Now we know the reason that Alpha Harold's pack wasn't attacked. There are two Alphas posturing outside his pack lands.
YaraI’m still so exhausted that I can barely open my eyes when there’s a knock at the door.“Excuse me, Alpha. Could I speak with you, please?” A voice that sounds vaguely familiar asks. Why didn’t they just mind link him?I feel warm lips press against my head. “Just a moment, Franklin,” Warren says, his voice raspy and sounding just as exhausted as I feel.Franklin? Who’s….Then it all comes rushing back to me. We must still be in Alpha Harold’s pack. I open my eyes and see that we’re in a room that is unfamiliar to me.I push myself out of bed, realizing that Warren must have put me in one of his shirts, and I make my way to the door. Just as I reach it, I hear Warren growl.“Warren?” I ask, opening the door.He turns, pulling me against him. “Simon and Quinton are here.”“I didn’t hear any howls of attack,” I say, wrapping my arms around him. The thought of Simon being close after what he did to Piper, makes me want to stay attached to Warren.“The patrols saw them talking, Luna. W
CharlieAs soon as I got Alpha Warren’s call to attack, I did two things. I kissed Noelle and then I contacted Haynes. Noelle has been sleeping in my room since she arrived, which means, she’s barely slept here at all. I was thrilled to be able to lay down with her and curl up around her. I want her to get to know me and feel comfortable before we complete our bond. And now, I truly understand Warren’s frustration at waiting to mark his mate. I’m not sure how he can continue to wait. Gregor is going nuts, but we also know that Noelle is exhausted. She went through a lot in a very short amount of time.Now, I’m going to war and I don’t want to leave without kissing my mate goodbye. Properly.“What’s going on?” she asks me when I finish waking Haynes and telling him I need to speak with him.“Alpha Quinton and Alpha Simon are at Alpha Harold’s pack. Alpha Warren wants me to attack Quinton’s pack while he’s away.”“Will you be okay? What can I do?” she asks, worried. It feels really good
YaraI’m worried about Warren. Harold’s pack isn’t as strong as his and he isn’t their Alpha. He won’t be connected to them during the battle like he is to our pack. Our pack…when did I start thinking of myself as his mate and Luna?When he rushes out of the hospital, I turn and focus my attention on what I need to do. “Savannah, we need triage and crash kits. Do you know if they have the supplies here to be able to put those together?”“I’ll find out,” she says.“What can I do?” Rebecca asks, rushing in.“Go with Savannah and help her find what she needs. Bradley, do we know how many warriors are outside the borders?” I ask him as I begin moving things around in the waiting room and grabbing gurneys to have them ready.“No, Luna.”“What do you want me to do?” Henry asks me.I look at him. I want to tell him to go sit with his father and basically hide, but I think about how Warren interacted with him. Henry is an Alpha, and I need to recognize and respect that, even if he is a pup.“S
HaroldI come awake confused. I don’t immediately know where I am or why there is so much noise in my head. There’s a lot of pressure in my mind.‘Wake up, Harold. Our pup needs us.’‘Conrad? You’re awake?’‘Yes, but not very strong, although that lady doctor is making me stronger quickly, just like she said she would. You need to get up. Henry needs us.’‘Why? What’s happening?’‘The pack is being attacked by Alphas Simon and Quinton. Both Alphas are here in the hospital and our son is protecting Warren’s mate.’‘Yara? Why?’ I ask, trying to make my brain and my body work. I push myself up to a sitting position and wait until the room stops spinning.‘It was Alpha Warren’s way to keep him out of the battle, but I’m sure he didn’t know that two Alphas would come for his Luna.’I hear howling outside, the painful cry on a wolf losing their mate.‘What is that?’ I ask my wolf as I carefully put my feet onto the floor.‘I’m not sure. Those aren’t our pack members,’ he says. I carefully ta
YaraI look up and see Warren’s dark eyes, hot with desire, burning into me.“What?” I ask, but it comes out more like a squeak.He turns, focusing on me more intently. I feel heat flushing my cheeks and spreading through my body.“What did you just say?”“I didn’t say anything,” I say, looking around and realizing that Savannah is focusing VERY intently on Harold’s arm, her lips twitching, and Harold is smirking at me.“Oh Luna, you most certainly did say something. I’m beginning to understand what Rebecca meant about your murmurings being funny. Do you really not realize you said that out loud?” Harold asks me.What had I said? I was listening to Warren who was being the most incredible man I’ve ever met, acting like a surrogate father to Henry and I’d thought….oh goddess!I look up at Warren, and I know my eyes are wide. A smile spreads across his face.“Yeah, that’s what I heard.”“I…I…” I’m saved as warriors come pouring in with wounded.“I have to work!” I squeak, standing up qui
QuintonI raced home, only to find my pack dead or gone. I smelled Warren’s Beta, so I know he ran this attack. Warren rarely, if ever, attacks, so it hadn’t occurred to me that while I was away, he’d send his warriors to kill mine, but it should have. He killed Thomas and he must know that we’re after his mate now, so he’s gone from being defensive and reacting to attacks, to becoming offensive and actually attacking, and he’s doing it very effectively. I should have considered that he’d do this, but I hadn’t. I’ve become just as complaisant as Thomas and now my son is paying the price.I knew Quirin wasn’t dead, I’d have felt the tether to him snap. But I was hoping that Yasmin would have hidden him. Since I didn’t feel my tether to her snap either, I assumed that was the case. However, when I arrived home, I searched the packhouse for them. The safe rooms hadn’t even been used. I saw all the, chairs, cups and alcohol outside. My Beta was having a fucking party while I was gone and h
