LOGINJEREMY’S POV
We got ready to leave for the ShadowMoon pack. The mission was simple, and if we were lucky, we would complete it in less than an hour of arriving.“Before we leave, I’d like to make one thing clear,” Jayden spoke suddenly.“What is it? Developing cold feet right before our mission, not much like you, Jayden,” I taunted and he rolled his eyes.“No matter what happens, we should only kill when necessary,” his gaze shifted to me, “By that, I mean let’s try our best to spill only the blood of the Alpha. Those wolves are innocent.”“So their Alpha just managed to kill two hundred rogues, all by himself. What is he? A God?” I huffed, and he shot me a look. “Let’s face reality, Jayden. These people are not as innocent as you paint them to be. I’m going to kill anyone that stands in my way,” I told him.He didn’t say anything to that, and I was relieved. It would be annoying to argue with him right befMarabella POVThis man was threatening me, my alphas, and my baby, but it was all based on a bias that my father had instilled. I just had to fuck with that.He looked up at me, a frown creasing his brow.“I am going to let you go. I’ll let you run back to my father, and when you get there, and he curses you out for being a traitor if he doesn’t gut you first, of course, he’ll put you in the dungeons, and I bet you won’t survive the treatment they give you down there.“So,” I said, and stood up, “either answer a few questions and stay in this nice, safe cell where you’re fed and clothed or go back to my father, where the comforts you can get used to are piss on your food and rats as friends.”I smiled sweetly, and his bread dropped from his hand. He looked at me like I was insane before his glare switched on.But I was ready for it.He lunged for me as I grabbed the blade out of Jordan’s waistband. It was at the prisoner’s cock before he could reach me.And even if he had, Jordan’s ha
Marabella POV Jayden’s lip pulled back from his teeth, but Jordan seemed to actually consider it. Brax was listening, but he looked like the pain in his shoulder might be pulling him back to sleep.I grabbed his hand in mine and held it as we tried to figure out what to do next.“I don’t want you anywhere near humans. Last time we did that, they kidnapped you. Not to mention the arrows that came too close to you and our child for comfort,” Jayden argued, but Jordan sighed.“We could be right there with her, Jayden. We have to try everything, and what if she’s right?”“What if she’s not?”“Um, hate to be a buzzkill, but in about a minute, maybe less, that choice is going to get taken from you, so you should probably just stow your caveman antics for today, brother.”Beenie grinned, and he growled at her. She grinned wider, and I found myself enjoying the way she riled him up, almost like how I did.He looked down at me and I smirked; he knew exactly what I was thinking.“You are nothi
Marabella POVJordan stepped forward then, sitting on the end of Brax’s bed, holding my hand in his as he kissed the top of it, then rubbed his thumb over the tingling skin he left behind.“That’s what we’re trying to tell you, beautiful. None of us has ever felt this way before.“Yes, we have been in love, well, the sane ones out of us have,” he eyed Jayden, who just smirked, “but it is still nothing compared to you. Our breaths are not our own, our thoughts are not our own, our souls are not our own: they belong to you, beautiful.“You’ve claimed us in every way, and without you, we are nothing. None of us has had that before. So whatever our pasts were, don’t let them get into that head of yours and tell you things that just aren’t true.“You may be a human, a winter born, but the truth of it is, you are our alpha. I think at this point, you are the only one questioning that,” Jordan said reassuringly.I leaned down to kiss him, needing to feel the words on his lips that were burni
Marabella POV“Now she has nothing, and I feel her resentment. I don’t know how to fix that because I’m not giving any of you up, but I don’t think it was fair for me to find out like that,” I said, stepping forward and holding the end bar of Brax’s bed.“I was going to tell you, Spitfire. I just hadn’t decided when,” Brax admitted sheepishly, rubbing the back of his neck.I nodded. “Well, before I was pregnant might have been a good start. Before you claimed me. Any point before now would have been preferable. Now I feel I’ve been lied to, and I hate feeling like that.“What I need to know is, are there any other females that have been a serious fixture in your lives?“I know none of you have mated, but have there been any others like Danika, who were going to bear your children? Or become your luna in case you didn’t mate?” I asked firmly, steeling myself for the answers.“Danika was the only official one. Our parents had pushed the union for a while in case I didn’t mate, so it was
Marabella POVI slept with Brax all night, his even breathing making me feel better, like he wasn’t about to die from a stupid poison arrow.But my mind was a mess. It seemed so insignificant to be worrying about who my alphas had loved before me when we had humans declaring war, but I couldn’t help it.They were my alphas. I didn’t want females coming out of the woodwork this late into our relationship.Brax should have told me about her. Even if he didn’t love her the same, even if it was nothing now, I should have known that he had something that deep.I didn’t care about past flings or fucks, but potential heirs and marriages? That seemed like a lie. Or at least it felt like one in my heart.I swallowed and looked up at the ceiling and the woodwork, the wooden beams connecting the A-frame that led into the stone walls.All so intricately connected, just like I was with my alphas, and yet one thing had made me feel like our foundations weren’t as strong as I thought they were.Like
Marabella POV“Hi, Corben,” I said, and he showed me to a little bathroom, opening the cupboard and handing me a cloth and a bowl. I filled it with water, then followed him back to Brax.“Sorry, I missed your epic border magic thing. We were watching through the link and felt it all, but damn, I wish I’d been there.” He grinned, his tall, lean body walking casually next to me.I smiled and shrugged. “I think I have to keep feeding it, so maybe you can come next time,” I offered, and he grinned.“Maybe. Some of us are more connected to the water, it’s hard to be away from it.But seeing that all happen for real might be worth it,” he said, and I smiled as he opened the door for me.I went inside, stilling as I saw the girl with the long hair leaning over Brax. She hadn’t seen me yet, but I heard everything she was saying, surprised that she was crying.“Brax, this is not fair.” She sniffled. “You promised. We were to marry, and I’ve kept it quiet like you asked, but how am I meant to k







