I wake before the guys do. I slide out of bed, careful not to wake them. When I make it off the bed and look back at them, I almost blow it by laughing out loud at the vision. I was all that separated them. Now they have an arm around each other. I grab my phone and snap a picture. This might come in handy later. I think to myself. I then head to the bathroom to brush my teeth and hair and get dressed for the day. I am nervous. I know my dad will be with me, but I am still a little worried about what will happen and how it will work out. I try to push it to the back of my mind, so I go to my closet to get dressed. I throw on my black cargo pants and blacktop. I put my boots on and lace them up. I can't lie. My outfit makes me feel badass. I look back to the bed, and they are both still sleeping, so I slip out of the room and downstairs. I see pack members running around the kitchen. "What are you guys doing?" I ask as I enter the kitchen. I hear Emma from the far side, and finally,
Levi,I wake to the sun blinding me through the window. I stretch out my arms and hit something hard. I know it can't be Raine. Her body is not that hard. I look over and see Luca fast asleep I shake my head and head to the bathroom to grab a quick shower to wake me up. I am done and out in less than 10 minutes when I enter back into the room. I have a towel wrapped around my waist. I need to go to my room and get clothes. I kick the side of the bed and say Luca to try and get him awake. It does the trick, and he is sitting up, rubbing his eyes, and looking at me like I am crazy. I tell him I am headed to my room to get clothes, and Raine is already up and gone. He gives me a nod and starts to get up as I head out of the room.I throw my clothes on and head downstairs. I try to hurry to find Raine. I want to spend as much time as possible with her today before we head out to attack. Finally, I make it to the kitchen. I smell pancakes and bacon and see it line
Luca,I can't believe Raine left us without a word. I am pissed but hurt at the same time. When I hear Remiel say that she refused to leave a woman's side, part of me understands that it is Raine, but the other part is pissed that she didn't refuse to leave us. Nope, she just up and left without even waking us to say; I love you. We will get through this be back soon. Nothing that is what we got. I see Grayson walking toward me, but I am not really in the mood to talk to anyone or hear his nonsense. "Hey, you are in my group. We will be together. I am ready to leave, so hopefully, Remiel will be back to get us fast." Grayson says as soon as he gets up to me. He has a look of worry on his face. "What is with the look of worry on your face now?" I have to ask cause I need to know. "I am on edge. My wolf is restless and wants out. I am not sure." His words worry me more. Is Raine hurt, or is it something else that has him on edge? I hate just standing here
She looks unconscious. I can tell she is alive because she is breathing, but she seems like she is on the brink of death. My dad tries to pull my arm, "we need to go and figure out where we are Raine," I shake my head no,"I can't leave her here like this. I don't know why but I can't. I have to help her." He gives me a look that says he understands but scares him to death too. He takes a look around the room a couple of times. He finally looks back at me before speaking,"OK, I will figure out where we are but stay invisible to everyone. Do not let anyone discover you while you are here." I give him a nod and wrap my arms around his neck. I wanted to help ease him. I can tell he is scared even though he doesn't say anything. I make my way over to her and see that she is not unconscious. She is just hanging her head like she has given up. "I know you are here. Just leave before Joceline finds you." I lean up closer to her so she can hear me, but I can whisper,
As I neared the hallway, I could see a few people making their way down in the other direction. Piper leaned closer to me. "They are some of her minions," She whispered to me. Piper lifted her hand, and the few people in the hallway hit the walls. I waited for a minute, and none of them moved. She must have knocked them out. The hallway looked like an old dungeon in a movie. The walls were made out of stone. The stone was dirty and looked like it had moss growing on it. Lights were hanging from the top, but they looked like old string lights dangling."How big is this place?" I asked Piper. "It is a lot bigger than it looks from outside. It is the size of a mansion underground." I let out a huff to her answer. "Figures, she would be an over-the-top witch," I say as I made it to the end of the hallway. It went to the left and right. "Go to the right." I listen to Piper and head for the right. This hallway is as bad as the last. The moister in the air makes it
LeviWe walk through the door, but I don't know how much I trust Piper. Raine is friendly to her like nothing happened. I want to ask Raine what happen why she is being so nice to her, but it can wait. We need to stop Joceline and stop her now. The room she walks us into is as big as the room we just left. How is this place so big. It looks like a small house from outside. The magic on this place must be strong. Finally, we come to another door, and Piper turns to us. "This door leads to a hallway. At the end of the hallway is a set of stairs that leads to Joceline's floor. It is secured and protected with magic. I think together we can get in, but there will be people to probably." I listen to what she is saying, but my gut tells me this is too easy. At least so far, it has been. Raine speaks up before I can. "We will do this together. You lead the way." When she is done speaking, I let my opinion be known. "Doesn't it seem too easy so far? That one g
