Hi everyone! Thank you so, so much for reading Omega Luna. I hope you're enjoying it as much as I'm enjoying writing it. There are only eight chapters left now! I can't believe it. I'm so sorry there's been such a long gap between updates. I've been really busy, then really burnt out, which is no excuse but I thought it better to give a reason than nothing. I should be back to normal chapter updates now though. Thanks again for reading! Not long now. Hazel x
Jane’s POVI felt the hold Amy’s hypnosis had on me snap the moment Hunter bit down onto the curve of my neck. His teeth dug in; blood spurted from the wound; like a burst of bright white light, it flared and then vanished.Since Nina had come back to me, it felt like I’d been taken by the hand, led towards a deep, clear lake – and away from the clutches of the hypnosis. Step by step, I’d been eased away from its cruel grip. Then, when he’d marked me as his, I’d not only reached the lake’s edge but dived right in.It had washed away everything. My innate hatred for him was gone. My heart could feel as it chose now, and it chose him.He held me. I lay, serene, in his arms, embraced by the soft heat of the mate bond as much as I was by him. I palmed his muscular chest and listened to the gentle whooshing of our breaths. In and out. In and out. In and–My sons were missing.I froze.I’d forgotten about them. In the heat of the moment, I’d completely and utterly forgotten that they were g
Jane’s POVI stared at Daisy, watching her face crumple as the truth settled into silence. It was so thick I could’ve reached out and touched it. My back went rigid and my shoulders locked.Hunter filled that silence, his voice bemused as he cut through it. “I know she’s my daughter,” he said, looking between us like he couldn’t understand why we were so tense. “You were the one who brought her to me, Daisy. You know she’s mine. I don’t understand.”I did, though.“You took her to him?” I breathed, clutching at the edge of the sofa cushions. It couldn’t be true. I had to have got the wrong end of the stick. I’d jumped to the wrong conclusion, that was all…Nina’s hackles rose as she caught on. ‘No, she didn’t,’ she denied, her voice soft but sharp as a knife. ‘She was your friend. I remember that. We went looking for her. She was your friend,’ she said again, disbelief and horror going to war in her tone.“Jane?” Hunter frowned at me, looked down at my clenched fists, tried to take my
Jane’s POVI followed Carl around to the back of the pack house. It was pretty, all rose bushes and trailing ivy, and made prettier still by the gossamer sunshine dancing across the myriad of leaves and flowers.I ignored all of that beauty. I could’ve been walking into a dark and dingy cellar for all I cared. My mind was too distracted, split apart into factions: my missing sons, my stolen daughter, Daisy herself, my mate bond with Hunter, and Nina’s arrival. Everything had happened so fast I’d barely had time to take a breath between it all. And now Carl was here. That was just great.But if I could be clever, and use my words carefully, and see if he knew anything about my taken sons, and daughter, I realised a painful heartbeat later, then this new distraction would be worth it. I hoped.My mind spun as I realised that not only my sons had been taken, but my daughter, too. In all of the hurt and betrayal I’d barely started to consider the real ramifications of Daisy’s deception.
Hunter’s POVJane went to talk to Carl.And Jane never came back.Reg let out a low whine. ‘You should’ve followed them, like I said.’‘Jane is more than capable of handling Carl,’ I replied, but there was no conviction in my voice. Something was off with my Beta. I’d always been able to trust Carl before; he’d been my best friend for years and he’d stepped easily into the role of my Beta. If we’d been in a fight, I hadn’t ever had to look to know he was by my side, following my every move and working with each and every one of them.Now, though, I got the feeling that he answered to another Alpha – and that worried me.‘Why does he want to talk to Luna Eremita?’ I wondered, starting to pace. ‘I wish I knew,’ said Reg, over-dramatically, wafting his face with a paw. ‘Honestly, Hunter, this stuff is ex-haust-ing.’ He put on a yawn. ‘It’s much easier to write about drama than to live it. Poor Jane.’ He simpered. ‘Poor Ava. Poor Ares and Owen. What are we going to do? Our mate is gone!
Hunter’s POVI expected for my world to spin off its axis at those words – but it didn’t. In fact, I felt very little. Nothing at all.I’d never clicked with Obie. I’d always been drawn to Ava but never to him. In my mind, she’d been my daughter and Obie had been Amy’s son. Huh. Now I knew why.That was why I fixed Carl with a cold stare and said flatly, “I know.”Compared to the other revelations I’d been through lately – hell, even in just the last few hours – this barely made me bat an eye. Maybe it was because I cared about Jane and Ava and her sons, but maybe it was because, deep down, I really didn’t care about Amy or Obie. ‘Hunter!’ gasped Reg. ‘How can you think that about a poor, innocent baby?’‘That’s the thing. I don’t think anything about him. Anyway, he’s nothing to do with me. Not really. That takes the matter out of my hands, don’t you think?’Reg muttered under his breath that I was horrible and unfeeling, and that was probably also true, but I still couldn’t make my
Hunter’s POVIt was too late. My hand was on the doorknob and it was already swinging open.There was no turning back now. Reg wailed. ‘I can smell her blood! Jane’s hurt! Jane’s dying! Jane’s dead!’The buzzing in my ears drowned out his mournful howls. Everything was moving in slow motion as I finished easing open the door. I took it all in whilst observing nothing other than the most heart-breaking thing I’d seen since… since...The present was so horrifying it eclipsed even my darkest memories.Jane was lashed securely to a metal table. My heart broke and, somewhere through the haze of my heartache, all I could think was: she must be so cold.Her limbs stuck out at odd angles. Blood covered her. But worst of all was her face. It was empty. It was like someone had made a perfect physical copy of her but had left out the most important part: her soul. The waxy figurine atop the metal table looked like Jane, broken and bruised but still my Jane, only without the bright spark of de
Hunter’s POVEverything moved in a blur. My eyes were fixed on my father, his mutated wolf filling my field of vision as he moved swiftly towards me. But, from the corner of my eye, a sudden burst of movement snagged my gaze.Jane sat bolt upright. She looked like a zombie, her wounds unhealed, her eyes blank – but she was moving, scrambling to grab the kids, crying out my name as my attention was forced back onto my dad.His jagged claws caught the edge of my shoulder. I shifted out before he could claim the upper hand, letting Reg’s powerful body burst out of mine.My father sneered down at me. The knobbed ridge of his spine seemed to snap as he bent low, his sickly orange eyes meeting mine. I could smell his stale breath. “You always were weak,” he said, his voice a hollow growl. It didn’t sound like it had; it was all wolf, vicious and as broken as he was.Suddenly, I wasn’t a grown man, a strong Alpha, a mate, standing before a weak and unwell old man who had clearly gone to desp
Jane’s POVAlpha Dylan – or what was left of him – pounced at Hunter. A scream built in my throat, but I was helpless to do anything. He’d given me a chance to get our kids out safely, and I wasn’t going to waste it.I wasn’t even sure how I was alive right now. One moment, I’d been lost to the foggy darkness of unconsciousness, and glad of it, too, after all the pain I’d been forced to endure. Even in the depths of nothingness, I’d known that agony beckoned in the light.But there were other things there besides the pain. Love, in all its many forms, waited for me here. My children. My mate. My friends.So I clung to wakefulness with everything I had and prayed that whatever was keeping me awake would keep working for another second, another minute, another hour. I needed every moment I could steal to get my kids to safety.Amy kicked the door open. My view of Hunter disappeared as Carl pushed me through it. The last I saw of him was his own father grinning at him, sick, twisted, sad