Evander’s POV
Marcella is angry and has every right to be. I should have never read that diary. But had I not read it, I wouldn’t have understood why I am so important to her. I’m hers. The one person on this planet who belongs to her forever. She could have waited for a second chance, but who knows when that would happen. I know I have to gain her trust back and I am willing to do whatever I have to.“Evander,” My name is the first thing she says, and I can’t help but smile.“I’m here,” I take her hand.She opens her eyes; I smile at her and then I see stars. She punched me in the side of my head.Dexter- That hurt me.Me- WOW!Dexter- Don’t fight her. We would lose.“Marcella,” Martin calls at her.“Don’t neither you have a leg to stand on. Mother, you should have stopped him. You could have.” She is sitting up and I never thought I would see my mild, levelheaded mate lose it this way.I am honestly stunned, but turned on.Marcella’s POV“So just stay calm and keep you close?” I smile as Evander, and I are cuddled back up in my hospital bed.“Yeah,” Evander smiles at me.We start kissing again. His hands go to my butt, his hands always go to my butt. What is his deal?Our bodies shift and he is on top of me, between my legs. My hands are under his shirt exploring his back. Damn, this boy is FINE. I can’t believe I ever looked twice at Atlas. I bring my hands to Evander’s chest and squeeze his pecks making him moan. He thrusts against me, and I gasp. I miss him inside of me.We are grinding into one another and kissing. He is holding my butt and moving against my center. It feels so good.“Marcella,” Evander moans.“Evander,” I return as he presses harder causing more friction.“Fuck,” Evander jumps off of me and runs to the bathroom.“Evander?” I ask, sitting up, catching my breathe.“Sorry, Dexter wanted to mark you and I well,” He smiles. “Let me clean up.”
Evander’s POV“Your sister is very protective of you,” I say to Wesley as we all walk away.“She always has been. She is a natural protector. Makes sense she is a Luna,” Wesley tells me.“What advice can you give me?” I ask.“I’m not helping you score with my sister,” Wesley tells me. Everyone laughs.“The mate bond will help me score. I’m talking about living with her. Dealing with her,” I clarify.“Hey, we should pack Marcella some of her things and take them to her,” Ki suggests.“Want to play video games while the girls pack shit?” Victor asks Wesley, Trent and I.“What about us?” Mark asks.“I figured you two would help with fashion choices,” Victor teases. Mark playfully punches him.“I have my game area set up for 6, you guys want in?” I say. “Ki can pack Marcella a bag.”“Yay!” Ki does a happy dance.We all start loudly making our way to my room when we start to hear the yelling.“Well, fuck,” Mark says. We all stop and wat
Evander’s POVIt’s Sunday morning and I’m comfortably cuddle next to my mate. She is sleeping. For the past four days she has been sleeping in a hospital bed mostly alone. I tried to hold her once while her parents slept. I got into bed with her and held her close. I slept so deeply I didn’t realize how late I slept. When Martin woke up he growled at me. “She’s my mate,” I told him not getting up, not moving from holding her. “She’s my daughter,” Martin snarled at me. “Dexter and I are helping her heal,” I told him. “I’m not in the mood boy, get out of her bed,” Martin was so angry I moved. Now, he can’t make me release her. She is in my arms, in our bed. The bed we made love for the first time. Love. I don’t have sex with Marcella. I mean I did. But know it’s love. I love making her squirm, I love the look on her face as she bounces on me, I love the sounds she makes when I tickle her, when I make love to her. I love the way she keep
Marcella’s POV“Okay, we have spa appointments at 1, so wardrobe first. Here,” Ki points to a black SUV.“Luna,” Caleb and Darrick are with us.“Where is Trent? I thought he was my personal guard?” I ask.“OH!” Ki looks surprised. “He had a job to do for Alpha today. Caleb is stepping in today.”“Happy to do it. Alpha only wants mated males guarding you,” Caleb tells me.“Oh,” I chuckle. “He is crazy.”“He will calm down once you are marked,” Darrick tells me.“You guys are going to give us room today, right?” Ki asks.“Just don’t ask us to carry bags,” Darrick looks at her.“Deal,” Ki smiles and sits back.We pull into a mall and Ki jumps from the car.“Have you ever shopped with Ki before?” Caleb asks me.“I do all my shopping online,” I tell him.“If you need out, or a break pull on your ponytail from behind and I’ll make an excuse to get you out of there,” Caleb tells me.“Come on, lots to do!” Ki pulls me to her.“
