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Chapter 26: Homecoming
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2025-02-02 08:16:13
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The Pack's Nemesis Chapter 27: Mate
KennedyAfter lunch, Connor and my father go off to talk, probably about the ceremony tonight. My mother, Quirin, and I head up to my room to pack the rest of my things.“I looked around last night and I don’t think I need to take much. Quirin has plenty of furniture, so I just want to take one of my smaller dressers,” I tell my mother.As I pack up my things, Quirin takes them to the truck we brought. When I’m done, I look around the space that was my bedroom for eighteen years and realize that it no longer feels like home. Home is where Quirin is, and he was never here.After we’re done, I shower and start getting ready for my brother’s ceremony. I’m not sure where Quirin went, but he comes in just as I finish getting ready.“You look stunning, Kennedy,” he says, coming over stroking his fingers over my cheek. “Absolutely stunning.”I wrap my arms around his waist. “Can you believe it was one week ago that you called me mate?” I ask him.“So much has changed in one week, Little Pup,”
Huling Na-update : 2025-02-02The Pack's Nemesis Chapter 28: Tested
KierI was one of the original members of Quirin’s pack. When I approached him about living on his pack lands, the scars of the bear attack that he’d sustained were still healing. Twelve years later, you can still see the silver lines all over his chest where that bear nearly shredded him. He has never said it, but Alpha Henry tells everyone that Alpha Quirin saved his life that day, putting his own life at risk to save his best friend. That's the kind of man Alpha Quirin is.After I’d been here awhile, helping him to rebuild this pack, I’d asked him about it, about how he survived the attack. He’d told me how Luna Yara had saved his life and that, because of that, he could never get the revenge that he wanted on Alpha Warren for killing his father. That same night, I’d opened up to him and told him how my father was an abusive alcoholic and one day I got tired of being his punching bag so I left.We bonded over our blood, sweat, and tears from rebuilding this pack together from the gr
Huling Na-update : 2025-02-03The Pack's Nemesis Chapter 29: Everything
QuirinThe entire ride home, Kennedy mentally shut me out. I don’t know if it’s as hard for her as it is for me. I pretty much keep the link between us closed all the time and she’s never said anything about it. But for me, it feels like torture.I can smell the salt of her tears, see her quickly brushing away any evidence of her sadness and by the time we get back to the pack, I can’t take it anymore. I have no idea what’s wrong and it’s killing me. I can’t fix it, I can’t make her happy, if I don’t know what’s making her unhappy.Unfortunately, we walk into the Arlo shitshow. Just the fact that several warriors are standing up against Kier has me seeing red. It’s not just Arlo. Now he’s got his brother and some others joining in his rebellion.Kier is right, I probably should have just killed him for being insubordinate, sent a message to the entire pack about what happens when you challenge me or my Beta, but my focus is on Kennedy. I need to know what’s going on with her and what h
Huling Na-update : 2025-02-03The Pack's Nemesis Chapter 30: Taking Charge
KennedyI wake up, still wrapped in Quirin’s arms, lying on his chest. It’s unusual because he’s always up before me, headed to warrior training. I smile, thinking of last night when Quirin finally let go. I know he wanted to try and be as gentle as possible, but I knew the minute his control snapped. Now that I know that loves me and wants me, I feel empowered that I’m the one who can make this man lose control.It was a lot. He is a strong, powerful man and when that power is thrusting inside your body, it’s a lot to take in. But like I said, I was made for him. I took everything he gave me and embraced it. So did Echo. She was purring happily before I fell asleep.‘We should try to convince him to be late for warrior training,’ Echo says in my head. I run my fingers over his chest. It’s covered with the scars of his bear attack. This is the first time that I’ve really had a chance to look at him and enjoy the man who is my mate.‘Isn’t he already late?’ I ask, unwilling to turn and
Huling Na-update : 2025-02-04The Pack's Nemesis Chapter 31: Henry
