I thought I would throw in an extra chapter today! :)
“No Dad, she isn’t. Hector and Pipsqueak have been working nearly non-stop trying to find her but they aren’t able to grasp much. We don’t have a lead or anything. The first time Zeke felt anything was three days ago, she was removed from the pack. It does mean she is still alive but now we don’t have a connection to her.”Logan sighed. “Neither do I.”“Well, maybe you could have helped four months ago when we told you she was missing in the first fucking place.” Morgan grumbled.“Auri goes ‘missing’ all the time. I didn’t think…”Vale balked and his mouth dropped open. “Are you kidding me? We told you, explicitly, that the BloodHunter Coven that somehow has been rebuilt was the one who has her and you thought she was on a fucking vacation? She traded her life for my mates. The least you could have done was come and help!”Logan looked up at Vale. “You found your mate? Did you make her Luna?”I winced but Vale held my hand tighter. “Alpha Ezekiel is my mate, Dad. He currently is Alpha
I opened up the door quick enough to grab the flying glass turtle out of the air. Sighing, I put my hand on my hip and looked at Vale. His eyes were wide as he gaped at me and then a sheepish, apologetic look flashed across his face.“This the third time, Vale. The third time. I fixed him the other two times but one of these days I won’t be able to repair the damage you have done.”“I’m sorry, Zeke. He’s just here and so easy to lob.”I growled. “I’ll make you find your own desk if I catch you doing it again. He does not deserve that kind of treatment.” Holding the glass turtle out, I waved it in front of him.Vale tried and failed to keep the smirk off of his face. “Come here and I will give you a proper apology.”Refusing to give Vale the satisfaction of my smile, I walked over to him and gently set down my paperweight on the desk. Vale had taken over the desk and there were papers thrown everywhere. It was a mess and I had to look away before my instincts to organize it kicked in.
The screen before us flickered and showed a typical news layout. A woman of fey descent with bright purple hair with black glasses. She was sitting at a desk, her hands intertwined on top of it. A blue news bar at the bottom ran ‘We interrupt you nightly news for an important segment. We will be back to the nightly news after these messages’. In a box on the right hand side of the screen was a title card as well.“High Council, friend or foe?” Lucy read aloud. “Oh god…no…”Felix shifted and took her hands, holding them tight. In fact, all of us were now holding onto something. For me, I clutched my knees, as did Jax next to me. Simon and Vale were clutching the arms of their chairs while AJ just had his fists balled up.The paused screen started with the scurrying of multiple camera, most likely interns handing the anchorwoman cards. It all felt like an emergency announcement. The fey woman was still putting her earpiece in and adjusting her notecards as quickly as possible.“Hello my
“The BloodHunter Coven, being reduced to ash and every single one of their members removed from this planet by the Luna Queen and Alpha King, the BloodHunter Coven had no way of rebuilding a Nova 2.0 as they do not exist anymore.” Dr. J followed up. “As far as we know, the BloodHunter Coven has been completely dismantled, correct. The removal of the previous High Council members also insured that no sympathizers or members were amongst their numbers.” “Which wouldn’t make any sense as Nova 2.0 is now being distributed out there.” Ophilla turned to the camera. “However, there is one link to every single one of these drug busts and that is…the High Council.” My eyes widened. They couldn’t be. There was no way. I looked at Vale but he didn’t seem to catch on yet, his brow still furrowed like everyone else as their eyes were glued to the TV. Jax looked at me for a moment and seemed to understand as well but I looked back over at Bryan. He only gave me a curt nod. “The High Council ori
I couldn’t wrap my head around what was going on. We thought there would be a tipping point. We knew that there was going to be a moment where we might see a shift. This was someone throwing a bomb onto it and blowing it to pieces. My eyes searched Pipsqueak then Bryan for this being some kind of joke. Anything that would make this better. Anything that would not destroy everything we had.“How much of this is true?” When Vale spoke, it was low and menacing but he didn’t look up at anyone in particular.“A surprisingly good bit of it, actually. I would say maybe about 80-85% of it.” It was Pipsqueak who answered. “It’s what makes it believable. If you really wanted to dig, you could. A lot of it would be confirmed.”Vale grabbed the coffee table flipped it over the heads of Lucy, Felix, and AJ as it slammed into the window and shattered the glass. I winced and turned away from him.“Fuck! Fucking damn it!” He yelled as he kicked the chair he had been sitting in and it flew into the fr
