Killian's POVTwo Years later… “We’re going to have to stop giving lessons to young wolves. We don’t have enough pack members to spare anymore, and we could honestly use their help anyways. There are things they can be doing aside from learning how to do algebra.” I command. “I see.” I shoot my eyes up at Lucas, who is standing on the other side of my desk with a blank expression on his face. Though his face was smooth, I knew Lucas well. What I had just said might have broken the last bit of respect for me he had. “Just do it.” I growl, turning around in my chair to get away from his judgement-filled eyes. He doesn’t say anything else, I just hear him walking away and the door to my office closing behind him. I sigh heavily, and lean forward in my chair to hang my head. To say I had let my pack slip away from me, was an understatement. For the first six months after Everly left me, I was a wreck. I drank a minimum of two bottles of whiskey every day, and that number in
Everly's POV“How long has she been feeling unwell?” “Since the last full moon.” I nod a little, running a hand across the hot forehead of the young wolf in front of me. “Has she met her mate yet?” I flick my eyes up to the mom, who shakes her head viciously. “No, she would tell me about that.” “Right.” My eyes float down to the fourteen year girl old curled up in the doctor's waiting room. She had come in a couple hours ago, but because she was only complaining of mild discomfort and stomach pain, she wasn't made a priority. I was waiting for the doctor to bring Eli and Ella back from getting their shots, so I figured I would see if there was anything I could do for this uncomfortable girl. She’s currently staring at me, a message clear in her eyes. I raise a brow at her, and press my lips together. “She’s fine. You can take her home, but you two need to have a conversation about why you won’t let her be with whoever her mate is.” The mother gasps, and the daughter quickly jump
“Come, sit by me.” I nod a little and sit in the chair next to Sebastain. We were three seats down from the committee leader, who sat in the middle of a long table at the front of Sebastain’s meeting hall. It was the largest in the area, and Sebastain was on the committee, so they often used his space as their own. It meant he had a hand in a lot of things, despite the struggles of constantly having to accommodate powerful guests. “Who are those people?” I whisper to Sebastain, pointing to the couple who was already seated on the opposite side of the committee head. They were very serious looking, both were calculating dark eyes that scanned the room constantly. They were older than us, by at least thirty years, but both still looked strong and probably more able bodied than us. I tense a little when he leans closer to me, bringing his minty scent with him. I can feel the heat coming off his body as he leans one of his arms on my chair's armrest. “They’re Alpha and Luna to the C
“I don’t understand why I have to be the one to do this.” I’m stomping down the path towards my house currently, Sebastian in tow. He’s being quiet, just kind of letting me complain. “I left that pack for a reason, to get away from him.” I turn around then, staring at Sebastian. “Why would anyone think this is a good idea? I mean, he very publicly humiliated me. What if I just teach him all the wrong things to do so he’ll mess up his pack more because I want revenge?” “Won’t it feel good though, getting to see all the ways he’s screwing up? You’ll basically be in charge of him for his time here. With his Alpha status hanging on such a thin sheet of ice, anything you say about him will be taken seriously.” “What does that mean?” I ask, crossing my arms and eyeing Sebastain suspiciously. He shrugs a little. “It doesn’t mean anything. I’m just saying if he’s legitimately a bad Alpha and can’t be saved, you need to say something. Otherwise the remaining members of his pack are doome
“I guess let’s start with the basics. How much actual money do you have each month as of now to provide for your pack?” I was currently in one of the classrooms this pack used for teaching young wolves. Sebastian had gotten me at nine o’clock like he promised and led me here, telling me to let him know if Killian bothered me in any way. I had rolled my eyes, but agreed. Killian bothered me just by being here. I still wasn’t over how completely he had betrayed me. We were sitting at a circle table, across from each, in chairs that were just a little too small. Especially for Killian. If this wasn’t such an awkward conversation to be having with an ex, I might laugh a little at how much he didn’t fit into the child sized chairs. “That’s not important.” He says, shaking his head. I sigh a little. I was worried this is how this would go. “Okay, but making sure your pack is making enough money to support itself, is very important, isn’t it?” He shrugs a little, like an angry little
“I don’t understand.” Killian says as Ella plays with his cheeks in her small hands. She never responded this well to Sebastain, not to anyone but Alice or me. It was like she knew this man was her father. “I thought these were Sebastain’s children.” His eyes meet mine, and I furrow my brow. “Killian, I was pregnant before I even knew Sebastain was still interested in me. I found out I was pregnant on our anniversary, on the same day you brought May home with you.” His face falls a little then, and I wonder if he’s finally ready to take some responsibility for what happened. Because the reality is, if he’d never brought May home, there would never have been a reason for me to leave. I would’ve welcomed him home and told him the news, and we would’ve started our journey together to be parents. “Would you two like to have some tea?” I look to where Alice has come back out of the house. Her eyes are fixed on Killian, and it makes me feel a little prickly. I could practically smell h
