Nicole’s screams rang loudly everywhere as she was now holding a dead Ethan in her arms, who had a big hole in his chest, the place where his heart formerly occupied, his blood everywhere and his heart lying on the ground where Lucas threw it. Lucas ignored her as he hoisted Ava in his arms and took her out of there. Ava, even in her half-conscious state had seen it all, Lucas had killed Ethan much to the horror of Nicole and then he lifted her up, carrying her with his blood-stained hands, as he took her out of there, as she closed her eyes once again and drifted in sleep, she knew in her heart that was the last she would be seeing of her pack.
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Ava woke up in the evening of the next day, she’d been sleeping for so long, she didn’t know how Lucas managed to bring her back to the dawn packhouse but he did, her body felt a lot better and she was able to tell that she’d
He opened the door of his inner room to let her in and as he shut it, he pinned her to the wall. His arm around her waist and his mouth on hers with a kiss that held the type of passion she hadn’t felt in ages. Lucas led her to the bed and slowly undressed her, kissing her neck and ears as he did. Soon she was lying on the bed covered in nothing but skin facing him. He then undressed himself then, exposing his erect cock that throbbed at the sight of her naked body, before taking his place beside her. That mouth again on hers, his tongue prying her lips apart, and a wave of passion sweeping over her as strong rough hands explored her bared flesh. His warm breath in her ear and an explosion of goose bumps on her side,“You are mine now” was all she heard. More kisses, some soft some not so soft, then his tongue pried her lips apart. He sucked her tongue into his mouth as his hands explored her soft body. Still more kisses until he shifted positions just
Lucas and Ava woke up in the morning and continued with their lovemaking from where they’d stopped last night. It was such a beautiful morning and no one could imagine anything ruining such a wonderful day that started out so perfectly, until the sound of the knock on the door was heard. Of course, it was important if not no one would dare to disturb the alpha at such a time. Lucas grabbed the sheets and covered Ava and himself in it, before letting the disturber in.“What is it, Kiron?”“Apologies for interrupting master, but it is a matter of dire urgency.”“I know that, otherwise you wouldn’t be here, would you?” Lucas shot him a scowl.“N-no master, of course I wouldn’t be.”“Then why are you here?”“The supreme messenger has arrived sire, he is here to see you.”“The supreme messenger? What is it this time?”&nbs
He went to the supreme council… he left the packhouse without even telling her. She should be mad at him for not telling her before he went but she what she felt in her heart was more of worry than anger. Why had the council summoned him? For what reason? Did something bad happen? Ava could do nothing but fear and hope that her love returns to her safely.“Dear moon goddess, please keep my mate safe from harm, don’t let anything bad happen to him…” she prayed in her heart as she returned to his chambers.*************MEETING AT THE COURT OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL***ATTENDEES: Alpha Lucas De’ Clan, Gamma Filip Kirundi, the five members of the supreme council.***“Welcome Alpha Lucas De’ Clan and Gamma Filip Kirundi to this meeting. We are entirely grateful for the fact that you heeded to the call from our messenger on time even though such short notice was given. We apo
Gamma Filip Kirundi was enraged by all the words he was hearing, he could not sit by and let this happen. It was time to talk some sense into this alpha of his. “Alpha Lucas, forgive me. I know that is not my place to speak here at all, but I beg you to reconsider your decision of choosing not to dominate the moonlight territory. Imagine having the leadership of our territories combined; the moonlight and the dawn pack, two of the largest territories under one leader. We would be unstoppable Alpha Lucas, the leaders from all ends of the earth would fear us greatly, and we would have twice as many men, twice as much resources to help those refugees. No one would ever dare to come against us, and those rogues would be as good as dead in our hands…” “Gamma Filip… you are only mentioning the advantages we will have over other packs, what you do not see is that taking over such responsibility will make our home a perfect magnet for attacks, we will be having mor
“You cannot fulfill a destiny that does not belong to you Gamma Filip Kirundi, I do not know what gave you the audacity to think that you could just go ahead and perform what you have just spoken of, but I am willing to overlook it as just some random foolish thought that crept into your silly head and let you keep your assignment, on the condition that I never want to hear such words from you again. You do not have the right to go against your alpha, you do not have my blessing to forge ahead, and if you dare to leave these walls, you will no longer be welcome to the dawn pack for any reason whatsoever, even if your foolishness leaves you later and you ever decide to come back, it’ll be too late for that by then.”Filip bowed his head.“I am sorry master, but I cannot abandon such an opportunity to serve. I cannot turn my back on them the way you have done, you of all people know how important service is to the people, and yet it ba
