Chapter 4
Liam went back to the moon goddess because he was sad that he could not find Mia.“ I know you are sad right now because you can’t find her. Isn’t it?” Moon goddess ask.“ You are right. She is no where to be found” Liam says.“ You will have to look for as soon as possible, you can’t give up” Moon goddess says.“ I know and I can’t never give up because I wish to see her again beside she is caring my child” he says.“ Then you will have to put effort in looking for her” Moon goddess says and Liam had promise to looked for her.It’s been months later and Mia belly is now big, she enjoys leaving in the human world, after she discovered that she was giving birth to twins a boy and a girl, she was happy but sad at the same sad because in the future her kids will ask their father and they’re I’ll ask her questions.In the white moon park, the rate of death are getting high and no means to look for Mia, Liam Seuss go to Clan park maybe he will have information about Mia but still she was no where to be found, Jessica was happy that Mia was stillMissing and she hope she never showed up again but Liam will do his possible best to look for her.Dan has been doing his investigation and he had vow never to give up until he will meet his love again.Months later, Mia fell into labor and she was rushed to the hospital, she gave birth to twins a girl and boy, she danced them ( Brian and Brianna), she was happy that she has finally see the face of her kids, she was emotional and overwhelmed.The investigation still continues, Dan got to the uncompleted building Mia slept the night her father banished from the parked and he tried to think where could Mia be at the same time Liam did not also give up after so many months.Five years later, Mia is still missing and Dan had lost himself lost in thought, Mia’s mum came to Dan’s house and he met him drinking and she stood the bottle of alcohol from him.“ Why are you doing this to yourself?” She ask.“ Mia! My love is no where to be found and you expect to be fine. I am not even sure if she is fine where she is” he says.“ I am also hurt and pain because I don’t know where my daughter is but I believe that one day, she will be found and I want you to also velour that” Rose says and Kane came in with good news.“ I have a good news about Mia” Kane says and Mia’s mother Rose stood up and Dan also stood up.“ Tell me, what is it?” He ask.“ I know where Mia” Kane says.“ Where is she?” Rose ask.“ She now stay in the human world with her two kids and she is leaving happy but there is a problem” Kane says.“ What is the problem?” Dan ask.“ I doubt, she will want to come back to the park” Kane says.“ That should not be a problem, I will bring her back. Just tell me where she is”Dan says and Rose was happy that she will see her daughter once more again and she wait to share the news to Caleb and she left.Liam was seated under a tree and lost in thought, Jessica saw him and she sees it as an opportunity to get more closer to him, she went close to him and she seated beside him.“ Stop thinking about this girl, I don’t think there is possible to still see, it’s five years already” she says.“ Death every day but I don’t think you care about that, I will look for her and I believe that one day, I will find her” he says and he stood from under tree and he thought of going to see Nikki, Mia’s friend.“ Where are you going to?” She ask.“ I need to be left alone for now” he says and he didn’t tell her where he was going and he left in his car, Jessica was happy because she believed that Mia can never be found.It’s already 2 pm, Brian and Brianna ran out of their classes to hug their mother Mia.“ Sweetheart, tell me how was your classes today?” She ask while she was smiling.“ It was very sad mum” Brian says and the kids were sad.“ Why was it sad today darling?” Mia ask.“ Our class teacher asked us about our dad and we could not answer to her questions” Brian says and Mia was sad because she knew that this day will come.“ The worse part is that, some of our classe mate called us bastard and some mocked us that we don’t have a father” Brianna says and tears fell from Mia’s eyes and she quickly clean it up so the kids won’t suspect.“ Mum! When will you tell us who our father is?” Brian says and Mia don’t know how to explain to them that she does not know who their father is and also they are not human but have supernatural power.“ Wr should leave from here now, I will change you both to another school” Mia says.“ How long will you keep on changing us to another school when ever people bullied us? We only want to know who our father is” Brianna says.“ Alright, I promise, i will tell you who your dad is but we need to leave from here now” Mia says and she stop a taxi and she entered with the kids and she was in deep thoughts looking at her kids.