~Emily~“Why are you asking Emily?” June said. “I’m pretty sure I know… but I just want to make sure we’re going down the same road here so to speak.”Emily, still deep in thought didn’t speak for a moment. “Sometimes I wonder if a mistake was made, making Nick my mate.” Emily told her. “There’s never a mistake.” June said. “There’s always a reason. Maybe you were mated with Nick not to be with him forever, and not because the two of you are actual soul mates… but because you needed to be in the position to do something or help someone. Maybe you’re mated to him so you’d be in a certain place at a certain time. You never know why… but it doesn’t always have to be so cut and dry. “And maybe….” June said. “That’s why you were given two mates.” Juniper had easily figured out Emily was asking about mates for herself, and she was pretty certain Lorenzo had something to do with it. “Maybe,” June continued. “You were blessed with a second one because he’s going to be the one you love
~Emily~ Emily was in a sour mood the entire ride home. Brian tried to ask her what was wrong a couple of times but she couldn’t really explain it. She just missed everyone. Hopefully the bad feeling she had gotten earlier was a one off. She didn’t open the papers June had slipped her as she was leaving because she wanted to wait until she was alone to do that. No reason to mention it to anyone until she had some sort of proof. She knew it was a one off but she had her suspicions. She just had to figure out a way to put everything together. It was like a puzzle but the pieces were all in different boxes. She had decided against telling her family everything. She just couldn’t force herself to talk about the trial or anything to do with Susan. She had been having too good of a time. She was able to forget about all the stuff going on at home and relax for a while. It would all come out soon anyway. Once they got back to her territory and she got back into her cabin her mood lifted
~Emily~ PAST It had been a few months since she had met Nicklaus and things were going well for the most part. They’d been ‘dating’ so to speak if you could call it that. He had stayed with her pack some here and there. Hester kept a really close eye on him, naturally. And then she went and spent a week with his pack. This was customary when wolves from different packs met and were mates. And this continued. They’d go back and forth and stay a few days with each others packs. She went more to his pack, however, since that’s where they’d end up staying as he was the Alpha. The best thing about Nicklaus’s pack that she had found so far was Charlotte. Charlotte was only a couple years older than Emily and Nicklaus. But her father had once been a big part of the guard so, she was trusted to be around pack paperwork and perform important pack duties. She had been the pack secretary, the person who takes care of Luna appointments, ever since Nick had become Alpha…. which he had done at
~Emily~THE PAST “So this is the famous Hester Elkwood’s daughter I presume.” Sophia said after a very awkward few seconds of silence. Emily smiled kindly. “Yes Hester is my fa….”“She is quite young.” The sister, Susan, interrupted her. “She’s the same age as me Susan.” Nick said. “Did you expect the goddess to pair me with someone much older?” Emily felt very uncomfortable. She found herself looking down as everyone in the room, including the guards stared at her. “I just mean it will be hard for her to take on Luna duties at such a young age.” Susan replied. “Oh no,” Emily told her. “I’ve been taking care of Luna duties for my father for years, my mother has long since passed away.”But Susan only gave her a look at that response. “Susan is to be Luna soon as well.” Nick told her. “She is marrying Alpha Caron of the Whitetails.” “Congratulations”. Emily told her. Again she only got stared at.. She could tell Nick was getting angry at Susan for the way she was acting. Emil
~Emily~The Present The next day Emily cooked breakfast for Luca and Olivia. Then they played a little while before it was time to go. She called Nick and told him not to worry about coming and getting them .. she would bring them home herself. Once they got into town she dropped Luca off at the little school they had there. And Olivia who only went to school three days a week because she was so young was going to stay with Tutu. She thanked Tutu profusely for all her help she had been giving them. “Oh nonsense dear. Keeping the children give me purpose, they keep me young. I wouldn’t have it any other way.” Tutu said. After she got the kids situated she went to the pack house. Nick was in his office so she stuck her head in the door. She told him she was getting a few of her things, and Nick - who still looked very stressed and on edge- told her it was fine and went straight back to paperwork not giving her a second look. She was glad he was preoccupied, but she had to admit
Lorenzo He had just returned to the Blackforest territory and had gone straight to his cottage to unpack. The last few days had not been easy ones. He never thought he’d be dying to return to Nick’s pack of all places… but there he was. He wondered how Emily’s trip home had gone. He was sure it was better than his trip, anyway. Hopefully she had a good break and got some rest. He knew seeing her dad would do her good. He wanted to go see her but their last meeting had been … interesting, to say the least. Still, he wanted to check in with her before he left again in a couple days. Lo had to return home to his pack. At least for a little while. He had been gone for too long and even though he knew his beta and Janine could handle things, a pack needs to see their Alpha. And an Alpha needs to be with his pack. He wouldn’t stay gone forever. He would come back…. hell he didn’t even know how to stay away, not anymore. He needed to tell her and her brothers about the trip to th
