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The Alpha’s Awakening Nine.
Ryan’s POVShe was hurt and I didn’t like seeing her that way.‘Atlas, you have to stop. You have to give her a chance!’ I force myself to the front and we almost drop Aria.“Why are you doing this? I thought…” She trails off as she looks up and realises that it was me carrying her, that Atlas was no longer in control. “Why is he doing this?”I should tell her. I really should but I just couldn’t bring myself to say anything.“At least tell me where you are taking me!”“Somewhere safe.” I mutter“Somewhere safe! Safe from whom?”“From yourself. Atlas is right. This pup isn’t just yours, it's mine too.”“That’s what you wanted all along right?” she squirms in my arms. “For you to impregnate me, for you to be able to carry on your bloodline.”“That was before when I thought I would die. Aria, you are not even giving it a chance.”“Because I’m a fine example of what a mother should be?!”I stop in my tracks, “Maybe more so than you realise.”She better start getting a grip if she knows w
The Alpha’s Awakening Ten.
Aria’s POVAesha pulls me from the road. I wasn’t expecting her, I wasn’t expecting to find anyone. My priority was to get awsy, to give myself space.“Why are you running?” She looks up and down at me. “You’re all sweaty and gross!”“Ryan…” I mutter and she nods her head like she knows.“Dad will be happy! Come with me.”“No, I just, I just want to go back to the house.” I just needed time to think. I just needed space from Ryan and Atlas, though they were pretty much the same person now, yet I somehow wanted both of them.“Aria, I can smell the difference in you.” Aesha walks in a circle around me. “But, what is it?”“I’m pregnant.” There was no point hiding it. Like she said, she could smell something different about me and it would be easy enough to work out. Especially if I start vomiting again.“Really? Are you being serious right now? Like a proper Lycan baby, created by both Lycan’s?”I glance over my shoulder, listening to the rustling of leaves. Ryan wouldn’t be far behind.
The Alpha’s Awakening Eleven.
Ryan’s POVShe sways her balance from one foot to the other, chewing on her bottom lip. She couldn’t trust me. No matter what, she couldn’t find it in her heart to trust me. I had to prove to her that she could.‘This is your fault!’ I mutter to Atlas. If he wasn’t so secretive around her, she would be more willing to listen to me.I’m not stopping you from telling her anything you dipshit!“I can’t. I’m really sorry, but after everything. I’m still finding it impossible to trust you.”“Aria, you have to give me a chance!” From the corner of my eye, I could see Aesha smiling, she thought she had won. “You can wipe that smirk off your face, it’s not just me that Aria doesn’t trust.”“I haven’t done anything.” Aesha whines,“Not yet you haven’t.”I don’t think she knows. I feel Atlas roll his eyes. I knew what he was thinking, we were about to get ourselves mixed up in even more shit.“I promise Aria. I just want to get to know you.” She reaches out and touches Aria. Aria flinches, you
The Alpha’s Awakening Twelve.
Aria’s POV I spent the night throwing up. Unable to keep anything down. I could see the looks of pity I was getting from Ryan. Both Ryan and Atlas would take turns trying to reassure me, offering me drinks as often as they could or words of encouragement. I knew they were both worried. I was too. It wasn’t right, the amount of fluid that was coming out of me. “This can’t be normal.” I groan as I wash my mouth out for what seemed like the hundredth time. “You’re pregnant, it’s to be expected.” Ryan smiles at me as he rubs my back. “How would you know? It’s not like you can get pregnant! I’m only like a day pregnant. How is it even possible to feel like this already?” “Aria, we have been over this. We are not human, pregnancy does not last as long, it means you are going to experience things a lot faster than humans.” He gives me a glass of milk. “This might settle your stomach.” “Milk?” “I read it online.” He shrugs his shoulders at me. “So it works for humans?” There wasn't a
The Alpha’s Awakening Thirteen.
