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Wolves at the Lycan's Doorย ย ย Godly Interference
Several minutes later, Dean had the Ruling Council investigators and their people handed off to various pack members so they could assign them places to stay in the meantime. Kiera returned from watching Trisha and that pack of insanity go. Dean still didnโt know how they hadnโt ended up in an argument or a fight. James was like a different person. โWe need to talk, Kiera.โ โWhat do you want to talk about now, Dean?โ Kiera knew very well what Dean wanted to speak to her about, but sheโd been dreading it until now. โI want to talk about us mating.โ He paused speaking for a moment and looked at the ground in thought. โLook, I know youโre scared people will blame you if anything goes wrong. I get that. The thing is, Iโm being told thereโs no reason we shouldnโt proceed with our mating.โ โAre you crazy? Who told you that? When did they tell you that?โ Kiera couldnโt believe what he was saying to her. Who would go around encouraging thi
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2023-04-17Wolves at the Lycan's Doorย ย ย Seeing the Trees in the Forest
โFine, Iโll email the Oracle. But I still want you as my Luna and mate.โ Dean didnโt seem to see this as a problem that was barring them from doing anything.Kieraโs mind reeled from the very idea that everything in her life was predestined, and she had no control over it. โDean, if the Moon Goddess or someone pretending to be the Moon Goddess are gathering an army, that means weโre slaves again and been lied to this entire time. Geez, canโt you see it?โ Her hand came to her face and her thumb and forefinger pinched the bridge of her nose because she felt this conversation would give her a headache before the end of it. โYes, Kiera, I see it. Hereโs the thing youโre missing. Who are these devout wolves weโve been talking about? Worshiping the Moon Goddess isnโt like that anymore for the majority of shifter society. Wolves and other shifters will say no. I highly doubt whoever I saw understood that. Whatever is coming wonโt have us fighting for the Moon Goddess, but f
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2023-04-20Wolves at the Lycan's Doorย ย ย GOING HOME
Trisha followed James to the care and got in before him. Once everyone was ready, they headed out. โI should have stayed. Why in the world did you let them shove me in the closet?โ James looked at Trisha and his face broke into a smile before he laughed. โYou heard why. We all know about your lack of skill at fighting, and we like you too much to let you put yourself in danger. If you came along, youโd have distracted all of us because weโd be focused on protecting you. Add in the fact that three quarters of two alpha couples were out there and youโre the only one who has a claim to both packsโ leadership. It made sense to me to keep you back.โ Trisha couldnโt believe what she was hearing again. โYou really are trying to play on my feelings, arenโt you? James, canโt you take this seriously? What I supposed to do if you guys didnโt come back? Really, what could I have done? You guys didnโt have to lock me in a closet, and you could have explained this to me i
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2023-04-28Wolves at the Lycan's Doorย ย ย What If
Dean sat at his desk as he sent off an email. โOkay, there we go. The emailโs off to the oracle. Youโd think that an oracle would see into the future and know someone needs to talk to them before they reach out.โ โWhat a pedestrian thing to say. Honestly, oracles see things all the time. Itโs all extra information they have to process and sort out besides what we all see. Could you imagine all that extra information the oracles would need to process? It would be easy to see them become overloaded by it all. I donโt think knowing things like who needs to talk to you before they contact you would be part of the list of information thatโs too much for someoneโs insanity. Could you imagine calling someone you donโt know and telling them out of the blue about something that will happen to them? Who would trust anything or anyone like that?โ โI was joking, Kiera. I wonโt argue with you about that.โ Dean wondered if the humans damaged her sense of humour, alo
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2023-04-28Wolves at the Lycan's Doorย ย ย Trying to Find the Calm in the Storm
Kiera sat on the back patio with a coffee in hand and wondered how sheโd ended up right back here again. The druid proved she was a monster, and Dean still wanted her after seeing what sheโd done. If that wasnโt enough, he wanted to become one as well. Nothing mattered but that to him. He didnโt care that they might make an army for who knows what or why. Dean was right. They didnโt know if they were unknowing slaves, or expected to fight for a greater good of some sort. He believed that thereโd be free will and choice, but he couldnโt be sure it was even a thing. They didnโt have facts about that. Then the hazards of what he wanted her to do so that he could become like her and claim her as his. It could kill him, and then what would the pack do for a leader? If he survived, then how would the pack react to the changes in him? What would he do if they abandoned him because he wasnโt a wolf shifter anymore? Then they have the changes with th
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2023-05-02Wolves at the Lycan's Doorย ย ย Walking Among Pack
