Quinn POV I followed Dad into Uncle Shane’s office and waited for Avery and her family to be called in. Avery is told to stand beside Addison, while their parents and Allison are instructed to stand by the back of the couch. Uncle Shane sits in his desk chair while Dad and Mac stand behind him on either side. The twins, Levi and I stand off to the side in front of the bookshelves. Uncle Shane stands, he is in full Alpha mode right now. “Dave, Angela, this is only going to be said once, you will not like the consequences if any incidents similar to what has already happened this week happen again. All three of your daughters have been involved in some form of bullying this week. Avery physically attacked Megan with claws which Meg doesn’t have yet, Allison verbally abused Molly, a ten-year-old who has already suffered enough trauma, and less than twenty minutes ago, Addison physically assaulted Heather. Do any of the three of you have anything to say that will come anywhere close to e
Quinn POVWhen I walked in and saw that Meg had been crying it was like a stab to the heart. Who had made her cry? Did my Mom say something? I knelt beside Meg and took her hands in mine. “Meg, why are you crying?” I looked at Mom trying to think of what she would have said to Meg to make her upset. Mom must have been able to read my expression because she raised her hands in surrender. Mom gets up and crosses the room to stand beside my Dad. “Your sister is on a date and Dad and I are going out for the evening.”The confused look on Dad’s face was priceless. “We are?”“We are.” Dad just nods in agreement. I chuckle at his goof expression. “So why don’t you and Meg either cook the pizza that is in the freezer or order one and spend the evening watching movies.” Mom then turns her gaze to Meg. “Just remember whatever you do be careful.”Meg takes a deep breath and nods her head. “OK, Sage. I understand.”Mom sends Meg a sweet smile hooks her arm in Dad’s and says. “Let go get some food
Sage POV Possible Trauma Triggers I couldn’t believe that Meg thought that I was going to be mad at her for acting on her feelings. If I did that I’d have to be upset with Quinn too. I have watched the two of them last few years, and all of us could tell that something was there and they were fighting it. What worried me when I opened the door to see Meg ready to run was the thought that Quinn had done something to scare her. It wouldn’t be the first time that one of the males in my family had turned cruel around the time of their first shift. When I first moved here after Aaron and I found out that we were mates I thought that I was getting away from family curses, apparently not. John and Ingrid, Aaron and Shane’s parents had explained about the curse that was supposedly on their family and how all the sets of twins that were born to the Alpha family all seemed to meet earlier deaths along with their mates. When I first got pregnant with Quinn I had been so scared. I knew that the
Quinn POVI sat Meg up on the counter and stepped between her thighs deepening the kiss. I have never considered myself a jealous guy but lately. When I saw Meg talking to Kevin it was like nothing I’d felt before. I knew she was showing him the hickey that I’d give her and I could hear the pride in her voice when she said the order was for us not just me. But I still had the urge to show my dominance and let a little of the aura that I have been gaining come out. I had never done that before. Like I told Meg, I keep having this feeling that someone is going to take her away from me.I feel Meg's fingers grip the hair at the back of my head. I slide my hands under the hem of her shirt and travel up her torso savouring the feel of the soft silky smooth skin under my fingertips. I cup both of her breasts in my hands. The size is just right for my large hands. I can feel the hard pebbles of her nipples through the lacy fabric of her bra. I feel Meg’s hands slide from my neck down my ches
Meg POVQuinn started trailing kisses down my neck to my shoulder stopping briefly to refresh the hickey. “If I do anything you don’t like or you want me to stop you just tell me,” Quinn whispers as he takes my breast into his mouth again. Sucking gently and sending tingles shooting straight to my core. He lavishes one breast and then moves to the other as his hands slowly undo my shorts. I feel him hook his fingers into my waistband and start to slide them over my hips as he trails kisses down my stomach. I lifted my hips to make it easier for Quinn to remove them completely. His fingertips feather along my skin, down the outside of my thighs, my calves and then slips the shorts off my feet. I release a sigh of pleasure that the tingles. And they only intensify as Quinn slides his hands, palms flat back up my calves to my knees. I raise myself on my elbows so I can look down my body at the man who is worshiping me. I watched as he carefully and slowly spread my knees apart giving me
Meg POV That had to be the most embarrassing experience that I have ever had. The look on April’s face when Quinn and I came out of his room. I knew she could tell we had been doing something by the scents we were giving off. April didn’t say anything but I could tell that she wanted to. I could also tell that something else was bothering her even if we hadn’t heard her cussing about the guy she’d been on the date with. I would rather have that conversation than answer questions about Quinn and me. “Hey Sis,” Quinn said stepping over to the counter where he had left the pizzas earlier. “It sounds like your date didn’t go too well.” I can see the pink tint on Quinn’s cheeks. He is trying to hide it by keeping his back to April and distracting her with the topic of her bad date so she won’t ask questions we don’t want to answer. It was definitely the right move. We had taken the pizza into the living room and for the next hour or so listened to April rant out her frustrations about her
Meg POVWe had been waiting for the gang from Blue Ridge to get here so we could head out to the lake. We have made plans to be out there all weekend celebrating Quinn’s B-day. The guys were loading Blue Ridge’s gear into the back of the truck while I was standing talking with April and Dawn waiting on Heather. Dawn has moved my hair to get a better look at the hickey that has not faded in the least thanks to Quinn’s... eagerness, we’ll call it. Once Heather arrives, hellos are made and possessive growling is all done, Reed and Lucas are starting to get just as bad with Heather as Quinn is with me. That is something to think about another time. The girls and I headed into the packhouse kitchen to pick up our food supplies that Janice was nice enough to gather for us.The four of us walked into the kitchen and stood for a few minutes waiting for Janice to have time to come over to us. I was watching with amusement as Avery, Addison, and Allison were attempting to do the dishes. I don’t
Quinn POV Possible Trauma Triggers Tonight was good. At first, I thought we may have had problems when the Silver River group showed up, and Meg and I both thought that something felt off, but that changed as the night went on. Whether that was from the fact that of the liquor flowing or the laughter floating on the air I don’t know, but I didn't question it too much we are here to have fun. I was surrounded by some of my closest friends and had the best woman a man could want by my side. And now I was cuddled in a tent with, that same woman. I want to do more than just cuddle, and I could say that it was because I didn’t want Meg to feel embarrassed if someone heard us, but it’s not. I’m selfish I don’t want anyone in the other tents to hear the beautiful sounds Meg makes when she reaches her peek of pleasure that is only for me. I am more than happy to suffer through blue balls for the weekend if it saves her from embarrassment and keeps those sounds away from other men’s ears. I
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