Willow’s POV I was a prisoner in my own body, as I could hear everything going on around me as I came in and out of consciousness, but I couldn’t move or open my eyes. I began to wonder if this was what it was like being in a coma as my body fought off the dark magic trying to take over me. When I heard the familiar witch doctor’s voice, I felt a bit relief knowing he was here and that he would be the one helping me through this. Marvin had been my doctor since birth and was the best witch doctor I knew. If anyone was going to help me pull through this, it was going to be him. But once he began to chant, I could feel the dark magic inside of me stir as it desperately tried to latch onto my insides, but what scared me the most was hearing Damon struggle to breathe. I wanted Marvin to stop so that he didn’t hurt Damon and as I wished it, he did. That is when Marvin put it all together and knew that Damon was the one that had infected me with the dark magic and I felt bad for the w
Willow’s POV “Beta Shawn is your mate? Wait, you are his Jess?” I asked her, now shocked that she was still alive and how it was possible that I too was his mate, which I was not going to expose to her. “He spoke of me to you?” Jessica asks with hope in her eyes. “Yes, he hasn’t given up hope that you are alive.” I tell her and I can see tears begin to form in her eyes and that’s when it hits me that he said she had disappeared during a rogue attack and they never found her body. “Jessica, did they take you from Red Moon?” I asked her, needing to know the answer and hoping it wasn’t true. Jessica then became choked up and she shook her head yes and said, “Beta Derrick took me for his own, that night we were attacked. He forced me to reject Beta Shawn or else he promised to kill him. I did what I had to do to save my love.” This was so wrong on so many levels and it made me wonder now if all the she wolves of this pack were taken and made to be mates to the men of this pack
Willow’s POV As soon as the words slip from my lips, Damon freezes, buying Marvin the time he needed to get over the town line. My eyes remain glued to the back of Damon’s head as I waited for him to turn to me. I knew he was at war with the demon inside of him as his body began to shake and I knew I needed to do something to help him fight it. Unbuckling my seatbelt, I reached across the distance between us, and I wrapped my arms around his back holding him. As soon as my touch hit him, he stiffened but quickly relaxed into my embrace. His head leaned back against my chest as he let me hold him in my arms. “I want to deserve you love.” Damon whispers to me and my heart begins to ache for him, knowing that he wants to be good and is trying to fight it, but keeps losing himself to the hold she has on him. “Listen to me Damon. You do deserve it and we will get through this together. I won’t abandon you.” I tell him, hoping that he understands I am here for him because I want to
Willow’s POV A few days have passed and slowly I am beginning to regain my strength. Damon has been so considerate of me and I feel like this whole messed up situation has brought us closer to one another. Over the last couple of days, I have been meeting with Jessica and we have been making a list of what is needed to start the children’s schooling. Today Damon finally agreed to let one of his men take Jessica and I into the town to go shopping for the supplies needed and this was my chance to help Jessica escape and go back to Beta Shawn. I was the Luna of this rogue pack but I was not okay with the men taking she wolves from their true mates and forcing them to stay here against their will. Jessica and Beta Shawn deserved their happiness and I was going to make sure that they got it. Thankfully my magic had returned at full force and I was going to have to use it if I was to help Jessica escape. I needed to make them think that we were attacked by another group of rogues so tha
Willow’s POV Screaming at the top of my lungs I ran from the back door of the store towards my bodyguard that was now running towards me and I threw myself into his arms as I cried out, “They took Jessica!” All while I acted hysterical for the dramatics. “Where?” He asked as he looked around and I pulled from him and pointed towards the backdoor. “Luna, stay here.” He now said as he ran towards the door. The bodyguard exited the back door and I stood there waiting for him to return as I tried to keep my best acting face on. A few minutes later he returned and I put the tears on and said, “I want Damon.” “I called him and he is on his way. Let’s get you to the vehicle so I can keep you safe until he gets here.” The bodyguard said as he ushered me to the SUV. Once in the SUV, he locked the doors and stayed on high alert while I continued to cry and say, “They took her.” Trying to keep the dramatics going. Finally, there was a knock on the door, and I looked to see Damon outs
Chance’s POV It has been days now that we have been searching to the north of the cabin that Alpha Hunter knew about and we have found nothing. I am beginning to wonder if this rogue pack is more than just a pack of rogues and that this Moon Witch is protecting their whereabouts. If this is the case I am afraid that we are never going to be able to find Willow and bring her home. Alpha Hunter had a group of people arriving today to bring another level of help to the plate. He claims that the man named Christopher was a wolf hunter in his past and is of Demon blood and his mate has strong witch blood in her and that she is Luna Rayne’s mother. He thinks if anyone can track down the rogue pack it would be him. I have my reservations about bringing demons in on this but at this point I am willing to try anything to bring my mate back home to me. As we were waiting for their arrival, I decided to get some of my pack’s paperwork done that I had been neglecting due to everything that
