Waking with Cayden by my side was the strangest sensation in the world I have to say, yet one of the most natural too. Rek seemed to settle the moment he was within out arms, telling me that the theory that having your mate close can soothe your wolf as well as your soul. And considering the speed in which Cayden had fallen asleep it appeared to have the same affect on him. Sharing the kiss with him last night had been out of the blue, but it gave me hope for our future as mates. I understand him when he tells me he is not attracted to men, this is purely the matebond taking control. But I am glad that he seemed to want me. And I hoped one day Jackson would feel the same too. The sun was barely up yet as it still looked dull around the edge of the curtains hanging in the bedroom. So I allowed Cayden to sleep a little longer, enjoying him being in my arms. Watching him sleep. Rek purring contently with him there. Although a slight unnerved feeling was in the pit of b
I dressed as soon as I could, heading to my office to deal with some paperwork and bills that were urgent. The recent days I had been a little lapse with my usual Alpha duties. It was easy to be distracted considering the course of events that had occurred, but I needed to try to focus myself. I sat at my desk, and begun working through the papers. Trying hard to not allow my mind to wander to Evelyn. I had barely slept, constantly wondering if she would be okay. Micco was so unsettled without her here. The prospect of losing another mate was tearing him apart piece by piece. I am beginning to question if accepting a second mate was the right thing to do, as I know if I lose her it will end my wolf, which ultimately would destroy me from the inside out. I am more than a little scared, but I don’t even know who to speak to about this. I had left Aiden and Cayden to their own devices. The two of them seemed to be getting closer, which does not bother me. The mate bond dr
The note was sent, and ever since then it has been on my mind. I know they will have received it. Blake told me that a messenger was sent to the pack gates, so it will have been taken to them. My mates should be coming to see me. That had been on my mind every moment since he took the note from my hand. I feared for their lives. I cannot see any reason for Blake wanting them here other than to kill them. But, had I not done as he asked it brought into question my loyalty to what he was asking of me. This whole scenario was one big mess, and so far Orla was still silent. Blake had shown me the entire pack, proud of his little empire it seemed, despite the fact it was decrepit and falling apart. It had been allowed to fall into disrepair. And it needed a lot of care and attention to bring it back to it’s once glory. I had no intention of being here for that. But, I had no doubt, that Night Shade Pack could be a beautiful pack if taken care of, but the current Alpha, and th
The three of us had arrived with time to spare. Cayden and Jackson both now marked, so our circle was complete. I hoped this would be the final step in bringing us closer to being as close as we could be. The strength, well we knew that was destined to develop, and we had not had time for that, but we were three strong men, three strong wolves, all of senior positions within a pack, that in itself brought strength and abilities, hopefully, we could use those today to help Evelyn. I just hope having us here would give her some strength too. I missed her terribly, and I so desperately want her home with us. And there is no denying my other mates feel the same. We had all been shocked, maybe even a little disgusted by the hand that fate had dealt us when we had discovered it, a quartet of mates... but now we were together, all marked it seems like the most normal and natural thing. The most natural of scenarios for us. And I could not begin to imagine not being with any of
My eyes roam across Evelyn the moment she walks into the office. She is avoiding my gaze, and from what I can see, she doesn’t seem to be looking at our other mates either. I can see Alpha Blake’s hand on her lower back, like he is guiding her into here. I am unable to hold back the growl from Micco that sneaks from me… My wolf clearly disliking the fact he is touching our mate as much as I do. I generally can control my wolf well, on the whole, but this time, I was not able to hold him back. He pushed forward suddenly to cause the growl, thankfully I managed to pull him back as I felt him rippling, ready to shift… ready to take down the adversary he saw Alpha Blake as… the man who had stolen our mate. ‘Bastard’ he snarled at me. ‘Me or him?’ I snarled back. ‘Both. I wanted to kill him so we get our mate back, and you push me back?’ he snaps, sulking, pacing within my mind, watching Evelyn with Alpha Blake, and the fact she seems so comfortable in his pr
The moment I walked into the office the scents of my mates rushes through my senses, and I feel whole again. I have missed them terribly. Orla is going crazy within my mind, pacing, whimpering and yapping for her mates. But I know I need to keep this situation under control. I put up a mindlink block the moment we approached the door, I cannot afford any of them trying to speak to me alone. I would fold. Break. All too easily. That would be too risky… They all know my heart. They would be able to soften me. I am unable to resist any of them, and this was going to be hard enough as it was. And the moment I saw the hurt upon their faces simply seeing Blake’s hand upon my back was the worst. I knew my eyes must remain away from theirs, or it would betray me. Tears were threatening and this was not going to be easy. I could not allow myself to cry. If even one tear fell it would appear I was scared. It would appear then that I felt in fear and I could not allow that to
I leave the office, so confused by the mixed body language and auras radiating from Evelyn. My many attempts at mindlink were blocked. I was unable to tell if she was simply choosing to ignore us, which would be a defence mechanism no doubt considering the things she was needing to tell us, or if the sick bastard who had demanded we come here, was dosing her with wolfsbane, and therefore taking away her abilities to mindlink. Though, Rek was sure he could faintly sense her wolf. Be it pushed back, or hiding, Rek was certain she was there. I would not be surprised if she was hiding, her wolf would be hurting at the choices Evelyn appeared to be making. A wolf needs its mates. Fated mates are everything to a wolf. Without them a piece of the wolf is missing. And Evelyn was choosing to leave three of those pieces behind. It made no sense. Her wolf would not understand, no matter Evelyn’s logic. I was in pain. Heartache and rejection was raging through my body, and she h
‘Thank you Aiden. Please do not doubt me.’ Evelyn mindlinks me once more, and her words tear at my heart, we had all doubted her, doubted the very matebond that made us one, yet she had done nothing but honour it. We had been fools. Had there ever been a reason to doubt her? ‘Always my beautiful goddess.’ I tell her. ‘I will be doing all I can to sort this for you. My faith in you unwavering.’ ‘Please tell Jax and Cay I am sorry. Tell them what was said was to keep us all safe.’ She urged, and once more I knew what fools we had all been. How could we not have seen that? Everything made sense now. I could not believe I had been blind to that. ‘Consider it done.’ I tell her. ‘Now my beautiful girl, I must leave you, but stay safe, and keep those links open for me, I will be back with you the first moment I am able. We will work on this every moment we can, Evelyn. We will do this, together as mates, I swear to you.’ But there was no response, telling me