AURORA I feel sorry for Mary and a little guilty. I wish I could have done something to stop Toby from doing whatever he was going to do to her, but I must thank her later. I sit up, bring my knees to my chest and wrap my arms around them as much as I can with them still being tied. I look up as the light starts to fade and watch the sunset over the trees. I then tense as I hear voices coming from in the woods, lower my eyes from the tops of the trees and see 2 dark figures coming towards the cage. I sigh a little as Lincoln and Toby come into view just as the last of the sun disappears behind the trees. Seeing Toby, I then wonder where Mary is. I hope he didn't hurt her. Just before they get within hearing range, Lincoln says something to Toby and then Toby bows and walks off into the woods. Lincoln then makes his way over and stands at the door of the cage. "So, how is my mate tonight?" "If I was your mate, you wouldn't be treating me like this..." Lincoln opens the cage doo
LOGAN As I get to the edge of the woods, Alpha Emmett approaches, "Prince Logan?" I face him. "Yes, Alpha Emmett, what can I do for you?" "I was about to do a run to the border that the rogues keep breaching. Since you are out here, do you want to join me and maybe let me know if there is anything you think I can have improved?.." "Sure, that would actually be good..." I turn to Wyatt and Levi and speak using our private link. "This is even better, as we now have an alibi and a reason to be moving around the woods. But when you get a chance, slip away and take note of what we will be up against!" "Will do..." I then turn back to Alpha Emmett. "Right, we will follow you!" He nods, turns towards the woods and enters. I move up to his side and we both move into a jog as he asks, "That princess Alpha Oliver is making his queen. She isn't his mate, is she?" I look over at him, curious as to what has him interested. "What makes you say that?" "For one, the way you
LOGAN I then move my hand, holding it out to him. He takes it and I help him to his feet. I then turn as I hear someone approaching along our side of the border. I move next to Alpha Emmett as one of his patrol teams stops in front of us and bows. "Alpha, Prince Alpha. There is a report of 15 rogues breaching the border..." "Where?" "About a mile to the West, coming over the North-West border." "Well, what are we still standing here for? Let's move!" I smile as we all turn and take off to the border breach. Once there, we join in the fight, but as I am about to kill one, I get an idea. I knock him out and tie him to a tree hidden behind some bushes with some vines. So that I can interrogate him later. I then make my way back into the fighting. I stop and look around. Everyone is fighting one rogue except for one who has 2 rogues ganging up on him. I step up and block a punch that would have connected with his back. He turns slightly and smiles with a quick nod of thanks. I
AURORA I stretch with a sigh at the fact that I am able to move again with almost no limitation. I take one more look at the stars above and then move to the back of the cage and just hope that Logan won't take the chance and try to get through the trap. I must have dozed off as I was woken by someone growling at the door to the cage. I rub my eyes a little and focus on who is standing there. I am, however, not surprised when I see Lincoln in the small amount of moonlight that is left as he growls, "Damn, I was so sure he would show... It seems we haven't found the pack your mate is from yet my dear, but we will and then I think I will make him watch me take your body while you are begging me to release my seed inside you and then you can watch me kill him..." "He will kill you before you can make me beg you for anything!!!" He just smiles. "See you in a few days!" He then pulls down the material, leaving me in darkness. Just as the light starts to show itself through the s
LOGAN As we are about to pack up and leave Alpha Emmett's pack and territory, Alpha Emmett approaches my father, "King Alpha Oliver. Thank you for what you and your son have done for me here. I will put the revised security patrols into action straight away, and I would like to know if you would allow me to still accompany you on your travels. I can add a few of my personal guards to the protection detail during the travel..." He bows slightly as my father thinks over his offer. I was starting to think that he was going to say no when he answered, "Alpha Emmett, that is a wonderful offer and an idea. If you can spare the time and guards, I have nothing against you continuing to travel with us..." I look at him with a little bit of confusion, but he just winks and then walks away. As soon as Alpha is ready, we all return to our assigned cars and make our way to the next pack. We do this for the next 4 packs and territories. Alpha Emmett did what he said he was going to do and
LOGAN We slowly make our way around the border, fighting off the rogues as they attack. After a hard fight with at least 2 dozen rogues, I turn to Alpha Jack, "Is this normal?" "It seems a little more than normal, but yes, I always have to have more shift changes on the border patrols..." "Do you know what they are after to keep attacking like this?" "No. It gets worse whenever there is either another Alpha or someone of importance is coming." "I think it would be best to capture a rogue from the next wave, see if we can get some answers..." "Yes, King Alpha!! It will be done." I look at him, surprised, but he just smiles and motions for me to walk with him. I fall into step next to him but don't say anything until we are in the privacy of his overnight tent. "I'm not King yet!" Alpha Jack turns and kneels in front of me. "I know you haven't technically taken over from your father, but I believe that Alpha Oliver is no longer fit to stay on the King's throne. I also
