REESE POV
"Talia, huh? We don't even get a vote?" I was teasing Izzy. She made a face at me.
"You guys got to name the boys. It's my turn. And I love the name. I have no idea how that name even came about, but it's perfect for her." She put her hands on her heart and her eyes sparkled. "I wish you could have seen her. She's absolutely beautiful but in a strong way, even at twelve years old. So tall for her age, and she has the same red hair the boys have. And her wolf is gigantic. Bigger than Dex.”
I raised my eyebrow and looked at my brothers. I knew that they were wondering the same thing I was. It was unheard of for a pup to get their wolf that early. Maybe six months or a year before their eighteenth birthday, but never at age twelve. I wondered if what Izzy had was a regular old dream and not a vision of the future.
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IZZY POVI was feeling restless. My dream had done more than give me excitement and hope. It gave me energy.I bounded out of bed and got dressed in real clothing for the first time in a week. I had been living in sweatpants and hoodies for most of that time, ignoring everyone as much as I could. I decided I was going to go surprise my mates in their office, but first I was going to say hi to my boys.“Mom!” Axl shouted, running to me and throwing himself in my arms. I had gently knocked on the door, not sure if they would hear me since I could hear their gaming devices. I should have known that Axl would have his nose in a book instead of playing whatever popular game the other two were enjoying.“Hey, son,” I said, ruffling his hair. “Just checking up on you guys.”“You can come in,” he said, eagerly, opening the door. I saw that they had drawn the curtains
IZZY POV I have to admit, I was feeling a little cocky and self-righteous when I left my mates' office. I had completely worked myself up into a bit of a frenzy and was still contemplating what else I could throw at the Council when I walked into the foyer. My mother was standing there, completely still. I stopped. Something was wrong and I could tell it immediately. She had gone back to Salt Lake to be with Elder Johan shortly after we had arrived back at the Packlands. She was here, now, without warning and without Johan. She was pale and looked like she was in excruciating pain. Her face was red and blotchy, as if she had been sobbing for hours. I ran to her with a cry. "Mom! What's wrong?" I began running my hands over her body to check for injuries. She looked like she was physically hurting. "I'm okay, Izzy," she said with a brave smile. Then her face broke again. "Johan rejected me." "HE WHAT?" I was instantly angry and pulled out my cell phone. I was going to ca
IZZY POV“Yes, a vision.” I was getting annoyed with my mates. They were acting like they didn’t believe me. “How can you be sure it’s the baby’s gift?” Reese asked gently. I rolled my eyes. “Fine. Don’t believe me.” I turned to leave their office. I was so excited to tell them and they just rained on my parade. I was going to go find Lucy. She’d be happy for me. Ethan grabbed my arm gently and pulled me back. “Don’t go, Izzy. We’re just trying to understand.”I blew out my breath and flopped into a chair. “I don’t even understand it myself,” I confessed. “I just know it. I don’t know how to explain it. I know that the visions aren’t my gift. I’ve never had them before and it’s not anything I can control. I don’t even have a desire to control them. I just know it’s Talia’s gift. She was gifted this from Isis but somehow I’m getting them now, probably because she’s not born yet.”Caleb looked at his brothers and then at me. I braced myself. “That’s really cool, a
IZZY POVThat statement was easier said than done, I soon realized. I didn’t really know where the battlefield was. I was assuming the sirens were going off because the patrol had picked up on wolves trying to cross into our land. I was also assuming that they weren’t going to come through the front gate like civilized people. I saw a wolf bounding ahead of me and Heka put on a burst of speed to catch up to him. Where is the battle? I mind linked him.There is no battle yet so don’t get too excited, his wolf sarcastically said back to me. Then he looked over and almost tripped over himself. Luna! I am so sorry. I didn’t realize it was you.I didn’t say anything and then the wolf got himself together. The attacking wolves tried to cross over the northeastern most part of our border, he said.Thank you, I answered, speeding up. Soon, I couldn’t even hear him behind me.Shortly I heard the sounds of the altercation. The wolves were growling at each other, and they didn’t soun
ETHAN POVWe had a problem. Izzy’s kindhearted comment to the retreating warriors was meant as a reminder to them that there were still good places left in this world, but two enemy warriors decided to take her up on her offer. Normally that wouldn’t be an issue.But they were Alpha Leo’s kids. Alpha Leo was the Alpha of the Blood Moon Pack. And he was slightly deranged. I’ve always felt sorry for anyone who was from that Pack, simply because I had heard that he was very old fashioned, running his pack with slaves and oppressing his pack members. The Council didn’t intervene, primarily because there were no complaints from the Pack. Wolves were too afraid.But now we had two that were from the Blood Moon Pack, wanting to become part of our pack. I didn’t think for a moment that this could possibly be a trap from Alpha Leo. It was way too sophisticated, and he was not a smart man. He was also incredibly hated. I just didn’t realize his kids hated him, too.“Come on over here
IZZYIt had been four days since Alpha Leo’s kids had rejected their father’s pack and joined ours. I had figured out a way for Hope to join our pack. She could still make noises without her tongue and so I had written down what she needed to say, and she attempted it. Apparently, the effort is what counted. Her bond with her previous pack was broken and she was now part of ours. She could mind link all of us, with the exception of the humans, but one of the girls, Courtney, was teaching her sign language. Both of the kids seemed to be happy and adjusting to a new life without abuse.I was feeling a little anxious about our trip to the Council. I was leaving tonight and the hearing was tomorrow. We had planned on going down early and taking a day in Salt Lake to see the sights and do some shopping, but I hadn’t wanted to leave the kids so soon so I put it off until the last minute.“They’ll be fine, mom,” Seth said, realizing I was worrying about the new kids. “Leo spends mos
REESE POV“This session will now come to order.” We were watching the trial on television. The Council, in their infinite wisdom, had decided at the last minute to broadcast the trial on a special encrypted channel that Packs would have access to. We had turned it on first thing this morning when we woke up, looking at an empty room somewhere in Salt Lake. We were watching when the members from both Councils filed in, twenty-four in total. Johan was part of the werewolf council. Alessia had gasped when she saw him take his seat.They had brought Izzy in with handcuffs on. I had roared, losing control of my wolf, but Alessia had wrestled me down. “It’s for show,” she had soothed me. “They’re not silver. Just look. She’s fine. She can break them in a second.” Vin was not convinced but at least he gave me control back.“Isadora Killian, Luna of the Moonstone Pack, you were called before the Council today to answer to an entire list of charges. But you were not the only one
REESE POVThere was an outburst from the spectators in the viewing area. The main werewolf and main vampire council members were banging their gavel, telling people to be quiet. We all exchanged grins.“We are not the ones on trial here, Luna,” the main vampire council member said fiercely.“No. You’re not. I am. And I am telling you why I had to do what I did,” Izzy said. She turned to the werewolf council again.“Who among you believed that the prophecy from Nehum thirteen years ago was about me?” She kept eye contact until all twelve members had their hands raised. “And who among you thought that the prophecy was also about my sons?” The same twelve hands were raised.“And the same on the vampire side?” she asked, turning. Reluctantly, some of their heads nodded. The others resolutely ignored her, keeping thei