ALPHA COLE MASON'S POV
SKYLER'S POVI hear someone say something softly to me but I can't make out what is said over the pain running through me. I think he just re-broke the ribs Alice had just finished healing. I then feel two arms wrap around me and lift. I feel like I'm floating. I know that they are not the Alpha's as they are not cold like his have been since I was 7. These arms are warm and then I am surrounded by this divine scent of chocolate and rain. That is when I realize that I am being carried in a pair of strong arms belonging to someone that I don't know. I feel sparks everywhere his arms touch my body even through the thin layer of clothes I was wearing, but now instead of feeling scared, I relax as I feel comfortable and safe like nothing can touch or hurt me. I snuggle closer to the warmth, inhale deep, and fall back into darkness.I jolt up with the sun in my eyes, looking at the time to see that it is 11 am and p
SKYLER’S POVAfter falling asleep thinking about my mother, I wake up the next morning from a restless sleep. I didn’t get more than an hour’s sleep at a time due to my nightmares. I haven’t had the nightmare about the rogue that killed my mum for nearly four years, but last night he kept coming back. The difference with last night’s nightmares was that each time I woke and then went back to sleep, the rogue kept changing, first one was of the original stinky brown rogue, in the next one the rogue was my dad attacking me, then it was James. In each nightmare, the rogue changed and I would wake up just before they killed me, as in my dreams there is no one there to save me. The next one was Elijah and then the final one was of Cole. This terrifies me, to see Elijah and especially Cole as the rogue attacking me, since he was the one to actually save me from my living nightmare. I shake with fear as I don’t know how thin
SKYLER’S POV I am woken up by Katie snoring in my ear. I laughed quietly to myself and slowly slide out of the bed so I don’t wake her and head into the bathroom. Once I was finished in the bathroom, I walked back into the bedroom and checked the time; it was still early but not the 5:30 am I was required to be up at home; I had to make sure that breakfast for the pack was made and ready for them to make big pigs of themselves at 7 am. I sigh, as I know now that I am awake. There is no way I am going to get back to sleep, so I step into my closet and picked out some of my new clothes to wear. I put on some underwear that has a matching bra, I then pick some slim-fitting black jeans and a loose-fitting long-sleeved purple blouse. Satisfied with my new outfit, I make my way down to the kitchen to get myself some breakfast. As I pulled out the eggs and bacon from the fridge and went on a search for a cooking pan, I decided I would surprise both El
SKYLER’S POV Even though I am a little sad, I am enjoying the free feeling I am having as I just kept running in Alice’s wolf form for the first time. Alice, however, was quietly whimpering in the back of my mind, still confused about how our mate would allow another to touch him. I slowed and stopped near a small stream to have a drink and a quick rest. I was laying down under a tree next to the stream when I heard a couple of twigs snap and some growling. I lifted my head and looked around, as I was about to lie down again when I saw 4 big dirty brown and scared wolves and a large muscled guy walking out of the woods towards the stream on the other side from me. Shit Rogues! I shivered. I get to my paws, watching them and slowly backing away from them, but stop as they spot me and stop. The guy smirks and says, “Looky at what we have here, boys... Shift!” Alice growled, being an Alpha herself she didn’t like being told what to
A few days later!!! COLE'S POV I am sitting in my office, finishing up the final pile of paperwork, when I hear laughing and yelling coming from the living room. I put down my pen, get up from my chair and walk out of my office towards all the noise. When I reach the middle of the stairs, I just stand there and watch. Elijah and Nathan are on the floor with Skyler in between them, tickling her. Listening to Skyler laugh was like listening to sweet music. It made me feel calm, but then an unwelcome feeling started coming from Xander. "She should be just ours. We should be the ones making her laugh like that, not them!" Xander growled with a little jealousy. I was worried about this. "Xander, what's gotten into you? She is just as much ours as she is theirs. How about we take her out on her first date?" "Yes! I like that idea." With that settled with Xander, I walked the rest of the way down the stairs. I now find Skyler sitting on top of both Elijah an
SKYLER'S POV"I may have to share you Skyler, but I will be your first!..." Cole growled low. He was supposed to be different, but he was just like my dad. He is an Alpha after all. Cole then grabs me and pushes me back up against the wall, pinning me there with his body. He then runs one of his hands down my side until he reached the hem of my dress. He then slid his hand back up under my dress, sliding it over the skin of my thigh until he reached my hip. He then used his claws to rip apart and pull off my underwear, at the same time he went back to running kisses along my neck and shoulder until he reached the spot where he was supposed to put his mark on me in a loving way and with my consent. Now I was starting to get terrified. He promised. He said he wasn't; he said he wouldn't... He can't do this, he can't, he can't, I chant to myself while my tears now fall freely down my cheeks. "COLE! STOP PLEASE! STOP!" I yelled while putting my hands onto his
