Chapter 10I sat down in the bathtub filled with hot water and lavender and moaned as it covered my body in relaxing warmth. I could never have a relaxing moment without my subconscious drifting back to some damn trauma in my life. I never told anyone what happened to me in the Phantom Woods because I wasn’t sure of it myself.Flashback“All you have to do is let me in.”“Let you in where? I asked with a shaky voice.“Inside of you. Let me and I’ll make everything alright.”“No. LEAVE ME ALONE!”“You really should watch that temper. It can change the world. I know who you are.”I sat up a little braver. “Who am I?”It laughed or at least I think I was a laugh, it sent cold shivers down my spine. “Heathen Wolf, be sure to ask Odin.”“What?”“Go now, I will release you from this place, but I shall be watching you Ulfheonar, your sacrifices sate me.I walked out of the Phantom Woods only to see Saskia and Saxon strung up like scarecrows disemboweled with their eyes open in fright. I col
Chapter 11That night after Phoenix showered and fell into bed exhausted over the day she had, she fell into a deep sleep. Meanwhile Gael was also in bed falling into a deep sleep thinking of Phoenix, he began to dream. He dreamt that Phoenix was standing in the field in front of the packhouse with a sheer dress on, the kind where you could see her whole body. Her hair was in coily waves down her back and the wind blowing against her made her look ethereal. She called his name and her voice, the sound went straight to his dick. He watched as she started walking toward him and the way her body moved had him paralyzed and unable to take his eyes off her. When she finally reached him, he just took her in, her scent enveloped him and his whole body tingled. His hand touched her cheek and electric shocks shot through his fingers, his arm, his whole body. Her hazel eyes seemed to pierce his soul. After what seemed like an eternity, he bent to kiss her and when their lips met, the mate bond
Chapter 12As Phoenix stood in the shower, watching the blood and chunks go down the drain, she wasn’t injured but felt a significant loss. She only killed in battle, in self-defense. Even the missions she was sent on, these were bad people who had killed the young, had used them for sexual trafficking and abused them beyond belief. It still made her sick to her stomach, but she always remembered what she learned from the Phantom woods about her temper. She practiced keeping her temper in check because she never knew what could happen if she truly lost it.She stood in the closet finding clothes to put on when there was a knock at the door. She didn’t care that she was in a towel and her hair still wet just said “come in.” In walks Gael who stops and quickly closes the door because he didn’t want anyone to walk by and see what is his. He stood there looking at those beautiful brown smooth legs and arms and imagined what she looked like naked. He adjusted himself and cleared his throat
Chapter 13Lance’s POVI’m sitting here on the porch still in disbelief over what I’ve seen my sister do. I was on the verge of stepping in so many times, but with each moment I was mesmerized with her. I never knew Phee held that kind of power. She’s always been my baby sister. When she was up against Montrose, I knew she would beat him, but the force of the kill move she used was incredible. Then she stood and challenged everyone before her, I must admit I was nervous because I wouldn’t let anyone rush her or hurt her, but then I looked over at Gael and I knew I’d be second in anything having to do with Phee. He was battle ready and did I see pride on his face? She was a well-oiled machine taking out everyone that stepped to her. The last guy, I actually felt sorry for. He was trying to be a warrior, but sometimes you gotta know when to say when. The way she ended him was brutal. After, she stood waiting and then the rest of Montrose’s warriors went to their knees with the sign of
Chapter 14She told them everything from her time in the Phantom woods to the day she went to the library, to the present. Doc Simmons sat up straight in his chair and said, “That explains so much. Your healing is incredible, your speed, strength. You’re everything is a hundred times more powerful than that of an ordinary wolf.”“Your aura is excruciating, and it brings Alphas to their knees.” Gael smiled as he looked at her.Doc Simmons was so excited. He got out of his seat and paced the room, “Oh I have to pull the books on Odin, I’ll start researching right now.” He ran out of the room like a kid with a new toy.Gael thought about all that Phoenix said and he had a myriad of emotions concerning his life up to now. He was destined to this wonderful entity, where he was the only one who could rein her in when she was out of control. He also thought about how dumb he’d been for years, and he still hadn’t sealed the deal with her yet. The twinge in his pants made him anxious to get to
Chapter 15“I can’t believe they managed to ruin all my plans! They still have my daughter and they killed Montrose.” Alpha Walters, Amy’s father was livid at how things were turning out. “Amy is pretty much a lost cause; she was weak when it came to men. She couldn’t go against the mate bond, but she sure as hell fought it to sleep with that weakling Alpha jr.” he was seething thinking about how she allowed herself to be taken advantage of. “Where is Tolina? I need her here now!” His subordinates ran to fetch the witch.After about twenty minutes in walks a woman with white hair looking to be in her thirties with sparkling grey eyes.“You rang?” she asked in a bored tone.“Yes Tolina. What is happening out there? I need answers. None of my pack warriors or Montrose’s came back. I have no intel. What is going on out there?”“Yes Alpha you have your answer right there. All your forces and Montrose’s have been captured or killed, same as Montrose himself. I told you this would happen; yo
