Emmett’s POV“I want some of these!” Claws gushes, as we dress the twins. “Saturn is so cute. I want to move to Silver Creek, and just be their nanny.”“Hey, hey, hey, get knocked up and have your own. These are mine,” Mom jokes.“Actually, these are mine, but mom does borrow them daily.” I tease. “Mom, thank you so much for coming down early. Seriously, I am so stressed to be face to face with Kate.”“Honey, she doesn’t want to know, just like you and Luca. It’s okay. Really, she doesn’t want to have kids, but she loves you and wanted to do this for you,” Mom assures me again.We get the Packhouse, and the party is jumping.“Did you get a party like this?” Luca asks.“No, only the girls,” I answer.We see Rona and Garrett wrapped up in each other. We sit with the other young parents and trade tips and stories.“I notice Shay and Marcus aren’t joining the parents table,” Jessica shakes her head.“Stop, now,” Sara says. “They are part time parents, but Marcus is a hell of a stepdad.”“
Luca’s POVIt’s a perfect summer day for an Alpha/Luna Ceremony. Especially, since the mountain wolves have to spill their blood on the ground. This is not something we do at Silver Creek.Garrett Jr’s sister, Gemma, found her mate and Ed and Claws are going to come to Silver Creek for a few days. So, to get Gemma’s mate’s car to the portal, we are going to drive home after the ceremony with Ed and Claws. Pat will fly Thomas, Sara, Gina, Zek and their kids back.“They are so cute,” Rebecca’s mother comments. “I can see both of you in each of them! Walker got those Wallace eyes, but he got Luca’s ears. And Princess has the curly Wallace black hair and the Lopez Opal eyes. Luca how did you get brown eyes?”“Mom,” I smile. “Uncle Edward got green eyes, but Mom’s are brown.”“Congratulations on a beautiful family,” Christine smiles.“Max, sit with me,” I hear Beth whine.“Beth, okay, just remember we still have a while.” Max tells her, sitting behind us.“You are my mate,” Beth says. I tu
4 years laterEmmett’s POV“Thanks for the help,” James smiles at me, as I help them unload the bags from the plane. “Erin went a little loca with the presents.”“Abuelo,” Saturn yells from my SUV. “Abuela said you got me a special gift.”“It is possible I may have gotten my only Nieta an extra special something for turning 5 years old.” James smiles at her.“Dad, when do we open presents?” She jumps, asking me.“Soon, little lady. Settle down,” I tell her, loading the last box in the trunk.“Daddy has Walker training every morning. I only have to train in the afternoon. Walker thinks he is better than me, but he won’t spar with me. So, I could be better, it’s possible. Dad has been teaching me about being a Luna. Do you think I’ll be a Luna one day? I could be a Luna, but you never know. Baby Liam is coming today. He and Walker are going to be Alphas, but I may get mated to an Alpha. Dad said I’ll have more power than an Alpha, because the Luna always has the most power. Alphas are bi
Graphic torture physical and emotional ahead. Luca’s POVEmmett and I turn the investigation over to Cullen and Luke. They, of course, bring in Claire the human lie detector.Claire starts with all of us in the room.“Cliff, did you poison Taylor?“ Claire asks.“No,” he answers.“Do you know who did?” Luke asks.“No,” He answers, and Claire moves on.“Kass, did you, or do you know who did this?” Claire brushes this off, knowing it wasn’t Kass.“No,” Kass nods to her.They continue to Edward, Patrick, Marie, Me, Mom, Emmett and then Dad.“James, did you do this, or do you know who did?’ Claire was getting tired of asking, but we have to check everyone.Dad is silent.“Jim?” Aunt Kass asks.“Oleander was used with foxglove and wolfbane?” Dad asks.“Yeah, why?” I ask.“That is the formula we used on Kyle Byatt,” Dad is holding something back.“Dad, if you know who did this, tell us now. Don’t make the Wallace twins take you to a tearoom. I’ll let them,“ I warn. Emmett holds me back.“Ca
