Here's for today. I had a long day today and finished writing/editing late. Tomorrow we will dive into Suzanne's mind... And hopefully, all your questions and assumptions will be answered. Don't hate me for the cliffy (but of course, you can!) I've been good these past few days or weeks without cliffhangers, right? Have a great Saturday/Sunday, lovelies! ♡
23 Years Ago. SUZANNE’s POV (taken from her diary). I rested my forehead on the window as the car drove away from the border into the Silver Moon territory after we were allowed entrance. I would be seeing Nicole. It had been almost a year since I last saw her, and now we were here for her Union with Benjamin. The few other times that our parents went here, I didn’t come along. But now, seeing the beauty that surrounds this place, I wish I had visited more often. I was so accustomed to the cold weather and the frozen atmosphere in our territory that the sight of vibrantly colored trees and the warmth that surrounded the place was so inviting. Maybe I could stay for a while and enjoy the warm weather. And maybe I could find my mate here. Nicole was just eleven months younger than me, and yet she found her mate first. But at 19, I was still young — no need to rush. Besides, I’m an Alpha Female. Whoever mates with me could be the next Alpha of my pack if he was not an Alpha himself.
(CONTINUATION OF SUZANNE’S POV). "My mate rejected me…" Soft sobs escaped my throat, but I didn’t move my eyes away from Archie. His eyes softened, but I swore I saw relief crossing his eyes. He wanted me for himself. He moved towards me and kneeled at the side of my bed. His hands cupped my face and his thumb wiped my tears away. "What did your family say? Are they okay with it?" "They don’t know." I dropped my gaze down, but he didn’t withdraw his hands from my face. And I wouldn’t deny his touch was comforting me. "When do you plan to tell them?" "I don’t know. I don’t want to disappoint them." "Is he an Alpha?" I nodded my head. "Do you know why he rejected you? And do I know him?" "He has a chosen mate. And no, you don’t know him." "Who is he?" I held his hands and slowly took them away from my face. "You don’t need to know. It was too much already that I told you about it. No one knows except me." He gave me a smile before he stood up from kneeling and sat on the side
AEON. I’ve been staring at the ceiling for the last few hours while I tried to make sense of everything that happened in Suzanne’s life based on what I had read and what Alexa told me she read from her mother’s diary. Alpha Melvin was her fated mate. Riley shared with the Alpha circle that no one knew that his parents were not fated mates except themselves. It only made sense that Suzanne knew as well because she was the one rejected. Two females — one forced into the mate bond by forced marking her, and the other rejected and blackmailed to keep up with his lies. How much more fucked up could this man be? I had no fucking idea how Riley would react to this. He was still mourning the loss of his mother and was still trying to get up from the idea of his father causing him his biggest pain when he separated him from his mother. And then adding this would be another blow to him. And Alexa, my sweet Alexa... no wonder she was a big mess tonight. How do you move on after knowing all
LADY KATARINA. Everything was happening so fast. It felt like it was just yesterday when I found my fated mate and today, I would be sworn in as the Luna of the Midnight Pack and my mate, Lucas, would step up as the Alpha. I squeezed my own hands to let go of the coldness I felt. I would not deny that although Lucas’ family and his pack were nothing but good and welcoming to me, I still felt nervous. I’ve been preparing for this all my life, to be someone else’s Luna, but the thought that Lucas is my mate was making me a bit worried. Lucas was the perfect mate in every sense. Everybody loved him, and I had no idea if I could even come up near to his level when it came to his people’s eyes. I didn’t want Lucas to be disappointed with me because he was just too perfect. The door to our bedroom suite opened and my sister, Sofia, together with my best friend, Nadia, came in. Nadia was too pregnant and in a few more weeks, she would be giving birth to my godson or goddaughter. "Oh, Go
LADY KATARINA The party after the ceremony was already in full swing. Lucas did not leave my side the whole night as we went around and met our guests. But there were just too many, and I didn’t think we would be able to stop and greet everyone before the night ended. So we just let it slide and tried to enjoy the night, dancing and kissing each other. But then, the rest of his Alpha friends took him away from me, while I stayed with my females. Later on, Alexa and I went to the restroom to retouch our make-up. Although she was smiling and having fun the whole night, I knew something was bothering her and I wanted to find out. But she kept insisting she was okay and promised me that soon we would talk, but she wanted me to enjoy the night and forget all about her. So even if I was a bit worried, I let it go. Besides, I saw how she and Aeon were attending to each other. I thought it was the only time she didn’t look sad, so at least I was certain that everything between them was ok
