Lorenzo He and Alan decided not to say anything to Nick yet. They didn’t want to tip him off and have to do something rash to Emily. Or run away. Instead they went straight to the council. Reymond frowned. “You think Nicklaus did this? Her husband… her mate??” He asked them. Alan and Lo both answered at the same time. “Yes.” Reymond sighed. Then Red asked: “where is Alpha Nick right now?” But no one knew. “Alright. Let’s don’t scare him off though. Let’s search the town hall, Red. And you three.. go over to the pack house and start looking around. See if you can find this safe room. Or Nick. But don’t question him wait til we get there in case he tries to run off.” Reymond said. They nodded. When they entered the house.. Ellis said ..“Come with me a moment.” And he led them into the kitchen. They walked to the back part of the kitchen where the cooking happened and asked s few of the wolves back there to leave them a moment. Once they were gone he turned to Alan and
Lorenzo He jerked awake. The chair he was sitting in and sleeping in and had been in was causing his bones to ache. He’d never been in a hospital as much as he has lately.. hell he may as well pack his bags and move in. The last time he’d been here Emily’s arm and shoulder had been mangled. Silver was coursing through them. And her mind … her mind has been at war with itself. That’s why she hadn’t been waking up. Because when she did…. She would have to face that her best friend had been shot. But this time? This time it wasn’t her mind she was warring. It was the entire world. Her body was so crumpled and damaged that he didn’t know if she was even there mentally. And he was scared to death. When they had opened that door to the safe room, the sight before them caused the oxygen to leave his body. He had physically not been able to stand. His legs gave out … he had to grab the wall to hold himself upright. He couldn’t comprehend what he was seeing. Raleigh laying in the floo
Emily Emily was sitting by the little stream in the woods. She had been a run and shifted back to sit and watch the water a while. Evidently she was tired because she’d taken a nap. When she woke up.. she wasn’t alone. She turned and looked at the person sitting next to her. Charlotte. Charlotte grinned at her and Emily immediately started crying. But why was she crying? Wait a minute. Charlotte couldn’t be here. Charlotte had died. But there she was… sitting right beside her. “Charlotte?” She asked. Charlotte laughed. “Yeah goofy. Why are you acting so surprised?” Emily smiled at her. But then she frowned and looked around. “Where did you come from?” She asked her. “Emily…” Charlotte said. “I’ve been here the entire time.” Tears ran down Emily’s face. She reached over to grab her best friends hand. To her surprise she could feel it. She gasped. Then she reached out and hugged her. She hugged and hugged and squeezed her as tight as she could. Charl
Emily Emily opened her eyes and looked around. She was thankful she had been able to return here. She had done it so many times now, she was afraid she couldn’t find her way back. But this time. Charlotte wasn’t there. But Emily wasn’t alone either. There were birds everywhere. Hundreds of them from the looks of it. But not just any bird. Rare purple finches. Emily smiled. She knew by now these birds were a sign from Charlotte. But she was in a dream… wasn’t she? And she wanted the real Charlotte. Although Emily wasn’t completely convinced this was a dream anymore. That line between what was real and what wasn’t — had blurred completely. The birds flew around her.. some of them on the ground.. making their beautiful music with their voices. Wait. Voices. She heard more of them. But this one was a new one. Not her brothers or father. Not Juniper or Maeve. No. This voice belonged to Lorenzo. “Lo?” She said. Lo was here? She took two steps towards the voice but then stop
Emily It had been about three weeks since she woke up in the hospital bed. Everyone had been in her room. Brian and Maeve, Alan, June, her dad, and of course Lorenzo. They’d all started talking at once…. fussing and fawning over her, asking her a million questions. Someone had gone and gotten the doctor and he made everyone leave while he checked her out. She had finally started healing herself.. he told her. But it wouldn’t be fast. It would take alot of time due to the severity of her injuries. He asked her what she remembered. And at that moment… her answer was nothing. She knew it was bad but she didn’t know what had happened. Dr. Pavarti told her that her mind was protecting her. That if it all came back at once it might be too much. “So don’t push yourself. Just let it come.” He had said. Then he wanted to do X-rays and and cat scans and MRIs and stress tests and take her blood and get her vitals and a million other things. So that’s what he did. He asked everyone to
Emily She and Juniper had both sat and stared at the feather for what seemed like hours. They’d look at each other, completely confused…. then go back to staring at that feather. They both watched it as if it would sprout legs and come alive at any second. How had it happened? Where had it come from? Emily couldn’t believe it. But she also knew .. it was from Charlotte. How it had gotten there… she had no clue. Even Juniper who was all about facts and studies and science could not think of one plausible explanation. She kept the feather underneath her pillow after that. The following day Emily told Pam she was ready. She held on to Charlotte’s feather for strength. Just as she had feared.. Pam used the words sexual assault.. and just as Emily had thought it might… all the memories came rushing back. It took her several minutes to calm down. She cried.. Pam cried too. Pam held her. Emily screamed… remembering Nick kicking her. Remembering him punching her, and how she’d brok
Emily. A few more weeks had gone by and Emily was feeling much better, much stronger, and more like herself. Dr. Pavarti still insisted she not overdo herself. No exertion… and no stress we’re allowed. But she could get out of the cabin. She could go places and do things. She still couldn’t shift but it wouldn’t be much longer now. Lorenzo had left again. He’d gone back to his pack. Emily hated it. She spent three days in bed and crying until she told herself she was being ridiculous and her children needed her. They had one parent left.. and that was it. The trials would begin soon. And there was something she had to do. She had to get this one thing off her chest… she couldn’t wait any longer. So she got dressed.. dropped the kids off at school, then went by to see Ellis. She told him what she needed and he made it happen. A few minutes later she was sitting in one of the office rooms in the pack house. A guard walked in, pulling someone behind him that was shackled. Nick.
