Lilly
We had finished our classes for the day, and we were making our way to the path we had chosen to run along of an evening. Ever since Lena had moved into the dorm with us, she had been working out like she was possessed. A week ago, she had announced to us at breakfast that she was going to get us girls into the routine of running and exercising every day to build up our fitness levels.
I had to say, I enjoyed the time we spent exercising with Lena. Lena pushed us to challenge ourselves, and it felt good to know what I could do. The thing I liked most when it came to exercising with Lena was that I had learned I was much stronger than I had first thought I was.
The first few times we had exercised with her, my sisters and I had felt as though we were going to die the next day. But we still looked forward to our afternoon exercise sessions. What surprised me was how much energy Lena had. She ran three times a day and worked out in the gym morning and night. I honestly didn’t know where she got all her energy from.
As we slowly made our way to the point along the path where we usually started our afternoon run from. I was amped up and ready to go, but my heart sank when we reached our starting point and I saw the group of guys who had been hanging around my sisters and me. I didn’t think much of them, and I didn’t trust them. They were incredibly sleazy.
As soon as we arrived at our starting point for our afternoon run, the group of boys came over to us. They were trying to flirt with us, but as far as I was concerned the drivel coming out of their mouths was just filthy, sleazy, vomit. Whenever they were around, I tended to stick by Lena, because I knew that the boys didn’t mess with her. I was getting the impression that these boys were afraid of her.
“Hey, lovely ladies, how are we this evening?” one guy called out as the group made their way over to us. When we didn’t answer them, the boys continued to call out, trying to get our attention. But we just stayed quiet. To stay away from them, I hid behind Lena. I don’t know how I knew it exactly, but I just knew deep in my heart that if I needed her too, Lena would protect me from them.
“Oh, I love a lady who plays hard to get,” one guy said, while looking right at me. This remark earned him a hard glare from Lena, which had him shrinking back away from us. I noticed that his friends were now watching Lena, as if they expected her to wolf out and attack them at any second. Smiling at the fact I knew I had been right about Lena; I began to warm up for my run.
Leah
We had just arrived at the spot we had been using for our evening runs with Lena. It was a four-mile path around the university campus that we took. We averaged the whole four miles in less than an hour which Lena was very happy with, considering that my sisters and I were not athletic in our human form. Sure, we were slim, but if you took a moment to look around, it would soon be obvious to you that slim didn’t always mean fit.
As I looked around at the group of guys vying for our attention, I noticed that Lilly was uncomfortable around the guys, and she was hiding behind Lena. They had been hanging around us for the past few weeks and I could not for the life of me understand why? If it was so they could flirt with us, then they were wasting their time. We could not have made it any clearer that we weren’t interested in them. Lilly had always been a quiet person, and she stuck to Lena like glue whenever these guys were around. I had noticed that the guys always steered clear of Lena. The guys were obviously scared of her. Maybe they feared her because she was a rogue. Maybe it was something else. Whatever the reason for their fear, their fear of Lena made me appreciate how much safer my sisters and I were around her. If those guys were that scared of her, then they obviously had a reason to be afraid. Funnily enough though, their fear of Lena only made me feel safer around her!
Storm The morning of my eighteenth birthday had arrived! I was sitting in the lounge room on the big three-seater lounge chair listening to Leah and Julie have a playful argument regarding a guy that Julie was convinced Leah had a thing for. I knew that she didn’t have romantic feelings for anybody, and that all this teasing was just in good fun. By now these crazy arguments between the girls over random nothings had become the norm for me since I had been living here with them. It was almost like they got off on annoying the crap out of each other. In an attempt to win the argument, Julie had recruited Lilly onto her side. The plan had obviously been for Lilly to help Julie to gang up on Leah. Not wanting to be outdone by them, Leah was now trying to recruit me onto her side. But now that they had seen what Leah was trying to do, Lilly and Julie had decided they were not going to let that happen! So, they were trying to get me to side with them as well.
