We went back to his, sorry, our room, and I found my missing bag next to the bed. I was sure they had checked it, but I didn’t have any secrets, so I decided to let it go. “Can I call my Mum?” I asked, pulling out my phone from the bottom of my bag. “She works in town, and wasn’t there yesterday,” I explained, seeing Duncan’s surprised face. “She will freak out if she comes back for the weekend and I’m not there.” “Sure, go on,” he nodded. “Should I leave you alone?” “No, just stay. I will be quick,” I smiled at him, and went to the window, dialing her. “Hi, baby girl!” she finally answered after many rings. “Hi, Mummy!” I answered with a big smile. “How are you, my dear?” she asked in a happy voice, and I already felt bad, because I knew she would not be happy after I told her what happened. “I’m fine Mum, I just wanted to tell you something.” “What is it, sweetheart?” Mum asked, and she suddenly seemed worried. “You know… I left the pack yesterday. I wanted to tell you so y
“I still have a few questions for you,” I said, sitting in the middle of our bed, already showered and dressed in my usual PJs, an oversized t-shirt, and shorts. We spent the whole day together, and it was amazing. I had a chance to make an impression on what kind of man he was, and I liked what I saw. But still… “What kind of questions, darling?” he asked, drying his hair with a towel. “I want to know how many of the rumors are true,” I said, eyeing him. “You know, I have worked hard for them,” he said with a knowing smile. “Really?” “Really. My image is an important element of our pack’s security,” he said, sitting down at the edge of the bed, facing me. “What have you heard?” “They say that you were a rogue, and you killed an Alpha to take over his pack. Some say that you killed your own father for it.” “And it is all true,” he nodded, and I felt my heart getting heavy. He was my mate, and I was already falling for him. I so wanted him to say all those rumors were lies… “
I woke up to the ticklish feeling of someone playing with my breast. I could feel his hot breath on my neck, and a strong arm hugging me even closer as I stirred. I kept my eyes closed to enjoy his gentle touch against my skin, as his hand ran up and down my side, making me shiver. Then he started rubbing my butt and I sighed when I felt his hardness. His hand ran between my thighs and I couldn’t stop a moan escaping my lips. He was slowly rubbing my clit, his manhood gently poking me, easily finding my entrance. I was at the edge of a climax when he finally pushed in. I was still too tight so it was a little painful, but as he slowly started moving, the building pleasure hushed the pain. I heard him growl before his rhythm got faster, his thrusts stronger. “Duncan” I moaned his name, and he came inside me. I rode out my own pleasure and then just laid in his arms. “Good morning, beautiful,” he murmured into my ears, making me shiver again. I turned in his arms, and snuggled up aga
Ten minutes after Emma left, Duncan came for me, dressed in simple suit pants and a black shirt. He was devilishly handsome, but the look on his face was simply priceless. He just watched me in awe as I turned around and smiled at him.“What do you think?” I asked with a blush.“You are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen,” he said, completely serious, as he came closer and gently kissed me.“Thank you for the dress. I love it,” I looked up at him.“I’m happy,” he smiled and took my hand. “Are you ready?” he asked and I nodded. We walked down to the main hall together, and I felt my heart race as we reached the last turn and people saw us. Everyone was watching, and I was incredibly nervous.He stopped two steps from the bottom and looked around.“Thank you for coming tonight!” he said, raising his voice a bit. “Today is very special for me. I’m happy to introduce you, Moira Conners, my mate,” he said and huge applause broke out.I felt myself blush as all those people happily c
A big brown wolf jumped in front of me with a furious snarl and I barely managed to dodge his first blow. He went for my neck, definitely with an intent to kill, but I was faster. My wolf was in full control, and she knew what we were doing.I turned and bit down on his hind leg, making him howl in pain. I wasn’t strong enough to break the bone, but made sure to damage as much muscle as I could.Another one jumped on me, making me let go, and we rolled on the ground. I managed to get on top only for a moment, then he pushed me down and was barely a breath away from my neck when he disappeared. I only got a glimpse of Duncan’s gray wolf snapping its neck when the brown wolf I wounded attacked me again.“Don’t hesitate,” Duncan growled through our link.“I didn’t,” growled back, but I didn’t have time to argue. I jumped on the brown wolf, and after a bit of struggle, I managed to bite down on his throat. I tightened my hold, and finished him off.I got a few scratches, but all in all, I
Sunday morning found us in Duncan’s office. I was sitting curled up in an armchair at the far corner of his office, cuddling my coffee.“Blood Moon is now my pack too,” I told Duncan this morning when he tried to leave me behind. “I want to know what’s going on, and help if I can.”He stood silent for a while, studying my face, then nodded. “Fine. Be in my office in 10 minutes,” he said and left me.So I dressed up really quickly, grabbed a coffee from the kitchen, and went to his office. I decided that I should not interfere, so I sat in this armchair, and was studying the men from here.Noah stood next to Duncan’s desk, still like a statue, while Gabriel and Marissa sat on the couch by the side. In front of the desk sat three wolves, the patrols from yesterday. Duncan made them tell everything that happened, everything they saw, in hopes that it would give us more information on the rogue horde and their leader.“We heard someone sneaking around, and Bran went to check,” Jason, who