“I can’t let people keep on bullying my kids, I need to do something about this” she says in her mind while she was still in the taxi.Chapter 5Liam got down from his car and he was about to go to Nikki’s house and he saw Nikki with a friend and he hide in a corner and he heard them talking about the good news that Mia has been found and she now leave in the human world and Liam was happy to hear the good news and he left and go back to his car, he drove back to his place to tell them the good news.Rose got back home and she met Caleb sipping blood, she was happy hearing the good news that her daughter will be back soon, Caleb notice that she was happy and not moody.“ You look so happy” he says.“ Yes, I am very happy right now because Dan will bring back our daughter to us” she says and Caleb was surprised.“ How is that possible? She is no where to be found” he says.“ She is been found, she live in the human world but Dan will bring her back” she says and she was happy but Caleb was not happy and Rose notice.“ You don’t seem happy about the good news. Is everything ok?” She ask.“ I don’t know how I will face
We can’t stay any longer.” My best friend’s gentle tones broke into my misery. “If we don’t get going, we won’t have time to get settled before winter.”“Can you believe this used to be our home?” Because I couldn’t. Where once there had been nothing but open ranch land, a developer had placed their stamp. And by stamp, I meant over a thousand housing units. Mostly single “ranch-style” homes and townhomes, but a few apartments as well, with a centerpiece of a shopping center complete with Walmart and Olive Garden and half a dozen fast-food outlets. Among other things. Basically, those who lived there might never have to leave the development unless they wanted to. There was even a two-story medical-dental office structure.Everything new and shiny and made of materials created in factories. The landscapes were bespoke or maybe tailored or something to the clients who purchased them. Carson Valley’s natural high desert environment was suffering terribly under current drought conditions
It was, and the sun was still visible over the Sierras to the west. “I thought we’d go at least until sunset and then find a place to set up the tent. Unless you’re tired?”“No, not really. Not yet.” He sucked in a deep breath and let it out in a longwhoosh. “Smells good already.”I sniffed, letting the clean pine-scented air fill my lungs. Technically we weren’t in the foothills, but it appeared that way since the valley sat at nearly 5000 feet above sea level. I turned around and walked backwards, taking in what might be our last view of the area where we’d grown up for a while. “If we go another hour or two, we’ll get some real distance behind us.”“Agreed. I’m ready to let my wolf out. He’s been antsy for a while.”“Mine, too. It was their den as much as our house.” Leaves crunched under our boots, a reminder of how late in the year it was but also a balm to my really rattled soul. Our garden had been a sanctuary, but since it was gone, massacred by progress, I’d missed the quiet
I was not meant to be alone.And I had been. For far too long. If the worst happened and I died of hypothermia or was taken down by a poacher who spotted movement and shot without thinking, it was better than the way I had been living.I hoped that Nikky, my neighbor’s daughter, would be good to my poultry. I’d have brought them if I could, but how would I have led a flock of chickens, geese, and ducks over the mountains?I had to press on, no matter who or what had groaned or made a noise that sounded like one. Every step took me closer to where I wanted to be, where I prayed I’d be welcomed or at least allowed to remain. In the distance, the moon’s reflection brightened a lake, and I made for it, ready to replenish my water stores. Luckily, I had a filtration straw, so I wouldn’t have to treat it any other way and ruin the taste. Like with the iodine tablets I’d used before a guest left the straw behind after a visit.Mike I hurried down toward the shimmering body of water and crou
A guttural moan came from the man behind me. He was awake. The stiffie might have told me so, but I didn’t want to mistake morning wood occurring late at night for a deliberate attempt to fuck me.So, I gave another squeeze, the tip grazing my ready hole. “Feel good, Jessica ?”“Yes. It feels pretty great.”“Understatement of the year from my position. Any idea how this happened?”“No.” He nipped the spot where my neck met my shoulder. “But it’s about time, isn’t it?”I didn’t want to believe it. We’d been friends forever, business partners in our gardens that had ended so disastrously. We’d had such an incredible life together so far, sharing everything, all but the one thing I’d craved deep within my soul. I licked my lips, prayed for the right answer to the question I was about to ask. “About time for what?”“To mate.”My eyes flooded with tears, but this was not the time to cry or discuss something so right. Why now? That was a question for another time or one that perhaps might n