EmilyLater on that night, Emily sat with Juniper, telling her everything that went down with Nick. She had already told everyone what she did, she just didn’t give them details. Her dad and June were going to be leaving soon. She dreaded that severely. Having June here kept her mind of missing Charlotte as much. When she finished telling her everything June smiled and took her hand. “You’re free now Emily. You can go where you want… be with who you want…..” she winked. Emily laughed at her. “Your reason for being mated with Nick in the first place.. has been achieved. You did what you were meant to… it’s over with now.” Emily felt tears come to her eyes. Juniper strongly believed the reason she and Nicklaus had to mate first was because she had to take down Sophia and Susan. And the reign they had over the pack. She had to admit.. she wondered too. So many times she thought there had been a mistake made.. but who knew the way these things worked. Samuel was coming over to do
Emily The kiss turned frantic, hungry..Emily was clawing her way up Lorenzo’s body. He was so tall she literally tried climbing up. But then he stopped her…“Wait .. I had a whole speech…” he said. She grinned at him. “Okay. Let’s here it.” She said smiling. Lo got back down on one knee. He took her hand and kissed it. Lo down on a knee was still about as tall as Emily he was so huge. She grinned at him waiting. “Emily Caroline Elkwood. I have loved you my entire life. Even before the mate bond, through it and after it. I’ve always loved you. You’re the best part of every day…. you’re the best part of me. You’re my reason. You have the kindest soul of anyone I’ve ever known and the biggest heart there ever was. As bad as it sounds, I’m glad that rogue pack took mine over so I got to come live with you.”Emily had tears in her eyes as he continued. “You’re the most beautiful creature I’ve ever laid my eyes on … but you don’t even realize it. You’re funny. But you don’t know t
Emily She had spent the entire afternoon with her horse, Storm… riding him and brushing and feeding him. She loved that animal already.. she had been telling the kids and her dad all about him during the phone calls. She got word that Lorenzo wanted her to meet him at the house soon. But she wanted to run back to her room at the pack house and shower first. Her crazy purple hair was still wet we she started out. She figured Lo had wanted to ask her something about the furniture or some of the outside work that the builders were finishing up. She had been in jeans and boots all day while riding so she wanted to dress comfortably. She threw on a long sleeved fitted cropped workout shirt and some sweat pants with her tennis shoes. She grabbed her big puffer coat to head out the door when she stopped. Her breathing got ragged as she looked down at her clothes. This was the exact outfit she had on in the safe room…. With Nick….. with Raleigh…She threw her coat down and immediately
LorenzoThe past few days had been the best in his life. His pack was thriving… he was catching up on his work finally …. And Emily. Emily was here. She was leaving soon though to go back home for a while. He hated it … but she had children to see to. She would be coming back in no time. Alan and Collins were going with her as well. He and Collins had sat down and had a conversation the day before. He told her he hoped she understood about everything. How he had always belonged to Emily, no matter who else came along. She was more than fine with it though. Apparently like him, once Alan showed up any residual feelings she had diminished. He was glad of that. She would be good for Alan .. he knew. And vice versa. Alan had always been like a brother to him.. and soon that bond would become real. He was going to ask Emily to marry him. Tonight. He knew she wanted to wait for her divorce to finalize before they really started anything. Or at least anything physical…. She was
Emily Emily was thrilled to find that she and Collins could easily talk. And possibly one day be just as close as Emily and Maeve were. Maeve, who would be going into labor any day now. She and Collins had spent the entire afternoon together talking. Emily learned that Collins had some Native American blood in her. Apparently her father’s mother was Cree. And her mother’s father was too. That’s how they’d met each other. A lot of the wolves came from similar background. She herself had some Cherokee blood. Hester’s father was Cherokee. But if you followed all werewolves bloodline it usually always led back to Native American origins. They just usually weren’t so close. She also found out what had happened to Collins in college. So Emily shared her experience as well. “Goddess!” Collins had said when Emily told her everything that had happened with Nick and Raleigh. But Collins experience had been just as bad, maybe even worse. Because it wasn’t just her boyfriend that assau