Chapter 16Gael had finally figured out the date and he was excited. He’d have Lance helping and his parents kicked in as well. He contacted Phoenix telling her the time so she could get ready. She was at a loss because she was here on a mission, not for dates. Everything she packed was for combat or comfort. Nothing that screamed date. She was walking around her parents’ house in her underwear, not sure how she was going to pull it off.“Phee calm down dear we’ll figure this out.”“Mama, I don’t have not one decent thing that I can wear. Everything is either camo or leggings and tank tops.” She shrieked.“Hold on, mama has some stuff up her sleeves.” Phoenix frowned at the thought of wearing “mom clothes.”“Uhh no thanks mama, for real.” Her mom scoffed at her and went upstairs in a huff. Phoenix didn’t want to hurt her mother’s feelings, but she couldn’t imagine that she’d have anything in her closet that Phoenix would want or could wear. Boy was she wrong.Mama came down with a gar
Chapter 17We drove into town a bit and I could tell she was trying to figure out where we were going. I didn’t say. When we arrived, she had this look on her face I really couldn’t decipher, but I parked and got out to go to her side and opened her door and helped her out. We were in front of this impressive building with a world-famous restaurant on top. Everyone wanted to eat there, you had to have a reservation months in advance. Phoenix looked up and had this look on her face that wasn’t exactly what I thought it would be.“Are you disappointed? I asked her.“No, no not at all.” She said like she gave the correct answer.“Oh, I’m sorry, but we’re not going here, we’re going there.” I pointed to the little cozy Italian place to the left of that big building. Her smile was so big and genuine my heart exploded in my chest. I’d asked Lance and their parents what Phoenix likes. They all said, “Italian!” at the same time. They said that Phoenix was a simple soul and liked the little t
Chapter 35As they approached the packhouse, the omega’s bowed as they held the door open for these massive beasts. Two omega’s held the doors open to the Alpha’s suite and quickly exited when both wolves were inside.An Alpha wolf is very protective of his Luna and pups and if you linger to long they may see it as a threat.So once the door was closed Freya went to the floor and began to shift back. Ronan stayed, watchful to make sure Phoenix was alright.Phoenix woke on the floor with Ronan licking her face. “Mmmm, hi Ronan, did you have a good time last night?” she smirked as she sat up.He answered by lying next to her with his paws surrounding her body. She leaned into his massive chest and stroked his ears. He purred.“Thank you for always taking care of us, loving us. I’ll always be devoted and love you with all my heart and soul.” He leaned over her and rubbed her face.“You and Freya are my reason for being. I’ll always choose you both.”“Ronan, give me my Luna back please.”
Chapter 34They walked hand in hand with a picnic basket that had extra clothes and food in in. They didn’t know how long Ronan and Freya would be at it, so they wanted to be prepared.In the deepest part of the forest, they stopped and kissed each other. Both of them still mesmerized with the fact that they were blessed with each other. Phoenix started to undress with Gael staring at her with love and adoration in his eyes. He followed her lead and in no time they were both naked under the moonlight.“I’ve never shifted before Gael; I don’t know what is going to happen. I know it can be painful, and I’m okay with that, but I’ve heard it’s better when your mate is there.”“Yes my love, having your mate near helps tremendously; so I’ve heard. You ready?”“Yes.”Freya spoke to Phoenix. “Alright girlie, I’m ready and trust me okay? It’s isn’t going to be as bad as you think. I need you to relax and let go. If you fight me, it will be painful, do you understand?”“I do, and I trust you wi
Chapter 33This time Gael came and held me tightly. I don’t know if it was for him or for me. I held him back, but I couldn’t seem to cry about it.What started my tears was the little boy, Franklin. He went through years of therapy and treatment and finally when his wolf presented himself, he was able to heal in ways that made my heart happy.I’d kept up with him for years, I’d even met with him after he insisted on speaking to the one who saved him that night.I wasn’t sure I’d be able to, but I did. He thanked me and told me he wanted to attend the Werewolf Academy like I did and become a top-notch warrior like me so he could help those out there in need.I made sure he was accepted.I never thanked the Moon Goddess more for the crap I went through, because it brought me to Franklin.“I’d like to meet Franklin one day too babe.”…..What the fuck?“How did you know what I thought?”“I don’t really know; all I know is that you started speaking about it and I assumed you were mindlinki
