The Day Temperance and Sebastian turn 13….
“Happy Birthday, my teenager!” Janice smiles at Temperance.“I’m 13,” Temperance shrugs.Janice narrows her eyes and frowns. “Sweetheart, what is wrong?”“I’m feeling different,” Temperance tells her. “Like something is fighting inside of me.”“ZACH!” Janice yells. “Tempe, honey, don’t fight it.”Janice starts leading Temperance outside.“What is happening?” Zachary asks, running after his mate and his daughter.“She is fighting inside, her shift!” Janice is excited.“What is with the yelling?” Sebastian asks.“Tempe is about to shift,” Janice says excitedly. She stops as they all get outside and turns to Sebastian. “Sorry, Happy Birthday, my teenager!”Janice hugs her son tightly.“Thanks, Mom. What is happening to Tempe?” Sebastian looks over at Temperance.She is sweating and breathing in heaves.“Tempe, you have to let it happen,” Janice coaches her, leaving Sebastian behind her. “Don’t fight it.”CAM- Hey, Temperance, it’s me, your wolf. My name is Cam. Just let go and let me take over.Temperance- Why does it hurt so much?CAM- It only hurts this first time. Breathe.Temperance takes a deep breathe. Sebastian looks at her and his heart pings.Cole- Hey, man, it’s me, your wolf. She is amazing, right?Sebastian- Am I about shift too?Cole- We are going to give our Alpha the spotlight first, then it’s our show.Sebastian- She was born first too.Cole- She is our Alpha.Sebastian- If we try really hard, we can be Alpha.Cole- We are Betas.Sebastian- She looks like it's really painful.Cole- She is fighting it.Sebastian- That is Temperance, total control freak.Cole- Alpha.Temperance lets out a scream that draws the attention of everyone in the dining hall for breakfast. The Elders are there too; to see what happens too.Sebastian- Can we help her?Cole- You want to take her Alpha title, but you can’t stand to see her go through pain?Sebastian- What is your point?Cole- I’m just saying, if you want to take her Alpha title, maybe be less concerned with her pain. Losing her title is going to be very painful.Sebastian- You’re right. I need to steel myself against her pain.Cole- Or just go over, hold her hand, and remind her to breathe.Sebastian watches as Temperance continues to struggle. He fights with himself to try and ignore the pain she is going through. But his heart starts to hurt too.“Breathe, Tempe,” Sebastian reaches and takes her hand.Finally, a large gray and white wolf with dark outlines and a serious expression stands where Temperance was laying.“Hi, Tempe is going to be pissed when she realizes her favorite shirt and jeans are ripped,” Sebastian attempts to pet Cam, who pulls away and growls at him. “Oh, so you hate me as much as your human. Good to know.”Cole- Ready to show off?Sebastian takes off his jacket and tee shirt.Sebastian- How do I start?Cole- Just let me take over.Sebastian- Ok.Sebastian closes his eyes. The pain shoots through him as he falls to his knees. Cam licks his hand and uses her nose, until his hand is on top of her hand.Sebastian’s back breaks and hair grows all over him. Then, the wolf that appears has everyone staring.“How are we supposed to tell them apart?” Janice asks as she looks at the identical wolves.Cam keeps her serious expression, while Cole smirks. The wolf actually smirks.“Sebastian’s wolf smirks like he does,” Zachary smiles. “Reminds me of Bolt.”Clay, Zachary’s wolf, whimpers at the mention of his friend Bolt, Terry’s wolf.“Yeah, he does.” Janice smiles but doesn’t have long before the two new wolves are scraping at each other. “You two, knock it off.”Cam and Cole are snarling at each other, their fur on their backs is standing up. Cam snaps at Cole and Cole lunges for Cam. Cam dodges but grabs his ear and pulls him to the ground.“ENOUGH!” Zachary orders, using Alpha tone.“He has a very strong wolf,” Elder Abner smiles, seeing one wolf having pinned the other by the ear.“Temperance is pinning Sebastian. Not the other way around,” Zachary tells him.Elder Abner steps back before Zachary and Janice saw the scowl on his face. He resolves then, increase the training with Sebastian and now, his wolf.Cam releases Cole, who now has an ear that is barely attached.