LOGAN "He also knows that Alpha Oliver or his wolf has made a connection to the princess but this has been interfered with as the princess has been marked by her true mate..." "How does the Rogue King know so much?" "He has a spy in the kingdom..." "Who?" "I don't know..." "The spy who is it??" "I don't know..." "WHO IS THE SPY??" "I DON'T KNOW!!" His wolf growls. I punch him once, twice, three times, and then Magnus asks, "What is his interest in Alpha Oliver?" "The Rogue King knows how powerful and ruthless Alpha Oliver's wolf is and as soon as he turns rogue he wants him under his control, doing his bidding..." "No one! Not even the King of Rogues can control a newly turned rogue... They are too unpredictable... How is he going to control him?" "The princess... His wolf has chosen the princess. It would be his only weakness..." "How?" "His wolf's instincts would be to hurt and kill everyone, including her, but he would only be able to hurt her. He wou
LOGAN We head back to the packhouse to find my father and the others just coming out of the packhouse. I step up before him and I say, "This pack is well secured. I will get him to send me the details of his security routine. Maybe we can learn something from them and then pass it on to the other packs..." "Okay. We move on to the next pack immediately." "Yes. Father!" I bow my head slightly and move away from him, joining Wyatt and Levi. We all head back into the packhouse at my father's words and grab our things, coming back out and getting into the SUVs and moving on to the next pack. The next pack is only small but even small it has over 1000 pack members that need protecting, it is run by Alpha Pablo. It takes us 3 days to reach the pack. We get there just after lunch. Alpha Pablo was more than happy to supply us with a late meal. As we sit and eat, I notice that Alpha Emmett hasn't joined us. I eat and then talk with Alpha Pablo, "Have you had any trouble with the ro
AURORA True to his word, King Micheal visited on the quiet a couple of times over the remainder of my pregnancy to indulge in the taste of my blood. The night the twins were born, Micheal surprised me. I had been suffering slight discomfort every few hours over the day, however; I didn’t want to alarm anyone until it was necessary. My parents had retired for the night, and I was resting in the library. I had just finished reading a book and was walking slowly around the shelves, looking for another, when a massive wave of pain enveloped me. When the pain passed, I wasn’t surprised when Logan opened our mate link and asked if I was okay. Knowing that he was in a very important meeting with a couple of the kingdom’s allies, I assured him that I was fine, thinking that I had enough time to allow him to finish his meeting before getting him to meet me at the Royal Infirmary. However, the next wave proved me wrong as it was just as intense as the last and I had to concentrate on keeping
AURORA I pull out from his body, straighten and turn so I am now facing him. I am glad no one walked in as it wouldn't have looked good, me in the arms of another male. I look directly into Michael's red eyes and whisper, "You are setting me free? With only those 2 conditions? How do you know that I will keep to them?" "Yes, I am setting you free. I only need these two conditions, and I know you won't go back on them once you agree. One, because I am connected to you and I will know where you are no matter where you go, and two, it is not in you to renege once a deal is made. You have too much of your father's honour in you..." I lower my eyes from his for a moment, but sigh and return my eyes to his, as I whisper, "Okay, I agree with your terms!" His eyes shine bright red and I get lost in them as he closes the gap, leaning down and kissing me. I hesitantly kiss him back as I taste the coppery tang of blood. I then feel a slight sting on my lip. He kisses me for a moment lo
AURORA Unfortunately, the connection I now have with him will always be there even after he releases me as he created a blood bond between us but after what happened on the battlefield and with what Aaliyah had told me, I had worked out that it was more for my protection once he had purchased me from Toby as he didn't trust Toby to keep his word. I don't believe that he will use the blood bond once he releases me to Logan. I am startled out of my head when there is a knock on the door. I turn to see my father standing there. "DADDY!" I smile and run across the room, wrapping my arms around him as he says, "Now that is my little Princess..." I pull back a little as I say, "But I'm not so little anymore..." He laughs and pulls me back into a tight hug, but it only lasts for a second as he receives a kick in the stomach, not once, but twice. You see, once we returned, we found out that I'm not having one pup; I'm actually having two, one male and one female, so my bump wasn't a sma
AURORA Once I have pulled it over his head, he growls as he wraps his arms back around me and pulls me tight into him. He then returns to his kiss. As he slowly deepens and makes it more dominant, he slowly makes me step backward until the backs of my legs hit the side of the bed. This doesn't seem to interfere with what he has in mind as he makes me lay back and then with one arm wrapped around and across my back, he uses the other to support our weight as he crawls on the bed taking me further onto it at the same time. When we are in the middle of the bed, he stops moving and pulls his arm out from underneath me, allowing him to support his weight and then slowly trails his kisses down my neck, over my shoulder and his mark and then down further. He trails his kisses over one breast and then the other before moving down over my abdomen where he stops, making me let out a slight giggle as he whispers, "Hey there, little one... I love you already and I haven't even met you yet..."