Luca’s POV“Kline, I expect her dead in two hours. Torture is one thing, but what you did is beyond the pale,” I say, catching up to him after he has showered.“If it was the Luna in the hospital after years of poison, would you order the same thing?” He talks like a robot. Clearly, this man has feelings, he just can’t express them.“I want to hope I would. I want to think the pain of watching your only child ripped to pieces is enough torture. Now, you can go kill her in two hours, or I can. Either way, she is dead in two hours,” I order.“Yes, Alpha. I want the check on Taylor, Cliff is allowing me in the room,” Kline walks away toward the hospital.Emmett is waiting for me outside in the hallway.“You, okay? Dad said it got intense in there,” He holds me close, and his scent covers me.“I wish I had never set foot in there,” I say. “Did you get any answers from Cliff about Kline and why he is okay with Kline’s presence?”Emmett pulls away just enough to look me in the eye. “Taylor
Third Person POV27 years agoSecond Beta Taylor Byatt is about to start training, when he feels an uneasy pull in his stomach. He heads back to the Packhouse, unable to concentrate on training today. As he enters the house, he is met by his dear friend, Luna Erin.“You don’t look so good, honey,” Erin says.“Yeah, my stomach is hurting like a bitch. I wonder if I’m starting my rut,” he tells her, rubbing his stomach.“Tis the season,” she tells him.“Any update on Edward?” Taylor asks, as another wave of pain washes over him.“No Kass said it’s the same as it’s been. James and I are going back to Blood Moon on Thursday,” Erin gives him a slight smile. Her brother Edward has been in a coma for almost two weeks.“Kline and I will hold it together here,” he almost doubles over in pain. “Speaking of, I better find him.”“Yeah. The delegation from Blue Ridge arrived; he may be meeting with them,” Erin tells him.“Great, I’ll just go to my room; if you see him, ask him to check on me,” Tay
Luca’s POV“Heads up!” I duck, as a baseball flies at my head.“Sorry, Daddy,” Walker says, coming up to me. “Dennis did it.”“Walker, you are older and his Alpha. There is no reason for him to influence you. It should be the other way around. Do you understand me?” Emmett tells him.“Yes, sir,” Walker looks Emmett in the eye. Before taking the ball and running off.“Alpha, I may need you to discipline Dennis,” Cameron tells me.“They are 5 years old. Cam, you have to have some control of him,” I say, as another baseball lands on the table breaking plates, glasses and sending food and drink everywhere.“That’s it, no more playing ball with you. You did that on purpose,” Walker bellows.“Oh, come on, it's just a joke,” Dennis whines.“Nothing you do is a joke, Dennis,” Saturn yells, storming over to him. “You want mayhem, I’ll give you mayhem.”All four us start to move, but we aren’t fast enough. Saturn lays Dennis out cold.“Saturn, what did you do?” Walker asks.“What Aunt Kass taug
Emmett’s POV“Feel okay?,” Luca is spooning me, after our first time of him entering me.“Yes, baby. I put in a lot of time preparing.” I tell him.He is kissing my neck and shoulders, “you need to tell me all you did, so you can feel what I felt. And baby, fuck, did it feel good.”I smile, knowing I did that, I made him feel that good.“It felt good to me too. We don’t need to flip,” I tell him.“Yes, you do, that was more than amazing,” Luca starts pulling me closer and kissing my neck. “Can I do it again?”“Yes, baby,” I whisper.I may have created a monster. Luca takes control of my dick as he pushes inside of me. And we are both screaming. After four rounds of sex and recovery, we pass out in exhaustion.The morning has come and I'm not lying, I’m sore.“Baby, you should have told me to stop,” Luca whines, as he sees me moving slower than normal.“I didn’t not enjoy it,” I tell him.“Your parents might notice a change in you,” Luca kisses my neck, as we shower.“They will not,” I
