So a bit from Maggie's pov to get you up to date on what the rest has been up to.
Kyra’s pov"I still don’t trust that Alpha Braxton," I told Ari."So that’s why you hired three trackers from my cousin’s pack?" he said, stroking my arm. "Or is it because you’re helping out a friend, my babylove?""Can’t it be both?"Ari smiled at me, "it can. It will be nice to see Sue too; we were never really close."I laughed, "which is weird, considering she sounds like the female you. Well, the old you."Ari shook his head, "she isn’t that bad. She just wanted to see the world before being tied to a mate.""I’m not talking about that. I’m talking about her fooling around with multiple guys. She liked to have fun." I said, moving my hips back and forth, mimicking the movement I was sure she was doing to all these guys before her mate. Not that it mattered, she was allowed to have fun."Don’t do that, babylove. Please, not when you’re speaking about my cousin.""What?" I said moving my hips again, like I was grinding against someone invincible. "You mean this?"Ari growled, "the
Sierra’s povI was talking to Alpha Ari’s and Luna Kyra’s Beta Jake, and although I didn’t know him as well as I did Kyra and Ari, it was nice talking to someone who has the same job and responsibilities as I do. That’s also why I keep close contact with Beta Tao and a few other betas that don’t hate the fact that I’m a woman.Thank the Goddess that there are more people who don’t care about my gender than there are who do, but it remains an issue in some packs."So, were you able to help Crystal and Clyde?" I asked Jake.Maggie and Sue had traveled to their pack two months ago to help track a couple that was hanging around Ari's pack. Their daughter was lost or taken, and Ari and Kyra had offered to help."We have contacted every one of our allies, but their daughter seems to have disappeared. Alpha Ari offered for them to join our pack, so at least they wouldn’t be seen as lone wolves, and they are considering it. But joining our pack only means that they can’t go to our enemies' pac
Asher’s povI still remember the night we conceived. Leia was bossy as usual, and I was pretending not to be interested in having sex with her.……"We need to start fucking right the fuck now." Leia said.Usually I wouldn’t mind having sex with my mate, but she had never sounded so urgent."Why?" I asked."Just take off your fucking pants, Ash. I am ovulating, and I can’t fucking miss this one.""This isn’t about you wanting me, is it?" I said. "You want to get pregnant.""Can’t it be both?" Leia asked, feigning innocence.I pretended to be hurt, "no foreplay, no wooing me, no dinner, and no complimenting my appearance.""For fuck’s sake Asher." Leia replied, rolling her eyes.She looked at me and walked to the bed. She started taking her clothes off and sat on the bed, opening her legs to me. Her one hand went between her legs, and her other hand went to her breast."I will start without you then," she said, closing her eyes and moaning my name.I knew she was putting on a show, but
Kate’s pov"I can’t fucking believe your bump is this fucking tiny." Leia said, waddling towards me."You’d better not use that word out loud." My wolf, Mary, said.Yeah, that would make her even more mad."Well, you are carrying two." I said. "And they’re boys, so that means you carry in the front."Leia scoffed, "you’re having a fucking boy too, and you look like you just need to shit badly."I laughed, "are you calling my baby; poop?"Leia sighed, "it’s just so fucking unfair. You’re so fucking pretty, and you can still wear the same dresses."I did wear the same dresses as before I was pregnant. I didn’t fit inside my pants, but the dresses still fit."Leia, remember the first time you were pregnant? You were tiny too. Besides, we still have two months to go, and I could suddenly grow very big.""Oh, I fucking hope so." Leia said."So before you started comparing bumps, you were saying something about taking a class together?" I asked, trying to change the subject."Yeah, it’s this
Asher’s pov Everyone is waiting at the packhouse—well, not everyone. Leia, Sierra, my parents, and my aunt Mia are all with Kate at the birthing suite. She wanted to do a homebirth, but Sierra was worried something might go wrong. So they compromised on a birthing suite. It’s like a big room with a bathtub and some other stuff where you can give birth in a relaxing way. Or that’s how Kate described it to me. Sierra and Kate invited Roman too, but he said he didn’t really want to see his sister-in-law in that position. And I get it; I wanted to be there when Leia gave birth, but seeing Kate like that might be a bit too much. So now we’re waiting for them to give birth and come home. Kate decided everyone important could come to the packhouse, even though she hates crowds. She figured it was better to have one stressful hour and then have the whole week without everyone coming over to see their boy. They still haven’t revealed their name, and it’s driving Leia crazy. "She wanted to
Leia’s povThe doctor said Kate was still not far along, and I don’t know if it was sheer fucking willpower or the Moon Goddess that felt sorry for my KitKat, because after two hours she was suddenly fully dilated. I had cramps the whole fucking time, but ignored them. They weren’t that severe, and it was just Braxton Hicks. I'd been standing a lot to help Kate, and the boys were probably kicking each other in my fucking huge ass belly.But as soon as Isaac was born, I went to pee, and my fucking water broke. I didn’t want to steal Lily and Osiris away from their daughter’s first child, so I went to the assistant by myself and explained what had happened.She took me to an exam room, and within ten minutes, Lily was there. She was fucking stubborn and didn’t want to leave until Asher got here.I was glad that dumbass Marco had asked for time off from work, because it would have fucking sucked if he had delivered my boys. He might be a good doctor, but I still don’t like him. I was just
