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
Bella’s POVShelby- I know why and I support you, but Stone is going to be pissed.Me- I get that, but this is important to Lesley. Plus, if I can find him, we can prove Tristian killed him.Shelby- Let me guess, we find his body and I have to carry him?Me- Okay, so we have the plan again. I’m going to go to Tristian under the pretext of peace between him and Stone. He will invite me into the Packhouse, and I will search for the body. When I find it, I’ll call Stone to retrieve it and me.Shelby- That means seeing Stone and activating the mate bond.Me- That’s the risk we have to take.I buy a commercial ticket to Alabama and wait for my plane. Half of me expects to be stopped.When Justin sat down next to me and gave me his sly smile, I smiled back.“You promised if you ever ran away, you would take me with you,” Justin teases.“Anyone else crashing the party?” I ask.“Nope, but Lesley is only giving us three days. She doesn’t think we can be apart any more than that.” He bites his
Tristian’s POV“Are you sure you can trust her?” Leon asks me.“A little girl, I have trained to be better than her. Do you think she is coming to kill me?” I laugh at the very thought.“No, but she could be looking for evidence to have the council raid us,” Leon tells me.“Okay, fine. Then, you and your group surround us and if a raid comes, you can protect me long enough to kill her,” I smile.“Why are you smiling?” He asks me.“Because tonight, under this roof, will be the most impressive Alpha Female ever born. She is sexually frustrated and missing my brother,” I fix my hair to be more like the way Nickolas wore his. “Me charming her should not be difficult.”“So, you want to be fucked, before you kill her?” Leon laughs at me.“I have now fucked every unmated female in my pack. Bella is a virgin. Ever been with a virgin?” I ask and he shakes his head no. “Best sex there is. Virgin Sex.”I practice the smirk in the mirror before grabbing my keys and heading to the airport. I will
Bella’s POVI close my door and text Stone. Deleting each message as I send it. Knowing Jay has my iPad and is watching it all in real time, taking screenshots on his phone for everyone back home.Me- Alone. You are an asshole.Airport Guy- I didn’t think he would do what I asked. I was laughing too hard at the handstand pic. I’m going to us it in propaganda campaigns.Me- No, you are not.Airport Guy- OH yes, I am. I would have responded to the selfie, but I zoomed in your face and needed a private moment.Me- I will remind you my parents are going to see this chat.Airport Guy- I know, which is why I said private moment.Me- Anyway. I’m safe, locked in my room on the Alpha floor. I’m going to stay in here for a while and then head out and search the floor.Airport Guy- Baby, please, please, please be careful. Justin, if you are seeing this, be on alert, ready to run to her.Bella’s iPad- Yes, Alpha.Me- I’m your Alpha.Bella’s iPad- And once you are mated to Stone, he will be my Alp
Bella’s POV“Bella,” Tristian whispers as he walks me to my door.“Tristian, don’t ruin a perfect night,” I try to push him away.“Bella, let go. Nickolas would want you to be happy,” Tristian cups my face.“I know, and Stone wanted the same, but Tristian, I can’t be happy with you. You remind me so much of Nickolas. Even kissing you was like kissing him. My heart can’t handle it,” I push him again.“Okay, Bella,” Tristian kisses my hand again. “If you need anything, please let me know.”“Thank you, Tristian, for understanding,” I bat my eyes and go into my room.Shelby- He is going to try shit. We need to get out here.Me- Yeah, tell Vox.Shelby- On it.I text Stone that am leaving tonight. He tells me to be very careful.Once I am packed, I start to leave.“Where are you going?” Tristian has dropped the facade and is now looking at me with anger.“I’m leaving, Tristian, this was a bad idea. You and I cannot be alone. Too much is going on,” I continue to back away from him.“Bella, y
Tristian’s POV“Your wolf is shit,” Leon tells me as we outrun Royce’s Rogues.“How badly was he messed up?” I ask, unable to contact my wolf myself.“If he still is living, I would be surprised,” Leon looks at me annoyed. “Did the girl see our plans?”“No, they were hidden, we just need to activate them. What do our numbers look like?” I ask.“If we pull all our recon forces and meet up, we have 100, maybe. What do our funds look like?” Leon asks.Suddenly, I’m glad only I control the money. He needs me, wolf or not, because I’m the bank.“I checked last night; the unknown reserve is over 15 million. Pay those who stay loyal 150,000-dollar bonus and activate the escape plans,” I lay back in the van to rest. I keep trying to contact my wolf. No luck. I may never be an Alpha again.We get to the air strip and take off. Our first stop is a hospital in Monterrey, Mexico.“I’m sorry, but the blood loss was great,” the Doctor tells us in broken English.He and Leon converse in Spanish. I r
Bella’s POV“Isabella,” Mom rushes me as I get off the plane. “I could kill you!”“I’m okay mom,” I hug her back.“I missed your birthday, I am not okay,” Mom says with a pout. “Bella, what were you thinking?”“That you deserve to be buried with Dad and so do Lesley’s parents deserve to be together. Justin, Raymond, and Ryan would have done what I did, and you know it,” I tell her.Mom hugs me tighter. “I was scared, but I am so proud of you. You proved to your Dad and I just how ready you are to be Alpha. As soon as you get back from New York, we are handing it over. I love you so much.”“I love you too, Mom. I just wish I had killed Tristian,” I grab my phone. “Everything okay,” Mom looks at my phone too.“Stone is on the Big Island. There are four landing strips, he is going to have make a guess,” I shake my head. “What if he chooses wrong? “We know his new identity, we can track him that way. You did very well Isabella,” Grandpa Evander tells me. “I am extremely proud of you.
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