A good day.We hiked on, discussing our plans for building gardens up here and how we wanted to develop a seed program around native plants of the area. We thought it might be a way to earn a living as well as do something valuable to the earth. Liam pointed out various plants he thought we could incorporate into our program, and I appreciated once again how he had been able to pivot from the plans we’d had before to the ones we were building now.“Maybe it was the stress we were under?” Liam posited. “Maybe that was why we were ready to be together?”“Doubtful.” I bent to rub my fingers over a low-growing shrub to release its scent. “We’d been under that stress for months before we came up here. Don’t you think it might have been our wolves? They might have gotten tired of our hesitation.”“Had yours ever pushed you in any way to speak out? To act on your feelings?”I considered as we came to the top of the trail above the lake and began a switchback down to a high meadow. “No, actua
Liam My wolf was remarkably pleased to have the female join us. I supposed that was because he liked to be around as much pack as possible, and he seemed to regard Mia as a pack member. She hadn’t been accepted yet, but it was probably going to happen. According to our new traveling companion, she had skills that would be valuable to us. Baking was always popular, but working with poultry was a good thing. Also, she could weave a bit, and I knew old Helga was dying for someone to help her with that.A bigger worry was the look of the sky. As soon as we’d gotten off the switchbacks, we also left the fog behind, and the overhead picture was that of clouds pregnant with snow. Something the pack would welcome because we needed the snowpack of winter to grow crops in the spring and summer. There had been so little for so long. But we were not anywhere near where we wanted to be—where there were a few scattered travel shelters we could have holed up in, meaning, we were going to have to ca
“But how?” she whispered. “We were…we were in our fur and sleeping, and now…did you make this happen?”Now I did roll, onto my back, wanting to be prepared to catch her before she fled into the cold and maybe suffered some kind of harm. Outside the tent, the wind was still high and slashing the branches above us. Despite the thick, interwoven canopy, snow had piled upon the tent again, and I’d have to push it off soon. But not quite yet.“No, we didn’t. We wouldn’t have any idea how to do that—or that it was even possible until it happened to us last night. When we get to Triple L, we’ll see if anyone else has more information.”“But you’re safe with us.” Liam laid his head on my shoulder and offered her a smile. “We offered you protection and shelter, and we’d never violate that.”“Good to know.” She sounded just a little snarky, and I liked her even more for it. “Because I’m feeling a little vulnerable here.”“Of course you are.” Taking a chance, I slipped an arm over her shoulders
Mom is still pissed off?” I asked him, and he sighed before nodding.“I think you really pushed her too far this time, Mia. Mom has banned me from seeing you and says she doesn’t want me to become corrupt like you.” His words stung, but I knew it wasn’t his intention.“Maybe go stay with Mia’s father and Dan till things calm down,” he said.“No, the river won’t be so bad. She will forgive me eventually. That’s what mothers do,” I said, though my mother wasn’t like normal mothers. “Besides, Dan has Melana there all the time. I can’t stand her.”“What are you going to do about blood? You can have some of mine, but I know it won’t taste too good.”I shook my head. “It’s fine. I will just catch something,” I told him though that didn’t sound all that appealing.He nodded before digging through his bag again. “Here,” he said, handing me some money. I shook my head, trying to pass it back to him.“No, keep it. I will be fine. I don’t want your pocket money, Liam. I just wanted to see you.”
“Liam, calm down! You think we asked for this to happen?” I heard Mia’s Dad yell at her as Liam and I rushed out, peering over the balcony to the floor below. Mia’s Dad ducked as she threw something at him, and it hit the wall behind him, leaving a dent.“Love, enough,” I heard Liam, my stepfather, tell her.“What? Are you fucking okay with this? It is fucking wrong!” she screamed, and curiosity got the better of Liam and me. I crept down the steps. Liam, also curious, followed me. One of the steps creaked under his weight, and he smiled, his teeth clenched and his eyes squinting. My mother looked up at me, her face twisting in anger at the sight of me.“And you! You wait till I get my hands on you!” she growled, about to storm up the steps.Thanks, Liam. Now we don’t know what they were arguing over, I thought to myself when I saw my mother’s thong flying toward me. I ducked before snorting that she just threw her shoe at me. I watched Liam dart off, escaping her fury.“Get here now!
