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83 - KennedyI wake up again, draped across Ryker’s massively chiseled chest. I take a deep breath in, reveling in his Rosemary mint scent, then roll out of bed trying not to disturb him. I look around to see where we ended up. Surprisingly we are back in my room. He didn’t bother fixing the door, it’s pushed off to the side. I look around and nothing has been touched aside from the things he had moved into his bedroom. It feels like forever since I have been in here. I do notice the statue that looks like Alpha has been propped on my bedside table, but there is an addition. There is a lamb statue carved with the same amount of detail standing next to Alpha. They way they are standing though, it’s as if they are puzzle pieces that fit together perfectly. I wonder if the same shopkeeper made it. The curve of the wolf’s body is just enough for the lamb to curl in, the lamb’s front leg crosses over the wolf’s in a possessive and protective way. The underside of the wolf’s muzzle fits
84 - Ryker“Ken.” I shout, not even getting her full name out before she’s out of the breakfast room.“Luna.” Bennet chases after her.“Hey!” Danny and Greta both call out behind me as I follow.I can’t tell if she’s ignoring us or if Todd has her full attention and she can’t hear us. But, she is fast. I can feel her worry for this girl. It’s palpable through our bond. “Where was she last? Or I guess the better question is where did you lose her scent?” I hear her ask Todd.He’s breathing hard. He must have sprinted all the way to the packhouse. “We weren’t too far from the soccer field. Our house is close. She wanted to play hide and seek and we were all having fun, but it’s been too long and we have all been calling her. She doesn’t play tricks like that, something’s wrong.”“Kennedy, slow down. We don’t know what we are getting into. You can’t just rush in blind.” I grab her arm and spin her around. Her eyes are wild and she isn’t thinking clearly. Her emotions are going
85 - KennedyI can hear Ryker grumbling something above me, but he must know that I’m right or he at least agrees with me because he isn’t following. I can’t think about how hot it is that he is so protective of me or the way that Alpha stayed in contact the whole walk through the woods, even if it was just his tail brushing my leg.I scramble the best I can down the side of this hill. It is further than I thought and I will admit to myself that maybe Ryker had a point about looking before I jump. I won’t stop now, she needs help and I am the only person who won’t get hurt being down here. I couldn’t see her tiny body very well from where we were standing on the edge. I hope that she is like most werewolf kids and is fairly indestructible. I remember playing with Jeremiah and the guys when we were little and being so jealous that they rarely got hurt and when they did they healed in hours or days. And I fell down a hill, just rolling, and broke my arm. I was in a cast for month
86 - RykerI am locked into place. What did she just say? There’s no way I heard that right. She’s just focused on the little girl and letting words fall out of her mouth.“If that’s the case, then wouldn’t she be saying common phrases? Things she says all the time. That is not something she has said to either of us and I was kind of hoping she would tell me before she told you. She does like me better.” Alpha is joking, but I know he is just as shocked as I am. If he heard it then I wasn’t hallucinating.“Did you just get those special three words from a special Luna, Bossman? Danny taunts.“Uh, yeah. I think I did.”“Is she high? Like does the wolfsbane mess with humans differently or something?” My head snaps to him. He’s f*cking smiling like the cat that got the canary.“F*ck off.” I mutter, finally getting the use of my legs to follow where Kennedy went with Emily. He just follows, not trying very hard to contain his laugh.Being high ranking wolves, many women over the y
87 - RykerI become conscious of a tingling brush along my face. I don’t open my eyes though. I savor the feeling. “That’s nice, Little Lamb, but yesterday sucked. Give me another hour.”A small giggle interrupts my thoughts quickly. I turn my head to see a bright-eyed Emily looking at me from her bed in the middle of the room. “Why do you call her a lamb? She’s not a lamb, silly Alpha!” She covers her mouth and laughs again. I can see the delight in her mother’s and Kennedy’s eyes. All three of them want an answer, an honest answer. Copyright ©️ 2024 Miss L Writes and Ember Mantel Productions“Well, my little ninja,” She laughs at her own nickname. “Your Luna tried to run away from me once. She hid her scent just like you did. She was very sneaky. I had to use my wolf to find her and she had never seen him before.”“Oh my gosh! Your wolf is so big! Were you scared, Luna?” She turns her wides eyes to Kennedy.“A little at first, because I didn’t know who it was chasing me. But onc
88 - KennedyOh sh*t! I did say it. I was so caught up in getting Emily taken care of that when I was telling Ryker to keep his distance so the wolfsbane wouldn’t affect him, I told him I loved him. He didn’t say anything or react at all, so I thought maybe he doesn’t feel the same or I imagined saying it. I laid there last night, holding onto Emily, worried about what today would look like when he completely took me by surprise and kissed me goodnight then whispered I love you softly in my ear.He has a small smile on his face as he lets me process all the things that happened in the last couple days. I can’t believe it was just yesterday that I threw Amy out of the packhouse and Ryker let me break down a few more of his emotional walls.“How do you feel now? I know that the wolfsbane wasn’t as bad for you, but it did affect you.” He rubs my arms and goosebumps erupt with the tingles. He’s watching the reaction intently while I watch him.“I feel okay now.” I take a deep breath