Shawn’s POV Alpha Chance had messaged me to meet him at the packhouse and I prayed that he had news of Willow’s whereabouts. I have not been able to sleep since she has been missing and I couldn’t go through all of this again. It was bad enough to lose one mate to the rogues but to lose two was too much for me to handle. I felt like I had let Willow down not being there for her when she needed me the most, just like I had done with Jess. I had made a vow to myself that after we found Willow, I was going to mark her as mine too and I didn’t care what the pack had to say about it. Standing on the front steps of the packhouse I watched as the Alpha’s SUV approached the house and I waited in anticipation of what news he brought with him. As the SUV got closer I could see a woman in the front seat with dark hair and I got excited knowing it had to be Willow. Alpha Chance had brought our mate back to us just like he said he would. Racing down the steps to the SUV that came to a stop I
Willow’s POV Night had fallen upon us and the men were returning thankfully empty handed and I had to keep my act up that I was in distressed that Jessica was taken. Damon had his arm wrapped around me as Derrick returned to camp and walked towards us as I made my eyes water like I was still crying. “Anything?” Damon asked Derrick as he stopped in front of us and Derrick’s eyes were on me and not Damon’s. “Nothing. Not a damn trace of her anywhere.” Derrick said still eyeing me and I was beginning to feel uncomfortable from his gaze. “There has to be something. I will go with you first thing in the morning to look.” Damon tells Derrick as Damon squeezes me to comfort me. Derrick’s eyes still remained on me and Damon finally noticed his gaze on me and asked Derrick. “Why are you looking at your Luna like that?” Derrick began to chuckle before he says, “It’s funny that this all happened because you allowed them to go shopping which was Luna’s idea.” Damon’s arm moved from
Willow’s POV A few days have passed since we sealed the Moon Witch in her realm and thankfully Celeste has kept in contact with me and she is doing well. She has decided to stay with Ash for the time being and plans on visiting Alpha Hunter so she can get to know him. What Luna Ella did for her that day showed that she accepts Celeste into their family and I hope that Celeste will give her the chance to become a stepmother to her. Which leads me to what is to happen to myself today. My nerves were on edge, knowing that I was going to meet my real father today. Alpha Chance and Alpha Shawn have continuously reassured me that I have nothing to worry about but I can’t help worrying about being rejected by him, like I had been with the man that had raised me all those years. I wanted nothing more than to have a parent that would accept me for who I am. As I sat outside on the back patio at the table, I had to wonder what he looks like and if he would accept me after he sees how much
Willow’s POV It took no convincing on my part to get Luna Rayne to allow us to borrow her moonstone. In fact, she was even willing to help in any way possible she could with her own moon magic because Celeste was Sal’s brother’s mate and she didn’t want her friend’s little brother hurting. When I returned to Sal’s lair, I had Luna Rayne in tow with me and Sal looked happy to see her. “I hear we have a rescue mission. Count me in.” Luna Rayne tells Sal and he smiles at his friend knowing that she has his back too. “Thank you, Luna Rayne.” Alpha Hunter says to her and she gives him a smile and says, “Ridgewood will always have your back and the Sun Witches. We are more of a family then just neighboring communities and I want happiness for us all.” Luna Rayne couldn’t have said it better and she would have been a wonderful High Priestess of our Covenant but that was taken from her. It was okay because she chose to be a Luna instead with her mate Alpha Reese. I’m starting to belie
Willow’s POV To say that I felt sated by my mates as we all fell asleep holding each other last night was an understatement. I had needed both of my mates, not just in mind, but also in body and soul after what had happened to Celeste. I needed to know that we were all here together and I had them here safe with me. As I woke up this morning, all I could think about was Celeste and what I could do to bring her back here to us. The look on Ash’s face last night told me that he wasn’t going to let that realm be closed with her in it but he was only one warlock standing against his Covenant and I knew he didn’t stand a chance on his own. Slowly getting out of bed so as not to disturb my mates, I quickly got dressed and headed to find Ash. Getting out of the house undetected was easy, due to the fact that everyone was still asleep from last night’s events. When I opened the door to the house, I was surprised to see that Ash was sitting on the steps staring at the spot where Celeste h