Warren“Charlie,” I say, prompting him to report.“I took half the warriors, as you know, and we ran quietly to Quinton’s pack. His Beta was there, but they were having a party, not paying attention and even the patrols were haphazard. We got in, killed the patrols, the Beta, and several other warriors who were partying in the back of the packhouse before anyone even raised the alarm. The omegas and pups never even made it to the safe rooms, making it easier to get of there quickly. The only order I didn’t follow was killing Quirin,” he says.I raise an eyebrow. “We don’t kill pups.”“I know, but you also said to kill anyone who raised a fist, and he attacked me, as did his mother.”“What’d you think of the son?” I ask, curious.“The son is as expected for a young Alpha. It’s the Luna that has me curious,” he says.“How so?” I ask as we begin walking to the cells.“She’s protective of her son, no doubt, but there doesn’t seem to be any love between her and Quinton. She didn’t say that,
YaraI was completely distracted when I went to check on the patients in our hospital. As tired as I should be, I feel energized and antsy. Now that I’ve made my decision, I want Warren and I want him now.Because I need the connection to him, I reach out, letting him know about Farrah, Piper, and Laney. Piper is doing okay, but she’s still not eating regular food yet, so I want to keep her while she moves into that phase of recovery in case she starts choking. Otherwise, she’s good.“Luna, are you okay?” Anna asks me.I look at her and see her, Katie, Erica, and Noelle all looking at me.“Yes, why?”“You’re not mumbling,” Erica says.“Yeah, you always mumble,” Katie says.“We’ve gotten used to it and now it’s weird that you’re not. It’s just so unusual for you, that we wanted to make sure that you’re okay,” Anna adds.“Is it Savannah?” Noelle asks gently.“No, it’s not that, although that was difficult. But…” I stop, looking around at the four of them and sigh. “When I’m done here and
WarrenWaking up with Yara back in my arms and safe, is incredible. Waking up with my mate straddling me and sliding herself down my hard length is fucking fantastic.I’d spent hours reconnecting with Yara, mentally and physically last night, needing to feel the connection to her, needing to feel her. And now, apparently, my mate needs more. You won’t hear me arguing, especially when I get to watch her beautiful body bouncing on me, feel her body clenching around me as comes, hear her sweet sounds as she finds her pleasure, and then see those intense eyes when they focus on me. I knew this woman would be all passion when she finally let go and here she is.“More!” she growls, still hungry for me. Just me. The possessiveness in me is unlike anything I’ve ever felt. Yara has become the air that I breathe. She is everything that I need in this world and this world would be nothing without her.I flip our positions, putting her on her back and pulling both legs over my shoulders grinding
YasminThere was only one place for Quirin and I to go. Back to our pack. There’s no one there now, my son is the Alpha of nothing thanks to his greedy father, but that’s okay. We’ll find a way. I’ll find a way to bring my son back to the position he was born for. The only reason I accepted Quinton as my chosen mate was so that my son could be an Alpha. Quinton was fine as a mate, he never forced himself on me, but there was never any love there. It was always an understanding. I give him what he wants and he takes care of me for the rest of my life.I held up my end of the bargain, but he’s completely fallen short on his. He can’t take care of me if he’s dead. And now, I’m weak and I have to protect my young son.It takes us nearly a day to get back to the pack at the slow pace we have to go because my wolf is silent. I can only walk so far before I need to stop and rest. Quirin is quiet and since there’s nothing that I can say to make losing his father better, I stay quiet too.I bre
NoelleWhen Charlie left, going to find Alpha Warren, I’d realized something very important. If he didn’t return, I’d be devastated.I’ve watched him tirelessly run this pack while Alpha Warren has been gone. He’s strong, but fair, allowing Quinton’s pack members to remain here until Warren can decide if he’ll accept them into the pack. He’s a better Alpha than Thomas ever was, and he’s not even an Alpha.I haven’t had time to join the pack with everything going on, so I don’t have a mind link to make sure that my mate is safe. And he is my mate, he is everything I have ever wanted in a mate, and so much more. And now that I’ve made my decision to accept him, I want to make official right now.Of course, that’s not an option. The pack is in chaos, our Alpha and Luna are gone and now our Beta is gone. I may be the unofficial Beta female, but without a pack link, I’m useless to assist.The same is true for my sister. With Haynes acting as Alpha, she could help him if they were marked and
