Kit’s POVSeven Years Later… Over the years there was no hiding the fact that my son came from Alpha’s blood, but thankfully no one questioned who his father was, especially since Alpha Jace treated him like his own. For years now, Alpha Jace and I were playing an interesting game of cat and mouse with each other, but I hadn’t allowed myself to commit to him, even after everything that he had done for me and my son. But as the years went on, and my heart began to slowly heal, feelings started to develop for the Alpha and his very loving manner towards me. It was clear that he had no intention of taking a Luna if it wasn’t me, and I had to wonder at times what it was that intrigued him so much about me, especially when I had to be saved by him in my darkest hour. “Family, friends, and pack members, I am so elated that you could all join me tonight for the celebration of the Strawberry Moon. This moon only happens about every
Kit’s POV Of all the moons he could have picked, he had picked the blood moon to seal our union, making locked away memories resurface. Even with my best efforts to try and block those memories, they still came flooding back to me like a tsunami. Trying my best to hold down the emotional state I was in at that moment, I forced a smile onto my face, making everyone that congratulated us not aware of what was truly going on inside of me. It wasn’t until we were back at the estate, and safely in my room did I left my emotions break free. It had been years since I had shed a tear for what could have been, but tonight they freely flowed from my eyes making up for the years that I hadn’t. As I looked into the mirror in my bathroom trying to calm myself, I told myself that I needed to move on from all of this. Trying to wipe the tears from my eyes, I told myself that I would be a fool to mess this up between Alpha Jace and mysel
Kit’s POV When morning came the next day, I made my way with Damian down to breakfast as we do every morning together, but as we made our way downstairs, everyone that we passed stopped in their tracks, lowering their heads to me as if I was royalty, as they said, “Good morning, Luna.” Which through me off guard that the news had spread so quickly among the pack.Plus, I was not used to this type of treatment from the staff at the house. I had always been treated kindly, but they had always seen me as a guest of the Alpha. Now I guess I was being considered the lady of the house, along as their luna of the pack, which made me feel a bit uncomfortable, if I was being honest.For the past seven years I had been keeping my head down, trying to keep a low profile, so that my family had no clue where I had run off to, but now there was no hope in trying to maintain that. I was sure that if the word traveled within the pack, it would soon travel back to my family of Alpha Ja
Kit’s POV Damian and I finished our breakfast just in time for Alpha Jace to reappear in the dining room, and when he looked at me, I could see the look of concern in his eyes, before he looks at Damian and says, “Hey buddy, why don’t you go outside and play on the swing set for a moment, while your mother and I have an adult conversation.” “Okay, daddy.” Damian said as he got up from his chair and took off outside just as Alpha Jace had asked him to do. Worry began to fill me at that moment why he needed to have an adult conversation with me without Damian being in the room, and I knew whatever Beta Gauge had told him had to concern me. Alpha Jace moved to his chair and took a seat, and I could see the look of frustration in his eyes now, which told me, whatever it was, it wasn’t good. Alpha Jace then reached for my hands taking them into his, as he looked into my eyes telling me, what he was about to say, was going to e
Kit’s POV Even after the news from my family, Alpha Jace kept his word of spending the day together to Damian, after I had washed my face and reapplied my makeup and pulled myself back together. But as I now stood in front of the lionesses’ enclosure, my eyes were glued on one particular mother and her cub. The mother seemed to be overprotective of the little cub, as the others tried to come near it, and I had to wonder why she was not allowing the others around it, since the rest were happily playing together. But as the little guy went to stand, I realized that he was hurt, and she was trying to keep him safe from the others. The little cub tried to move towards where the other cubs were playing, but the mother stopped him by the cuff of his neck pulling him back to her. It was clear that he just wanted to go and play with the other cubs, but because of his limp, she was trying to keep him safe from anyone further hurting him.