The next few days pass by fairly smoothly. Killian listens to what I have to say, he doesn’t argue with me or say anything mean. He asks me thoughtful questions about how to better run his pack, and seems to cling onto every word that comes from me. On the fourth day, we’re sitting in the classroom like always, when Sebastain suddenly comes barging in. “How are things going in here?” He asks, walking behind me and touching a strand of my hair possibly as he does. I narrow my eyes at him over my shoulder a little, but don’t say anything about his action. “I think Killian has learned a lot.” I settled on. Killian’s eyes are watching Sebastain’s movements behind me, and it gets harder and harder to ignore the growing tension in the room. “Uhm… we were just discussing the best pay to teach young wolves…” I mutter, trying to break the silence a little. “Do you have any suggestions?” I ask Sebastain. He hums, and rubs his chin a little. “It’s important for young wolves to have good
These past few days I’ve spent with Everly have reminded me of something, something I thought I had completely buried. I was in love with her. Learning that the twins were in fact mine, and that she hadn’t gotten knocked up by another Alpha, made my bitterness fade away. I was still the only one to blame for our divorce, I know that now. But just sitting with her, listening to her talk about a pack she no longer had ties to, made me miss having her around. It made me miss how smart and creative she was. She could always figure out a way to get something done, no matter what she had to do. I had to help May with the most basic of tasks, like how to write a check. The Luna of the pack almost always handles the majority of the pack's money, so the fact that she didn’t even know how to write a check was a very telling sign of her leadership style. Which evidently was to delegate, delegate, delegate. Everly always liked to get her hands dirty, get things done. She liked doing gr
Failure. You lost. Pathetic. You don’t deserve to be Alpha. These words are the only ones that fill my head as someone carried my unconscious body like a sack of potatoes. I didn’t know who it was, if they were taking me to finish me off or help me, but I didn’t care. I can’t believe I lost. My mind can’t quite put everything that happened in order, not yet at least. I remember the beginning of the fight, flashes of Everly’s anxious face watching me get my ass kicked. I remember… getting knocked down. Lots of yelling. But I’m not sure why… I couldn’t pick out what they had been saying. Sounded like a woman, calling someone a monster. But who would be yelling that, and why? And I remember opening my eyes for a moment, and seeing Everly kneeling above me, blood on her chin, and her eyes so, so worried for me. Why was there blood on her chin? “...you gotta open your eyes buddy.” Whoever that is sounds familiar. Lucas? He was the only one who would call me something like “buddy.”
I hadn’t utilized my wolf much since she’d come back to me, a few small conversations here and there, but she didn’t seem all that chatty, to be honest. Though it wasn’t like she was before, either. I had even asked her once if she wanted to be let out so she could go for a run, but she said no, she was fine watching. Which I thought was a little weird, just because of what I’d heard about your wolf’s nature inside when I was a kid, was that it could always be begging to be let out. Wolves loved to run and play, hunt and kill. But my wolf always seemed like she preferred to remain inside, silently watching my life play out. It was a little odd, to be honest. I guess one might assume she’d be weak, from all that time spent locked up. But she wasn’t. She ripped through my skin, making Felix laugh like an evil maniac, and grin with excitement. He tears off his own shirt, and begins turning into his wolf. I hope my wolf knew what she was doing. I hope we dont both die today. I want
There were more than a few problems that quickly became evident to me from the second Adam told us to begin. First of all, I don’t know Felix, like at all. I’d never met him before all this, so I certainly didn’t know anything about his fighting style. I guess I had assumed based on his personality, he would dance around me for a while, taunting me and maybe revealing some evil plan he’d been cooking up. Starting out easy and building up to more serious attacks. I was dead wrong, because the first thing he did was charge me at a lightning fast speed, barely giving me time to put my arms up and try to block my face from the barrage of punches he was throwing at me. His fists pounded into my arms, and I could already imagine the dark bruises I would be covered in if I survived long enough to see tomorrow. I could hear the packs booing him, except for his of course, and throwing suggestions at me. Even they could tell I was in over my head here. I wanted to take their advice, but a l