Dan came out fully dressed a few minutes later after showering.“Come on. You need to face her sooner or later. Better with us with you,” Dan said, gripping my elbow and pulling me toward the door.Ididnotwantto go home. My mother would still spank me even though I was nearly eighteen. That woman was crazy and damn, did she have a good hand. I could still remember the last ass-kicking she gave me, never thinking I would walk the same again. She branded my ass real good that day.Only this time, I really messed up. I burned the entire science lab down. I still believe it wasn’t completely my fault. Yes, I burned the classroom down, but I only intended to destroy the table, not blow the entire place up. Not my fault someone left the gas on, the teacher was supposed to turn it off before locking it up.Dan opened the back door of the car, pushing me toward it.“How about you both go, and I wait here?” I suggested. Mia’s father looked over at me from the other side of the car.“Get in the
“Doesn’t look like it!” he snapped at us. I dropped my arm on Mia’s father shoulder, jerking him toward me before slapping his chest.“We are good. Right, bro?”He slapped mine harder. “Never better,” he said.“Good! I need one of you to help me get the lights up there,” Mia said, pointing to the railing along the awning.Mia’s father walked over to her, grabbing her and placing her on his shoulders. I growled at him, and Liam looked at me, giving me a look ofwhat-the-fuck-is-going-on. I shook my head, walked over, and passed the lights up to Mia as she clipped them onto the awning.“What’s wrong with you two morons?” she asked.MiaAs I was getting out of the car, I knew my mother was going to kill me. After nearly five years and only coming home on holiday breaks, I had finally pushed too many buttons, and they kicked me out of school.My father had sent Jacob to get me from Avalon City. A lot of us mutations had trouble fitting in with pack wolves. So Avery and Aamon, who was alrig
Mia’s dad These bloody meetings were boring, but Liam insisted we sit through the Alpha meet every year. We still had a year before we took over Black Moon Pack, so I thought it rather pointless when we didn’t actually get a say in anything yet.They weren’t so bad, though. My entire family was here, seeing as we all came from Alpha bloodlines. My aunty Mia was here with her husband Mike, from the Crescent Pack. My older sister Nikki and her two mates, Tate and Drake, from the Forest Pack were also here. And of course, my other older sister Jessica and her mate Chase, from the Red River Pack were here sitting next to my mother. Black Creek Packs Alpha, Dan, and his Luna were also here with two other packs, whom I couldn’t remember for the life of me. Kind of pointless when my family ran the majority of the packs. Not like the other three packs could argue; no one wanted to piss off hybrid wolf packs. And they sure as hell didn’t want to piss off my brother Liam, the Alpha King, a tit
“No. No, I’m not. But I told you. I’m a wolf. A wolf shifter. And the PDA is an agency that sets up shifters on dates. So while nobody told me what your guys turn into, it stands to reason it’s something. And since polar bears in the wild in California are kinda not a thing, those bears are your guys.”Her friend had lost her mind. “Nikki, have you hit your head on something?”“Honey, if I was there, I’d shift and show you.”“But the full moon was yesterday.”She snorted. “Fairy tales. We shift whenever we want to. Look, I feel fairly confident of this, but have you looked around where you saw the bears.”“Yeah.”“Any blood? Body parts? Brains spattered across the snow.”Jenni winced. “Eww. No.” She refilled her cup and sat again, warming her hands on the ceramic.“Then describe to me exactly what you saw.”And Mia did just that. By the time her phone went dead, she was convinced her friend at least believed she was a wolf. She’d never said anything like that before. In the modeling w
Mia Mia barely understood what Dan was whispering to her so urgently. Something about a rescue. had to go. She should stay here, keep the fire burning and not go outside until they returned. It was still storming, and they hated to leave her alone.He’d said something about working on the mountain, must be search and rescue. They had rushed out so quickly she hadn’t had a chance to ask for details, but when someone was in danger, chatting wasn’t a first priority.Stretching, she stood and found one of their shirts. She had her luggage around here somewhere, but the white tee fit her like a nightshirt and smelled amazing, like deep-green forest meets sexy male. Their voices faded, and the door slammed behind them as she arrived in the great room. How long would they be gone? These things took days in the movies. She hoped whoever was in trouble could hang on until they got there.She moved toward the kitchen, planning on the world’s hugest cup of coffee, but something outside the wind
MiaPlaying for these two men could have so many meanings, but Mia was pretty sure she’d like all of them. At least if the night before was any indication. For the first time since before she stated modeling, she didn’t even care if she had coffee before starting her day. They lay on either side of her and mirrored one another, starting with nuzzling her ears, nibbling the lobes, grazing her neck with their teeth then doing the same to her shoulders. She shivered, already soaked between her legs and with her nipples on full alert.She hadn’t lied. They had ruined her for anyone else. And while Liam’s invitation to “stay forever” was just pillow talk, she could pretend. Pretend they wanted her for all of their lives, to make love to and ride snowmobiles to gorgeous settings for her photography. Maybe they’d be willing to pose. Usually she preferred nature scenes, but adding these two could only improve on the backdrops. Mother Nature was responsible for them, too, after all. But even
Her smooth countenance told him nothing, but finally a little grin quirked one side of her mouth and her cheeks flushed. “Kiss him again?”He let out his breath in a whoosh, bubbles of joy spinning through his veins. So relieved, he didn’t move, but Liam reached across their mate and cupped the back of his head in his big palm. “Partner, the lady made a request.”This kiss was nothing short or fast, and by the time they drew apart and glanced down, Mia’s eyes sparkled with crystal tears. “That was so beautiful. I could tell you were super close, last night and, let’s face it, comfortable naked together, but since you didn’t umm interact with each other, I didn’t know if you were just good friends in the habit of sharing women or…” She swallowed hard and the tears spilled over, pouring down her cheeks. “Why do you even need me? I-I…you love each other so much. I’m just in the way.”They both stared then Liam as usual voiced what they both thought. “Mia, of course we love each other. We