“There is another difference now,” Zachary tries to hold back his laugh.“Zach,” Janice hisses at her mate.“Sorry, not sorry. She is an Alpha,” Zachary smirks. “He will heal.”“Not the point,” Janice says as Zachary pulls her close for a kiss.“They are going to shift back and be naked,” Zachary warns her.Janice brings them tee shirts and shorts before they shift back.Both dresses quickly, before they face each other.“You bitch,” Sebastian says, touching his ear, which does have a nick in it.“You told your wolf you could take over,” Temperance yells at him.“Yeah, because I can. I’m going to be the next Alpha of Biczi Pack. So, get over it. I’m the Alpha’s son as chosen by the moon goddess. Cole and I are going to make you and Cam sorry you were ever born,” Sebastian stands at his full height, towering over Temperance.“Bring it on,” Temperance knees him in the crouch and watches him knell over.“Temperance Nicole Biczi,” Zachary scolds her.“Sorry, go ahead and pick up your son,” Temperance gives Cam control back and runs for the woods.A small smirk forms on Elder Abner’s face. All Abner could think was someone finally called Sebastian the Alpha’s son.“Rose and I will go after her,” Janice runs to the tree line, before undressing and shifting.Sebastian breathes heavy and catches Zachary staring at him with a cold hard expression.“My office, young man,” Zachary says as he steps over the boy, still in pain from Temperance’s knee.Sebastian manages to get to the Alpha Office and sit in a chair.“When the moon goddess gave me a daughter, I always assumed she would also give me a son as she has always given the Alphas in our family. Then, she took Nova from me. She gave me your mother, but so far, we have not had any more children. So, it would appear that you and Temperance are the only children to be born to this generation. You were born a Beta, to a great Beta line. Temperance, while female, is still born an Alpha, of a great Alpha line. Just because the goddess made you my son, does not mean she means to bypass Temperance,” Zachary scolds him.Abner now has it. He almost skips down the hall. Thanking the moon goddess Sebastian didn’t close the door all the way.“Tempe agreed! She agreed to a challenge on our 18th birthday. We will challenge each other, and the winner is Alpha, the loser is Beta,” Sebastian throws his arms out akimbo as he explains.“Based on what I just saw, she and her wolf are going to eat you and yours alive,” Zachary says. “Who will be the judge of this contest?”“We haven’t picked them yet.” Sebastian slouches and looks at the ground.“Your mother and I will be the judge. Wolf and human forms, so train hard. Temperance is not going to give up easily,” Zachary gets up and leaves Sebastian sitting there. Never has Zachary been more disappointed in Sebastian and Temperance.Meanwhile in the woods, Rose finds Cam sitting by a stream.Rose- Hello.Cam- Hello.Rose- You nearly took off his ear.Cam- Nearly is not all the way.Rose- What did he do?Cam- Have you come to defend him?Rose- No, I have come to find out what offense my pup could have committed for his Alpha to bite him so.Cam- He plans to overthrow me, as Alpha, I must punish such behavior.Rose- Agreed, but how about you let Janice and Zach do it for a while. Take a break.Cam- Do I offend you?Rose- It’s just a suggestion.Cam- I will allow it for now. But he will need to learn his place, or he will break the Beta line his forefathers built. He will break the bonds of the pack.Rose- You think he will break mate bonds.Cam- I do not know the future, only the present. And right now, he is defying all bonds. Teach your pup to be better.Rose- Yes, Alpha.With that, Cam takes off to explore the borders of Biczi. She will be gone for all her summers from now on. Time to train to be Alpha.“Alpha Temperance?” Jasper Justice meets her car at the front of his pack house.“Yes,” Temperance shakes his hand.“Welcome to Justice Pack. My wife and Luna, Mora,” Jasper introduces the lovely woman behind him.