RICK FORSONRICK WALKED INTO the packhouse and heard some sounds coming from the kitchen. He kicked off his shoes and went to the kitchen, where he saw Reine."I told you you don't have to do any of these," He said, coming up to stand beside her. He wanted to wrap his hands around her but he knew she would not stay still. "We have pack members that would be too happy to help out here.""I can't just stay idle in a place," she said, trying to crouch with some effort but couldn't because of her bulging stomach. Rick immediately bent and opened the oven; he took out the hot tray and placed it on the counter."You are a Luna now," he said, watching as she brushed some spiced oil on the baked pastries. "You should not have to do this. Especially in your condition." "I am sick, not pregnant," Reine said. Rick sighed. He was expecting her to say that. "Besides," she said, "All my life, I have been trained to work and work, I cannot just suddenly turn off that part of my brain. I am used to
RICK FORSON "HELLO?" RICK SAID, cupping his hand around the speaker of the phone. "Can you hear me?""Yes, I can," Mitch replied in his usual gruff tone. "Alpha Mitch," Rick said hastily. He gave a signal to Beth that he would be back soon as he walked out of the room and closed the door gently behind him. "I have been trying to reach your kingdom for about a month now, but all my calls have been void. Not even to voicemail... just... void."Mitch grunted. "Yes. We just noticed our collapsed phone lines. We have an average of 5 major ice storms every month here. The weather is unfriendly. One of them must have fallen our lines and we never noticed until a few hours ago." "Oh... I see," Rick said."Yes," Mitch said. "Now tell me why you have been blasting my dead lines with phone calls."Rick chuckled. "Well... I actually wanted to talk with the Luna, Anna." He ran his fingers through his hair. "It's not what you are thinking."Mitch scoffed. "I was not thinking anything, Alpha Mitc
RICK FORSON"I'LL BE BACK," He hastily said to Reine."What has happened? Where are you going?" She asked."Don't worry about that," He said. He looked at the two women beside the bed and said, "Remember what I told you two." They bowed and nodded.Rick walked out of the hall and headed to his office where he was sure that Jones was waiting for him."What is it?" He asked as soon as he walked in.Jones turned. He looked agitated. "You remember when you told me to keep my ear out for any news concerning the mountain Alps kingdom because you could not get through to them?"Rick nodded and waved it aside. "Yeah, but don't bother about that anymore. I just spoke to Mitch. He called me and explained that their phone lines were down all this while.""Oh, really?" Jones asked. His agitation seemed to dampen a little bit. "Yeah," Rick said. "So if that was what this was about, then it is nothing for you to be worried about." He turned and started to walk out of the office, but Jones stopped
ANNA KYLIN CHESTERI PICKED MY PATH through the rubble carefully."You should not be here, Luna," one of the men said easily hoisting a fallen tree on his shoulder with a little grunt. I smiled to reassure him that I was fine here."He is right, though," Draco muttered as he came to stand beside her."How bad is the damage?" I asked."Pretty bad," Draco said. "But luckily, the storm did not get to any residential areas."I nodded, thanking the moon goddess for safety under my breath. We have been having some intense storms for the past couple of days. The storm did not extend to the main parts of the kingdom, but it threw everywhere into cold darkness. I had to have school and trading cancelled until the storm passed over. All that restless energy of people who were used to being busy built up in the kingdom, that at the first sign that the storm was over this morning, a bunch of men were out of their houses.I came out hours later to join them. The storm had broken off a huge slab o
ANNA KYLIN CHESTERI SHRUGGED OFF my coat and handed it to a young server girl. As I kicked off the snow from my boot, Draco said, "I will be in the office."I nodded to let him know that I heard him.I heard some noise coming from the kitchen, when I got there, I saw that the children were at the breakfast table. Ever since dinner that night where I negotiated with Charles and handed the territory to Elijah, I noticed he smiled more often, and was a bit more open to me since then."Good morning, mum," Aiden greeted, hopping on his seat as they waited for Patty to serve the table."Good morning, mum," Addison said."How are you two?" I asked, rubbing their heads fondly. "Did you sleep well?"They nodded enthusiastically."Good morning, Luna," Elijah said in a small voice."How are you?" I asked him. Hailie was still very shy; she only bowed. I kissed her forehead and joined them at the table."Good morning, Luna." Patty came into the kitchen holding the tray of breakfast.I nodded at
ANNA KYLIN CHESTER“WE ARE GLAD to see you are back on your feet, Alpha,“ Patty said as she brought out the tray of breakfast and placed it on the table. “I was about to have the meals sent up as usual.““Are you ill, Dad?“ Addison asked.“No, princess,“ Mitch leaned across and ruffled her hair gently. “I came down with a little cold, that's all.“I scoffed inwardly. A cold indeed. He was prepared to remain in bed if I had not coerced him by telling him that the children were getting worried about his health. That was what got him out.“Haven’t you had breakfast yet?“ I asked Aiden who was picking some green peas from Mitch’s plate.Aiden grinned and nodded. We all turned at the sound of the door opening and saw Beta draco coming in. His eyes widened slightly as he saw Mitch seated on the table. “I was not expecting to see you here,“ he smiled.“Join us,” Mitch gestured at an empty seat.“I already had breakfast at home, but a cup of coffee won’t hurt, I guess,“ he said as he poured o
MITCH CHESTERMITCH WANTED NOTHING more than to rip the head from Charles’s neck and send it in a box back to the council. He sighed, confused because it had been a long time since he felt like this. This angry, raging beast was the person that Ophelia had fallen in love with. And he had not been that person in almost a decade. He shrugged on a furry overcoat from the door side rack and walked out of the palace. The guards were shocked to see him come out. They immediately stood at attention. “Good morning, Alpha,“ they chorused. He nodded and waved the greeting aside. Two guards from the front gate dogged his steps, following him from a few yards behind as he strolled along the street. His mind was too distracted, so he did not send the guards away.The air was still chilly, but the sky was cleared and the sun was shining through the clouds. The storm had passed, but knowing how unpredictable the weather up here could be, he knew that it could all change before evening.He heard chi
MITCH CHESTERHE WAITED FOR the next few minutes, wondering what Lorna was doing. He was about to call for her again but a door behind him opened and Enrique sauntered into the sitting room. He scoffed as he saw Mitch and said, “When did you decide to get out of bed?“ Mitch shrugged and went to the shelf, peering into them to see what mysterious plant they held. “Some of those things can affect you through their scent,“ Enrique drawled. “I would be careful how I sniff them if I were you.“ Mitch took a step away and went to the window. “I negotiated a pretty good deal with the council,“ Enrique said again. “Your werewolf Luna is not a good politician. She was lucky to have me there.“ Mitch chuckled dryly. He remembered that the last time he and his uncle were in this place, the house had been on fire and they were out for each other’s throats. “We are all lucky to have Anna amongst us,“ Mitch said in a low growl. “You would be wise to remember that next time.“ Enrique fro