Meg POV“Meg, Honey sit down. Luna Sara is going to have to replace the flooring if you keep pacing like that.”“I can’t sit Mom. Something is wrong. I don’t what and I don’t know why I think it but something is wrong. Something is going to happen.” I almost yell at my Mom in frustration.It started about an hour after the men left. They have now been gone for almost ten hours. At first, I thought it was just me being upset that they had left us behind. I understand why Quinn didn’t want me to go. He was scared more about the unknown terrain and with me being unable to shift if I had to than anything but it still didn’t sit right with me. Now I know it is not that there is something wrong. The fact that there is no cell service and they are too far away to link with is only making it worse. Two of the Council guards stayed behind from the group that showed up to take Brooke into custody, so when their sat phone rings, I almost barrel into the poor guy wanting to know who it is. By the
Quinn POVThe group of us are scattered around the area behind the bunkhouses trying to get a better look at what is going on. We need to determine if this is all the people here or if there is more inside the caves. From what I can see these guys are not here being used as slaves they seem to be here willingly. Also now that we have made our way closer we can see where they have been mining something. There are tracks the kind that you see in the movies with the little carts on them. The tracks lead out of one of the caves to an area where they can be dumped into trucks, but from here I can’t tell what they have been mining for.I look towards the other end of the cliff face and see movement in the tree line. “Look over there,” I say nudging Kyle and Levi. We watch as about six men in our age group start to quickly make their way toward the far side of the caves. Levi makes his way over to his Dad. There is a bit of nodding and head shaking. Mac turns
Possible Trauma TriggersAlpha Shane POVLeaving the kids, yes I know that they are not kids. They are all in their early to mid-twenties they are adults, but they are still our kids. And no matter how old they get we will always want to protect them even more so with being their Alpha. I am starting to have a much better understanding of how my Father had felt over the years. Anyway, we left them in the room to wait for the other two to wake up. The rest of us and some of the Council members have returned to the packhouse to review some of the things we gathered from the Four Corners site. The offices by the caves contained a ton of files, some from the corrupt Council members and some from this other person who took over from them. Some of the files are dated back before the attack like way back. We haven’t found anything about who was keeping them originally but we have been able to figure out that it was Jake and Bruce who had taken over some of the goings on when the Council left
April POVAfter all the hugs and 'Are you OK' questions are done our parents get ready to head back to the packhouse to start wading through all the files and books that were brought back from Four Corners. Before closing the door Uncle Shane turns to us. “When those two are discharged I need the group of you to join us there is a lot to go through. The fact that I saw our pack’s name on a couple of the files isn’t sitting right with me. We need to figure out what these guys were planning and who all is involved.”“I can go with you now.”“No, you were in that cave collapse too, rest for a bit. The doctor already said they were only going to keep them in here until they wake up because the bones will be fine on their own with the braces on.” Uncle Shane says. “We’ll see you guys in a couple of hours.”As soon as the door was closed I grabbed Levi’s arm and pulled him over to the chairs making him sit. “What the hell happened? Why do our mates look like that?” I say swinging my arm out
Meg POV“Levi you can’t go running off. Wait for the rest of us.” I hear Dad yelling as we approach the packhouse. I can see Levi heading towards the tree line holding one of the specially made backpacks we use for carrying supplies in wolf form.“I’m not waiting. I need to get to her now.” Levi yells back. “It won’t take me that long to get there.”“Use your fucking brain boy I taught you better than that.” At Dad’s words, Levi stops in his tracks and turns back to face Dad. Dad lets out a sigh as to walks over to Levi and in a calmer voice says. “I understand that you are worried but you can’t go off running back to Twin Moon. Wait for the rest of us. We are taking the chopper back. You will get there sooner and you won’t be worn out from the run.”“But Dad I need…” Levi starts.“I know son. She’s special to you.” Dad says putting his arm around Levi’s shoulders and steering him back into the packhouse.I look at Quinn who is on crutches that he was instructed to use for the rest of
Kyle POVIt has been about two weeks since we arrived and started digging through all the files and books left behind. Mona has been pouring over all of it. When we first arrived I was in a bit of a panic but Alpha, I mean Uncle Shane helped calm me down. I had gotten myself all worked up on the helicopter ride here over what Councilwoman Brenda had said. She had told me that I was in charge since it was my territory by birth. I was not comfortable with that. I hadn’t grown up like the twins, Quinn or Levi, learning how to run a pack. I grew up learning how to hunt werewolves not be one. I had been so close to telling her to send someone else when Uncle Shane asked if he and Mona could join us. I had almost dropped to my knees in a praise of thank yous. By the knowing look on his face, he had been able to tell that I was on the verge of panicking. But even knowing that they were going to be here hadn’t helped stop my mind from running amuck. I don’t know what made them think that I co
Quinn POVUncle Shane and Aunt Mona arrived back yesterday with a shit ton more boxes of paperwork and files to go through. Whatever had been going on up there all these years had at least been documented. The problem was none of it looked good. “Well, I think that is the last of it,” Reed said placing the last box on the floor. All the boxes had been brought into what I thought was our nicest conference room. The room was mostly all windows. It had an amazing view of the forest on one side. Then on the other, you could see through to the breeze and the main lobby of the packhouse. The twins and I had been tasked with arranging the boxes where Meg and Heather needed them. No one wanted the two of them to move the heavy boxes, especially Heather. She has a hard enough time moving herself at the moment. The other day I got a chuckle watching her trying to get herself off the couch. No, I did not just stand there and laugh at the very pregnant woman as she struggled. Reed and Lucas were
Kyle POV“Oh my Goddess she had three of them.” I heard April yell in excitement.“What?”“Heather. She had triplets. Twin girls and a boy.” She said with a huge smile on her face. “Quinn says that babies and Mommy are all doing good. They haven’t decided on names yet.”Watching April’s face light up when she got the news about her family brought a smile to my face but it was making it harder to bring up the subject that I needed to talk to her about.“Butterfly, I need to talk to you about something,” I said as I walked across the room to join her on the couch. We were in the office at the packhouse. After all the people in the cell had been given a clean bill of health, a group of them had come to me asking what the plans were for the village. Uncle Shane had suggested that I let them into the buildings to clean up and see what kind of damage had been done through years of neglect.The elder woman, Edith, the one that I had been carrying out of the cave when the explosions started se
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