“We are going to be friends,” Mora smiles at her.While Temperance is learning, building an Alliance, Sebastian is getting a different kind of training.“Seb, you are a handsome boy, just like your dad. I think you should be exploring your abilities with females,” Abner tells him.“I’m 13, what females are going to be interested in me?” Sebastian asks.Cole- I don’t like this guy.“Oh, come now, you should have a girlfriend. Kimberley Anderson seems very interested in you,” Abner tell him.“Kim is like Temperance’s best friend. She isn’t going to be interested in me,” Sebastian shakes his head.“Every girl will be interested once they know you are the next Alpha,” Abner tells him.“How am I the next Alpha? Temperance can still beat me,” Sebastian says.“But Temperance is not
“I'm so happy for you both!” Janice smiles at her children.“Congratulations,” Zachary also smiles.Temperance looks up at her mate with a small smile. But he doesn’t smile back. Instead, Sebastian looks at her with hard, cold eyes.“We need to talk,” Sebastian pulls Temperance away from the crowd.“Aren’t you happy?” Temperance asks. “We don't have to fight over Alpha now.”“You can’t be serious,” Sebastian spits at her. “You can’t honestly think that we should accept this.”“Seb, of course I do we are mates,” Temperance smiles.“Temperance, NO, I hate you,” Sebastian stares into her eyes. He sees he might hurt her, and his heart tightens.“But you held my hand when I shifted, you talk to me, you and I share stories, we joke, I thought,” Temperance is not breathing normally.Cam- Calm down, he can’t reject us for two years.Temperance- It will break me. I can’t be a strong Alpha without by fated mate.Cam- Then, let the asshole reject us so we can get a second chance.Temperance- I h
“I asked what the hell is going on here,” Zachary asks again.“Alpha, I am just encouraging our future Alpha, your son,” Abner answers, with a smile. “Didn’t you say only a few years ago that the goddess made him your son?”Zachary steps closer and squints his eyes at Abner. “I said that in a private conversation in my office with the door closed. Sebastian maybe easily influenced, but I doubt he would say I said that.”“I didn’t Zach, I swear, I didn’t,” Sebastian is trembling at the aura his stepfather is putting off.“I know you didn’t Seb, you need to sit over there while you heal,” Zachary directs Sebastian while staring directly into Abner’s playful eyes. “You have been the one putting the ideas in his head. All the problems in my house are because of you. You created the monster and I have two years to fix it. You wanted to rob my daughter of her fated mate. Weaken my pack.”“I’m an Elder, no one will believe you,” Abner jokes.“Sebastian, has Abner here been the one to put you
When the alarm for training started blaring in Temperance’s room, she tried to move but she couldn’t. She is the little spoon in a big, hard body cocoon. Her whole body is sparking and tingling. And she feels safe.SAFE? In the arms of the man who want to overthrow her.Temperance wiggles away, waking Sebastian in the process.“Sorry Tempe for touching,” Sebastian groans, rubbing his face. “But you have to admit for only getting 4 hours of sleep, it was a good 4 hours.”“I’m not admitting anything to you. Unless you are agreeing to me as Alpha,” Temperance raises an eyebrow at him.“You can’t honestly think you would make a better Alpha than I would,” Sebastian is still laying in bed. He is shirtless, which he wasn’t last night.Temperance looks down at herself and she is still dressed at least.“Yes, I do,” Temperance answers him. “It is the role I was born for. I will earn the respect of the pack.”“According to Drek, you have them already,” Sebastian says absentmindedly. He doesn’t
