Joey was glaring daggers at Caleb. He always knew when there was danger around or when I was uneasy, he was such a mommas boy. "Joey go inside with Quin." I demanded as Caleb's wolf form stepped forward growling at me.
"No!" He yelled breaking out of Quin's hold and ran to stand in front of me. "Joey!" I hissed grabbing onto his arm. "Listen here Wolfie-" he growled "you don't growl at my mommy! My sister likes you but I don't!"
I gasped and pulled him into my chest as Caleb let out a weird noise. "Mommy Wolfie didn't mean it." Zoey pouted. "Zoe get off of him." Joey demanded. His Alpha blood was starting to show up.
"Fine!" Zoe frowned as Caleb lowered himself so she could slide off. He licked her cheek making her laugh before standing up to his intimidating height.
"You guys go on in with everyone. I'll be right in." I said ushering them to Quin who glared at Caleb. She knew everything about him. "Mommy I don't want to go inside." Joey pouted crossing his arms.
I sighed and glanced back at Caleb. His eyes held pride as he stared at Joey. "Baby I'll be right in then we can go home and see your room okay." I smiled. He glared at Caleb before slowly nodding.
"You-" he hissed pointing at Caleb. "Hurt her and I'll hurt you." I laughed and kissed his cheek. "Distract him." I whispered to Jake before he could follow them in. He quickly nodded and kissed my cheek.
That earned him a threatening growl from Caleb that made my toes curl. I bit my lip in order to keep in the moan as my wolf started flashing memories of that night I stored away.
'You're pathetic' I growled at my wolf.
'You missed him too'
I sighed watching Jake walk in before turning to Caleb. My heart fluttered as he slowly stepped to me. His head turned to the side and I blushed. He just heard my heart beat. How awkward.
"The kids don't know about us, werewolves. And I would like to keep it like that for a while so I'm not changing here. If you want to talk you can stop by my house." I said staring straight into his deep sky blue eyes that made my knees weak. I truly did miss seeing him.
He growled lowly and nodded. "Jake knows where I live." I said simply knowing he would mind link him. He growled lowly again glancing back into the house before turning back and running into the woods. I let out a shaky breath and stumbled back into the house .
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"Aria are you sure you don't want me to go in?" I groaned and leaned back in my seat. "Jacob, he won't try anything." I smiled. He sighed and looked out of the car window. I leaned over the console and gave him a kiss on the cheek before hopping out and opening the back door for two sleepy kids.
"I'll see you later Jake." I smiled closing the door and walking behind my babies.
"Mommy who's that?" My eyes snapped up from my purse to meet a cold pair of sky blue eyes. "Caleb." I muttured. "Like my Wolfie!" Zoey squealed suddenly her sleepiness forgotten.
"Stupid Wolfie can eat poo." Joey mumbled next to her rubbing his eyes. I chuckled and walked around Caleb to open the door. As soon as the door clicked the twins ran inside looking for their rooms.
"Uh.. come .. come in." I stuttered to a tense Caleb. He nodded and stepped in. I smiled at the homey feel. The living room had a 'L' shaped cream couch, a window who took up a whole wall that looked out into the woods and a plasma t.v.
I threw my keys onto the counter in the kitchen and motioned for Caleb to follow me to the kids room. "Mommy where's my wolf!" Zoey yelled running out of the last room in the hall. "He should be on your bed sweetie." I frowned walking into her room. "Wow." Caleb whispered behind me. The first word he's uttered.
Her room was a soft yellow with a small princess couch right next to the door. Two clear walls with pink flowers hid Zoey's large bed with a princess veil thing covering her bed. "Wolf is on the couch babe." I smiled handing her Wolf. She squealed and hugged him tightly to her chest. "I thought I lost him mommy!" She yelled wide-eyed. My laughter froze as I heard a deep alluring chuckle behind me.
"Mommy is that your Prince?" She asked staring discretely behind me. "I.. Mm... I'm not sure yet baby." I whispered wincing. He could hear everything. "Hey! Do you want to be my mommy's prince?" I blushed and quickly shushed her. "I would love to be her prince." He chucked getting to his knees in front of her.
His arms brushing against mine. Did he... did he say what I think he said. I felt hot and I knew I couldn't, wouldn't let him get to me. "Mommy."
"Yes baby." I replied snapping out of my daze to see her grinning at me. My eyes darted to Caleb's and I blushed. He was staring at me with so much ... love? "Can Prince read me a story?" She asked hopefully. "If its okay with him." I smiled softly.
