Chapter 8 – Agistri I was running late. I jumped out of bed and dashed to the bathroom to brush my hair and teeth. I really wanted to tie my hair up in a ponytail but clipped the top half back instead. I rarely ever wore a ponytail because I didn’t want anyone to see the crescent moon mark on the nape of my neck. I might be able to pass it off as a pack tattoo since I was from Crescent Moon Pack, but I wasn’t sure if someone might actually recognize it as the mark of a gifted wolf. I slipped on my two-piece turquoise bikini, then a yellow sundress and sandals. I grabbed my backpack and stuffed my towel, sunscreen, magazine, lip balm, cell phone, sunglasses, lighter and money in it. I knocked on Rocky’s door and she opened it ready to go. Leo also stepped out of his dorm and we took the elevator to the Lobby. It’s Sunday morning and Karla was probably still at mass, so we didn’t see her on the way out. We took a taxi to the Port of Piraeus on the Athens coast; it was a thirty
Chapter 9 – Stalker After lunch we strolled towards the northern side of the island where the pine trees were thick. It was a bit of an uphill trek and most island beach goers came here for the sand and water, not the forest. We walked into a thick area of the forest and sniffed all around. No human or wolf scent was detected by any of us. We found large enough bushes to strip off our clothes and hide them. Our wolves took off running like children at a play park. Rocky kept nipping at Leo’s wolf teasing him. Rae loved the feel of fresh dirt under her paws and the smell of pine in the air mixed with a light sea breeze. It reminded me of the time we vacationed at the northern California coast, where the giant red wood pine trees grow along the Pacific Ocean coastline. It’s such a relaxing and distinctive smell. We ran a while before we found ourselves at a cliff top overlooking a beach below us. I laid down on the ground and admired the breathtaking views. This truly was spec
Dimitri’s POV Chapter 10 – Dimitri The last thing I ever wanted was a mate. I had always believed that if I found my mate, I would reject her. If I was unable to reject her due to the pull of the mate bond, I would simply have someone kill her and be done with all of that nonsense. When my mother was taken and tortured, my father lost his mind. A mate is a liability to an Alpha and a weakness that could destroy him. We saw this happen with my father. I cannot afford to have a weakness in my armor in the form of a mate. And then... she danced right into my life. When I saw her at the club, my wolf Dom, actually tried to fight me for control. He wanted to run over and scent her. She was beautiful but young, I liked my women more experienced. I’m twenty-six and have enjoyed many mistresses in my years, but never had a real relationship. I certainly had no intention of getting attached to anyone, not even this raven haired kitten. I watched her dance, the way her body moved, the
Chapter 11 – Plan I felt anxious all day and couldn’t focus on classes, I was thinking about everything Niko told me. Athens was full of beautiful young women; Eros could have his pick! Why me? No one in Greece really knew who I was, except for Kosta, and even he didn’t know much about me. Maybe I should ask Kosta to help me with Angela? I considered this for a while but then decided against it because he will report back to my father and I’d be on the next flight out of here. No way in hell I wanted to be sent to school near home, I was finally free to do what I wanted, when I wanted. I wasn’t going to be able to do this by myself and I wasn’t exactly sure how I felt about Niko or who he worked for. It was time to tell Rocky and Leo, they were my only wolf friends and might have some ideas. I texted both of them and asked them to meet at Richy’s Temple of Sweets after class. An hour later, I was standing in front of the ice cream shop. I looked into the window and Rocky wasn’
Chapter 12 – Festival I wiggled into my wood nymph costume, it was a layered dress with brown and green chiffon. It had leaves, bark, vines and twigs elaborately sewn into it. The headdress was beautiful and would hide my hair perfectly. It had vines and twigs intertwined in it and had a train that draped down my back. I rubbed brown and glittery green body paint on the exposed parts of my arms and legs, before I did the same to my neck and face. Once it was dry, I slipped the beautifully embellished masquerade mask over my eyes. The costume was sexy and fun, had I been wearing it for any other occasion I would have enjoyed it. I grabbed my waterproof lighter and slipped it into my bra. My cellphone, money, keys and another lighter went into a small brown pouch purse. I hung the purse over my neck and shoulder, and it blended well with my costume. I knocked on Rocky’s door and she opened it, the Medusa costume on her was fantastic. Leo was sitting in his satyr cost
Chapter 13 – Escape “I’ve been waiting to get you alone and now you just stumble right into the wolf ’s den. What luck!” Eros smiled at me. “Why have you been looking for me, Eros?” “Oh Raven, little Raven.” He sucked his teeth. “Seeing you in this sexy little costume would make even the God Pan chase after this tempting wood nymph.” He said as he lifted my mask from my face. “What do you want from me?” I demanded. He grabbed me harder around the waist and dragged me into his office. He threw me into an armchair, placed one hand on each side and leaned his crooked nose inches away from mine. “Tell me, why are my men disappearing when they get close enough to you?” He asked. “I have no idea what you’re talking about.” I snapped back. “I’ve sent some of my best warriors after you and most don’t come back.” He stared intently at me. This must have been what Niko was talking about. “Those were your best? They couldn’t tell the difference between a human and wolf. They picked up
