Bella’s POV“Still a virgin?” Raymond smirks as we sit on the plane. “Were did you go?” I ask snuggling into his side. Raymond kisses my head. “You were holding his hand the way you used to hold Justin’s. I always hated that. So I went for a run when I got back after my shower I opened the door to the two you,” Raymond wiggles his eyebrows. “Everytime he and I got close we got interupted so we said clearly fate wants us to wait for our mates,” I giggle.“I think waiting is a good idea,” Raymond tells me. “Just because you were too chicken shit,” I tickle his side. “What do you mean?” Justin asks sitting with Lesley on the bench across from us. “Nothing,” Raymond smirks and holds me. “Oh shit,” I say as the cramps start. Raymond moves his hand to my lower stomach and holds me. “No wonder you have been so horny,” Raymond whispers. “It’s three days early,” I complain. “I got you you,” Raymond holds me tightly.Ryan brings me a heating pad. “Why is it so bad?” Daddy asks as I
Raymond’s POV“Hey, you,” I say, leaning against Bella’s locker.“Hey, you,” She smiles at me.“So, heard from Stone?” I ask, hoping he finally responded to her. She only sent 1000 texts.“He wished a great first day of school via text. I tried to call him, no answer. Today is his 18th birthday, so he may not want to hear my voice anymore,” she tells me.“What does Shelby say?” I ask.“That I’m being pushy and need to back off,” Bella rolls her eyes.“Hey, Baby,” Jeremy comes up and kisses her lips. I hate him, so I leave without a word.“Gamma,” Azlee, a pack warrior, runs up to me.“Hey, I’m not Gamma yet,” I remind her.“Close enough, can you do me a huge favor?” She looks pained.“Depends, on how huge,” I reply“Could you not have sex with Angie anymore?” She asks, with her face squished up.I stare at her, and I get it. She turned 18 two days ago.“I'm underage, you could fuck with the bond,” I tell her.“I didn’t say who your mate was, only that I know, and she feels it,” Azlee h
Raymond’s POV“If we start now, we will be climaxing at midnight,” I offer to Azlee as we lay in bed, waiting for midnight.“You don’t want to wait for your wolf to confirm I’m your mate,” Azlee teases.I growl into her neck, making her moan.“I love you Azlee, even without the mate bond,” I tell her.“Oh, yeah? How do you know?” Azlee always with the questions.I smile at her as I roll on top her. I slide between her folds and we both moan happily.“You question everything,” I thrust. “You take care of me.” Another thrust. “You care about our pack.” Thrust. “You make me laugh.” Thrust. “You are never easy on me.” Thrust. “When I can’t see you, I want to.” Thrust, thrust, thrust. “When you touch me, I want to make you scream my name.” Thrust. “I would give my life to save yours.” Thrust. “My heart is only happy knowing you are a part of my life.”MIDNIGHTUnkown voice in my head- Already in our mate. That’s my boy.Me- Who are you?Unknown Voice- My name is Peco and Maria is Azlee’s w
Bella’s POV“Hey, you ready?” Azlee asks, knocking on my door.“Almost,” I grab my phone one more time to see if Stone has responded. Nothing, only text bubbles.*Texting*Me- Stone, I’m graduating high school in a few hours. I know you did last year and how hard this year has been for you fighting and tracking. I want you to know I’m not going back to Crimson Pack for level 2 training. I’m training with my dad, Uncle Wesley and Grandma. I know you are afraid to talk to me because you don’t want to activate the mate bond. But could you at least text me something. So I know you are missing me as much as I am missing you?(Text bubbles)10 minutes later….Stone - Do you still have a boyfriend?Me- Jeremy and I parted ways after prom. He likes another girl and they have started dating.Stone- If we are mates, will you come out here and help me?Me- You already know the answer.Stone- Then go, and graduate. I’m glad you are staying away from Tristian, I really think he is backing the rogue
