Aww, a bee necklace for his Little Bee.
Nikki POV Pulling up in front of the pack house, I see a couple standing out front. The man is handsome with tanned skin and piercing gray eyes. The woman is beautiful. She stands about a foot shorter than the man with shoulder length brown with blonde highlighted hair and the most infectious smile I have ever seen. Getting out of Luna Fran’s Durango I hear the woman say, “Frannie, so nice to see you! Oh my goodness, you must be Frankie, you look just like Alpha Kieran. And this must be Nikki.” She enveloped each of us in a bone crushing hug as she said our names. “I am so glad to see you Frannie, I have missed you so much. Very nice to meet you Frankie and Nikki, I am Luna Hope and this is my mate Alpha Isha,” she said. Alpha Isha shook each of our hands and said, “Welcome to Desert Moon Pack, we are honored to have you as our guests.” We bared our necks in submission to the host Alpha and Luna then followed them into the pack house. Where we were introduced to the Beta and Gamma
Nikki POV Today is the day. I should be more excited for orientation day, but I'm not. This is the first time I have ever truly felt alone. Don’t get me wrong I felt alone when my mother was killed and that’s what started my unfortunate drinking binge. Definitely not a moment that I am proud of. But now I am truly alone. Pursuing my dream career is wonderful and I could really go somewhere with it, but I am scared and I miss everyone terribly already. I showered quickly and did my lotion routine. I decided to pull on a pair of skinny jeans, my dad’s vintage ‘88 Blow Up Your Video World Tour AC/DC t-shirt and my red platform Chuck Taylors. I put on the bracelet from Frankie and I still have the necklace he gave me on and put on a pair of inch and a half silver hoop earrings. Messy bun for the hair, a little eyeliner, mascara, and clear gloss and at least I look decent. Breakfast consists of a cinnamon raisin bagel with strawberry cream cheese and coffee from K&T that was gifted to m
Nikki POV After my counseling session, I went home and made myself some dinner as the meal plan included in my tuition did not begin until the next day when classes began. After dinner I took time to journal, then washed up and readied for bed. I crawled into my bed and just laid there staring into the darkness. The bed seems huge without Frankie in it. I miss him, I wonder if he’s thinking of me. I wonder what Alpha Kieran is going to do or has done with my mom’s house. I wonder if Jonas and the twins are having a good start of their senior year. I wonder how training is going. All in all, I miss home. I don’t know how long I laid in bed awake. What I do know is that it was way too long, because I am dragging this morning. A quick lukewarm shower and morning routine. I got dressed in jeans, a t-shirt and joggers. Then quickly brush my hair into a high pony and rush to the kitchen for a cup of liquid sanity. My phone pinged out a notification, so I scooped it up to see a text mes
Alpha Kieran POV ‘Alpha Kieran there is a Lady Keegan at the gate requesting entrance to the territory.’ One of the warriors mind linked. ‘Go ahead and escort her to the pack house.’ I linked back. ‘Frankie you need to come to my office right away. You have a guest approaching.’ I mind linked my son. ‘On my way dad. Do I want to know who?’ Frankie linked back. ‘Lady Keegan. You had to know this would happen eventually.’ I linked in reply. Frankie sighed and linked, ‘I was hoping we would be able to avoid this a little longer, but I am on my way.’ “Lady Keegan, so nice to see you. To what do we owe the honor of your presence?” I greeted but didn’t bother to stand. “I think it is high time I met my chosen mate. Don’t you Alpha?” she said while trying to act she belonged here. “As I recall, you would not be my son’s chosen mate until after the next 2 Blood Moons have passed without him finding his fated mate,” I said. “After meeting and getting to know me, he will probably reject his fa
No one POV “Oh that foolish man! Wait until I tell daddy how he treated me. I always get what I want and he denied me. Mate bond or not I will have the Alpha Heir and when I do I will destroy everything he holds dear. His Mother can be my personal maid!.” Lady Keegan ranted as she stormed through the Rip Claw packhouse to Alpha Hollis’s office. She shoved open the door to find her father in a compromising position with an omega slave. “OUT NOW!” she bellowed. The slave immediately jumped up closing the front of her shirt and scurried off. Alpha Hollis tucked himself back into his trousers zipping and buttoning his fly and fastening his belt with an annoyed look on his face. “Daughter, to what do I owe this interruption?” Alpha Hollis asked. “He had me escorted off the territory and told me not to return without phoning first! He said that we were not chosen mates yet and then he dismissed me like some sort of nuisance.’ She huffed, and flung herself into a chair facing her fathers
Nikki POV So I woke up this afternoon cuddled with Maisey on my couch. I don’t know when we fell asleep we had started the fifth movie and last I remembered was Gideon quoting the conversation where Mrs. Touhy is confronting Alton and she says, ‘Yep. And it shoots just fine every other day of the week too.’ Oh crap! Gideon. I looked around and did not see him anywhere and then I saw the note on the coffee table: ‘I didn’t have the heart to wake you ladies, but it was a fun evening. I will see you for another round after dusk. Gideon’ My phone started ringing and Maisey sat up, “What is that?” she said. “My phone it’s Frankie’s ringtone ‘Love You Still’” I told her, scooping up my phone. “Hey Frankie. How are you doing?” I said as I answered my phone. “Hey Little Bee. I have been better, but I needed to hear your voice and know you’re okay,” he replied. “Frankie, what’s wrong, are you ok?” I asked. “The pack house burnt down last night. It’s a total loss. It will have to be rebuilt fr
