"Xena? Isn't that your wolf's name?" Damian asks me and I nod my head yes.
"That is correct but my wolf and I are one, back then, your wolf would give you the name you are to go by. I see things have changed now." I say back to him, confusing him once again.
"I am Xena, reborn and back to fix what has been broken. The girl you have known as Jeannie is no more. I can feel the mate bond, I can feel the love but I need you to know that I came back from the past to save my people. The people you want to kill, no thanks to your upbringing." I speak.&n
"What do you mean you lost her? I thought, we all thought you had her fooled? For goddess's sake woman, you hurt yourself to gain sympathy from her, asking us look like the bad guys, of which we are considering what we are about to do to her people but what the hell!?" A man's voice can be heard screaming over the phone in Dalia's hand.She drops the phone, watching me smirk- that being my chosen reaction. I could have gone with the growl, predator look or just a smile but I need her to know that I am on to her, I have been on to her, way before she was born and she has also just been caught red handed."You seem busy... should I come back later?" I as
I have a power to most alive today, are unaware and overly confident to the possibility of ending me. Damian's mother may think that killing her own son to defeat me may bring me down and to some extent, it will weaken me. However, I have loved before and I have lost.I have loved a man for many years, watched him die right in front of me, in front of all our children and here I am once again, to fight a war that requires my capabilities once again and put an end to those who think they can just simply gain power and control over their kind. I come from a higher power that, if I was to meet my demise, I will only wake again to finish what I started, with or without Damian by my side.
Raising my arms, the clouds turn gray and everyone could see the lightning as it came closer and closer before hitting me and rain falling."Pluvia. Pluvia. Pluet super nos omnes. Pluvia. Pluvia. Pluet super nos, et purifica nos. Imbribus, iterum nos sanos fac." (Rainfall. Rainfall. Rain on us all. Rainfall. Rainfall. Rain on us and purify us. Rainfall, make us whole again.) - I say out loud.As the people start to look up, in shock of the cold rainwater that hits them. The water cascadi
The room was quiet when I walked in. It was set up like a hospital room, with a small bed where Damian's body lay on and I could hear beeping sounds from the heart monitor.Everyone else but Reggie walked out of the room as soon as I walked in, not saying a word to me. Reggie steps away from Damian, to allow me the space to be close to him."You said you would keep him alive," I say."He is, alive..." Reginald says to me, I don't even look back at him."Barely, look at him!" I say. Damian's heart was weak and I could feel it in me that we were losing him. The mark on my neck connected me to him and the little bit of him that was left was all I could feel, the rest of him was gone and I felt empty. A hole was growing big inside of me, where our connection should be growing, Damian's stamp in my heart was slowly fading."What am I going to do? Nobody is allowed to play with the laws of life. Life and death are not up to an
Doug's life leaves his eyes as Reginald and I watch on...The heart monitor continues to beep but with my wolf hearing, Damian's heartbeat grew stronger with every second that passed by. The spell had worked and it was only a matter of time before he woke up and came back to me.How would he handle the death of his father? On the surface, he may act as his father is an evil man and his morals are begging him to hate his dad but love is love, and everyone is allowed to love their parents, whether that love was reciprocated or not. A child does not choose to love his or her parents, it just happens and that is life...Doug was right though. Damian had a lot of work waiting for him when he returns to his pack but the one thing Doug did not know is that maybe me being, mated to his son, was and is the saving grace the pack needs to dig themselves out of this hole. I am an alpha child, born with an inheritance that enables me to run the pack... the pack my brot
"Do you guys need more time in the bedroom? Talking to the people and getting them to go back home and start over can all wait. It is nothing of importance." Reginald says to Damian and me as we walk into the room where my trees once were.I smile at him.I was old enough to not find this embarrassing at all. Damian was mine and I was his... this was only the beginning. This is how we were supposed to be when we first met, but nothing was standing between us now."No. " Damian answers him with a serious face."The people are waiting. It is time to talk to them, a few words of wisdom and some words on how to go about life now that things have changed and you, the prophesied one is back." Reginald gets to his feet and walks past us.We follow him silently. I knew that I will have to speak to my people and give them some words of guidance, how to start over, and that I will be with them every step of the way. They need reassu
