I felt myself tense at who was at the other side of the door and silently thanked the Goddess I hadn’t opened that can of worms. I motioned to Lorenzo to get the door.
“It’s for you. We can continue this later,” I told him and he raised an eyebrow before opening the door revealing Caroline.
“Hey love! How did you know where I was? Where this office was..?” He asked, clearly confused and no doubt concerned about the idea she had been wandering trying to follow his scent and lost in the packhouse for who knows how long. Little did he know that she knew damn well where this office was.
“I-I asked a pack member and they directed me up here. I wanted to check on you. You’ve been gone awhile and I was worried the meeting had…. gotten, serious,” she said. I heard my wolf chuckle in my mind. She was worried I had told him. Well, little did she know I was going to soon.
{ Raine }I sucked in a breathe as I heard Car speak the four words I had been afraid of hearing since this whole thing began. I looked to Alex who was instantly in Alpha mode.“You stay here, you monitor what you can and please, please don’t leave the house,” he asked me. I was grateful he wasn’t telling me outright but I also knew this wasn’t a request.“Of course, I will work from here. If you need eyes in the sky or… I don’t know… a storm, let me know,” I told him seriously. He nodded and swept in for a kiss before my heart walked out the door to war.I took deep breaths while Anna came over and held my hand.“What now?” She asked me, as she slowly pushed me to the war table to look at it.I focused on my emotions and centered myself on my sadness to have full access to my abilities
{ Alexander } I watched her breathe in and then out more times than i could handle and she still hadn't spoken. Her hand had made its way to her stomach unconsciously. She sat there staring at the photo and rubbing her fingers over her bump. I watched as she closed her eyes and I was being tortured with her emotions that were washing over me one by one as they hit her. From shock, to pain, to grieving, to guilt. It was when the guilt hit me that I made my move to finally say something to her. "Baby, You have nothing to feel guilty about. Nothing. This is all on her, her choice to join her mate, her choice to allow this and be apart of it. You couldn't stop her or change this, even if you had known," I told her softly. She just shook her head and closed her eyes. I saw one tear fall and I heard the rain on the windows shortly after. I glanced over and saw that both Nel and Car had wide eyes so I reassured them it wo
{ Raine }He watched me for a moment before he said anything in response.“And by us…” he said finally, drawing out the end and raising an eyebrow. I rolled my eyes in return at his question and turned to my dad without even responding. The only issue was that he was looking at me the same way that my mate was.“Excuse me gentleman, but the last time I checked I was the Luna Queen, the reason this entire war even is happening, and the only elemental werewolf in the world. I was born for this, so yes, I was including myself in the ‘us’ that need to go to America,” I said standing up and eyeing them both. I felt my power leaking out however It didn’t effect either of the men present. Neither of their faces faultered so I added at the end to make them feel better, “I am aware that I am also much more, including a daughter, mate and mother to be, and I assure you I have
“Nelson, could you please come take your nephew,” Abuela said, gesturing to the sleeping toddler in my arms. “I will need Raine to have free movement for this.” Without hesitation he came and took Cooper from me, settling him into his arms so he could continue sleeping. We were all surprised when he didn’t wake up, but turned our attention back to Abuela. “The Queen Luna and Alpha King who reigned during the last great war did not belong to a pack when they ruled. Their pack had been annihilated, while their connection remained with the previous members, no leaders existed when they took their oaths and became the King and Queen from the Goddess. That being said, while they chose to denounce their titles and remain as average wolves the rest of their existence, the Luna Queen kept two things for her future bloodline. It would seem, that she knew, that there would once again be a need for a Luna Queen again one day,” she said softly but p
{ Caroline }Fuck NO. Fuck fuck fuck.I had never, been this angry. Fine, his pack was strong. Fine, he had built it up and they had more land. Fine, maybe they were even the biggest and strongest in Europe. That was a simple thing to change. Fine, he wasn’t weak and wallowing, crushed by the way he didn’t have me anymore.But I REFUSED to submit to him happily as the damn Alpha King. My wolf sputtered and spewed as she felt their auras work over the crowd, work over us. She tried and tried to deny it, to fight the order and authority but she couldn’t. We were only Beta by blood and couldn’t even overpower a regular Alpha aura, let alone a royal one.Royalty…- my wolf spit the word out with more venom than I had ever felt work through her.There is no way, there HAS to be a mistake- I told her back.I even allowed her to speak o
{ Alexander }I watched my children dance on the screen, holding hands and kicking as hard as they could when they came in contact with each other. My mate grunted as their small kicks collided with her organs and it made me chuckle.“They are so sweet,” I told her.“And strong,” she said as she rubbed the side of her stomach. This made both Carmen and I chuckle as Carmen continued to check on their growth.It was the morning now, and tonight we were leaving for America. Before we left, Carmen wanted to check on the babies. She was coming with us, if for no other reason, to keep an eye on and be there for Raine in case she or the babies needed her. Once Anthony told her about everything, I guess she went upstairs, packed a bag, and asked when we were leaving. She was these babies grandmother after all, and she felt a personal responsibility and attachment to Raine and these ba
Once we were settled it was a long flight. We stopped in for gas on the East Coast of America briefly and I mindlinked Jason for an update. All our warriors ahead of us had now arrived and they were settled in. Jason was an impressive Alpha, and if pressed I would say that I would trust him to run all of America for me if needed. He was organized, thoughtful, merciful when necessary, and while I hate the word, obedient. He didn’t fight me near as much as the other Alphas still did. He had damn near everything ready for us when we arrived and I thanked him for it.A quick gas up and we were on our way. Raine and Cooper were asleep in the bed in the back of the plane, but I couldn’t sleep. I was mind linking Car and working through maps for tomorrow. It was the middle of the night now thanks to how long we had to fly, it would damn near be morning once we arrived. I wouldn’t have long to get everything in order to attack.I h
“They need to know Raine is here, they need to know you want to end this war, and where to meet. I don’t see them backing down from the challenge, they don’t know you have thousands of extra warriors here from our packs the local ones. This should be enough, but bottom line, you say what you need to to get them there,” Alex told him sternly. Jason, to his credit, held Alex’s gaze despite his growing and demanding aura the more he spoke.“Yes Your Highness,” he said with a bowed head. We pulled a phone over to the table and he tried the first number. It rang a few times, but then we got to a generic voicemail. He dialed the second number and after three rings, someone answered.“What?”I sucked in a breathe as my mother’s voice filled the other end of the line. This was it, this was the finally slap of reality. Any piece of me that had still hoped she wasn&