I can't believe Alexander was right. Skyler isn't the shy little wolf that I saved from the abuse of her father. The years with Elijah and Nathan by her side have brought the Skyler, that should have been to the surface and she is shining in her Luna role. After my confrontation with Skyler about her celebration and she stormed out, I felt so stupid because she was right.
She had put a lot of work into organising this celebration and to have so many Alphas agreeing to come and her accepting them within a certain distance of her is an accomplishment in itself, especially with how scared she used to be of Alpha's in general including us.
I decide to go and see Alexander once again. When I get to his office, I knock on the doorframe. He looks up and smiles as he says,
"From the look on your face, she didn't go for cancelling the celebration..." He then laughs,
"She kicked you out, didn't she?"
"She tried, but then storm
COLE'S POV I then open my link to my brothers and hope that when it comes to something to do with Skyler and her safety, they will believe me. "Elijah? Nathan?" "What is it, Cole?" They both answer together, "This male is not what he seems. I have a feeling that he is the one that's not meant to be here... Xander says he is lying and is fishing for some sort of information about Skyler. Please be careful with what you tell him!" "You may be right, as I felt the lie too. He will not get any information out of us!" Elijah and Xavier say to me and then he closes the link, focusing back on the Alpha threat in front of him, saying, "He was attacking packs, had taken one of the Luna's hostage, and her mate killed him..." "Why on earth would he do that?" I watch as Skyler shivers in Elijah's arms and I feel the intense wave of fear that trave
ALPHA CHRISTOPHER I re-entered the Royal Blood Moon territory with permission as I was meeting with at least 2 out of the 3 Mason Alphas. I must find out exactly why the 3rd brother won't be there. I head into the packhouse making my way to the Alpha office. As I enter, I smile as I bump into James. This now gives me the greatest opportunity to find out more information about what happened with my brother. He looks at me in surprise. "Uncle Christopher?" "James... Sorry, it's Alpha James now, right?" "Yes... Uncle, what are you doing here?" "I was invited to the celebration last night and heard you were here and thought I would see if we could catch up..." "Of course, just give me a sec." I follow as he moves down the hall and ducks into one of the guest rooms. I hear him talk to a female and cringe. He is his mother's son. After a short time, he exits the room and rejoins me in the hal
ALPHA CHRISTOPHER I knock and enter the Mason Alpha office. I am surprised to see that all 3 Mason Alpha's are there. I was only expecting 2 of them. There was, however, a difference in what was their rank. Alpha Elijah seems to be the one at the top now as he sits at the desk with Alpha Nathan on his right and Alpha Cole on his left. Something massive must have happened to change the order of power amongst them. I approach the desk and bow slightly out of respect before saying, "Alpha's, thank you for welcoming me into your pack." "No problem... How can we help you?" "Is Skyler joining us?" "No!" I was a little disappointed at this news, as I was hoping to see her reaction to whatever we were talking about. "Now, my brother Alpha David Jackson, what happened to him?" "Just as I said, he was killed in the process of attacking a pack and trying to take their Luna."
ALEXANDER'S POV Cole has been spending a lot of time in the barracks and in the training fields. I watch him as he moves around the recruits and smile. It is something that he used to love doing, but in his position as oldest of his brothers, his Alpha duties always came before anything else. Since he has come back, I have noticed that he misses those duties as he hasn't been able to do them. He, however, has been really helpful around here with the recruit training and keeping the security patrols up to date and always changing. As I had said to him when he questioned me after I had rescued Skyler from her father, I didn't like what he did to her, but he is still one of my Alpha's. So when he approached me and said he had found one of the spies I have been looking for, I couldn't, not believe him. I had laughed to myself when he said he was going to get Skyler to cancel the New Moon celebration. She has done it every new moon for the past 3 years.
ALEXANDER'S POV Much to Skyler's disappointment, I ended up having to tell all 3 of them what happened as they wanted to know why there were guards and patrols so close to the Alpha house and I was not going to lie to them. She was right. They became even more protective of her, and I became her personal bodyguard. They even gave me one of the small guest rooms in the Alpha house, so I was there if needed. Not that it bothered me as I still feel like I am making up for allowing the rogues to get their filthy hands on her and take her back to her father. It has been a few days. Skyler said goodbye to James and Jen after she had given birth to a healthy male they named Oliver and a female pup they named Catherine after James and Skyler's mother. During that time, we also managed to find where the silver was coming from. Someone had spiked one of her favourite drinks, knowing that she has at least one of them every day. We removed all the bottles lef
COLE'S POV I am sitting in the packhouse office with both Elijah and Nathan as we try to work out how someone could have put silver into Skyler's drinks. We ended up having everything in the Alpha house tested, thrown out and replaced. I look up at Elijah as he gets up from his desk and walks over to mine and asks, "Is there any possibility that it could be Alpha Jackson?" "Alexander has all patrols keeping an eye out for him, but if he is anything like his brother and from what Antonio was saying, he is even worse. He could have anyone breach our borders and enter the territory." Elijah goes to say something else but instead leans on my desk and holds his head. I do the same as a sharp pain shoots through mine. I then hear Alexander yelling down the pack link, "ALPHA'S WE ARE UNDER ATTACK, PATROLS WE NEED HELP... INTRUDER DRIVING A BLACK SUV..." We all growl, run out of the
INTRUDER'S POV I was surprised when I got the call from Alpha Chris. He saved my life even after he knew what I was and why I had infiltrated his pack. He freed me from my master, gave me a little more training and then sent me on my way, saying, "I NOW OWN YOU!! I WILL UTILISE WHAT YOU KNOW AND WHAT I HAVE TAUGHT YOU UNTIL ONE DAY I WILL ASK FOR YOUR SERVICES FOR A VERY SPECIAL TARGET AND THAT WILL REPAY WHAT YOU OWE!" So, I went from one master to another. The only thing with Alpha Chris is that I do actually get a resemblance of freedom. I may not always agree with what he wants me to do, but if I ever refused, I would need to run and run far as he would kill me without a second thought. So once I complete this one I am finished with him and thank Goddess for that as he is starting to scare me even more than usual. I look over the file he sent me and then do a little investigating myself. I find where she is and what she does from one day to the next. I take note of the patrols
ALEXANDER'S POV I slowly fight my way out of the darkness. I try to move but find my wrists bound and so are my ankles and where ever I am lying; I am on my side and it's cold. I try to link Cole, knowing he was with me when I passed out, but there is nothing. I then try my wolf Austin, but all I get from him is a small whimper. Since I can't reach anyone through the pack link, I fight the heaviness in my eyes and force them open. I look around to find that I am in a room that actually looks familiar, but I can't think of where I would be. I then see that Cole is still out cold on the other side of the room. He, too, has his wrists and ankles tied, but he also has a rope wrapped around his chest. Maybe as he is an Alpha, the female didn't want to take any chances with him. I then hear a whimper and look around again quickly as I remember Skyler was with us too, but she is not in the same room as us. I hear the whimper once again and know it came from Skyl
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