Irina’s POV
I thought it was Damien coming for me, I had scented him. Yet as the soft knock became more urgent, Damien’s scent was fading, and I climb out of bed confused.
“It’s not Damien” Raine whispers to me and she seemed nervous.
The knock comes again and this time they try turning the handle. I was so grateful I had locked the door.
There is a pause and the handle is turned again and I hear the click of the lock. Whoever it was, they had unlocked my door from the other side.
I was frozen to the spot, a mix of fear and confusion as the door opens slightly and Alpha Ivan steps in closing the door behind him and turning the lock
“Are you okay
Damien’s POVAiden charges us up the stairs, following Irina’s cries. Whatever was happening, she didn’t want it!We push against the door but there is no movement and I realise it was locked, without waiting we take a run up to it and barrel through the door.Irina was naked, her skin flushed as she sobbed. Her eyes met mine and her mouth barely moves but I could see just how much fear was in her eyes.Alpha Ivan was too busy trying to rape my mate that he didn’t even notice that I was there.Jumping up, I wrap my teeth around his leg. A howl erupts from him and he lets go of Irina, a second was all she needed as Ivan tries to take a swing at me. Irina grabs a dagger from under her pillow and strikes
Irina’s POVI was so relieved to see him, so grateful that he had come to save me.After everything I had said to Damien, after everything I had done, he had still come back to help me!Alpha Ivan’s departure had me totally confused. He didn’t fight, he didn’t challenge Damien, he just left telling Damien the treaty was over.I think I must have been in some sort of shock. I don’t remember much between leaving Alpha Ivan’s and arriving outside of Damien’s packhouse. But I keep myself huddled up, the dagger close by. I needed a shower, I needed to scrub myself clean. I needed to remove any memory of Alpha Ivan being on me.I find myself shaking my head at Damien, I had no idea what he
Damien’s POVIt had broken her!After Vivian, I thought her mother’s death would have been the thing to tip her over the edge. Then again, no woman expected this to happen to them. She had gone with him in the hopes of being able to leave my pack safely and Ivan had betrayed her trust.Her skin was bright red when she came out of the bathroom, and I couldn’t help but look at the jagged mark on her neck.When I ask, she lets me hug her. I thought she might have refused. It takes a few moments before she breaks down. As I hold her, I try to ignore the mark Ivan had given her but it was staring me in the face. The unwanted mark of another Alpha, that was why it was so jagged and angry looking.My father had so
Irina’s POV He said it like it is a bad thing. He had raised me as his daughter, I had called him Dad and now he was speaking to Damien like I was some kind of disgusting abnormality, like I wasn’t even relevant. “What is that even supposed to mean father? You have been sending me in circles with your riddles” Damien continues to demand answers as I stand there trying to process his fathers words. “She is the only thing that is keeping this pack from certain death” “You wanted me to bring Irina home, you told me to go and get her” “It’s to late Son, she has been marked by him”. He shakes his head and turns away, resting his hands on the window frame. “Well I brought her home and like I said, the treaty is over father” The old Alpha sighs “Then you will bring death to this pack, you are not strong enough to go up against Black Crescent” As they discussed what was happening, the mark on my neck was beginning to sting. It was sore to touch, and I try to ignore it. “Stop it, plea
Damien’s POVI had never seen anything like it. Faint black lines ran from the jagged mark on her neck. Travelling along her skin and disappearing under her clothes.Irina pulls at the neck of her clothes, revealing the lines that are heading down towards her heart.“What is this?” she asks again.I couldn’t answer her, I had never seen anything like it.“Does it hurt?”She shakes her head at me “Only the mark but not this.” She taps her collarbone where some of the thin lines sat. “It’s not like the pain I felt before!”“What
Irina’s POV I look down at the dagger I had just put down. Damien told me that it was the dagger Vivian had and yet it felt like it belonged to me. “It is ours” Raine murmurs “How do you know?” “The markings, it is an old werewolf language. It contains our names” “How is that even possible?” Raine shrugs as I just stare at the dagger. “Raine reckons the markings mean our name” Damien raises an eyebrow at me “How would that be possible; the Blood pack have never known of your existence” I shrug my shoulders at him, I had no idea, I had n
Damien’s POV “What do you know Austin?” He sneers at me; I want to punch him in the face but I needed answers first. I needed to know what he had discovered about my mate. “You have no idea what they are capable of do you?” “What are you trying to say Austin?” He turns his head towards Irina and grins like a mad man “Death follows them everywhere” “Don’t talk shit about things you do not know Austin” “But I do know. Why do you think they live where they do? Why do you think your father invited Kelly to the war? Why do you think that dagger belongs to her?” I let him go, taking a ste
Forty Irina’s POV When I heard Alpha Ivan clapping, I shuddered as the fear crept over me. I tried to back away but somehow he had a weird hold over me and I couldn’t get away from him. As soon as he shouted ‘Shift’, my body began changing on its own. I didn’t like the way my wolf looked, how it was responding to Ivan's command, how a single word seemed to be able to control me. Raine does not answer me when I ask, she is silent as the tears fall from my eyes. I could do little more than stare at Alpha Ivan’s back. He had me over his shoulder, an arm wrapped around my legs as my bound hands dangled when he walked away from the packhouse. He smacks my butt, laughing “Just what I ordered”
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’