The moon goddess’s POVMy plan for Emmett was always suppose to be simple. Change the Lopez. Family forever and end the heart condition. I guess I put a little to much faith in him. Who am I kidding, he was perfect for the job. And it may have taken longer than I thought it would, but he got there in the end. Nora copied Emmett’s ceremony in every detail. She said the descriptions from witnesses called it the most romantic Alpha/Luna Accession in history. Knowing she couldn’t top it she copied it. Emmett was touched and flattered. As he should be. I promised the Wallace family that I was don’t meddling int their lives, but Saturn is a special one to me. I gave her Dennis because he needed her. I have no control over humans and the loss of Cameron and Nova was never in my plan. Dennis was supposed to grow-up to be a playboy and prankster, think Sam but with blonde hair. When his parents died he just became a loud mouth. But he needed Saturn to ground him and give him a reason to wan
Luca’s POV“Baby, what are your plan today?” I ask, seeing him getting dressed for the office.He has had three minor heart occurrences in the past week. He keeps putting off his doctor's appointment, because DeVine’s daughter is “just too young to know anything”. So, I have been begging him to rest more.“I have to meet with Nora and Dennis. They are just about up to speed. And the ceremonies are in a week. I promise to take a nap afterwards,”. He kisses me and heads to the office.“Sweet goddess, if you hear me, protect him. I want him with me in retirement. We are so close, goddess protect him.”***********Me and my kids are setting the border and alliance agreements between their packs.“So, we won't patrol this border, but we will double our efforts on this border,” Saturn point to the map.“Yeah, that will work,” Walker agrees.“See how easy this will be, you two get along, just remind your kids to do same.” I laugh and then we hear Nora scream.Walker gets there first, but I a
Emmett’s POV“And I quit” Saturn plops in a chair next to Nora in my office. “For two people who claim to love each other, they fight like children!”“What are they fighting about now?” Nora asks.“The order of Accession. Since we get to set our own rules and stuff, we want to do a joint ceremony. But Phoenix wants to do the Alpha part first, then the Beta part. Her logic is it’s a new pack, we need an Alpha before we need a Beta. Dennis says that since it not a new pack but rather the re-establishment of an old pack, we can do the Beta part first and then the Alpha. Both of them make valid points, but I can’t decide; so I’m out, they can duke it out and I will do as I’m told,” She leans back.I laugh, “Daddy and Walker do the same thing. It’s a good move for an Alpha.”“DAD! I came in here for you to fix it,” Saturn whines.I look at her. “You are about to be Alpha, what the hell are you whining about. Am I going to have to rush down to Silver Lake every week to fix something fo
Warning this entire chapter is sex. All of it. You have been warned.Walker’s POV11:59 October 30, 2060“Why am I nervous?” I ask my Dad. “Because you have waited so long for this, and well, now it’s happening,” Daddy smiles. Dad is standing beside him and next to both of them, is the love of my life. In 30 seconds, she and I are going to haze.Patty showed up just to make sure she is right. “Don’t worry, other than not being able to recognize my own mate for bit, I’ve never been wrong,” Patty smiles. “It's gonna be fine.”12:00pm October 31, 2060I feel my wolf snap into place.“MINE” it wasn’t me, but a force I have no control over.I'm holding her and kissing her, she is kissing me. Please let me come out of this and it be Nora. Please.The fog clears and it is Nora.“My Muffin is now my mate,” Nora smiles up at me.“Damn, right,” Patty smiles. “I still got the magic!”“Congratulations, bro, and sis,” Saturn smiles. She won’t haze for 7 more months. “Thanks,” Nora hugs
Luca’s POVI really don’t know what the hell Emmett is thinking. I go into the room with Fred. “So, you have to get me to kiss you and you have two hours,” I find a mini bar and pour myself a scotch. “Drink?”“Whatever you are having, make it two,” Fred is smiling at me. I hand him a scotch and wait.“What ya got? How did you seduce all those mated females away from their families?” I ask. “It was simple really. I just showed them my greatest blessing,” Fred smiles and caresses my face. That is when my wolf perks up. I’m immune to magic. My wolf tells me when a spell is being attempted. I can choose to ignore it, or play along. I remember how my father defeated a wizard once. So, I play along.“Humm, what is your greatest blessing then?” I coo, as the spell wants me to.“It's very simple, you see,” Fred comes close and speaks low. “I have a dick that will make anyone scream. Would you like to see it, my pet?”“I think I might,” I follow my wolfs instructions.“Good, pet,” Fred is a