I am not sure, but I know in my gut something is off here. I look to my dad and nod for him to follow me. I walk to the corner of the room, and he follows. "What do you think is going on?" I ask when we get a little away from everyone. "I am not sure though I know something is off. There is no chaos. You would expect if a place were randomly attacked, there would be chaos. But, there is none of that here. Half of the people you would think would be around here are just gone.""That is precisely what I am thinking. Something is off with everything. I also noticed a lot of our fighters are not around. So what is up with that, and why has Joceline not shown herself." "I think we all need to talk. There is something, and the safest thing to do is figure out what it is first." Dad says as he turns and walks back toward everyone. He speaks up to get everyone's attention as we walk up to them."We need to talk about what to do from here. There is something off a
Humans are standing where boars and owls had been before. Bastien steps up to the front at the same time that Remiel does. "Joceline, what have you done?" Remiel asks, and the smile on her face gets bigger and bigger. It is no surprise she is a real bitch. "Did you honestly think that you could pop up here, and I not expect you? Do you think that this is not what I planned all along?" This really makes me start to think. Of course, I bet this was her plan all along, but what is her end game? I keep asking myself this question over and over. Heck, I miss half of what is said, but her next words snap me out of it. "Why do you think you have not seen many people around here? What do you think they were doing?" After she asks, my stomach hits the ground. My insides know this will be bad. I hear several growls mine is included when I see my mother being led out of the woods to the back of Joceline. I am moving toward them when I feel a hand grab each shoulder. It is Lev
LucaIt is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. Raine's body is glowing... literally. Well, her wolf form is. Her wolf is stunning right now. The light illuminating off her makes her coat white, but symbols are dancing across her coat. They are blue with a gold trail following them as they move across her body. As I am admiring her, everyone around us, friend and foe, is bowing to her. I am about to drop to my knee when I see that I am also starting to glow. Some symbols begin to dance around my body where I can see. They look exactly like hers do. I shift back to human. The light is still coming off me, and the marks still roll over my body. I see Levi, and he has shifted back and has the same issues as me. We both look back to Raine at the same time. She is Looking at us now her eyes finally meet mine. I smile at her,"You look stunning like this in wolf form," I tell her. Then she goes to shift back to her human form. She is clothed when she turns.
We let Jacob and Katie spend some time together. Jacob told her all about the guys saving everyone. He told her about the new house they were staying in and how everyone was friendly. It almost broke my heart when he told her they wouldn't be cold anymore that they could have a blanket. I learned about what had happened and how they had found the kids. Julie checked on Katie one more time and saw that everything was healed, and she was free to go to the house with the other kids. It took Jacob a few minutes to get her to agree to teleport with Chase. Before she was getting ready to leave, she thanked Julie for helping her. When Julie explained that I had healed her, she ran up and hugged me around my waist tight. She did not have to say anything. I felt the tear as it left my eye. "You will be ok now, honey," I told her, and she smiled at me as she walked back to Chase and Jacob to go to her new home."We will have to try and find the kid's homes and how they ended up the
I rush out of the room to my mother. I have to be there for her. She lost her mate again. I enter the room, and she is lying on the bed with Mia in her arms. I lay on the other side and wrap my arms around mia and mom. Mia is squished in the middle with her arms wrapped around mom. She starts to cry harder when I wrap my arms around her. Mom whispers that it's ok in her ear as she rubs her hair down. I had forgotten how powerful being a mother is. My mom has shown me my whole life. Here she is. She has lost her mate and still holds it together to comfort her child. I am lucky to have a woman like her as my mother. What the Goddess said plays in my head. She is right. She is the one that made my mother, and she is strong. She has endured so much, but she should not have to keep enduring like she is. I look over at mom, and my eyes meet hers. They are red and swollen from crying, and it breaks my heart even more. She gives me a small smile. "I am so sorry, mom" That Is all I can m
Levi,Luca walks off without us talking, and I know what he is feeling. I don't think Barrett deserves a proper funeral, but Chase and his family should be the ones to decide that. I did it for them, not Barrett. "We need to go get the kids and Emma from the treehouse," I tell Chase. I head to the house to get some of the women to get areas ready for the children. We have an orphanage, but it has not been many children there. With not many children, we didn't have but one woman who ran it, and she will need more help with this many children. It doesn't take long, and the women have gone to set up the orphanage, and we are headed to get the kids now that everything is safe and they have somewhere to stay. "Does Rod know that Emma has been here at the treehouse?" Chase asks as we make our way to the treehouse. "Yeah, he is already there and waiting on us," I tell him as we continue. I could hear laughing as we got closer. That's a good sign, I thin
