“Please don’t do this.” I begged over and over, but no one was listening. I thrashed against their hold, but nothing. “I am your luna.” I screamed at the top of my lungs, but then his laugh from the other room broke all the fight in me. “Luke please.” I begged once more time, my voice horse.“Kill it once it’s done. Toss her out. She will have to survive on her own from here on out.”He can’t mean that. This was our baby. “Our baby.”“Is a mistake from the Moon Goddess. One I will rectify.” His voice called again from the other room. He wouldn’t even face me. “Now do it. That’s an order.”“Yes, Alpha.”It was a mistake to come here.It was a mistake to give him everything.“Oh, and doctor?” Her sweet voice called from the other room. My stepsister, Shannon. I gritted my teeth. “Don’t use any anesthetic. She should feel everything.”“Yes, Luna.” The doctor turned back to me with sad eyes, but when he picked up the scalpel, I knew I was screwed.I’m sorry, baby. Momma couldn’t save you.
I opened my eyes to find myself surprisingly alive. “Amy hurry, you’re going to be late.” I jolted up and look around, confused. What was going on? Where was I? “Amy!” The voice called again and I shook myself. I stood up from the bed and looked around again. I recognized this room. It was my childhood bedroom. I hadn’t stepped foot in this room since I found my mate, Brandon. I heard a knock on the door and my mother opened it. Before I could process what was happening, I ran into my mother’s arms. “Mom, you’re here.” I started to cry. “I’ve missed you so much.”“Amy. My girl.” She laughed as she patted my back. “I saw you yesterday.” She pulled back and I looked into her amber eyes that matched my own. “Happy birthday, baby.”I leaned into her hands and realized that today was the last day I spent at home. I found my mate on my eighteenth birthday. “Thank you, mom.”“Hopefully, you will meet your mate today and start your new life.” She smiled at me and I felt my blood freeze. I di
“Pack your bags, Amy.” My mom came in, surprising me from the list I was making. “What?” I looked up. “Why?”“You are going to spend the summer with your father. I already got the approval from the Alpha.” Mom smiled down at me. “Come on, baby. Pack your bag and get ready.”I jumped to my feet and ran to my mom. “I can go?”“Just for the summer, baby, then you will be back here with me. I had to promise that you would be returning here.”I pouted. “Mom, I really don’t want to be here.” I wanted to make them pay, but I wouldn’t risk him finding me.“It’s okay baby, you will understand once you see your dad.” She patted my hair and kissed my cheek. “Now get ready.”“Okay mom.” I kissed her back then she left me alone. I grabbed my phone to lock it and then turned back to my closet. I packed my bag and then headed into my bathroom when I heard the downstairs door slam open. “I fucking knew it.” I heard Shannon scream down stairs. I ignored her as I grabbed everything from my bathroom a
I slipped into the back of the car after putting my bags in the back and buckled in. I had barely takin a breath before I launched myself over the seats and into the driver’s arms.His laugh made my eyes prickle. “Hey love bug.”“Uncle Ronnie. I’ve missed you.” I climbed over the seats and sat up front. “What are you doing here?” Ronnie was my dad’s beta. Not related, but he had been there for most of my life. “You think I was going to let my cheeky niece come to pack lands alone? Not on your life.” “Dad sent you?” I laughed.“Dad sent me. He is a worry wart your da.” He smiled over and laughed with me. “As soon as your mom called, he sent me with the jet.” “He didn’t have to.” I just shook my head and buckled my seatbelt. “Of course he did. He never gets to see you enough, and now you’re sending in the summer. What’s going on?” My uncle looked at me and I just shook my head. “I don’t want to be here.”“Why?”I looked down at my hands that were twisted. “I’m afraid that my mate i
“I lived another life, and I died.” I stumbled over my words and I felt my father freeze. A quick look to Ronnie had him locking the door and waving his hands. I felt the air still, but I was focused on my father’s eyes. “This morning I woke up six years in the past after living until I was twenty-four, and growing my own pup only to have my mate to rip him from my body.” My father’s and Ronnie’s snarl shook the walls, but I raised my hands. “He betrays me for my step sister who convinced him that I cheated and the pup wasn’t his, so he killed us both using silver scalpels, and killing any love I had for him at the same time.” I looked up at my father and the tears rolled down my face. “Pup.” His voice was choked up, but I raised my hand. “I don’t want him to be my mate, daddy. I know I won’t survive it. I need to change it. Everything, and it starts with hiding my scent. I told mom what I needed, and she called you. How are you going to help me?” I was starting to panic. “I don’t
I walked to my room and screamed when I was tackled to the ground. I started laughing as Cassie got off me. “Why the heck didn’t you tell me you were coming?” She punched my shoulder as I stood. “I didn’t know until this morning.” I hugged her to my side. “I missed you.”“I missed you too.” She pulled back and tossed me a small box. “Happy birthday.”I laughed again. “With everything that has happened, I had pretty much forgotten that it’s my birthday today.” “The big eighteen. Have you shifted yet?” Cassie jumped up and down with excitement. I just shook my head. “I don’t shift. You know that.” My face fell. I heard chuffing inside of my head. “I think you are just blocking it. You have a wolf. We all feel her.” She bumped her hip into mine. “I can feel she wants out.” My wolf chuffed in agreement.Cassie is smarter than you. My wolf’s voice ricochetted in my mind and I just smiled. There are things I cannot tell you, even now, but eventually, if we are lucky, you will find out y
