden was, with Derek. The smoke and fire affected the part of the buildings, where the members of the pack and the children were, and the thick cloud of completely black smoke, threatened her path
Still clinging to his chest, he wrapped her in a towel and slowly laid down on the bed, lying next to her, and while he tucked her in like a child, he didn’t take his eyes off her. “Why are you looking at me like that?” she asked him, feeling uneasy. “Forgive me, Emma,” his deep voice trembled for a moment. “Because of everything I said, did, because of the pain, I caused you, even though I had my faults, it does not justify my actions, and I want you to know that I am truly sorry. “ I regret it, and I will try my whole life, to make amends to you, to be the man you want me to be,” he finished, in a quieter tone. “I know,” she said softly, caressing his face. “But I don’t want you to change, and I understand your actions, because I don’t think I would ever have the strength to tell you the truth to your face, it’s better if you’ve seen it,” her eyes watered, when she looked down, but he turned, gently, towards himself. ” It’s not something you should be ashamed of, that’s passe
Emma’s Pov I looked at him, in all his beauty and power, and those eyes, which I fell in love with, told me that I could trust him and surrender to him, without fear that I would be hurt, ever, in any sense. His strong hands lifted me gently, awakening tingling in my whole body, which I had never felt, but with him, the desire that took over me was indescribable, it was all in one, and I wanted it to never end. It wasn’t ‘HIM’, it was Arden, my mate, the man who is destined for me and to whom I am destined, and I was sure when he put me down on the bed, gently like a child, afraid he would do anything wrong, that everything will be fine. His lips explored mine, and I let them go, following his tongue and answering him, eagerly awaiting his touches, which were like fire, on my heated body, which burned after his. I have never felt so much bliss, nor desire, and I could not believe how I reacted to his every touch, felt his breath on my skin, while I let out sighs of pleasure. My
Arden’s POV I looked at her fragile and scared, but with eyes full of longing, desire, and love, which I wanted to give her myself, I wanted to show her that I belonged to her with all my being and that I wasn't like him, and that I will never hurt her, while there is a drop of life in me. I put her as gently as I could on the bed, watching as her transparent nightgown lifted, revealing her beautiful, fragile body, like a girl, and for a moment I wanted to remember that look she gave me, as an approval, that she was not afraid of me and that she trusts me, which gave me the confidence that I lacked with her for so long. I put my lips on hers, lightly biting her lower lip, to let me explore their insides with my tongue, awakening in me an uncontrollable passion, but I had to control myself because I didn’t want to hurt her, although my kisses became more and more passionate, deeper I still controlled myself. Still, I could feel her passion, with which she responded to them. Her ha
He looked at her, as she approached, lightly and shyly, while he removed one hand from his hips, running it through his wet hair, and instantly tingles passed through her, and when he approached her, smiling at her, he grabbed her hand, she lost herself in his deep gaze, and feelings she didn’t even know existed. All of a sudden, all hell broke loose, and before she knew it, Arden pushed her behind him, and she could feel his tense muscles and anger when she looked up and met a pair of familiar, cold, gray eyes, from which hatred was emanating. His eyes shone like the brightest sun, but the coldness was incomprehensible, while he held her little girl in his arms, who was looking at her terrified, holding Khan’s hand with his hand, with which he covered her mouth so that she would not cry out for help. Derek’s arms wrapped tightly around her, preventing her from moving, and even though she was an Alpha and stronger than him, she didn’t have the strength to resist, too shocked, and s
“But Mom, I saw Mia preparing the basket, I know we’re going on a picnic, Uncle Arden promised me!” Hope looked pleadingly at Emma, despite her determined little voice. “Hope honey, you know how busy Uncle Arden is and we hardly ever see him. "Besides, Mia didn’t mention anything, did she?“ She stroked her daughter’s hair gently, while her gaze was directed at Mia, who just turned away head, smiling enigmatically, continuing to work in the kitchen. A rough cough was heard from the door, to which Emma jerked suddenly, seeing a tall man with blond hair and eyes, whom she recognized as Beta, standing still. “Devek!“, Hope suddenly broke out of her hand, running into his arms, which surprised Emma. “Hey, pumpkin” he laughed happily, lifting Hope into his arms. “Ready?“, he whispered to her, looking at Emma who raised an eyebrow, questioningly which made him serious and cleared his voice, gently letting Hope go, while she was holding him still for blond hair. “I’m sorry Luna, Alpha
Luna Sara looked at her husband, Alpha Mason, with understanding. She was walking slowly away from the office, with the excuse that she would make them coffee, for which she knew she would wait a little longer, considering that she wanted to leave the two men to talk about everything in a more relaxed and private manner, at least as far as Alpha Arden was concerned. Although she would find out all the facts anyway, she wasn’t ready to immediately face the new facts that were related to Emma and Hope, knowing that all this would affect the lives of all of them. “Khan is 5 years older than me, but our parents always called us twins because of the similarity that couldn’t be explained.” “You know how Alpha can feel their Mate earlier, and that day, when the boundaries were attacked he was learning how to take over the title from our father, so he stayed longer in the office.” " When he heard what’s happened, he came, and on the spot, he found father, his beta, and dead rogues, among