***Auri’s POV*** There is something about feeling your mind slip. Letting go of the fight and just falling into the void. Feeling nothing and not caring. They couldn’t reach you, couldn’t make you do things, not in the void. You were disassociated from your body. It was a feeling I was all too familiar with. One I was glad Ezekiel had yet to reach.There was still light in his eyes. Still a fight, a hope, and I was glad I wasn’t too late to save him. Vale deserved better than to have his mate ripped from him. He deserved better than the experience Logan and I had gone through.Logan was already lost to me. The connection between us one sided. So much so that even my side of our bond started to wither but now, I was glad. He wouldn’t need to feel this pain again. Not that he could. The amount of silver that was holding me up was more than Micah had ever used. But at the time, he didn’t know who I was. I wondered, though, if they knew I couldn’t feel pain. If they realized every time t
The next time I woke, I was hanging back up in my usual position. My eyes were wrapped though, gauze from my nose up to my forehead. The pounding in my head was the same. It happened every time they put me under. It would take days for it to go away. I took stock of my body. Toes moved. Fingers moved. Muscles in my legs and arms were tight but could move. I had been out for a while then just hung up to dry.“It’s awake, sir.”My brow furrowed and I cocked my head slightly. Usually there wasn’t someone in here watching. It was only just a guard check. There was another few moments and the door opened to the right of me.“Well, well. It survived at least.”A door swung open and I could smell their cologne as they got closer.“You alive, mutt?”I didn’t say anything. They grabbed my chin and yanked me up. I could feel their breath fan on skin and it made me convulse.“We fixed your voice so you could speak. Didn’t they once hail you as the best singer? What was it ‘she could charm a fey’
***Trigger Warning: There are some scenes depicting a little more indepth of rape so I wanted to add a quick trigger warning for some.*** I breathed quietly, trying not to stir him. I knew he had passed out at some point but I didn’t know when the last time he had slept. Peeling my lids back, I blinked a few times, trying to clear my vision. It had been so long since I could see, it was disconcerting. Not that there was much to see in this grey concrete box.My eyes fell on Hector. He wasn’t chained to the wall but rather the floor. His ankles and wrists were locked and I dug my teeth into my bottom lip. That must hurt him so much. The silver was already making its marks on his skin. He was laying on the floor, his face turned to me with his eyes closed. I wanted to brush the hair out of his face.The last time I had seen Hector was when he stood in my doorway before I left for the blue scroll mission from the High Council all those years ago. He had both changed and not changed at a
Hey everyone!! I wanted to go ahead and give an update here. We decided to move The Kings Alpha under the story Alpha's Blind Luna. The chapters have already been moved over there and that is where the new updates will be going to as well! I know! The first question is what about my coins and what I have already paid into this story! Don't worry! If you have already paid for up until Chapter 80, you are covered. You won't have to pay again until Chapter 81! I double checked with my editor because I was worried because I have stories I read on the site as well that shift and I wanted to make sure you guys were covered. :) I am trying to focus best I can on The King's Alpha moving forward and hoping to finish it as soon as possible! Im sorry for the major delay. I have a baby in the last few months and it has been an adjustment to having to kiddos and trying to juggle all the things that comes with that. Not to mention my little dude is the fussiest and doesn't like to be set down, wh
Hello everyone! I know it's been a minute since I've updated on the things going on. It's probably been a little frustrating and I know the writing process on my end for this story has been a little frustrating as well. I promise you I am still working on this one! I hit a bit of a wall and ended up throwing a number of chapters out the window. As I was going through that, I've been hit one after the other with health issues. The last of which I was out for two weeks with covid + pneumonia and landed myself in the ER. I was already in a compromised state but here we are. I'm slowly on the mend and even though I'm really not supposed to be working as much right now and just focusing on getting better, my love of writing and sharing with others has me continuing to work a little at a time. I've also been going through some of my older stories and working on editing them as well. Just because for a few days it was easier to read than to even must the brain power to dig in deep and to w
We all watched as Hector dished up some of the almost curry-like concoction. Jax put the bread in one of the breadbaskets we used. He took everything to the table but Hector held one bowl back. Opening up the fridge, he took out the container of sour cream. Putting a large dollop in the center, he smirked and held out the bowl to me. I took it and looked down at it. It smelled amazing even with the sour cream.“It softens the spice. You should be able to take it now.”I rolled my eyes but swung around and took my bowl to the table. Everyone was sitting down and it was so long since we had done this. Sadly, everyone was more serious.“Anyone have any news before I start? I’d like to eat a little before I talk my head off.”Hector grabbed a baguette slice and dipped it into his bowl. Everyone seemed to take that as a go ahead to eat. Lucy was the first to start.“Hospital is all set up. We also managed to snag two OBGYN doctors for the hospital. I had to bribe them quite a bit but we’ve
