Irina’s POV
“I know it is a lot to take in, but it is something we have been doing…..”
“For centuries, I know, but those women, you are just going to kill them!”
“Sacrifice Irina, sacrifice. They know exactly what is coming and they know that they have completed their job well”
“What happens to them?
“As long they put up no resistance, they will be reincarnated as a wolf”
It was so much to take in, even Rosy is sat wide eyed next to me, staring at he plate of food as she listens to us.
“Do you have too?”
“Oh yes, the last time I was convinced not to go through with it, I lost your m
Damien’s POV“YOU COULD HAVE TOLD ME IN THE CAR”Aria starts throwing her sweets at me and yelling.“Look, I am sorry okay”One of the sweets smacks me in the forehead.“Will you stop throwing things at me so I can explain”“You have two minutes Alpha Damien”Aria starts tapping her foot. Clearly patience was not her strong point.“Look, I don’t know what the deal is with Ivan and you. When you said his name I was in shock. Firstly I thought you were talking about another Ivan until you mentioned his pack.”
Irina’s POVThe niggling feeling that had been gnawing away at me since my arrival was starting to fall into place. The warnings the woman had given me, and Damien. The way Alpha Ketill conducted his pack. Something just hadn’t felt right for some time, but this thing with them not being able to hear the screams, well it was just the icing on the cake.What Gunnar hadn’t seen was the Doctor slipping me some ear defenders and as he starts walking in front of me, I pop them in. They only made a little difference but a little was enough.The women who were to become slaves were still screaming, the pitch so high that even with the ear defenders it was still making my ears hurt and I was fighting against my own eyes that were threatening to water.Arriving
Damien’s POV“Aria, what are you doing all the way up here, and with him of all people?”“Jealous much?” she bites backAria folds her arms across her chest, propping one leg up on her car as she leans against it.Firstly she thought she had killed him and now she was playing it cool.“You didn’t answer me Aria”“Why have you marked someone else?”He narrows his eyes at me“Because I fell for her”“You seriously love her. Like full on love her?”
Irina’s POV The women hid us in their cars. As they explained their plan, I asked them if the shopping trip was a way for them to escape, then why hadn’t they all done it? But one of the women told me it wasn’t as simple for them because they were mated. Not marked, but their husbands had forced themselves on them. In the same way Ivan had tried with me, but thankfully he didn’t get a chance to go through with it. When they sneak Rosy in the car, my dagger falls out from her jumper. She gives me a weak smile because she was still struggling to speak and I scoop the dagger up before anyone sees. I felt horrificly bad for Rosy. Not only had the screaming ruptured her ear drums but it had affected a lot of other things including her ability to speak properly. The Docto
Damien’s POV I was in shock! She just wasn’t the girl I fell for, she had changed and I reluctantly agree with Ivan that Irina should stay with him at his pack. Only because he was certain he could help her control her wolf. It was not what I wanted at all, but I feared that I could not protect her in Lonecrown and I had no idea what she may do to the pack if she lost control. Ivan had reassured me that it was not him controlling her when she killed Aria, and although at first I didn’t believe him, I started to when she was in the car. Her temper was growing shorter and shorter along with her becoming more emotional and at one point she even punched the back of the seat when Ivan was driving because of his breathing and then cried because she saw a baby goat. She fin
Irina’s POV Maybe I had underestimated what Alpha Ketill would do and it just didn’t seem likely that he would come to Ivan’s pack, it was why I never wanted to discuss it, plus it would just add to the nightmares that I was already experiencing. Ivan lets go of me and I feel something inside me drop. It was odd, sort of like I had enjoyed and welcomed Ivan’s roughness in that moment. “Come” he pulls me from the wall and leads me outside “There is no point hiding you” “Am I shifting?” I ask, a little worried and strangely, a little excited “No. We will most likely be outnumbered. I have already sent Shaun to Damien and I have called in my neighbouring packs, but it will rely on them getting here quickly.” “When did you do that?” I was surprised, I had been with Ivan a lot in the last couple of days. “It doesn’t matter. Alpha Ketill will be here at any moment” Ivan stands next to me outside and when I look up to his eyes
Irina’s POVMy brain was hurting, Damien was asking me to kill again, but why was he specifically mentioning my dagger. I could feel the coolness of the blade pressed against my leg, ready to protect myself and yet I couldn’t imagine using it to purposely hurt anyone.“Of course we can, it’s ours,” Raine pipes up and I shake my head, I did not need anymore voices in my head right now.“Why do you keep laughing child?” Alpha Ketill calls out to meI hadn’t realised that I was still laughing, my moods really were all over the place. Maybe Ivan was right, maybe this was my heat making me do weird crap.“You are underestimating Ivan. Ivan has been waiting for this moment for years”. Why the hell was I goading him? Even Ivan was questioning my actions and was tugging at my hands.Alpha Ketill begins walking around like he owned the place, his hands raised as he took in the well built
Damien’s POVIt was never my intention too help. Irina had chosen him, the mark he had given her was now too strong and I was no longer a part of it.Each day that passed, I could feel our bond breaking and the only thing that I could put it down to was that Irina was getting strong feelings for Ivan. Yet the day Shaun arrived, and I told him no, I felt immediate guilt and betrayal. I was breaking the very promise that I had made to Irina and with each passing moment, I felt like I was being put through the wringer. Discovering the information about her being the last Blood Alpha made everything ten times worse.I still had no idea what it meant and I searched the home for hours looking for something, anything that would give me a clue.Surprisingly, I find a letter under Irina’s mattress. A place I would not have normally looked. I didn’t recognise the writing, only that the sealed envelope had Irina’s name carefully inked on the
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’