Meg POVThings have been a little hectic around here lately. We have all been busy. Between Heather giving birth and helping John and Ingrid prepare everything to take to Four Corners. But not busy enough to let an opportunity to poke fun at Shane about his behavior the night Heather had the babies. There have been many times I’ve watched John make fun of him. My Dad tried but all he got out of Shane was, “Your turn is coming just wait.” As Shane would point at me to make his point to both Dad and Aaron which slowed them down at making fun of him.But it hasn’t stopped John, like now. “Dad, will you stop?” Shane says with a chuckle. “I get it. I kind of lost my cool.”“Lost your cool? Son your brain stopped functioning right about the time that you went running through the packhouse yelling and I quote ‘Get out of my way. I’m going to be a Grandpa.’”“What makes you think I would ever do anything like that?” Shane asks with a look that says you don’t have proof.“Even if I hadn’t been
Kyle POVI got word yesterday that the group traveling from Twin Moon will be here sometime today as long as the rest of their drive goes well. I have spent the last few days reviewing things with James and Trevor. There are still things that are missing from my memory from before the attack but I remember enough to understand what the two of them have been describing to me. The stuff that was going on in the caves has been on our minds the most. The guys and I vaguely remember the mining being part of the pack's income. I remember going to the mines with my Grandpa when he started teaching my father what it was all about and how things were run but I didn’t pay much attention to it. We have been trying to find anyone who worked in the mines to get their knowledge but haven’t had any luck. It would seem that the Council got rid of them thinking that they would be the ones most able to sabotage their operations at the time. I have a stack of files that I’m going to have Meg go through
April POVThings have moved a lot faster than I thought they were going to. My grandparents have been great. The biggest help was getting things straightened out with the mines. Kyle had been worried at first that James, Trevor and he would spend their whole time sitting in the office learning how to run the pack. Boy, were they wrong. They have spent maybe a total of ten hours in the office learning paperwork-related stuff in the last three months. The rest of the time has been either combat training with Quinn and Dylan or down at the mines trying to learn how things are run. Meg was able to put together a crew with some basic knowledge of how to do things safely. There had been one older gentleman, named Mitchell, who had worked in the mines briefly when he was younger but because of an injury he sustained in the attack he was unable to physically work in them so he never thought to say anything.“From what we found in the records you were trained on all the equipment. Is that corr
Quinn POVI’m sitting in this tiny room with Meg waiting for Dr. Beal to come back with the test results. He doesn’t think that there is anything to worry about at this stage in Meg’s pregnancy but I asked him to run the tests anyway. I brought her here the minute we got back to the pack. She had started having some spotting when we had stopped for supper last night. I had wanted to drive through the night and get back here as soon as possible. But Meg made me stop and get a room for the night. I only reason I agreed was because the spotting had stopped. But again I still wanted her to come and see Dr. Beal.“Well Meg, Quinn everything seems to be fine according to the tests. But I was thinking that we could do an ultrasound while you’re here. Did you have any while you were away?” Dr. Beal asks as he walks in pushing a portable ultrasound machine.“No, the last one I had was the one here with you just before we left for Four Corners,” Meg answers.“Right we tried to find out the sex
More Focus on Levi’s story.Levi POVI heard the guys come into the gym but I ignored them. I know they are worried about me but they don’t need to be. They have their own lives and mates and babies to worry about. They don’t need to spend their time with their left-out and forgotten mateless friend. I’ll be fine. There is no need to worry. I will be right as rain as soon as I figure out who was or may still be after Molly. But that girl is not making things easy. She is staying out all hours of the night. I have had more than ten calls from Janice in the last five months asking me to go and look for Molly. And every damn time I have found her out with some guy that is too old for her. OK, I will admit that most of them are only a year or two years older than her, but she shouldn't be with them. She is too young to be dating. I notice Quinn moving towards me I know that they are here to spar hoping it will help with my frustration. I also know that Quinn will not give me any warning b
Levi POV“Why didn’t you ever tell us any of that before?” Reed asked“Yeah instead of that bullshit about scoping out a good hiding place for our next training session?” Lucas adds.“I was fourteen. Do you know how stupid it sounded even to me that I was going into the woods to look for something because I wasn’t even sure what I was looking for just because I had a dream? A dream where I was told by a voice that I had to protect what I found for my life.”“With all the crazy shit that we have gone through over the last four, four and a half years do you really think that we wouldn’t have believed you?” Quinn asked.“Yeah, because I found Molly a year and a half before Heather came to live here. For all I knew, Molly was going to grow up to be your mate.” I say pointing at Quinn. “Or even yours.” I point at Reed and Lucas. “I just didn’t know but it made sense that I was going to be responsible for her safety if she was mated to any of you.” I sit up and run my hands through my hair.
Levi POV“What are you talking about Janice? What do you mean Molly is gone?”“I knew something was up with her when she came to see me earlier. She asked if she could skip working tonight because she didn’t feel well. I let her because she did look a little pale. I went home to check on her after getting the dinner crew set up. I found this on the kitchen table.” Janice says holding up a piece of paper.Dear GrandmaI know this will hurt you but I have to leave. There were only two things that made me feel as if I belonged here, and one of them was you. You have been great to me and I love you very much. I know that I have caused you a lot of worry lately and I’m sorry for that. But after hearing what I did today I now know that the other reason I was staying for is not a reason anymore. What I was hoping for will never happen. I don’t know where I’m going but I will be OK. I have the skills to protect myself. Please remember that I love you and I will be in touch once and a while to
Molly POVAs I climbed into the truck I caught a whiff of the strong pumpkin pie scent that always follows Levi. I knew that he would come after me as soon as Grandma found my note. He would be the first person she would go to. When I first picked up his scent I felt safe for the first time since I had left the territory. The whole time I had been on the move I had the feeling that I was being followed. I wasn’t able to pick up any strange scents but something still felt off. It may have been because I was leaving the one place that I have always left safe. I may have felt safe but I never felt quite like I belonged. It’s hard to explain.I lucked out and the truck driver that stopped was a woman about Grandma’s age. I was able to give her a sob story about being stupid and coming up here to surprise my older boyfriend at the new job that he had moved up here to take only to find out that he was married with three kids. He had been on a job assignment when I met him and had returned t
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