AEON. A week had gone by fast and I could tell Alexa was trying her hardest to move forward, which made me proud of her. It wasn’t easy, but she was managing well, and in no time, she was flourishing as the mistress of the packhouse, managing everything that concerned the household with the help of Holly. Aside from that, she never failed to communicate with the pack females, and the packhouse that was only useful to the warriors before was alive with females coming in and out of it. But I wasn’t complaining. I wanted Alexa to find where her heart was, and I knew it belonged to this pack with our people. Her own office was already ready and fully furnished, and she would use that place to receive her visitors, but on the occasions that she had none, she was still spending it in my office, either camping on my lap or on the Victorian sofa that she fancied, which, by the way, would be transferring to her office soon. I just got off the phone with Kallan, and I immediately went out of
AEON. I squeezed Alexa’s hand which was entwined with mine as we walked through the hallway leading to the assigned trial room for my father and Noah’s tribunal. Today will just be about Luna Clair and her abduction. And if there were more time, they would proceed with my case against my father. Otherwise, it would be held in another session. Unlike humans, we didn’t need anyone to represent us. We represent ourselves, and the jury would be the members of the Council, except in cases where the jury is a family member or related by affinity to the person being trialed. In this case, one of the council would not be joining the jury panel since he was related by blood to Noah’s mate. I pushed one of the double doors open and scanned the whole room, checking for any danger before I let Alexa in and followed her. I saw my father at the other end with his head down. Gone was the arrogant man that I knew. He looked weak and uncertain of his future. Although my heart ached at the sight of h
ALEXA. I had no idea how it happened. One moment, I was walking side by side with Clair, with our Betas in front of us and our mates behind us. I never even thought of danger at the moment, for Aeon was with me. I guess I underestimated my father. The moment we stepped out of the Council building, the air changed and someone landed in front of me without making any noise. It happened so fast - the man stabbed Krane's arm with a dagger before he turned around swiftly, grabbed me by my waist, and headed for a run with my body dangling in his arms. It took a moment for everything to sink in and for me to realize that I was being grabbed and taken away. "Aeon!" I shouted at the top of my lungs, my hands extending in front of me as if I was reaching for someone to draw me out of the grip of the big man holding me. But there was no one there to save me. Aeon was so far away. I saw him launch forward and run after us. I didn’t tear my eyes off him as I fought my tears from falling.
EDITED: Dec 2023 The Black Shadow Pack Series ends with Stealing The Heart of My Alpha however, the short stories we all want to hear are still happening. UNDER THE MOONLIGHT: The Black Shadow Pack Mate Bond Stories is now available on this app. Part 1 will be Gamma Carlos and Shaila's Story (Alpha Caspian's Gamma) and Part 2 is a combination of Dominic/Sofia and Darvin/Celeste love story with a few snippets of Lucas/Katarina. After that, we will move to the North and see more of the side characters that we met in Alexa and Aeon's book. BENEATH HER DARKNESS: The Alpha's Little Demon will be the first book of the INTO THE DARKNESS Saga, which is built in the same universe as the Black Shadow Pack, only they are at the North (where no rules/Council exists) and will have more encounters with other supernatural spices aside from werewolves. Join Adan and Lucy on their adventure as they face challenges in different realms. For those who are new to my series, here is the complete bre
October 1, 2022 Dear Lovelies, Another book finally came to an end, as well as the whole series, as it came full circle. ♡ It has been a wonderful journey, my lovelies! And I can’t thank all of you more than enough for sharing your time, your coins, gems, and thoughts with me. For a whole year, the Black Shadow Pack has been part of my family - it never left my mind and became part of my daily routine. So it is hard to let it go. But I know that when one door closes, another one opens. ♡ So I’m looking forward to the new adventure that awaits us all. And I hope you will join me again. ♡ UNDER THE MOONLIGHT The Black Shadow Pack Mate Bond Stories will be launched around October 6, 2022. BENEATH HER DARKNESS: The Alpha's Little Demon will be launched around OCTOBER 12-13, 2022 THE ALPHA BLOOD CIRCLE Series will start with Jace and Amara, tentative date of launch of December 2022. Your dedication to reading my books, update after update, is my biggest motivation to upload regular
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Dear readers, particularly those who are rereading, please refrain from leaving comments that contain spoilers for the next generation. Let everyone discover them on their own. Let's not spoil the fun for them. 💖💜 Much love, Cass ---------Caleb - 50 years old Jake - 49 years old Aeon, Darvin - 48 years old Riley, Dominic, Lucas - 47 years old Caspian, Kallan - 46 years oldALPHA JACOB.My hand coiled around the whisky glass in my hand, I have been a retired Alpha now for almost five years and yet I couldn't stop the Alpha in me from aiming for a better world for the future pups of our race. So when the opportunity was presented, I took advantage and grabbed it.Heading the Council was something I never saw in my future, but after my experience with Clair and what happened with my sweet Catherine, I couldn't turn a blind eye anymore. I had to take the matter into my own hands. I campaigned and asked for support from the Alphas that I knew would alw
