MAGNUS' POVI was going through my security plan and guard rotation, looking for loopholes, when a knock came in.“Come in.“ I frowned, as that already made me lose concentration on what I was doing.“Alpha. Do you have time?““I don't, but what's up?““I brought my mate. I was going to introduce you yesterday, but you left after.““Oh yes. I had something urgent to attend to. Bring her in.“He opened the door wider to let the girl in. “Alpha Magnus.“ She bowed deeply, and I imagined Mane showing her respect. “Rise.“ She did, and I waved her to the seat in front of me.“Thank you, Alpha.““How are you?““I'm fine, Alpha.““What's your name?““Estelle, Alpha.““You come from the Blue Moon Pack?““Yes, Alpha.“ She struck me as a girl who was already irritated with my needless questions.“Now, it's important to me that you treat my beta right. My Luna already assured me that you have no motives and that you are not a spy.““I am not, Alpha.“ I nodded in satisfaction.“Good. You are wel
AUDREY'S POV“Luna,” I turned to see Mane panting. “Why were you running?““I've been looking for you all over.“ He bent down and held his knees. What an old man!“Why? What's the matter?““I need to ask you something.“ He said when he got his breath back.“Go on.““Can I be Earl the Second's godfather?“ He looked like a little boy, asking for candy. Hopeful.I looked at him for a long time, just to fuck with him. I looked him up and down, and then I circled him very slowly.“Hmmm, that's a tricky question.“ I said finally, and he looked crushed.“What, why? Did someone ask before me? Who?“I smiled at him. “Of course you can be his godfather. For even calling his full name, you deserve it.““Luna, really?““Yes.“He hugged me as tightly as he could, given the condition of my stomach. “Thank you very much. It's such an honor.“ Then he bent to my stomach level. “We're going to have so much fun.“He skipped away after that, and I wondered if I had made the right decision.Magnus has b
MAGNUS POVI finally cuddled her back to sleep after I assured her that it was just a dream and that Paul was not dead.I slept fitfully after that. I finally got out of bed a few minutes before 6 a.m., while the woman that kept me up didn't even turn in her sleep.I arranged the pillows around her and went for a run. I don't know what to make of her having nightmares about this Paul boy.I eventually exhausted myself and ran back to the pack. She was still sleeping when I entered. I glared at her sleeping form.How dare she sleep soundly when I couldn't even stop thinking about her dream? I took my bath and went to work.Mane entered shortly after.“Good morning, Alpha.“I simply nodded at him.“There's something you should know, Alpha.““About the man that jumped out of the woods?““How did you know? Oh, Luna.““Yes, Luna. What happened?“ I was grumpy from the lack of sleep.“It was one of the men we sent to the Blue Moon Pack.““He's back so soon?“ He has my attention now.“Apparen
AUDREY'S POV“Luna ?““Hi, Mane. What's up?““Nothing. Estelle told me to reach you. She says she wants to see you urgently.“My heart sank. “Urgently? Is everything okay?““I think so, yeah. I'm sure there's no need to panic because she didn't tell me anything.““Maybe she's in need of female company.““Maybe.“ He shrugged and left. What could Estelle want to see me for?“Hey.“ I hollered after him.“What?“ I beckoned for him to come closer.“Tell Magnus I'm off to see Estelle and that I've had my lunch.“He looked confused. “Okay?““Go.“ I left the flowers, and off I went.I remembered after I was a house away that Magnus warned me to always take a guard with me everywhere.“Even in the pack?““Yes.““Even if I'm going to the square to see the ladies?““Even then.“ I was dumbfounded.“You're being paranoid.“ I told him. “Isn't that too much?““You're the Luna; they will understand, and honestly, I could care less if they do or not. As long as you have a guard with you.“I grumbled.
MAGNUS' POV“What is that even supposed to mean?“ Audrey held her hands akimbo and tried to look fierce. The only thing she succeeded in doing was being cute. I'm sure that was not what she was aiming for, so I wisely kept my mouth shut.“It means I'm not getting him treated. Not on my watch.“She laughed. “You won't let an injured man get treated because you're jealous.““Jealous?““Yes, Magnus. You are jealous. Mane, tell him.“ “Leave me out of it.““Why else won't you let him get treated then?“ She turned back to me when she saw that Mane was not going to help her.“Because why should I?“ I said lamely.“See? Jealous!!“ She laughed in my face.Maybe I was a little bit jealous. In her dream, he died. Why didn't he just drop dead in real life too?““How did he know Estelle was here?“ Mane asked.“Exactly. How did he know you were here?““He didn't even know until Estelle called me. Estelle's grandmother told Elder Tella where she would go after he got banished.““What do they have
MAGNUS'POV“Did you get to see who it was?““Yeah.“ He sighed.“What? Who?““It was Alpha Jaxon.“Mane and I were stunned into silence. “Mane? Did you hear that?““Are you sure? You saw him?““No.“I got angry then. “Don't fuck with me. I'm not joking with you. You said it was him, but you didn't see him? Are you serious?““Relax. I didn't see him, but I know it was him.““How?““I saw three of his soldiers. I'm pretty sure it was them. The one that came to drag my grandfather out recognized him. I'm pretty sure that's why he killed him. If they didn't think the Alpha beat me to death, they would have looked for me and killed me too.““You are absolutely sure of what you saw?““Absolutely.“I motioned for us to leave him alone.“We are in trouble.“ He told me once we got back to the office.“I know.“ I sighed. This was not a good time at all. But an attacker wasn't going to wait until you were comfortable.“He's basically amassing soldiers to fight us.““I know.“ I know all these thin
AUDREY'S POV TEN YEARS AGO“Mom?““Yes, baby?““Will Daddy be back tonight?““I don't know. He has some work to do for the Alpha.“I pouted. “I haven't seen him in so long.““If you want, you can go and see him in the pack house.““I can?““Absolutely.““Yes.“ I kissed her on the cheek where she was knitting. “Kiss your baby brother too.“ I kissed her belly and skipped away.Since my mother's pregnancy, our house has been peaceful again. My mother always wanted to have another child, preferably a son for my father. All the physicians she went to told her the chances were slim to none. She didn't give up, though, and I'm all the better for it.We are now having dinner together again. We were starting to feel like a real family.My father was an important soldier in our pack. He was always working for the Alpha. The guards recognized me at once, and they let me in.“Daddy.“ I spotted him right away.“Audrey.“ He picked me up in his arms. “What are you doing here? Did you come by yourse
AUDREY'S POVTEN YEARS AGO“Your mother gave me a girl.“ He said it with so much disgust that one would think he doesn't have a daughter.“A dead girl.“ He completed it before he turned his back to me.I was shaken by his words. I stumbled back at his harsh words. “I have a sister.“ I whispered to myself. “She's dead.“I ran out of the room. I went back a few minutes later. I wondered if I would be able to see my mother now when I saw the physician and some nurses rushing into her room.They wrestled my father away so they could operate on her. I have never seen my father look as broken as he did in that moment.I quickly backed away from him before he saw me.My father and I waited in front of her hospital room for about thirty minutes before one of the nurses came out.“What's going on, Nurse?“ “She is being operated on at the moment.“ The nurse said.“Why? She was fine.““Her birth complications are more complicated than we thought.““More complicated?“ The nurse used his distrac