ELIJAH'S POVI look down at my ringing phone and see that it's Skyler. Confused as to why she would be ringing me while out on a date with Cole, I answer it.All I hear when I put it to my ear is "Elijah!..." in Skyler's soft voice, which is full of sobs, pain, and terror."Skyler??? Where are you? What happened?" I say into the phone. She didn't answer but I could still hear is her soft crying.I jump off the couch and run to the door yelling "NATHAN! SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED TO SKYLER! GET DOWN HERE!" "Cole?? Cole? What's going on?? Cole?? Answer me!!"I growl through our private link but he doesn't answer..."What?, Where? Isn't she with Cole?" Nathan says as he runs down the stairs 2 at a time, meeting me at the door."Yeah, but Skyler just rang me sounding like she is scared and in pain, and I can't reach Cole through the mind-link. He seems to have shut down and blocked everyone out." I tell him as we make our
COLE'S POV After shifting, I run into the woods. I feel so guilty... I promised her that I would never hurt her and at the first touch of jealousy; I lose control of Xander. I can't believe that he did that. I stop just inside the edge of the woods and watch the place where I left Skyler curled up on the ground. Once I see Elijah run down the alley, stop in front of Skyler, kneel down, carefully picking her up, and then head back to the carpark where he no doubt either has his car or has someone waiting in a car for him. I feel both Nathan and Elijah tug on our private mind-link, "Cole?? Cole? What's going on?? Cole?? Answer me!!" But I can't talk to them, I can't face them. Once I know that Skyler is in good hands, I run further into the woods until I reach and stop at one of the streams that border our territory, sit down and turn inward to Xander.
SKYLER'S POV With having the twins, I didn't get to spend more than one night with Elijah when we first mated and then, with the resurfacing of one of my bad memories, I only got to spend one night with Nathan as well. So, being here with Cole, I have lost complete track of time. I feel like I'm 18 again and spending imitate time with my mate for the first time.I have fear, excitement, nerves and extreme pleasure running through me, on their own as well as combinations of all of them. Cole has been wonderful, giving me so much pleasure as well as receiving the pleasure I give him. I stretch and let out a mix of a moan and a growl as Cole tightens his arms around me and kisses along my shoulder to where my mark from each of them sits. He sucks on it as he whispers for the thousandth time, "Skyler, this is absolutely beautiful... And I'm glad I can now be proud that you are wearing it... I have finally proven that it deserves to be there..." "Co
COLE'S POV I got back from King Noah's territory a few moments ago and heard the pups outside playing. I walked out the kitchen door and smile at what I see. I then sit down on the porch and watch as Skyler plays with Samuel, Emma, Marcus and Claire. I ponder and still can't believe, even after all this time, that my brothers allowed her to keep both Samuel and Emma as Skyler confirmed to me that they are the result of what I did to her that night. Samuel is so much like me that it is scary sometimes, and Emma, well, she is a spitting image of Skyler in both looks and personality. She will be one strong-willed she-wolf when she grows up. I smile, thinking that if Skyler's mother hadn't been killed, and she wasn't put through all the abuse from her father and brother, she would be a totally different person. As I watch her now, I can see the Alpha/Luna she should have been, but I know that even though what she went through with her family was something no one should h
SKYLER'S POV I have been waiting for Cole to return so I can spend some time with him and start getting close to him once more. I smile a little to myself when I see him exit the house and sit on the porch. He just sits there and watches, it would be nice to know what he is thinking but he has our link blocked, I then see Samuel trip, Emma, he then runs off without so much as a look back to see if she was alright, so I catch up with him and say, "Samuel, that wasn't very nice..." "I didn't mean to, Mummy, it was an accident..." "Samuel! The truth?" "But Mummy, she called me a Wolfie pup!" I giggle a little to myself as it was Emma's way of calling him a Mummy's pup without actually saying it. "But Samuel, that is no reason to trip her over..." I quickly look over to where Emma had fallen and see that Cole is with her, picks her up and heads back to where he was sitting on the porch. "When Emma comes back to play, I want
