Chapter two of a three chapter update ... enjoy! Ellie xo
Alpha Carter POV Elizabeth and I had had woken up a few times throughout the night to pick up where we had left off. I was eagerly waiting for our marks to heal, so we could see what they looked like. They should be ready later today. As Alphas we will heal faster than a regular wolf. I was eager to see what the Moon Goddess had blessed us with. I had spent the morning with Kinsley, Stan and Elizabeth going over the silver wolf history books. From what I can gather it is a rarity; like one every hundred years. And they do only come from Alpha lineage. So, either her parents are legitimate, or they are not. We had time to interrogate them again later today. Elizabeth had been very quiet while we read specific details to her. She was not showing any annoyance, but I know she was embarrassed by her lack of reading skills. I would approach the subject with her when this was resolved and offer to get her a tutor if she wanted. I did not want he
Elizabeth POV “What got messed up?” I ask my mother trying to ascertain where she was going with this. She looks at me realizing she said too much. “Why are you here?” she asks trying to change the subject. I look at her and realize there is far more going on here than I could have imagined. “You are not my parents, are you?” I ask her. I do not put a command into my voice. I do not feel I need to. She seems ready to talk. She sighs and moves to sit on the bed patting for me to sit beside her. “I prefer to stand,” I reply as Carter moves closer to me. “We are not your birth parents, Elizabeth. But for all purposes we feel we are your parents,” she says with her eyes pointed to the floor. “Why?” I ask her wanting to know if my birth parents are alive. Did they not want me? How did I end up with Mary and Fred? “It is complicated,” she starts to say when I cut her off. “Make it simple for me to understand,” I say as I wait impa
Alpha Carter POV “You have got to be kidding. What about Carl?” I ask not believing a word coming from this bitch’s mouth. “Oh, Carl would have continued to break Elizabeth and when we were done with him, he would have been taken care of. He had a simple purpose and once that purpose was complete, he would have been executed,” she says as if satisfied with the plans. “What would you have gotten from it all?” Elizabeth asks. “The satisfaction of taking everything from your parents, of course. Hell, if I got really lucky you would have been so convinced of our story, you would have killed them yourself,” she says with a giggle. “Wouldn’t that have been satisfying to experience?” she asks herself. “You are sick,” Elizabeth says to her turning away from the woman who is a stranger to her. “Do not turn your back on me. You owe me, you little bitch,” Mary snarls. Whipping back around Elizabeth stares at her taking a step towards her, “I owe you n
Alpha Carter POV “What does he expect? That you will simply hand her over?” Stan asks. “Apparently he is more delusional than I thought,” I murmur as I consider his threat. “He has to know her parents will have been forced to share what they know,” Stan says. We had brought Stan and Kinsley up to date with what we had learned from Mary and Fred before we left for the shopping trip. “I cannot believe they lied to her in the first place. They are sick people – all of them!” Stan says emotionally. Over the short period of time that we have all been together, he and Kinsley have grown very attached to Elizabeth. I am glad as it is always hard if everyone does not get along in our roles within the Pack. “We need to ensure our patrols are the best we have. I cannot have anything stop the Luna ceremony from moving forward,” I say to Stan as the women come out with all their purchases in their hands. Elizabeth moves in towards me and I give her a s
Elizabeth POV Why is this man so obsessed with me. Or rather I guess obsessed with the power that comes with being royalty. I only learned hours ago my true identity and the thoughts of being royal are terrifying to me. I am just adjusting to a life with Carter. I cannot imagine anything else at this moment. “Mary said my brother is taking over from my father. That has already been decided. Nothing will change,” I say to everyone simply confused as to how all this works. “If you return, there is a chance you will inherit the crown as would be your right,” Carter says to me. “I do not want it,” I reply quickly. “That may be the case, but I think once we get everything figured out, we should reach out to your parents to let them know you are alive,” Carter suggests gently. I look at my hands folded on the table. I know he is right, but the thought of meeting them. The thoughts of them knowing what I went through all these years. The thought