“Eric, can you hear me?” Temperance asks as she rubs his face.“Alpha, did I get him?” Eric asks weakly.Temperance smiles at him. “You did very well. You got Dean, but you were shot twice. But you got the video recording out and we caught Abner and Shirley because you hit the panic button. Do you think you can stand? We need to get you to the hospital?”“Yes, Alpha,” Eric nods at her and she helps him to the stretcher. “I’m proud you will be my Alpha.”“Thank you, Eric,” Temperance gives him a smile as they take him away.“Trouble in the border pack is not good,” Zachary says, looking around.“We should kill the Races now and show both sides we do not tolerate this,” Temperance says, looking at her Dad.“I have Elder approval. Thanks to Eric, we don’t need a trial. He is a hero,” Zachary tells her.“And he should be honored. After the funerals for Doug and Grant,” Temperance says.Sebastian comes down into the cells. “You okay?”Temperance doesn’t look at him, not realizing he was sp
“Thank you, Alpha Temperance,” Doug’s Mother hugs Temperance tightly.“He was someone I looked forward to seeing every morning,” Temperance tells her.“Protecting you was his greatest goal,” Doug’s Mother smiles.Temperance hands her the flag that had been draped over Doug’s coffin.The Biczi Pack flag is silver with glitter radiating from a black howling wolf with Biczi Pack under it. Temperance and Sebastian folded the flags in honor of the fallen. If it had not been such a sobering occasion, watching the two of them avoid touching each other would have been comical.Zachary stood guard of the chained Races, forcing them to watch the young wolves they killed honored, while their own son was burned just as they will be after their deaths. He watched as his children dressed in their Pack uniforms saluted the coffins and folded the flags expertly as they have been trained. Even in this time of sadness, they gave him reason to be proud of them.Temperance, Sebastian, Derk, Janice, and Z
“Tempe,” Alpha Jasper Justice smiles at her. He is 25 and has always supported her becoming Alpha.“Jasper,” Temperance shakes his hand. “How are Mora and the pups?”“Well and sending their love,” Jasper presents her with drawings from his young children and a gift bag. “Mora said you loved her cookies.”“Oh, I do,” Temperance smiles.“I heard Sebastian is your mate, how is that going?” Jasper asks with a smirk.Temperance smiles back at him and nods her head. They both laugh. Jasper’s Beta Lance joins them.“What’s the joke?” Lance asks.“Seb Timberman and Tempe Biczi as mates,” Jasper laughs.“Heard my name,” Sebastian joins them, standing next to Tempe, but not touching her.Both Jasper and Lance look between them before they both narrow their eyes.Temperance closes her eyes and breathes deep, “We are still working through things. We are early mates, not the full-on gross ones yet.”“Oh, yeah, totally,” Lance nods, still eyeing Sebastian with a furrowed brow.Cam- You two will nev
“I understand your pack does not allow humans within 100 miles of your pack borders. That prevision is still in place from before I was born,” Temperance tells him and he nods looking her in the eye, even if he is standing taller than her. Sebastian has taken a step off the wall not liking how close they are to each other. “I believe that clause excludes Reynolds Pack from this new proposal. No one here is too young to remember what your pack suffered. I ask you to remember to whom you speak.”Zachary and Janice can’t stop the pride they feel for their daughter rolling off of them.“Reynolds Pack agrees to the purposal,” Lucius sits down.Milo smirks at Temperance, earning an eye roll from Sebastian. Zachary watches Sebastian, expecting a growl in the least.“I see no issue, I reserve the right to beat the pathetic beast before handing them over,” Jasper smiles and wiggles his eyebrows at Temperance.“Alpha Jasper, we all know you are an artist,” Temperance smiles.The rest of the Alp
“Congratulations!” Catherine squeals as she bring Cary in. “So what are their names.”“Dodger, Olivia, and Charley,” Nova smiles proudly. “Wait those are not even close to what you told us,” Terry looks confused. “She is allowed to change her mind,” Catherine coos handing Cary to him without ceremony or even looking at her mate. “They are beautiful.”Catherine holds both girls and coos in their faces. “Hey Cary check your cousin and future best friend,” Terry tells Cary showing him Dodger. “May I come in?” Juliet asks from the door way. “Of course,” Nova smiles. “You look beat little mama,” Juliet tells her. “But look at these three.”“I know look a them,” Catherine turns so Juliet can see the girls. “Who is who?”Oliver looks at the girls and points to the one with long eye lashes, “Olivia. Charley has a bigger forehead.”“They are so beautiful. Now I want one,” Juliet pouts. “Oh so seeing what mixed babies look like makes you want one?” Oliver teases her. Juliet rolls her eye
