—Lachlan— I arrive at the pack early the next day, I didn't tell anyone I was coming back so that if we did have a traitor in our midst they wouldn't have the time to cover up their tracks. As I walk in past the pack boundary, I look around the pack and marvel at how much we've grown under Killian's leadership. His father as alpha was stuck in the old days and we lived according to the old ways. But when Killian took over, he changed everything, abolished the old ways completely. Women were allowed to go to school and pursue whatever career they wanted, they weren't just kept for breeding. And he brought infrastructure to the pack. Everything was solar powered and we had a huge green house and a large farm and also a very clear spring with a huge waterfall. Most of the pack members decided to stay here and work either on the farm or at the greenhouse or just to take care of the pack in general. The rest work at the company with Killian an
—Killian— There are certain moments in my life I’ll never forget, a moment destined to be engrained in my memory, and no measure of time will erase them. This is one of those moments. Lena walks toward me, and almost as if I’m suspended in time, her beauty hypnotizes me. The red dress she’s wearing is simple but elegant, accentuating her stunning figure. Her long brown hair flows down and nestles over her shoulder to one side with the soft tendrils framing her beautiful face. Her eyes mirror mine, shining bright as her smile radiates across her face, one that reaches her eyes. I’m never one to be rendered speechless, but her beauty continues to astound me. For tonight, she’ll be mine, although I know I have agreed to be friends. My desperation to keep her in my life despite the circumstances will prove extremely difficult. I can’t reach out and touch her, even though she’s beside me. There will be no invading her per
—Eric— "Katharina?" "Hello brother." She says with a huge smile on her face. I get over my shock at seeing her and envelop her in a huge hug. And we stay like that for a while. I finally let her go. "How are you here? How did you find me?" I ask her, so many questions going round in my head but I'm just happy that she's here. "Calm down brother, I'll answer all your questions. Why don't we go find a booth to sit down and you can buy me a drink." "Of course," I take her hand and we both head back into the bar, luckily we find an empty booth and we both walk over there and sit down. Immediately we sit down and a server walks up to our table and asks us our order. "I'll have a bloody mary, with the house burger and fries." My sister orders, and the server turns to me. "I'll have the same but with a gin and tonic." The server takes down our orders and walks away. Immediately she leaves Kat reaches over the table and grabs my hand in
—Lena— I held onto him, my breaths shallow, head thrown back with my eyes half-closed as he slowly grinded himself against me. He took his time, savoring every part of my body. His fingers trailed down my body, causing me to shiver. My nipples became erect, I knew he loved that. Like a hungry beast, he slid his hands back up, cupping my breasts then lightly pinching them. Like my body is possessed, I moved faster, pushing myself down harder and that feeling, it’s climbing, soaring high, almost there. Pulling me down to him, he stopped. Softly caressing my lips, he kissed me like it was our first kiss. His soft tongue rolling over mine, tasting me, and slowly he moved his hips. The climb started to build again. He grabbed my hand and entwined his fingers with mine. I held on, and then he kissed me, on my finger where the gold band sat. “I love you, my wife.” I wake up startled, drenched in sweat, u
—Lachlan— I've been back for a few days now and still haven't found anything new about the drugs and I'm getting really frustrated. The guys were hired to follow the members of the council, haven't reported anything back, everyone has been on their best behavior well except for Elijah who disappeared for a few hours in the woods, but he could have just gone for a run. I noticed that Eamon and Lochlan haven't been around, I asked around and everyone says the same thing that they are attending to business in the city. But my gut is telling me that they are wrong and that those two may be connected to these drugs somehow so I asked Killian to put some guys to find them and follow them. Seeing that I haven't found anything there's one more person I need to talk to Old Bertha. Old Bertha has been in the pack for as long as I can remember, we don't know exactly what she is, we know that she's a hybrid but what we don't know is what her other part is.
—Jeremy— I sit on my office chair thinking and contemplating the best way to bring down Killian and my eyes fall on one of the pictures on my table. It's a picture of my parents and me as a child. We looked so happy and we were that is until Jeho Kelly came into our life. I'm sure by now you're all wondering why I want to destroy Killian. Well, let me tell you a story. —The Past— I wake up to the sound of my mother's voice. "Wake up sleepy head, it's your birthday." I rub my eyes, then I open them to find my mom and dad standing by my bed. My dad is holding a cake with six candles on it and then they both start to sing me the happy birthday song. "Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Jason, happy birthday to you. Alright blow out your candles and make a wish." With a huge grin on my face I get up from my bed, close my eyes really tight and make my wish then I blow out my candles. My mom an
—Lena— Eric and the lady with him walk into my house and then I lock the door. Eric goes to my window and looks out and then he makes sure that all the windows and doors are locked and also that all the curtains are drawn. I walk up to him and stand in his way before he walks off again. "Eric I'm going to need you to stop pacing and tell me what is going on and also who is this pretty lady with you?" "Well you should probably sit down for this conversation Lena." Eric tells me with a serious expression on his face I don't think I've ever seen him this serious before. "Ok, then why don't we go to the living room and take a seat we can talk there." We all walk down to the living room Eric and the lady he's with sit on the couch and I take the sit opposite them. "Ok, so what's the problem Eric." "I don't know where to start from really but first of all this is my sister Katharina and my name isn't really Eric its Eriza, Eriza Ar'sanin an
—Jeremy— I'm at my office in the lab thinking up ways I can kill Mariana and frame Killian for it and make sure that Lena is there when I do. Lochlan barges into my office without knocking. Goddess give me strength. This uncle and nephew duo are really getting on my nerves. If I didn't need them for my plans I'd have killed them by now. "And to what do I owe the pleasure Lochlan." I asked him, barely keeping my anger at bay. He paces up and down my office, it's starting to make me dizzy and pissing me off. "Lochlan you better stop pacing and tell me why you're here." I growl at him. He stops pacing and looks at me. "I heard a little rumor and I wanted to confirm if it was true." "What rumor?" "Well I heard that you broke up with Lena, Is that true?" "Yes." I answer him, I do not need to explain myself to him, and he better be ok with that answer because my anger is being held by a thin thread. "And why would you do that? We need
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