3-4I shake myself from my thoughts. I have no control over how they act. I am not the cause for everything that they do. They have jobs to do and got serious about them is all. They are going to start the transition soon and they know they can’t mess around anymore.“Will Jena and Lil be next to the Cunnignham’s room, or are they on the other side of the hall? I don’t know if I want anyone near them for an extended period of time.”“They have three rooms at one end of the hall. I will put you girls at the other end, but I think that will work in our favor since you will be closer to the third floor staircase. Maybe it will derail Kaley’s actions. We should check in with Lucas too, just to see if he has had contact with Warrior Brogen about your prisoner. Anything from him on your current situation?”“I haven’t heard from him. Either of you had orders?” I look at my friends, who both shake their heads. “Weird. I told him we would wait for orders, maybe he wants us to just s
3-5“Really?! Of all the things we could do, you want me to play capture the flag?”“Actually, I thought they could play against all of you and see how a team works together. That is something this group is struggling with. Everyone wants to be the hero and they are starting to plateau working individually.”“You guys in?” I look at my friends and I know their answers before they say anything. We all smile at each other.“What are the rules? What do we get when we win?” Jena asks and Lil and I both laugh.“Basically the kids put a flag out and you all have to get it without being tagged by them and get it back to the starting line. Sky here still holds the record for the fastest time. No one can seem to beat it, although Sam has come the closest. That is now the bragging point, who gets the closest.” He laughs and we join in. He turns and starts walking toward the groups of kids working with the guys and some of the other highschoolers I recognize, but don’t really know name
3-6We take off in three directions. I run right at a group of kids who look terrified. I just laugh and jump over them landing soft on my feet and using the momentum to roll forward and continue running.“GO!!! Why are you staring at her? You see us do stuff like that all the time.” I hear Sam yell
3-7 Lil and I couldn’t hide our laughter. “Anything you want Alpha.” “Lil, don’t be an ass. Alpha or not this little douche canoe is going to learn respect and how to ask questions with respect.” “I was hoping you could say ‘Alpha’ a couple more times. I don’t think you got a round half dozen.
3-8 I didn’t yell or scream, just told her how it is, like talking to a toddler who doesn't understand 'no.' “We need to get ready, Luna Ava will shoot us if we are late.” She just stares at me. I drag Cam with me, Kota doesn'tt break contact with me either. I unlock the door, making a point to s
3-9 “I like your friend Little One!” Alpha Lucas smiles at me and I wink back at him. “Luna Ava, what did you have on the schedule for tomorrow? We are still waiting on orders and would love to help out.” I try to redirect the conversation. “Actually, shouldn’t you girls be in school? You can’
I look around at my friends, waiting for anyone to answer. None of them look ashamed though. I narrow my eyes at all of them and settle on Oliver. He may be angry with me, but he has never beaten around the bush. “Talk.” He takes a deep breath and rolls his eyes back at me. “Fine. They meet wi
We get a couple more hours of sleep before we have to be up for training. I’m tired, but I still feel better getting actual sleep than I have felt in the last couple days. As we head downstairs to get something to eat, I hear my name from the stairwell. I stop and look at the twins behind me. Th
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Epilogue 85 years later.“There’s no way you’re going to make that happen.” Silas is challenging Mack to a timed speed race. “What’s going on here?” Cam slades up behind me, wrapping me in his arms.“The boys just heard about the challenges we used to do and that I beat all of you guys at one ti
Epilogue 7“You couldn’t just ask one of our warriors for a meeting? You had to interrupt our family dat and demand we see you here.” Oliver comes up next to me.“Seriously? There’s no way any of you would have seen me, and you never would have let her talk to me. If she was my mate, I wouldn’t l
Epilogue 6I was kept in the hospital for a full week after I woke up. Sierra’s parents took all kinds of samples for testing and actually packed a bunch up from me and the girls to take back to their lab to see if they can find a pattern or a way to help our family in the future. Elena and Gentry
Epilogue 5“Yep. On it.” Dakota blurts, momentarily disturbing the tiny girl in his arms. He recovers quickly whispering to her, holding her close to his face and smiling like an idiot, but she loves it smiling at the sound of his voice, or maybe his familiar scent. I'm not sure what they can sens
“I think you’ll find giving us three pups will wear you out a bit.” Oliver says sitting next to me gently tilting his pile of blankets.The tiniest most precious face I have ever seen peeks out. She’s barely the size of his forearm, but looks completely at home snuggled into him. I look at Oliver’s
Epilogue 4“No! Stop that thought right there. Once we start that, I get nothing done the rest of the day.” I put my finger up in his face then move past him to wash my hands, which is another amazing feat since I have to stand sideways. He just laughs behind me. They used to try to hide when th
Epilogue 3“What do we do? What can we do to make this better for you?” Cam climbs behind me, resting against the wall of pillows behind us and pulling me back between his legs. Oliver’s head drops to the bed unceremoniously.“Not okay man.” He half grumbles, half laughs, then crawls towards me t
“We’ll talk more about this tomorrow.” She turns to run at Sam, I’m sure crying again. This hormone sh*t is no joke.Before I can even think about her fast retreat, I am scooped up and carried away. Oliver’s honey scent doesn’t surprise me as I bury my face in his neck to calm my nerves. We obvi