Quinn POVI had been gripped by fear when Meg had stepped around me to confront Avery. It wasn’t because I didn’t think that Meg could hold her own it was the thought that something could happen to our baby. But when she hauled off and decked Avery a whole different type of feeling came over me. Pride and well lust who would find a woman that can hold her own sexy? When Meg said that her love for me never went away it was the best thing that she could have ever said. I knew that she was in love with me now but I have always wondered if she had stayed in love with me while she was gone. I wasn’t sure if we had rebuilt the love we had through our phone calls and video chats but now I knew. I knew that deep down she had never lost her love for me. That made some of the turmoil that I still had lingering in my heart ease to know that whatever that thing had been hadn’t been able to kill that love completely.As we left the meeting room the only thing I cou
Quinn POVThe last few days since returning from the Council have been, nice. Quiet, no drama, dare I say normal. Meg has been spending her days working with Heather to set up the going away party for April and Kyle. I had been out at the resort building site with the twins and Keegan, working on the entertainment projects we want available to the guests. After the meeting at the Council, Keegan seemed to be more relaxed around the twins and Heather when she came out to the site to visit Reed and Lucas for lunches. So it appears that Meg and I weren’t the only ones who were able to find closure that we didn’t know we needed.I was sitting in the makeshift office at the site looking over the plans for the hockey rink that was in the works when Levi came barging in. “That little… She needs a quick swift kick in the ass. Fuck.” I watched as he paced the length of the office. I had a pretty good idea who he was talking about but I was just going to sit back and let him vent. “Do you know w
Meg POVWhen I had first asked Quinn to come and get the box from the storage closet I had not planned on giving me a blowjob, but… After spending the last hour watching him move things around I couldn’t help myself. Watching as the muscles in his hands and arms flexed as he moved a chair or helped one of the twins shift a picnic table all I could picture was what those arms felt when wrapped around me or the strength of those hands as they gripped my hips while he was thrusting into me. Then watching him climb the ladder that I was standing beside I had watched as the shorts that would have been baggy on most men pulled tight across his thighs showing off the hard-to-miss bulge in the front. The last straw was his scent wrapping around me as the closet door closed sealing me into the small space with him. I was so wet for him already when I dropped to my knees but the husky sound of his voice the feel of his fingers in my hair and the salty taste of his release on my tongue was almos
Kyle POVAs I stood back watching April say her final goodbyes I knew that no matter what we found on this trip this was where we would come back to and call home. This is where we were going to raise our family. I know Alpha Shane thinks I may want to stay and try rebuilding my Mother’s pack, but I’m not so sure. I understand that I wasn’t raised with the knowledge of all the workings of a pack but I do know that if things had been different, I would have been next in line as Alpha of the Four Corners, but I don’t want that for my family. I like what I see right here in front of me family and friends who will support and encourage us. This group didn’t have to take me in especially after what I was send to do to April. They could have locked me up with the rest of that group or just killed me. Instead, they have taken me in treated me like they have known me their whole lives and are giving me all the help I need to find out the truth about what happened to my parents. How could I no
Kyle POVUncle Jay stared at the picture for a few moments before flipping it over. “Kyle I’m sorry. That night that the hunters attacked, your Dad wasn’t supposed to be there. I had told him to take you and run. I don’t know why but something was telling me that whatever was going on wasn’t just about the land. I had convinced the hunters that you were my brother’s kid from another woman and that the two of you were going to be out of the way. But your Dad wouldn't leave your Mom. I never understood how he could possibly love her so much as to risk his own life for her. That is why it was so easy for me to believe that your Mom had him under some sort of spell. But now I know differently. It was the mate bond. I was just too filled with rage to see that he was as happy with your Mom as I had once been with Diana.” Jay flipped the photo back over. “I regretted so much about that night even before now. The thing is I don’t remember a lot about that night. I remember arguing with your Da
April POVKyle and I have been on the road for about six weeks now. Most of the survivors that we have met with were all young children at the time of the attack. Some of them remembered Kyle but only a little because they were in younger grades than him. They had either been placed with family members in other packs or adopted. We did meet an older woman who by the sounds of it is the reason that most of these children survived. She had been assigned to watch them in one of the shelters when the attack started.Flashback to that meeting“Oh, Janice was right you are a spitting image of your Grandfather.” The woman who was introduced to as Stella said as she grabbed Kyle’s cheeks. “Come in, come in. Make yourselves at home. Would you like anything to drink? I have coffee, tea, water and some lemonade. Kyle and I both opted for coffee we needed the extra caffeine boost. Kyle and I took seats at the kitchen table. “I remembered that these were your favourite growing up.” She said as she
Unknown POVI can’t believe that he is finally coming. I have waited so long for today. I will get to meet my mate. Mom keeps telling me that I shouldn’t get my hopes up. That he may not be a true mate. She doesn’t know what she is talking about. I just know that the Goddess is going to make sure that he is mine. On top of that, Dad has always told me that when the time was right Kyle would come back and we would run the Four Corners pack together. Dad was so confident about that how could it not be true? Dad was like that though he always knew when stuff was going to happen. Just like the night of the attack, Dad made sure that Mom and I were already packed and ready to leave before things started. He just had to come and get from the bunker when the time was right. So when Dad has been telling me for years that Kyle is mine because he just knows of course I’m going to believe him. He was smart like that.I’m sitting on the front porch waiting to get a glimpse of him when he arrives.