Lorenzo “So Ellis, Jay, and Amund stayed here to deal with Raleigh and Nick and everything. And Reymond and Red and I headed back to the East to the pack there that had asked me for help.” He told them. “They actually had some scouts go out with a couple of human informers….”“Wait. They’ve got informers that are human?” Emily interrupted. “Every region does… sometimes only one because they have to have the masking ability.” Brian told her. “It’s what Ellis used to do before he sat on the council.” Lo said. “How come I didn’t know about this?” Emily asked. “It’s very hush hush…. Usually only the Alphas know about it.” He continued. Emily looked flabbergasted at this news. Which I guess it was a little shocking to hear it for the first time. “Anyway they sent them out to see if there for sure was a pack of rogues and to check how big it was…. They did that in between the time I was there the first time and the last time.”“What did they find out?” Asked Alan. “There is indeed
Emily The growl they heard shook the windows. Just from the power and anger that it held, she knew exactly who it was. Nicklaus. She and Lo separated quickly, the sound startling both of them. She looked over at Nick who was baring his teeth… his wolf wanting out. “Nick….” She said calmly. “It was just a hug. That’s all.”“ I. Saw. What. It. Was.” He growled out. His anger quickly getting the better of him. Clearly things were starting to get to Nick because he wasn’t in control at the moment. Seeing her with Lo must’ve pushed him right over the edge. Nick started towards the porch and Lorenzo quickly grabbed Emily shoving her behind him. “You need to calm down.” Lo said with authority. But that just made Nick angrier. “GET YOUR HANDS…. OFF MY MATE” Nick spat at him. “Not until you calm the hell down.” Lorenzo said. Oh goddess. She thought. This was going to get very fighty very fast. A second later both her brothers ran out the door. They immediately saw what was happening
Emily What. The. Actual. Fuck. How did he get out of his confinement room? Did Nick let him out?? And why was he here now? “Hello Luna.” He said was stalking towards her slowly. “Raleigh? How did you get out of confinement?” She asked him. “Oh you’d be surprised what people can get away with here when everyone else is preoccupied.” He said. “What do you mean preoccupied?” She asked him. He let out a huff. “What do you think?? They’re all looking for you… you don’t look so good Emily. What the fuck did Nick do to you?” He said snarling his nose. “How did you find this place? Did Nick send you??” She asked him. She was trying to keep him talking as he continued walking slowly toward her. He let out a hateful laugh then. “Of course not. Nick would never tell a secret like this to anyone outside his family. But that doesn’t mean others in his family wouldn’t.” He smirked. This was so odd. Every time she had ever been around Raleigh he was completely stoic. Straight and seri
Emily Emily tried to move fast but it was literally impossible. The problem was, she couldn’t make any mistakes right now. She took one deep breath… then another… then another. She calmed her breathing as much as she possibly could. And then she started. She got the glass with the little bit of the mixture in the bottom and limped over to the kitchen sink. She poured the rest of the mixture into the water bottle, careful not to inhale any of it.. and careful not to touch it. She then tightened the top back on the water bottle and stuck the whole thing in the waistband of her sweat pants. She hoped to goddess the plastic wouldn’t bust open… She took the glass then and dried it out with a washcloth Nick had brought. The washcloth, that might have small bits of the mixture on it, was discarded. Then.. she slammed the glass against the steel wall, breaking it. Emily went over as quickly as she could muster- which wasn’t very quick at all- and picked up the biggest piece of glas
Emily She was swimming in darkness. She felt pain like she never had before. Not even in all of her trainings. Not in the wreck she had so many years ago. Not in the fight with Susan. Not when she had gotten shot. Nothing has been as bad as this was. How would she ever get out of this mess? Her only hope now was that someone would find her. They’d surely be looking for her by now. Maybe someone would catch her scent in Nick’s office and figure it out. Her brother.. or Lo… if he even knew. If he even came. Maybe Ellis. He couldn’t scent her being human… but he was one of the keenest people she had ever met. He would figure it out. She had to stay alive…. The kids needed her. Especially now. There was no way they could stay with Nick after this. But she couldn’t get off the ground. Nick had kicked her so hard so many times. She was sure bones were broken. She might have internal bleeding. And she couldn’t heal because of the limestone he’d given her. She could just barely see. Ever