Chance’s POV I had been waiting in the shadows of the night, with Sal, behind Alpha Hunter, just in case the Moon Witch got passed him with Celeste, but I never imagined that they would have disappeared in thin air. “I thought you said that the Moon Witch’s powers wouldn’t work here.” I said to Sal in complete shock. Before he could answer me, I heard my mate screaming, and knew I had to get to her. Appearing from the shadows, I raced towards Willow who was now in Shawn’s arms, as he tried to comfort her. Willow kept crying out “No” as Shawn held her close and rubbed her back. “The Moon Witch didn’t take her.” A younger man said from beside Willow, and I knew this had to be Sal’s brother, and Celeste’s mate, Ash. “What do you mean the Moon Witch didn’t take her. I saw it with my own eyes.” Alpha Hunter said as he moved over towards us. “Celeste took her.” Ash says and Sal comes up behind me and says, “He’s right. Celeste had to of been the one that took her. The Moon Witch’s
Willow’s POV I must have fallen asleep in Alpha Shawn’s arms after he had made love to me. The connection that we shared here was more than I ever could have imagined having with him and we finally had the chance to open our hearts to each other. We were no longer two broken souls because we had mended the pieces of each other’s hearts back together. As I began to stir in his arms, he pulled me in closer to him and kissed the top of my forehead. It seems that both of us had needed a nap and he was just waking up too. “I could get used to this.” He said as he held me close to him. I wasn’t going to lie, it felt amazing being in his arms right now after we had been fighting the connection between the two of us for so long now. “Does that mean we will be sharing a room when we get back home?” I asked him, wondering if he was finally going to spend the whole night with me. “Things are different now and I promise once we get back to Red Moon the three of us are going to sit down an
Chance’s POV After the Lunas and pups had left for the Sun Witches’ home, we began to prepare for the worse. There was a good chance that the Moon Witch would return, especially since Celeste was still here in our world. Alpha Hunter wasn’t taking any chances and he had every wolf he had posted around the packhouse as the Sun Witches and a few of the Canyon Ridge Witches put up wards around the premises waiting for her to show her face. When everything was in place Alpha Hunter and I stood guard together waiting for her on the front stoop of the packhouse. Night was falling and we had gotten word that the Lunas and pups had safely reached the Sun Witches’ town and were safe for the night. A bit of relief filled me knowing that Willow was safe and that Shawn was with her. A part of me was jealous that he was there with her, but I knew I had to be here with Alpha Hunter to protect not only Willow but all wolf kind. It was an oath that I had taken and an oath that an Alpha took serio
Shawn’s POV I had my own mate on my mind, and needs that I wanted to fulfill with her since the car ride here. There was no way I was going to be dealing with Alpha Hunter’s daughter finding her mate and the best man for the job would be Alpha Caleb since he is kind a stepfather to her. Regardless, I had one thing on my mind and that was to get to a room alone with my mate. As we got to the second floor, I guided Willow down the hallway to the last room on the right-hand side. My reasoning for doing so was because I wanted as much privacy with my mate as possible, with the things I wanted to do to her. The need to be with her has been overwhelming since we mated and I can’t put it off much longer, as my body aches to be with her and so does my heart. The small touches and kisses aren’t enough and I need to be buried deep inside her and feel the ultimate connection between the two of us. Opening the door, Willow stepped inside and we both took in the king sized bed in the center
Willow’s POV Alpha Shawn kept stealing glances of me on the way to the Sun witches’ Covenant and I had to smile knowing that he was doing this, and I could feel the bond between us humming away. I was happy to hear that he would be accompanying us but really wished that both of my mates would be here with me now. Since Alpha Shawn and I mated we hadn’t gotten alone time together and I really looked forward to spending the night with him. I could tell by what I sensed from him that he too was looking forward to the night we would be spending together alone. “How much longer before we get there?” Celeste asks from the back seat breaking the silence in the SUV. Alpha Shawn looks in the rear-view mirror at her, before he says, “We should be there within the hour.” Celeste let out a sigh and I turned slightly in my seat to look at her. I could tell that she wasn’t used to riding in a vehicle and I wondered if she was getting car sick, from her pale appearance. “Are you feeling, o
Chance’s POV Knowing that Willow was going to stay with Celeste made me feel at ease knowing what we were about to do. Neither one of them needed to be around when we seal the Moon Witch in her realm hopefully forever. The Moon Witch has caused enough heartache for us to last a lifetime and I can’t wait till this is all over with and we can take Willow back to Red Moon and start our family together. A large group of us moved to the meeting room to discuss how we were going to trap the Moon Witch in her own realm. Once everyone was in the room Alexandra, Luna Rayne’s mother, began to tell us about the spell that Joshua used to trap her and her mate in the realms they were in. On the way here she had made some adjustments to the spell and she began to show Sal. “Sal, do you think it will work?” Alpha Hunter asks him and Sal begins to shake his head before he says, “Yes, but we will need to do the spell when the sun is at its highest peak, to draw this much power. It’s too late tod