Addy’s POVBrax and I are walking back to the packhouse hand and hand. We should probably let go before we enter the pack house, but he won’t let me. When I try to pull away when we get to the door, he holds it tighter. “He knows now, I don’t plan on hiding this anymore,” Brax says as we continue to stride through the backdoor.We luck out and we don’t run into anyone until we get up to the Alpha floor. Right as we turn the corner to go down the hallway to Brax’s suite, we run into his mother, Luna Maria.“Brax! Oh my gosh what happened,” she reaches up and grabs his face in her hands looking over his busted lip and his now forming black eye. “Tristan and I got into it. He caught me…” he paused and looked over at me, biting his lip. Luna Maria looked over at me, and I saw a sad smile forming. “Oh sweetheart,” she turns to me and engulfs me in a hug. She looks down into my eyes as she cups my face, “He was protecting you. He didn’t know what you to feel, I am sure he thought
Braxton’s POVIt’s been 4 weeks since Addy moved into the packhouse. She graduated last Friday, and this week she has been helping my mom out around the packhouse. I have always known she would be an incredible Luna, but watching her help mom, it just makes me confirm that even more. It was like she was born for this. There’s only a week left before she turns 18, and I can’t fucking wait, I am positive she is my mate.As we have spent more time together, I have fallen even deeper in love with her. I didn’t know that was possible. We haven’t gotten any more intimate than make out sessions. I made a promise to her that I would wait until we knew for sure if we were fated before we got intimate, but man it is so hard sometimes. I am glad we shifters don’t get sick easily from the cold, because taking cold showers has become a constant for me. I don’t even realize when the door to my office opens, I am so deep in thought. “What has you smiling like a fool?” Aaron asks as he and T
Addy POVIt has been four days since Brax and Aaron left for the Alpha meeting, as if the weather knows the trouble in my heart, it has rained almost nonstop since the night they left. Our pack is on higher ground, so the rain although annoying hasn’t caused any flooding. However, some of the roads that lead outside of the pack on the outskirts of our territory have flooded and I have heard that a few other packs have had some roads wash out. Thankfully it sounds like no one has lost their home or lives in all this mess.I am trudging up the front steps of the house from coming home from working my volunteer shift at the hospital. It has been extremely quiet at the hospital, and I haven’t had a lot to do so I am home a little earlier. I made sure to call ahead and let Emily know. The last thing I want is to walk in on my brother and my sister-in-law getting hot and heavy. Ug, I cringe just thinking about it. I have been staying with them since Brax left, Tristan insisted, and i
Braxton’s POVWe have been here at Blood Moon Pack for 5 days. Addy turns 18 tomorrow, and I have to get back to see her. I am ready to make it official that she is my mate. Blaze is becoming unbearable over the last two days, and he is going to drive me insane. Addy will shift tonight, and I had planned on being there for it, but now it looks like I won’t make it. The rain pushed the meeting from Thursday to Saturday, and it has been nonstop with some of these old grouches since. Tonight, we need to wrap these plans up and get everyone to agree so we can get back to our packs, which I am also starting to worry if that will even be possible with all the rain. It has rained nonstop since we have been here, and several roads have been washed out.I hear a knock on the door, and I call for the person to enter. Aaron comes meandering in. “Dude, I am so over all of this. I am read
Braxton’s POV“So, she gets more power with her mate? Do we know how to get her to him, where to find him?” Alpha Ethan asked. “We have assumptions who he is but can’t confirm for sure until later.” I know I am being vague, but what if it’s not true. What if I am not her mate?“Actually…” Aaron leaves off. I turn to him with my eyebrow raised.“Actually, what?” Alpha Liam urges.Aaron scratches the back of his neck and looks down, biting the side of his cheek. I know this look; this is a look of when he is trying to hide something. I know this look well because we got in trouble a lot as kids.“Ummm…I swore I wouldn’t say...there’s just more…more then what you know.” He said looking up at me sheepishly. “Dude, spit it the fuck out. How do you know more than me?” I asked feeling Blaze pushing forward once again. My best friend was keeping something from me. “Look dude, Tristan and I both promised not to say anything. Your dad and Gamma Blake made us promise, so it’s not like
Addy’s POVTonight, is the night, at midnight I will meet my wolf and I will get to shift for the first time. I am so excited and so nervous. The rain had finally let up, and the moon was going to be full tonight. It was the absolutely perfect time to shift.I spent the day hanging out with Emily and Tristan at home. Tristan said he wanted me to rest up because tonight would take a lot of my energy. So, we spent the day watching movies and eating pizza. Around ten he sent me up to get ready. It was tradition to wear white on your shift night. I had a beautiful white sundress to wear, and I left my hair hang down in soft waves. As I finished getting dressed there was a knock on the door.“Come in.”“You look beautiful.” Tristan had a smile on his face as he looked me over. He walked over and put his hands on my shoulders. &ldqu
