Victor’s POV“Hey,” I run after Ki and Stevee before they closed themselves in with the other wolf-less, children and pregnant wolves.“Yes?” Stevee has an amazing poker face. Mark told me about her family, she really is good.“Hey, I could die, you want this tension between us if I die? You could live with that?” I smile at her hoping to get her to smile. I’m met with one raised eyebrow and lips pressed into a thin. “Come on. I have to go to this meeting; can we make up please?”“Are you going to let me go to school?” She asks, with the same expression as before.“It’s not a matter of letting you. Once you are marked you will start to feel the pull. You will want to be with me always. You won’t be able to be away from me for a long period of time and not feel sick, weak, and depressed. I’ll be worse because my wolf, Drake, will be really upset. So, maybe you and me, accept each other before the battle?”I wish I could read her face, but I can’t.“You mean have sex before you die?”“
Stevee’s POV“All good?” Ki asks as I close the door.“I was told you would tell me what to do,” I tell her, before looking past her.The place is like a school gym. The floors are that basketball court stuff. There are doors running along the sides.“Kitchen is here,” Ki points to a set of double doors. She opens them and I see three women. Two older and one about my age. “There are Tammy, Alexis and Ginny. Ladies, this is our female Beta, Stevee.”Tammy lights up like a Christmas tree and pulls me into a strong hug.“Little Vic got himself a looker!” She squeezes me again. “Victor is my favorite, never tell Alpha. But oh, the stories I could tell you about him.”“Tammy, let the child breathe. Pleasure to meet you,” Alexis holds out her hand and I shake it. “Victor’s Mother is one of my favorites. Have you gotten to meet Abby and Daniel?”“Oh um, not yet. I'm sure I will soon,” I smile at her, and she gives me a comforting wink.“Alexis is also human,” Ki tells me.“My husband is a w
Victor’s POV“He is at the gate with ten men,” Evander tells the group.“Let’s go,” Wesley says, looking at Bridget.“Hang on,” Bridget says. She pulls Wesley’s tee shirt off.“What the hell?” He asks, trying to take it back.Bridget gives him a stern look before she sinks her teeth into his collarbone.“FUCK,” Wesley breathes and holds her head.She seals it and gives him back his shirt.“I’m not going to be the only one sporting new ink,” Bridget smiles and we watch as her bite becomes a Metallic Green B with emerald stars around it.“Does it look good?” Wesley asks Bridget.Bridget purses her lips and shakes her head back and forth. “Mine is prettier.”Wesley rolls his eyes and kisses her again.“You are such a brat,” he tells her.“And you are now bound to me forever,” Bridget smiles. “Sure hope I didn’t accidentally spell you.”Wesley’s jaw drops, “Can you do that accidentally?”Bridget laughs, “No. Let's go.”“I got marked on my Birthday,” Wesley teases me. “By your sister, of a
Third Person POV21 years ago“Nate!” Martin Nightingale yells down the hallway. “Happy Birthday, man!”The two embrace like brothers. Which they kind of are. Both Martin and Nate Royce are members of Pack Westmoreland, just south of Chicago, IL.“Thanks man. Hoping my friend makes an appearance. My parents are worried,” Nate confides in Martin, careful not to say the word WOLF in front of all the humans at school.“Dude, you worry too much. You have thirty days before Alpha Devon will give a shit. Plus, he is a cool guy, even without a friend, you are a member of the pack,” Martin got his wolf the day before he turned 18, which only made him stronger than before.~~~~45 days later“NATE ROYCE!” Alpha Devon calls Nate up to the front of the pack meeting they are attending.Devon looks to his own father former Alpha Nic. “Nate Royce, do you have a wolf?”Nate looks at the ground. “No.”Devon’s eyes fill with tears. What he is about to do, cannot be undone.“Nate Royce you are hereby,”