Lorenzo He’d been more busy than he had since he was rebuilding his pack from the ground up in the last couple of weeks. Keeping up with every day pack duties and paperwork, plus managing all the new construction going on .. plus trying to train Collins..It was just about more than he could handle. He had been so busy, in fact, that he barely noticed the horrible stomach pains he’d had for the past couple days. He threw back some medicine that first morning. Thinking it would eventually subside. But by that night he noticed it was still there.. and he started thinking back to what he had eaten recently. Maybe he got some bad food. But it wasn’t really that kind of pain. It was more like a ball of stress sitting there in the middle of his body. But his mind was too busy to concern himself with it too long. He’d been struggling getting things done. And even though he had thought it was a bad idea to have Collins working so closely with him, she had picked up things quickly and wa
Alan Where the fuck was Emily??He’d awoken two days ago to Luca. Asking him where Emily was. After figuring out she wasn’t in the house he assumed she had gone on a run.. or into town. But when she didn’t show back up three hours later he started to get worried. Tutu had come and gotten the kids for school earlier. Emily knew she was coming so maybe she decided to stay in town. But his gut was telling him something different. If something else happened, after all this… he was going to fucking lose it. He tried to think back if she had mentioned getting a weird feeling about anything. But she hadn’t. She didn’t always get the feelings but when she did, he knew better than to ignore them. He went up to her room. Her window was opened. But she often slept with it that way. Had the door been unlocked this morning? He didn’t even check. He didn’t know he needed to check. He looked down at her bed.. the sheets seemed oddly wrinkled and one had been pulled off into the floor. That
Emily She woke again, hearing a noise. Someone was coming. She looked at the digital clock. It now said 11:37. She’d been asleep for around four hours. That wasn’t enough time, she knew. Maybe she should wait before trying to attack. Nick walked in.. closing the door behind him. Again his hands were full. He turned and looked at her then made a face. “Ew. I got you good didn’t I?” He walked over and got some ice from the small fridge and wrapped it in a towel, bringing it to her and holding it on her face. Emily said nothing. She only stared at him with hatred in her eyes. “I’m sorry about that.” He said referring to where he had punched her. “You were about to shift and I couldn’t let that happen.” He sighed deeply and sat down on the cot beside her, laying the ice between them. “I’ve been under so much pressure. All the shit that’s happened with you and Susan and the council and now my mother? It’s all I can take. I’m losing my mind and when you said ….. when you said tha
Emily “N—Nick?” She said. Then she felt full of relief. He’d found her! Thank goddess. “Nick. You found me! Who did this? Do you know?” But Nick only stood there staring at her. He then walked over to the little table that was standing by the wall. He seemed to have something in his hands. “Nick?” She asked again.. trying to stand. “I brought a little food and some of your clothes that you left here.”What was he talking about? He was pouring things now.. mixing something. What was going on? Her head was too foggy. “What are you doing?” She got out.. but barely. “I’m mixing a cocktail. You’re strong Emily. But I need you to stay down so… I had to come up with the perfect combination. I just had to add a little limestone.”What’s he talking about limestone? “We keep some in the cellar you know. It can be used as a liquid if you melt it down at just the right temperature.” He turned and walked over to her as she sat on the cot, frowning. Her head was so fuzzy and she was
Emily She had stopped by her old office, using the key Nick had given her and grabbed as much stuff as she could. She stuffed it all in a box and then started out the building to go back home. Soon as she opened the door she ran into Ellis. “Emily!” He said brightly. “How are you?” He asked her eyeing the huge box. “Hello Ellis, I’m doing.. alright. I just came to get some work from my office. I’m going to work on it at home…. well… in the cabin.” She told him. “Alan is doing his beta work from there as well.” “Ah…” he said understanding. “So he decided to stay behind? I know Brian has returned home for the time being.” Ellis said. She nodded. “Yes he did.” “He’s a good brother.” Ellis said patting her shoulder. “Do you need some help?” “No I’m okay. Thank you. But.. I do have a question.” She said. “Any word on when the next trial will start?” Ellis sighed. “It may be a little bit. We’re still collecting evidence on Raleigh and the rogue wolves. We’re even getting testimon
Emily She found out a couple days later they were keeping Sophia in confinement .. just as they did Raleigh. Of course they didn’t send her to the dungeons. She was sure Nick threw a fit to make that happen and she was angry and annoyed about it.He had been avoiding her ever since the other day when she had let her feelings known about Sophia. Ever since then Tutu had been bringing the kids over. Nothing had been decided yet about the cabin where she had been staying. She was sure there was tons and tons of work she needed to be doing for her Luna duties. So she finally decided to go find Nick and ask him about it all. And at the same time, she was going to tell him what she had decided about their relationship. But she was scared. Alan had been on the phone all morning talking to someone at her home pack about some business. Her dad had been handling it all but Emily knew he was probably covered up by now. Especially with no secretary or Luna there.. and both Brian and Alan b