QuirinThis is the best fucking morning I think I’ve ever had in my life. After realizing that I can actually be with Kennedy, that she actually wants to be with me, wants the intimacy that I was denying both of us, I’d allowed myself to bask in glow of her bright light.It was fucking nirvana, and I can’t wait to have her again.“Christy, your Luna left without eating. Can you make sure she gets some food?” I ask one of my kitchen omegas.“Sure thing, Alpha. Do you want me to have someone send in some food for you and Alpha Henry as well?”“That would be fantastic,” I say, noticing Christy frowning at me. I guess I am acting strangely. I feel great!“Alpha, we missed you at warrior training today,” Kier says as he walks up, smirking at me.“I was busy.”“Are you planning to be ‘busy’ every morning?”“As many as possible,” I say, unwilling to let his teasing get to me. I’m flying too high right now for anyone to bring me down.“Hello, Alpha Henry. What brings you to our pack today?” Ki
Huling Na-update : 2025-02-05The Pack's Nemesis Chapter 32: Bewildered
KennedyI feel like Quirin and I have leaped over a hurdle. Just the fact that he came to find me, to show me how much he wanted me, feels like a feat in and of itself.‘And it didn’t even hurt this time,’ Echo purrs. No, it didn’t, it just felt good.‘We needed to adjust to him and now we have,’ she says, stretching in my mind like a damn cat.Between her and the tingles that I’m still feeling in my body, I’m struggling to figure out this damn microscope. It was slow before Quirin came and distracted me in the best possible way, but now … I give up. There’s no way I can focus on this.So, instead, I spend the rest of the afternoon putting the last of the supplies away and making sure that everything is organized in a way that I can get to it quickly if necessary.“Wow, Luna, I’ve never seen so much stuff in here,” Deborah says, walking in.“Well, I doubt we’ll need to replace most of it for a while, but it’s good to have it on hand if we need it,” I tell her.“Do you know how to use a
Huling Na-update : 2025-02-06The Pack's Nemesis Chapter 33: Battles and Stitches
QuirinI’ve been excited to see Kennedy all day. I’ve never been so distracted, so desperate to be with someone. But her love, her light, just fills me with happiness and I want more of it.‘I definitely want more of it,’ Raif purrs in my head.‘Tonight. Tonight we can take our time, explore her body and then bask in her light again.’‘We need to take Echo out again. This time when I catch her, I’ll be mating her,’ Raif says, growling possessively.‘You realize that’s counter-productive to what we’re trying to accomplish, right? She’s not going to run hard if you’re just going to mate her every time you catch her,’ I tell him.‘I have a feeling my little Alpha mate will want me to work for it,’ he purrs.Warrior training seemed to go on and on and I was almost disappointed when Kennedy wasn’t waiting for me when I got done. I could tell when I reached out that she was distracted, trying to work through something. Since she’s in the hospital, I have no idea what could be so distracting,
Huling Na-update : 2025-02-06The Pack's Nemesis Chapter 34: Frustration
KennedyAfter finishing up with Beta Kier, I realize that no one else is coming to the hospital. Whether they don’t think I’m capable of helping them or they just don’t trust me, I’m not sure. What hurts the most is that even Quirin didn’t come. He could lead by example, show the pack that I can help to heal them, but it seems that while we may have made some improvements in the bedroom, he still thinks of me as that little pup.When I walk into the packhouse, I stop, seeing people milling around, burning off the residual tension of the battle. I can smell the injuries on them, smell the blood and seeping wounds that their wolves are having to slowly heal. I feel frustrated tears prick at my eyes. Would it be so terrible to let someone help them?“Hey, there you are. I was just coming to check on you,” Quirin says, skipping down the stairs. He’s freshly showered, his hair still wet and the scent of soap still clinging to his skin.“I just got back,” I say softly.He gives me a pained l
Huling Na-update : 2025-02-08
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The Pack's Nemesis Epilogue 2: Life Plans