โVery good.โ Deanโs face went from a tentative smile to a beaming grin. He wrapped his arm around her back and guided her toward the common grounds the pack used. This was where the cabins and cottages were, and the pack used the centre as a common meeting area to live, work, and socialize. It was where pups played, and people worked. The people met there, many worked there as well. Dusk slowly descended around them, but that didnโt slow down the pack. The common ground didnโt fall silent as dusk fell. Life flourished even more now. Pups, elders, and everyone appeared to have turned up in the common grounds this night. โWait, itโs not normally this crowded. You planned this, didnโt you?โ Kiera turned to Dean and accused him. โI had to do something, Kiera. If I didnโt, youโd never believe me about any of this. Will you at least listen to some of our pack who want to speak with you?โ โSpeak with me? Why hasnโt anyone said anything ab
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2023-05-02Wolves at the Lycan's Doorย ย ย Once the Truths Start
Dean led Kiera through the common grounds, and, to Kieraโs surprise, other people stopped to speak with them. She felt each pack member took courage from the pervious conversation. It felt like a competition of sorts or a badge of some sort to be part of the โitโ crowd. Kiera didnโt know what to make of all of this. There werenโt many there that glared or appeared like they didnโt want to be there. It was more like the pack turned out for curiosityโs sake and their alphaโs command. It was far from the entire pack, but the diversity of the pack was there, and Kiera felt like these people were now total strangers. Their behaviour was like night and day when held up against what they were like when sheโd left. Then there were the explanations they gave her about why they said or did something. Sabrina, a she-wolf from the pack Kiera once was friends with during school, sheโd turned her back on Kiera without a word of explanation. Just ghosted h
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2023-05-02Wolves at the Lycan's Doorย ย ย Responses Begin Coming In
Dean didnโt let go of Kiera once he had his arms around her. He could feel her vulnerability, and he didnโt like it at all. He felt like he could look in at all the things sheโd experienced, but he could never fully understand it all. Dean hated the fact he couldnโt take away her suffering or her hesitation. But he understood why she didnโt want to turn him. The difference between them appeared to be how they saw the future. The facts were the same for them. The way they looked at the list of potential outcomes was different. A fear Dean now found himself saddled made him question whether heโd successfully kept Kiera away from the drama unfolding within the pack too well. As he watched her during the walk and listened to each conversation. A theme or subject kept repeating. Each person who once was close to her felt the need to catch her up on what sheโd missed in their lives. It did his heart good to hear a few admit they regretted sheโd not been there for some of t
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๋ฐ์ดํธ : 2023-05-02
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Wolves at the Lycan's Doorย ย ย Epilogue
- One Year Later -Kiera stood watching a group of lone wolves returning to a pack. Many were raised for generations outside of pack life. But things change, situations change. These wolves are literally come in out of the cold, unprotected woods and their pack was opening their arms to them.It divided humans as always on what they thought about supernatural creatures. If nothing else, there were very few humans that didnโt care one way or the other.These wolves were coming in from other places in the world where the humans made it impossible for them to live. Now they were picking up everything they can and leaving everything they knew for a chance at a future.Their lycan members were now well established members, and the pack looked to them as the public faces of the pack. It wasnโt unusual to see one or more on the news as they work as a security team for various celebrities and figures of note. The pack now ran a small but lucrative security firm, because several of the lycans
Wolves at the Lycan's Doorย ย ย Welcome and the New Way of Living
Hours. They only had hours to get ready. With much of the pack working together to get things done and sooth disgruntled feelings, they pulled off a makeshift welcome for the thirty lost souls coming to stay with them. Dean struggled to get through thirty files on the different lycan. It was as if each one came with a warning label of their own. No two had the same difficulty. Some were complete loners who theyโd have to work with to bring back into the pack and life within it. They bonded others, who had thatโs why they had so many lycan arriving. They wanted bonded pairs together so that a community could grow from the families that would form. It meant that theyโd not planned correctly, but that could be adjusted again. Dean agreed with Oli and Jerome that the Ruling Council screwed up sending the lycan to them. The order was off and there wasnโt enough time given to prepare for their arrival. Also, theyโd agreed to a few new lycan members, not t
Wolves at the Lycan's Doorย ย ย New Lycans at the Door
Their mating went on after the cleanup and Kieraโs world was addressed. Dean ended up marked as well at some point by Kiera and, finally exhausted, they fell asleep hours later. With the sun coming up and the mating over, Kiera felt a disturbing calm between them. Like this took away the jittery need to find a stable footing. Kiera could swear she could feel Deanโs mood as he slept. Heโd exhausted her so much that sheโd not been bothered by any of her usual nightmares. Kiera felt delicious and loose-limbed. She couldnโt remember the last time she felt like this. If she were a cat, sheโd be purring at this point. โMorning. Luna Jonas.โ Dean stated with a proud grin like heโd accomplished something last night. Kiera wouldnโt tell him, but he had accomplished something. The jerk got his way. He had the pack and her permanently. It wasnโt fair. She wasnโt ready for this, but she didnโt know what she was ready for. She wasnโt sure if she should be unhapp
Wolves at the Lycan's Doorย ย ย Behind Closed Doors
