Seeing a lot of comment saying it's too slow, though the information given before her birthday is crucial. Please leave 1 in the comment if you want the story to end fast. I can fast forward with an ending, I'll change the outline for you if that's what you guys want
Willa's POV I woke up feeling sour all over. With my last shred of clear memory being Taran snuggling beside me with his length still in my core, I had the best sleep ever in years. "Evening, little one." Taran's husky voice rose when my soul was still floating around. The shade of raucity in his voice indicated the ardent exercise earlier. I yawned lazily, enjoying the perfect moment of waking up beside him. "Am I in heaven?" I grinned at my mate, sniffing his soothing scent. Have you ever heard any thunderstorm being soothing? Here it is. "Well I certainly hope not!" Taran laughed, leaving a light peck on my lips, "But heaven lost its allure to me when you are not there." I snuggled into his arms more as he rose his chin to take me in. His trust toward me rose guilt in me for what I was about to do-- I bit him on his shoulder. "Ahh." Taran "screamed" with a too calm tone to give assaulters like me any satisfaction whatsoever, "I'm sure I did something wrong, but please do enl
Willa's POV The house was quiet, showering under the dim moonlight. "Let's hit the pool?" Taran held out his hand to me, standing on the stairs. "Where is everyone?" I took his hand as I glanced at the living room. I didn't sleep through the whole party, did I? "Why? Missing the crowd now?" Taran smirked as he gripped my fingers before he printed his lips on them. "Not really missing them, but kinda feel bad that we left Kirsch to deal with them all by himself..." I finished the last few stairs with a jump, turning to wait for Taran. The moon and the stars shone their light on me, leaving a long shadow on the floor. He glanced behind me and I turned to look, only to jump at several crackers burst with confetti pouring down on me. "Surprise!" Cheers came from all directions. I flinched back in total shock, watching people jumping out from their hiding places and crowding around the pool-- In their lead was Kirsch. "Happy birthday, little kitten." Grinning brightly, he pulled t
Willa's POVLife seemed to be back to normal after my birthday party.Well, "seemed" because Kirsch never returned home. Taran never mindlinked him in the next few days, though I was getting more and more jittery for no good reason, he would just say it was "a routine business", and tell me to "not worry".How could I not?But why was I even?!Kirsch had been the Alpha of the pack for years, and he was certainly capable of handling the pack by himself if Taran wasn't here. So why was I getting jumpy more and more as his "business trip" got longer and longer..."Morning, little one." Taran printed a kiss on my thigh. I had been sitting by him for quite some time, "Woke up early again?""I couldn't sleep..." I sighed, getting into his arms for a kiss."Let me take your mind off things for a little while?" Taran teased, nudging his nose under my armpit, making me wiggle in thrill."No! Not there!" I burst into laughter, putting my silly worry behind my mind, "You know where I want your m
Taran's POV "You will die if I mark you without your wolf, little one." I let out a painful groan, lingering my lips over her clavicle. Goddess knows how much I wanted it. "It's been a full week now since my birthday!" Willa pouted, fixing her watery eyes on me with a pitiful look, "We don't even know if she would ever wake up!" She would. She hadn't woken up yet only because, her real birthday wasn't Christmas Eve. It was January 1st, the day I blacked out on 11 years ago. It all made sense now. I blacked out that day because that was the day Nox woke up in Willa, in this lifetime and it struck Cerberus too hard. All cursed wolflesses were born on a new moon, the day when the moon goddess is not watching over us. Scarlett told me this on the day we went to confront her before Christmas. She had celebrated Willa's birthday on Christmas every year because she didn't want Willa's birthday to be filled with only painful memory. So I agreed to keep the secret for a week, so that Wil
Willa's POV "Why did you tell her so early?!" Granny grunted at Taran, who was now smiling obsequious, trying to ease granny's fury. Cerberus grunted in displease in the mindlink. "It's only early for half of a day! And he didn't, I figured it out myself!" I pulled granny on her arm, getting her away from Cerberus, worrying he might jump and bite her, "I cannot believe I have been celebrating the wrong day as my birthday, though I guess, my birth was not something to celebrate." Cerberus growled at my words. [Sorry.] I grinned at Cerberus, and he pressed forward eagerly-- "Kiss!" Taran's eyes flickered as Cerberus demanded in his cute, clumsy way. Granny chuckled in surprise as she watched me go over for a kiss with the mad king. "I only hope I'm not making the wrong decision." Granny murmured, shaking her head before she turned to Taran, "What do we do now, Alpha?" "I still think the snow mountain top would be our best shot. Hard for the rogues to access, and easy to arrange d
Willa's POV My heart leaped when I saw Rudy. Taran shifted at home, and I was riding on Cerberus when Rudy came running, meeting with us under the feet of the snow mountain. I wanted to talk, but Rudy only let out a short whimper before we started heading up to the mountain top. That was the only reaction he had towards me. The sourness in my chest came back soon after I realized that Rudy was also avoiding looking at me. [Taran, I think Kirsch's mad at me...] I groveled on Cerberus's back, mumbling in the mindlink sullenly, [I said he smelled and he won't talk to me since...] [He smelled?] Taran chuckled. [He smelled like my birthday cake. I didn't say that as a mean joke!] I pouted, unable to control my bad moon. Taran pursed his lips, but quickly smiled when he noticed my stare. [He's just uptight. You know him. All his attention is on the battle tonight. Don't think too much into it, silly little wolf.] Taran curved his lips. His tone did sound light. [He has never been so
Kirsch's POV "Alpha! You are back fast!" I could feel his jealousy through the mate mark, but I didn't even know why. Did he feel my emotion through our mark? "A rogue stepped into the territory, by mistake I think, but they are here already." Before I could finish panicking, Taran had already shifted back. I lowered my eyes. I had been on edge more recently when I got near Taran. Our mate pull somehow strengthened up. "The rogues? But it's not yet midnight. And I--" Willa walked up to Taran with his clothes. "I think it's Stone's men." Taran took his clothes, "If it's a random rogue, then he had no reason to leave the territory right after he stepped in. I'm pretty sure he knew where the border is. He only made a mistake becaues our border expanded." "So he only knows the old border, meaning--" Willa understood fast. "Yeah," I nodded, "The border Annie knew before she broke out of our mind bond." Stone Hayes came, with his rogue army. "What do we do? The new moon lasts for 12
Kirsch's POV"What are you talking about!" Willa giggled, wiggling out of Rudy's paws. Rudy backed off, sitting on his hind legs and staring at Willa.[Why aren't you accepting my mindlink then?] I asked, still trying to mindlink her. The only reason I could think of her rejecting my request was--If our human part is put into deep sleep, then your eyes won't flicker when your wolf comes out. It would be impossible to tell who is talking at that moment except for one way--You can't hide your identity in the mindlink."Nox can wake up anytime, so I don't want to be mindlinking you when that happens." Willa rolled her eyes with a smirk, "Taran said he doesn't want the pack to know curse, remember?!"I let out a relieved exhale.[I guess I'm a little paranoid today...] I glanced around. Taran was out of our site already, but I knew he was lingering around. He had to command the battle, so he couldn't come close."So, what's going on over there?" Willa asked.[Let me check.] I said befor