'We retake the pack,' Elias states,'Yes, but how? I'd say by force and with an army, but it's just us,' Leroy says.'No army, going in and trying to take the place by force won't work,' I explain, 'plus that would result in countless unnecessary lives lost,''Why won't it work?' Erin and Leroy ask, 'Because, I think, because of my dream there maybe a small chance they know we are coming.' I tell them,'So, we can still take them by surprise,' Leroy suggests.'Yes, by walking in the front door and challenging them for the alpha title, together,' I put out there.'What?' They say both together again, blinking at me, then at Elias, looking to him to call me crazy and tell me no, but he stands his ground in supporting me. 'Together? But they just kill you on sight!' 'No, Think about it,' I go on to say, trying to get them to see it how we do, 'if my dream is right and true, then they need us because they want to put on a show, they want Elias and
Bea POV Meanwhile, at the winter pack house."Out! Now!" I bark at the useless morons in the room and watch as they stumble out the door as fast as they can, I growl at the last few who are taking too long. Once the door bangs shut behind them and I am alone, a smirk creeps onto my face at the control I have over them, as I dial the number I dare not have saved in my contacts. I press the call button and raise the device to my ear as it connects and starts to ring.Ring ring ..... ring ring .... ring ring .... ring..."Answer the bloody phone," I mumble through gritted teeth as it keeps on ringing and ringing and ringing.Ring ring ..... ring ring .... ring ring .... ring... then, finally,"I told you not to call me!" That deep voice of his growls at me in a hush tone, as if he is in ear shot of someone he doesn't want hearing his half of our potential conversation."We need to talk!" I tell him, ignoring his attit
Erin POV 'Leroy?' I ask, reaching out to him through the mind-link,'Erin? Everything okay?' He response,'Yes, but this isn't working,' I tell him,'What isn't?' He asks,'Sparring with Chilli, she needs someone she hasn't trained with her her whole life, someone whose moves she can't read as well as mine or knows too well, someone she thinks will actually hurt her.' I explain,'Okay, what do you need from me?' His voice sounds worried, as if I'm going to ask him to spar with her.'Two things, one, find me this packs best fighter and send them my way, and tell them to pretend to be angry and really go for Chilli, even though she is pregnant,''And the other thing?' He asks worried of what it could be after my first request,'Get Elias's approval,' I can feel his hesitation in my requests,'Okay, I'll get back to you.''Great thanks, when you find someone let me know what they look like, because I have a plan of my own.''Which i
Chilli POV 'Come on Chills, you asked for my help,' Erin sighs at me,'Yes, I know, but I also know you won't really hurt me or her,' I say, pointing to my stomach as I pant a little, she is sure putting me through the ringer, but I just know it's harmless and she won't really hit me, she's not even sparring at half her full strength and neither am I for that matter."Fine, okay then," Erin says, looking around as if in search for something, and stops when she spots a figure walking in the distance. As the figure gets closer I can see it is a young, in shape woman with brown hair pulled back into a ponytail. The closer she gets the more I see that she is naturally attractive and doesn't hide her beauty with unneeded makeup, but the main thing that draws my attention and what I can't take my eyes off of are her tattoo's. As our distance to the woman lessens as she seems to be heading past us, I think aloud to Erin,"Wow, look at her tattoo's, they are amazing."
Erin POV Mmmm, she's holding her own well, maybe too well. Chilli is staying focused on the task at hand, mmmm, I think to myself as I stand just off to the side as Chilli blocks attack after attack from Chant, as an idea pops into my head as I spot Elias and Leroy standing across the way.'Leroy?' I open a mind-link with my mate, 'Yes Erin,' he responds in a loving tone, 'Punch Elias,' I say as if it's no big deal.'Funny,' he laughs to me and I laugh with him, until I say,'I'm not joking.' 'Erin? What your asking is...' 'His not our alpha yet, plus we are all old friends, it will be fine. Look, I'll even warn him.' I tell him,'Warn him? Shit Erin, what are you playing at?' He asks me.'I'll explain later, hold on.' I say as I close the link with him and open one with Elias,'I'm sorry about this,' I say in his head,'Sorry about what?' Elias asks, sounding confused as I drop the link with him and quickly open one wit
"Chilli?" Elias appears next to me, "are you okay?" He asks, wrapping his arms around my waist,"Yes, fine," I say, wanting to feel somewhat annoyed with him, but I can't as his fingertips sneak under the hem of my top and brush against my skin, sending sparks up and along my spine."Good," he sighs with relief, "you were incredible," he adds, gushing slightly, "how do you feel?""Good, fine," I smile at him, "to be honest, I feel like going for a run," I wink, stretching my arms,"A run? Really?" He looks at me with surprise."Yeah, I just wanna run," I smile, but then thinking about everything that is going on, it might not be the right time, but then Elias says,"Okay," he smiles back at me, then his eyes shift to look behide me as he adds, "we can go for a walk in the woods at least," he says touching my stomach and I can't help but give him a puzzled look until he opens a mind-link with me. 'we could shift and have a nice gentle trot through the tre