Alpha Carter POV Everyone was on high alert travelling home. That Margie could access Elizabeth so easily reminded us just what we were up against. And that we could not let our guard down. I had Elizabeth pulled into the seat next to me. I wanted her as close as possible and could not wait to get her alone. “What time do you want to start getting ready tomorrow?” Kinsley asks. Elizabeth laughs, “Do we need a lot of time?” she questions. Kinsley whips her head around, “Uh yeah we do need a lot of time,” she says feigning being offended by Elizabeth’s lack of understanding of what would be involved in preparing for the ceremony. “It is alright Kinsley; I have everything arranged. The attendants will arrive at 11 am and your day is planned out for you,” I share with them both. Kinsley looks at me in surprise, “Thank you Alpha. Glad to see someone in this vehicle gets how important this is,” she says turning away but not before I caught the app
Elizabeth POV After a fitful night of rest, I woke early wrapped in Carter’s arms. When Carter told me about Fred’s death, I felt sadness. While I had been betrayed by the man, he had also been my father during my formative years. I did have some good memories of that time. For whatever reason they were good to me before they turned me over to Alpha Matt and Beta Carl. Carter was advised Mary was screaming in anguish over what had happened. She had been demanding Carter and I come to her, but we did not. I had nothing more to say to the woman. It was sad that her mate had died, but there was nothing I could do to help her. Carter indicated he would see her today while I was preparing for the ceremony tonight. That also had me on edge. Would anyone ruin it for us? Would I truly become Luna to this Pack? I could not believe it was happening, but it feels like it has been a long time coming. A small part of me still worried that it would be
Alpha Carter POV Stan and I had gone over the security for the day and evening. I wanted nothing to stand in the way of Elizabeth becoming my Luna. “I think we have everything covered, Stan,” I say. He nods, “We are more than ready for tonight,” he responds. “Do you want to go visit the dungeons with me?” I ask with a smirk. “Well, do I want to no, but will I, yes,” he says as we stand and leave my office. “I do not understand why he killed himself after everything they have done,” I say trying to make sense of the behaviour. “Unfortunately, I doubt you will get the answers you hope to find. Speaking with his mate may give some insight, I suppose,” Stan replies. We walk in silence considering what we are about to learn from Mary. We walk through and the guard’s nod. I take a key from the wall and walk towards the cell which contains Mary. Opening the door, I am shocked to see her lying on her bed with tears in her eyes. She glances to the
In case you have not seen it yet, Eric's story is called Rejecting the Prince's Mate. It is part-way finished and proving to have lots of ups and downs, as you would expect ;)Hope you enjoy the story as much as I am enjoying writing it.Here is a brief summary of the story“What does that mean? You are rejecting me?” Julia asked. I felt a pain in my chest, but I knew this was the right thing to do. “You do not belong in my world; please accept this so we can both move on,” I reply. “No,” she replied. “No?” I asked, confused how this human could refuse my rejection.Eric is the Prince of the Wolf Kingdom. His older sister returns from the dead in time to save him from having to take over as King. Now he is on a quest to find his fated mate. But when he finally finds her, he learns she is human. And he cannot accept a human for a fated mate. Or can he? Follow along as Eric and Julia fight their need for one another. Will the Prince reject his fated mate or will true love wi
Good day Everyone I wanted to share a quick update. I am working on the draft for Eric's story and expect to start it the week of May 6, 2024. I hope you will be as excited as I am to write the story. His will have a couple interesting twists but suffice to say he will find his mate. The question ... will he accept her :) After that we will see where we go but I do want to write the stories for the pups after they are grown. Any feedback is always welcome. Let me know if you are excited to read the story or follow me on my socials to get updates. Ellie xo
Elizabeth’s POV The past six months had been a rush of emotions. Watching CJ grow was unbelievable. He was growing fast already walking. He was ahead of the normal schedule of children, but we have realized our boy was special beyond what we could even fathom at this point. We loved him and would keep him a child as long as we could. Stan and Kinsley had a beautiful little girl. She was two months old. CJ loved little Leslie from the moment he saw her. He always went to see her before anyone else got a chance to say hello to her. He always touched her face softly giving her little kisses. We all joked wouldn’t it be cute if they were mates when they grew up. Eric had not found his mate yet. He had just returned home from a two-month search but with no luck. He was still hopeful, but I could tell he was somewhat disappointed that his search had not yielded him success yet. I kept encouraging him as best I could even to the point of suggest
