" She's only 12 years old. You are a f**king creep." I say. " Like I said, I won't do anything. Not until she's of age." He says. " That's 6 years. Can you really be around her for 6 years knowing that she's your mate and not do anything. The pull will be too strong if you are around her every day. We both know that. You'll last a year or two at the most. And you are not having sex with my sister when she is 13 or 14." I demanded. " I know. I've been thinking about this a lot too. Ever since I met her. I know what I have to do." He says. " And what's that?" I asked. " I'm leaving. I've already decided. It is going to kill me being away but I know that it's the best decision. Everyone will think so." He says. " Well, I sure as hell do." I yelled. " What's going on in here?" Asher asked coming inside the kitchen. " Do you want to tell him or me?" I asked. " Tell me what?" Asher asked. " Freya is my mate. I know it, she obviously doesn't." Beau says taking a step back
IVY POV ONE YEAR LATER Well, surprisingly I have settled into my role as Luna pretty well now. I didn't think I could ever really accept this position but here I was. I was doing it. All of our little villages had been completed and a lot of people had jobs off of the territory but that was fine. That was always allowed because there weren't enough jobs in our pack to accomodate everyone. And everyone seemed really happy. Freya was doing great in school and she was even seeing a boy from her grade that we liked really much. He was a good kid and didn't get into trouble. It was funny seeing Asher with her though. Asher had definitely taken on the father figure in her life and he gave that poor boy the grilling of a lifetime when he came to the house for the first time. I felt so sorry for him. I eventually had to stop it and let the boy know that the Alpha of his pack was just kidding. I didn't want Asher to scare him off. Freya looked happy with him and that's the way I wanted it
I was getting really paranoid after that conversation with Asher. I didn't know what to do. And I was a little afraid to go anywhere alone. So he made sure that someone had eyes on me at all times. And he obviously chose people that he trusted without a question of doubt. But he didn't make it obvious. He made sure that they had eyes on me but they were actually escorting me anywhere. They were following me from a distance so that it wasn't so obvious. I had to continue my Luna duties and I had a meeting with a group of ladies to hear what issues that they had around the pack which took us almost an entire state. Some of them travelled hours to be here so we had food and drinks set up in the conference room and we all sat around the table talking about all the issues that they had in their little communities. They all told me of things that were happening and I was writing everything down that I thought needed attention, especially around security. Now more than ever, I was worrie
The next morning after we got up and dressed we headed downstairs to the dining room and Freya was just leaving for school and Spencer and Cole were nowhere to be seen either. So Asher and I sat in the informal dining room at a table next to the window and I was looking out at the sun shining down and the gardens outside. " Are you alright?" Asher asked. " Yeah. Why wouldn't I be?" I asked. " I don't know. You just look a little pissed off." He says. " Why the hell shouldn't I be pissed off?" I asked just as Lucy walked over with a tray and put down our plates of food and two coffees. " Enjoy guys." She says walking away. And I just sat there and stared at the coffee and then looked at Asher. " We have to pretend like we don't know anything." Asher whispered. " I'm not drinking that. Who the hell knows what she's been putting in it." I say. " It's just birth control." He says. " What kind? It could be poison for all I know. It could be rotting my insides for all we kn
IVY POV I walked into the bedroom late one night and Asher was already in there. He had just stepped out of the bathroom with a towel around his waist and I sat on the bed to take my shoes off. " Where have you been all afternoon?" He asked. " What do you mean? I went to see a couple of those villages. I had meetings with the women there." I say. " Oh yeah. That's what you say." He says. " What the hell is that meant to mean?" I yell. " I mean, I called those villages. I know that you weren't there. So where the hell were you? I was looking for you all afternoon and your mind link wasn't working. You've already been kidnapped once. Do you really want it to happen again?" Asher yelled at me. " Screw you. What the hell are you accusing me of?" I asked as I stood up. " You know exactly what I am accusing you of. Who the hell were you with?" He asked. " Wow. You are really f**king reaching now, aren't you?" I asked. " Well, I'm obviously not doing the job getting you pregn
LUCY POV I couldn't believe it. I thought my whole plan was going to be derailed until Freya, a f**king child, came in and told them that she hated what was going on and for them to start working it out. I didn't know that them not conceiving would cause so many problems and make them stop having sex altogether. But maybe we might be able to get back on track. I can't deliver Ivy to Levi without her being pregnant. That was a must. I don't know why a baby is so important to Levi. I would have his baby in a second but for some reason he wants this baby. Obviously he cant just take Ivy and force her to have his baby. That's his sister and that is disgusting. When I finally got to my room on the bottom floor of the mansion I mindlinked everyong that the meeting was still on for tomorrow night. And then I grabbed a device that I had hidden under my bed and I rewound it and pressed play. I listened to Asher wake up and grown as he got out of bed and went to the bathroom and he had a
FLASHBACK - IVY POV Asher and I were lying in bed one night trying to go to sleep. My head was on his chest and I could hear this irritating noise. I didn't know what the hell it was. It was annoying the hell out of me. I put my head up a couple of times thinking that there was a bug or something flying around the room but there was nothing. So I put my head back down and I tried to go to sleep. I still couldn't sleep so I got up and started looking around the room. I followed it to the TV and I thought there was something wrong with the wiring. So I pulled it forward and Asher sat up on his elbows to see what I was doing. But as soon as he started to talk I put my finger over my lips, telling him to be quiet and I gestured for him to come over to me. He walked over and I showed him the recorder that I found behind the TV. And he was going to pull it down but I stopped him. And I pulled him out into the hallway. " What are you doing?" I whispered. " Someone is listening to u
IVY POV Seeing the look on Lucy's face as she came out of that tunnel was something that I would never forget. She was shocked and knew that she was as good as dead now. And then when Asher went over and shook Axel's hand and thanked him for everything he did, it was classic. I couldn't have pictured it any better. They were all taken to the dungeons underneath the packhouse and a lot of those people had children. So the kids were picked up and they were taken to the orphanage. Because their parents weren't coming home any time soon. I needed to make sure that they were safe. That was one of my responsibilities as the Luna. But the older kids weren't happy. Because they shared the same views as their parents. So they went kicking and screaming and we needed to post guards at the orphanage to make sure that they didn't cause any trouble. It was the older ones that were mostly giving Freya a hard time at school because they thought she was betraying Jackson by being here. When we