Irina’s POV
He tells me everything. The witch who Damien had gone to for a spell, how he called her for help because of the guardians, how she had told him what to do and then the phone was wierdly disconnected. He talks about a mark or symbol that will be on the letter if water is applied and how he was fighting with the decision of destroying the last thing my mother gave me.
We sit at the table, the letter lying open in the middle, neither of us speaking as we both stare at the letter. My mother’s handwriting neat and tidy as it always had been.
“What if it doesn’t work?” I was the first to break the silence “Then the letter would be ruined”
Damien nods his head at me, “But what if it leads us to answers?”
I stare at him, frowning, “What other answers do we need. The baby is going to be a strong Alpha, I know how to kill the Blood Pack! What more do you need to know?”
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Damien’s POVI’m awakened by an excruciating pain, a horrid uncomfortable stabbing pain, rolling across my entire torso. It was worse than when Ketill stabbed me. I try to reach out to Irina, only for my hand to hit a cold pillow. With the pain, I sit up and look around. Irina wasn’t even present in the room, where was she? It was still dark outside.“Irina?” I reach out through a link but it was like I was being blocked, my words fizzing out before she hears them.“What’s going on?” Aiden asks me, he was contorted up in just as much pain as I was, whatever was happening was affecting the both of us.“I don’t know” I tell him, everything had been fine when we went to bed. Even Irina had been calm and had cuddled into me. I hoped that she hadn’t done anything stupid. I hoped she hadn't gone through with her plan.Barely being able to move, I call for Austin. When he appears, he
Damien’s POVWeeks had turned into months. Being apart from Irina was slowly taking its toll on me. My anger levels were on the rise daily, pack members were beginning to fear me, others would make their excuses to get out of my company.Ironically, the pack was calm, there was nothing going on and everything had returned to normal, except my mate wasn’t here.Slamming the glass of vodka down, the glass shatters and I call the omegas to bring me more. They hurry in, one tries to clean up the glass without making eye contact with me, the other pours me another glass, her hands shaking, sloshing the liquid over the side.“Watch, you stupid bitch!”I practically rip the glass and the bottle from her hand, causing her to squeal as she hurried from the room.“Stupid wimps” I mutter and shake my head“Stop with the alcohol!” Aiden huffs at me, but I had no intentions of stopping, I needed to drown out the pain I felt, the anger that lived within me.“You know as well as I do Aiden, we are f
Damien’s POV It had to be it, my child was communicating with me in some kind of panic, his crying taking over and the pain I feel is almost unbearable. I hadn’t felt as bad as this since Irina had disappeared, the pain taking over the dull ache until I could barely move. Sweat started pouring off of me as I tried to move. “What the fuck is happening to me?” “Us!” Aidan pants between his breaths “Where’s mommy?” The child cries through the link and I just about pull myself back together to reply. “What do you see?” I didn’t know if the child would be able to understand or process anything with his newborn eyes. “Someone is carrying me, it’s cold” I was heartbroken, not just for me or the child but for Irina, someone had taken the child from her! “Trees?” “No but I hear something, something underneath me, water maybe. It’s cold, it’s touching me”His words were followed by silence, the pain in my stomach tearing me apart. We’re they trying to drown my child? The room around me
Irina’s POVIt was hot, like ridiculously boiling hot. My skin was tight as I tried to move, and everything ached, sort of like I had been in bed for too long, my body stiff where I hadn’t moved for some time.Groaning as I sit up, I almost cry, I was alone, my baby bump gone, instead a healed scar stood in its place, a long red raggedy line that reached hip to hip and my stomach was completely flat. What had happened, where was my baby? And why did I have a scar? My healing abilities should have healed me properly.“Hello?” I call out and no one answers, Raine is quiet too, a little too quiet. She doesn't stir, which has me worried.“Damien” I call out through the link, it was weird, I knew he hadn’t heard it, but I also knew it hadn’t even travelled far enough to reach him, sort of like my words had just died out.I was starting to panic, what could have happened? The last thing I remembered is being stabbed in the neck with something. I couldn't even look at my neck to see if there
Irina’s POVMy bare feet pound the hot ground, I could feel the wounds opening up on the bottom of my feet as they hit bits of gravel and what felt like glass, but I couldn’t stop, not even with all this pain. I didn’t know how long I would be able to keep it up, I just knew I had to keep going.I scream as something hits the back of me, sending me sprawling to the floor, without missing a beat, I get myself up and continue, the smell of blood from my feet slowly filling the air around me. If I keep running, I was going to leave a trail of blood but at the same time, if people see me running from wolves, they will help, or so I hoped.In the distance I see roof tops, maybe a small town, or village, just something. Pleading with my own legs, I beg them to keep moving, just enough to get me there, just enough to get help from them.As I get closer, I start screaming at the top of my lungs, at first it didn’t slow the wolves down, but as people began to appear and look at the commotion,
