—Lachlan— I take a quick shower and change into new clothes, a navy blue shirt and a black pair of jeans. When I walk out of the bathroom, Kate is done packing, and Will's suitcase is on the ground. “I guess this is it? Are you ready?” I asked her and she nodded her head. I took her hand in mine and then carried the suitcase with my other hand and then we left the room and headed downstairs to the living room. When we got there, Adriana was still asleep, and Will was busy staring at my phone, not even paying attention to the TV. Eric looks at us and then at the suitcase by our side and he puts two and two together. “Oh Katie girl.” He says as he gets up from the chair and hugs Kate. He lets go of her and holds her hands. “He will be safe; I can promise you that my mother would die first before she let anything happen to him.” Eric tells her. “Thank you, Eric, I needed to hear that.” She tells him. “Come on buddy, it's time to go.” I tel
—Lachlan— The drive down to Iannis clan took about twenty minutes, we drove through the gates and I went straight to their house. “Daddy are we here?” Will asked from his seat at the back. “Yes, buddy, we're here; we're just driving down to the house.” I tell him. “And Luna's at the house?” He asked me and I could hear the excitement in his voice. “That's right, Luna's at the house.” I tell him and I can't help the smile that spreads on my face. “Hey Eric, are you good?” I asked him, he had just been staring through the window. “Yeah, I'm good. Don't worry, Lachlan.” He tells me. “You're my friend, so whatever happens in there with your dad, I want you to know that you're not alone, I've got your back.” I tell him and he smiles at me and squeezes my shoulder. We get to the house and I park the car off to the side. “We're here.” I announced and Will squealed with joy. Eric and I got out of the car; he went to th
—Lachlan— “Is he insane, I knew something was going on, I mean the sneaking around and leaving the house at odd hours. Sometimes he doesn't come back home for a week, but I kept my cool, thinking that he would eventually open up. But now you're telling me that my husband has made an army of feral shifters?” Morana asked me. “That's right, but we don't think he's doing any of it willingly. We think Jeremy is using Luna to blackmail him.” I point out. “I don't freaking care if he was being blackmailed. He was supposed to say no and come to me, and we would deal with this like a family. I swear I'm going to kill him the moment he enters this house.” She mutters the last part to herself but I still hear her loud and clear. “So for his plan to be complete, he needs Eriza?” She asked me. “That's right; luckily, Kat came to find me and warn me before they could grab me.” Eric tells her. “Well, we thank Hecate for that, and Luna, you're saying that
—Eric— “Eriza?” my father said as he walked into the room, he looked so shocked. “Hello father.” I said to him, knowing what he has done and all these years away from him, he doesn't scare or intimidate me anymore. “What are you doing here?” He asked me and he looked pissed, it just made me smile, all these years and he still hasn't changed. “No Iannis, you're not going to be the one asking questions today, take a seat husband.” My mother said to my father in a cool tone, she was pissed. I could tell, the only reason this house was still standing is because of Will and Luna, they're the only reason she's keeping it together. “Morana, I don't know what they've told you but you can't believe them.” My father said to her. “No, no, you've had more than enough time to tell me the truth, now you're going to sit down and answer my questions.” My father knows better than to argue with my mother when she's like this, so he walks into the living roo
—Lachlan— “What are you talking about?” Iannis asked me. “Well since you decided to give our enemy an army of feral shifters, we need to go into hiding because whether we like it or not, he's going to come for Luna.” Morana tells him. “And you made this decision without me?” Iannis asked her. She just laughed. “You're one to talk, it's your decision that has put us where we are now. I'm taking Will and Luna and we're going to hide until it's time for them to do what they need to do.” Morana tells him. “Who's Will? What the hell are you talking about Morana? You're not going anywhere.” Iannis tells her and she scoffs at him. “Try and stop me, Lachlan, be a dear and explain to my husband what's going on; I need to go and pack.” She says and then she gets up and leaves the room. “Gosh, it's like I never left.” Eric smirks at his father. “What is my wife going on about?” Iannis asked me. “Well, long story short, Wi
CHAPTER 147. —Lachlan— I blink back the tears from my eyes and get up but still keep Will's hand in mine. “How do we know where you're going to?” I asked Morana. “The whole point of this is for Jeremy to not know where we're going. But Eriza knows where the island is.” Morana tells me. “I do?” Eric asked, he looked shocked and confused. “Yes, you do.” Morana said, and then she walked up to him, placed two fingers on his head, and said a few words under her breath. “There, the location is in your head, and when the time is right to come and find us, it'll unlock, and you'll know where we are.” Morana explained. “Ok then, I guess this is it. Thank you so much again Morana.” I tell her, I don't even think thank you is enough for what she's doing for our family. “You don't have to thank me, Lachlan; in the fight that's coming, this is the least that I can do. Don't you worry about him, alright? He will be safe, happy and protecte