Yorick‘Smell anything, Thad?’ I ask my wolf. I’m still in bed on this, my eighteenth birthday. I didn’t expect that my mate would be here, there’s nothing for me here in this pack, but I figured I’d better make sure.‘I would have smelled her last night if she was here,’ he says.That’s true. I guess she could be in Kennedy’s pack, but somehow, I doubt it. I’ve known for a while that my place wasn’t in either of my older siblings’ packs. I’m an Alpha wolf with an older brother who has taken over our pack. My father’s Beta and his mate have a son who has already taken over as my brother’s Beta and the same is true for our Gamma. There’s no place, no position for me in Connor’s pack.I could probably petition Quirin for is Gamma position. He’s been talking about needing to fill it and now that his life is full of pups, he needs the help, but it’s not what I want.‘We’ve made our decision,’ Thad says.We have, we just haven’t told anyone yet. I’m not sure how they will react and I’m not
The Pack's Nemesis Epilogue 1: Family
QuirinTwo Years LaterI sigh with happiness, or actually, Raif sighs with happiness as we lay on the back patio with our four daughters. Just as Kennedy had hoped, there was one set of twins that looked like me and one that looked like her. We’d named them accordingly with the ones who looked like me being named Quinlee and Quilla and the twins who look like my beautiful mate named Kaylee and Kendra. What we didn’t know is how deceptive looks can be. The daughters who carry my looks are sweet and gentle like their mother. The ones who look like Kennedy have my little hellion personality.Currently, all four of them are surrounding Raif in one way or another. I’ve decided that Kendra, who was the one with the cord around her neck, was Kennedy’s little rib-kicker while she was in utero. She’s currently on Raif’s back, kicking him as hard as she can, telling him to giddy-up. Instead of getting up, he lifts his head and shakes, forcing her to hold on tight as she squeals in delight.“No,
The Pack's Nemesis Chapter 92: Delivery
KennedyRaif continues to purr as we walk to the hospital, and I lean my head on Quirin’s shoulder.“Are you scared?” I ask him quietly.“Terrified. As excited as I am to meet our daughters, I’ve only felt fear like this once before in my life and that’s when you were taken.”I chuckle, but the movement sends a jolt of pain through my stomach so I stop.Quirin presses a kiss to the side of my head as we walk into the hospital and straight to what he calls the ‘Kennedy Suite’. I will say, Mom is absolutely prepared for my babies to arrive. There are four bassinets, waiting to be filled, a larger than normal counter with multiple areas to bathe, measure, and weigh my little ones and all the equipment mom thinks we might need in case any of our pups or I go into distress during delivery.Quirin and I are very familiar with the procedure of me getting checked, so he hooks up the heart monitors over my stomach while mom prepares to check me. This might be my favorite part of the day, watchi
The Pack's Nemesis Chapter 91: Bedrest
KennedyI watch as my mate sits on the edge of the bed, patiently smiling at me. He’s rubbing my belly that is huge with four pups. There’s so little space in my stomach that you can see their butts or heads or sometimes their feet when they kick out because there’s just not enough room in there.My little stomach-extenders obviously love their father more than they love me because they stop shifting around so he can touch them. Raif is purring loud enough to practically bring down the rafters in our bedroom and somehow my pups don’t seem to care that I’M the one who is just as uncomfortable as they are.Echo hasn’t gotten any stronger during my pregnancy and I’m not surprised. As soon as my Alpha pups started getting too jammed up in my stomach, they started kicking; kicking my bladder, kicking my kidneys, and kicking my ribs, sometimes hard enough to crack them. Obviously at least one of them has her father’s strength.‘What can we do to help you?’ Quirin asks in my mind so I can hea
The Pack's Nemesis Chapter 90: Gender Reveal
QuirinAlpha Warren and I had walked the pack lands, testing the soil, finding the spots where there is the heaviest concentration of silver and the areas that are most important to clean up. He and I came up with a plan based on the most heavily trafficked areas in the pack, the places were pups were likely to be, and then the heaviest concentration of silver.He began working on it right away, and I’ve never been so happy to have Warren in my pack. With everything going on, I need to be focused on Kennedy and my pups, not worrying about Jasper’s silver contamination.However, Warren did tell me that he and Yara would like a house of their own. So we found a spot where the two of them wanted to build and added that the first part of clean up so we can break ground on their home. Until then, they are on our Gamma floor.I can’t say I’m getting used to the noise that constantly seems to come from that floor, but I will say that it feels like good practice for me.Today, however, Kennedy