Hi, So, I know some of you have some trouble with where the story is going, and I get it. I have a hard time as well, but I can't take it back. If I want to give Aeryn an awesome story, which I do, then I need her and Elora to be kidnapped. And I need to tell you what happens and why. Asher and Leia wouldn't just give up looking for their daughter unless something happened. I don't want to spoil the story, but I will not end it while they have no clue what happened. I will end this story around the time of the new book, and I consider the end to be happy. I am not great at endings, I know that. I often plan stories out and then, after they get together, I'm like, do I end this now? Or continue? I could have ended the Iron Alpha a bunch of times, but I kept coming up with new story lines and new characters, and well, here we are now. But all of those characters will be put to use in finding the girls. Ayway, I hope you stick around, and if you don't, that's fine too. I am just h
Asher’s pov I made Sierra call everyone of my allies. I know she just had a baby too, but she is still my beta, and I need her right now. I need to be out there looking for my girls. I can’t sit and wait around. If they just wandered off, then they’ll find their way back. But it’s almost certain that Marco took them. I don’t understand his reasoning, Sierra and Kate told me he needed money, but is he using my daughters as ransom? Why haven’t I heard anything from him in two days? His pack link broke a few hours after the girls were taken, and I don’t even know what to do. I feel like hurting someone, anyone. I am willing to wage war to get him to give my girls back. I would do anything. I would step down as Alpha if he wanted me to. Sue, Zayn, and Maggie had been trying to trace the scent of Marco and my daughters, but because he used his car, the scent was hard to track. They lost it a few miles away from our territory. All we got was a general direction, which didn’t help at all
Aaro’s povI shouldn’t have said that, but it was the fucking truth. No matter how much this wasn’t Storm’s choice any more than it was mine, he was still going to mark me against my will. Maybe if things were different, then I would have chosen Storm as my mate.I always hoped I would find my true mate, but that ship had fucking sailed the moment I was bought. Maybe even before then—maybe the moment I was brought to the damn school. It didn’t fucking matter anyway.I saw how my remark hurt Storm, and all I could think of to make this better was to ask him to kiss me. I knew it fucking made me feel better. More than better. The orgasm he gave me was out of this fucking world, and I just wanted to make him feel good too.I didn’t know what the fuck I was doing, but he seemed to enjoy it, and to be honest, I was enjoying it too. I didn’t think having someone’s dick inside my mouth would be fun, but hearing Storm grunt and hold on to my hair and knowing I was the one doing it to him was a
Storm’s povI knew if I got pissed off, Aaro would stop telling me the truth, so I let her talk while inside of me a storm was raging. I wanted to go to the school and kill everyone who ever hurt Aaro. I wanted to destroy the entire school and get everyone out, but I knew I couldn’t. I was a fucking hypocrite. My father had bought Aaro for me and had funded the school for years. I didn’t realize where part of our money was going until I checked the books today. Our pack had been giving money to the Goldacres for decades. How could I say I would destroy the school if I still profited from it? If it wasn’t for the school, I wouldn’t have met Aaro.I wanted to be Aaro’s home, her safe place. She deserved that. Despite the fucked up situation she was thrown into, she was trying to do things her own way. She could have ignored my mother like the rest, but instead she decided to learn Dutch. The thing that bonded me and mam together. If Aaro was smart, she would have sucked up to Dad and R
Aaro’s povEve explained the phone to me, but I still felt like a fucking idiot using it. She was so patient with me, but I knew if others saw me fumbling with the phone, they’d think I was raised under a damn rock. Everyone used technology for everything, and I felt like I didn’t belong in this world.To be honest, I don’t belong here. I belong with my sister; I belong back home.But a part of me wished I did belong here. That I could give Storm what he deserved. He wanted a real person who didn’t have that many secrets, someone who could be themselves around him, and I wasn’t that at fucking all. I had to think before I spoke, because otherwise I could reveal the truth."I really am sorry, Aaro." Eve said again.I shook my head, "don’t be. I’ll be fine."Eve sighed, "it can be really hard sometimes, Aaro. I try to put on a brave face for Storm. I don’t want him to feel bad for me, but it’s really lonely for me. I miss my family and just having a life. Don’t get me wrong; if I had to