"It's more than fine with me." He grinned swooping her off her feet. "Baby make sure to change and brush your teeth okay." She nodded quickly. "I'll be in to tuck you in later." I kissed her cheek and ignored the shocks that went through my body as my body made contact with his.
He's heartless.
He's cruel.
He's a child.
He used me.
He stomped on my heart.
He's .... he's ... he still has my heart.
I dashed out of that room as quick as I could. I don't love him. Its just that stupid bond.
'You love him'
'Shut up!' I growled taking a deep breath and blocking my wolf. One day ... one day back with my wolf and she kept pissing me off.
"Ready for bed Joey?" I asked walking into his room. I frowned as I saw him already laying in his car bed. "Joey?" He 'hmphed' and hid under his blankets.
"Baby what's wrong?" I whispered sitting on the floor next to his side. "You brought him inside." He whispered. Him? Who? "Caleb." He growled.
"Why don't you like him?" I asked as he uncovered his face. "He looks at you like he wants to eat you mommy." His chin quivered and he tried to cover his face again but I quickly pulled them back.
"He's not going to eat me." I laughed smoothing back his hair. "What does he want?" He pouted. I bit my lip and stared at his opened door. Should I tell him? No. I have to make sure Caleb won't hurt them. "He just wanted to say hi." I whispered leaning my forehead against his.
I started humming a song and before I knew it he was fast asleep. "I love you baby." I whispered kissing his forehead and tucking him in. I turned off his lights and left the room door slightly opened.
"Are you my dad?" Zoey whispered. I froze and leaned against the wall. "I... I'll tell you later, sweetheart." His voice whispered back to her. "You're coming back then?" She asked hopefully. "I hope I do."
"You will. My mommy likes you." She giggled. I smiled and shook my head.
"Zoe did you do what I said?" I smiled walking in. My heart skipped a beat at the view in front of me. Caleb was on her bed with her. His arm holding her to his chest protectively, while the other held her fairy tale book. It was truly a Kodak moment.
"Yes mommy!" She grinned. "Are you mad at me?" She whispered looking up at me from under her dark lashes. I frowned and kneeled next to her. "About what sweetie?"
"When I went into the woods." She said nervously picking at her pink blanket. I glanced up at Caleb to find his eyes on me. I blushed and turned back to Zoey. "No I'm not baby. But you had us worried sick. Don't ever go into the woods alone again, understand." She quickly nodded and leaned over to wrap her small hands around my neck. "I love you mommy."
"I love you too." I smiled before tucking her in. I kissed her forehead and watched as Caleb did the same. "Will you be here in the morning?" Zoe asked yawning. He smiled down at her and glanced at me. "Probably not Princess, but you will be seeing a lot more of me." She smiled and drifted off to sleep.
Silence enveloped us as we walked out of her room. "Where's joey?" I bit my lip to keep in the smile as I remembered what joey thought of Caleb. "He's asleep." I said pointing to Joey's door. He walked over and opened the door. He sighed and leaned against the door before walking back to me.
"C...coffee?" I stuttered getting lost in his eyes once again. He nodded and followed me to my kitchen. I grinned finding my cabinet filled with coffee. "Thank you Jake." I mumbled grinning.
"What'd you say?" Caleb growled from behind me. His hot breath hitting my neck. He smelled like chocolate. I bit my lip to keep in the moan.
"You're not Jacob's." He breathed. "YOU.ARE.MINE!" He whispered harshly, pushing me against the counter so I was pinned between him and the cold counter.
I threw my head back and let out a soft moan. Heat pooled around my thighs as he kissed down my neck. "Say my name." He growled desperately. "Say it." He growled biting the spot where his mark used to be.
"Caleb." I moaned biting my lip. I had to keep reminding myself that my kids were sleeping in the same house. My kids...
"Caleb ... Caleb we need to stop, please." I breathed turning to face him. He growled lowly and continued to kiss down my neck pausing where his mark used to be.
"Why?" He whispered leaning his forehead against my chest. "The kids-no, why'd you leave me." He interrupted.
I breathed in and tried to get my heartbeat to slow down. But it was near impossible now as he kissed my chest, where my heart was.
"You hurt me." I mumbled cautiously running my hand through his dark locks. "I hurt you .... I hurt you." He scoffed before pushing away from me.
I felt cold and empty, I craved him. I felt like a drug addict. "You took my kids Ariana!" He whispered shouted. "You weren't ready." I muttured wrapping my arms around myself. "Who are you to decide if I was ready or not! You... you didn't even give me a chance." He hissed.