Damien’s POVHe was small, it was to be expected considering he was only two, but still it did come as a complete surprise. A small black wolf stood in Logan’s place, on all fours, his tail swaying as he looked up at me with his big purple eyes.I hurry to close the door, I didn’t need him running off, and I definitely didn’t need anyone walking in. He carefully takes a few steps, swaying as he figured out how to move around on all four feet and let’s out a tiny howl. It was actually quite funny, like watching him learn to walk all over again. I just wished that Irina was here to see this, but I was grateful he looked like me, at least it was easier for me to explain.Logan bounds towards me, jumping up at me. Scooping down to pick him up, he nuzzles his cold nose into my neck, gently licking me with his rough tongue as he tries to clamber up me with his paws. He was taking it so well, normally a first shift was extremely painful and as he was only two, I was expecting there to be a l
Irina’s POVI had listened to her words carefully, she had told me that witches were not to be messed with, not to be tricked, because they always see through it and would punish us in unspeakable ways.“Why would you agree to give her your soul?” I wanted to know what could be so bad that they needed to make a deal with a witch.Kendra shrugs her shoulders at me, but it wasn’t a shrug of ‘I don’t know’ more of a case that she had no choice.“Everyone here knows about werewolves, vampires and everything else in between. Its why we live here, the vampires hate the sun, the wolves hate the heat, but still linger and we all have one thing in common. We have all been affected by one of them. But I must admit, I haven’t met any wolf that was running from the others. The witch here promised to protect us in return for our souls when we passed”She looks at me carefully, taking a swig of water.“You really pissed those wolves off!”I shrug my shoulders, trying to wriggle my stiff feet. My mu
Damien’s POVI couldn’t keep it a secret very long. Logan was shifting all over the place, giggling as he swapped between his human form and wolf form multiple times a day. I couldn’t tell him off, he had found that he could do something incredible, what a lot of wolves wait years for. It wasn’t just him though!Days after his shift, rumours came forward about other children in the pack all being able to shift, they were all younger than Logan, but they all had the ability to shift at will, slowly sending many of their families and other pack members into a frenzy, because no one knew how to cope with a child who could shift.Standing on the steps of the packhouse, I watch Logan run around with a couple other children his own age, they laughed and giggled as they each turned into their wolf and started jumping on each other.“What are we going to do?” Austin appears at my side, sighing as he watched the pups roll around on the grass.“They are children.” I shrug my shoulders, it wasn’
Ten years later.Irina's POV"I'm here mom, let's get it over with." Logan rolls his purple eyes at me as he settles in a chair. It was his eighteenth birthday and just like Damien and I had promised all those years ago, we never missed a birthday. The older he got, the more he looked like Damien, he had filled out quite well and was no longer a skinny kid, spending alot of his free time in the gym or training. Or rather, he was constantly training, like he was preparing himself for something. There had been a few threats over the years, but nothing as bad as what we experienced in his younger years. Kendra made sure of that, putting a protection spell over the entire pack. The only other time she used her witch powers, ."Just wait for your father and the twins please." I smile at him and he rolls his eyes again. "Mom, they won't mind, besides Seth is waiting for me, were going out to celebrate.""Please Logan, its a tradition."His purple eyes pierce my own and his annoyance turn
Irina’s POVThe last thing I saw was a blinding light, I couldn’t tell where it came from and then hands found me, lifting me up. My head hurt, is this what it was like to be human now, to not have a wolf, everything hurt a hundred times more than it used to. Even worse than when that bitch Vivian stabbed me.That was so long ago, a lot had happened since then. Visions of my life flash in front of me, all the bad and good but there was one constant, Damien. He was there in the background of my memories until the darkness seeped in.My head throbbed as I turned it. Logan was laid in the bed with Damien, his bed right next to mine but Logan had an arm outstretched and was holding my hand as he slept. Lily and Lacey were no where to be seen.“How are you feeling?”I didn’t realise Damien was awake and watching me, he had more wires connected to him then I had but it didn’t take the smile away from his face, the smile that I had fallen in love with.I groan as I try to move, everything wa
Damien’s POVI hear her stutter behind me, Irina was trying to get out some words, but nothing was coming. I glance down at Logan who is still trying to figure out what was happening. I don’t think even as a child that he had heard of the Blood Pack.“Logan, go to your room.”“But Dad, I want to know what’s happening!”“Logan, I said go!” I change my tone and he scarpers out the room, leaving the five of us staring at each other.“You were raised in the Blood Pack?” Liam asks, shocked by the information, “You told me you grew up down south in a large family!”Kendra looks at her feet, folding her arms across her chest, clenching her jaw. “Technically I did. The Blood Pack use to live down South, until the witches pushed them out. We were given a choice, to join the witches coven or to stay with Blood Pack.”“How did you even end up in the Blood Pack?” Irina finally finds some words.Kendra shrugs. “They were our family!”I watch as Tiana rolls her eyes at her sister, “You really are s