Storm’s pov"Aaro is bijna klaar; douchen liep een beetje uit. [Aaro is almost done; the shower took a bit longer than expected.]Mam laughed, "Ik zie dat jij ook ging douchen? [I see you took a shower as well?] She ruffled my wet hair."Dus? [so?]""Niks. Ik ben blij voor je. Ze is speciaal vind je niet? Ik durf het bijna niet te zeggen, maar misschien is zij je, - [Nothing. I am happy for you. She’s special, isn’t she? I am almost too scared to say, but maybe she’s your, -] " I stopped my mom from finishing her sentence."Mam zeg het niet dan! Fuck, je weet zelf wat pap zou doen. [Then don’t say it! Fuck, you know what Dad would do.]"My mother knew better than anyone what my dad thought of true mates, considering she was his. Dad and mom fell in love when they were seventeen. Love at first sight, she called it, and then my grandfather got killed and my dad turned into a paranoid asshole. Too scared of what a true mate meant. He wasn't just scared of losing half his soul if his true
Aaro’s povFucking phone. That stupid fucking phone. Phones didn’t used to be like this, were they? I remember mom and dad having a phone, and I sometimes watched videos on it or played a game. But this thing was totally different.I felt so fucking out of place. I knew nothing about this world. I guess that the school does this on purpose. Make sure to isolate the girls once they’re out of the school. Make sure we don’t know how to use technology to ask for help.We’re not supposed to tell anyone about the school, but even if we only wanted to help ourselves once we were out, we wouldn’t be able to. We had no one to turn to and no way to set up any support system. Maybe I should talk to Eve. She had been isolated, stuck inside this packhouse. She knows how it feels, and maybe she knows how to get out of here.I opened the stupid phone again, cursing at it."You better not fuck this up again. Send text to Eve.""Send text to Eve," the phone said."Do you want to join me and Storm for l
Storm’s povI put Aaro on my lap and let her eat."So what’s her deal?" Cara asked, mind-linking me."What do you mean?""She seems nice, but is she like the rest? Does she want you because of your title?"I laughed, "no, she isn’t like the rest. Not at fucking all. I don’t think she cares about becoming Luna at all.""Did she have any say in coming here? Did her parents force her?"I sighed, "she’s an orphan. It’s fucking complicated Cara, but she doesn’t really have a choice. So I’m trying my fucking best to make everything not suck as fucking much."Cara smiled at me, "you want her to like you."Aaro started giving me bites to eat, and although it surprised me, I let her. It was fucking adorable that she cared enough to feed me."She likes you already. She was straddling you, and now she’s feeding you!" Cara shouted inside my head.That kiss was amazing. And when Aaro started moving her fucking hips, I went insane. If Cara hadn’t stopped us, I don’t know what would have happened. Wh
Aaro’s povBrand was cool. He reminded me of my dad’s wolf, Logan. He was as fast as him, too. How would it feel to run as a wolf? Would I be that fast?It was easier around Brand because he didn’t talk to me and I didn’t have to pretend so hard.Even when I was myself, I still had to pretend. I couldn’t let anyone know my real name or identity. It wasn’t easy. I so badly wanted to tell Brand about Logan. I wanted to tell the girl in the orphanage more about Ero. And when we discussed our names, I really wanted to tell Peter what Aaro fucking stood for.It bothered me how scared everyone was. It was supposed to be like this. In my dad’s pack, people weren’t scared of us. And although my grandpa Os could be a bit scary, people respected him more than they feared him.Then he shifted back, and although Storm looked a lot better, like a whole fuckload better, I went back to pretending. Pretending that he didn’t look fucking good, and I wondered what it would feel like to touch him. Preten
Storm’s povI tried to get some work done, but my mind kept wondering about tonight. What would be a good date idea?"Let me meet her," Brand said."And then what, have a picknick? It’s fucking freezing outside.""Please?" Brand asked and I think it was the first time he said please to me."I’ll see what I can do, okay, buddy?"Dad had given me her tracker information, and I felt like a fucking stalker, tracking Aaro’s moves. She went from the hospital to the orphanages, to lunch somewhere, and then to one of the elders' houses.When it was around four, I just gave up on working and decided to pick up Aaro early. I'm sure she'd appreciate it; I couldn't imagine spending the entire day with Ruby.I went to the O'Hares' home and watched as Aaro spoke to a young boy. He must be one of the grandkids or great-grandkids of the O'Hares. Mister O'Hare was 104 years old and looked no older than 70.When the boy saw me, he bowed his head and seemed scared. It was such an obvious contrast between
Aaro’s povStupid fucking nightmare. I used to have them when we were younger. I would dream about Marco taking us away. We were asleep when he took us, but we woke up before he brought us to the man who transported us to the school.Doctor Marco had always been so kind to us, but suddenly he was cold. He ignored our cries, he ignored me begging him to let my sister go. In the end, he threatened to hurt Elora if I didn’t help him calm her down.He showed me bones and said they belonged to a girl, and if I didn't help my sister out of her pajamas and make her shut the fuck up, he could turn my sister into a bag of bones too.For years, I wondered what he needed the bones and the pajamas for. I thought he might have pretended it was one of us who died, so my parents wouldn’t come looking for us. Or my parents were dead themselves; there must have been a reason why they didn't find us. Auntie Kat was too smart to not see through Marco’s plan, I was sure. She was the smartest person alive;