I hope everyone had a great week! I've been super busy with my day job, but next week things should settle down again. I'd love to hear any theories you may have developed thus far. Much Love, Anja <3
ALEKSANDR Cornelis led us down the hall to an empty guest room while Ash and Fleur stood guard outside. Gerrit was nowhere in sight, but I wasn’t concerned about his whereabouts. Rieka and I waited for the Alpha to speak, but he just stood there looking calm, as if he was waiting for something. The only indication of his stress was the flexing of his jaw. After a few more seconds his shoulders relax a hair, and his face softens slightly. “The spy was well trained, but I managed to break him. He wasn’t able to get his intel out to his pack, but it seems I have a traitor in my pack.” Cornelis clenches his fists at his sides as he reveals the last part. “I assume you’ve identified the traitor and delt with them.” I glare at him. I trusted this Alpha with the protection of my family, and he can’t even keep his own pack in line. “Unfortunately, the traitor has been smart enough to protect themselves. The spy didn’t know who it was. They communicated anonymously through hidden
RIEKA Balancing Calvin on my right hip, while holding Aria’s hand with my free one, we stepped out into the cold night air. The snow on the ground reflected the moonlight so there was nowhere to hide. Calvin buried his face into my neck as we silently walked to the cars. None of them were started yet, and I could see Eden’s face watching us through the window of the second vehicle. We made our way to the front vehicle in the lineup, but just before we reached it, Aria’s teeth began to chatter from the cold. I tense knowing with the heightened hearing of werewolves, if anyone was close by, they might hear her. Quickening my pace, and pulling Aria with me, I silently urge her to get in the car as quickly as possible. Once in the car, I slowly pull the door closed to avoid a loud thump. Calvin opened his mouth, but I quickly raise my finger to my lips indicating that it’s not safe to talk yet. Asher was already sitting in the front passenger seat, but he was focused on watching
ALEKSANDRFleur’s scent was easy to follow, and it didn’t take long before I could see flashes of her tail between the trees ahead.It suddenly occurred to me that running after Fleur and leaving my family with only 5 guards might have been a stupid decision. If an entire pack in out here waiting to take them from me, the Luna’s Guards will not be strong enough to protect Rieka and the kids.I need to catch her and figure out what’s going on, so I can get back to my family and be certain that they are safe!Pushing my wolf as hard as I could, we finally caught up to Fleur, but she was slowing down.Shit! Did she already accomplish her goal of getting me away from my family?Stepping up behind her growling, she quickly shifts and glares at me. “What are you doing here?!” she whisper-yells. “You should be back there with your family! I’ll be back in a few minutes. Didn’t your mate tell you?!”Rieka? She was supposed to tell me something?That was the moment I realized that I was
RIEKAAt first there was no answer, and my heart began to race. Damn, if I only had wolf senses, I could probably smell whoever was out there, or hear them or something. But I don’t, and I can’t.“Who’s there?” I call again.“Sorry to disrupt you Luna, but I need to speak with you.” A male voice that sounded vaguely familiar called back through the door.I wish I could place that voice. I know I’ve heard it before, but without seeing the face behind the door I had no idea who I was talking to, and he still hadn’t given me a name.“Where are my guards?” I question skeptically.“Mason just walked down the hall, he agreed to give us some privacy to speak.”Groaning internally, I curse my inability to mind-link with anyone but Aleksandr. This would be so much easier if I could just ask Mason if this were true, and who was standing outside my door.Then my mind immediately went to my children. Are they still safe? I’d rather give myself over to whoever this is than risk my childre
RIEKA “I can’t explain because I don’t really understand what’s going on,” Gerrit finally spoke. “What do you mean you don’t understand?” Aleksandr asks through clenched teeth. “Well, my wolf has been restless for the last couple of days. At first, I thought it was just because I was newly shifted and I’m still learning how to work with him and understand him…” Gerrit trailed off and although I don’t know much about a wolf’s first shift, it seemed like he was a little embarrassed to admit that he’s had some trouble with his wolf. Alpha Cornelis nudges him urging him to continue his explanation. Gerrit’s eyes remain downcast as he continues. “When I walked into the dining room and your son, Ace, was there, my wolf became very aggressive. I’ve never felt him so strongly before,” he whispers. His eyes snap up to meet mine, “but then your presence seemed to wash over me in waves, and it helped to calm my wolf. I never would have made it through dinner without you there.” “What
ALEKSANDR One minute, Rieka and I were kissing and rolling our bodies together, and the next she was frozen stiff. Her eyes were open, but it was obvious that she wasn’t present with me in the room. I tried gently shaking her and talking to her to bring her back to me, but when it didn’t bring her out of it, I started to panic. My voice continued to rise higher, and I shook her body with more force trying to break her from whatever trance she was in. Suddenly, she was blinking, and her body relaxed, but it still seemed to take a minute for her mind to fully recover. “What happened, love? Are you alright?” Her eyes meet mine and she blinks a couple more times before she answers. “I’m fine, but I’m not sure what happened. It’s like I was transported somewhere else…” She trails off without finishing, her eyes still appear distant. “We need to call my mom today,” I insist, “Maybe she will have some answers for us about what’s going on with you.” Rieka nods her head, but I can te
ALEKSANDR I kept my eye on Gerrit all through dinner. He never stopped glancing around the room, but I couldn’t figure out what was drawing his attention. He must have known I was watching him and he didn’t want to give anything away. Ace seemed pretty relaxed, and you’d never know that there was anything tense between the two of them. Aria and Ace whispered back and forth between themselves all throughout dinner while the adults engaged in casual conversation. Cornelis, Ash, Danique, and Fleur discussed minor pack business, occasionally asking Rieka and I questions to involve us in the conversation. I let Rieka lead the conversation since I was busy watching Gerrit but my mate knows me well. “What’s got you so distracted?” She leans in and whispers as we walk down the hall towards our rooms after dinner. The kids were walking ahead of us chattering on about some of the fun things they have discovered in this pack. They were all smiling and laughing quietly, and although eve
ALEKSANDR Rieka was right, there could be a link here, and we needed to explore it. I immediately reached out to Cornelis to see what he could tell me about the pack this wolf was from, but I didn’t mention Rieka’s visions or why we were interested in this pack specifically. Cornelis got back to me a few hours later and confirmed that we could visit the pack in Austria tomorrow. We made arrangements for the kids to stay here at the Night Stalkers pack along with three of the Luna’s Guards. The other two would travel with us and Ash to the pack lands. Apparently, this pack had agreed to our visit on the condition that Ash came along to act as an intermediary since they didn’t know us. I hated dividing up the protection detail, but I wasn’t stupid enough to think that I could protect my mate completely on my own if a group decided they wanted to take her from me. We could still be easily overwhelmed if the whole pack turned on us, but we didn’t really have many options, and Rieka