I could feel my anger bubbling up. "Remember my last day at school. The last day you saw me." He slowly nodded. "I thought ... after the other day.. the way you kissed me. I thought you cared!" I cried. He cringed but stood with his head held high.
"That day I went to go tell you." Immediately his posture changed. "Imagine my surprise when I got called a whore I'm front of the entire pack!" I spat. He moved closer to hold me put I held my arm up. "Don't. You came so we could talk about the twins. That's what we're going to do." I said emotionlessly putting back the coffee and walked to the kitchen table, making sure not to touch him.
"What do you want to know?" I asked bluntly. "They're five right?" I nodded "They look older because of the Alpha blood." He nodded and looked into my eyes. I continued to keep my eyes and face emotionless, but deep down I was hurting. Emotions from five years ago came back at full speed.
"What are their full names?" He asked nervously. I knew what he wanted to know, if they had his last name. " Zoey Antoinette and Joey Caleb ... Felix." I muttured.
I wanted them to have something of him and his name was it. "Antoinette?" He grinned. "Yes like Antoni." I replied rolling my eyes, but I couldn't keep the blush down.
I saw him lift his arm to me but I flinched away. One touch from him and I was under his spell again, I knew it.
"Joey... he... he's a strong little one." He smiled covering up his hurt. I smiled at the thought of my baby boy. "He is." I smiled.
"You're a great mother, Aria." He whispered smiling at me. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry I wasn't there." My heart swelled at his apology. "What do you want Caleb?" I asked tilting my head. I wanted to know everything before I got my hopes up. Before he got my kids hopes up.
"To be a part of this family. I want us to be a family Ariana." He said quickly standing from his chair and coming to stand in front of my own. My heart skipped a beat and he grinned hearing it.
"I ... I...."
"I...I..I'll have to think about it." I muttured looking away from his sky blue eyes. I heard him sigh and walk away. "You're leaving?" I whispered narrowing my eyes on his back. I cringed hearing myself, so weak. "My wolf.. he's.. I have to leave." He sighed walking back to me. "Please." He whispered kissing my forehead before walking out of my front door. I frowned and slowly walked to my front door locking it. 'Why did you do that! ' my wolf growled making me cringe. 'We need to make sure he wont hurt our pups' I growled back.She growled lowly but submitted. She knew our pups were more important than our mate."Mommy." I turned away from the door to my twins standing in the hall in their pjs. "He made you cry." Joey growled narrowing his eyes on my own. Instictively my hand wiped away the unknown tears. "He would never make mommy cry! He's mommies prince! Right mommy?" Zoey grinned. I smiled and walked to my babies. "Why are you two awake?" I asked narrowing my eyes on the
"Papa Jackson!" Zoey squealed as she found him walking around the pack house in his sweats eating a pop tart. "Zoey Joey!" He grinned stuffing the rest of the pop tart into his mouth. I giggled and watched as the twins rushed to him and attacked his legs. "Hey Jackson." I smiled walking up to him and kissing his cheek. "Hello sweetheart. How did you guys like the house?" He asked picking up the twins into his arms. "We loved it." I grinned as the twins immediatly started gushing about their rooms. "Peanuts!" Mariah's voice squealed coming across the room. As soon as their feet were on the ground they rushed to her. "How was Caleb." Jackson whispered. I bit my lip and looked out the window. There he was talking to another pack member. Gosh he was so beautiful. "Aria?" Jackson laughed making me jump in suprise. "I'm guessing everything's okay now." He chuckled making me blush. "I'm seeing if it'll work out." I muttured staring at my feet. "Ariana!" I turned towards the front door
"Ari baby please just ... please call me. I lo-" I pulled the phone away from my ear and pressed the end button, ending the voicemail. "Another call?" My eyes snapped up and met the familiar pair of blue eyes. "Yeah." I whispered staring at the phone in my hand. "What am I supposed to do Jake?" I cried shutting my eyes as tears fell from my eyes. "Oh Ari." He sighed laying next to me on my bed. He pulled my body close to his and ran his fingers through my hair. "Where are the twins?" I asked quickly sitting up. Yesterday I picked them up and brought them back home. They never asked what happened. Its like they could feel it. We laid in bed and watched movies and pigged out on ice cream. After that we decided to sleep. It broke my heart when Zoey cried silently when she thought I fell asleep. My worst fear came true. Caleb hurt my baby. "Quin took them to see the other pack kids." Jake said pulling me back into his arms. I sighed in content as his fingers ran down my back. I bit my
One week. Seven days. One hundred and sixty eight hours... since I've heard from both Caleb and Jacob. Every time I take the twins to see Jackson, Caleb's gone with ... with Sarah. Sarah from highschool. Sarah his girlfriend of seven years. Sarah his fiancee, the future Luna of the Crimson Pack. And Jacob. He's been ignoring me. He doesn't answer my text or calls and he's never at his house. And I feel completely lost without him. He's my anchor when I feel lost, and now he's not here. "Mommy! Hurry we're going to be late!" Joey yelled snapping me out of my depressing thoughts. I quickly threw my hair up in a bun and ran out to the livingroom where Joey was in his Baseball uniform looking incredibly handsome. Just like his father. I grinned down at him and grabbed his baseball cap from the kitchen counter and put it on his head. "You look dashing." I giggled. "Mooom." He groaned walking towards the door. "Wait! We need Zoey!" I gasped rushing to the yellow painted door. "Zoe?"