Storm At the mere mention of his name, I could sense my heart rate pick up as my anxiety increased, and I was sure that I was going to have a panic attack. I had been socialising and living with the offspring of a highly feared Alpha, and I had had no idea of the problems I was creating for myself, as I had built friendships with them. I wasn’t surprised that I hadn’t known they were from an Alpha family though; I mean, I had obviously never seen the girls in their wolf forms. But to know I had been living with the daughters of the worlds most renowned rogue killer, I was now feeling more terrified than I had felt in a while. I had come here to get away from my father and brother who terrified me, and now I was having to deal with a highly feared rogue killer. This wasn’t going to end well! I think it was safe to say that my luck had officially run out! The problem was, the girls being from an Alpha family, meant that now that their father had taken an intere
Storm A mutual sadness was now hanging over the four of us as we sat around the table, each of us locked in our memories and pain. Suddenly Leah stood up and said, “Okay, enough of this sadness, today is supposed to be a good day, a happy day, it is Lena’s special day, so let’s spend today having a good time celebrating Lena’s birthday, and we will leave worrying about going home as a problem for tomorrow.” “Girls, I have one quick question, do you mind if I ask, where is home for you guys?” I asked. “Carraroe, it is an hour’s drive from here,” Leah said. “So, Lena, how old are you today?” Lilly asked. “Eighteen,” I replied. “Ooh you are old enough to find your mate now,” Lilly squealed in excitement. Her response had me thinking about Josh. But not wanting the memory of him to ruin my new life, I pushed all thoughts of him out of my mind. “How old are you girls?” I asked. “Nineteen,” Julie replied. “And, have a
Storm We made our way into our bedrooms and got ready to go out for my birthday celebration. I was wearing a pair of jeans and a hoodie with my favourite pair of combat boots. I had dressed for warmth and comfort because I had no idea what the girls were planning to do to celebrate my birthday. I slipped five hundred dollars into the cover of my phone case and pulled my hair back into a high ponytail. I made my way out to the lounge room and waited for the girls to finish getting ready. When everyone was ready, we left the dorm room making our way downstairs and getting into Julie’s car, which was a dark grey Porsche Cayenne. Driving into Galway we went to Taylors Hill Pitch & Putt Club. The girls had decided to play a round of mini-golf, and I must admit, I never knew mini-golf could be so much fun. I had always thought mini golf was for nerds, but the girls and I were laughing and having more fun than I had honestly thought could be possible, especially
Storm Two days after my birthday, it was the dreaded Thursday, and we were getting ready to go to the Celtic Moon Pack. To say I was nervous is downplaying things a lot. I was as nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof. I was seriously terrified! I was so scared that even in my wolf form, I hadn’t been able to sleep a wink last night. Leah came into mine and Lilly’s room dragging a small suitcase behind her for me to put my things into. She had decided it was going to be easier for me to use one of her small suitcases since my two duffel bags were all large ones. I packed what I was going to need to get me through the next four days. Clothes, shoes, toiletries, my hairbrush and some hair bands, deodorant, perfume, phone charger, purse. Leah and the girls had assured me we were going to be staying at the family home, and that we would not be attending any functions while we were there, so we only needed to pack for comfort. After I had packed everything that I was
Storm Storm Once we had gotten ourselves packed for the trip back to the girls’ pack, we grabbed a quick lunch, and I had barely been able to bring myself to eat any of it. My stomach was in knots, and I felt sick. After we had eaten our lunch, we had tidied up our dorm room before leaving for the long weekend. A short time later, saw us once again in Julie’s car, but this time we were heading to Carraroe. It was raining heavily, and I was sitting in the back seat with Lilly. Leah was driving since she had volunteered to drive, and Julie was riding shotgun. On the way to Carraroe, we listened to music, and I found out the girls were die-hard Ed Sheeran fans. On the drive, the girls had also taken the time to fill me in on their pack and what to expect when we arrived at their father’s place. “Alpha Doyle aka our father is thirty-six years old, and his Beta Sean is forty, but despite the age gap between them, the two of them have been best friends thei