Author’s Name - Females’ will be addressed by the Goddess using their maiden names (just because she wanted to) :D SELENE’S POV (The Moon Goddess). My Females. My lovely Females. I couldn’t control my wolves once they were on earth and allowed to use their free will to rule their own species. And most of the time, they would always end up hurting me. But nothing hurt me more than when my females were used as a bargaining chips. Whether they are Alpha Females or Omegas, whatever their ranks, they are my females and I expect nothing less for them. They deserved to be respected for their own choices. But my wolves kept failing me from time to time. The Claiming was something I never dreamed of for my Alpha Females, but I couldn’t do anything except do my part and find a good mate strong enough to fight for their females. And some of these men didn’t fail me. But a lot did. But I hoped that one day, my wolves would wake up and give these females the respect they deserved. I wa
Ten Years after the Alpha and Luna Ceremony.ALEXA.My hands smoothed over Amara’s hair as I carefully fixed her long blonde hair into a high ponytail. I was sitting on a vanity chair with my eight-year-old princess on my lap and my four-year-old little boy playing on the floor just beside where my feet were.We had a few guests coming over to discuss the business plans that we were about to embark on at the Black Shadow Pack territory. This has been Clair’s dream, and with the help of our Alphas, it would soon become a reality.Clair had always wanted to build a school for werewolves within their territory so that the pups of their pack would never have to travel far just to get a formal education. When Caspian, Riley, and Aeon heard of the plans, they immediately wanted to go for it.The reason: their daughters.They desired a safe environment for their daughters to attend school, as well as the freedom to develop their full potential without having to hide their identities.So the
ALEXA. "Hammond, come to Auntie Alexa… I got some broccoli for you!" I wiggled the little bowl I was holding with broccoli cut into thin slices inside. Hammond, Holly and Krane’s son, was almost one-and-a-half years old and had a really big appetite for vegetables that I was having fun feeding him from time to time. Little Hammond clapped his hands as he beamed and trudged his way to me with a smiling Holly following behind him. I extended my hands and lifted him up before placing him on my lap, and he immediately started munching on the broccoli his hand was able to grab. Today is my baby shower and a gender reveal. Although all signs were pointing to a female, we still wanted to be sure since I didn’t want to buy a neutral color for her clothes. Not that I am against neutral colors, but a part of me wishes I could be a mother to a female the way my mother could have been to me if she had been given the chance and the luxury to do so. Hammond started to fidget on my lap and his mo
Two Years After the Alpha and Luna CeremonySIERRA. I just turned eighteen yesterday, and Kallan was preparing to head off to the Blood Moon territory for the baby shower for Luna Alexa. I’ve been wanting to tag along but I didn’t know if Kallan would be okay with it, so I waited until this morning to ask him, but like always, I get tongue-tied whenever it comes to asking if I could go with him to Alpha Aeon’s territory because I dreaded the next question - Why?Because I had no idea what to answer if he asked again.I couldn’t tell him that my eyes were delighted to see the Gamma in that pack. Edward never spoke to me again for the next two years after being cocky towards me on the first day we met.I would see him glancing my way and nodding his head in acknowledgment, but he never made an effort to speak with me. I, on the other hand, did try, but he would always go and turn around, remembering things he needed to do.But I saw how his eyes lit up at the sight of me. Or the smile
AEON. I leaned my body against the pillars of the doorway in front of the packhouse, watching as Holly and some of the Omega females fixed everything we needed to take inside the car. I already smelled Alexa, and I knew soon she would be here asking questions. I had already been up since six o’clock in the morning, and since Alexa didn’t have anything scheduled for this morning, she decided to sleep more, which was convenient for me for the things I had in mind for today. "What’s going on? Why is there no one in the dining room?" She asked at the same time I heard little footsteps approaching. I didn’t turn around and instead slipped a hand inside my shorts pocket. "What are they doing?" She stopped beside me, her eyes gazing at Holly by the car in the pack house grounds. "Good morning, love." I greeted her instead of answering her questions before I moved from leaning against the wall and pecked her temples. "Where is Holly going? Have you eaten breakfast?" "We had an early bre
ALEXA. My legs swayed back and forth as I sat on the balcony railings on the third floor, facing the wide packhouse grounds below and the view far ahead. The wind blew against my skin, its cold air enveloping my whole body as the moon lit me wonderfully, cascading its glorious light on me. I felt like a goddess, a queen, sitting on her throne, which was this beautiful railing that has been my favorite spot for the last few days now. Aeon was still in a night meeting at his office with the Alpha Circle. They wanted to keep saying they were having meetings, but the Lunas knew they were just spending time teasing and annoying each other at least once a week. Not that I was complaining. In fact, I was happy he was able to reconnect with them. It made the loss of Argon easier for him with his friends around him. As for me, it has been months since my father died at the hands of my mate. Did I have any regrets? No. Although his death wouldn’t change anything in the past, with him gone