As I made my way out of the recreation center I dug my cell phone ouy of my purse and scrolled down to the number I've been staring at for the past week. I bit my lip before hesitantly pressing call. Five rings later and his deep voice cane through. "What do you want." I cringed at the harshness but shrugged it off. It wasn't about me. "We need to talk." I stated trying to sound unaffected by his tone. "I dont want to talk to you." He laughed. I laid my hand on my chest as I felt that familiar tug of sadness. But once again I shoved away my feelings and my wolf's pathetic whines. "We need to talk about the twins ... Alpha." Since he was acting like a total dick who wanted nothing to do with me. I decided to call him Alpha. It wasnt a huge deal. But it just reassured him I saw him as nothing but my alpha. "Come to the pack house." He muttured. I nodded jumping into my car. "Okay." I said clearly starting the car hanging up. Twenty minutes later I parked in the pack driveway. I bi
After I picked up the twins we all went to Godfathers Diner. It was a very old diner that had been around since my grandparents were young. And it had been my favorite place since I was a child. "Hello darlings what can I get ya'll?" The waitress grinned pulling out her notepad from her pink and white stripped apron. "Can I have a double cheeseburger with fries?" Joey asked looking at me. I sighed and rolled my eyes but nodded. "Thank you mommy!" I laughed and nodded to Zoey. "I'll have a .... mommy I don't know." She pouted closing her menu. I hummed and glanced down at my own menu. "How about we share a pepperoni pizza?" I asked smiling at the waiting waitress. "Yes!" She cheered. "My mommy and I will have a large peppi pizza." She told the waitress handing her all three of our menus. "Coming right up sweetie." The waitress chuckled putting away her notepad and taking the menus."You have some lovely children." She sighed before skating away. I smiled and turned to face my kids
"Mommy." I groaned and wrapped my arms around the familar small waist pulling Zoey down and wrapping my arms around her. "Mommy!" She giggled. "Shhh mommy's tired." I yawned hiding my face deep in my covers. "But mommy Auntie Quin's here." She whispered combing my hair back to see my face. I peeked open one eye to see a freshly showered Zoe in her ballet outfit. "What time is it?" I squealed throwing the covers off of us and jumping off the bed. Since the sheets were tangled around my feet I ended up falling face down on to my beige carpet. "Mommy you're silly." Zoey giggled before gracefully jumping off the bed. "She clearly didn't get her balance from you." My neck snapped to the familar blonde girl who was leaning against my door frame eating a red apple. "Where the hell have you been!" I yelled jumping on my feet and crossing my arms. "Goodmorning to you too sunshine." She snorted rolling her eyes. I glared at her until she sighed and plopped down on my bed. "Zoe why don't yo
~I was in a beautiful meadow with bright flowers blooming everywhere. I felt happy, so content. "Mommy!" Two familiar voices squealed out. I turned making the grass bend at my feet. And there they were, my twins. They laughed out as someone wrapped their arms around them picking them off floor. "No! Mommy save us from daddy!" Joey yelled through his laughing fit. A smile spread on my face as I wobbled over to them. "Which one do you want. I think this one has more meat, Alpha's should get the most meat." Caleb hummed as he lifted Joey a bit higher. "No mommy he's going to eat me!" Joey let out a strange mix of a giggle and laugh as Caleb playfully bit his tummy. "You can have him I want her. She looks juicy!" I let out a wicked laugh before grabbing Zoey and attacking her tummy with kisses. "Mommy stop it!" She giggled. I laughed and set her on her feet. The twins took off and started to chase each other. "Soon we'll have another pup running around like a maniac." Caleb chuckled