Luca,The rage that came over me as I watched my father drop to the ground and his packlink snap was unbearable. The howl that left my body and the rest of the pack snaped something else in me. I could see Raine as I started to make my way to Barrett. He would pay for what he has done. I felt Levi on the other side of me, and his rage was as deep as mine. We both in sink went after our prey. I let my wolf take over. We take the bottom half of him while Levi takes the top. I sink my teeth into his leg and rip. I feel the blood enter my mouth, and I relish in it. I hear the bone snap and feel a force holding him there. As he hits the ground, I see Levi has ripped his throat out. I look over when I hear a commotion.Raine is walking, but flames surround her. I shift back and stand to watch. There are flecks of black in the fire. She is shooting flames at every person that is here with Barrett."We have to stop her," Chase says from beside me. I look back, and eve
I lock eyes with each of my mates as I look over the yard. I see the look of fear cross Chase's face as I am about to look away. But, I already know what is happening before it happens. Barrett has his arms around my chest again. I throw my head back, but this time, I don't connect. "Did you really think that would work twice?" He says in my ear. I look forward and see all my mates headed toward us. I am lucky to have these three incredible men by my side. I notice they stop moving toward us, and I feel my body being shoved forward by Barrett's body. His grip on me loosens, and I spin to see him turning and reaching for someone. They must have pushed him from behind, making him release me. Before I could manage to grasp what was going on, I saw who it was, my mom. I go to grab Barrett to keep him away from her, but he is faster than me. He grabs her, and they both vanish again. I hear a loud growl from behind me, but I already know who it is. Bastien knows his mate is in the han
The noises were coming from everywhere. I rushed toward the front of the house and to the front door. There were people in wolf form already. I stopped on the porch looking around. I saw a few of Kane's people fighting in human form, and they were holding their own well. Pack members were fighting alongside them. In the distance, I noticed a few warlocks headed toward the house. They raised their hands, and I saw blue sparks light up above their skin. I used my powers and pulled all the big rocks from the yard and hurled them in their direction. The two on the outside jumped to the sides, but the one in the middle was hit.I rushed down the steps and around the house. It looks like they came in from all directions. Is this what Barrett had planned all along? As I went further around the side, something hit me, and I was thrown forward and slid. Whatever hit me felt like a jolt of electricity. I rolled to the side, looking behind where I had been running. I saw a woman with long b
I hated the thought of them leaving, but we had to know if they were hiding Bastien and Emma at his base. There is still a lot that we can do here to get ready. Mom and Mia make their way over to me, and I am glad I could use their help in deciding what to do. "Hey, I am going to head back out and get all the warriors I have with me to move to the back yard and start doing some training exercises. Is that ok with you?" Kane says from behind me, catching me off guard. "Yeah, I think that is a good idea," I say, but mom cuts me off."I think the warriors from the pack and your group should do some training together. This will help since we may all be fighting together." Mom says, looking between Kane and me."I agree with mom. We will let the pack members know, and you can all train on the training grounds in the back.""Sounds like a plan," Kane says as he smiles at Mia and heads outside."So, what exactly is going on between you two?" Mom asked Mia precisely what
LeviWe made it into the house with no trouble, which is a little surprising. I stayed behind Joseph and watched behind us. The house is large. It is probably bigger than my house. What is weird is it seems too empty. Where are the hundred or more people that he has here? We slip down a passage that I am assuming leads to the basement. I still don't see anyone, and something really seems off."This way," Joseph says and heads down another hallway. I catch dad's scent, so I know they are here. Why is no one else here? We get to the end, and there is a massive door. We both put our ears to the door and listened, but I didn't hear anything. Joseph holds his fingers up to count till three, then we both push on the door to open it. I almost got sick at what I saw. Dad is strapped to the wall with silver cuffs around his wrist and ankles. There is a silver collar around his neck. I didn't hear him because they had him gagged. Emma is attached to the wall beside him in th
ChaseThis is the first time I have been to Barrett's place in a while. I try to stay away unless I have to. Joseph has been the one to do the spying and watch his numbers. Finally, we all gear up and are ready to head out. Levi seems like he is ok with me, but I am unsure about Luca. He seems to be more shut off. I know the way I came into the picture was not the best, but I don't want to cause Raine any hardship with either of them. Joseph comes walking up, letting me know he is ready."We need to pop in a little away and go in on foot," Joseph says, and he is right."Yes, I was planning on it. We need to get in and find out what we can and get out. Barrett may even expect us to do something like this. With him having both of them, he will have more security too, I would think." I tell Joseph. "Yes, and I don't want to cause any more issues and get back here as soon as possible, so let's get this over with," Luca says as he and Levi come walking up to