Evander’s POV“I love you,” I tell Marcella on Friday before she goes to school.“I love you,” she tells me back.We are all gushy and mushy and all the nasty annoying things that two people in love are. Even my mother, who was our biggest supporter, has turned on us.I smile, watching her walk off with our friends.“I’m going to be sick,” Martin says.“Yeah, you two are a little over the top,” My mom scolds me.“Sorry, but she deserves the mushy. After what I did, I will go over the top forever to make her dreams of matehood come true,” I smile.“How do you know so much about her dreams of matehood?” Abby asks me. I notice since her marking, she has been wearing lower cut tops. She is not unattractive for a she-wolf of her years, but exactly where does she get off lecturing me about being over the top?“He read her diary,” Jennifer tells everyone.“Yes, I did. I did it, I apologized for it and am using all my information to make sure she is h
Third Person POV“Alpha, the Bridget Bimbo and her mother are at the gate,” Beta Frank tells Atlas.“Perfect timing. Tell Tommy I want the witch here in an hour and a half,” Atlas snarls as he walks toward the pack gate.“Atlas, open the damn gate,” Bridget snaps at him.“So, you really did get free and made all the way here without being captured,” Atlas looks impressed by them.“You doubted us?” Lucy asks annoyed. “We need food, showers and to sleep on actual beds.”“Fine,” Atlas nods and the gates are opened. “Take the girl's things to my room.”Bridget looks at Atlas with a questioning expression.“That was not part of our agreement,” Bridget says.“It is now,” Atlas tells her. “I’ll meet you up there in 45 minutes. Shower, shave, whatever. It’s been a while, I won’t take long. Consider it payment for protection.”Lucy does not look at all surprised or upset by this.Atlas reminds the guards that Gamma Tommy will be bringing a witch th
Marcella’s POV“Hey Darlin, do you want me to dress up or down for tonight?” Evander asks.It’s graduations tonight. Mark, Trent, Ki, and I are walking and then the Packhouse is having a party. But we agree the only party we want is in our respective bedrooms with our mates.“I mean, jeans and a button down,” I say, fixing my hair. “Are my lips too big?”“What?” Evander asks confused.“My lips.”“Stop, your lips are perfect, you are perfect, don’t become an insecure crazy girl now,” Evander warns me, making me laugh.We go down and I see my classmates looking their best. Tiff, and her Minions have recovered but stay far away from us.“I can’t believe I am watching my mate graduate high school,” Tyson says.“Same bro,” Evander fist bums Tyson.“It's what you get for robbing the cradle,” Mark says, pulling Tyson in for a kiss. They love each other so much.“Let’s get out of here, I want my dang diploma!” Trent says.“He gets a pay raise
Bridget’s POV (Bridget as Marcella, Fran is fake as well)“You look so helpless, too bad Alpha Females aren’t immune to wolfsbane,” I fake pout. “It's nice seeing you helpless finally. The way you made me helpless.”She doesn’t speak.Fran- She is in shock.Me- I am not used to you just popping up like that.Fran- You asked me to fool Dexter.Me- Right, so talk to him not me.Fran- You really are a bitch, no wonder your wolf left you.“Give me the dress and put her in this,” I undress and take her clothes. Once we are switched, I wave good-bye and skip over to where Evander and the rest are.“Sis,” Wesley hugs me. “Please don’t be angry. I thought it would be funny. I’m so….”He pulls away and I realize I’m not hugging him back. Doesn’t she have like a sick love of her brother or something? I grab him and pull him close.“It’s okay, I’m over it,” I lie.Wesley looks at me with suspicion. “Okay. I guess Fran talked you do
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