Possible Trauma TriggersBrooke POVWhat the fuck is going on? Why are they spending so much time with the Alpha? Kyle was supposed to come here to find me and the two of us would go to the old pack lands and take over the operations the Council has been running there. That was the plan. That is what Daddy has always told me was going to happen. Kyle is not doing what he is supposed to do. For one he should not have brought that whore with him. I am the only woman that he needs. I guess I will have to take care of her myself. This is not a good start to our life together. If he thinks that I will be sharing him he has some lessons to learn too.I spend most of the evening waiting for the Alpha to call me for my meeting with Kyle and his slut but the only contact that I got was a message that I was to report to the Alpha’s office at four o’clock in the afternoon.The next morning as I was entering the kitchens the start my breakfast/lunch shift I couldn’t help but hear all the whispers
Epilogue 4 Molly and LeviLevi POVI grab the chair we placed up here for Molly as she makes her way across the stage with the other women. I know she will try to stand for most of the ceremony, but that doesn’t mean she can’t sit until it starts. I just have to convince her of that. “Hey, Firecracker how about you sit until everyone else is ready?” She waddles towards me and it is so damn cute I can’t help but smile.“Are you laughing at me?” She asks with a pissed-off stern look that just makes her look even better.“NO, I would never laugh at you while you are uncomfortable. I was just smiling at my beautiful glowing mate because I’m so happy that she is mine.” I say hoping that little truth calms her. I don’t dare tell her that I find her waddle cute. Molly must be more uncomfortable than I thought because she doesn’t reject the idea of sitting. Once she is seated I crouch in front of her and start rubbing her ankles. “Have I told you, you look beautiful today well every day?” I sa
Epilogue 3 April and KyleApril POVI look towards the stage when I hear Mom laugh. By the look on Dad’s face, I’m going to guess that she is teasing him about something. They both gaze towards Kyle and me, and I think I know what she is teasing him about. Dad only gets that look on his face when someone mentions the fact that I had to have sex to get pregnant. Even after all these years he still will not accept that is how his Grandchildren came to be. He accepts and respects Kyle as the Father but not how he became the Father. I think at first it was just a shock for him to believe that his little girl had grown up. Now I think it is more of just a game to give Mom something to tease him about. “Why is your Father giving me a death stare? I thought we were past that in our relationship.”“I think Mom was teasing him again about how our children came to be,” I say leaning over and putting my head on his shoulder.“I really hated it when she does that for two reasons. One, I get looks
Epilogue 2 Meg and QuinnQuinn POVI heard Uncle Shane holler at the kids, saying it was time. Yeah, it was time. I looked down at my beautiful Angel that I had my arm wrapped around. I can’t believe that she is mine. If someone had told me when I was younger that she was going to be my mate I would have called them crazy. Oh wait, I did do that and Mom doesn’t waste any chance that she gets to rub it in that she was right. But I’ll take all of Mom’s teasing if it means that I get to spend the rest of my life with Meg. I know I don’t deserve her. I am just so happy that even after all the things that happened she was willing to give me a chance. Things could have turned out so different if we hadn’t had the love and support of our families. I glance over at Levi as he helps his very pregnant mate sit down. If he hadn’t been there to beat some sense into me when Meg was kidnapped I don’t want to think about what shape I would have been in if and when we found her. I turn my attention b
Five years laterEpilogue 1 Heather, Reed and LucasReed POVI nod to Levi as he steps up beside me. I looked to my left where Lucas was standing with Quinn beside him. Today we were being sworn in as the new leaders of the pack. Yeah, we are a little older than most when they take over but with all the shit that we went through our parents wanted to give up some extra time. That doesn’t mean that we spent the time goofy off. We worked alongside our parents these last five years learning the ropes which had been the plan all along. It just got delayed by other shit. We worked with Keegan from Silver River to get the resort up and running. Both packs are now making a pretty penny off of it. So we are now building one up near the Four Corners pack with Kyle and April.The four of us are standing waiting for our mates to join us. I watch as a mass of children go running across the schoolyard. We had to set up the stage for the ceremony here since it was the largest area that had easy acce
