Once back at the hotel Lanna heads straight for the shower while Acre and I go to the kitchen to make some coffee and sandwiches.
"Well who knew," Acre says chuckling.
"Yeah I know, we seem to have our very own Bruce Lee".
"Or Kun fu panda".
We are both laughing as Lanna comes into the kitchen looking fresh and clean wearing a tracksuit.
"I know you are both laughing at me".
"What no were not" Acre splutters.
Lanna raises her eyebrows.
"Ok ok we are but seriously that was some badass shit you did back there and you don't exactly look err..." I start to say without knowing how to finish the sentence but Lanna steps in.
"Well looks can be deceiving".
"So we noticed, where did you learn that stuff?" Acre asks.
"My parents put me through classes when I was a child".
"Well we are glad, thank you," I say and Lanna smiles and gives me a wink.
"Yeah I don't think your queen Lanna anymore,
After a restful nap, we got ready, called a cab and ended up having a fantastic meal, Lanna had decided to use her walking stick all of the time, as she said "On the outside, I'm a little old lady but with enemies around its good to have a weapon", So after our meal we took a stroll to M and M world where Lanna turned into a child, I swear the gleeful look on her face and the way she jumped up and down clapping her hands had me and Acre laughing so hard people had started to stare but Lanna didn't care she just ran around like a five years old. After what felt like forever we were finally on our way, I kept trying to sniff the air to see if I could pick up the mate scent but I couldn't pick anything up so we enjoyed an evening stroll eating M and Ms from the big bag Lanna had bought. We decided it would be easier if we got the tube to the Embankment so headed to Leicester Square station, as we were walking Acre mind linked "Do you get the feel
"No dad, I'm fine, stop worrying, yeah I know you said we should stick together" I thought talking to my dad would help but so far all he has done is worry and yell, I roll my eyes at Acre and Lanna and try again "Dad, come on look we are fine but what do you think I should do?" "Stay away from them son you don't know who they are, look just forget the whole thing and come home" "WHAT? no way, we need to find our mates" Acre had started pacing the room clearly agitated at the thought of being made to go home "Ok look, dad, we've had a long day, ill call you tomorrow and we can talk more", "Ok, you're not going to meet with this chap though are you?" "No dad, we will keep looking for our mates" "ok son, stay safe, goodnight," After I hang up the phone I go to get myself a glass of water and take five minutes before Acre and Lanna start badgering me. I had filled them in on everything that
We get to Trafalgar Square at 1.45 pm and sit beside the fountain waiting, Acre is on edge pacing while I sit relaxed but alert scanning the crowd but Lanna seems to have mastered the art of blending in the best making me wonder if she is acting or is actually that fascinated with the sights "Just look at thoughs huge lions Ocean," she says snapping more pictures with a look of pure glee on her face "Do you think I could sit on one of the lions like thoughs people, so you can get my picture?" "Hahahha Lanna, you do remember why we're here don't you?" Acre asked laughing "Well yes of course but look, it's London guys, it's so exciting" she replies jumping up and down clapping her hands. "So are you enjoying the sights?" a voice asks beside me making me jump "Calm down," he said as I spin to grab his throat and he knocks my hand away "How did you do that?" "Ahhh I can mask my scent, it's a talent I've had since I was a ch
"So tell me, what do these girls look like?" Gregory asked with a glint in his eye, we were all sitting in his study, "They both have brown hair, medium build" Acre started to say but I held up my hand to stop him before looking directly at Gregory "You already know who the girls are so why don't you stop playing games and tell us what you know?" I growl "Ok ok" he chuckles before continuing "Yes I know the girls they are Desert and Sky" The name Desert when he said it made my heart skip a beat and looking across at Acre I could see he also had a content look on his face "Don't you think it's strange how their names are Desert and Sky and you and your brother are Ocean and Acre?" Gregory asked jolting me from my thoughts "Mmmm, so where are they?" "I'm afraid you are going to have to wait a little while longer, I had to send them out of town" "What, why?" Acre asked incredulously "It was for their safety,