COLE'S POV I hit the counter with my fist, Xander stepping up next to me as the anger and rage take more of an effect and we snap. "I CAN'T BE HERE... I CAN'T BE THIS CLOSE AND NOT TOUCH HER... I'll be in the barracks if you need me!" I then stormed out of the house and headed over to the barracks. Once there, I walk into Alexander's office and have a look at his patrol map and schedule. Unfortunately, with all the help I had been giving him before, there is nothing here to do. I pace the office for a while trying to bring the anger and rage under some sort of control but it isn't working the only way to make it lesser is to be with Skyler but with just how she reacted there is no way she is letting me close to her, anytime soon. I just hope it doesn't take us too much longer. I am just leaving the office when I see the calendar Alexander has on the wall. I am surprised it has been so long. I walk over to the desk and pick up
SKYLER'S POV It's been a week since Harper put the dampener on my fear of that night with Cole and everything has more or less returned to normal the only thing is that it didn't quite work how we wanted it to as yes the fear was reduced but even the thought of being alone with him raises that fear. I actually haven't seen him for a few days. I am heading to the office to see if Elijah or Nathan knows where he is. Once outside the office, I knock on the door and open it slightly. Slipping my head just inside, I smile at the 2 Alphas that are sitting in chairs facing both Elijah and Nathan. They all look at me and I hide the wave of fear that goes through me at the feel of all the Alpha auras within the room. Nathan gets to his feet and makes his way over to the door. He opens the door and pulls me into a kiss as he moves us backward and closes the door behind him. When he pulls back from the kiss, he asks, "Was there something you needed, Angel?" "Um.
SKYLER'S POV After my session with Greta and finding out that Alexander and her, are now expecting their first pup. I think back on Samuel and Emma, Marcus and Claire and then the twins I just lost and the joy we all felt at adding to our family, but that memory is now tinged with sadness. So even as the sadness plagues me, not only from losing the twins but as a side effect of the distance I have once again put between me and Cole, I dance around the kitchen as I make lunch and decide on what I will do for dinner. I don't know what the difference was, but I jump and let out a slight scream as 2 arms wrap around me from behind. Terror fills me believing my uncle had returned. Even though I know his king came and got him and that he was executed 2 days after the king returned to his kingdom and territory. Nathan went with him just to make sure he was executed and not just given a warning... "What's going on here?" It isn't until I hear Elija
SKYLER'S POV I feel like I'm underwater trying to swim against a current to the surface but just can't seem to get there. The current pulls me back into the darkness, making it envelop me once more. I feel like I am underwater again, struggling against the current once more to get to the surface. Only this time I seem to make it, but just as I break the surface and take a sharp breath. It seems that I am then grabbed by the ankle and pulled back under the water, back into the darkness. The current isn't as strong this time allowing me to finally break the surface and I wake slowly, I then fight the heaviness of my eyelids but as I manage to open them I have to shut them once more, as bright rays seem to blind me. I hear muffled movements and try again. This time the bright light is gone and I am able to open them all the way. I smile a little as Elijah's worried face comes into view. I move slightly and look around the room. I see another figure standing b
SKYLER'S POV I sigh and make my way around the party, letting the pups and everyone that I pass know that the food is ready and they can help themselves whenever they are hungry. I sit on the back porch, resting my feet for a minute, and watch as Cole continues to play with all the pups. I feel a little guilty and a little sad as I watch him now play and think about what he would have been like with them if that night had gone a different way. I slide my hand over my belly and wonder what he would have been like if he had been with me through Samuel and Emma's pregnancy. I open my mate links as I feel both Elijah and Nathan send down a tug. "Skyler, Elijah, I am on my way back to the packhouse. It was just a small group of rogues that wandered across the border but didn't realise it..." "Okay... I am going to be a little longer as these rogues are here to fight. I currently count at least a dozen running over the border in wolf form... Wi
SKYLER'S POV I wake up, stretch and run my hand over my growing belly. Talking to Doc Isaac, he believes that the twins I am carrying are both Elijah's and Nathan's. Even though there were around 2 weeks between when they had loved me, he said that it is rare but possible. It also explains why one is slightly smaller than the other. I slowly crawl out of bed, as it is getting a little tiring to move as I only have 3 weeks to go. I head into the bathroom for a shower, even though I would love to stay there and soak up all the heat from the water, I don't stay in for too long as I have a little more preparation to do before Samuel and Emma's birthday party starts. I get out of the shower, dry off, and then head out and into the closet. I slip on a loose sundress and then head down to the kitchen. I move around the kitchen, pulling out all the ingredients to make Samuel and Emma their favourite chocolate chip pancakes as their standard birthday breakfast. I jump