Nikki POV This week went by in a blur. I spent Sunday training with the junior warriors of the Desert Moon pack. It felt good to give my muscles a true work-out. Classes are going good, this first semester feels more like a repeat of my senior year. I am still journaling everyday and this week at counseling was intense. We talked about the attempted assault over the weekend and then we talked about my mom’s death. I had a really bad moment on Wednesday after classes when I was alone in my apartment. I had thoughts of what it would be like to be dead like my parents. Were they happy? Did the Goddess allow them to see how my life is going? Were they proud of me for trying to move on with my life? Was I really moving on with Frankie coming to visit? Was I holding him back from preparing to meet his mate? I cried for hours. Then Gideon came for the evening and pulled me out of my despair. “It’s ok little one, you can be sad for all you’ve been through. Just don’t live in your sadness.
Nikki POV I woke with the sunlight streaming through my bedroom window and Frankie’s head between my thighs. His tongue lazily circled my clit and I lifted my hips encouraging him to take more. He chuckled as he continued slowly, making me want to reverse our positions to ride his face to my release. “Patience Little Bee, I am going to enjoy making you scream,” he said and the vibrations of his words increased the delightful sensations, making me crave release. As he slipped his fingers inside I grabbed onto his hair and began moving with him, meeting his every move. The tension was incredible. “Gah, Frankie! I can’t, I need…YES!” I murmured as he quickened the pace. He continued his merciless assault and as my release came I screamed, “Fuck! Frankie! Yes!” He crawled up the bed and began kissing my lips and I could taste myself on him. “Good morning Little Bee. Did you sleep well?” “I did, with you here,” I replied and smiled. He smiled back and I just stared into those gorgeous
Mia POV I am not one hundred percent sure what Kendall means by public awaits, but I know I wouldn’t be dressed like this for any small event. So I eagerly placed my hand in his and followed Kendall to the back of the packhouse. When we stepped out of the back door we weren’t outside though. There was a dome that had been erected and decorated like a grand ballroom. The linens were deep burgundy and the table decor was greenery heavily trimmed in gold. The scene was absolutely breathtaking and my heart was so full, my chest could have burst right open. This had been done for me? But why? When a familiar voice came over the P.A. system, my head whipped in the direction of a small stage. “So, when I used to tease my sister about sending her far away to some evil Alpha, I never really thought about the fact that she might actually end up on the other side of the country mated to an Alpha that absolutely adores her. Phoenix Storm, may I present to you the guest of honor Luna Mia Rose De
Mia POV As Gabby drove me home I thought about Nikki and Frankie’s romantic evening ahead. I won’t lie, I am just a little jealous. Frankie is still attentive to Nikki, and I wish I could say the same was true for Kendall and I. Maybe I should try getting all dressed up and taunt Kendall with naughty suggestions. But sex doesn’t really seem to be our problem though, he’s been a little cold and closed off, he even has the mind-link blocked most of the time. Maybe I should go home for a visit. It has been a few weeks since I have seen mommy and daddy and I really haven’t gotten to know Eli’s mate Cadence. They say distance makes the heart grow fonder, so maybe if we spent a little time apart things will get better. There has to be something wrong with our bond, every couple I know can barely stand to be apart from one another. I was so deep into my own thoughts that I hadn't realized the Hummer had stopped. I was going to ask why we had stopped outside of the gates when I noticed a ba
Kendall POV Do you have any idea how hard it has been keeping a secret from Mia? It means I have had to keep my block up on the mate bond and keep mind-links to a minimum so that she doesn’t find out what I have been planning. The whole no Luna ceremony thing has really bothered me and I asked her again to consider it after I picked up the ring that I commissioned Simone to make. No go, she doesn’t need a celebration to know that the pack loves and accepts her. The thing is that pack members have asked when we will be celebrating their luna. They are so excited to finally have one and they want to shower her with affection. So while it is really a little late to have a luna ceremony because she is really their luna in every way possible, it’s never too late to just celebrate her. So the pack has been secretly planning a celebration for her. When she comes back from Cold Moon this afternoon she will hopefully be surprised. Once she cleared the gates this morning we started putting