AURORA I turn my attention back to Mary and Melanie as I say, "Come on you two, I have told you that is not necessary as you both are my friends..." They laugh, "Sorry Aurora, it's habit... Especially when Alpha Logan is nearby!" "So, what were you two talking about?" "Just that we both are not feeling the best..." I was afraid of this, if I am carrying Logan's pup from just once with him and the females that were taken from this pack are all carrying pups as well, with the amount of time Toby spent with both of them there was no other reason behind why they would feel unwell. I sit down, "Have you heard or been told what happened to some of the females from this pack?" "Yes, we have spoken to a few of the females from this pack and they told us about the rogues as we told them what Toby did to us... What's going on Aurora? You look worried?" "I was just told that nearly every female that was taken by the rogues that night has just found out that they are all carrying a pup...
AURORA Once all the injured are healed enough to travel, we start the long trip back home. The first stop we make is at Alpha Pablo's pack. Ariel and I feel really bad, as it was the females from this pack that were taken by Toby and the rest of his rogues because of my heat. Logan goes to find one of the females he helped as I wandered around the pack. I watch as the females are still all on edge and seem even more so now that even more males have entered their pack's little village. I place my hand on my lower abdomen. I still haven't had the chance to tell Logan about our little bundle. I keep looking for the right time, but something else always seems to come up and I don't get to tell him. I see Alpha Pablo making his rounds of the females now that he is back in the pack and I decide that I never actually got to apologise for the trouble, loss and trauma I caused him and his pack. I approach him slowly and say hesitantly, "Alpha Pablo?" He turns and faces me. He smiles and sa
AURORA When I pull back from our kiss, I smile as I step back, but Logan won't allow me to move too far as he tightens his arm around me and pulls me back into his side. I look around and see my father approaching. I look up at Logan, who smiles, nods his head and finally lets me go. As soon as his arm drops from my waist, I run to my father and nearly make him fall over as I wrap my arms around him. He wraps his arms around me and holds me tight as he whispers, "I'm sorry! I had no choice..." I pull back a little to look up at him as I say. "Dad, what are you talking about?" "The deal with Alpha Oliver... The way I sent you with him... I am sorry!" "Dad, I told you I was willing to be part of the alliance, I even told you to do it... And if you had told me what was happening, you wouldn't have had to drug me as I would have gone with him willingly... Family and the kingdom always come first..." "I know you did and I am sorry that I didn't tell you... That I didn't warn you of
LOGAN I make my way around the battlefield, checking everybody who is lying on the ground. Once I am sure that there are no more injured out within the dead, I move among the injured and decipher who is rogue and who is pack. Once the rogues are treated, I ask the first one, "Are you a rogue by choice, or were you forced?" "I was taken from my pack as a teenager. I am not proud of what I have done, but had to do it to survive..." "You would have to go through some training and I would need proof from you to know you won't turn on me or other members of my pack... So you want to rejoin a pack? Are you willing to do that to rejoin a pack?" "I have wanted to rejoin a pack since they took me, but no pack would give me the chance..." "Very well, you now have that chance..." "Thank you, Alpha!" I go through the others and most of them are the same taken from their packs during raids done by the Rogue king, so they are not true rogues, as a true rogue is one that has given in to the w
AURORA I watch as Aaliyah finishes setting up whatever it is that she needs to. Once she has set up, I then listen as she starts her chant, By the power of the moon, Let the power dim within this Collar and Chain,Drain the protecting Magic,So the hold they have may be broken. North, South, East, West, Aid me now in this Quest, A curse made with Blood, Must be Cleansed, By the Sun and the Moon. Earth, Air, Fire and Water,I call for your Aid, Unbind this Chain and Collar, To No Longer keep its Prisoner, Bound that was Stolen. With the Power of the Moon, I reverse this Enchantment, I release you, I set you Free! North, South, East, West, With Earth, Air, Fire and Water, Brought together By, The power of the Sun and the Moon, I reverse this Enchantment, Return it to Whence it came, As I will it, So mote it be! I wince as the collar starts to get heated and starts to burn, but it doesn't last long, as it then starts to cool. Aaliyah then makes her way over to