He gives me a soft kiss on my cheek and then steps back before slapping my face. My head snaps to the side, but I don't make a sound. Another thing I have learned not to do is the more noise I make, the more he likes it, and the more he does.
He then turns to the other males, smiling, "Alphas! See, as I said, already trained not to make a sound..."
As he turns back, he hits me again and again and again and with each hit; I keep in the scream of pain that wants to come out. When one of his hits knocks me to the floor, I glance over at James, who is still standing in front of the door. I can see the guilt in his eyes increase and I then get a light tug on our private sibling mind link.
"I'm sorry sis, he didn't buy that Ryan and I were just mucking around and things got out of hand as the very first punch Rya
*** FLASHBACK CON'T *** I now haven't seen Zoe for 2 months and during that time my Alpha has been drilling into me what my place is once again and that I am to treat everyone as they are of a much higher rank than me. I knew that Zoe and her parents were due home sometime over the next few days and as soon as I heard Zoe's parent's car pull up out the front of the packhouse; I smile. Even though I know I shouldn't have, I dropped the plate I was washing back into the sink and run out of the packhouse. I ignore the pain that is running through me in waves as I run up to her and wrap my arms around her, making her fall to the ground. We are both laughing as she says, "Hey! Girl, did you miss me or something?" "Nahh, why on earth would I miss a wolf-like you??" I laugh as I shrug my shoulders, making
SKYLER'S POV I blink the tears out of my eyes as I remember making myself a promise that I would never put any of my friends in that position again. I would never ask someone to stand up for me when I don't deserve it. After that day I never saw Zoe's parents again once I had passed out in his office, my father told me that Zoe's mother had been asked to transfer back to her old pack and due to what I had caused him to do to her daughter he had accepted and allowed them to return. "After my father killed Zoe, his punishments increased in both frequency and intensity. He then threatened that if anyone ever interfered again, I would have to watch them take the same punishment he had given her. So to protect, every one of the friends I had made while I was friends with Zoe, I once again shut everyone out. I kept everyone at a distance, not allowing anyone to be my friend again for fear my father would eventually kill them all, even for just talking to them."
COLE'S POV It doesn't take us long, and we slowly managed to lighten the mood as we make it back to the Alpha house. Once we have returned to the Alpha house and head inside, Alexander heads straight through the sitting room and up the hall to the office. We all stop in the sitting room, Skyler yawns and walks up to Elijah, whispers into his ear, then gives him a kiss, when he lets her go he bows a little to her and then heads off in the same direction as Alexander and makes his way to the office. Skyler then moves over to Nathan, whispers into his ear and gives him a kiss as well. When he lets her go, she goes to step away, but he pulls her back into another kiss. This time, when she steps back, she is flushed and her breathing is a little heavy. Nathan then bows to Skyler and heads to join Elijah and Alexander in the office. She then moves over to me. I don't expect her to do what she did with my brothers as she truly loves them, but what she does surpr
ALEXANDER'S POV Three days later Elijah called us to the library, I smile as I walk in and find the library is a mess with books here and there, some open, some not and a lot of them had small pieces of paper coming out of different pages. I sit down at the conference desk as Cole and Nathan enter the library. I don't miss their smirks or slight laughs as they join me sitting at the desk. It is a few minutes before Elijah walks around the corner of one of the bookshelves to join us. He looks at the book that is open in his hand and then places it on the desk before picking up another one and then saying, 'Okay, I have narrowed it down to 2 species of supernaturals... The first is the Fae. Now I know they are meant to be extinct, but there have been a few rumours going around that maybe one or two survived, but there are no purebreds anymore..." "And what is the other one?" "Okay..." He puts that book down and searches in amongst t
GRETA'S POV Even after he said that they wouldn't hurt me and that he wouldn't let them, I could feel their Alpha aura and knew that they would do what they wanted to me no matter what he said. So as much as I wanted to do what Lily wanted, and that was to stay safe and warm in his arms, I access my other side and disappear, but I don't go too far, as I want to see what they do. I sit on the roof near the skylight and listen. I am extremely surprised when the Alpha I had caught by accident steps in saying, "If you punish him, you punish me..." This is not a normal Alpha or at least any Alpha I have known, as all Alpha's I have ever met only look out for themselves. They never admit when they are wrong and never take a punishment that is meant for another. Lily gives me a nudge to pay attention as if she knows he is about to say something important. "If Delta Alexander failed today, then so did I..." So that was his name. I smile as Li
ALEXANDER'S POV I allow my breathing to become shallow, but even so that I breathe enough of her sleep gas to relax me but not enough to knock me out like last time. My mind goes a little foggy with the gas, but I still pay attention when she pulls the SUV to a stop. She seems to wait for a moment or more before finally climbing out of the driver's door and making her way back to us. She takes Skyler first, but that isn't a surprise as she was the target, to begin with. She then comes back out for me. Greta has no problems picking me up and carrying me into the cabin. She puts me back in the same room I woke up in last time, only this time she actually laid me on the bed. Greta then ties my wrists together and then to the bedframe. I don't know where she goes, but I fight the fog her sleep gas caused and take a look at my wrists. She has tied them better this time and it will take me a little longer to get out of them, but I still can. I then hear her movin
ALEXANDER'S POV I wake when I hear movement in the other room. I look down as I then feel Greta stir in my arms. She stretches and then looks up and tenses. I smile and glance at the window. "Good afternoon..." Greta starts to struggle in my arms, placing her hands on my chest and trying to push away from me, but suddenly stops and just stares at her wrist. I move my gaze to her wrists and then back to her eyes as she whispers, shocked and surprised. "Where? How?" "What?" She relaxes a little, holding her wrist in front of her as she repeats, "Where? How?" I chuckle a little as I ask again, "What? I can't answer your question until you answer mine?" She then looks up at me, "Master Alpha Christopher's iron ownership bracelet... It's gone!..." She then stops again as she moves her eyes from mine, lowering them back towards her wrist but stopping at my shoulder. Again she looks up at me in surprise and a little co
ALPHA CHRISTOPHER'S POV After getting that call from my Beta, telling me that my King was on his way to do an inspection on my pack as well as some of the surrounding packs, as somehow he got tipped off that the packs, especially mine, were mistreating females. It may be true that a female is only there to give us pleasure and the occasional pup. So I had to, unfortunately, abandon my fun with Skyler and head home to take care of this and make sure, not that I am worried as my pack knows the rules and knows the penalties for not following them. It took weeks to get that idiot of a king to go back to his castle and get his nose out of my business. As I leave my territory, I open my pack link and contact Greta. "I will be there in a couple of days. You still have her?" "Yes, Master Alpha." I cut the link and smile that she has managed to keep Skyler hidden from those Alphas. I was a little worried at one stage that the
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