Storm Leah came around to my side of the car, and opening the car door, she stood there and waited for me to get out of the car. “It’s okay, hop out of the car, there is nothing for you to worry about, Lena,” Leah said. “What if this goes wrong? You know what Alphas do to rogues. Just because your father loves you and could never bring himself to harm you, that doesn’t mean he wouldn’t hesitate to kill me!” I told her, my voice barely more than a whisper. “He won’t hurt you,” she whispered back. “Okay, riddle me this then Sherlock. When your father rang you the other day, did he issue an Alpha order for you to bring me here? Or did he happen to merely mention you bringing the rogue who was sharing a dorm room with you home to meet the family?” I snapped; my voice filled with sarcasm. Leah rolled her eyes at me in frustration. “Look, what if you and I make a compromise? Okay? We will see how things go tonight, and if you don’t feel comfor
Leah Seeing Lena’s fear had me feeling guilty. She was like this because I had done this to her. I was the one who had made the decision to ring my father before I had ever met her. I was the one who had told him all about her. And now, I was the one who had carried out my father’s instructions, no questions asked, and forced her to come here with us. This was my fault! She didn’t deserve this! I will admit that I was surprised when she had snapped at me. But her reluctance to get out of the car combined with her fear of being here, along with her snarky demeanour spoke volumes. She was barely holding herself together. When I eventually got her out of the car, she was shaking, and she looked as though she was seconds away from falling apart. Seeing the fear, she was trying so hard to fight, caused my heart to ache. Who had made her so afraid that she had this bad a reaction at the mere thought of meeting an Alpha? And better question, what had
Storm The next morning, Doyle was so excited about the pregnancy that he couldn’t contain his excitement. From the moment we had woken up, he had been grinning like the cat that had gotten the cream, the milk, and the canary. When we had gotten Dalton and gone downstairs, he had announced it to everyone at the breakfast table. There had been cheers and congratulations and a few dirty jokes, but everyone was just as excited as we were about our new little surprise. After breakfast, Doyle had announced a pack meeting just as he had promised he would, and we had left to go to the place where my induction ceremony had taken place. When we arrived, I had looked at all the pack members who had been so warm and welcoming towards me and who could not contain their joy for me and Doyle when Dalton had been born; they had welcomed me into the pack as if I was part of their family. Now I was a little worried that they were all going to hate me
Storm We had flown back to Ireland, and I was glad to be back home. Doyle and I had hugged our baby boy close as soon as we had gotten home, and we had spent the evening watching movies with Leah, Lilly, and Julie. Mike had joined us as well. It had been a good family night. Before we had left Texas, Winter had pulled me aside and asked me so many questions about my life in Ireland. I know she wanted to make sure that I was happy, and that I was safe. I understood the protective side of her. She had stepped into the role of my mother right after our mother had been killed. I had explained everything to her. I had told her about Dalton, and I had explained to her that as a mother, I had held off mentioning him before, because I was protecting him. My baby had been the most important thing in my life, and I couldn’t risk Mason or our father finding out about his existence. As a new mother, Winter understood where I was coming from in that matter. We had talked about ou
Storm "I am only going to say this once, so all of you fuckers had better listen. I mean it, every single one of you. Even if Winter, Leon, Finn, and I have to tag-team it and fight our way through every member of this pack and have bodies piling up left, right and centre. I can firmly assure you, one way or another Finn and Leon will be the Alpha’s of this pack by sundown. Or at least what would be left of this pack anyway, because if anyone has earned the right to go on a killing spree through this fucked up pack… it is me! And rest assured if I start fighting any of you, those two will be right in the thick of it, so good luck with that,” I said, pointing to Doyle and Sean. “Now Josh, pull your head out of your ass and think before you speak. Because, since I have been back here, all you mutts have been acting as if this is all my fault. Like things suddenly went bad after I left! Lightbulb moment for all of you. Things were always bad in this pack and had been si
Storm I looked back towards the pack and said, “Members of the Hunter's Moon Pack as the two rightful heirs to this pack my sister Winter and I are going to install leadership for this pack. So, may I present to you, our choices for dual leadership, Leon, and Finn Weber. They are Alpha Felix’s brothers, so they are from an Alpha family, and they have our full support in this matter. So, if all of you screw up, we will all kick you asses.” Josh stepped forward, “Like hell, no way! You pair of traitorous bastards ran away like little cowards in the dead of the night. Where were the two of you when the pack was under attack? Hiding just like cowards, that’s where! Neither one of you deserves to be Alpha of this pack!” Josh spat; anger clearly displayed on his face. “And let me guess Josh. I suppose you think you deserve to be the Alpha of this pack!” I said looking at Josh and laughing in disgust. “I would be a better Alpha then either of you!” he
