“Will it be okay if I’ll bring the kids to the aquarium park in the city?” I asked Tyga and he smiled. The kids gasped.“Aquarium? For real mom? That's far away from here,” Eion said. Unsure if Tyga would let us but I could see the excitement in his eyes.“Yeah you can go. Take Olivia and two other capable warriors with you,” Tyga said. The kids squealed in excitement. “Can we go tomorrow mom?” “Yeah. Will go tomorrow. “My pack owned an apartment a few streets away from the Aquarium. You can use that. Perhaps, two days will suffice, Aine?” Tyga said and looked at me which I excitedly nodded as an answer. We ate our lunches and made light conversation before it was time for me and the kids to leave Tyga to deal with Alpha business, yet again. I wasn't sure when I would get to really take over my duties as Luna, no one had told me, but I decided not to press the issue right now with tensions still high in the pack."I think I'm going to take another walk to the garden today with t
Ryne probably mistook me as my sister. Well, I get that a lot to the point that I feel sick about it. Living in someone else’s shadows was like suffocating me, especially if that person was already dead. “The kids surely enjoyed the sightseeing,” Olivia said as Ben parked the car in front of Tyga's apartment. “They have never been to such places, Oli,” I replied and then looked at the two men sitting on the driver seat and passenger seat. “Ben, Aries, you two can go to bed. We’ll be fine here,” I commanded the two warriors who seemed to be exhausted. “Yes, Luna,” they both said and bowed before leaving. “Mommy, can we come back again tomorrow?” Eion said and smiled at me. “No, baby. We have already accumulated 3 days of vacation,” I replied and tickled him.Olivia and the kids were the first ones to enter the apartment as I was picking all the souvenirs that I bought for my kids. As I closed the van and about to turn my heel to the direction of the door, someone called my name.
"Well this has turned out better than I thought." came Cyan’s familiar voice as he looked uneasily between the two of us, making his way up. He was feeling the insurmountable tension between us. He was dressed in all black; jeans and an open collar shirt paired with a black coat. I was more than relieved to see him after all these years of wondering what had happened to him and if he was okay.My feet finally moved and I met him at the top of the steps. He looked the same as I came face to face with him. His grey eyes were warm. There weren't any noticeable differences."You're okay?" I asked.It was a large question and he knew what it meant. I wanted to know if he had suffered because of me. His grey eyes looked at me fondly as the side of his mouth tilted up."I'm okay, Aine."I launched myself at him and hugged him, feeling a weight lift off of me."I was hoping and betting you'd shoot him," he muttered gruffly as he hugged me back. And there it was, I thought he would be too wea
I couldn't sleep. There was no use in trying. There was too much happening all at once. I was aware he was out there. Just outside my house keeping watch. I had to fight the urge to pull back the curtains and look out the window. The bond made my skin feel like a live wire. I wanted to scream. But I Tugabhas already overwritten it, but why do I still react with him?I was a whirlwind of emotions and my heart wouldn't stop racing, pounding in my head. It was galloping a mile per minute. Panic consumed me over what could happen to my Eion and Chea, over what could happen to us.Everything from the past to the present was reeling in my mind. It was everything that I had worked hard to put aside and ignore over the years. It was torture.When I had come back inside the house, trying to catch my breath, frustrated by it all, I had found Olivia waiting for me. I was angry and upset. Eion and Chea had a good life in Black Cerberus Pack and now I had to uproot them and introduce them to such
Oishin’s Point of ViewI watched Cyan’s car disappear down the road. The wind picked up as I stood outside the car watching her. I have looked for her for four long years: every single day, every single second. My hands shook violently, and I placed one on the car door, trying to steady it and took a deep breath. It was futile and did nothing.I still couldn't believe it. She was here after so long. My vision was blurry and I blinked, saying a prayer to the moon goddess. I couldn't fall apart in front of her.She was sitting in the passenger side of the car waiting for me to get in. Her soft brown hair was in a ponytail. It felt like it was almost yesterday when I would pick her up from her father's house. The only exception was that she didn't hate me then and of course she had gotten even more beautiful with time.She glanced in my direction, probably wondering what was the hold up, because I had been standing outside for too long as I tried to get myself together. If circumstances
Oishin’s Point of view Seven years ago"I need the family ring."My mother looked astonished, fumbling for a second before placing the colorful display of sample sized desserts aside on the reflective kitchen surface next to the array quilts. She was hosting another luna gathering with the women this weekend, a quilt workshop and fundraising event. The gleaming marble countertop showed a reflection of her beautiful features."What?!" she gasped loudly, running around to my side of the counter in a light blue sundress. She couldn't believe she hadn't been let in on the secret. "Moon Goddess! This is very surprising, well who is it for?!" she smiled brightly, putting a hand on her chest.The very large diamond family ring has been passed down through generations of GreyHound Alphas. It weighed heavily on my mother's finger. It was time for it to be passed to the next. I now needed it to propose to her. I'd known since the moment I'd seen her that I was going to marry and mate her. I'd
Aine’s Point of ViewHe disgusted me.I almost ran out of the car when we got to the airport. I just couldn't. His voice and smell. It brought back memories of when I was younger, of all the things I'd been running from. They were now staring me down, forcing me to face them. The hour felt like an eternity. I could see what Olivia was talking about. I needed him to stop looking at me like that. He had no right and it only angered me even more.Everything about him angered me, even the ring he now wore. It reminded me of how naive I was to have ever worn it and here he was now parading around with it like it was some kind of memorabilia, an ode to us. I wondered if he had placed it on for an emotional effect; that I'd see him wearing it and be touched by it all. I'd learnt the hard way years ago that he was a man who clearly planned ahead. Cyan was waiting with the kids at the airport as promised. Olivia and the two warriors were also there, waiting for me. Relief was obvious on their
Sleeping with him next door wasn't as easy as I thought it would be, even with me being tired. It's uncomfortable. I woke up early, made the kids breakfast and tried to explain everything as best as I could to them, where we were and what was happening, in a way they could understand.They loved the lake and everything about it, so I spent the better half of the morning telling them about its history and giving them lake facts. I promised to take them out by the water.They were excited despite everything, so excited I wished I had rented a cabin or something during one of their holidays. It's all they were talking about with Eion showing Chea his diving forms. They wanted the full experience but they couldn't swim. I couldn't either, growing up in a small pack nobody had taken the time to teach me and I hadn't been interested much either.“You know, if you feel uncomfortable, you can leave right now,” Olivia said as we were having coffee. “I wish I could.”“Well, Tyga has been calli