Elizabeth POV I had been in labour for a while now. I had started pushing an hour ago. I knew I was having a big baby boy, but I do not think anything prepared me for this. Ashley was throwing all her strength into me. I was getting exhausted and angry. Carter was both amazing and annoying at the same time. His words of encouragement were endearing, but I really wanted to punch him in the nuts so he would have a sense of how ridiculous his words really were. The past few months had been a whirlwind. I had survived the two weeks of bed rest. My mother had brought me a lot of things to work on during that time. And I was healthy and given the nod to go back to regular activities with normal precautions. Before I knew it the time had flown by and here, I was birthing my first pup. The rate I was going this could be my last one. “One more push, my Queen,” the doctor says encouragingly. I take a deep breath and push with all my might. With th
Carter POV I gently pick Elizabeth up in my arms. “Elizabeth,” I repeat but she does not respond. There are snarls and cries of pain as I turn to see what is happening. The two sisters are fighting. The warriors are standing by ready to jump in to assist the former Queen. But all respect her need to fight her sister for all that she stole from her. I watch helplessly as I see Elizabeth’s mother toss her sister in the air. As she comes down her mother reaches for her aunt and slams her into the ground. All you could hear was a yelp and the crushing of bones. “How dare you ever think you had a right to destroy my life! How dare you steal a child from her parents! How dare you steal so much from my mate! You deserve so much more but it is time for you to die!” the former Queen yells. Her sister is begging for her life, but the former Queen will hear nothing of it. She moves forward and places her sister’s head in her hands. She starts twist
Elizabeth POV “You!” I scream. I am staring in shock at the person in front of me. “Where did you come from?” I demand as I move to cover Carter’s body. He was defenceless and I would not sit back while someone attacked us. “Surprised to see me?” the person asks. “I am surprised you are still alive,” I say as I move into position in the event they attacked. Moving towards me, “But daughter dearest, I have missed you,” she replies. “You are not my mother,” I spit at her. “My someone is feisty,” she says with a smirk. “Who knew you had it in you?” she asks. “You knew all along,” I say to her. “What kind of sick monster does what you did?” I ask her. “I would like to know that myself,” a voice from behind me says. I turn to see my mother and a group of warriors behind me. I turn around and smirk at the woman in front of me who has managed to get closer to me. “The kind of woman who was sick of her sister getting everything she wanted,” my a
Elizabeth POV The last two weeks had been a blur. We had an amazing feast the night of our coronation, and then we were in the whirlwind of handing over responsibilities for the Kingdom. Carter and I were both sitting in my office on the couch that I had brought in. I had my feet in Carter’s lap as he rubbed them. “Mmmm that feels good,” I murmur as my eyes half close. We had just finished another gruelling day of learning and needed a few minutes to ourselves before we went to supper with those who lived in the Palace. We had started that last week. Carter missed having meals with his Pack, so we started that tradition. Those living within the Palace loved the idea and had embraced being a part of a bigger family. It did not mean everyone joined every night, but it gave people options. The cooking team loved it as well. They got to serve people more than just waiting for a special event. Carter starts to massage up my calve m
Alpha Carter POV “I am back!” I hear in my mind. “Max?” I ask tentatively through our mind-link. “It is me,” he replies excitedly. “I am so grateful to have you back,” I reply. “Me too. Wherever I was it was a very dark and lonely place,” he shares with me. I want to hear exactly what he remembers happening but the Elder in front of me clears his throat. “May we continue Alpha?” he asks. I nod telling Max I want all the details. Knowing we were in the middle of a ceremony and his mate was beside him was enough to settle him. Having completed the transfer of blood, I take Elizabeth’s hand in mine and give it a squeeze. She smiles excitedly, knowing Max was back. The third Elder comes forward. “And now we will do the transfer of the crowns signifying the future,” he says as the King and Queen move forward. Each kneel before the Elder and their crowns are removed for the last time. Both are holding hands as the removal takes place. You c
Alpha Carter POV As Elizabeth and I walked up the aisle, I could not help but become a little nostalgic. Thinking about where we had been to where we are now. Having overcome so many hurdles. So many things that seemed against us being together. But here we were … about to become Queen and King of the Kingdom. I had never aspired to become King. It had never been something I had remotely considered. Having met with the current King this week and learned more about what he did and the opportunities I would have to make a difference in the wolf community excited me. And now I felt like a fool for fighting so hard against it. I could feel Elizabeth’s small hand on my arm as we walked up the aisle following her parents. I could feel the stares and the excitement in the room for the future. For the next generation to take over. What I felt stressed about was my inability to shift tonight. The people present knew of my injury and were advised as