Chapter Four (Anders)

“Luckily, I am ahead for the winter preparations so leaving for a month won’t cause too much trouble. Thane, would you mind taking over the remaining preparations and Alec, I will need you to work on strengthening the security from any threats Zeeb may come up with.”

“I will do as you ask as well as work on training the army and sending letters to the neighbouring packs, we may need to build our forces. Who knows what Zeeb may plan?” Thane replied.

“I will send my spies to find his location and any other information they can find.” Alec added.

“Thank you for helping. I would like to meet my mother's coven and get some control over my abilities.” Isla smiled.

“We can’t have our Luna be killed because your spirits hate each other, we need you and if the coven can help you, it’s important that you go.” Thane reassured her.

“Yeah, Anders would be a miserable fuck without you.” Alec laughed when Anders glared at him.

“Maybe, but I’m sure Olympia would keep him company.” She frowned. “I’m going to go pack.” She said as she got up and left the dining hall.

“You better go talk to her.” Thane suggested.

“What happened to letting her calm down?” I snapped.

“I think that is calm as she is going to get.” Shaw commented when Alec laughed.

I nodded, "I’ll see you guys before I go."

They nodded, and I got up and left the dining hall, following Isla upstairs to our quarters.

I walked into our bedroom. She was moving around, gathering clothes and toiletries and packing them into one suitcase from the closet, another sat empty on the bed. She pointed to it and said, "You should pack."

I reached for her, but she avoided me. “Can we talk, please?”

She stopped what she was doing and looked at me as tears streaked her cheeks. “What do you want to talk about?” she glared.

“Olympia, you have nothing to worry about with her.”

“You did nothing when she ran into your arms and kissed you.” She snapped.

“You didn’t give me a chance to.”

“I…” she paused, “Still, How many old lovers are going to show up here?”

“None, it won’t happen again.”

“You don’t know that.”

“Isla, I am your mate and nobody else’s. I don’t and will never want anyone other than you, and it has been that way in every life we have had together.”

I cupped her face, and she looked at me, wiping the tears from her cheeks with my thumb, I leaned down and kissed her.

“I love you.” I declared as I pulled away from her, “and nobody will ever get between us.”

“Promise?”

“Promise.” I smiled as I kissed her again, pulling her closer to me as she wrapped her arms around my shoulders, and my hands slipped under her shirt, cupping her breasts as she moaned into our kiss.

We heard a knock at the door, and I pulled away, saying, "Let's ignore it." Before going to kiss her again.

She smiled, pulling away, “You are the Alpha. What if it is important?”

I sighed, “Very well.” Releasing her, I went downstairs to answer the door.

“What do you want?” I snapped, aggravated that they had interrupted me.

A guard was standing at the door with Olympia. I looked at the guard, “what is going on?”

“We caught her trying to break into your office. She refuses to speak with anyone but you.”

“Come in.”

The guard brought Olympia into the room but kept her arms shackled in front of her.

“What’s going on?” Isla asked, coming down the stairs and seeing Olympia standing by the door with handcuffs on.

“What is she doing here?” Olympia snapped.

“She is the Luna, and you will show respect.” The guard ordered.

“I live here.” Isla answered, coming to stand beside me. “With my mate.” She hissed.

“Why were you trying to break into my office?” I demanded.

She shrugged, “wanted to wait there for you so we could be together.” She smiled, looking at Isla.

“You’re lying.” Isla stated calmly.

“You can’t know that.” She snapped.

“I don’t, Zemira does.”

“Zemira? Who’s Zemira.”

“She doesn’t have to answer you. Why were you trying to break into my office?” I interjected.

Olympia wouldn’t look at me, “I told you already.”

“I am your Alpha and I order you to tell me what you were trying to do.” I demanded, letting my alpha aura surround her.

She looked at me, “I was trying to get the scythe.”

“The scythe? How do you even know about it and why?” I asked, and she didn’t answer. “Why?” I roared.

“Elder Zeeb asked me to get it for him. He is building an army of the fallen.” She blurted against her will and added, “and I was going to use it to kill Isla.” She whimpered.

“You’re working with Zeeb?” I snapped. “Take her to the dungeon. We will deal with this traitor when we get back.”

The guard nodded and dragged her from the room when the door closed behind them. I turned to Isla, “How many followers do you think he has?”

“He could’ve been recruiting them for a long time, we will have to be careful who we trust and speak to the other packs and see who they will side with.”

“What do you mean?”

“We knew this problem was bigger than just the Shadow Moon Pack and Blood Moon Pack. We have to stop humans from finding out about us and in doing so will make a lot more enemies, we have to go after all the fallen and I believe Zeeb may use the fallen to build an army so we have to do the same with the ones that still have the Goddesses blessing otherwise we won’t stand a chance and our kind will be wiped out.”

“How can we leave the pack with everything going on?”

“I know, but I think if we can make peace with the coven and come to an arrangement, we can have the witches on our side.” Isla shared.

"You are their queen. All you have to do is order it."

“They don’t know me and may not accept me. It would be like if you had someone that waltzed in and tried to take over as Alpha. It would piss you off.”

“Good point, they may fight it, Just because Omen wants you to be Queen doesn't mean they will and we also have to find out who your mother was running from.”

“I plan to find out when we get there. While Thane, Alec and Shaw will protect the pack, we will get the coven on our side. Then, if you want, we can travel and get other packs to join us while looking for the keys.” Isla suggested.

“The pack will be safe with my brothers.” I smiled, “Let’s build an army.” Isla's plan made sense if we could build up an army of true Moon Goddess followers Zeeb won't stand a chance.

“The prophecy of the Lycan King begins.” Isla smiled.