"Hello, Aaron," I say, walking in on my mate's cousin sitting comfortably in the alpha office.He looks up and smiles as he sees nobody is standing behind me. Aaron gets to his feet and starts to walk toward me. I stay rooted in place, right by the door and he kisses my cheek before closing the door behind me, only for Damian's foot to block him."Ah, you survived," Aaron says, his face showing clear signs of annoyance. With Damian alive, this meant that his claim as alpha of this pack would hold no weight now once the entire pack finds out that the rightful heir to the throne was back.Aaron and I make way for Damian to enter, walking past the both of us and sitting on the chair his father once sat on. Memories of the day I sat with Damian's father, after the death of my parents in this life. Somehow their death is one I can't seem to get over, with all my memories back, with every information that I have and the job I had to do to save my kind, it still hurts to this day."I want to
The travel back to Damian's pack was no easy feat. Having to reassure my people that they had to go back home and fix it up, making it the pack we once knew was tough as all they wanted to do was follow me but in time, I would return to guide them and to rule over them. I am a mated woman, one that is mated to an alpha, making this so much worse for me. One, I could merge the two packs but that was not my job and the job was not made to make anything easier for me. Between Damian and the pack, I will always choose my work over love but I promised to help Damian in winning his pack back and that is why I am here now, to defeat the current alpha and take back what is his.Naturally, I could just walk up to Aaron and kill him myself but this is also Damian's fight and I can only help him in fighting against Aaron and that is allowing him to find a way to defeat Aaron on his own and only jump in when he needs my help. "Has your uncle called?" Damian asks me. Night had fallen and even th
In a desperate moment, fear has taken deep root within me and I decided to use Damian as my inspiration. For the love he has for his pack, in trying to prevent a big loss within the pack, I channel my dark powers differently, weaving a protective barrier around Damian. The three wolves, guided by unseen forces, are gently repelled before reaching him and sent flying to a distance. Damian, momentarily confused, notices the mystical shield surrounding him and quickly notices the three wolves a few feet away from him.He recognizes them. Using my powers, I communicate with him telepathically. "Damian, trust me. I'll keep you safe. Focus on Aaron, and let me handle this."With newfound determination, I redirect my attention to Brock. "You want a fair fight, Brock? Let's do this differently." I summon a soft, glowing light, enveloping both of us in a magical field that nullifies physical harm. "Now we fight with our claws," I suggest, ensuring a non-lethal confrontation. Brock, still fr
I couldn’t sleep.Damian was snoring next to me but I could not, for the life of me, fall asleep. Something felt off…Something was wrong and I hate this feeling. Not knowing why I feel this way, what is so wrong that my body won’t let me sleep?And then I heard it.Wolf howls and loud ones. Brock had come for his brother and he wasn’t alone.I knew he would come back for him but why was this one making me feel uneasy? Could he have an ace up his sleeve? Not much can be done to me but why was I feeling like this?Damian woke to the sound of the howls, looking at me all confused before it clicked in his head what was going on. “Are you ready?” I ask him.Damian gets out of bed, putting on a pair of sweatpants, and nods his head. He needed this fight to get his people back, to show them he was not his parents and that his heart was always in the right place.“I will get Aaron, you rally up your fighters,” I say, leaving the room to get to the basement.“Scared yet?” Aaron asks me as I
The pack watched me as I dragged an unconscious Aaron by his leg towards my house.Damian was standing by the door when I made it home and he followed me into the house, his gaze never leaving my face as we made our way upstairs. The tension in the air was palpable, filled with unspoken emotions. Once inside the bathroom, I turned on the water and let it cascade down my body, washing away the sweat and grime from the confrontation with Aaron.As I stood there, Damian hesitated for a moment before slowly undressing and stepping into the shower with me. The warmth of the water and his presence beside me created a cocoon of intimacy."Jeannie, I can't just sit back and watch you put yourself in danger," Damian said, his voice low and vulnerable.I reached for the soap, avoiding eye contact for a moment. "Damian, you can't keep shutting me out. We're in this together, as mates. I can't stand idly by while you risk your life recklessly."He took the soap from my hand and began to lather it
I could feel Damian's uncle almost at full strength.This was not good because he was stronger, much more than Damian could ever take on. I could help but if he is to be alpha, he needs to win the fight with an alpha and even though Brock relishes bloodshed, enjoys bringing pain to people and causing havoc, Damian stands a better chance at winning against the human wall over his father.Truth be told, I was not convinced my mate is in good health and he is adamant that all is well but the injuries he sustained should not have healed this quickly and maybe I can do something about it before he decides to take on his cousin."A penny or kiss for your thoughts?" Damian walks into his office. I looked at him and I am sure dead sure he could see the worried look on my face."Your uncle is almost in full health. He remains asleep but in a day or two, he will wake and look for you." I confess."Then let him!" Damian says with his hands balled into fists. I could feel his emotions swirling ar