“I want to take you now precious; I want to bury myself in you and forget everything in your arms. Will you be able to take me?”“Of course, my love. I will do anything for you. I am yours remember? Take me… take as much as you need.”That was all he needed to hear; in one effortless move he got up and lifted her, taking her into his inner chambers. He took her to his bed and slowly removed her robe, at the sight of her body his hardness prompted him to take his own clothes off before getting into bed with her. For a moment they lay both there, their bodies exchanging warmth, he thought of how just being with her provided him a sense of calmness and peace he could not explain, being with her quieted down the raging voices in his head, the voices that yelled at him for the decisions he made both in the past and in the present. Those voices that would not stop judging him, that would never fail to remind him of the guilt he felt in his hear
Kiron entered into the alpha’s chambers; he was off duty today but he’d received the call that the alpha sent for him anyway. Alpha Lucas was familiar with his off-duty days and he would never call him unless it was a special matter that he alone was needed for. Kiron knew that whatever his master was calling him for on his off-duty day, it was a matter of importance.He met his master seated in the lounge of his outer chambers.“You sent for me master?”“Yes Kiron, have a seat.”The guard did as he was told, wondering what all this was for. He’d never been so privileged to sit here before. Alpha Lucas continued to speak after he’d seated.“Kiron, I am calling you here because I know that you have been very faithful and loyal since the day you joined this pack, right from when you were a servant, before you became promoted to a guard; and then to my personal guard, you have served
Cian’s personal guard, Kayak, entered into his chambers the next day. There was some new information to report to the beta of the dawn pack.“Good day master.”“Good day Kayak, what news do you have for me today?”“It’s from Alpha Lucas sire, he wants let you know that there will be an appointment of a new gamma the day after tomorrow. Gamma Filip was banished and relieved of his duty yesterday sire.”“I see, did he give any reason for this new development?”“No sire, he said wants the reason to be strictly confidential so he did not give me the reason for his decision. He just told me to let you know that you will be announcing it to the dawners this evening sire.”“So, who will be taking Filip’s place as the new gamma?”“The alpha’s former personal guard, Kiron sire.”Kiron. Cian has always known him right from wh
Ava opened her eyes and looked around; Lucas was sitting beside the bed, his legs stretched out in front of him, and he was eating an apple and doing some paperwork beside the bed."What are you doing?" She asked, then moved closer to where he sat."Just checking the documents that Kiron submitted. Is anything the problem?""Well, actually, there is a problem," Ava said and pouted."What is it, precious?" He said, looking worried.Ava hid a pleased smile; she sure knows how to his attention."The problem is that this is supposed to be a vacation; you shouldn't be working on our vacation; you promised to relax here."Lucas chuckled, "You were sleeping, so I decided to get a little work done since I wasn't sleepy. Is there anything you want us to do?"She looked at him coyly, then he chuckled, "I know that look; you are a vixen, precious.""No, I am your vixen, the one you created."He dropped his book. She walked over to him, then sat on his lap, straddling him. She circled her arms ar
Kiron stepped down from his truck and then headed towards his house. It was already dark; today had been a long day; moving back and forth from Dawn pack to Moonlight pack wasn't easy.Alpha Lucas had made him an ambassador after they won the pack back from Fillip and Vulcan. He was in charge of helping Moonlight pack, now a colony of Dawn pack. Sometimes it was big work because Eli was way over his head, but he tried his best to be a fair and truthful Alpha.This job was more tasking than when he was just a Gamma to Lucas, It meant less time for him and Keisha to fool around, but she never complained.Sometimes, He only comes home for a few days or returns so late with no desire to do anything but sleep.He hardly delegated his duty when he was just a Gamma, so he found it hard to delegate now. He always likes to supervise everything himself, so he can ensure it's been run effectively.Speaking of Keisha, she was his wife now. She still helped in the nursery, but it wasn't a job; she
Keisha looked into the mirror to make sure her face mask washed off very well. She was still waiting for the makeup artist.Today was her wedding day; Kiron had talked to Lucas, and he had agreed to let them have their wedding a day before the moon festival.But then it was two weeks until the moon festival, so time wasn't on their side, but Kiron had insisted that they still do it on that day.Thanks to Luna, Ava, and Kiara, because they were like her fairy godmothers, they helped her plan everything in such a short time.She could still remember the morning she announced her engagement to Luna, Ava, and Kiara.Ava had hugged her and said, "Wow, I am so happy for you."While Kiara looked excitedly at the ring, she said, "Took him a damn long time, but he still did it before we kicked his ass."They had all laughed, then asked about the wedding plans and shared parts of them among themselves.Kiara's gown was modernized for her. Kiron had some people come take her measurements. The ne