Stevee’s POV“Dad, its fine, yeah, I know what I am getting into. Well, I didn’t, but now I do,” I tell him.“Stevee Victoria, I mean it, leave him,” Dad Nate growls. Wait did he growl?Victor takes my phone.“I heard it, who are you?” Victor asks, getting off the bed and walking away. “Is she a wolf too?”Who, what the hell? I get off the bed and walk over to him as he turns his back to me, Bridget comes in.I see her neck. The Metallic W.I jump on Victor’s back and grab the phone.“You two are werewolves!” I scream at them. “The tattoos, I thought it was something gay men did, but Bridget now has one where Wesley bit her. It’s a mating mark. You two are mates!”There is silence on the other line.“They are rogues. They have a peace accord with Wesley’s Pack, Wesley hasn’t put it together yet, but I guess you did,” Bridget tells me.“DAD!” I yell. “Is that true?”“Stevee, you and Steven do not have wolves, Packs don’t accept wolfless Omegas as Betas,” Dad Matt says with a sigh.“Baz
Wesley’s POV“Evander, as the intended victim, I would like the opportunity to be in the room,” I ask.“Wes, this is my pack, my home, my room. Vic and I are going in alone,” Evander says and points to the viewing room.I stand next to Mark and Gabe.“Sorry, still alive,” Victor jokes. “For a big bad gangster man, you suck at using a gun.”“I admire that you stood in line of a bullet to protect your sister,” Judge leans back.“Any brother would have done the same,” Victor comments as he sits opposite Judge.“Mark didn’t. Where was he?” Judge asks, looking at the glass.Victor scoffs. “Mark is a visitor here. He was where he should have been.”“Yeah, fairy boys,” Judge laughs.Victor stands up and using his good arm, he breaks Judge's nose.“My brother is twice the man you will ever be. Call him, or his husband, another name and I’ll kill you,” Victor sits back down as the blood from Judge’s nose begins to cover the table.“Temper on this one,” Judge tells Evander.“He is protective of
Stevee’s POV “What is happening?” I ask quietly, trying to read the room. “They feel their mates,” Kesly tells me. “He’s gone,” Ki whispers as her hand moves from her neck. “What happened to her tattoo?” I ask.. “As soon as he died her mark disappeared,” Kesly says. “Replaced with that dot.” Where the once beautiful T had been is now a small black dot. I hug Ki, who melts into my hug. “We were happy,” Ki lets the tears fall. I sit and hold her. “Abby?” Kesly moves to her. “I just got him no, no, no, no, no,” Abby’s tears fall onto Kesly. I look up and notice there are more in here. “Ki, here,” I wrap a blanket around her. “Wesley too?” Ki asks. “Bridget felt something, I don’t know,” I tell her. “Seems like she can’t catch a break, I hate it for Marcella. She a Wesley have a special bond,” Kesly says holding a crying Abby and Ki. I nod and get up with more blankets. “My daddy was killed, wasn’t he?” A little blond girl asks. I look to her mother who is pale, and I see th
Stevee’s POVI grab the phone, fully awake now and talk to my twin.“Hey, yell at him again and you will need stitches,” I tell Steven.“What, is he going to claw me?” Steven asks. “Dad told me Judge is dead along with about 200 of a Chinatown gang. Where were you and are you hurt?”“A safe room and no,” I answer.“Stevee, werewolves? Dad Nate came up here and turned into one in front of me. Dad Matt too. What in the hell are you doing there?”“We are mates, this is where I’m supposed to me,” I tell him.“FUCK THAT SHIT!” He yells. “I need you right now. I’m your twin and I should always come before some dumbass.”Victor looks at me with raised eyebrows and a smirk.“Okay, let's back up. First of all, Victor is not a dumbass, he is my mate, the love of my life, I’m the most important person to him in existence,” I say as Victor kisses my head. “Secondly, I have come second to Teresa for YEARS! Where was this call for loyality when I needed you?”“Okay fair, but this is serious, Teresa
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