Aleena's POVI woke up to the sound of someone knocking on my door. I jumped up not knowing what time it was and thinking I was late to my first day of training. I still had the map across my bed, so I quickly folded it up and shoved it under my mattress but telling the person to come in.Bethanie came in with a smile on her face and had a cart loaded with food again for me.“You really don’t think I would eat all of this do you?” I asked with a smile on my face at the amount of food that was on this cart.“I heard you were starting training today, so I wanted to make sure you weren’t going on an empty stomach.” Bethanie just shrugged her shoulders at me.“Well I’m sure that’s not going to happen with all this food here.” I chuckled. I grabbed a huge saucer type bowl and sniffed it. “That would be my creation. I call it the All-In-One.” Bethanie said with the biggest grin on her face.“What’s in it?” I questioned as my mouth was already salivating and just the smell of it. “Start wi
Gunner’s pov“sir, cheyenne’s father has been m.i.a. for a few days now. ben and i just came from her house and we talked to tyler while we were there. we were looking for kira and wanted to question tyler about her and when we asked to talk to his father, that’s when he informed us that he couldn’t deal with the lies from his mate and that he needed some space to clear his mind but he hasn’t been seen for a few days now. i wanted to speak with you about it to see if you could possibly up your border patrols or possibly send trackers to find him.” i said lowly but i knew he heard everything.“i would’ve known if he left the territory so he’s still within the borders. i will send my beta back to go look for him along with my best tracker. i wouldn’t normally worry about situations like this if i know they’re still within the territory but with everything going on at the moment, i do not want to take any chances. i do appreciate you bringing this to my attention gunner.” alpha brock sta
Aleena's POVThe past few days have actually been fun, between training and working in the gym with Jax. Sarah has been more relaxed herself with being able to shift more. She was extremely excited for the pack run tonight. It was a full moon and everybody shifts and runs with the King leading them all. The moon helps our wolves to recharge basically. Our wolves get stronger every time we shift and they draw their energy from the moon. “Good morning Princess.” Jax teased me.“You really do have a death wish don’t you?” I asked looking at him from the corner of my eyes while smirking.“It’s true. Why won’t you just accept it?” Jax asked.I looked back down at my plate and the stack of chocolate chip and butterscotch chip pancakes, playing with a few pieces that I had already cut off. “I don’t know. It just doesn’t feel right Jax. I grew up as an omega just to find out right before my eighteenth birthday that I’m literally a princess. Princesses only exist in fairytales Jax.” I said.
Gunner’s povi was in the middle of training with Legolas when i felt my mate trying to connect with me. i told Legolas i needed a break and went off to a quieter place so i could hear her. maddox jumped in before i could even say hi, and then she said she was in the shower. oh for the love of all things holy. this girl is going to be the death of me. i could feel maddox prancing around pushing images in my head of our mate in the shower. thank the goddess that sar distracted maddox long enough for my mate and i to talk. she updated me on how her training had been going and how some guy named jax had been more or less taking care of her this whole time. although the thought of another male touching my mate pissed me off, i also owed him for making sure she was safe. i had to calm maddox down a couple of times at the thought of this guy and we finally agreed that we wouldn’t kill him but instead he deserved a thank you. at least until we got her back, because once i’m back around her,
Aleena's POVI’m not sure how long I sat there staring at the envelope in silence until it finally hit me. The map! I had completely forgotten about the Harry Potter style map that the King gave me. I jumped over to the other side of my bed and pulled it out and unfolded it. I looked all over it and finally found the dot that had Jax’s name next to it. I remembered the path to his quarters and then folded it back up and hid it again. I ran to my closet and I through on a hoodie and tennis shoes and headed out of my room. Luckily there weren’t many people out to stop or question me. Once I got to Jax’s door, at least I hoped it was his door, I knocked three times. I heard someone walking towards the door before it opened.“Alida, what are you doing here?” Jax asked surprised.“I have a problem. I need you like now!” I stated.“What’s wrong?” Jax said with all his attention on me now.“Just come with me.” I grabbed his wrist before he could get out another word.I drug him back to my r
Aleena's POVThe next morning had gone as any other morning had. Jax and I, along with a few others, were down in the dining hall finishing up with breakfast. I had already mind linked him to tell him that his plan to draw the secret note leaving bitch out was in motion, along with the news about the first boat arriving today. He already had someone make up a list of the first wave of people to leave this place. They were lower on the ladder of status so less likely to be noticed that they were missing, least until the dust started to pile up anyways. Jax stood up and cleared his throat, “Can I have everybody’s attention please?” Everybody went silent and were all staring at him now. “As you all know, I had my chance at a mate. Some of you know how that ended. Second chance mates for our kind is very rare, but I am here to tell you that it has in fact happened.”Jax looked down at me and held out his hand for me to take. I took his hand and put a big smile on my face and stood up nex