When we got to the mall, we walked into the clothing store. “I need a new dress.” Cassie pulled me to the back and started to go through the racks. “Why do you need one of these dresses?” I pulled a dress off the rack and held it to my body. The form fitting dress flared out at the bottom. It was a beautiful mermaid formal dress, but white wasn’t my color. “Your homecoming ball.” Cassie grabbed a short pink number that would look horrible with her skin tone. “Put that down and what do you mean homecoming ball?” Cassie froze and then slow turned back to me.“Don’t tell your dad I told you.” She rushed back to me and grabbed my hands. “Frick, I knew I was going to mess this up. You are my best friend and I knew I would mess this up.”“Calm down.” I laughed. “I would never tell my dad you messed up.” I wrapped my hands around her shoulders and shook. “Cassie, calm down and just tell me.”She smiled and nodded. “I was supposed to take you dress shopping for a surprise home coming party
“So, do we walk to talk about it?” I looked over at Cassie, but she was staring straight ahead. “Cas?”“Can we pretend like it never happened?” Her voice was small when I pulled her over to the side of the mall and leaned in. “Talk to me.”“What do you want me to say?” She threw up her hands. “It’s miserable being this weak. Every she wolf with more power out of the ranking demands we do their work, or their chores, or if we get nice stuff, they take it.” Cas looked at me and I could feel her pain. "We have no alpha female that protects us here. The beta and gamma try, but they have their own duties.” Cas wiped her face. “We have learned to deal with it, and when it really gets bad, then you dad gets involved.”“Cas…”“You aren’t here, and neither is your mom. If you get too involved, then we just suffer when you leave.” She looked at me and then shook herself. “C’mon, let’s go pick out jewelry for your dress. Which one are you going to wear?”“Don't worry about it. You are going to
We made it to their sides, and I realized in the dim glow of the Moon Goddess that Nix had grown thin, and Megan’s fur was patchy. “What is wrong with them?”“I don’t know. But they are not healthy.” The goddess let go of my side and crouched down, stroking my wolves, shaking them from their slumber. “Why are you down here, little ones?” The goddess stroked their faces, lifting their heads as they struggled to wake. Megan was the first to realize they weren’t alone. “Moon Goddess?” Megan struggled to stand on her shaky legs. “Why are you here?”“We were wondering the same.” The goddess shifted, and Megan’s eyes met mine. I watched her widen and then fill with shame. “Amy…” she started. “Why are you here?” Her voice was thick with some pent up emotion.“Why am I here?” I had to give a tiny, sad laugh. “Why are you two? Do you know how long I’ve been looking for you? How long you left me alone?”“Amy…I-”I held up my hand. “I don’t want to hear any excuses, Megan.” I got to my knees a
The scene before me was wiped away with her arm. The screams that had shattered the silence of my mind were gone in an instant and once again, we were alone in the trees of my mind. “The first Lycan was born from your blood. The wolves were born from your power.” “Exactly. But you, your line is different.” She walked a few steps. “You wolf line, your fathers, descended from the first wolf, and from a powerful line of witches. But your mother’s line. Her Lycan line came from me.” Her grip on me tightened again. “You see, I fell in love.” Her eyes were full of tears as we continued down our path, but her smile was bright. “The man I saved had a large family, who had children, and they had children until Wellin came.”“Why has no one heard of Wellin?”“Because…” She shook her head and I felt a slight burn as her tear landed on my hand. “Because I loved him too much, and when he betrayed me, I banished him.” A soft sigh escaped her. “He was my everything.”“What happened?”“I had finally
I stumbled into my apartment around ten, utterly exhausted, but I had something I still had to do. I showered, ate, and then curled up into my chair. With shaky resolve, I turned in and I started down the path I had once walked months ago. I was back to the first day when my grandmother coached me through finding my power, but this time, I was searching for something else. My wolves. I trailed my hands down the trees of my mind as I passed. I walked barefoot through the tall grass. The pathway that was so clear back then had become overgrown and I didn’t know why.“Because your wolves stopped using it.” I turned to see a woman walking next to me., Her hair and skin were luminous, a bright shining light in the darkness. “Moon Goddess.” My breath hitched. “Why are you here?”“Because you need me to be.” Her smile was soft, but it comforted me. I turned back to the path ahead of us and we continued. The trees growing darker the deeper we went. We walked for a long time before I worke