Irina’s POVTiana steps inside, not waiting for an invite. Logan hides behind me, his hand wrapped tightly around my wrist. It wasn’t like him to show how scared he was, he was normally so confident. Kendra had been right about Tiana’s eyes though, a perfect shade of sky blue, they looked a little out of place against her dark skin, but she was beautiful.“Tiana, we haven’t made a decision yet.” Damien mutters, his eyes drifting towards me and Logan.“You didn’t need to; I was told of the decision!”“Huh?” we all speak in unison, there had been no chance for anyone to say anything. Raine had ruined everything before we had had a chance to do anything, but now she was gone.“The Guardians. You should know Damien; they watch over everything.” She smirks a little as her eyes settle on Logan and my own grip tightens on him.Her head turns as she looks around the room, the table and chairs were scattered, Raine had thrown them out of her way. It was still an odd feeling, not being able to
Irina’s POVI couldn’t stop, there was nothing I could do to prevent her from coming. Raine’s anger overthrows my own, not only had I been lied too, but Raine had been lied too as well, the thing she hated most in the world, and there wasn’t a single chance that she was going to let Kendra off lightly. All I could do was try and slow her down, try and stop her from acting out for as long as I was able.I hear Damien’s voice, trying to catch my attention but it did nothing to help, all it did was anger Raine further and I started to lose what little control I had over her as her voice comes forward instead of mine.“You lied to us!” Raine roars and I try to speak, but it was like she had taken over completely, like she was at the front of us, and I was drifting to the back, becoming the bystander.I can see Kendra backing away, she had no way of protecting herself and I’m grateful when Damien tries to block our path, putting himself between us and her.“Raine, stand down!” He growls at
Damien’s POV“You do?” I was suspicious and understandably so. Kendra hadn’t taken any time to discuss it, all she had done was look at her friend as Irina apologised and agreed with what we were asking.She nods her head, “You guys always think things happen for a reason.” She looks over at Liam, “What is it you always say, ‘it’s what the Moon Goddess intended.”I look at Liam too, he was one of the few remaining wolves that believed in that, many others now believed in their own fates and your own actions were what made it.Liam bows his head to me. “Alpha, she has made her decision and we will do what you ask, for the benefit of the pack right?”“For the benefit of the pack.” I agreed and Liam wipes away Kendra’s tears.I was still suspicious though and if it had been the other way around, I don’t think I or Irina would have given up looking for the children.“If you are certain, I will give the witch a call!”Irina’s hand tightens around mine, she hated talking about the witch, mo
Damien’s POVTiana wouldn’t give me any details as to why she wanted us to stop looking for Lana. In fact, she made it very clear that it was non-negotiable. I had made the call first thing that morning when Irina had gone on a run. I didn’t need to look for her when I woke, it was clear what she was up to by her missing running trainers.Now she was being forced to choose between her best friend and her son.“Irina we have time.”She shakes her head at me when I tell her Tiana’s offer, “We don’t though do we; you see how Logan is getting, lately everything winds him up, he killed someone because he had had enough of them, that’s not normal child behaviour, even for a wolf!”“You are over thinking Irina, but you know as well as I do that this could destroy your friendship.”Tears fill her eyes as she fights between her decision. I was willing to make it for her but at the same time she probably knew what I would say.“I will call Kendra and Liam, ask them over for dinner tonight.” She
Irina’s POVI could hardly sleep. Damien tries several times to pull me against him, but it was no use, I was agitated, worried about our family. Several times I sneak out of our bedroom and into Logan’s, just to watch him sleep. It would be his birthday in a couple of days, and we had promised to take him bowling along with a few of his friends and the girls, but I had a bad feeling about it.“Irina, come back to bed.” Damien’s hands rub the back of my neck, trying to ease the tension and as I relax into it, Logan stirs, making us both jump and quietly slip out towards our bedroom, we had become wary of our own son and we both knew it.“We can’t let him do this to us Irina.”“I just… I just don’t know what to expect.”“Maybe that’s the problem, maybe we are always waiting for the bad stuff. Maybe we should try and let him live a normal life, not constantly be on top of him.”I nod my head as I bite my bottom lip while climbing into bed and try to settle down to sleep. Damien pulls me
Damien’s POVI couldn’t ask Logan to do such a thing and what if he did it and it turned up nothing, everything would have been a waste of time, thankfully Irina understood that I didn't want him to use his abilities.The girls come running in and jump up to me, I loved all the hugs they gave. Since Logan had grown, he didn’t want the hugs as much and preferred a fist bump.“Daddy, come play” they speak in unison, their deep green eyes piercing my own as they grinned and as I lower them to the ground, they tug at my hands, as I allow them to pull me out towards their room.Turning the corner, the girls scream as we come face to face with Logan. Irina comes running out and grabs Logans hands, dropping to her knees as she tries to pull him from his trance. His eyes were a solid white and I call for an omega to take the girls. We hadn’t seen Logan like this in years.“Logan!”He doesn’t respond and Irina goes into panic mode, tears streaming down her face as she whispers ‘don’t do this’