Gunner’s POVToday is the day. We are all loading up the busses and trucks and heading over to Iceland. When I left there months ago I never thought, in a million years that I would be heading back so soon. I was getting just one step closer to my mate with every step I took. I was bound and determined to find her and bring her home. I was lost in my own thoughts, daydreaming if we’re being honest, about what I was going to do to my mate when I saw her again. Maddox was not shy about anything and was throwing dirty mental images into my head.“Would you knock it off. Horn dog.” I had to chuckle. I know this had to be just as hard on him as it was for me. To finally find our mate and then lose her all within the same hour.“What? Don’t act like you haven’t thought of it either!” Maddox retorted. “Go lay your fluffy ass down and reserve your strength. We have a fight to win.” Maddox snorted at me and I could feel him retreating to the back of mind.“Dude how many suitcases you got?! A
Collin’s POVI knew we were limited on time so sleep was going to have to wait. Dante and I arrived at the place the girl had described to a T. All down to the window trim. “Remind me to make that girl one of our investigators.” I said to Dante as we walked up to the house.“No kidding. She gave a better description than some of the more seasoned investigators we have.” Dante responded.We walked up to the door and let ourselves in. It was oddly quiet in the house that was supposed to be the headquarters of the group. Just when we thought no one was there, Dante stopped me and put his finger to his lips and then his ear. I took the que and started listening and heard what sounded like people whispering. We started following the voices quietly and when we came up to a door where they were coming from, I grabbed the handle and Dante took a defensive position, ready for anyone who might be stupid enough to try an attack. I twisted the handle and flung the door open. There were about 12
Jax’s POVAlida and Gunner had been traveling around the world. To say they were gone a lot would be an understatement. Tora and I have been trying to keep up with the alphas here and requests they had for Alida for when she returned. Thank the Goddess Tora was more organized than I was. I didn’t know how to do any of this shit. We have been building the house back up little by little in our spare time. Chelsea was about to pop at any moment. Things just seemed to be going great. Apart from the everyday stress, there wasn’t much I could complain about. Life was going great with my mate by my side. Meanwhile, we were still checking into Tyler’s mate, Stephanie to see if bringing him in as a beta would be the smart choice considering who her father was. So far there were no red flags. I would say that it would be safe to bring her into the pack, but that decision was up to Alpha Nik. Emma did her time in the pack jail and faced her trial in her own pack as well. They only added 6 mor
Aleena's POVI didn’t get shit for sleep last night. Gunner was on patrols and my mind with wondering with all the different impossible outcomes for my sister’s trails today. In one outcome, I ended up on death row and they were both standing there laughing at me. Ridiculous, I know. Gunner would randomly check in on me, feeling the stress and anxiety through the mate bond. I rolled my tiny ass out of bed with a moan and made my way to the bathroom. A good relaxing shower was much needed right now. My whole body was tensed from all the stress. I didn’t even bother grabbing clothes to take with me. Nobody ever came into our room anyways. Well, not without knocking first anyways.I took Gunner’s shirt off and just tossed it on the floor along with my panties and shorts. I turned on the shower to let it warm up while I brushed my hair out. Once I finished, I stepped in the shower and just stood under the shower head. I let hell’s fire water just rain down on my face and roll down my bod
Aleena's POVWaking up the next morning, I wiped the sleep from my eyes and stretched my whole body out. I looked over to see that Gunner was still asleep when an idea popped in my head. I grabbed a pen and paper and wrote him a note like he did to me. Only instead of a yellow rose I placed a heresy’s kiss candy on top of it.I quietly made my way out of the bedroom and closed the door softly behind me. Once I knew I was in the clear, I made my way down to the kitchen for some breakfast. It was still early and barely anyone was up. Mostly just the warriors going out for their own personal training or patrols switching shifts.I was in the middle of eating my butterscotch chip pancakes when my phone rang. I took it out of my pocket and looked at the caller ID. It was an unknown number. Normally I would just hit ignore but something was telling me to answer it. So I slid my thumb over the green circle on the screen.“Hello?” I asked.“Is this Alida Romanov?” A male’s voice on the other