Aria’s POVHe remained in his spot, staring at me with his black eyes as I rolled about on the cold floor.“Why are you doing this to yourself?” His tone was low. Annoyed by my refusal to accept that I needed his help.“I have already told you to go away.” I press my chest into the floor, sprawling out on my stomach and let out a groan.“I’m not going anywhere, Aria. If you want to punish yourself, that is up to you.”He continues to watch me squirm, a smug smile on his face.“Fuck off.”“You certainly get antsy when things don’t go your way.”“Why are you trying to test me right now?”“No test.” He walks over and crouches down next to me, holding himself inches away from me. Tala was practically screaming in my head. She was desperate for the fire to stop, for us to be subdued by the one thing that could help, but I wasn’t giving in. I don’t care how much it hurts, I was not giving in.“Aria, it doesn’t have to be this way.”I force myself towards the bathtub, crawling along the floo
The Alpha’s Awakening Fourteen.
Ryan’s POVBoth Atlas and I had watched her sleep. Her face screwing up as she whimpered from the pain. The doctor kept reassuring us that it’s better if she remains asleep. That it would be better for the one remaining pup. That it would give her body chance to recover.Triplets, who would have thought it. The only thing was, it was going to have to be me that tells her what happened. It would have to be me that breaks the news.All those times that she had said she didn’t want it, may have been true once. But I saw the fear in her eyes, the moment she realised the pain was no longer from her heat, but of something much worse.She’s stirring!Atlas pulls me from the book that I’m reading. Glancing up at her, I see how she slowly turns her head back and forth, keeping her eyes squeezed shut.Giving her a moment to adjust, I break the news to her and for a moment, she seems like she is in denial, that she couldn’t quite believe that she had been pregnant with triplets. She wasn’t the o
The Alpha’s Awakening Fifteen.
Aria’s POVThe doctor runs over a few things with me as another nurse comes in. She tells me how they had to do a procedure that would allow the remaining pup to thrive. When I nod my head, acknowledging what she was saying. She raises an eyebrow at me.“You seem unphased.”“Shock.” I lie and I see the way she exchanges glances with the nurse. The doctor then scribbles something on the board in front of her.“Very well. The nurse is going to help you get into a fresh gown if that is okay.”I just nod. It wasn’t like I could refuse. Ryan was standing on the other side of the window along with Jacob. We were guests in his pack. I had to accept whatever it is that he decides.Just as the nurse pulls the blind shut, I see the doctor handing the board to Jacob. There wasn’t enough time to see his reaction.The nurse helps me change, but she keeps silent. Her eyes on me the entire time.As she goes to leave, I thank her and she nods her head, still not speaking. I was expecting Ryan to come
The Alpha’s Awakening Sixteen.
Ryan’s POVIt was wrong of Atlas to drop Tala in it like this. I couldn’t tell if Aria knew, all I could see was the fear in those green eyes.She knew something, she knew that Atlas was playing with fire, she knew that the next words out of her mouth would be the most important ones.“I don’t know what Atlas is talking about.” She tries to speak with a steady voice, a slight wobble almost gives her away. I try pushing myself back to the front, but this time, it was different. It felt like I was being held back, forced to keep quiet. All I could do was look on and plead with Atlas.“Then what is Atlas talking about?” Jacob asks quietly. His ice blue eyes dart in our direction, maybe he wouldn’t believe Atlas after all.“My Lycan hasn’t spoken to me in weeks.” Aria murmurs as she picks at the bedsheet.“What do you mean she hasn’t spoken in weeks?” Atlas’s voice rumbles through the room. “Why the hell haven’t you said anything?”“Because of this!” Aria glares at us. She was lying, sh
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The Alpha’s Awakening Epilogue.