“I guess it is time for me to share another secret with you,” he said, coming back to me.“I would appreciate it,” I answered silently, trying really hard to hold myself, and even more so, my wolf back. He sat down next to me and reached for my hand, but I pulled away.“Her name is Rosie,” he started with a sigh. “She is 5 years old, and sometimes she has bad dreams.”“And she is your daughter,” I only managed to whisper, my heart being so heavy.“She is, but it’s not the way you think,” he reached for me, trying to comfort me, but I moved away again. “Only a few people who were already with me five years ago know about it. I never told anybody else, and I don’t want her to ever find out. I will tell you everything, but you have to promise me to keep my secret.”“Duncan…” I called, but didn’t really know what to say. I was so confused and hurt, I didn’t even have it in me to be mad at him.“Promise me, please. I don’t want Rosie to know about it,” he looked at me with serious eyes. Hi
We decided going into the library room to have some privacy and Duncan asked Marissa to bring Rosie after breakfast.To tell the truth, I was very anxious. Would she like me? What should I do if she doesn’t? Oh, my Goddess, I wasn’t prepared for this! A week ago I thought I would be forever alone without a mate, and now I was worried about whether my mate’s pup would like me or not. I was going nuts.“How did you name her? Why Rosie?” I asked, just to have something to think about as I was pacing up and down in the room.“Her full name is Elena Rose O’Sullivan. I gave her my mother’s name,” Duncan said calmly, and I stopped abruptly. His mom. It was another topic he refused to talk about. “My mom used Elena, so we figured we would call her Rose. Rosie, just because it’s more fitting.”I was about to ask about his mother, but Marissa came in holding a little girl’s hand. She stopped at the door and looked at me with big, round eyes.“She is a little nervous,” Marissa mind-linked me. “S
Things started falling apart a week later, when one morning Warren and Bran hadn’t returned. Everybody was on alert already, when Bran finally linked Duncan, reporting that they found a hideout. He said that there was a big movement, and they were probably preparing for something, but their leaders were not there. He left his group there to find out more, while he and Warren went ahead looking for the witch. Duncan decided that if they managed to find the rogue’s headquarters, he would take his best warriors and attack them before they could start attacking our borders. With that being said, the whole pack turned upside down the minute he dismissed the morning assembly. It may have seemed like total chaos, but in fact, everything was pretty well organized. All our warriors reported to the training grounds, where Noah and Gabriel organized them in small units, all ready to take off anytime. Duncan sent Caleb down to the village to make sure that everyone would be safe if something
“What’s going on here?” I heard Duncan’s cold voice, and it helped me come back to my senses. He was quite dangerous when he sounded like that, but oddly enough, it made me relax.“I believe we need to talk,” I told Warren as I stood from his chest, and held out my hand to help him up.Duncan just studied us with cold eyes, and I had no doubt about Gabriel telling him everything through their link.“You can go and hold your training. I’m staying with them,” he finally said. For a long moment, Gabriel just studied us with a dark gaze, then nodded and left. Marissa looked worried, but I sent her a reassuring smile, and she left us too.“Care to explain?” Duncan asked, his voice still calm, but by now I knew he sounded like that when on the inside he was anything but calm.“Warren decided to help with my training,” I answered, not looking away from him, as he absentmindedly rubbed his chest where I stabbed him. “But in the meantime, he showed me something interesting.”“Like what?” Dunca
Things settled down a little once more, but everyone was uneasy. It was like the silence before the storm.I sat in my usual armchair, listening to the reports, but they were the same as every morning in the past week.Duncan strengthened our border patrols on the east, from the ridge up north to the Blue Moon border on the south, not trusting their security one bit after the last incident.That meant we pretty much left the western borders unattended, but Warren and his men from the Crimson were going back and forth all the time anyway, and Duncan was pretty confident about Alpha Blackwood keeping the Silver Moon quiet and secure.But no matter how tight we kept security, patrols reported no rogue movement, or anything unusual.Bran and Warren returned empty-handed again, too. They found nothing on the first two nights, but then they found something that they believed to be a lead. But that turned out to be a dead end.Just like the other three, they found after that.They only manag