Bella’s POV*Texting*Stone : are you mad they are all getting married and not you.Me: No. I’m not ready to be married.Stone: Hey, we are on the same page about something. LOLMe: Do you think that marriage beyond the mate bond is important?(Long silence)Stone: Bella, one day I promise, not only to marry you, but to make the guys proposals look like a garbage fire.I have a smile plastered on my face, just at the idea of Stone down on one knee for me.“Bella,” Lesley calls to me from the party in the ballroom. “If that is anyone other than Alpha Stone, I’m kicking your butt for missing the party.”“It’s Stone, he hates being called Alpha,” I tell her.“Oh, I remember, He and Nicholas fought so much during Stone’s training, I swear, I thought it would end in Stone Challenging Nickolas,” Lesley sits beside me. “When are you and Stone going to stop being stubborn and see each other again?”“When he is ready to come off the battlefield” I pull my knees up to my chin and rest my cheek o
Tristian POV“Alpha,” Beta James meets me in my office. “We have had three packs pull their Level 2 trainees for the second session.”“Who?” I ask, looking for the training schedule.“Bazin, Conroy, Durk,” He reads off his list.“You can’t insist your own daughter be brought here for training?” I ask, taping my pencil on the desk.“She is taking over in two weeks. She and Justin will be full Betas before the session starts, the Gammas too, only Alpha and the Deltas are waiting for college to be over,” he tells me.“Bella isn’t 18 yet,” I say, huffing.“She will be before the session begins. But at Bazin, the Alpha has to wait until they are 21,” he tells me.“Where is she going to college?” I ask.“Lesley doesn’t know, or she is stonewalling,” James looks at me.“They are hiding her from me or Stone Conroy?” I lean back and shake my head.“Conroy sent Slate to Bazin for training, so I don’t think it’s Stone,” Beta James looks up at me.“Is she Stone’s mate?” I ask, trying to keep the
Stone’s POV“Make sure all eyes are on Tristan,” I tell Luke and Jake, my top captains.“On it, boss,” Jake tells me.*Ringing*Bella- He buy it?Me- (Smiling) Yeah, Baby.Bella- Did I lay it on a little thick?Me- Maybe only a little, but we got his goat. He wants you.Bella- At least someone does.Me-Baby, I want you. I just can’t abandon what I am doing to get to you.Bella- Not where we are going tonight, Babe.Me- How is Lesley?Bella- I think only Justin is holding her together right now. She saw her mother and brothers like that. I wish she hadn’t seen that.Me- (Sigh) I wish you hadn’t seen that either.Bella- I’m okay, really, I promise. Her mom is not likely to make it, but her brothers stand a chance. Especially Seely, his mate is a nurse here. I think Christian will find a mate too. At least I hope so.Me- I can’t wait to see you, baby. I’m gonna do many things to you.Bella- Don’t get me worked up, I have to go to a meeting.Me- Be a good girl and think of me tonight.Bel
Bella’s POV“Hey, how is she?” I ask Lesley as I come into her mother’s room.“Weak, very weak. Do we know what happened yet?” Lesley asks with red puffy eyes. Justin is holding her and laying soft kisses on her head.“We had the car examined. It looks like a roadside bomb, the passenger side tire hit it and the car flipped. You mom was directly hit,” I tell her.“They were out there for two days,” Lesley lets the tears fall freely. “Did it work? Does Tristian believe they are dead?”“Yeah, Stone and I convinced him that we just found them,” I tell her.Lesley wipes her nose. “There is no proof it was him is there? Nothing but our suspicions.”I nod and look at Justin.Justin- Talk to me.Me- Stone couldn’t get what he needed to bring this to council.Justin- How much longer do you think?Me- No one knows, but other packs are coming to help now.Justin- Good, if enough ally against him, we can crush him.Me- Oh, we will Crush him. I don’t want to go to New York and leave you and Lesle
The moon goddess’s POV“Please I have to know I have to know are they well?” Ki has come to me again. I wish she had never been sent here. “Fine one last look and then you need to realize they have to live their own lives,” I tell her. “They are my family,” Ki grumbles. I open the view for her.Bella is in labor Stone beside her. In the waiting room Slate, Tellie, Jewel, Dawn, Spencer, Evander, Marcella, Becky, Granite, Justin, Lesley, Raymond, Azlee, Raymond, Ryan, Joshua, and Sherry. “Lighting Alpha is going to be a dad,” Joshua laughs. “Why do you call him Lighting Alpha?” Lesley asks. “When we were kids we were fishing in the creek,” Slate starts.“Lighting starts falling everywhere,” Joshua says. “Stone uses his little bitty Alpha tone and demands the Lighting stop,” Slate laughs. “And it did, he stopped the Lightening,” Joshua tells us. “So Joshua all of six started calling him the Lighting Alpha,” Slate tells the story. Everyone laughs as cries fill the hall. “It’s