A loud scream jolts me back to reality so I start running towards the big mansion where the scream had come from. As I'm running I vaguely notice the others running beside me but it's the sight ahead of me that causes me to stop in my tracks. They're among about 50 men is my beautiful mate and her sister, I can also see a body lying beside them and vaguely wonder who it is, "That must be Mathew," Gregory says "We need to help them," Lanna says aghast at the sight before her, Acre is shaking all over, ready to transform and I'm ready to jump straight into the fight. "Wait" both me and Acre turn on Gregory for suggesting something so stupid "Pease, just wait..... look," he says pointing to the girls, we both turn and I see my mate start turning on the spot whilst her sister had thrown her arms and head back as if talking to the sky, I'm momentarily confused until a sharp wind whips at me and I feel something hitting my fa
"Why are we at the airport?" Desert spat but I just ignored her following behind Gregory's car.In the rearview mirror I see Sky give a confused look to Acre who says"Hey beautiful don't worry, your coming home with me"I see Skys face suddenly relax and a content smile appear on her face, it would have been quite a sweet moment if it wasn't for the snort and huff of Desert"What do you mean, going home with you?"Neither me nor Acre really knew what to say because in truth we hadn't even asked the girls if this was what they wanted, everything had happened so fast and if Gregory thought it would be safer for them to be out of the country then I would drag my feisty little mate kicking and screaming if I had too,"Look, sweetcheeks, it will be safer for you if...""I don't care and stop calling me that""Ok sweetcheeks, whatever you say" I smirk"I swear I will..." she started before Acre jumped in"Ok guys enoug
After we finish eating the air stewardess Natalie comes over to me and smiles "Hey Ocean, have a nice holiday?" I can feel Desert tense up beside me and when I look at her I smile as I see her eyes flicker between their gorgeous brown and mesmerising gold, I can see her wolf is on the surface and is seriously pissed off, I take her hand to reassure her before adding to Natalie "Yeah it was good, so how's your MATE Mac?" I ask putting emphasis on the word mate to calm my beautiful mate down, "Well that's why I'm here, he wants to talk to you, he hasn't heard from anyone from the pack for days" "Ok Natalie ill come speak to him now" With worried eyes Natalie then says "You don't think the wars started do you?" "Oh great, so this is you keeping us safe, dragging us out of London to chuck us into a bloody war" Desert spits making me smile "I'll be there in a sec Nat" I say nodding to he
After talking to Mac I head back to the others to find Acre and Sky dozing together, Lanna and Gregory talking and Mathew reading a magazine, "Everything ok?" Mathew asks looking up, rubbing my face tiredly I smile and notice Lanna and Gregory lookup, "I'm not sure, we cant make contact with the pack" "THE TIME IS NOW, STAND AS ONE, THE TWINS THERE MATES ARE THE HOPE AND FUTURE OF WOLVES EVERYWHERE TRUST THE TWINS THEY ARE THE FUTURE...", We all turn to Lanna who had gone very still, her eyes had gone white as if in a trance, as she finished the words her eyes snapped back to normal, "Lanna baby are you ok?" Gregory asked, She looked around at me "The time is now ocean, its started" "Yeah we heard" "You did?" "Yeah, we won't be landing for a bit so there's nothing we can do until then" "But..." Lanna said worriedly "It's ok Lanna, we need rest, we will plan when we get there and i
Four children ran around gasping at the huge lion statues eating m and ms, "There amazing aint they Gregory?" "Yes, they are" "LOONEY LOOPY LANNA, LOONEY LOOPY LANNA" one of the children started singing as they were running around, "SHUT IT" Gregory roared at the little boy, "Hey, come on enough, Logan leave Lanna alone," I say walking over to Gregory and Lanna, Acre right beside me. "Hey, beautiful" Acre bends down to his little girl whose eyes are sprinkling with tears, "Ya know you were named after a very special person, I used to take the Micky out of her, she ended up being so special to me, she saved our pack" "And, and her name was Lanna?" wiping her tears Acre smiled "Actually she was queen Lanna and Gregory," he said looking at my son who was agog at the revelation, "He was her mate and protected her no matter what" "Haha so you have to protect me Greggy," Lanna said with a huge smile,
