Chance’s POV There was no doubt after meeting Willow’s mother why she was so broken when she came here. The woman should have never been able to reproduce if this was the way she treated her only child. Willow was an intelligent, strong woman and I wondered where she had gotten this from because it definitely wasn’t from her mother. I had to wonder how she survived for as long as she had under a roof with this woman. I had told Willow that I would see her mother to the guest house and she should stay at the packhouse. Thankfully, Willow didn’t put up a fight and I was happy she didn’t because once I got her mother to the guest house I planned on having her tell me everything she knew about Willow’s father one way or another. “Where are you taking me?” She asked as I walked her out of the house and to my vehicle. “Get in the car.” I told her as I opened the door. “You said I could stay with you.” Willow’s mother said as she refused to get into the vehicle. “I said you could
Willow’s POV Thankfully, Alpha Chance could feel how uncomfortable I was with Beta Shawn staring at me in Jess’s presence. I wondered how things were going between the two of them over the last two weeks while I was in heat. They looked like they had just been out for a run together, which was a good sign that their relationship was heading in the right direction, but the look he was just giving me was telling me that he wasn’t completely over what we had. When the men disappeared into the house, I asked Jess to join Luna Rayne and I as we sat on the patio with a cold glass of iced tea. “How are things going between Beta Shawn and you?” I asked Jess hoping that they were doing good, because all I wanted for the two of them was happiness like they used to have together. Jess took a sip of her iced tea and I was wondering if she was stalling but she then said, “Truthfully, things were rocky at first but it is getting better. He told me that you spoke to him and I appreciate what y
Willow’s POV Cool water began to drip on my body as it slowly woke me and I had realized where I was. I jumped when I saw Beta Shawn standing over me and I knew where the drips of water were coming from. “What are you doing here?” I asked him as I slowly sat up. “Do you have any clue what time it is and how long you have been gone?” Beta Shawn asks me and I had no idea what time it was or even how long I had been here. All I know is that it was the most peaceful sleep that I had had in a long time, and I was feeling refreshed by it. “I’m sorry, I went for a swim and I came here to relax. I must have fallen asleep.” I told Beta Shawn as he moved to sit beside me. “Do you know how scared I have been not able to find you? Not to mention how crazy Alpha Chance is right now.” Beta Shawn tells me and I feel bad that I have worried the both of them. Beta Shawn then began to look around at the cave and then back at me and asked, “Why here? Why did you come here of all places?” Hones
Willow’s POV When morning came, I felt like I had been crying all night long, as my eyes felt swollen and to my surprise I was still in Alpha Chance’s arms. He had not left my side all night long proving to me that he was going to stand beside me through all of this with Beta Shawn. The sound of Alpha Chance’s phone going off stirred him as he tried not to wake me. Stretching in his arms I moved from his chest so he could reach for his phone on the nightstand. “Hello.” He said into the phone as I settled myself next to his body letting my head rest once again on his chest. “We will be right down.” I then heard him say and I wondered what was going on. “Is everything okay?” I asked him once he hung the phone up. “There was another rogue attack last night at Blood Moon and Alpha Hunter wants to speak to you.” Alpha Chance tells me and I knew this was my opportunity to talk to him about my plan with Damon. “Speaking of the rogues, I wanted to talk to you about something.” I tol
Willow’s POV “Willow, we may know who your father is. I was going to talk to you last night about it, but you had taken off. I want to have a blood sample taken from you first so that we can validate it.” Alpha Chance tells me and I understand why he wants to test my blood first and I didn’t want to get my hopes up before it is validated. “Okay. Just let me know when you need to take it.” I tell him as I pray that he has found him. “Now we need to go and talk to Alpha Hunter.” Alpha Chance says as he pulls me out of his office and towards the meeting room with Beta Shawn following us. I tried my best to wipe away the evidence that I had just been crying before we stepped into the meeting room. As we step into the meeting room, I am shocked to see Jess sitting at the table with a smirk on her face as she watches the three of us enter the meeting room. Mind linking Alpha Chance, I ask him, “What is Jess doing here?” “I don’t know.” He linked back with a confused look on his fa
Willow’s POV As the car pulled into the parking lot of Mountainside Inn Diner, I felt my heart begin to race knowing what I was about to do. It had been a few days since the meeting and Alpha Hunter had called in all the Alphas to help with this matter along with Luna Rayne who was in the driver seat beside me. The men were all on standby and it was only Luna Rayne and me going into the diner to speak to Aunt Connie. It took a lot of convincing on our behalf for the men to allow us to do this on our own, but I thought it would be best not to scare off the only lead I had to getting in touch with Damon. The plan was simple, talk to Aunt Connie and have her relay a message to Damon that I need to speak with him. It all seemed simple enough, but the question was, would Aunt Connie relay the message to Damon. “You ready to do this?” Luna Rayne asks me as she shuts the car off. I stared at the door of the diner for a few seconds before I say, “I’m as ready as I’m going to be.” We
Willow’s POV “Willow, we need to talk.” Beta Shawn tells me as he follows me out of the meeting room and to the front door as I watch the last of the SUVs pulling out. I knew we had a lot to talk about but at that moment I didn’t have time to talk. I needed to figure out a plan fast on how I was going to get to Damon. “Willow, do you hear me? We need to talk.” He says again and I began to feel the world around me begin to spin and I grab onto his arm to steady myself. “Are you okay?” He now asks me as he grabs ahold of me to help me stand. I didn’t know if it was from all the stress I had going on or if there was something wrong with me. “I don’t know. I feel dizzy.” I told him as everything was now spinning in my head. “We need to have the pack doctor take a look at you.” Beta Shawn said as he picked me up in his arms and began to carry me. “No, I don’t have time for this.” I told him, trying to wiggle in his hold, but there was no use because he was as strong as an ox an
Chance’s POV We were halfway to the ridge that Willow had pointed out on the map when Alpha Hunter got a call and had the driver pull the SUV over to the side of the road. I began to wonder what was going on and I became ultimately worried that Willow was in trouble. Something in my gut told me that the call was about her and sure enough when he ended the call he said, “You need to get into the SUV behind me and head back to Red Moon now.” I didn’t even wait for an explanation as I got out of the SUV and headed to the one with Alpha Reese in it, while passing Alpha Conner who was taking my place with Alpha Hunter. As soon as I got into the other SUV, the driver turned the vehicle around and headed back to Red Moon in a hurry. “What is going on?” I asked Alpha Reese who looked worried and I knew this had to involve our Lunas. “Our Lunas are in danger. Jess has dark magic inside of her and she is trying to get to them now. They are locked in your bedroom, but Rayne doesn’t think
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