Bella’s POV“YES, STONE,” I smile and squeal as he puts the ring on my finger. We kiss and I hear cheers and squeals.I look around as the lights dim to see everyone is here. My parents, his parents, my grandparents, my great-granddad’s, my sister, my friends, my cousins, my Aunt and Uncles. Everyone is here.Stone takes my hand and we greet our guests before we all go inside. “OH!” I gasp. The inside of the villa is covered in flowers, candles, lights, a DJ, food, everything for a hell of a party. “Its your engagement party,” Lesley tells me handing me a glass. A photographer goes around and takes photos. I am looking around at everyone and the room. It’s perfect. We dance, sing, laugh, eat, drink repeat for hours.. “Did I do well?” Stone asks as we drive back home. “You kept your promise?” I reach over and run my hand through his hair. We make it home and spend the rest of our night making love until we collapse.“Its 4:30,” Ryan sings from out door. “Go away or I will get ou
The moon goddess’s POV“Hello, Tristian Crimson. I have been watching you,” I tell him. I hold up my hand and he falls to the ground. “I never chose you as an Alpha. I chose Bella. I made her stronger, faster, better than all the rest. You have destroyed all the gifts I gave you.”Tristian is frozen in my command.“Shift,” I tell Rex. Stone stands in front of me. “Stone you took my charge a little too literal, but you got there in the end. I gave you Bella as a gift. Don’t be unworthy.”Stone kneels, “You have my word.”I look at Shelby and nod.“Tristian Crimson, I sentence you to death,” I say, stepping back for Rex and Shelby to kill him.Tristian closes his eyes to accept his fate.Once he is dead, Shelby and Rex bow before me.“Erik will die at the hand of Slate; Tellie is pregnant with the next Conroy Alpha. Soon Bella will be too. I bless you both,” I touch their heads. “I bless your union. Don’t think for a moment I ever forgot you. I needed you to be who are you now. I was pre
Bella’s POV“You okay,” Stone asks me as soon as we are alone.The sun is up now, and we all ate breakfast as a pack, before we all head to bed.“I’m exhausted,” I tell him as I drag myself to the shower.“I am too, but I was thinking about what the goddess said about you carrying the next generation of Conroy Alpha,” Stone chases me to bathroom.I giggle as we shower together. We make love in the shower, before crashing into bed.Justin- Alpha.Me- In mindlink, you can call me Bella.Justin- I was speaking to Alpha Stone.Stone- Sleeping.Justin- Your parents are here with Bella’s.Stone- Sleeping naked.Justin- My favorite way to sleep too. Do you want me to put them in an Alpha suite.Me- Yes. We will be up in a few minutes.Stone- Why the hell are you awake, man?Justin- Father of two, under three, I’ll sleep next decade.I laugh and feel Stone pulling me closer.“Do we have to get up?” Stone moans into my neck.“Yes, your parents are here,” I snuggle into him.“I don’t care. I wan
Bella's POV“Tristian still has the loyalty of some of the pack,” Joshua tells Stone.“He may attack there first to gain more followers. But Bella and Justin took over a hundred alone, his warriors aren’t that well trained,” Stone says.“If they come from Durk, they are now. Marcella trained them herself,” Grandpa tells us.“Great, so we are fighting a force equal to our own,” Joshua looks worried for the first time.“We should shift and join the line,” I suggest.“Not yet, let our wolves rest until we need them,” Grandma offers.“I’m scared,” Lesley says out loud. “I’m sorry, that was an inside thought.”“No, Baby,” Justin holds her and their daughter close. “It’s going to be okay.”“We don’t know that,” Lesley says. “Tristian is crazy.”The baby fusses a little and Lesley takes her to the back of the room to feed her.“Go to her, idiot,” I tell Justin, who does.Stone looks around the room. “Can everyone excuse me and Bella for a moment? Jack, watch these cameras and let me know if y