Kit’s POV It all made sense now why he had taken us in even when I had openly told him I was pregnant with Dom’s child, and why he had moved us directly into his home. Damian was the child of an Alpha and a Beta, and he was perfect to pull off as his own son, deceiving his pack to think he was his. I knew there was a reason that we had been treated so while by the staff and the other members of the pack, and I was sure that they all thought all these years that Damian was his. In a way, I couldn’t be mad at him, because he had given my son and I a place to live, hiding the real truth from everyone, just as I wanted it to be, but I never knew that he had his own agenda behind it too. “So, you want to adopt him, or do you want people to believe that he is yours.” I now ask him, wanting to know what he truly means by the word adopt. Alpha Jace looks around as if he is worried someone will hear us, before he turns back to me
Kit’s POVI never would have imagined that Beta Gauge would have this information for us so soon, and that I would have to make another important decision so quickly. My head was already spinning with what Alpha Jace had already proposed to me today, and now this turns out to be true about my father. “I know that a lot has been sprung on you today, but I truly believe in my heart that you need to go home and find peace in your heart with your father before he passes. Like I had offered earlier today, I will go with you for your protection, and your family can all believe that Damian is my son. There should be no issues for you as long as I am in your presence.” Alpha Jace then added, as he opens a drawer from his desk and pulls out a black box, before he stood and moved to me with it, handing it to me. Looking down at the black box now in my hands, I wonder what could possibly be inside, and why he was giving it to me now. I hesitated for a moment to op
Kit’s POV “Do you think he will like me?” Damian asks as we drive down the lane to my father’s estate, a place I was almost positive I would never set foot in again. “I am sure he will love you and be happy to finally meet you.” Alpha Jace tells him, as I remain silent looking out the window, nervous to see my father after all these years. In the seven years that I have been gone, I have refrained from having any communication with anyone back home, in fear that someone might find me, or worst yet find out that I had a son to their now Alpha. Not once in those years had anyone back home looked for me, that was until now, and I had to believe that it had something to do with the announcement of my engagement to Alpha Jace. I had told myself all those years that my father was probably happy to have gotten rid of the burden of me and the shame that I had brought to the family’s name. But here I was, coming back to the place
Kit’s POVSeven years later… “Damian, grab your brother, and your sister and get in here. We have to leave now, if we are going to make it.” I yelled out the backdoor, as I was now in a panic that we were going to miss the ceremony. Dom was making sure that all our luggage made it to the SUV, as I rounded up our children to head to Mystic Shadow. Ms. Caroline at that moment moved from the kitchen with a basket in her arms, and I knew from the smell coming from it, she had baked a fresh batch of her famous cookies for the road trip there. It didn’t take much convincing on my behalf to get Ms. Caroline to come and live with us at our new estate. She was treated more as family then she was as hired help, and she had a cottage on our estate to call home, when she needed her own space. “You heard your mother, lets get a move on it.” She yelled out the backdoor, reinforcing what I had already said, and I gave her a smile knowing
Kit’s POVFor a moment, I wanted to believe that I was seeing what my mind wanted me to see, but I knew it couldn’t be him, because we had buried his body, the day after the war was won against Red Moon. But there standing at the bottom of the grand stairs stood a man, with the same eyes that Dom had, staring back at me. It was as if I was witnessing a frozen moment in time from the night of the ball, and everything around me now wasn’t real. My sister’s hand that I was once holding for support, slowly evaporated from my own grasp, like it was never there in the first place. My head at that moment began to spin, as if time was rewinding, and everything that had happened had all been a dream. If this was true, I knew if I looked to my right, Alpha Jace would be surrounded by a group of starving women trying to get his attention. Closing my eyes, I turned my head to the right, half scared to open them, because in my heart, I wanted this to so badly to be
Kit’s POV Red Moon thankfully fell that day, but so much was lost in taking them down, and my heart ached at the pain it has brought to all of us. But by taking down Red Moon, an alliance among those packs that fought together, had been formed, and Alpha Jace was deemed as head of a council that was created, so that not one pack was solely in control of the region. Dom had made the ultimate sacrifice that day, and my world and Damian’s, will be forever changed because of it. I no longer had to worry about Damian’s safety, as Alpha Orion was dead, and Luna Rebeca was also gone, at the hands of Lizzy, who I will forever be in her debt for. My father’s estate was now my home, and for the first time it actually felt like a home to me, especially since I had Ms. Caroline in my life again. It all felt so surreal being here, since it was the place that I had feared coming back to, for so long, but now I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else.Even t