After a while, Adam and an older woman come back over to me, both with those same, almost mourning expressions on their faces. They were looking at me like they were about to tell me I had cancer or something.“Everly… I don’t know how to say this..” Adam begins, but is cut off by the over eager Felix, who throws his arm over my shoulder and hangs off me like a rag doll. “Oh, do tell us Adam. Tell us how she’s going to have to fight me now, because of your tragic pack rules.” He taunts, an impish grin plastered on his face. I narrow my eyes at him, but when I look back at Adam, I can tell that’s exactly what I’m going to have to do. I’d already had an inkling, but I guess there was still some small part of me that hoped the fates might have mercy on me for once. I mean, it makes sense. Sebastian fights Killian, whoever wins that fight, fights Felix. Except, I just had to butt my big head in, and now I was the one who had won that match, so according to the rules, I was up next again
“Killian?! Wake up!” I’m hovering over Killian now, gently holding either side of his face. There’s blood all over, his nose is definitely broken, and his eyes are swollen shut. Serena still hasn’t shut up about what a monster I am in the background, even though Sebastain had already been dragged off by a couple of his pack members. I wish she would’ve gone with him, because she was only adding to the chaos. A couple committee members were holding her back by the arms as she yelled at me what a manipulative piece of shit I was, and that if her son died, I was the reason. Adam was one of the guys holding her, and I could tell by the look on his face, he had no idea what to do right now.“Please.” I lean down to Killian’s ear, kissing it softly. My heart races in my chest when I hear him groan, and his head rolls to the side a little. That was proof, he was alive, and that’s all I needed right now.“Luna, we must help him.” I look up to the voice talking to me, my eyes wide and franti
“Ladies and Gentlemen!” I blink a little, trying to pull myself out of the whirlwind of thoughts going on inside my mind right now as Serena starts speaking to the gathered packs. “Today, we are witnessing the challenge of two Alphas-”I hear a voice clearing, and look up to Felix, who is standing in between Killian and Sebastain. Serena sighs, and rolls her eyes. “Two Alphas and a… him.” She waves her hand dismissively at Felix, but he just grins that evil smile of his and waves at the crowd. “For the right to rule over all attending packs.” I notice she left out the real reason this challenge was even happening, to see who would have me as their Luna. She was one of the ones I’d heard him talking shit about me to, so I don’t know why she even cared. She already knew how he really felt, right? I look up then at Sebastian, who is already looking at me. His dark gaze stares into mine, and I swallow thickly. He’s mouthing something at me, something I can’t quite make out. I tilt my h
“You’ll be over here, so you can see.” I nod at the pack member who led me through the crowd of buzzing people, all gathered to watch the challenge ceremony that was set to start in thirty minutes. All the normal pack members were standing in a loose circle in the middle of Sebastain’s pack lands, while myself, Camilla, and the committee members sat at the front in chairs they’d placed for us. Camilla and I were the only ones actually sitting, side by side now. The rest of the committee members were standing off to the side a little, talking amongst themselves.“How was your night?” I ask her as we both watch the pack members interacting, all of them excited for the fast approaching fight. I could practically feel the energy buzzing in the air. I glance at her, and notice her chewing on her lip a little, instead of grinning ear to ear like I thought she would be.“What’s wrong? What happened?” I ask. I had been expecting her to immediately start gushing about hooking up with Lucas,
I walk back to Sebastain’s place, my arms crossed and my mind whirring with thoughts of what I had just done. I definitely should not have just hooked up with Killian. But it’s like I couldn’t help myself. Hearing Sebastain call me simple, laugh at me with his mom and dumb committee members like I was some immature little girl, it just made me so mad. I wanted to get back at him, and even though I didn’t plan on running to him and rubbing it in his face, I still felt a weird sense of satisfaction from what I’d just done. I walk in the front door, heading upstairs to my room, rather than heading back to the party still going on in the backyard. I hadn’t really been in the party mood before, and I definitely wasn't now. I sigh, and walk to my bed, collapsing onto it with a heavy sigh. These past couple days have been draining as hell. My body and my mind are tired of working overtime, and I can feel it really sinking in as I lay there in the quiet dark of my room.I wish everything
Nothing had ever felt as right as holding Everly in my arms at that moment. Feeling her hot breath on my neck as I grinded my length into her, her fingers clutching at my shoulders as she gasped and moaned my name. I hadn’t gotten to be with her like this in way too long, and while it hadn’t been the thing I missed the most about her, I can't lie and say I didn’t crave this a little. “Fuck I missed you.” I groan into her ear as I grab her tightly under the ass, her back hitting the tree I had her pinned against with every thrust inside of her. “You smell so good…” I mutter as I bury my face in her collarbone and kiss her warm, soft skin. My mind was blank, thinking only of how good it felt to be buried inside her again, her wetness leaking out onto me with every motion. I could feel her thighs clenching, the heat of her body radiating off her. Why did I ever give this up? Why did I ever think May was better than her? “Killian… I’m going to…” she gasps, her grip on me tightening eve