What are your thoughts on those punishments?
Lucas POV We exited the packhouse. I nudged Reed’s shoulder. “Forget the one on one. Race you to the falls.” “You’re on.” This was the only kind of competition that Reed and I had ever had and even then it was not much. Reed was always just a little stronger and I was just a little faster. It balanced out. Reaching the clearing at the side of the falls, I lay down to just stare at the sky waiting for Reed to get comfy beside me. I turned my gaze towards him. “It’s been a long time since we did this.” “Yep.” “Life is just going to get harder from here, isn’t it.” “Yep.” “Are you going to give me more than one word answer?” “Nope.” I heard him chuckle. “You jackass.” “Yep.” I reached over and punched him in the shoulder. The two of us just lay there laughing for a few minutes. I get lost in my thoughts watching the clouds go by when Reed asks, “Are you scared about the idea of us sharing a mate?” “I... I don’t know. We have always known that the possibility was there. I neve
Reed POV “Tents, sleeping bags, pillows, cooking grill, pots, pans, paper plates and utensils. Can you think of any other basics we need?” Lucas asks as he climbs out of the back of the truck. “I think that should be it. How many tents did you grab?” “Five. Three, two men and two, three men. The Thatcher brothers are bringing their own and so are Jacob and his group.” I leaned against the rear bumper of the truck, stretched my legs in front of me, crossing them at the ankles and turned my gaze to Lucas. “Do you think Heather would share a tent with us?” Lucas walks over and joins me on the bumper. “I don’t know. We could ask her, but if we’re going to, I think we should do it before everyone else is here and give her time to think about it. Make sure she knows she has other options.” I nodded my head in agreement. “Ok. I think it would be nice to just hold her through the night.” Lucas slaps my shoulder. “Yeah. Let’s go find her.” Heather POV “Heather, where are you?” “In my
Reed POV “Heather, where are you?” “In my room packing, I want to get it done before Dawn gets here. She just texted and said they would be here in about half an hour.” Heather had just finished answering me when I knocked on her door. “Hey what’s up?” She asks as she opens the door. “Lucas and I have a question for you. Could we come in?” I asked. She stepped back, opening the door wider to allow us in. Lucas wraps his arms around her waist, picking her up off the floor while giving her a quick kiss on the lips and another on the side of her neck. She wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist as his hands slid to her thighs. Ever since we had our talk with Heather, this was the type of things that we had been doing. Giving her small kisses, hugging her and touching her in any way we could. Never anything that is inappropriate for mixed ages especially in a wolf community, but she always seemed to be responsive by putting her arms and legs around us too. I di
Heather POVAs I opened the front door of the packhouse, I heard many excited voices. Alpha Shane and Luna Mona are standing on the steps talking with Alpha Sean and Luna Rene as they watch the guys move supplies from the SUV that they arrived in to the military style truck we are taking to the lake. I spot Dawn standing near the back of the truck with her back to me as she inspects Meg’s neck. Quinn has not let that mark fade in any way. I started making my way over to the girls. I stepped up beside Dawn and threw my arm over her shoulder. “Hey sexy, come here often?” Dawn turns with a huge grin on her face, throws her arms around my neck, and tries to crush the life out of me with a hug.“Hey, did I hear someone out here hitting on my woman?” Zane says as he jumps out the back of the truck.“What do you mean your woman? She’s mine, and you know it. You’re just filler for when I’m not around.”Zane laughs as he pulls me out of Dawn’s arms to give me a hug. “How have you been, Shorty?