After the announcement was finished, there was a collective pause that could be felt all around the school…and then chaos erupted. And in the middle of that churning storm of need and desperation were me and my friends. Women of all shapes and sizes ran through the corridor and then spotted the giant banner Brandon had made and made a bee-line for us. “Welcome to the Application table. Take this tablet.” I handed the first girl that made it to me. “Fill in the application and hit submit. Make sure you enter your proper email, as it will send you a duplicate of the application process and the receipt that it has been sent in.” I smiled as she snatched the tablet away and filled in the paperwork. “According to the king, you will receive a confirmation email that your application has been received by the email in place.”“Thank you.” She filled it in and then handed it back. Wirth in seconds, she received two notifications. One email confirming the application had been sent, and one fro
Once the banner was up, I sat back down to find Rowan was just getting to the point. I watched Brandon out of the corner of my eye, but he seemed like he settled down, thankfully. “What are you saying, my king?” One of the reporters was frustrated at his long-winded explanation. You could see it in her face. The girls giggled. “What?” I turned to them and Micca leaned over. “The reporter knows what the announcement is, but she can’t say anything until Rowan says the words. She is frustrated.”I turned back to my phone. “Who is she?”“I can’t remember her name, but she is always at these press conferences. Look.” Micca nodded towards her phone. “Every time she is on the screen, her face is full of need. She has wanted the king since he first came into power and she was new on the circuit.” “Ew.” He was a child. “Yupp.” Micca popped the ending p of the word. “My mom said this woman has made it her mission to get the King to react to her, but he never does.”Rowan glowered at the re
We ate quickly, then made our way to the hallway. Brandon went up the ladder, but I held him back. “What’s up?”“Let’s wait until the announcement happens.” I smirked at him, and he nodded. We got chairs and Brandon tracked down a few long extension cords for us. We plugged in the tablets and we waited. “What’s going on here?” A random few people stopped and asked us, but we just smiled. “There is going to be a big announcement today, and we are just getting ready to help the students here.” I smiled up at one girl that stopped in front of the table. “Okay…” she trailed off as she turned, but I called out to the students hanging around. “I can’t tell you what the announcement is going to be, but when it happens. Remember, we are here to help streamline the process.” Everyone giggled as the confused students moved away from us.“They probably think we are crazy.” Hanna tossed her hair, and I nodded. I grabbed a lock and twirled it around my finger. “Your hair has grown so much sin
“Are you ready for today?” Toya woke me up the next day, handing me a cup of coffee I wanted to kiss her for and a smile.I nodded as I took my first sip. “I finished it at three in the morning. I also transferred it to my tablet.” I stretched. “Fuck my life. I’m exhausted.” But I felt my smile stretch across my face. “But it’s going to be worth it all.”“What did he say?” Toya waited as I slipped my shoes on.“He sent back one word. ‘Okay.’” I turned to her. “Like what the fuck is that?”“Maybe someone is watching him?” She offered as a solution. I mean, she was probably right, but I’m just annoyed with it all.“Do you know when the announcement will happen?” Toya turned to the door as a knock sounded. She opened it to find everyone else there holding tablets.“What’s going on?” I took another shot of caffeine and cracked my neck as I settled on my sofa.“We wanted to help.” Micca walked in and handed me her tablet.“Help?” I furrowed my brow and wiggled her tablet. “With what?”“Toy
Nina snarled, and I laughed. Actually, that gave me an idea. I turned back to the ladies and smiled. “Nina just gave me an amazing idea.”“What?” She grabbed for me but I danced away and the girls smiled.I looked back to a stone faced Brandon and had another idea. So I turned to face Nina. “I wasn’t even going to apply. I don’t think I am mate material for the king.” Nina and Brandon smirked. “But since you made such a big deal out of it, Nina. I’m going to apply. I’m going to get every single she-wolf I know to apply.” I laughed as she paled. “Fuck it. Let’s even let the men that want to apply, apply. I’m going to make it so fucking each for everyone and anyone to apply to being the king’s mate that it ruins what ever fucking plan you have.”“You wouldn’t.” I leaned in with a wolfish grin. “I have no expectations that I would make it past the first draft, Nina.” I shot a look at Brandon, who had a small smile on his lips at the comment. “But since you came to my home and tried to m
We all stepped out of the elevator and made our way to the front desk. The girls decided I couldn’t go downstairs alone, and since we were already here, after this shit show of a conversation, we could go out to eat.“Jora.” I smiled and gave him a small wave. “How’s your family?”He smiled wide and pulled out a card, handing it to me. “This is from the twins. They wanted to thank you personally for their birthday gift. I smiled as I took the card, pulling it back as someone tried to snatch it out of my hand. “Who gives a fuck about this card?” Nina’s snarl frayed the last thread I had in my control. But I slipped the card back to one of the girls, keeping it safe.“What I do with my card has nothing to do with you. And it’s mine, so I care.” I lifted my brow and tilted my head. “Why do you care so much is the actual question?”She bared her teeth at me but I stayed calm on the outside. But I could feel my anger rising. She kept pushing my limit and eventually I would snap. “You kept