Chilli POV "Shift?" Chant's raised voice sounds from behind us and I spin round to see her panicked expression before us, with a stranger standing by her side, "but ..." giving us all a bewilding glance."Chant? What are you doing here? Are you okay?" I ask holding my top up to my chest, to try and cover myself up as Elias stands before me and holds my hand, squeezing it tightly as he sheilds me. "Yes, sorry, no," she stumbles over her words, "your about to shift!?" She half asks, half accuses."Yes..." I answer shakerly, feeling like I'm about to step on a bear trap if I'm not careful.But...." she says again, "I'm just confused," she admits with a shake of her head, "I thought... didn't you say she was pregnant?" She asks looking to Elias, "Yes," my mate nods as her face pales,"Then how can you think of letting your mate shift?" She almost shouts in horror, as Erin and Leroy jog over, still mostly dressed."What's going on?" Erin asks us wi
"Hu?" My head continues to buzz whilst it struggles to completely understand everything that is going on, as I look at the colouring of her fur, "well, I guess a little," I say, turning my head to the side."What?" Elias asks, then seems to catch on to what I mean, he then adds, "no, no, not physically, well yes but not red as in red fur, I mean her DNA. She.... remember, when she came out of the woods.. although, were you there? Did you see it yourself or just hear about it from ....." he trails off, then adds, "never mind.... I'm just making this worse, aren't I?." He runs his fingers through his hair, then looks to Chilli again, "a little help here, please?" He pleads with his mate, as he must have realised he is just confusing me further by the look on my face. She must have mind-linked him something because he takes a step back, as the wolf before me does the unthinkable, the impossible, she starts to look like she is glowing with heat radiating off of her as flames en
Elias POV I look up and watch as Chilli steps out from the en suite, wraped in just a towel, making her way towards her dressing table as I lay on our bed where I was just aimlessly flicking through my phone. Taking a seat and opening its draw, she removes a single, plastic pot housing her facial cream and unscrews its lid. It's nothing fancy, not expensive, its just a simple, none branded, vitamin E night cream.I continue to ovserve as she dips two fingers into the pale lotion and looks into the mirror, to then slowly drag said fingers down her face, starting at her forhead, gliding smoothly along her nose and then finishing with a dab on her chin. She then wipes a bit of the remainder on each cheek before replacing the lid and putting it back in its draw. My eyes are fixed to her as she slowly but firmly works the cream into her skin, taking extra care near and around her eyes. Her finger tips caress over her own face and down her neck, over my mark on her neck
Chilli POV Perching under a tree with Chant as we take a break from sparring whislts our mates for some reason decide to chop some fire wood. I find it amusing and humble how as the alpha he likes and enjoys chopping fire wood for the pack house, no job is to small for our mighty leader.Chant's seductive eyes never leave her mate as he swings the axe up into the air, where it seems to pause for the briefest of seconds before falling down onto a chunk of wood, spilting it into two. The whole movement and process is magical, so smooth and artistic like poetry. I had watched my own mate for a time, admiring his tensing biceps with every swing, the beauty of his movements and strength of the action, but now I'm just leaning back against the tree's trunk with my eyes shut, listening to the beautiful rhythmic sound of the wood splitting, of metal against nature, somehow for some reason I find it peaceful as I smirk at the thought of Chant lustfully gazing at Jay, it al
Elias POV That was brutal, oh my goddess do I hurt, I haven't hurt this much from training since, shit, I don't know when. Sure, I was mad and needed to work it off, but fuck me, Chilli was livid, she was masking it well, I mean, wow. My ass hurts. I had to use all my strength to stay on my feet, especially after I hit the ground hard the first few times of her kicking and taking me down. Once she swept my legs out from underneath me, my wolf instincts took over just so I could stay on my feet. I think I pulled something that time, thank the goddess for wolf healing, cos my left ass cheek and leg are killing me. With Chant now paired with Chilli and Erin and Leroy working together, that leaves me with Jay, who is as good as his mate, oh dear. I sigh inwardly as we step away from the others to train, I can spar and keep up with anyone, I'm alpha afterall, but after the beating I've just endured, I'd prefer a nice easy spar, but hay ho, lets do this. Thankfully, Jay see
