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A short chapter so i made it free, because it feels wrong charging so much for only 1300 words.It's my youngest birthday, today. He's six.- - - - - - - -Raiden’s pov“I’ve been hiding something from you.” I admitted to my little mouse.When I had walked into the room today, she had quickly hid something in her closet. This had not been the first time this week. I had been busy helping dad, but I made sure to spend time with my mate. It helped Suzie was here because it meant there was another person looking out for Atalanta.Unfortunately, Suzie was occupied with her training to become my beta. So my mouse was still alone a lot of the time. Mom spent some time teaching her some Luna stuff during the day; I made sure to train her every morning, and Suzie went on runs with Atalanta as well.But I couldn’t shake the feeling that I needed to be here all the time.I couldn’t get rid of this nagging thought that my mate wasn’t okay. That she needed me.There was something going on.Yet s
Zev’s povThere’s always a bit of time between work and dinner, and for the last few days I’ve spent it either writing in my journal or writing letters to Lana.In the past, when I wrote my mom, it felt therapeutic. When I started writing with Lana, I stopped, but my therapist encouraged me to restart.For years I have created this story in my head of what happened with my dad and my mom, and since my talk with Ethan and Grace, I’m not sure what memories are real and what I made up.So, my therapist told me to just write down my thoughts. Whenever a memory or a feeling pops up, not to push it down or to analyze it. But to feel it. To go through it to see what’s on the other side.She shared something that made me laugh. Something this guy once said. Basically, the guy said when someone pees in your glass of water, adding sugar does nothing to get rid of the pee. It’s still there, even if it just tastes sweeter.My therapist said life and trauma are like that. When bad things happen, yo
Raiden’s pov“Now stay down,” I growled.Zev was too stubborn to stay on the ground and pushed himself up.Fine. If he wants to get beaten to a pulp again, I'll gladly oblige."It was my destiny to stand by your side." Zev said, as he got up. "You've always wanted me to be your beta, but that's not where I belong. My place was not next to you, but next to Lana.”I scoffed, “yet you had no problem giving it up.”Zev put his hands up, ready to continue our fight. I let him get one hit in before hitting him against the ribs again.“If you had been there, you could have seen it; it has never been easy to let Lana go. That’s why I was such a, -““A dick? Yeah, I don’t want to hear your excuses, Zev. While you were feeling sorry for yourself, I was out there hunting for our mate. I was trying to find her and get her out while you were whining in your bed.” I said as I quickly punched him three times. “Just fight me.”“You had no problem giving up our friendship,” Zev replied, hitting me.He
Atalanta’s pov"So... why are you smiling?” Suzie asked while she was sipping on her cocktail through a straw.“Your story reminded me of the first kiss I had with Raiden,” I admitted. I was feeling a bit tipsy after drinking a few too many fruity cocktails.Suzie and Luna Grace had offered to take me out to distract me, and they had. Luna Grace had shared how she and Alpha Ethan had met and fallen in love. And Suzie had talked about how Stephen suddenly didn’t flirt with her anymore or tried asking her out.But after a few drinks, she had admitted they had something called "hate-sex," which needed to be explained to me what it was.I had never had sex out of anger. Or I don’t think so.‘You rarely get angry.’ Artemis chimed in.“Tell us,” Luna Grace asked. “But skip the details.” She giggled.“Raiden said how much he and Zev liked me and how they wanted to help me, and he admitted that he liked me a bit too much but felt guilty about Zev.” I recalled. It felt like another life.I smil
Zev’s povWhat the hell is Raiden doing?He is going to wreck everything I've been working for.‘Relax, dude. I’m trying to help. Play along.’ Raiden’s voice came into my head.‘What?’‘Me and my mouse know what you’re doing with Steve.’ Raiden explained before yelling at me.I hadn't even heard Steve's response."Do you have anything to say, coward? You try and get my mate from me, but now you’re too chicken shit to open your mouth. Do you think Atalanta should join the pack?” Raiden growled at me.‘Don’t look so happy, idiot.’ He mindlinked with a smirk.I growled back, “no. She shouldn’t. No half-bred woman has any business joining a pack, let alone as the future Luna.”Steve slapped me on the shoulder, “good.”“Let’s all calm down,” Ethan tried, but Raiden didn’t feel like calming down. He wanted to push Steve a bit further. Make him lose his mind.Raiden laughed, “calm down? That’s all we’ve been doing! We should prepare for war and kill those hunters, yet we’re hiding and doing j
hi! I'm taking today off from writing because I had surgery yesterday. it all went well, although I did have a rough time staying awake. me and morfine are not friends. I always get dizzy and nauseous. Anyway, since it's the Netherlands, I will now self medicate with Tylenol, and that's it. lol. and I got my period! so yeah, that's great. I'm fine, though. Just need to relax today. I got picked up by my husband and boys, and they were so sweet, carrying my bag and being very gentle and worried about me. will update soon. lots of love, Naomi
Raiden’s pov‘What are you doing?’ Dad asked as I marched to his office with Atalanta on my arm.I've had enough of waiting for whatever Steve has planned. I’m not just going to sit here and do nothing.Dad stared at me, ‘so you’re just going to blow everything up instead?’Basically. Waiting for Steve to do whatever he’s planning to do is not something I have the patience for. Now that I understand Zev's intentions, I am eager to speed things along.To hell with all of them.Steve and whoever is following him.I don’t get why dad’s not just throwing them all out.‘The hunters…’ Atlas reminded me.O yeah, we can’t throw people out of our pack in case the hunters capture, kill, or use them for their weird half-bred baby-making schemes.Well, I’m not sitting around anymore.I’m lighting a fire under all their asses and getting to the bottom of everything that’s been going on. And I’m having fun acting like an aggressive fool while doing it.It’s not often I can say whatever the fuck I wa
Atalanta;s pov“I can’t wait for my birthday, because this is ridiculous. Now everyone can mindlink, but me and I just need to drive around with Zev like nothing is happening.” Suzie sighed before leaving my room.We had agreed it was better that Zev did what Steve had asked him, not to draw suspicion.It would also keep them out of harm's way, but neither me nor Raiden told them that.It was like something unspoken between the two of us. Raiden and I both knew our plan, if that’s even what you can call it, could fail.We were hoping the pack would have our back and not that of their beta. But they don’t even know me.‘They know Raiden, and this will be a chance for them to get to know you,’ Artemis reminded me.As someone who grew up hardly ever leaving the house, I didn’t get to know many of my fellow hunters until I came back from Ardale. When I did, they all hated me, so there wasn’t really a chance to get close to anyone.Here, things were different. Raiden knew his pack, as did t