—Killian— “What do you mean Will is with them?” I asked Kat. “Lachlan took Will with them,he's going to go into hiding with my mum and Luna.” Kat said. “Did you know about this?” I asked Lena. “Not really. I mean, I spoke to Kate about it before we left, but I didn't know that she would go through with it; she must be devastated right now.” Lena says. “Yes, both of them must be, but as painful as it is, they made the right decision.” I tell her and she nods her head. “I would've liked to say goodbye to him.” Kat said, she and Will had grown really close ever since she came into our lives. “Yes me too, but it isn't really goodbye. He's going to come back and the sooner we end all this, the sooner he'll be back.” I tell her. “Yeah, you're right. So I'm taking it didn't go so well in there?” She asked as I started the car again. “You would be right on that front. We laid all our cards on the table, and it still wasn't enough for h
—Lena— We get back to the pack and Killian parks the car in the garage. I unbuckle my seatbelt and stretch my hand to the back and tap Kat and then she blinks her eyes open. “What?” She asked confused. “We're home.” I tell her and then she stretches and blinks her eyes a few more times. We all get out of the car and walk into the house and Kate is waiting right by the door for us. I don't even say anything, I just go straight to her and hug her we both just stay there, arms around each other, no words need to be said. After I don't know how long, I let go of her, Kat and Killian are gone. “Why'd you decide to do it?” I asked her. “Let's go and sit down first.” She tells me and then we both walk to the terrace and not the living room where everyone else is and she closes the door. “What's going on Kate?” I asked her. “I didn't want to do it, but I took your advice and I went to talk to Bertha, she said that I had to let him go that
EPILOGUE.A YEAR LATER.AUTHORS POV. I know you're all probably wondering, a year time skip is too much, but don't worry I'll catch you up. After the funeral, the council of Alpha's met to decide on Jeremy, Elijah and Elena's punishment. It was decided that they would all be spell bound and banished. Spell bound in the sense that their abilities as shifters would be locked away by a spell and only the witch or warlock that put the spell on them would be able to unlock it. So that's what happened and every shifter in the world, hell every supernatural creature was informed of what they did so they wouldn't be getting any help. Also Killian reported Jeremy's businesses and they were all shut down. Elijah begged for a second chance with Adriana but she refused. Slowly but surely everyone was healing from the loss of that day and it also helped that Will amd Luna were back, bringing much needed joy and light into their lives. Now I know some of you are confused,
—Lena— A Few Days Later. The pack was in mourning, yes we won the war, but that didn't mean that they weren't any casualties. All together we lost about thirty shifters but we all know it would've been worse if we didn't have the cure. We had two days to mourn and today we were going to have a mass burial. Here's how everyone in the house is doing, Kate hasn't left her room in days, and I cam hear her cries and screams through the walls, but she won't let anyone in and I completely understand. Killian is being the strong Alpha that he is but I know he's hurting, but in this moment he needs to be strong for his people. We've barely spoken two words to each other, I mean what could we possibly say that would make sense of what just happened. He did leave Jeremy alive though, Jeremy, Elijah and Elena are currently down in the dungeons waiting for a decision from the council of Alpha's on how to deal with them. Iannis, Eric and Kat have been going round hel
—Killian— I was right, I can finally flip shift again. The first time I did it after we left the wedding, the feeling was euphoric, the split second that it took meant everything. The ferals were way more than I expected but it didn't matter, our numbers were still more than theirs. Lachlan and I had been separated but I knew he was fine, it wasn't easy curing the ferals when all they wanted to do was kill us. It felt good being able to shift again, one second I was my wolf and the next I was back to being human. But I still hadn't found the one person I was looking for, where the hell was he? He was the one controlling them, so he couldn't be far. I was done taking care of the feral on my side and the men were taking them to safety. “Jeremy! Don't be a coward, stop sending your lackeys and come and face me yourself!” I shout out as I continue walking around, searching for him. “Don't worry, I'm not going to use the cure on you, it's going to be the cold