YaraI wake with the smell of teakwood in my nose and the feeling of warm water surrounding my body. I jolt awake, unsure of what’s happening.“Shhh, we’re both filthy and you smell like Simon. I didn’t want to go to sleep like this, so we’re getting a bath. You can relax, I’ll take care of you,” Warren says. Just the sound of his voice soothes me.I snuggle closer to him, needing his touch and smell after having been with Simon.“Are you okay?” I ask him. I can feel the warring emotions inside of him.He squeezes water over my shoulder, letting it rinse off the smell of the cave that I have on me. That and the scent of Simon. I don’t even want to know why my body smells like him.“I should be asking you that. But, I’m better, now that you’re here and safe in my arms,” he says.I look up at him and when he looks at me, his teeth snap together and he looks away.“I’m sorry you have to see me like this,” I say softly, knowing my bruised face is a reminder to him of what he considers an i
WarrenI felt something deep inside me ease when I got Charlie’s mind link about Yara. I’m still about an hour away from Harold’s pack, but Arric pushes us hard to get there, leaving our warriors behind. Yara said she needed us. I don’t know what happened to her, what Simon may have done to her, and I don’t care right now. We’ll get through it. I’m just so thankful that she’s safe.When I get close to Harold’s pack, I howl that I’m coming in. Hopefully they know that I have no intention of waiting for the patrols to let me through. I need to see my mate and nothing will keep me from getting to her.As we catch her scent, Arric pushes even faster, following her scent, along with the scent of antiseptic, to the pack hospital. Arric rushes into the hospital and I shift without stopping. Everyone in the waiting room, including Alpha Harold just points and I rush to her room, slamming the door open.The first thing I see are her bruised, swollen cheeks. Simon will die slowly for touching wh
CharlieI haven’t gotten more than two hours of sleep since Luna Yara was taken and Alpha Warren left the pack. I’m beyond exhausted, but more than that, I can feel the tension in the pack, the anxiety about not knowing what’s going to happen to their Alpha and Luna. I have the same anxiety, but I’m the pack’s current leader, so I shove it aside.In the past, I would have also felt the pack’s desire to test me, to test the strength of the leader of this pack. It’s nice to know that Luna Yara’s influence has extended past her and Alpha Warren. She’s somehow made the pack feel whole, like it should. So now, anyone who would try to go against me, to test me, would break that bubble of security and I think the entire pack would turn on them. It feels good to have the pack's confidence in its leadership.My phone rings and it’s a number I don’t recognize.“Beta Charlie,” I answer.“Beta, this is Beta Franklin, Alpha Harold’s Beta.”“Yes, I know who you are. Is everything okay?”“Beta, we ha
HaroldWhen Franklin returned after attacking Brady’s pack, he let me know that Brady survived, but his pack has been nearly decimated. I sent scouts to watch his pack and make sure that he doesn’t leave. I doubt he will, but now that our pack is getting stronger, I can afford to send a couple of warriors to keep watch.Savannah was beside herself wanting to go back to her old pack to help, especially after hearing that Yara had been kidnapped by Simon. I told her what Beta Charlie said and she’d become even more distraught.“Bradley was shot? Even I wouldn’t know how to save him. Poor Noelle,” he said. Franklin had taken her to their room and tried to console her. I’d waited a few hours and called Beta Charlie.“Alpha Harold?” he answered, sounding exhausted.“I’m sorry, Beta. Did I wake you?”“It’s okay, Alpha Warren isn’t back yet, so I’m still running the pack.”“I wanted to update you on Brady and find out what happened with Alpha Quinton.”“Quinton turned himself in, basically ga
YaraI come awake slowly. My body is stiff and my arms are aching, like I’ve somehow managed to get tangled up in them while I was sleeping and they’re stuck behind my back. I try to move them out from under me, but I can’t. My head feels fuzzy and it hurts. What’s going on?‘Wake up, Yara,’ Annika says urgently‘I’m trying, Annika. What’s going…’“There she is. Finally,” an angry voice says nearby. My eyes flash open. I recognize that voice. I don’t, however, recognize my surroundings.‘Annika, where are we?’‘I don’t know. He knocked me out too.’A hand grabs my hair, pulling me into a sitting position roughly. My arms are tied behind my back and my legs are wrapped up tightly. My body is stiff and sore. I must have been like this for a while.“You just had to go and fuck him, didn’t you?” Simon snarls in my face.He looks crazed. His hair is shooting out in all directions like he’s been tugging on it so long that it doesn’t bother trying to go back into place again. His eyes are fur
CharlieAfter checking on Noelle and leaving the hospital, I called Harold to tell him about Yara being taken and Brady running home. He told me he’d send Franklin and his warriors after Brady and asked if we needed Savannah.“Honestly, I don’t think she’ll make it on time. Yara’s guard was shot with silver. If Noelle can’t save him, he won’t live long enough for Savannah to get here,” I told him.‘Beta, we have Alpha Quinton and his warriors trapped in the cell block,’ Haynes says in the mind link.‘Hold them there, I’m on my way.’“Let me know if you need anything. Should we send a search party for your Luna?” Harold asks.“Alpha Warren is out hunting Simon down now. If we need help, I’ll let you know. Thank you, Alpha.”“It’s what allies do, Beta. I’m glad to know that we can help.”I hang up as I get to the cells, walking down the stairs and hearing the crying of the omegas, pups and other prisoners. I also hear the sound of their warrior mates trying to soothe them. The smell of f