Levi POVAs Molly and I neared the packhouse after our two days of hiding out. She stopped. “What is it?” I asked tuning her to face me.“What if they don’t approve of this?” She said pointing to the two of us.“Why wouldn’t they approve?” I was getting worried that she was regretting letting me mark her. I cupped her cheeks and tilted her head. “You used to be so confident. I am so sorry that I ever made you feel like you weren’t good enough for me. Your abilities and personality were never any part of that reason.” I looked her in the eyes I wanted her to see that what I was about to tell her was the truth that I was finally willing to admit to myself. “It was me not thinking that I was good enough for you. I felt overwhelmed that I was possibly going to be responsible for your protection and happiness of you. And all I could see every time I looked at you was that scared little girl that I found in a log. That is why I made you train th
Levi POVWhat the hell? I made her think that for some reason it mattered. That she needed to be a virgin. How could I have been such an ass? Why did the Goddess believe that I was worthy of having this treasure as mine? I must have taken too long chastising myself and Molly took my silence the wrong way because she tried to get off my lap again. I didn’t loosen my hold in fact I tightened it. Molly had lowered her head again so I cupped her cheek and tilted her face back to mine. “Molly, can I tell you a secret?” She didn’t say anything. She just nodded. I wiped the tears from her cheek with my thumb. “I’m not either.”I took a few seconds for what I had said to sink in but the smile that slowly spread across her face was worth that little bit of waiting. “I have heard that rumour about you. Some people have even called you a man-whore.”“Yeah, I know. There used to be this smart-mouth little brat that would go around calling me all kinds of na
Levi POVAs I broke through the trees, the scent of cinnamon mixed with fresh, crisp apples, and the last person I thought to find was sitting on a log. I didn’t know if this was another dream or some curl joke, but every fibre in my body was charged. “Mate, Mate, Mate. I told you she was ours.” Jasper started going on about in my head.I step forward cautiously because if she is real I don’t want to do anything that will make her leave me. I have spent the last two years regretting our last conversation. As I got closer I saw her bottom lip start to quiver. Tears began to roll down her cheeks. Every bone in my body was telling me to pull her into my arms but what if I’m the reason for the tears? The last thing she is going to want is for me to hold her. I stopped too scared that if I got any closer she would bolt. “Molly, can I come over there?” She kept her eyes locked on mine and nodded yes. I started to sit on the ground giving her the high ground so that she didn’t think I was tr
Molly POVThe dream started with Ben and I in his room at the packhouse in Four Corners. We were sitting on his bed making out. This dream was feeling more like a flashback from the other night. Ben rolled us so that he was braced above me. “You are beautiful Molly. You have no idea of what I think about doing with and to you.” I could feel his hands under my shirt groping at my breasts and struggling to undo my bra. It was nothing new. Over the last two years, we have done this many times but I have never let him go all the way. We have still brought pleasure to each other but in a medical sense, I’m still a virgin. It just never felt like the time was right. This time felt different. Still not right but different. The next thing I knew my shirt was off my pants were gone and Ben was naked above me. He was kissing down my neck and then there was a bit of a burning feeling as my centre was stretched. “Ben stop please it hurts.” He pulled away from my neck but he didn’t pull out of me.
Levi POV“Come on we need to be there soon,” Cole said as he dragged me across the park to one of the paths.“Cole why are we going this way the training centre is the other way. I thought you said you didn’t want to be late.”“I won’t be late and now neither will you.” He said proudly as he stopped at the point that the path led into the woods. “You can go the rest of the way yourself. You know where to go.” He turned and started heading back towards the packhouse then stopped and turned back. “It is OK if you miss our birthday. This is important. I will tell my Dads you will be back in a couple of days. Now go make my mate.” And off he went.Most of the time as an adult most people wouldn’t listen to a five-year-old when they told them to go into the woods with no better explanation than to just go. But this kid is Heather’s and if there is one thing about Heather and her kids they usually have a good reason for telling you to do weird things you don’t fully understand. Cole was so s