Tristan’s POV After we got home, Addy went straight to bed. A first shift is always exhausting, and I knew she needed the rest. Emily and I walked to the living room, and she curled up on the couch next to me. We didn’t say anything for a long time, both of us lost in thought of what we witnessed tonight. “She was glowing right? I am not going crazy am I?” Emily asked as she turned to look back at me. I reached up and brushed a piece of hair out of her face than cupping it. “No, love. You are not crazy. I saw it too, when she took off she was…glowing, and moving faster than anything I have ever seen.” “Yeah, she was…fast. What do you think she means by she is special?” “I don’t know. I mean, I told you about my mom meeting the moon goddess, and how she said that Addy would hold special powers. I think maybe they are going to be greater than we expected. I don’t know. I don’t know if any of us really know what to expect.” I rubbed my hand down my face right as I heard m
Addy’s POVI squinted my eyes open with bright light beaming into my room. I rolled over to look at the clock and noticed it was already noon. I blinked my eyes, trying to see if I was reading the clock correctly when a knock sounded on my door. I looked up towards the door to see Emily stepping in quietly.“Good afternoon, Sunshine,” she beamed at me. “Did you sleep well?”I rubbed my eyes, before sitting up and smiling back at her. “Yes, very well. You were not joking about how the first shift is exhausting.” I mumbled through my grogginess.“It gets better. The next time you shift it won’t take as much energy.” She supplies walking further into the room, sitting down on the edge of the bed.“So, today is a big day,” She smiles at me. I give her a small smile, still groggy and my heart slumps at the thought of what I was missing. “Is Braxton and Aaron back?” I can’t help the words from tumbling out of my mouth. I am trying not to sound disappointed, but I miss them, I miss
Braxton’s POVEmily came back 30 minutes before the doctor released Tristan. I was hoping to see Addy and try to talk her into come home with me tonight, but she never showed up. I felt like it was kind of odd, but Emily assures us she had left to run errands and was probably just taking longer than expected. I wonder if she is purposely not coming to avoid me. “You Good man?” I look up to see Tristan eyeing me. “Yeah, yeah I am fine. Just…thinking, that’s all.”“Why do you keep rubbing at your chest? Did you get hurt out there too?” His question had everyone in the room turning towards me. I didn’t even notice until he pointed it out, that I had been rubbing at my chest. “Nah man. I am good. Just feeling a little tight, I guess.” I respond. I don’t really know how to explain this sensation that I have been feeling for the last hour or so, it’s like a line is being pulled tight in my heart. I reach up and rub again, right as the Doc walks in.He eyes me for a second, scrunc
Addy’s POVMy mouth dropped at the conversation. They have been hiding so much from me. All of this is because of me. All these attacks…it’s because they are after me. And now...now…Oh my gosh, everyone is in danger, everyone I love, my entire pack, our entire region, is in danger…. because of me. I start backing away from the room, trying to breath, I know that an anxiety attack is coming. I am struggling for breath, but I can’t let them know I am here. I have to think, I have to figure out what to do. I run out of the hospital as fast as I can, trying to make sure no one notices me. I run out to the forest, and I am about to shift when I remember what they said. Shifting will put my pack in danger again. I take deep breaths, walking a little further away, before leaning up against a tree. I drop down beside it, pulling my knees up to my chest, letting the tears fall.Aurora, what do we do? I don’t know Addy. I know we are powerful but putting others in danger…we don’t
Braxton’s POVAfter the girls leave, we spend time just eating and relaxing. We don’t get straight into the nitty gritty of what happened, first I need to just spend some time knowing my best friend is okay. The last two days have been hell. My first night with my mate was ripped from me, I almost lost my best friend, I found out some crazy Alpha is after my mate, and they know where to find her, and she is still refusing to talk to me. I know I betrayed her, but I didn’t know what else to do. I had to protect her and thank fucking goddess I did. If she had been out there, the rouges would have known for sure. She won’t listen to me, so I am hoping with Tristan awake now, she will listen to him.Tristan breaks me from my thoughts when he clears his throat and I look up seeing him with his eyebrow raised. “So, you want to explain to me what the hell is going on with you and my sister?”“She’s, my mate.” I respond, not really sure I am ready to divulge what I did. I am sure he w
