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Chapter 42: Grace
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When we arrive back at our pack, I know Grace is exhausted. It’s been a grueling couple of days for her. I was able to complete our application to make our pack official, I applied for us to participate in the Tournament of the Moon Goddess, we set a date for the first mate gathering with Rik and Liam’s packs and I told Liam that I’d have numbers for him in a couple of days for those that want to work for him. All in all, it was a very productive weekend. When we get to the packhouse, Carlos is waiting for us, Amber’s baby in his arms. “Alpha, Luna. Welcome home.” He says. We shift and put on some clothes before walking into the packhouse. “Carlos, nice mark you’re sporting.” I say, referencing his new mate mark. He smiles sheepishly. “Thank you, Alpha.” “Congratulations.” Grace says to him, coming up beside me. “Uh, I know you both probably want to go clean up and check in on everything that’s happened while you were gone, but before you go, Amber and I would like to share someth
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The announcements went as well as expected over dinner. Afterward, I took a much-needed soak, mentally thanking Cara for the muscle soak. The rest of the week became a whirlwind. I began training with Eli and Carlos in the morning and again in the afternoon. Afternoons are now three hours of training, the first two are required for warriors in the pack and the last hour is for those that want to participate in the tournament. We found out that the packs can only take their top 20 individuals, so our members will have to battle for their right to represent our pack. Eli and I are both pleasantly surprised at the number of individuals that are vying for those positions. It seems our pack members are proud of their pack, officially named Safe Haven. That’s right. On Tuesday after we returned to our pack, Eli received a verbal notification from Alpha Anders that our pack was approved. We are official. Then on Wednesday, Eli informed Liam that 250 of our nearly 300 pack members want to be
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I’m so proud of my pack. The gift that they are giving their ranked females speaks volumes about their feelings toward our pack. It’s a good thing and reinforces what we are doing here, creating this place for those that have nowhere else to go.Liam, Angel and Liam’s foreman, Perry, arrive just before lunch. Grace and I meet them out front as they arrive and lead them to a table on the back patio we had set up for lunch. Noah and Sirona join us.“Dr. Phillips, how have you settled in?” Liam asks her.“Sirona please, Alpha. And very well. It’s very exciting what we are planning to create here. I’m glad to be a part of it.” She tells him.“If you decide you want to come back to the easy life, our pack is always open to you.” He says and Angel smacks him with the back of her hand. He rubs his chest, pretending she hit him hard, as he smiles down at her.“What are your plans, Sirona?” Angel asks her and she launches into her ideas of how to rebuild the pack hospital. Perry is paying atte
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The day of our inauguration ceremony starts exactly as I expected it to, chaotic. People are bustling around everywhere. Luna Calista and Alpha Anders arrive after breakfast. With them, they brought suits for the guys. I guess they heard about our dresses but knew the guys didn’t have anything to wear. While his pants fit fine, the shirt and jacket were very snug on my mate. I called Anna to see if she could think of anything and she was able to find seams that she would let out so that the clothes fit Eli better. My hair was a simple affair. Since it’s short, I just slicked it to my head. With the dress, it gave the hairstyle an elegant feel. A stage had been set up on the lawns behind the packhouse. Chairs for everyone were set out with the front row being reserved for Rik, Cara, Liam, Angel and Calista. Anders will be on stage with us, presiding over the event. Eli and I meet Carlos, Amber, Noah and Sirona on the back patio. Amber’s dress is a beautiful teal, floor-length dress wi
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On Sunday, our friends left after breakfast. Angel and Cara were excited about the garden and wanted to purchase some of the fruits and vegetables when they are harvested. It’s another way the pack can make some money and Victoria and Ivy are already making plans to expand the garden. They were part of the group that wanted a store on our new ‘main street’, although they want theirs to be mostly an open-air market environment. Grace, Amber and Noah picked up some egg-laying hens. They seem to like their new living arrangements. It will take a few days for them to adjust, but we’ve assigned some of the older pups to watch out for them, feed them and let them graze in a fenced in area every day. We started with 30 hens, we’ll see how many eggs they can produce, but I think that Grace is already working on a plan for bring in more for the pack. If we produce an excess, we can sell the extras in the market. On Monday, Perry shows up with a crew and we get started with the morning shift.