Emmett’s POV“If we can be quick, we can have one more round and shower before the kids come through the portal,” Luca tries to get me. We have landed at Blood Moon and need to head to the portal, but my man is trying to get one more round out of me.“Luca,” I whine. “I love you, but I haven’t seen the kids in 8 weeks. I want to be there when they come through. Plus, I think Melissa and Clint are there already.”“Screw them,” Luca kisses my neck. “You are going to be talking to the kids all afternoon and evening. This is my last chance to have you alone.”“Luca,” I moan, as he rubs me through my jeans. “Lose the clothes, sir.”Luca growls. We manage two rounds and a third in the shower on the plane.We dress and walk to the portal.“Hey there,” Melissa smiles.“Hey, Luna,” I hug her.“Micah is bringing his mate. Have you heard the news?” Melissa smiles.“No, we haven’t,” I smile.“Apparently, his mate is Beta at a bigger pack and doesn’t want to give up his position, so John is going
Walker’s POV“Muffin, what is wrong?” Nora asks me, as we walk on our final Saturday at Golden Moon. We have one more week before we all return home.“This morning, Dennis had Phoenix wrapped up in a very passionate kiss. It’s weird seeing him kiss anyone but Saturn,”. I tell her.“I caught him and Saturn doing more than kissing in the bathroom of the rec room yesterday,” Nora giggles. “I talked to Phoenix, she says they are doing well. She loves her alone time with Saturn and her alone time with Dennis, but her favorite is when the three of them are together.”“She doesn’t feel like an outsider when they are all together?” I ask.Nora smiles, “she says no. She made the joke that Dennis is the outsider when they are together.”I laugh.“Why have we spent this time together talking about them? We spend a lot of time talking about them?” Nora asks me.“Because I’m getting used to the idea,” I tell her.“Well get used to this idea. One year from now, you and I will be taking oaths in fro
Emmett’s POVI am standing by the car, waiting for Luca to come out, so we can get to Atlanta. We are taking a commercial flight like we did 18 years ago. We are going to do everything the same. Well, we were, until Luca stopped speaking to me over the kids' names.Why is having Wallace in their names so damn important?I thought he would be okay, little miffed maybe, but never ready to kill angry.The last thing he said to me was, “I need I cancel wet teams.”He was going to kill James. So much for breaking tradition.We needed to talk, to clear the air. He needs to understand my decision to exclude Wallace was the same as Marie’s, Sara’s (no, not, Sara, she named her first born Wallace, bad example). Rona’s son is Wallace-Marshall, so that’s out. Patty is a perfect example. She is tough, independent, strong willed, she only uses Marshall for Hewy, Dewy, and Louie. Those aren’t their names, but they have such big lips, we couldn’t resist nicknaming them after the Duck triplets. She ac
Luca’s POVWhen I land back in Silver Creek, I grab a bottle of champagne and head to my Luna’s office. I’m wearing a Hawaiian shirt, white long dress shorts, boat shoes, and my aviator glasses. I have two glasses and I decide we need some fun. So, I grab my phone to play a song, I want to dance and seduce my mate. I find an oldie, but a goodie.The beat starts a little Spanish then “Tonight, we dance,” ……”Nothing can stop us tonight”. “Bailamos”Emmett is laughing, as I sing along to “Tonight, I’m yours.”He stands up and we start dancing around his office.“Tonight, we dance,”I start kissing his neck and he is laughing at me. I’m half Hispanic, I have smooth moves. My mate he is from a mountain. Less smooth, zero rhythm. So, I lead.“Nice, Babe,” he tells me, as the song ends.I pour champagne. “We have zero children. For the next five weeks, we are not responsible for keeping younger versions of ourselves alive. We are empty-nesters, and we aren’t 40 yet.”Emmett laughs harder. “O