“You won’t, you will never do it!” Athena screams as I drag her across the ground. “Shut your fucking mouth.” I yell over her whimperings.“Then just kill me. I can't bare to see you fuck us over.”“No Athena. You will see what happens. You will watch as I take over the entire world and you will hear all of it.”“Please, just let me die.”“No fucking chance.” I threw her body into the dungeon where Aria had been locked away. Athena’s body hits the stone floor as she rolls across the ground.“Please, Atlas, please just let me…”“Alpha Atlas.” I mutter. She was a traitor, she wasn’t anything other than that.“Alpha Atlas, please just let me die.” She continues to beg.“No chance.”I slam the door of the dungeons shut. Slipping the key into the lock. She would never get to see any of the pack again. All she would ever get is the information of how the world was changing. How I was becoming the King that no one could stop. How I would be unstoppable,I walk down to the gates, waiting for
The Alpha’s Awakening Fifty Two.
Atlas’s POVI couldn’t believe what I was hearing. How could Simon be mated to Athena? It didn’t seem possible. After all, he was gay. He had been married to a man.A man that he met at my ball! Ryan mutters. He sounded almost annoyed. “I can’t help it, Simon. The Moon Goddess obviously paired us together for a reason. It's not my fault.""There could have been a chance, but I can't protect you now!""You're not even going to try?"“Shut up. Just shut up you stupid woman!” Simon growls at her, obviously having enough of her shit.“I’m sorry that I am not what you wanted. Let me guess, you wanted someone with a dick!” Athena snaps back. "Well, I'm sorry about that, so suck it up!"“Whatever is going to happen between us doesn’t matter if Atlas kills you.”The sentence was perfect timing. Stepping into the small room. I see Athena sitting on the edge of a sofa. Her face in her hands. Her chocolate brown hair draped down over her. Simon had his back to me. His hands on his hips. A red t
The Alpha’s Awakening Fifty One.
Atlas’s POVSimon bursts into the room. I hadn’t even realised he had followed me. He stops in front of the empty crib. “Where is he, Atlas?” I couldn’t speak. I was in shock. How had I not felt it? How had I not known that he was in trouble?“ATLAS? Where the hell is he?”“She has him. She has taken my son.” I growl“FIND ATHENA!” I yell through a link to every single wolf and Lycan in the pack. “DO NOT LET HER OUT OF YOUR SIGHT. SHE HAS MY SON!”“I can help.” Simon offers.“How? How can someone like you help.”“He is okay. Hunter is okay. That’s why you couldn’t sense him being taken. His Aunty has him. If he feels danger. You will know. You will feel it”“How can you be certain? He is the first Lycan child.”“Because you feel it when he cries. You feel it in your heart when he is upset. Whatever Athena has done. She is keeping him safe and he trusts her. The question is, what does she want in return.”“I know what she wants. She wants Bethany dead.”“Me?” A small voice cries behin
The Alpha’s Awakening Fifty.
Atlas’s POVAesha drops her head, keeping herself from looking at me. I wasn’t mad at her. I already had my suspicions. The way Athena looked at Bethany. The spite in her words. I had never known someone so jealous over a child.“Thank you, Aesha.”“You’re not mad at me?”“I’m not mad with you, no! You did the right thing.” I mull over her words. Frustrated that I couldn't get a break.“I told you Aesha. It was better to tell him than not.” Simon mumbles and nods at her, giving her a smile. I wondered how long this had been bugging her. Not once had we been alone today for her to tell me. Athena was always there, hovering or Bethany was at my side. Had Athena known Aesha had overheard her?“Did she know, Aesha? Did she know that you were listening in?”“I don’t… I don’t think so.”That sounds like a yes. If Athena had picked up her scent, then it would be obvious. It’s why Athena probably hovered at the funeral.“Things are getting more and more fucked up!” Simon mutters“Why are you
The Alpha’s Awakening Forty Nine.
Atlas’s POVGetting Aria ready for her funeral hit me hard. It made me realise just how much I missed her. She had put me through my paces, testing my patience but at the end of the day, she was mine.I'm not ready.'I know, but it is time.'Just like Bethany had said, Aria looked as though she was sleeping. Her fresh clothes hid her fatal wound. Aesha was busy putting some sort of make up on Aria, giving her a bit of colour. She keeps her mouth shut, knowing that it was best not to speak.It had been a long time since I had sent someone back to the Moon Goddess and I wasn’t ready for this. I reach out to touch her cold skin. Hoping that by some miracle, she would wake up. That this was all just some nightmare.“Everyone’s ready.” Athena mutters. I see how she glances at Bethany, but she doesn’t say anything and Bethany is oblivious to it.I nod and she leaves, taking Aesha with her. Bethany remains behind with me. She had stayed with me ever since we went to the orphanage earlier. Sh
The Alpha’s Awakening Forty Eight.