"Where are we going?" Keisha asked Kiron again.They had been left in charge of the pack, but then Beta Cian and Kiara returned in the night, so Kiron had some free time on his hands.Since he was named Ambassador, he had mostly been so busy with his duties that he was always transporting goods to Moonlight Pack. Though Keisha was happy about his promotion, she missed him greatly whenever he was away.He had given her a beautiful gown today and then told her to dress up. She wanted to know where they were going, but he wasn't coming forward with information."It's a surprise. Now get dressed around six in the evening and meet me in the fields," he said, then left.She had washed her face and then headed to the nursery. She no longer worked in the nursery but helped there as she wasn't just ordinary Keisha anymore; she was the Gamma's partner now.When she arrived, the children ran towards her, many of them fighting to be in her arms.She led them back to class, greeting all the nurser
After a while, buffets and buffets of food were brought out.Yara served them their choices, but Kiara wasn't yet back from the bathroom."Hey, which bathroom did my mate go into?""The one at the back of the store is the building beside the hall.""Okay, thanks."Cian excused himself and left the hall.Alpha Daryl stood up and went to the podium."Thank you all for coming to make today all fun. I have the name of everyone here that has a mate in this box, including the Alphas."People began to murmur."Shhh, if I pick your name, you will come out and sing for your beautiful mate that the moon goddess gave you. Now let me shake the box."He shook the box so hard that some names wanted to fall off. He dipped his hand and then brought one out.He opened it, was shocked for a moment, and then smiled."Alpha Lucas De'Clan, the podium is yours."Everyone began to clap while Ava nudged Lucas, who sat with an emotionless look on his face.He looked at Ava's face for a while, then stood up. H
After checking on Ramsey, they saw he was fine with Nani, who fed him special meals. Ava begged Nani to watch him, then set out with Lucas.They walked to the pack's forest and then dropped everything they came with. Before leaving, they packed a blanket, dried meats, water, and fruits. Lucas carried most of the heavy stuff, while Ava just carried the fruit basket.They dropped the items beside a tall, old tree."Did you know the Dawn pack would have been built here instead of up there?""No, why would it have been here?""I wanted to do that, but Cian and the others convinced me not to cut down the trees and build more houses here."Ava nodded. "Look, there's a house over there, but it's depleted.""I know; that is where I used to live; there's plenty you don't know about me.""There's plenty you don't know, too," Ava challenged back."Of course, life is precious, yet we still live so happily. Come, let's go see Erasmus and Layla."Ava undressed, crouched on all fours, and shifted in
Lucas woke up and kissed his wife and his little boy. The previous night, Ava had tried to put Ramsey to bed in his room, but he started to cry."Mom, No!"He kept crying until Ava returned with him; he had slept with them on their bed. He keeps complaining that he sees Fillip in his dreams, and they have to find a way to make him stop seeing Fillip. Nani has already begun to work on a potion.Ava woke up, too, then slowly tiptoed over to Lucas, who was dressing up because Ramsey was still sleeping."Are you leaving already?""Nope, I will be back for breakfast. I just wanted to check on a few things for Madeline's funeral service."Ava nodded, "Then get going, so you will be back for breakfast; remember, we are waiting for you.""Okay, precious."Lucas walked towards his office and then spotted Levi Stone, the one he had temporarily put in charge of the soldiers and the one organizing Madeline's funeral.He was giving orders to two soldiers carrying the flowers to be careful. Lucas s
Under normal circumstances, Lucas De'Clan would have killed the guard and then killed Fillip too, but this time, Ramsey was involved in it. He kicked the guard's leg and then held him by the neck."Daddy, come take me," Ramsey cried out."I will, handsome; now I will be a big boy for Daddy, okay?""Okay."Lucas directed at Filip. "Let Ramsey go, or I will kill this guard."Fillip chuckled, "Does it seems like I care? Kill him if you want to. There are ten more guards here.""I can kill them all, Fillip; you, of all people, should know that.""You can, but you won't. Now let him go, or I will kill your son."Lucas pushed the soldier away and then raised his hand in surrender. "I know it's me you want; now, let Madeline and Ramsey go."Fillip smiled and said, "No, here's Madeline." He pushed her towards Fillip."Who says you would behave if you had Ramsey? You would turn to Erasmus and kill us all."Lucas caught Madeline and untied her hand, asking, "Are you okay?"She nodded, "Save Ram
"I can't believe that asshole would dare kidnap my son!" Lucas growled, slamming his hand on the table."Calm down, Alpha Lucas. Let's find a solution," Eli said."We will, but when I get my hands on Fillip, I will tear him apart limb by limb, and I will give him a prolonged and painful death. For fuck's sake, how can he kidnap a little kid because of his selfish interests.""I say we sneak in tonight as we did before, get Ramsey, then that asshole," Kiron suggested."No, we already did that once; besides, he knows that Nani may have reached the Dawn Pack by now. He would probably expect us to try to sneak in, so it's a bad idea," Cian advised, and then Kiron cursed."So what do we do then?" Eli asked."Maybe I should go alone as he suggested; that way, I will get my son.""Hell no, Alpha. Fillip won't give you Ramsey. We all know he is a corny asshole. He will only kill you, then Ramsey too," Cian said."I am not afraid of dying; I just wish I could get my son. Besides, you will be a