“Hey Baby,” Juliet wakes up and runs her hand through Hank’s hair.“Hey,” Hank wakes up and smiles. “How are you feeling?”“Stronger. I think it must have worked,” Juliet smiles. “I knew Oliver’s blood would work,” Hank smiles back and kisses her lips. “I love you.”“I love you too,” Juliet tells him. The doctor comes and checks Juliet taking some blood. “Okay so I’ll run the blood, but we need to do another scan to be sure. I don’t want to get your hopes up yet. For some patients the process takes a couple of tries,” The doctor warns. “Don’t lose hope if we have to have a round two.”“Thank you,” Juliet smiles. “It’s going to be okay.” Hank exhales and nods at her. Soon they come a wheel Juliet away for her scan. Two hours later Hank and Juliet are giggling and sharing small kisses.“Alpha, Luna, there is only a little change. We will need to do another treatment,” The doctor tells them. “We can discharge you now and you can return in six weeks for the second round.”Juliet tri
“The way to the peace is the red door. You can’t open the red door, unless you are chosen. Those who are not chosen, go through the green door and meet the gods,” Zachary says to the doctors.“The formula only works on those who are chosen, otherwise they die,” Terry tells them.“You understand him?” Hank asks. Terry nods.“We need to make it lavender. Lavender is the key to the red door,” Zachary mixes to liquids together. “Not enough red, need more red.”“There is nothing red,” one of the doctors say.“The top of the red is best. Need 12 beats,” Zachary smiles at Terry.“Blood, you need blood?” Terry asks.“Twelve beats,” Zachary holds out a silver knife and his own hand.“You need 12 drops of blood?” Hank asks.“Beat, boom, boom, boom, boom,” Zachary tells them.“Heartbeats, he needs 12 heart beats of his own blood,” Terry tells them.“This would be so much easier if he wasn’t crazy,” Hank says.“Only he who has the vision to hear, can taste the future I can feel,” Zachary says as
“Okay guys, it’s 3am,” Terry looks at his watch. “We are well tipsy. Love you guys but I have a pregnant mate and a four month old at home.”“Yeah my Luna is carrying triplets. She is going to be pretty pissed when I get home,” Oliver laughs. “I’ll just give her some head and all is forgiven.”Hank laughs, “Is that all it takes to tame the beast?”Oliver flicks his tongue making Hank laugh and Terry look uneasy. “My sweet innocent sister,” Terry groans. “There is nothing innocent about her anymore,” Oliver winks. Hank laughs as they all stand and head back home.When they get in the packhouse they are quiet thinking their Luna’s are already asleep. Safe bet since it is 4am. “What is that light and noise?” Terry asks pointing to the kitchen.“Most likely the Omegas getting breakfast started,” Hank answers. “I wonder if they have bacon ready yet?”“Worth a look,” Oliver suggests. They make their way in and find a scene they did not expect. Nova is standing on top of the counter, J
Once Temperance released her daughter, they all marched over to where Marissa is bound, kneeling in front of the fire burning the rogue bodies.“You lead all of them to their deaths,” Nova says, pulling Marissa’s hair back, forcing Marissa to look her in the eye. “You thought I was weak. I guess throwing you over a patio wall wasn’t lesson enough.”“How did you overcome so many? We send 90 after you,” Marissa lets tears fall as she stares at Nova.“You thought I was weak and that is why I never trained, You thought I was helpless without my Alpha family or mate. You thought I was the easy target. But, you see, you don’t know me. If you did know me, you would know I am not now, nor have I ever been, weak. Only underestimated,” Nova smiles slightly. “And you miscalculated.”“I loved him before you,” Marissa whines. “I loved him without a bond telling me to.”“You could have had the perfect life with Rhys. You could have been happy. But now you over played your hand. Oliver never loved y