Aleena's POVI stood there in utter shock for a moment until one of the guys behind me leaned down towards my ear and whispered.“Do you know them?” Jax asked.I let out a warning growl and took a defensive position causing both of them to do the same.“I got this sweetie.” Sarah laughed. I felt this wave of energy come out of me and felt my eyes change colors. “On your knees NOW!” Sarah growled.The two intruders tried to fight but ended up on their knees with their necks bared in submission. It wasn’t until I heard a whimper behind me that I realized that my command had affected even the alpha. I quickly released and apologized to the guys whom all reassured me that it was perfectly fine. “So you gunna tell us who these two are?” Alpha Nik asked now standing beside me and pointing between the two.“Alpha Nik, Beta Derek, Jax, these intruders would be two of my older sisters.” I walked around them so I was standing behind them. I took a quick look Gunner still sleeping on the bed be
Aleena's POVI’ve been back home for a week now, and so far everything seems to be going good. The lycans have been adjusting to life outside the mountain, and the wolves have been very welcoming to them. Some have even found their mates already. In those cases, the lycan’s went to live with their mates in their respective packs. I promised Jax that we would find a solution and it was a rather easy one to come by. Legolas and Chelsea have been locked in their room since we returned home for the most part. I’ve been joking about being an auntie in 9 weeks and how excited I was. Legolas was actually the one that would blush before Chelsea did. Chelsea had also learned a few tricks from her Grandma on witchcraft that she couldn’t wait to show me. She had taken some of the vases full of flowers from the living room in the pack house and I followed her outside. Next thing I knew, all the flowers were floating around us in the air. After the initial shock wore off, it was actually quite b
Aleena's POVI was back home at a family cookout. The sun was shining and not a cloud in the sky. Temperature was just perfect with just a slight random breeze, just enough to make the wildflowers in the distance dance amongst themselves. The smell of the hog roast over the firepit filling the air. Kids were running around carefree playing with each other. Everything was simply perfect!Next thing I knew I was ripped from my paradise but someone grabbing my ankle and yanking me out of bed. Sarah and I both immediately woke up in defense mode and started fighting back. When I broke free and put some distance between myself and the attacker, I realized it was Koda.“What in the actual fuck do you think you’re doing?” I shouted.“Following orders!” He snapped back with a slight warning growl.“Did he just growl at us?” Sarah popped up in my head.“I think so.” I smirked knowing very damn well what she was about to do. I felt Sarah coming forward but not enough to force the shift. “Boy, y
Aleena's POVI stood there in the shadows of the caves waiting for Jax to meet up with me. I was lost in my thoughts staring out into the horizon over the ocean, wondering where they were, when I heard a rock skid across the ground and it snapped me back to reality. “We are just 2 wolves out for a run if anybody asks.” I said quietly looking him dead in the eye.“Ok but what are we really doing?” He asked.“Clearing the beach. They are still going to send trackers out but only a mile off the beach before they let the others off the ships.” I said already slipping my shoes off. Jax nodded and followed my lead. I headed behind a tree to shift while Jax remained in the cave and shifted. We just nodded to each other and then took off running down the beach. We covered about 3 or 4 miles of shoreline and into the woods before Jax got my attention and pointed towards the sun. No words were spoken as we didn’t want anyone to overhear our conversations.On our way out of the woods Jax start
Aleena's POV“Have you talked to Alex?” Jax asked the King.“No, I haven’t had a chance. You guys are the first. I just heard of it this morning. Harold told me he hasn’t talked to them in a couple of weeks. I sent him out with Sadie, Jessica, Gerreth, and Alfred to gather info on the vampires.” The King told us. “I can ask around here sir, but Alex would be your best bet with her abilities to go places unseen. She’s a sneaky little shit. She could be in this room right now and we probably don’t even know it.” Jax and the King chuckled.“You’re right. Alida, you haven’t heard any talk from maid or such about lycan’s vanishing have you?” The King now looking at me.“Not of that rank, no.” I said honestly. I wasn’t lying, I don’t know every single soul that got on those ships, and I thought it was mainly the lower ranked lycans that fled.“Not of that rank? Explain.” He ordered.“I overheard some of the maids talking that some of lower ranks had made a run for it.” I answered.“That’s
Aleena's POV“Have you talked to Alex?” Jax asked the King.“No, I haven’t had a chance. You guys are the first. I just heard of it this morning. Harold told me he hasn’t talked to them in a couple of weeks. I sent him out with Sadie, Jessica, Gerreth, and Alfred to gather info on the vampires.” The King told us. “I can ask around here sir, but Alex would be your best bet with her abilities to go places unseen. She’s a sneaky little shit. She could be in this room right now and we probably don’t even know it.” Jax and the King chuckled.“You’re right. Alida, you haven’t heard any talk from maid or such about lycan’s vanishing have you?” The King now looking at me.“Not of that rank, no.” I said honestly. I wasn’t lying, I don’t know every single soul that got on those ships, and I thought it was mainly the lower ranked lycans that fled.“Not of that rank? Explain.” He ordered.“I overheard some of the maids talking that some of lower ranks had made a run for it.” I answered.“That’s