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When I think of fae royalty, King Ailduin is exactly what I’d expect. He is tall, at least 7 feet, his hair is white, even lighter than Angel’s, but not gray, just very white. His skin is pale but seems to glow giving him the look of someone in excellent health. And he walks with such elegance it’s almost as if he’s floating. His son, Aolis, is a smaller version of Ailduin. When I say small, I mean at 10 years old, he’s already over 5 feet tall, much taller than a normal human his age. Eli and I stand up to greet him. I’m not sure if I’m supposed to bow or curtsy, so I follow the example of the others and just shake his hand. “Guardian. It is good to meet you. May I have your name?” He says, holding my hand as he speaks to me. His touch has a strange warmth to it. It’s more than body heat, it’s feels more like a relaxing heat. I instantly feel calm. Maia pushes forward. “King Ailduin. I remember you, although most of my memories are vague. I am Maia and my human is Grace.” “Maia,
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I am stunned at the power that Grace just pushed out. And according to her, it was only half her power. She literally knocked all three Alphas, a fae king and a group of warriors on their collective asses. Cara starts clapping. “Nice job, Grace!” Rik jogs over to Trevor who is limping but not injured badly. I walk with Ailduin and Liam back over to my mate. “Are you okay?” She asks me, her eyes looking over my body for injuries. “I’m fine. But, wow, baby. I had no idea you were that strong.” “I told you, it’s a LOT of power that I can feel now.” As Trevor limps closer she goes to him. “Are you alright? Did I hurt you?” She asks him, concern etching her voice. “I’m good, Luna. I asked for it and wow, that was something else.” “Maia? That was only half of your power?” Ailduin directs his question to Maia, rather than Grace. “Yes. I pushed my power into Grace’s Alpha aura and then helped her hold it back.” “Impressive. I will have to come up with another way to test your strengt
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Eli and I went to our room early. This weekend, while taxing emotionally, has been good for us. It’s the most time we’ve been able to spend together in weeks and when we return to our pack, we’ll have to get right back to long, tiring days. I keep my promise from earlier and finish what I started. It feels good to reconnect with my mate, to be able to shut out the world and let it just be him and me for a couple of hours. The next morning, we both wake feeling refreshed and reconnected. We join everyone downstairs for breakfast before starting to work on pooling our Guardian strengths. Rik wasn’t happy about having Cara participate, so Ailduin had me and Angel work together. “Angel, since you’ve done this with Cara, let’s see if you can direct Grace’s power as well.” Angel walks up to me, taking my hand. “Ready?” I nod, looking at Rik’s warriors that volunteered to be part of our experiment. Ailduin tells us to start with half of the warriors being protected by Angel and the othe
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I gasp, and air fills my starving lungs. I’m alive. How am I alive? ‘Louis?’ He doesn’t respond. My body feels heavy, and I try to remember the last thing that happened. I was on the battlefield. I was looking at Grace, telling her I loved her, before the silver from the last bullet got to my heart. Wait? Am I dead? I don’t hear any sounds of fighting. I hear moaning all around me, but nothing that sounds like death and dying. ‘I love you too, Eli.’ I hear Grace say. Her voice is soft, exhausted, like she’s burned herself out. “Grace!” I yell in my mind. But as I reach out, I feel her consciousness going dark. I push myself up. “Grace!” I call out, looking around for my mate. I see her, slumped on the ground. Angel and Cara have just turned to her. They are calling her name, shaking her shoulders. “Grace!” I hear them yelling at her. I try to stand, but I can’t, so I begin to crawl over to where Grace is lying on the ground. “What happened?” I ask when I get there. I see Rik
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I’m glad when Eli says he’s heading to the battle and for me to join him after getting the evacuations set. I can’t shift being pregnant. I’ll have to run in human form to get to the battlefield. Eli would know something was wrong if he saw me. It takes me longer to get to the battle than it would if Maia was running. We’re much faster on four paws than two feet. As we get closer to the battle, I smell them. I’m counting them in my head when Eli reaches out to me. I open the mind link and let them know I’m nearly there, and how many hunters there are. When they decide to spread out, I know I won’t be fighting beside Eli. I have to be with my sisters. That’s the only way I can make sure we win today. Before I arrive, I hear Kai’s howl for the battle to begin and immediately all hell breaks loose. Almost instantly, I feel tethers from our pack breaking. ‘Maia, we have to hurry. We can’t lose our pack.’ Maia’s pain at the loss of our pack members is as strong as mine, especially sinc
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The hunters are coming. We know it, they aren’t even being secretive about it. Every day I become more fearful of losing Grace. I know she thinks she’s the key to us winning this battle, but I can’t lose her. I won’t. When I get the mind link that the hunters are nearly here, we’re ready. We’ve been planning this for weeks. I would never tell Grace this, but I’m glad she’s not pregnant yet. I don’t know if I could focus on the fight today if I knew I was not only fighting for my pack and my mate, but also my unborn child. My fear of losing Grace has made my protectiveness almost unbearable as it is. I know it irritates her that I need to know where she is at all times, so I can’t imagine how much worse it would be if she had gotten pregnant. The hunters have chosen to attack us near our three borders, so we have an hour’s run to get to them. The sprites had alerted our patrols and they are the ones that sent the mind link. We’ve chosen to stay quiet so the hunters don’t know we’ve se
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Eli became more insistent that he know where I was at all times after that. When we are together, he is affectionate and loving. We have always been physical in our relationship, but it was different now. It was as if he were desperate to let me know how much he needs me and loves me. He’s terrified that he’s going to lose me. I understand why he’s feeling that way. I’m the key, the central point in the power source of the Guardians. Cara and Angel can pull from me, but without the strength of my mind link, they can’t go further than that. I can tap into the power of not only my sisters and their mates, but also every member of all three of our packs. I haven’t been vocal about that. I don’t want to scare anyone, but when I connect with them, it’s almost like candles getting lit in my mind. As each person in their pack connects to the link, the candles light and I can see them in my mind. It’s strange and it’s overwhelming. It also means that I can hear them. Between the three packs w
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