Heather POV“Ok, we are in the car. TALK NOW.” This was the first thing out of Dawn’s mouth as soon as Meg started the engine. The three of us looked at each other. I turned to Dawn. “What do you want us to start with?”“The group from the kitchen.”So on our drive to my Grandmother’s, we had to stop there before going to the lake so we could water her gardens. We filled Dawn in on what Avery, Addison and Allison had done to receive their punishment and what those punishments were.“You have got to be kidding me,” Dawn says as we all exit the car. “They are that desperate already. It’s not like they have been looking for their mates for years.”“Avery was the worst, but now that she knows that Quinn isn’t her mate, she’s pushing her sisters. She has it in her head that the only reason that Quinn didn’t recognize her as his true mate was because I had somehow confused his senses. So she has made it her mission to make sure that Heather doesn’t do the same with Reed and Lucas and take t
Heather POV That first night out at the lake was fantastic. Good food, good laughs and good times. Some of the ones that had their wolves shifted and went for a run while the rest of us stayed back and kept an eye on the fire. The only small issue that happened was Jacob, Zane and Dawn getting into an argument. She said that she would explain in the morning. Around midnight, most of us had started to make our way to our tents. Yes, I know that sounds early for a group of young people like us, but we have all started to be conditioned to be up for training before school. Meg and Quinn were sharing a tent. April had decided to crash in the larger tent that had been set up for the single females. Levi, we weren’t exactly sure where he had opted for, but Melissa had decided to stay with her cousins when Liam left. Since they had had the argument, Dawn was in the same tent as April. Jacob and Zane were sharing one of the three-person tents. I had been debating about staying in the larger t
Reed POV “HEATHER!!!” I watch as Heather’s feet slide on the loose dirt at the edge of the cliff. No, no, no, this can’t be happening. Why were we even fighting over her? I lunged for her at the same time as I saw Lucas out of the corner of my eye doing the same. Lucas manages to get a grip on her wrist but her sweater sleeve starts sliding over her hand. Sh*t she doesn’t have it done up, it’s going to slide right off her. I made another grab for her. Her shirt had ridden up when she was flailing her arms exposing the waist band of her jean shorts. I lunged to grab hold of it and with probably more strength than was needed, I pulled. The three of us landed in a pile about two feet away from the edge with Heather on top of us wrapped in our arms, pinning her to our chests. The three of us lay there panting as if we had just sprinted up the mountainside. I don’t know about the other two, but my heart is beating so fast I’m scared I’m having a heart attack. That is when I realize that
Lucas POV As I exit the tent, I see the girls sitting at one of the picnic tables and Quinn, Jacob and Zane at another. There is definitely some tension going on between the two tables. Reed walks up beside me and asks, “Any idea what caused this?” “Nope. I’m just not sure which table we should go to, the one with testosterone, or the one with estrogen or neither.” “Hey Quinn, care to tell us what is going on so we can possibly avoid getting our heads bitten off.” I linked him. “I don’t know the whole story yet, but somehow Zane has pissed off Dawn, Jacob has pissed off April. I really want to look more into that and I haven’t heard of anything I’ve done yet, but there was mention of you two. So it might be an idea to join us over here for now.” With that response, Reed and I grab a plate of food and make our way over to the rest of the guys. Sitting down beside Quinn, I started cutting a hunk off one of the sausages on my plate as I said. “Ok spill, what did you dumbasses do and
Heather POV The next day, Dr. Beal called me with the results of my visit. It looks like I’m going to be a Mom. I was nervous all last night and this morning. I was able to hold off the morning sickness until after Reed and Lucas left the room. I know they could pick up on my nervousness, so I’m not going to be able to keep it from them for too long. That is why I’m now pacing in front of the fireplace waiting for them to come back for the evening. I know a lot of people nowadays are doing cute little things to tell their partners that they’re pregnant, so I’ve been trying to think of a way to do it without having to do massive planning. I’m so lost in my thoughts that I jump when the door flies open and Reed and Lucas storm in. Reed walks right up to me, grabs my shoulders and spins me to face him. “Heather, what is going on? Your agitation has been driving the two of us crazy. Tell us what is going on.” Taking a deep breath, I stared at these two large gorgeous men. “OK, sit down.
Heather POV It has been a month since Reed, Lucas and I marked each other. The guys have graduated, and we have moved back to Twin Moon. The original plan was for the three of us to start learning the day-to-day operations of running the pack. Fine-tuning our knowledge, you could call it. Unfortunately, with Meg and April still missing, that has been put on hold. We are still waiting to hear from everyone overseas if there is any word about Meg. The visions have been happening more often but are not giving us any more information. April has been keeping in touch, but still won't come home or tell us what she is doing or who she is with. Reed and Lucas are planning on joining Mac and Quinn next week in the search. We need to get the two girls home. We have started doing some remodelling on a couple of the rooms on the second floor of the residential building. We are designing them into a small apartment for Mona and Shane. Mona insists that the three of us move into the Alpha apartme