Dom’s POV I had loaded all the Alphas’ heirs in the van, like Alpha Jace had told me to, but as I began to drive down the lane with them, I found myself bringing the van to a complete stop, when I heard one of the Alpha boys say, “Domonic what is going on?” Looking into my rearview mirror, I realized quickly that he was talking to another little Alpha boy in the backseat, instead of me, and my eyes set on the little Alpha boy that was called Domonic. There was nothing about the Alpha boy that remotely looked like me, and it made me wonder if my intuition of Rebeca, not actually having my child was true. As I stared at him, I quickly realized who he resembled, and I knew now who Rebeca’s fated mate was. Damian at that moment whispers back to the other Alpha boy, “Don’t worry, you know our father will come for us.” As his eyes move to mine, looking at him in the rearview mirror.I didn’t have to think much on who he meant by their father,
Jace’s POV Not even bothering to wait for a response from Alpha Domonic, I race towards the house, knowing that my mate could very well be inside, especially since Luna Rebeca disappeared inside moments ago. As soon as I stepped inside the house, I could smell Elizabeth’s sweet scent filling my senses, and I knew that she had to be recently here in the foyer. Following her scent, I moved towards my right, down a hallway that look to be leading to Alpha Orion’s office. Voices now filled the air, as I could hear Luna Rebeca arguing with someone, and by the sounds of it, that someone was her mate, as she was scolding him for going to leave her. Pausing in the hallway, I heard her say to him, “Everything I have ever done has been for you. You promised me that we could finally be together soon, with our son.” A growl rippled from the room and down the hallway, letting me know that the male in the room was no other than Alpha O
Jace’s POV Alpha Domonic lets out a growl as he holds Luna Rebeca’s body by her throat, and I knew that I had to stop him from killing her at this moment, because it was now clear that we had our own bargaining chip to get Elizabeth back. Luna Rebeca obviously had a fated mate here at Red Moon, and I knew that her mate would do whatever it took to keep her safe. Even though I wanted Luna Rebeca dead for Kit and Damian’s safety, right now wasn’t the time to take her life, as we needed her to ensure my own mate’s safety. Shifting back into my human form, I move to Alpha Domonic, and say to him, “Don’t kill her yet. We need her to get Elizabeth back.” Alpha Domonic’s eyes move from Luna Rebeca to me, and I could see the anger in them for everything she had done to him, but right now he needed to focus on the task at hand and that was getting my mate back and saving the Alphas’ heirs. Releasing his grip, Luna Rebeca fell to the ground, gaspi
Dom’s POV Seeing Rebeca’s wolf now standing before me, fueled a fire inside of me, as I began to see red at the sight of her, and I had no doubt she was a major player in what was happening here. She had accompanied these wolves here for a reason, and something told me that reason was to see my end come to me, but by the look in her eyes, it was clear that she wasn’t expecting to see Alpha Jace with me. Alpha Jace at that moment began to move to his right, and I knew that he was trying to block her from being able to escape to warn Alpha Orion of our arrival, as I remained having eye contact with her, to try and distract her from what he was doing. But Rebeca wasn’t stupid, as she took a step to her left, and I quickly mimicked her, not allowing her to get past me. But her foolishness to think that she could get past me, cost her ground, as Alpha Jace closed in on her. Rebeca was now trapped between the two of us, and she had no means of
Jace’s POV It was clear that Dom was struggling with leaving Katrina like this, but he had his pack’s future to deal with. Plus, my Luna was still there, I am sure in danger at the hands of Alpha Orion, and I was going to make him pay for whatever he had done to her. It infuriated me that it had been her plan to go into Red Moon territory, deceiving me, but like Katrina had said, she was a female Alpha and a true Luna, and she thought she was doing this for the sake of all our packs. With that, I had to swallow my anger, and not take it to heart, because I knew if the shoe was on the other foot, I would have done the same thing. As we had been waiting to hear the outcome of Katrina’s surgery, the other packs had been getting into position, completely surrounding Red Moon pack’s borders. The plan that I had put in place after Alpha Domonic had left was a sure thing, at least it looked that way on paper. With having twelve packs backing us
Dom’s POV We moved our conversation into the house, as Ms. Caroline brought us a cup of coffee, and Damian a cup of hot coco, while we waited for Kit’s surgery to be completed. We only had a few hours before the attack on Red Moon was to take place, but we knew that Damian held valuable information to help us save the Alphas’ heirs since he had been held with them. Turns out that the heirs were being held at Alpha Orion’s estate, and there were twelve boys in total there, each of them with the same names given to them of their fathers. There was no doubt in my mind that this was how Kit had put it all together what was happening there, because she had helped me the night before, making all the calls to the Alphas of the region and saw the complete list of all their names. Now that Alpha Jace and I had this information, Alpha Jace changed the subject and asked Damian, “Did you see another lady with mommy there?” Letting me know that he mu