My eyes roamed up to the voice and the cigarette dropped out of my mouth between the rocks. Hector was standing before me. Cigarette between his fingers, brought up to his lips. He was thinner, gaunt. A look in his eyes that said he was far away, a pain I saw when I came back from the BloodHunter Coven but then so much more. His hair was cut short and he was completely clean shaven. Getting up, I threw my arms around him and hugged him. He chuckled awkwardly but did pat my back a couple times before letting go.“You’ve been missing for almost a year! What the hell happened?”He sighed, smoke coming out as he did. “It’s a long story. One probably best left for everyone to be present for.”I nodded, still taking in that he was here. “Are you hungry? We can get some food set up. Something to drink?” I glanced down at the duffle next to him. “You’re room is untouched. So you can drop your stuff off.”There was a moment of silence before his eyes finally met mine. “Right now, I’d like a ci
***Ezekiel’s POV***I sat across Vale at desk in the office. We are both immersed in different paperwork. I could feel his gaze fall to me sometimes but I didn’t look up, trying not to be distracted as much as I already was. This paperwork was important and it needed to be approved, signed, and submitted as soon as possible. Having my beautiful mate sitting across from me did not help. He had come home a couple weeks ago. It had been almost a month he was gone this time and I found that it never got easier to be away from him.Worse, the pack house was quiet without him. Auri was gone. It already been years and I think both Vale and I had started to accept that the strongest person in our lives was gone forever. Not to mention Hector. He was always gone from the pack house. Suddenly though, he started to not take any of our calls, even from Pipsqueak. We knew something bad happened but Vale said he was still connected to the pack. So there was some semblance of hope. Lucy had moved in
I sat in the back of a taxi headed back to the hotel. The last thing on my to-do list was adding another 5 days to our stay. I worried Hector’s heat may be worse than mine or even Ezekiel’s. It had been a struggle to keep my power reigned in. It felt unruly and wild. But I did itch to see how much more power I had compared to before. There wouldn’t really be time to test it now. For now, I just needed to focus on Hector and maybe getting reconnected to the world.The taxi stopped in front of the hotel. I grabbed my bags full of food, herbs, two laptops, and a few other necessities. Walking in, the receptionist was about to come around to grab the elevator when I stopped her. It was a quick an easy process to add another few days onto the stay and then she helped me into the elevator. As I was headed up, the door opened and the entire floor was dark. Setting the bags on the counter, I narrowed my eyes and looked around but I couldn’t see anything.Walking into the bedroom, I saw Hecto
“Goddess, I can’t remember the last time I had a shower.”I chuckled as Hector looked into the bathroom. “Imagine how I feel.”“Did you want to take one first?”Shaking my head, I was reading over the information the front desk provided. Apparently, there was a shopping district not too far from where we were. I looked at the little map printed on the page.“Auri?”“Oh! No no! Go take a shower. I’m going to head down and pick up a few things. At least some food for you. See if we can’t look semi-normal.”Hector walked into the kitchen where I had been leaning on the counter looking at the booklet. “Want me to go with you?”My eyes roamed over his naked figure. Sure, we had been naked for weeks but this was a completely different environment. It was hard keeping the smile off my face as I took him in.“No. I blend in a little more than you do.”“I can blend in.”This made me laugh. “Hector, you’re almost a foot taller than the average height here. Not to mention you absolutely are some
We ambled five minutes before we ran into anyone. Luckily, it was no one who knew us. They didn’t even stop as we swayed with the two bottles in our hand. I stopped at the power room. It was out of our way but I wasn’t about to leave this place running after everything I had gone through. Leaning Hector up against the wall, I unlocked the door with the keycard. It was too easy. No one was monitoring the room and it was as easy as pulling levels well past the red marker. It was sophisticated but at the same time, simple. I wondered where we were that would build a power system this easy to fuck up.Quickly, I closed the door and pulled Hector back over my shoulder and we ambled our way down the halls. Unfortunately, this route took us past the guard common room for the east side. Sure enough, three guards stood outside, chatting. They looked us up and down.“What the hell…”Flaring my nostrils, I pointed my pinky at them, while holding the beer bottle up. I did my utmost to slur my wor
It had been surprising quiet. I guessed three weeks had passed. Hector’s beard now being my indicator of time passing. At one point, he begged one of the lab coats to shave it off but they didn’t do anything. Once a week I got my injections and Hector received a meal that I was thankful I didn’t have to eat. Despite that, somehow, Hector looked bigger, gaining more muscle and height. I wondered if it was because of our bond or it was because the power I imparted into him. Either way, the guards gave him a more wary eye and it made me laugh. For the most part, they kept our chains slack, allowing us to be together. The only time was the meal time or if they were hauling me away for more additions. Yesterday had been one and I slept most of the rest of the day. After that, they had actually pulled the chains tight and we were stuck apart. It was wearing on Hector and I wondered how close we were to his heat. His replies were more growls than anything. The sound of scrapping reverberat