Chilli POV Finally everyone is out on the field, we can get started. I am needing to hit something. Elias insist on sparring with me first and to Erin's relief but Chant's dismay, I agree. Which just leaves the others to pair up, one of them did suggest mate paring but the guys seems a little bit wary so it's girls vs girls and guys vs guys. For now anyway. After a fairly rough spar with Elias, I finally start to calm down and release my rage, which I guess was his plan, so I don't feel gilty later now if I cause anyone else major harm. Clearly sensing this, Elias allows us to switch partners and Chant and I go straight to each other, to which the rest of the group chuckle at our predictableness. Chant and I exchange a sinister grin as the others repair up, Elais with Jay and Erin with Leroy. I mirror Chant as she raises her arms up into a defensive stance, declaring she is ready, a smile growing on her face. As we stare down on each other I am reminded of our rematch
"You know there was no way he would accept and train with us," Leroy says once we are alone and with just our own pack members, "I know, but it was fun and satisfying to embarrass him like that, the look on his face at the mere thought of it was golden. To watch him squirm." I can't help but let out an enormous laugh, to which Chilli shoots me evil eyes for finding any of this so amusing. "What?" I chuckle at her before pulling myself together because if looks could kill. I had to laugh, if I didn't I think I would have lost it, plus it felt so good, too good to put Jordan down a bit like that in such a slight way in front of the others. However, by Chilli's facial expression, she does not agree, goddess, did I want to kill him, thankfully in a way he did say no, or we would have had a dead alpha on our hands and territory. "Come on, your telling me you didn't want a chance at hitting him?" I ask her in a teasing way, she looks at me whislt crossing her arms across he
"I hear some incorrect information has reached the ears of my children," "Oh, and what's that got to do with us? Idle gossip is not what these meetings are for." "No, not normally, but," she pauses for the briefest of moments to adjust her tone and the ferocity of her words, "but when it comes to petty, stupid, horrible lies about my family, my children, then you and I have a problem! A big problem!" He nearly chuckles in her face as he asks half heartedly,"Pray tell what are these so called insults?""A spare heir, a baby," she lists off the tamer ones first, working up to the biggest and worst one, before she stops again as I feel a heat burning off of her directed straight at Jorden, "and an inbreed!" The room falls silent after everyone gasps and shoot death stares at the alpha. A low growl escapes from mine, Erin and Leroy throats, our protectiveness taking over. Jordan looks like he doesn't know weather to laugh or bite back."Jordan!" One of the ot
Jordan holds his hands up in defence as I take a few deep breaths to calm myself before turning to the rest of the room to acknowledge our other guests. "Alpha Jonathan, Luna Suzie, beta Willow, sorry for my tardiness, how is Maxwell?" I ask taking my seat next to Elias, pushing my anger down for now, eyeing up Jordan in the cornor of my eye, I'm not done with you yet, I think to myself."No problem Luna Winters, father is doing well and thoroughly enjoying his retirement," he smiles with a nod of his head, which we return, "thank you for asking." Jonathan took over as alpha of the west pack two years ago with his mate Suzie and appointed Willow Steal as the first female beta of the west pack. She is a strong minded woman with a powerful right hook."Alpha Alex, Luna Ela and beta Karl, welcome and thank you for coming today," Elias smiles to the leaders of the Spring rise pack from the south, who joined our alliance about four years ago.With the greetings done and out of the way, we
The drive to school is a pretty normal one, we talk, sing and laugh all the way there, forgetting about any and all problems the day may have already brought. Once there and out of the car, we all walk hand in hand with Marcus in the middle, through the blue painted gates."Luna," the teacher on the gate addresses me with a nod of the head, as does any other adult that comes into eye contact with me. I smile back and return their nods.Like always, even though we come to Lily's class room first, we walk Marcus around to his first at her insistence, she says its part of her job to look out for him to make sure herself she sees him to his door. It warms my heart the care and love they have for each other. As I kiss my son goodbye and he hugs his sister, I take note of the other high ranking children from other packs, sitting at their tables ready for the lessons to begin. Future alpha's, beta's and Luna's all learning together including Tammy and Willow, Erin and Leroy's twins who are a
Chilli POVEleven years later"Lilith Kay Rosalee Winters! Get your furry tail out here now! Don't make me call you again!" I call out by the front door as I wait for my ten year old to take her to school. "Mummy, is Li-li in tuble?""She will be if she doesn't hurry up sweetpea,""Oh,""Lily!" I shout again,"I'm coming, I'm coming," my oldest calls back at me, jeez, ten going on fifteen, she's acting like a teenager, where does the time go? It feels like only yesterday that she fitted in my arms as I rocked her, singing her back to sleep.Take me home tonight, I'd do anything with you, buy a bottle of whiskey, we'll get matching tattoos, tell me that you love me, let me drive your car, we can sit 'til morning light, just countin' every star, 'cause if there's a hell, I'll meet you there, and if there's a heaven, they're serving beer, and if you're an angel, then I must be high, if there's a church, It's rock 'n roll, if there's