“He is a handsome boy!” Hank smiles, seeing his nephew on the screen. “Looks very Reynolds.”“Nice try, this boy is all Timberman,” Terry smiles proudly.“That black hair gives it away,” Catherine smiles at her brother.“You have brown hair,” Hank teases back.“Yeah, but Uncle Seb, Terry, and Nova all have black hair, like my sweet little boy,” Catherine kisses the top of her son’s head. “I can’t think of a name. Got any ideas?”“I’m not giving you my top choices, they are mine,” Hank smiles.“Jules?” Catherine asks.“I’m gonna stand by my man on this one,” Juliet smiles. “He is really handsome.”“Handsome?” Catherine looks up at Terry.“Yeah, he is handsome,” Terry stares at his son.“No, 'Handsome' as his name,” Catherine smiles.Terry squints at her. “Love of my life, my whole reason for being. No, that is not a good name.”Nova laughs.“I think he is so handsome there is only one name for him,” Oliver smiles. “Name him Oliver.”Everyone laughs.“What about Tom?” Terry asks.“Too p
“Every pack is on alert, she has been out there two weeks now,” Terry tells Catherine. “I want you to stay close to the Packhouse, please.”Catherine rolls her eyes, “I'm not in the condition to fight with you. But do you honestly think she will come here to hurt me?”“No, she is going after Nova,” Terry answers. “We all know she is going after Nova. But you are vulnerable. Nova would gladly lay her life down for you and our child.”Catherine considers and nods.“Sorry to interrupt,” Sebastian knocks on the office door. “I heard my daughter in law and grandchild need a bodyguard. I have come to volunteer. Cole is restless.”“Mom made you,” Terry rolls his eyes.“In a way. She is driving me crazy. Something is off and I need out of her way while she figures it out,” Sebastian smiles.“I thought you two figured things out together?” Catherine looks at him.Sebastian sits down. “Normally, yes. But whatever this is, its emotional, internal. She needs to figure this out herself. I am suppo
“Marissa, they are coming after you,” Kimberly tells her. “Lexington is trying to save you, but the other Alphas are voting soon. He won’t have a choice; our pack can’t fight everyone.”Marissa thinks, “Why aren’t they coming after you at all?”Kimberly swallows. “I am a Luna, out of respect, I am given some permissions.”“So, if I was a Luna, then they would leave me alone?” Marissa asks.“I don’t know. You actually poisoned the Luna of Reynolds. Hank is not so forgiving. He wants to punish you at Reynolds. Oliver is asking Justice get you first, but he might lose that battle,” Kimberly tells her, ringing her hands and shaking. “We need to prepare for you to be taken.”Marissa throws her head back laughing. “You give up so easily. Clearly you are not Luna material. At least I have a wolf. Isn’t a Luna’s first job to do what is in the best interest of the pack?”“Yes, that is why I am telling you; we need to prepare for you trial. We need to be ready with a defense,” Kimberly says. “W
Nova grabs Oliver’s arm to balance herself as he explains everything behind her closed office door.“So, I am not safe here,” Nova looks at him. “Oliver, you have to let me go home until this is over. I can defend myself, but I can’t train with these warriors. I can’t trust anyone. Until you get control of your pack, I need to leave.”“I will protect you. Running only shows the pack you are afraid. Don’t worry about your safety or the safety of Biczi Warriors. I will call Terry and explain everything. He can be on more solid watch. Nova, you are more important to me than my pack. I’ll let Terry come in here and kill them all before I let you be taken from me. Once the pack see what lies Marissa was spewing, they will find you are the Luna they asked for and one they can respect and love,” Oliver rambles off very quickly hoping to change her mind.Nova inhales deeply and takes his hand. “Okay, but I want you with me at all times now or I will be in this office with the door locked. I w