89 - Ryker“F*CK!” I yell. Willing myself not to put a hole in my office wall. He was there, right under our noses and we missed him. We searched the whole deserted camp and found nothing. I don’t know if they were tipped off or if they saw us coming, but everything was packed and gone.I know my beta saw the camp. I know he’s one of the stealthiest people on my team. I can’t believe he would make a mistake to let the rogues know we are onto them. I also know the camp was only half a mile away from where we found Emily. That can’t be a coincidence. I wonder if they were using the wolfsbane to hide their existence. Who knows how long they have been there. If she wouldn’t have disappeared, we may never have discovered it. That ravine borders land that is an unspoken neutral zone. That section of land had a great big fire when I was young that took all the surrounding packs weeks to put out. And in the twenty or so years since, it has never recovered. Many of our more superstitious
90 - RykerI rest my forehead to hers, breathing heavily. I have no idea what just came over me and I am still shaking. Clearly my body understood what needed to be done because I’m pretty sure that my soul left my body.“See, nothing to be afraid of.” She whispers, playing with the hair at the nape of my neck. “That was amazing.”“There’s still so much to be afraid of, but I don’t want to talk about that right now. I want to savor this with you. It is still amazing.” I haven’t pulled out of her yet reveling in the feeling the tiny little flutters her body is giving me as we breathe together. I press her into the wall with most of my weight and I have no intention of moving anytime soon.“The bathtub is about to overflow.” She giggles and I groan. I guess I am moving.“Fine.” I mutter as I slowly slide out of her, loving the sensation. “Mmm, we are definitely not done tonight.” My wolf is on board with trapping her in the bedroom for the foreseeable future.“Absolutely not! Now th
41 - FinnI’m trying to figure out why both the Luna and Alpha are being so cryptic about this. I mean, at least Kennedy told me she wants to give us a house, which is insane, but still something to work with. If I wasn’t being weighed down I would be tossing and turning trying to figure out what they are up to. But as it is, I am warm and comfortable and for the first time in a long time, I feel like I am right where I am meant to be.I doze listening to the soft snores of both girls in my arms.“FIIIIINNNNN!!!!” I launch off the couch and over the back ready for a fight after Trinity’s yell. Eyes wide scanning for what made her call for me like that only to be met with laughter. “It worked, Bennet!” She squeals happily.“Someone is wound awfully tight after sleeping so long.” I continue to scan, ignoring him, blinking to get the dryness out of my eyes, asshole.I see Bennet and Trinity sitting at the island next to Gabriel and Peyton. “Where’s Landon? And what were you screaming
40 - FinnSeveral happy hours later we head back into check on the kids and attempt to find a place to sleep. Unfortunately for Bennet, the couch in the living room is it. He can’t be mad at us though, this packhouse was not designed like Ryker’s in Dark Moon, a mansion that holds a hundred people. I actually really enjoy it here. Every space is used, nothing wasted or unnecessary. I fall asleep with Greta tucked in between me and the back of the couch thinking about all of her concerns with the kids. Hell, they’re my concerns too. The bonds we have with all the kids, but Trinity specifically, are unlike anything I have experienced before. Even as a pup when Nan took me in, I never felt the pull to her like I feel to that little girl. I drift off thinking about what I want next in this life, now that I have finally achieved the only thing I ever wanted…a home.My dreams are lucid. Greta and I walking hand in hand, Trinity running around our legs in a field. They are both laughing and
39 - FinnToo excited to do anything else Greta and I cuddle on the couch talking into the early hours of the morning. Ryker said he has ideas of how to make this happen quickly for us, but he needed to catch some zzz’s before Rosie wakes up from her latest nap. He’s doing his best to support his mate through these early days, which I commend and envy him a little.Greta sighs deeply, but doesn’t say anything. I feel a wash of sadness come over her through the bond, but she is curled up against my side with her head tucked under my chin so I can’t see her expression.“Hey,” I whisper, squeezing her hip gently, “Talk to me.”Another sigh and then a sniffle and I can’t take the suspense anymore. I pull her up into my lap so she’s forced to look at me even though she keeps her eyes closed like it’s going to stop me from seeing how red they are.“Greta, babe, you have to talk to me.” I plead. “What’s going on in that stubborn head?”She’s trying to calm her breathing, but it's ragged and
Hi all. I apologize for being absent the last week. I was a much needed break from all things electronic and somewhat out of my control. I am back, diving into the conclusion to The Warrior's mate and concepts for new stories to follow once I am done here.I appreciate all of the readers who have been following me since the beginning and any new readers just joining in.