Bella’s POVOnce Stone hangs up the phone, I know I have one chance before Ahab hops the boat, sailing away.“Raymond, tell Jack to call Safehaven for our pack. Tristian is going to come straight for me or Lesley, maybe both. He clearly has a new backer,” I order, and I hold on to Stone’s arms. “Stone, we need to get Tellie and Slate to call Safehaven here too. Tristian has a plan and it's to separate us. Let’s not give him the chance.”Stone is shaking with anger, but nods.We pull Tellie and Slate off the dance floor along with the other Alphas in attendance. Including Erik.“I got a call from the FBI, Tristian escaped with the help of 50 or so wolves,” Stone explains.“Slate, we called Safehaven at Bazin, I suggest everyone does the same,” Bella says.“Bella, you are not safe,” Erik says.“I know, I’m flying back to Bazin to meet him head on with Stone,” I hold Stone’s hand and feel him pulling away slightly. “He and I will do what we should have done five years ago. We will work as
Stone’s POV“Wow, Alpha it’s 4:15am,” Ryan’s voice rings through.“Give me 10 minutes and I'll meet you in the office,” Bella says sleepily.“Okay, coffee in the office,” Ryan closes the door again.“He just walks in whenever?” I ask.“I’m normally dressed and up at 4, we meet at 4:15,” she tells me as she gets up.I’m guessing she used some sort of super speed, because before I could get out of bed she was already showered and dressed.“Can I meet you in the office?” I ask.“If you want, we have training right after, so get dressed for that,” She kisses my cheek and leaves.I shower and dress in five minutes.“I will arrange to have all of Erik’s things moved out today,” I hear Ryan say as I come in. “Also, Babes’ Luna Ceremony; You, Stone, Raymond and Azlee are going. Justin is asking forgiveness; Lesley could pop any second.”“Sounds good,” Bella smiles at me as I pour my coffee.“What about Stone’s things? Any large shipments coming in?” Ryan asks.“Nope, I have everything I have,
Stone’s POVWhen the plane hits the tarmac, Bella holds me back while everyone else deplanes.“What is it baby?” I ask as she straddle me.“Why didn’t you tell me any of that?” She asks, settling on my lap.“You had me blocked on everything,” I tell her honestly.“You could have told Slate, or the guys,” she tells me, holding my shirt.I bite my lip not wanting to tell her. But as we look into each other’s eyes, she understands.“You were afraid it was one of them?” I see tears about to fall, so I lean up and kiss her pulling her close.“Baby, I cleared them for the most part. But keeping you safe is the only thing I care about. So, I played it close to the vest. It was actually one of TJ’s guys. I didn’t even get the chance to deal with him, TJ did it,” I tell her, and she pulls me close to kiss me.“Thank you for keeping me safe,” she tells me.“It's the reason I breathe,” I tell her, going back in for another kiss.“Oh, hell to the no,” Raymond says as he enters the plane.“Ray, he
Stone’s POVWhen I thought she had forgiven me, I could have walked on air. I slept better last night than I ever have. But she watched as everyone who loves her, let me know just how much of an asshole I am. Yeah, I get it. But nothing in the world prepared me for her.“Thank you all for loving me,” Bella starts. “I may have been lonely looking for my mate all these years, but I never for a moment felt unloved. What Stone did, he did to me. I understand seeing me hurting was painful for you all too, but the real pain is mine. So now that you all have had your chance, I am asking you all to give Stone and I time, privacy and space to figure out the next steps. It will be a decision we make alone. And let’s not forget he has Justin, Raymond and Jack to face when we get home.”Everyone laughs and Wesley releases me.“Oh, can I call Justin?” Joshua looks all too happy to make this call.“Wouldn’t it be better to catch them off guard. Think of their faces,” Bella smirks.“Oh, yeah, catch