Addy’s POVIt has been two days since my birthday, and Tristan hasn’t woken up yet. I have not left his side, staying with him and Emily in the hospital. I haven’t even left to eat, the girls, are taking turns coming to bring us food. Braxton and Aaron have come by, but other than Braxton helping me through my panic attack that first night, I haven’t spoken to him or allowed him near me.My emotions are all over the place and I am exhausted. I haven’t slept well, scared my nightmares will return. I can’t seem to stomach food, and my heart is hurting so badly. Knowing how close I was to losing Tristan, feeling the loss of the first night with my mate, feeling betrayed by my mate and one of my best friends. It’s constricting my heart and I am on edge.I can feel my eyes drifting close, exhaustion finally starting to win out. Right as I decide to let myself succumb to sleep I feel a squeeze on my hand. I squeeze back out of reflex, holding tight, like maybe this hand is holding
Hurt Addy’s POV “Addy, Tristan was hurt. He is in surgery…” I didn’t even let him finish his words before I pushed past him and started running towards the hospital. My mind was in a complete frenzy as I took off down the stairs and out the back door. I was still scared to know about Braxton and the girls. Praying everyone was alright, but right now, I had to get to my brother. Right as I ran through the back door, I run directly into a hard chest. I stumbled back a few steps, as large arms wrapped around me. I looked up into Braxton’s eyes. My fear immediately changed into anger, before I could even think about what I was doing. I took a step back, out of his arms, and I flung my arm connecting a sharp slap to his cheek. “You are an asshole.” I didn’t wait for a response, before turning on my heels and heading straight to the hospital. I had to get to my brother. He had to be okay. He just had to be. I couldn’t lose him too. I got the hospital quickly, and as soon as
Braxton’s POVI stand there looking at the door, listening to her yell at me, “Braxton! Don’t you dare!” I put my hand on the door and whisper to her, “I love you, Moon.” I turn back towards the door to see Aaron standing there with his arms crossed. “You know she is going to kill you right?”I grunt at him as I stride past him. “I don’t have a choice; this is the only way to protect her. We have to protect her at all costs.” “Never said I didn’t agree with protecting her, but she is going to kill you. If we don’t die before that.” He shrugs at me as we step onto the back patio of the packhouse. The decorations are still up from Addy’s party, I was about to mate and mark her before this, now it’s all been taken away. My anger intensifies as I think about how these scum of the earth rouges interrupted my first night with my mate. “She will get over it.” I growl as I pull my shirt off and drop my pants to shift, not fully convinced I will get over what has been taken away from
Addy’s POVI threw on some clothes and came barreling out of the room. Aaron looks panicked as he looks over at me behind Brax’s shoulder. Brax turns towards me, with anger in his eyes. I know its not directed at me, but a shiver still runs down my spine.“What do we know?” I ask as I walk up beside Brax.“You are going to go to the safe room and stay there until this over. Tristan is already leading the front lines. We…”“I’m sorry, What!?” I cut him off. I didn’t give a shit at this moment if he was my mate or my alpha. Right now, he was just being a jerk. “Addy, you can’t be out there.” I could see the tension in his body, and we were wasting time standing here talking.“The hell I can’t!” I start walking pass them both out into the hallway. There was no way he was going to stop me. I was one of our top warriors before I got my wolf, now having her, I was even stronger. I had only taken a few strides down the hallway when I was lifted into the air and thrown over a shoul
Braxton’s POVWe had been traveling for over 12 hours. We left early this morning to get back in plenty of time for Addy’s party, only to be met with every road washed away or completely blocked by debris. Aaron and I traveled to the north side of the territory where we would find the only roads that lead back into our territory that were not washed away. Cell service was spotty at best up here, so I wasn’t even able to send out any calls or text messages. We were just a few miles out of our territory before I was able to get enough service to text Tristan. Braxton: Just a few miles out. Is the party over?Tristan: Yeah, just finished up. Braxton: Shit. Did Addy go home or is she staying at the pack house?Tristan: She’s staying at the packhouse tonight. Braxton: Thanks man. I will see you tomorrow.Tristan: See you tomorrow. Good LuckI couldn’t bite back my smile. The thought of being able to wrap Addy up in my arms tonight made me want to jump out of this truck and shift
Addy’s POVI squinted my eyes open with bright light beaming into my room. I rolled over to look at the clock and noticed it was already noon. I blinked my eyes, trying to see if I was reading the clock correctly when a knock sounded on my door. I looked up towards the door to see Emily stepping in quietly.“Good afternoon, Sunshine,” she beamed at me. “Did you sleep well?”I rubbed my eyes, before sitting up and smiling back at her. “Yes, very well. You were not joking about how the first shift is exhausting.” I mumbled through my grogginess.“It gets better. The next time you shift it won’t take as much energy.” She supplies walking further into the room, sitting down on the edge of the bed.“So, today is a big day,” She smiles at me. I give her a small smile, still groggy and my heart slumps at the thought of what I was missing. “Is Braxton and Aaron back?” I can’t help the words from tumbling out of my mouth. I am trying not to sound disappointed, but I miss them, I miss