38 - FinnThe living room is good and full of people when we finally make it inside. I am not a fan of crowds, but there is so much excitement around the birth of Kennedy and Ryker’s baby, I can’t help but smile along with everyone else. Trinity wiggles out of my arms, but grabs my hand in her tiny little fingers. She is clearly in charge here.I look over my shoulder at Greta, but all I get is a smile and a shoulder shrug as she walks off towards the kitchen and I am dragged closer to the crowded couch where I can see the top of Kennedy’s head through the mass of wellwishers surrounding her.“Come on Finn, look at, look at!” Trinity moves like our bodies are the same size and I can wade through the legs of adults like she does. “Come on Finn!” She says, annoyed at the slow pace. A few people move at her fireceness, smiling at the demands of a determined child.When I finally get through, the sight stops me in my tracks. Kennedy is glowing holding a tiny pink blanket. All I can make
37 - FinnGreta takes me by Ryker’s packhouse to shower and change. The perks of having clothes and supplies at my fingertips still surprises me sometimes. Cindy, this tiny little kitchen omega, packs us meals to go and we start our drive.“Uh…so how is this going to work?” I ask tentatively. We obviously have the physical part of being mated under control. Greta has even let me hold her hand most of the drive.“What do you mean?” She asks, but it’s not convincing. I know she’s been thinkin logistics too.“Well we are mated now and there is no way I’m going to sleep separate from you, but my apartment won’t fit you, me and up to four kids. Will your place fit all of us, or do we need to talk to Ryker about something else?” Her eyes go wide. Maybe she wasn’t thinking about the same logistics I was.“What makes you think that we are going to have up to four kids with us?” Her husky voice squeaks and it’s adorable. I can’t help but smile at how nervous she is. Kids were never on her
36 - GretaI am so full of mixed emotions. On the one hand I want to beat Janelle’s ass. I never really liked her anyway. Her and Amy were always too good to do any actual work or put effort into anything but chasing the leadership. Now I know why, but it doesn’t make them any less irritating. She will suffer for all of their crimes even if she isn’t the brains behind this operation. Everyone in this pack will put the most responsibility on her. It’s one hundred percent personal.I’m pulled out of my thoughts by a kiss to the neck. I suck in a breath at the sensation. “They have this handled. Grant said to get out of here before he throws up.” Finn whispers against the shell of my ear causing a wave of goosebumps to trail over my whole body. I just now notice we aren’t alone with Janelle and her other teammates. Finn really is distracting, I’m going to have to watch out for that.Finn lifts me by my thighs and I naturally wrap them around his waist when he starts walking. It seems s
35 - FinnI can’t even begin to describe how good Greta feels in my arms. But I can’t think about that right now, we have a fight to finish. So I thread my fingers through her hair and kiss her gently one more time before pushing her off my lap and standing. She takes the hint and then takes my hand and we both run into the forest or we can still hear growls and snapping of wolves fighting.“They knew we were coming.“ Greta says, a little bit more worry than I’m used to in her voice. “I know, I think your Warriors got played.“ I say exsasperated. Ryker’s team is so good though, I don’t know how it is possible. “Could they be using any of your old hideouts or old methods to get into the pack?” She asks. “I don’t think so, because Amy‘s dad was very secretive about how we moved from place to place. There was a lot of magic involved, so I don’t think anyone actually knew how and where we were traveling until we finally got to where he wanted us to stop.“ “He really pushed for the magi
34 - FinnWe are a tangle of fur and fangs. The stench of this rogue is enough to make me want to gag, but I continue to bite at him. He’s fast but sloppy. His claws don’t hit their mark because he’s fighting angry, not controlled. His wolf rears back and mine lunges to the side and whips around to grab his flank. He rips at the muscle and we are rewarded with a howl as he hits the ground and tries to limp away. There’s no way my wolf is standing for that. He jumps on his back and bites at his throat again and again, until he finally collapses.When my wolf feels the pulse in his neck completely stop he drops him to the ground and we go in search of our mate. I hear the sounds of fighting all around me. This group wasn’t dumb, but I’m not sure what their plan is. They haven’t gotten past our defenses to get further into Dark Moon. I haven’t heard of any demands of threats or what they want. I keep following the sounds and my pull to Greta. Another two grey wolves dodge out towards m