Chapter 14 – Beast We dismounted the motorcycle and Niko turned to me, “It’s okay, you’re safe now.” “Where are we?” “We’re at my pack house.” He answered. “I think you’ll like it here.” “Does your Alpha know I’m with you?” I asked. “Oh yeah.” He smiled wide. “Listen Raven, he could be a bit grumpy at first, but I know he will warm up to you.” Niko grinned. “I bet! I’m sure grumpy Alpha will appreciate a sassy, opinionated, female Alpha with a knack for getting into trouble.” I groaned and rolled my eyes. “He will love you.” Niko laughed and led the way. We walked up the stairs and entered the double doors of this stunning house. The dark wooden floors were a beautiful contrast to the light colored walls and decor. There was a double grand staircase with the same dark colored wood used for the railings. The chandelier was a gorgeous crystal and tied everything together. “The Alpha is in his office waiting for us.” Niko told me. I nodded my head and walked with him down a
Dimitri’s POV Chapter 15 – Trouble “SHE DID WHAT?” I yelled at my Gamma Alec who was supposed to be watching Raven from the roof tops of the Plaka while she was at the festival. We had suspected that she would be out again with her friends, getting herself into trouble. She certainly has a gift for finding trouble. The buyers for the humans would be arriving today and we wanted to make sure they were dead before they could leave with the girls. Then we would pick the girls up and release them. If we can hurt his business, by hurting his clients, we would be able to draw him out in the open and finally send him to hell. Weeks of planning and it was all going to go to hell because of one little bird. She had broken into the building and would probably be captured by that bastard. I called Niko. “Yeah boss?” He answered. “She went into the building, get her out.” I ordered. “Fuck! The buyers and their guns just went into that building too.” He said and disconnected. I knew my
Seven years laterEpilogue“MOM! Uncle Niko ate the rest of my moussaka!” Kyros pouted.“Uncle Niko has a habit of doing that. He doesn't like perfectly good moussaka to go to waste.” I laughed.“Are you going to finish yours or should I take care of that for you too?” Niko asked me.“Touch my plate and you might lose a few fingers.” I growled and shoveled the rest of the food in my mouth.Dimitri chuckled and kissed me on the side of my head. “Don't mess with a pregnant woman's food Niko, you shouldknow better by now after three pups of your own.”Kyros was our oldest, Damien followed two years later, they both looked just like Dimitri. Our twin daughters Alice and Anabeth, looked just like me with the strong LaRue familygenes. I was currently expecting pup number five in about two more weeks.“How's baby Lukas doing?” Clair asked me.“He's kicking a lot, hopefully he won't try to break out beforeLevi's mating ceremony this weekend.” I told her. We had found out the gender of the
Chapter 42 – News“Wake up little bird, the plane just landed.” Dimitri stroked my back to wake me up. I had fallen asleep in his lap on our flight from Greece to Canada.My father had sent the LaRue Enterprises jet for us. We have two mating ceremonies to attend this week. Knox and Rocky's ceremony is tomorrow. Then we will travel to Dark Moon for Peter and Mandi's ceremony. I was excited to show Dimitriwhere I had grown up, have some Chinese food in the village,show him Crescent Point. I’ve also missed my younger brothers and couldn’t wait to see them.It’s been two weeks since Dimitri and I found out about the pup.We haven't told anyone and wanted to do it when we were alltogether. My parents had returned back to Crescent Moon withKnox and Rocky last week to get ready for the mating ceremony. They would officially become Alpha and Luna of Crescent Moon after the ceremony.My parents plan to travel back and forth between packs; but willspend the majority of their time in Greec
Dimitri's POVChapter 41 – Finally“Relax, I just want to meet your little Raven.” He said with a sick smile.“He knows about mate.” Dom growled at me.“We need to make sure and end him this time.” I told Dom.He turned his head to the bird’s nest. “What a suitable place for a raven, in the bird’s nest! Tell me son, is the bird’s nest bullet proof? I can't seem to remember if we made it bullet proof when we built it.”I mind linked Spiro, “tell me you had the chance to line the bird’s nest with another layer of steel?”“I did Alpha, but they won't be shooting regular bullets. We've never tested it against silver bullets!” Spiro linked back.“You have ten seconds to surrender the pack to its rightful Alpha before we turn the bird’s nest into Swiss cheese!” My fatherdemanded.I was about to unleash Dom and lunge at him when an earthshaking growl, with intense power, ripped across the land andshocked everyone. Greeks were taught from a young age to fear and respect the power of the Go