In the bathroom, Dean had the shower running, and he was making sure they had everything they need within easy reach. He remembered to heat the towels and lay out the mat. Whoever built this bathroom put down super smooth tiles on the floor and it was like skating on ice when you stepped out if you werenโt careful. The mat had rubber grips to prevent that while drying your feet on it. Dean heard Kiera sigh as she settled under the spray of their large shower. A standard wolf could bath in this shower while in their fur. Now Dean wondered if he needed to remodel the bathroom to fit their new size. Kiera was smaller in her dire wolf form, and he didnโt think sheโd fit in here. That was something for another day to think about. Right now, he had an eyeful of his mate and a promise to keep. There was no question for him if she was his mate. Just seeing her like this made everything right. Dean followed her into the shower and cornered her under
Wolves at the Lycan's Doorย ย ย No Stopping Now
It took another week before Dean managed to shift into his alternative forms. Heโd noticed a lot of changes in him. He needed to get larger clothing because his entire body went up to two clothing sizes while he lay in bed. That surprised him quite a bit. Finally, he could hold Kiera and kiss her without feeling like heโd been hit by a steamroller. Once they were home, Kiera wouldnโt speak of their mating and she wouldnโt set a date for the mating or acknowledgement ceremony. So he surprised Kiera with an evening to mate with her. He didnโt need an acknowledgement ceremony. His daily pain was almost nonexistent now and he want to give her what she deserved. Dean wanted Kiera to love their new form and position within the pack. So this evening theyโd start with a private dinner in his apartment and then enjoy the evening with his soon-to-be mate. His mind kept wandering to what was to come. By dawn, theyโd be mated, and thi
Wolves at the Lycan's Doorย ย ย Priorities
Two days later, Kiera and Trisha waited outside Deanโs room as Dr Graves examined him and looked at the latest test results. James returned to his pack to manage a few things. โSo what are you doing for your mating ceremony? When will it be?โ Kiera asked Trisha to try to find a different subject that didnโt revolve around Deanโs or her recent decisions. โOh, I have him waiting until we can have both packs in the same place without there be fighting. I figure in a few years. I mean, technically, weโre mated. Itโs just the ceremony of recognition of the mating thatโs not been done. It seems so old-fashioned to me.โ Trisha tried to brush it off. โHon, if that were true, then youโll be waiting forever to have the ceremony. Why donโt you just have it, and weโll threaten to string up anyone and post signs of what they did? Like those photos of cats in their harnesses. โI shredded all the toilet paper while my owner was pooping.โ Or โI pooped in m
Wolves at the Lycan's Doorย ย ย Trisha to the Rescue
โThat bastard. Deanโs a jerk. He knew heโd do this and didnโt tell anyone that heโd do it. Kiera went there to discuss if it were possible. I know Kiera. Sheโd want to plan for all the worst things before trying anything. I bet he pushed her to let him do it.โ โEnough Trisha. Iโll get us the earliest possible portal to there if you just let me think and listen to the portal booking system.โ The mages ran the portal system and with itโs high risks of danger, they kept a stranglehold on almost all portal travel. When, where, and how long it would take are just a few of the questions James needed to answer. โCrap. I forgot to ask Kiera if she needed me to bring her anything. I donโt know if she has a change of clothes.โ โWell, Iโll leave you to create a care package for Kiera and Dean. Let me get this booked.โ โWith four bags, James. Weโre taking four bags with us. We can carry them if we have two duffle bags and two packs.โ โFine, Iโ
Wolves at the Lycan's Doorย ย ย On Pins and Needles
At some point, Kiera looked up at Dean. โDid you call your sister and tell her you were doing this right now?โ โNope, because you know very well what Trisha would say and I wasnโt going to listen to it, because this is between you and me.โ โGoddess save me. Fine, Iโll do it. But when sheโs pissed, Iโm laying all the blame at your door. So you better be prepared when you see her next, because youโre going to hear about it.โ Kiera couldnโt take it. She needed to talk to someone other than Dean. Trisha was the first person she thought of. Her mind did flit to April and Mary, but right now they were too busy trying to impress her to be reliable. For two who claimed they wanted to help her part-time, that changed when they understood she wasnโt dreaming that Dean wanted her as his mate and Luna. Kiera wasnโt leaning toward either of them because right now she didnโt feel she could trust them to receive the unvarnished truth. She hoped that would change.
Wolves at the Lycan's Doorย ย ย Caving In For Peace
โAre you both in agreement with this? If so, I can get you admitted Alpha Jonas, Kiera. Weโd only need permission to draw your blood. If all goes well, you could be home in a day or two. Free to mate in a more relaxed and traditional manner on your own timeline.โ Dr Graves looked calm and understanding. He didnโt press them further than that. โIโm game if you are Kiera.โ Dean knew he was taking risks with his life. If it meant his life would finally be on track and he could see a happily ever after, heโd do it. He knew it was risky, but something in the back of his head was pushing him to do it and he wasnโt strong like Kiera, and he couldnโt resist listening to it. โFine. I will let them take some blood. As long as I donโt need to be admitted for this. How long will it take to know whether itโs working or not?โ โOnce your blood is within his body it, we can test his body to see if thereโs any rejection or damage to his organs. But since you