Storm As soon as we landed in Texas, Doyle hired an SUV to take us to the Hunter’s Moon pack’s territory. Upon our arrival there, it surprised me to see just how much damage had been done during the attack. There were burned out structures everywhere, and I could tell by the small number of people that were out and about tidying up, that the pack had suffered quite a significant loss in pack numbers. As soon as people saw me, I began receiving looks of hostility and blame. I didn’t let this phase me though. I didn’t like these people any more than they liked me. And as far as I was concerned, I didn’t care what they thought of me. I was standing beside Doyle and Sean when I sent a text to Winter. Me: Back in hell, where are you? Winter: Back on Texas soil, be with you soon xx Looking at one of the men who was standing nearby, I said, “You need to call a pack meeting now. Every pack member must be in attendance. Tell all the p
Storm During the flight I went and lay down in the master bedroom. I had so much on my mind, and I was totally wiped out. Plus, I was concerned about my baby. Separation anxiety had kicked in big time and had left me crying just like a baby. A while later, after my cry baby episode, I was laying in the dark trying to clear my head when Doyle came in. When he looked at me, he could see I had been crying. He came over to the bed and lay down beside me, pulling me into his arms. I lay there in his arms, with my head on his chest. “What’s wrong?” he asked. “Separation anxiety,” I whispered. “You’re missing Dalton?” he asked. I nodded in answer to his question. “I miss him already,” I whispered. “That is normal love. You will be worrying until you have him in your arms again and can see with your own eyes that he is safe,” he replied. I lifted my head, bracing all my weight on my right arm. I looked down at him for a moment before p
Storm Three weeks later I was in the nursery restocking baby supplies with Leah when Lilly came upstairs to tell me that Doyle wanted to see me in his office. “Why didn’t he just use mind link and tell me?” I asked. “I don’t know, he just told me that if I saw you, I was to tell you he wanted to see you in his office,” Lilly replied. “Better go down there, you don’t want to keep him waiting,” Leah said. I walked out of the nursery and made my way to Doyle’s office. When I got there, I saw that Sean was sitting at Doyle’s desk, in the chair opposite Doyle. I walked in and closed the door behind me. “We have got some news for you,” Doyle said as I walked over to his desk. “Okay…” I replied, taking a seat beside Sean. “We have received word that the Hunter’s Moon pack was attacked and that the pack has lost many of their pack members. I thought you should know,” Doyle said, watching me closely so he could get
Storm “Lena, what the fuck?” snapped James glaring at me. “Watch your mouth!” Sean snapped back. “You don’t ever speak to your Luna like that, or you will have me to deal with! Do you understand me?” Doyle asked glaring at James. “Yes Alpha, my apologies,” James said lowering his eyes. “Don’t apologise to me boy, apologies are owed to your Luna,” Doyle growled. “Apologies Luna,” James said looking at me. I met his gaze and just gave him a deep guttural growl. So, he could lower his eyes in respect to Doyle, but not to me. Suddenly I was annoyed, and my wolf was feeling bitchy and decided she needed to show it. She decided it was time to call James out on his shit and I agreed with her. It was past time to sort this crap out. Opening my mind link to the pack members within the room, I asked, “James, where were you and Daniel the day that the girls and I went for a run and got attacked by the rogues at the stream? You and
Storm After my father’s phone call, we finished up our pack business in Doyle’s office before making our way downstairs to check on Liam and the girls and the baby. When I got downstairs, I saw James and Daniel and James’ mate Sophie in the lounge room with Liam and the others. Well, well, well looks like today is my lucky day. It had been ages since I had seen Daniel and James, so it surprised me to see them and Sophie sitting there with Liam and the girls like it was an everyday occurrence. Sophie was getting too close to Leah and Dalton for my liking. After what that bitch had tried to do to Lilly, my wolf and I wanted her dead. I looked at Lilly who was sitting in the lounge's corner suite, curled up in a ball and looking like she was about to burst into tears. I could feel my wolf clawing within me to get out and wanting to kill Sophie to protect Dalton and Lilly. Before I could lock her down, my wolf took total control, and she forcibly shifted me int