Heather POV I looked down at my hands where they were resting on the guys’ hands. I moved my gaze up my arm and looked at both Reed and Lucas’ marks on their necks. It all seemed to be glowing. “That has got to be the most beautiful thing I have ever seen,” Rene says. “I think there is much for you and your mates to learn about... this,” Grandma says as she waves her finger around pointing at the three of us. “Yes, I say that they do,” Mona says, looking at us in wonder. “Not today, though Mom,” Reed says. “Today we just want to enjoy being together just like any other newly mated and marked wolves would. OK?” Lucas adds. Mona looks at her boys with so much love it sometimes hurts to see it and remember that it is the same way that my Mom used to look at me. “We are not going to even worry about it until you two have graduated and the three of you have moved back to Twin Moon.” She then moves her gaze to me and I see that same love there for me. “I want my daughter to have time t
Heather POV I woke up a few times to make love with my mates, and I did exactly what Lucas once told me that their mate would be able to do. I made love with one of them, then rolled across the bed to the other. I hate to say, even though we had been spending weekends together I was still worried about what they were going to think. But now there are no worries. The bond that I had formed with Reed and Lucas had always been strong and scary when we were younger. Being able to pick up on some of their feelings even when I shouldn’t have been able to, felt wrong, but now it’s even stronger than before and nowhere near half as scary if that makes any sense. The strength of it now... wow. The love that I feel pouring off of these two is something else. The only other love that was this strong was my parents. I spent a lazy morning in bed with my mates showing me many ways that they love me, then a long shower where they showed me some more. It was almost noon when we made our way up to
Lucas POV I woke to the sun shining through the small gap that was in the curtains. It was casting a glow across the face of the beautiful woman who was using my bicep as a pillow. I can see Reed’s mark because of the way that she is sleeping, but I know that mine, the mirror image, is just as prominent on her other side. I’ve never heard of markings like the ones we have. They are very unusual and beautiful. I have heard about when witches mark their partners, but it’s still different from this from what I understand. So I don’t know if it’s because Reed and I are twins. I don’t know if a double-mate mark is different from a single-mate mark. But I think that it has something to do with the fact that Heather is the first of her kind. This would also explain why Reed’s and mine are so different from others we’ve seen. I keep thinking of all the things that led us to this point. Heather has been through hell ever since she met me and Reed. The stuff with Keegan and finding out about h
Possible Trauma Triggers Keegan POV Carter had ended up having to sedate Sophie. The bastard had taken over her body and tried to convince the guards to open the door, then went on to demand it. Then, when begging and pleading to let her go and see her daughter didn’t work, he tried to use Sophie’s wolf’s claw to slit her wrist. The guard that had been assigned to watch her acted quickly, using the tranquillizer gun and sedating her before any real damage was done. I had a feeling that this bastard would consider Sophie expendable. After that, Carter decided that it was best to just sedate us in case next time the guard wasn’t able to react as quickly. I rolled over, reaching for my phone that I had set on the stool that was beside the bed. I feel the drowsiness of the drugs that are still in my system and a wave of dizziness hits me as I sit up. Glancing at the phone, I see it’s just before three in the morning. I was just about to stand when I was hit with an immense pain that sho
Heather POV Reed, Lucas and I started towards the cabin. I slowed, allowing the guys to get a little ahead of me. I wanted to talk to them about what they had been discussing earlier. It may not be common nowadays, but I do know that in our culture it is more accepted. I’m thinking that I would like to take Mona’s approach. If it happens, it happens. Reed and Lucas turn as they reach the door, noticing that I wasn’t right behind them. “Is everything OK M’eudail?” Reed asks before opening the door and holding it for me. I walked in and stood in the middle of the room. “Do you not want to do this? Because we will wait if that is what you want, Mo leannan.” Lucas adds. I smiled at them and shook my head. “No, I don’t want to wait.” They both walked towards me, taking my hands and holding them to their chests. “I heard what the two of you were talking about earlier in the clearing just after I shifted. I don’t want to worry about protection either. “Are you sure M’eudail?” Reed asks, k
Heather POV Slowly the pain reseeded and I could hear Indigo calling me. ‘Heather it’s over.’ I could smell... fire, wood smoke. It reminded me of the campfires that I used to have with my family where I would sit and drink mint hot chocolate. ‘Mates’ Indigo said quietly. ‘Was that the other scent I was picking up on from the guys?’ I asked her. ‘Yes, our mates’ scents. They smell...’ ‘Like home.’ I finished for her. I could feel tingles spreading from behind Indigo’s ear as Lucas sat with her head in his lap. “If Heather agrees, I don't want to worry about protection.” He suddenly says. I feel tingles along my neck as Reed runs his fingers through Indigo’s fur. “Are you sure?” He asks. “Because I was thinking the same thing.” I was just about to ask Indigo what she thought when she suddenly jumped up. I watched through Indigo’s eyes as Reed and Lucas stood and walked towards us. “Are you ready for a run, Beautiful, because we have two very impatient wolves who want to be with y
Reed POV While Mom and the rest of the women went to talk to Heather, Lucas and I stayed with Dad, Gavin, and Alpha Sean. I was nervous, I didn’t know if Heather’s shift was going to be the same as ours or different because of being a hybrid. I was pacing along the edge of the path that led to the clearing we were going to later. Then the question that Lucas asked about us being ready to be parents, was going through my mind too. Was I ready at twenty to be a Dad? Was Heather ready to be a Mom at eighteen? What happens if she’s not ready, and we forget, are we going to spend the rest of our lives together with her resenting us? I felt a hand land on my shoulder and I looked to see Dad staring at me with worry. “What is going around in that head of yours, you look like you’re about to spill your guts, and I don’t mean verbally.” I walked over and sat on the log at the side of the path. Letting out an exhausted sigh, I confided in Dad. “I'm scared that something is going to go wrong.”