"Wake up, beautiful..." Damian whispers in my ear. Little did he know that I was already awake, listening to his heartbeat and trying to enjoy life's little pleasures like the sound of his heart beating, proof of life.I open my eyes to see his gorgeous eyes staring back at me. I have known love, I have experienced love in many different forms and every time I experience it, it feels like the very first time. it feels like a world anew and with Damian, it is as if he is teaching it to me for the very first time."I don't think I will ever tire of this." I say to him and he rewards me with a kiss. A quick peck before leaving a trail of kisses from my lips to my collarbone."How are you feeling?" I ask him. His uncle really did a number on him and it Is important that he heals completely before we take them on, securing his place as the alpha."Getting there... I'll say, it's taking me a little longer than I thought." He says to me.I push him off me to take a good look at him...Strad
The doctor came to see Damian while I was away, keeping him heavily sedated to promote healing as he tried to wake up once and fight again. He could not force himself to sleep like Aaron's father to promote his healing, worried about the state of his pack. Damian's parents have flushed this pack down the drain. Sitting in the office when I am not checking up on Damian, the financials are worse than I thought. How the pack is surviving on a minus is a shocker to the system. The pack has been lied to for many years, they were doing okay but in reality, they were a fast sinking ship. "Hello, uncle," I say to Reginald over the phone. There was some noise in his background but he could still hear me. "What is the matter? You don't sound too happy..." He says. "The pack is in trouble. Their finances are... well, this pack is in the red and I don't know how Damian will be able to save this pack without dipping his entire form in the troubled waters..." I say over the phone. "The answer
Aaron and his brother were camped out just outside the pack. Well hidden by the trees and bushes surrounding them. The alpha, Aaron's dad lay on the ground still out of it.It was clear he was in a lot of pain but he was sleeping, forcing his wolf to heal him. Aaron was huffing and puffing, complaining to his brother, who seemed not so interested in Aaron's blabber. No, bigger and worse Aaron was more worried about their dad. It is clear that he is as very fond of his dad, and probably also the favorite son seeing as he became alpha and Aaron was sent here to take over if Damian couldn't."I hope I am not interrupting anything," I say, walking out from the bush I was hiding behind. The boys stood up abruptly, shocked that they had not sniffed me out before exposing myself."Came here to finish what you started?" Aaron asks and I shake my head no."I am here to give you both a chance to keep your lives. Leave here, go back to where you come from and never come back. Stop trying to cl
Seeing Damian on the ground was enough for me to go into kill mode. His life has been threatened before, seemingly disposable and even though I have been my fair share of lovers over time, he is still important to me, and being my mate, protects him from all danger... Any danger that I can eliminate.If it is not the forces of nature or old age that dares to take his life, I will challenge any forces for trying to take him away from me.I had broken his back. The old Aaron look-alike lay with his eyes closed right next to Damian. The many people fighting outside stopped to look at the mess I had made, the trouble I have probably caused for this pack.He was definitely Aaron's father and that would make him alpha of his pack, with me attacking him, this meant war and I don't think this pack can take another beating... Not after the humans came over and killed most of them. They don't even know about me or my capabilities."You know what this means now..." Aaron says to me, standing nex
The travel back to Damian's pack was no easy feat. Having to reassure my people that they had to go back home and fix it up, making it the pack we once knew was tough as all they wanted to do was follow me but in time, I would return to guide them and to rule over them. I am a mated woman, one that is mated to an alpha, making this so much worse for me. One, I could merge the two packs but that was not my job and the job was not made to make anything easier for me. Between Damian and the pack, I will always choose my work over love but I promised to help Damian in winning his pack back and that is why I am here now, to defeat the current alpha and take back what is his.Naturally, I could just walk up to Aaron and kill him myself but this is also Damian's fight and I can only help him in fighting against Aaron and that is allowing him to find a way to defeat Aaron on his own and only jump in when he needs my help. "Has your uncle called?" Damian asks me. Night had fallen and even th