Chapter 40 – Attack“Be a good little bird and stay in the nest. Don't come out for any reason, understand?” Dimitri told me.“Okay.”“Keep the door locked from the inside. Don't open it for anyone. If you set one foot out this door, before I come back for you, I'm going to spank your bottom red!” He crashed his lips into mine.His kiss was hungry, demanding, and filled with emotion. The promise of another spanking sent an exciting quiver down my back. I couldn’t wait until this was over to spend time tangled up with him.“Please be careful.” I whispered as we broke away.“I'll be back as soon as this is over.” He said and closed the door to the nest.I was standing inside of a closet sized metal box, that wasperched on top of the roof of the pack house and looked out over the pack lands. The fire pits were burning bright, if someonedidn't know any better, they would just assume the fire pits were there to light up the grounds for battle.“Let's test the reach of our element.” Rae s
Chapter 39 – RaceThe sun was setting as we raced back in the Jeep to our territory.Dimitri was at the wheel and his eyes kept glancing in themirror at the occupants in the back seat. Odessa was seated in the back, between Alec and Hades. The tension in the car was thick.“What the hell happened Odessa? I thought Georgios was your mate?” Dimitri asked and a low growl came from Hades at the mention of Georgios.“It's kind of a long story.” She replied.“We've got time. No one is leaving this car for a few hours.” Dimitri said.Hades spoke first, “My mother was originally from Georgios’ pack, Zeus's Howlers. When my father claimed her as a chosen mate, she switched packs and joined Moon Warriors. He wasn't very good to us and took little interest in me. Growing up, Ispent a great deal of time visiting with my grandparents at theirpack. Georgios’ father had the pack then, he was good to me, let me come and stay whenever I wanted to. My grandparents were wonderful people and I enjoyed
Chapter 37 – Progress“I'm Lucy Michaels LaRue, Luna of Crescent Moon Pack. As a golden wolf of the Gods, I now claim Zeus's Howlers as myown. We are not enemies with Alpha Dimitri Theodorus. Our daughter Raven LaRue, is his mate and the new Luna ofOlympus Blood Moon. We believe this will be a strong alliance for both packs and Zeus's Howlers will grow stronger andflourish.” My mother said.Applause and joyous howls erupted from the crowd. My mother stood in the middle of the field wearing nothing but my father’s shirt after she shifted back. Dimitri and I stood with my father as my mother addressed her new pack.“Beta Onassis, please step forward.” She called out. The crowd became silent and some exchanged nervous looks. “Some of you may have already heard, our oldest son and heir of CrescentMoon, Knox LaRue, is the mate of the Beta's daughter. This will now connect the packs in more ways than one. We are honoredto have Raquel Onassis, from Zeus's Howlers as the future Lunaof t
Dimitri's POVChapter 36 – Claiming“He's going to be okay, won't he Dr. Vovos?” Niko asked.“I've known Kosta since he was a pup, your Uncle is one of the strongest wolves I've ever met.” Dr. Vovos assured us.The pack clinic was a mile down the road from the pack house. It was morning, we had to wait until Dr. Vovos had stabilized Kosta before we could see him.He was connected to machines and tubes, he looked pretty bad.“How long until he wakes up?” I asked, I really needed to talk to him. Find out who did this. He was badly beaten and shotwith a silver bullet. The silver should have killed him, it's a miracle that he even survived.“He's stable for now, but he's not out of the woods yet. It could be a few days or a few weeks. We don't even know the status of his wolf yet.” She said.Shit! We don't have that kind of time to sit around and wait. Ineeded to get going, Georgios’ pack was five hours northeast ofhere. I mind linked Alec and Spiro to meet me in my office in twenty
Chapter 35 – Patient“If he's done something to my sister, I can't just lay around and do nothing. I need to find her. I’m going to kill him myself.”Dimitri growled trying to stand up.“She's our sister now too. You won't be helpful to anyone if you don't allow that to heal.” Knox replied.“Dimitri please.” I tried to calm my mate down. “She's his mate, he won't hurt her.”“Unless one of them rejects the other, then he will.” Dimitri said.“He wouldn't be that stupid, he knows she's your sister and doesn't want to make an enemy of you.” I told him.“Maybe, but Odessa might reject him first, she's obviously not happy about this.” He said.“My parents are with Georgios; they know something isn't right.We’ll find her, we just need you to heal. Dr. Vovos should be here to check your wound and change the bandage one moretime for the night. You can speak to her about your progress.” I said.“I need to get to Georgios, if Odessa is still in his territory, I can find her.” Dimitri said.“W
Dimitri's POVChapter 34 – Blast“Kosta should be landing with the helicopter in about tenminutes.” I informed Diesel and Lucy. We stood at the northern peak of the island waiting for Kosta. Lucy was insistent aboutreturning to Alpha Georgios pack right away.“I'll see if I can speak with Odessa alone first. I'll call Knox when I've spoken to her, so he can update you. We'll letGeorgios believe that Knox has returned to Crescent Moon with Rocky, and that we've remained in Greece because Alpha LaRue isn't convinced that Raven wants to be with you. That he'sconsidering taking your head for stealing our only daughter and forcing her to mate with you.” Lucy told me.“Mother!” Raven protested at the idea of forced mating.“We'll see if Georgios will lead us to Stefanos or if he letsanything slip. If we hit a dead end, I'll light Georgios up and send him straight to hell.” Lucy said.“I can position my warriors just outside his pack territory tolead an attack and help if things get st