—Lena— “Where exactly do you think you're going to?” Missy asked me as I was about to leave the building. “You heard me right? I'm going to find her son.” I told her. “You can't go out there alone Lena.” She tells me. “Is that actual worry that I hear in your voice Missy? Don't worry about me; I can take care of myself; you stay here and make sure that everyone gets down there.” I tell her. “No, Celia can handle that, I'm coming with you.” She tells me I don't have the time to argue with her; I need to find the woman's son. “Fine, let's go.” I tell her and then we both leave the building. “She said he was just with her so he couldn't have gotten far.” I tell her. “Yeah, that's true, but he's still a kid; they wander off pretty fast once something catches their attention.” Missy tells me. “Why don't we split up, we'll be able to find him faster.” I tell her. “Not going to happen, you might
—Killian— A loud alarm sounds, and it can only mean one thing: they're here. Using my Alpha voice, I address the crowd. “Everyone calm down. We have prepared for this, and we all know what to do; if we panic, it isn't going to help. All the women and children start making your way down to the passageways.” I instruct them and then I turn to look at Lena. “Make sure everyone is safe and that the boundary spell is up before you come and meet us.” I tell her. “I know, you be safe out there, he's going to come straight for you.” She tells me. “Well, he's going to be in for a huge surprise.” I tell her, when we marked each other, I felt something shift in me and I finally feel like my former self, I haven't tried it out but I'm very sure that I cam flip shift again. “I'll see you soon.” She tells me and then she picks up her dress and runs into the house with Kate, Adriana and Kat following behind her. Lachlan comes to stand by my side with Iannis an
—Lena— We walk down the stairs, to the back patio doors that lead into the clearing. Adriana and Kat go out first when the violin starts playing. “Alright, this is it, once you step out, there's no going back.” Kate tells me. “I know that Kate, I'm ready.” I tell her. “Alright then, we just have to wait for your dad. Oh, there he is.” Kate says as my dad walks in and he has tears in his eyes as he looks at me. “Oh, my baby girl, you look so beautiful.” He tells me, and I can't help the tears that also well up in my eyes; my father doesn't get emotional all the time. “Thank you, Dad.” I tell him as he stands by my side and puts my hand through his. Kate nods at the two of us, and then she walks out; we wait a few minutes and then me and my dad walk out, and I can't help that I stop walking the moment we step outside because the crowd gathered here is more than I expected. “It's ok, Lena, don't focus on them; focus on the one perso
—Lena— The next day, we kind of slept in and by the time we got up and got ready for the day, it was already eleven in the morning, the perfect time to start brunch if I do say so myself. The guys had left, none of them telling us where they were going to, so we had the house to ourselves. When I walked downstairs the kitchen had been transformed and I'm not just talking about the decorations, I'm talking about the food spread that Kate had on the counter, there was a fruit board and a cheese board that was so beautifully arranged I was scared to touch it. “Oh Kate, this all looks amazing.” I tell her. “Well, I'm glad you like it. We have a massage scheduled in the next thirty minutes and after that, mani pedis. So everyone here's your drink.” She said as she handed a glass of mimosas to me ans Kat buy just orange juice for Adriana. We took the glass, got into our robes and walked into the living room where the tables had already been set up for the massage
—Lena— Iannis places the bowl in the middle of the table and then all three of them hold hands and start chanting, at first nothing happens and then the liquid in the bowl starts to swirl, it starts slowly first and then it gets so fast that it starts ti form a whirl pool and then there's a blinding bright light all over the bowl and then they stop chanting, the light disappears and the liquid stops swirling. “So I take it that blinding light means that it worked?” I asked them. “Hell yes it worked. Finally.” Eric sighed. In fact there was a sigh of relief all around the room. “Eric, Iannis, Kat, Bertha. I don't know how to even thank you guys for this. You have gone above and beyond. Thank you so much.” Killian tells them and I can tell that he's emotional in that moment. “Killian's right, thank you for this.” I tell them. “No thanks necessary, this was my mistake to fix.” Iannis said. “So what happens next, the liquid in that bowl is
—Lena— It's currently a night to the fourth day, for the past three days, the tension in the pack was palpable, it was like a fuse that was getting ready to blow. Everyone was doing what was asked of them, after the first day, Eric, Kat and Iannis didn't even bother to come back to the house, they'd all been holed up in the cabin, only just sending the occasional text when they needed something and then one of us would go and get it for them. Killian, Lachlan and Kate spent most of their time in the training centre while Adriana and I focused on getting the passageways ready and also planning the mating ceremony. Kate was the one who insisted on this but now she was too busy to help not like I'm blaming her or anything but it was her idea to have something big. If it was left to me, I would just put on a gown and get everything over with. But my mother offered to help me and I gladly accepted, plus it was a good distraction for her. But finally, everything was rea