EmilySo the rest of the week she has been busy with her new horse. She had ordered a saddle and everything she needed. Lo already had saddles there she could use for now, but she wanted a special one. She named her horse ‘Storm’ because of his beautiful coloring…..he reminded her of the clouds right before a blizzard. She couldn’t wait to show her kids and Andrew and take them on rides. All in all, she was happy.. content… and at peace. The people here were genuinely so kind and polite to her. Lo introduced her to everyone as his mate … which made tingles erupt on her body every time he said the word. They were happy for him, and thankful for her. She didn’t have to constantly be looking over her shoulder, or worry about what someone might be cooking up to hurt her or her family. The entire pack was filled with good people. She found it ironic that some wolves, like Nicklaus, looked down on The Crow pack because it was made up mostly of ex-rogues. But these people weren’t rogues
Emily Emily opened her eyes and stretched. A smile graced her face. She was happy. She didn’t remember the last time she’d woken up every day without worrying about something. But that’s what had happened every single day since she had been in the Crow pack. It had been a week since they’d arrived. A week since Lorenzo declared his love for her and showed her the house he’d built for them to live in. A week since the mate bond pulled them together like nothing she’d ever experienced before. Not even when she met Nicklaus. The house was as breathtaking on the inside as it was the outside. The fireplace alone made her gasp when she had seen it. The kitchen was huge. All the beautiful wood and logs made it cozy and the perfect place to cook meals for her family. Her family … she thought. Lo was her family. There were stainless steel appliances all brand new. Lo had told her they’d just arrived that day and been installed. Of course they needed furniture… but he wanted her
Lorenzo She was crying now. He kissed her forehead lightly. How could she begin to think he was upset over the fact Collins had found her other mate. This was a good thing in his eyes. He was only worried about the awkwardness it would cause for Emily. She was who he was worried about. She was the one he loved….had always loved…. would always love. They would probably all need to sit down and have a conversation at some point. But right now…. He just wanted to show her something. “Come on..” he said, grabbing her hand. “Can you shift now?” He asked her. She grinned at him and nodded. Lo pulled her over under a tree. He started getting undressed. Lucky for him he had worn a pair of shorts under his jeans that day … just for this exact reason. He took off his large sweater and handed to Emily. She smiled at him. He knew she had stolen his T-shirts and liked to wear them. He didn’t mind… he actually loved it. If her clothes would’ve fit even one of his arms… he would’ve
Emily It was a little while later. They were all sitting in the pack house. The shock of what happened outside had settled everyone’s feelings for the moment. Well.. to a degree anyway. The urge to jump on top of Lorenzo was still there. Her brother sat at the other end of the huge room talking to the girl who was apparently his mate. Emily had been so surprised at the turn of events… but she was happy for him. Alan deserved this. All this mate business reminded her about Nick and Charlotte. She hadn’t brought that up but she wanted to tell Lorenzo. Lorenzo who had been oddly quiet since they’d come inside. He sent all the people that had come outside home. They’d gotten some coffee and sat down to talk. For someone who had been so vocal moments ago… he sure was quiet now. But the pain she was having had stopped. The hot flashes were gone. Clearly being close to him had ebbed all those feelings. Her wolf was calm too. She looked at Lo now, feeling awful that it took her deno
Lorenzo ~a few moments earlier~Lo needed to get out of the bar. He needed to get out right then. He knew exactly what was happening. And he felt like an idiot for not realizing it sooner. He’d gone through this before. When he had first shifted. It was no where near as strong then however. But that’s the first time he knew he was meant to be with Emily. He even knew what was happening to her that day in the car all those years ago when she first met Nick. Had it been so long that he had forgotten? But it was different now too. He didn’t know why. Maybe because she had let Nick go? The feelings were stronger. He felt sick… like if he didn’t get to her soon he would be a heaving mess on the floor. Things clicked for Jarvis a moment later. Lo looked at him and grunted out the words. “I’ve got to get out of here…” as if being in that building was physically hurting him. He needed to move closer to her. She must’ve come with Alan. They must be close now, or maybe even here already.