Atlas’s POVOver the course of the next few days, it was almost impossible to get anymore information out of Bethany. The moment she felt threatened, she would clam up. Hiding herself away, never leaving the house and refusing to speak to anyone. The only thing that would coax her out of her hiding spot was hot food. Today, it seemed like the smell of food wasn’t even working. I would have to go and find her when I was done.“Some great idea of yours.” I mutter as Aesha sits at the breakfast table with Athena and I.Athena cocks an eyebrow at me. She didn’t have a clue what I was talking about, but her gaze hit me hard. I had allowed Athena and Aesha to stay in the packhouse. In some ways it helped me feel close to Aria. Yet, it always seemed like they were watching my every move.“Is this about the funeral, Atlas? Because you can’t keep putting it off forever. Aria isn’t coming back.” I heard the undertone in her voice. She was trying to be assertive but she was grieving like the res
The Alpha’s Awakening Forty Seven.
Atlas’s POVThe small girl remains asleep for hours. Whether it was shock or tiredness that was causing her to sleep so heavily, I couldn’t tell. Her blonde hair was dirty. There were blood stains around her finger nails. Her blood splattered clothes were too small for her, torn in places too. Her feet were bare and didn’t look like they had been cleaned in days, maybe weeks.Hunter stirs in my arms, making little noises and I watch as the girl's face screws up. Like my son's sounds were causing her some distress. Calling for Aesha, she comes into my office and takes Hunter from me, casting a glance over the young girl.“Still not woken?” She asks and I shake my head.“I think she might have needed it.”“Sleep? She was with humans, surely they were looking after her, she is just a kid. At least you haven't killed her. Does that mean you are going ahead with what I suggested?"I don't respond. But I had investigated the girls feet. The hardened skin, the old scars, the clothes that wer
The Alpha’s Awakening Forty Six.
Atlas’s POVEveryone stayed out of my way except for one. He never spoke but it wasn’t like I could get rid of him either. His constant looks of disapproval and tutting were starting to grind on me.‘Ryan, if you don’t start keeping your disapproving looks to yourself, I will take that concoction that I made for Aria and block you altogether.’You’re losing it!‘Fuck off!’You need to talk about her!‘Will you shut the fuck up!’No. I loved her too and now, now you are just shutting down. Do you even care how I feel!‘You didn't love her, not like I did.’ There, I had said it. The overwhelming ache of my heart was almost too much. ‘But you got what you wanted, didn’t you, Ryan?’He is quiet again, because he knew exactly what I was referring to. The day he attacked her family. The plan he had made with Aria's sister, Seren. He had got what he wanted all along. A child with the woman he was mated too.It’s not like that. I made a mistake. He mutters at me, but I could feel that I had h
The Alpha’s Awakening Forty Five.
Atlas’s POVHuman after human, I tear them apart. Promising myself that I would get my revenge for what happened to my mate.The scent of blood swirled in the air as the humans screamed begging for their lives. They should not have come to war if they were not prepared to dieYou have to stop. This isn’t going to bring her back! Ryan pleads with me.But this is what they came for. They came for us and I had no intention of letting them leave.Humans tried to run, trying to escape their deaths and yet the Lycans and wolves seemed to have a whole new reason to kill. They wanted revenge for Aria’s death as much as I did.As the remnants of the humans laid scattered across the grounds, I instructed my men to check that no one was hiding amongst them. The last thing I needed was a human that could escape to tell the tale.Shifting back to my human form, I go back to Aria’s lifeless body. Pain exploded through my chest all over again as I held her close. She had been taken away from me, fr