After everything that happened today, all I wanted was to snuggle up in bed and sleep for maybe two days, but of course, I couldn’t do that.What I got was a little snooze with Rosie when I tucked her in, and I fell asleep with her after reading. To tell the truth, it felt salutary. The love this little angel gave me and her unborn little siblings was intangible and really warmed my heart.To Duncan’s credit, he really tried not waking me. He came to check on us, and kept really silent, but I guess I just felt him, and woke when he was about to leave.“Wait for me,” I called after him, carefully getting up, not to wake Rosie.“You don’t have to come. Just stay with her and rest a little,” he offered, stopping at the door.“I want to come. Just a minute,” I answered, putting a stuffed animal in Rosie’s arms to take my place.“You are one stubborn woman,” he commented, and I just smiled.“That is one of my charms, is it not?” I grinned at him, wrapping my arm around his.“We are taking
It was the longest 20 minutes of my life till I ran straight to the Blue Moon’s packhouse. With car, taking the road, it was about a 45 minutes’ ride, but going straight down the mountainside, it was about a 20-30 minutes run, depending on your speed.I was pretty sure Duncan made a new record.“They let them through, Luna. The rogues came from the Blue Moon,” Noah’s words rang in my head all along.I was sure it was all just a misunderstanding. They would never do it on purpose. I knew it. Something must have happened, but if Duncan was mad enough to go straight to see Richard like this, I wasn’t sure if he would listen. He must be seeing red right now.Oh dear Goddess, he is going to kill Richard.“They are already there,” Noah informed me. “Caleb and Derek are with him, but they won’t stop him.”“Almost there,” I answered, cursing to myself.I would have been faster if I shifted, but I didn’t want to push my luck after what the doctor said, and also, I didn’t want to face my old pa
In the morning, I couldn’t remember anything about the dream, but I felt like shit. I was sleepy, with a growing headache, and my morning sickness was worse than ever. After I spent the entire morning in the bathroom, Ducan called the doctor on me, but he found nothing. He gave me some pills I could take if needed and told me to take it easy. “Don’t look at me like that.” I looked up at Duncan’s worried face above my mug. “You heard the doc. It’s nothing serious,” I tried reassuring him, as I took two pills with Mrs. Stevenson’s magic tea. I have been drinking this thing for weeks now, but I still haven’t figured out what she put into it. Not like it mattered. It did miracles to my poor stomach, and I was eternally grateful. “Still. You should take it easy today,” he sighed, kneeling next to me. “I will, don’t worry,” I squeezed his hand. “My only appointment is with Rosie in the afternoon,” I grinned, and he managed to smile back. By then, I felt totally fine, so I went for Rosi
Why does he always know what’s on my mind? I groaned internally. I really wanted to keep him out of this, but as things were now, keeping silent might hurt him more than telling everything. “He and Jenny had an argument,” I started reluctantly. “Neither of them told anybody what it was about, but it is ruining their relationship and making things difficult for the whole pack.” “And how does it concern you?” “I think it might be my fault,” I said, resting my head on his arm and staring up at the ceiling. “What is?” “It was about pups,” I blurted out. Wows of secrecy don’t apply to your mate, right? “They argued about having pups?” he asked carefully, and I just nodded. “And how is it your fault?” “I was the one who made Richard like this,” I sighed. “You know, this whole thing would be ridiculous, if it wasn’t ruining their life. Richard wants pups, but Jenny thinks she is too young to have a baby. It is as simple as that. But they got emotional, hurt each other, and now they don
The rest of the night went on more smoothly.Returning from the Alpha meeting, Duncan seemed calm and content. Richard still looked displeased, but Thomas kept him from doing anything stupid. Lucas rejoined his mother and acted like nothing happened, but I felt the steely gaze of his bodyguard on me from time to time.It was quite late when we finally got to the car and headed home. We told Duncan everything, and I saw his frown deepen. He seemed to be concentrating on the dark road, not saying anything, but I knew he was thinking carefully about it.And in the silence of the dark car, I did the same. I kept thinking about everything that had happened tonight. The main question, of course, was Lucas Montalvo and his offer, but my mind kept going back to my other conversations. How cold and angry Richard seemed, how tired Josh looked and how worried Mallory was. And at the end, I always ended up remembering Jenny’s face drenched in tears.Was it my fault? Have I done this to them?I m
I felt like rushing into the alpha meeting and strangling Richard with my own two hands, but I forced myself to stay calm and close the door behind me silently.Jenny would need some time to fix herself.Marissa waved to me, and I forced a smile on my face. Heading towards her, I tried to collect my thoughts, and I was so distracted, I didn’t even realize someone was standing next to her and Noah.And it was none other than Lucas Montalvo, future Alpha of the Crimson Pack.“Luna Moira,” he bowed politely. “It is nice to meet you.”His voice was deeper than I expected, his face friendly and still a little boyish, but his eyes were serious.“The pleasure is mine,” I returned his politeness.“Would you mind taking a walk outside with me?” he asked, and I almost raised my eyebrows. He was so overly polite, and it was even more disturbing from a boy as young as him.“You should go and hear what he wants to talk about,” Noah linked me before I could say anything. “I will be right behind you