Chapter 32We stood there stunned at this beautiful woman with white hair and a kind smile. Gael immediately tensed up knowing she was a witch.“Trust me, I mean you no harm.” She raised her hands in the air.“Yeah right, isn’t that exactly what a witch would say? How did you enter my territory, witch?”“No need to be rude Alpha Gael. If I wanted to attack you, I could’ve done it years ago, but I knew we would end up right here. Now I have vital information; do you want to know it or not?” She cut him a look with her hand on her hip and I knew she was legit.“Sorry about him, Miss……?” I asked her holding Gael’s hand tighter hoping to relay to him to hush and listen.“Tolina, Phoenix and I know everything about you, and if you’ll give me a minute of your time I can explain it to you.”“Okay. Let’s head to the packhouse.” Gael screamed in my head. “NO! I won’t allow her in the packhouse because there are innocents in there. I won’t have it!”Tolina then said, “Fine Alpha Gael we can sit
Chapter 31She found some righteous indignation in her as she tried to sit up and vehemently deny that Gael was with me every night. So much so, her signature nastiness came through and the snarl on her face reminded me that the real Amy was always just below the surface.“How does it feel Phoenix to know I had your man first? That I let him do whatever he wanted to me, whenever he wanted, and he screamed my name in ecstasy EVERY time we fucked and believe me it was all the time.You are just a second choice, and you will never get what I had, you’ll always be my sloppy seconds.” She laid back down against her pillow satisfied with herself. I shook my head.“It never occurred to me just how pathetic you are until just now Amy.You have the audacity to feel victorious in taking someone else’s mate while having your own, but let’s see just how this really turned out.Yes you fucked my mate for years, BUT you had to drug him all the time; and yet, he never marked you or came inside of yo
Chapter 30We were sitting in Gael’s office looking over the maps that covered that territory and then locking down when we were heading over there.Lance and Ron were strategizing where we would position our warriors and how this mission would unfold. I had an idea I was toying with in my head, but I needed to do it alone.“Hey guys I’ll be back in a few.”“Ok I’ll come with.” Gael stood to follow me out.“No babe, give me a minute and I’ll be right back, please.”I could tell it hurt his feelings a bit that I didn’t want him to follow me. I knew he felt the need to be close to me, but jeez there were things that I needed to do on my own and I knew he’d want to be right underneath me and I needed a clear head to continue.I made my way out the door still feeling a little bad for leaving Gael, but there was work that needed to be done. I was on my way to see Amy, hopefully for the last time.Making my way to the clinic, I couldn’t help having this feeling of dread as I knew war was com
Chapter 29I thought about all the times we’ve spent together and for the first time, I was upset I hadn’t locked the door to my office, because right now I needed to take care of myself, and there was no way I could get up from here and walk around normally.Just as I was about to try to handle myself Phoenix came through and she was stressed. I felt severe anxiety and fear and that’s all I needed.I jumped up and ran through the door and was out running top speed to her parent’s home. There was no way I would be stopped by anyone.As I made my way there, I decided to go directly to her room.I could see the window was cracked and Ronan scaled the wall like a ninja and the next thing I knew I was walking into her room, but she was standing in the doorway, in a towel, looking down the stairs.She turned around, and when she saw me I rushed her and held her in my arms.I told her that she has to tell me something, as the dull ache in my chest would not let go.She stared into my eyes an
Chapter 28I woke to mama’s homemade corned beef hash with eggs and grits mixed with cheese. I was about to get up when there was a heavy arm draped over my waist. I turned over in bed and saw Gael’s sleeping face. He is so fine, his handsome face seemed to be at peace. I touched his lips and watched them turn up into a smirk.“Good morning my Alpha, there’s a delicious breakfast waiting for us.”“Hmmm I smell it, it almost smells as good as you do.” I chuckled. At that moment mama mindlinked me and said, ‘You guys get up, hit the shower, please and come on down for breakfast………I know you need the nourishment.”Holy shit! Did mama know Gael was here all night? Why did I feel like that little school girl who had snuck her boyfriend in?All I could answer was, ‘Yes, ma’am.’I turned to look at Gael, who had a feeling about what just happened. He grabbed me and kissed me, and we got up to head to the shower.I had a hard time dodging Gael in the shower, but I didn’t need my mama and espe
Chapter 27Gael pulled two glasses and filled both full of scotch. Both of these huge Alphas are sitting down sipping and feeling the burn. I decided to step outside and get some air. My mind was reeling with everything that has happened over the course of 48 hours.I’m fully mated and marked to Gael; Sonya is back and is mated and is probably marking Ron. Sophia is mated and is probably marking my brother Lance; and on top of all that, Kyle just revealed that he’s always loved and wanted me to be his.I still have to deal with this stupid Alpha Walters and whatever that voice was, who evidently knows who and what I am.My head was spinning with strategies and conspiracy theories, and I needed a break. I made my way to the lake to just try to catch a break and a breath.When I arrived at the lake I was just about ready to sit Indian style, when I heard it; grunts and moans and instantly I knew who it was. I hastily stood back up and ran back to my parents home. I burst into the front