Mia POV Everyone around here has been acting a little weird lately. No one seems to have time to talk and they are always in a hurry. Even Kendall seems distracted at times, I know we have a lot going on, but he has been so attentive from day one that it has me worried. Could our bond be broken or maybe just not as strong as everyone else’s seems to be? I really just don’t understand. I have decided that I am going to meet with Nikki and the rest of the girls at K&T this morning. I am in serious need of some girl time and a decent macchiato. I went to knock on Kendall’s office door and let him know I will be leaving for the day. “Come in,” he called out when I knocked. Gordon and Bertie were in the office with Kendall and it looks as though they are going over some sort of paperwork. I walked over and gave Kendall a kiss and said, “I am heading over to Cold Moon to have macchiatos with the girls, I will be back this afternoon. Kendall reached into his pocket and pulled out his keys
Kendall POV Things went so well meeting with the elders today and I couldn’t be happier. I realize that a name change isn’t much in reality, but I feel like it is one more step away from my father and all of his misdeeds and something that will have a positive effect on pack morale. I am curious as to what Frankie wants to speak with me about, perhaps it is just the formality of signing the alliance that we verbally agreed to back in Atlantic City. Now that we have decided on the name change, we can move forward with the fealty ceremony and that should be another step in the right direction in the healing process of the pack. If it were a financially viable option, I would have this pack house demolished and build a new one to destroy more of the bad memories. I have a little more than two hours before Frankie should arrive and I asked Anita and Letty to keep Mia distracted while I pay Simone a visit. Hopefully they have interpreted what I had in my head into another of their stun
Mia POV I am so proud of the progress that Kendall has made at sifting through the mess left behind by Hollis and the rogues. I can’t even call that vile man Kendall’s father and would never call him an Alpha. He was a disgrace to that title and his picture is next to the definition of evil in the dictionary. I don’t understand how any person can do half of the things he has done and still sleep at night. We discovered that Hollis had a lab set up in one of the warehouses, where he was testing the effects of some of the weapons he had been trafficking on different pack members who had angered him. Dr.Lynn from Cold Moon Pack came with an experimental cure that actually worked wonders in helping those who had been experimented on. She tried to explain that she used vampire blood to make some sort of protein fusion with the endoplasmic reticulum… I am definitely not science minded and it was all gibberish to me. It worked and that’s all that really matters, right? Apparently Holli
Kendall POV I honestly didn’t know what I expected to find sifting through the mess left behind by the rogues and my father’s Beta and Gamma. But the level of depravity was astounding. They took everything they could from my people and when I say everything, I do mean everything. They collected what they called ‘taxes’ but in all reality was just their greed. The more a pack member had the more they took and worse was the treatment of unmated females no matter their status. They had the packhouse running as a brothel and if a female wouldn’t submit to their whims… I just can’t even talk about it. Poor Cookie won’t tell me what she has been through and I won’t force it, but I know it had to have been bad. I accidentally knocked the broom onto the floor when I entered the kitchen and she went into complete hysterics. I had to call Dr. Lynn who came from the Cold Moon Pack hospital to sedate her. I spoke to the human authorities this morning and found that they would not allow me to
Mia POV After the battle was over, our injured and dead were transported off of the field. Kendall, my dad and I made our way to the Rip Claw packhouse. Kendall asked one of the omegas to get some fresh clothing and show my dad to the guest suite so he can shower and change. We stopped by Keegan’s room to find something for me to change into, then we made our way to Kendall’s room to shower and change. I wasn’t completely thrilled with wearing his psycho, dead sister’s clothes, but now is not the time to be picky. “How do you feel, Alpha?” I asked as we undressed quickly to get into the shower. “Relieved it’s over, if I am totally honest,” he sighed. “We freed our people and that is the important part,” I replied. “You said our people,” Kendall grinned. I looked down not knowing if I had misspoken and said, “Well, I hope they are our people anyway. You haven’t changed your mind have you?” He used a finger to lift my chin and his eyes sparkled with excitement. “Yes Luna, they are our
Kendall POV We spent the day in training yesterday and I have to say watching Mia was truly fascinating. She is remarkable both in hand to hand and in wolf form. Her movements were fierce yet graceful; she was no delicate little flower. I have said it before and I will likely say it many times more; She is my treasure, my perfect blessing from Selene. Today is the day and I wish I could say that I am ready for it but the truth is I have slept for crap these last two nights. Don’t get me wrong there is no love lost over killing my father. Quite the opposite actually. It has been two nights of the same thing on loop in my dreams, my father telling me I am worthless, I can’t do this, and he will always win. Today is the day I prove him wrong though once and for all. He may be dead, but he is still in my head and the sooner we free Rip Claw from the rogues and begin rebuilding, the better. There is so much riding on this that if I let my father’s words sway me, I would fail. Failure is