The Pack's Nemesis Chapter 89: Nanny Position
Kennedy“Hi Henry,” I say, hearing Quirin growling low in his chest at Henry’s teasing.“Ah, shit. I’m not interrupting you two in bed, am I?” I hear him ask, although I'm pretty sure he snickered. He's obviously enjoying himself.“Do you really think I would have answered the fucking phone if I was in bed with my mate?”“You might have, if you were worried about me,” he says.“Did you call just to harass me?” Quirin asks.“Well, mostly yes, but I did call to check on Kennedy,” he says.“My mate is perfectly fine. Her mother is here to make sure that her pregnancy and delivery are going well and Echo made her reappearance again this morning,” he says, smiling down at me.“That’s awesome, Kennedy. I’m so glad to hear that. But really, I was calling to make sure you have a safe word.”“A safe word?” I ask and Quirin starts growling, louder this time.“Yeah, you know, in case Quirin keeps you locked to the bed because of his voracious need for you and you can’t get away even to use the ba
The Pack's Nemesis Chapter 88: Luna's Verdict
QuirinI meant what I said to Kennedy. I could live forever in her beautiful mind, surrounded by her love and light. Opening myself to her has made the tightness that has always constricted my heart snap. I feel free, light, and oh so happy. It’s an unfamiliar feeling, but one that I want to feel forever.Waking up with her warm, soft body tucked against mine, her sleepy consciousness in my head is the best way to wake up. That is, until Raif and I hear Echo’s weak voice. If I’d been standing up, I think Raif would have tossed me to the ground in his excitement to get to his mate. But as rough as he was with me, he’s nothing but gentle with her. In our shared mind space, he carefully walks to his mate and lays beside her, curling himself around her protectively. She licks his face briefly before laying her head back down. Raif begins purring at her and she sighs contentedly.“She’s back,” Kennedy whispers and I can hear the teary happiness in her voice.“Yes, she is. She’s a strong wol
The Pack's Nemesis Chapter 87: Love's Intensity
KennedyAs Quirin carries me back to the packhouse, I open my mind to him and Raif, and also to Echo.‘Echo, if you can hear me, we love you. We know you’re taking care of our babies and being the excellent mother that you are. But Raif is here, Quirin is here. They will help protect our babies. You need to get strong, my wolf. I miss you,’ I tell her.Raif begins purring in both our mind and out loud. I can feel Echo fluttering in my mind, responding to the gentle call of her mate. This is what Mom told me to try. Echo will want to please her mate, to be with him again, so having Raif in my mind and helping Echo connect to him may help to strengthen her.‘I’m willing to take as much time as my mate needs to help her gain her strength again,’ Raif says. “I already knew she’d be the perfect mother to my pups, and she hasn’t disappointed me. But you need your strength, my love. I want to feel you in my mind too,' he says to her.I can almost feel Echo laying down in my mind, her own soft
The Pack's Nemesis Chapter 86: What's Important
QuirinI come awake feeling disoriented. Something is wrong, or ... not wrong, just off? Unexpected? What the fuck? I’m never this disoriented. And why is my bed so fucking hard? And where is my mate? I can smell her. She’s nearby.I force my eyes to open and immediately wince as the light above me shines in my eyes. Why is there a light above me? Where the fuck am I?“There he is.” I hear Luna Yara say and a moment later she’s beside me. I know this positioning. I’m in a hospital. Am I still recovering from the bear attack? No, that can’t be right. I didn’t just dream my life, did I?“Where’s Kennedy?” I ask, more harshly than is necessary.“Bathroom. She’ll be right back. How are you feeling?” she asks me.I feel fine, just disoriented.“Why am I in the hospital?” I ask, realizing that I don’t feel like I have any injuries, and I’m completely dressed except for my shoes.“What do you remember, Quirin?” she asks me in her gentle way.“Hey,” I hear my mate’s sweet voice. In a quick mot