A loud cheer went up by all toughs around me and as one they all turned and aggressively took the fight to the attackers while I fought to reach Desert, I was vaguely aware of Gregory beside me trying to get to Lanna but I was too focused on getting to Desert but I knew deep in my heart I wouldn't make it in time. As I ran Gregory let out a roar beside me and I noticed Jimmy attacking Lanna who was dodging his attacks and landing a few hits of her own I left Gregory to jump on the stage and engage Jimmy in combat while I dove under the stage to grab Desert and cut the rope around her neck, a howl ripped from me as I held Deserts lifeless body to me. I carried her out from the dirt to see Jimmy wielding a silver blade that sliced through the air in an arc and slashes blood from Gregory's throat, he stands there momentarily shocked, "Lanna" he whispers as his body slumps into a heap, flames leap into Lanna's eyes and Jimmy is fearful for the first time, he turn
We are all marched to the gallows and pushed forward, I cant see a way to escape and am just hoping Acre is trying to come up with a plan. Just then a car up and a finely dressed man steps out of the passenger seat, he has a smirk on his face as he climbs the steps of the gallows and turns to us all, "Welcome, welcome everybody, it's so nice to see you all, now let me introduce myself. my name is Jimmy and well I like it here so I have decided to stay, now I know most of you are rogues and well I'm here to set you all free so if you would like to be a part of my new pack you will be very very welcome or you could be apart of the pack your standing amongst and you will be treated as one of them, it's your choice." A hand from one of the rogues that had been marching with us shoots into the air, Jimmy smiles and says "yes, good man, what is it?" "Err well err what if the rogues don't want to be part of either pack, can we just leave?" The rogue
I pushed everyone as hard as I could, I knew there wasn't time to spare. I had filled everyone in on what was going on, we all had people in the pack that we loved so we all moved as quickly as we could, "What I don't get is why the rogues as so determined to get to this fight," Acre said as we marched along, it was Donny's voice from behind me that answered "We may just be rogues but believe it or not most of us just want peaceful lives, most packs leave us alone if we leave them alone but if these mutt rogues take over then even us rogues are not safe, we will be used as slaves, made to harm innocents, turned into wild animals". "Don't you want to be a part of a pack?" Donny thought for a moment before replying "Some do, I was happy as a rogue until I met my mate, I would walk heaven and earth for her, so she wants me to be part of a pack, so I become part of a pack but my sister, I want her to be part of a pack, Brie is strong but I
Oceans p.o.v. Gregory doubled over as if in pain, before I could react he had transformed into his shaggy brown wolf and was howling to the sky "Gregory, what's wrong?" "Ocean, it's Desert and Lanna they went into the forest and didn't come back and now Sky cant contact Desert" fear settled deep in my stomach "I'm on my way" I rush over to Gregory "Gregory, come on we need to go, Lanna and Desert need us" "Sh sh shes dead" Gregory stuttered once he had managed to calm down enough to transform back into a man "Who is?" I ask fearing his answer "La Lanna shes she's gone" "Come on, we need to find out what happened". Acre and Sky are waiting for us by the tent, grandma and grandpa were standing by the trees of the forest with people around them "What happened, wheres Desert?" I ask a tearful Sky
We set off earlier this morning when it was still dark, everyone was apprehensive about what was to come, most people were quiet thinking about what their futures would hold or their loved ones that had been left to wait for their return if they were to return, Lanna was acting strange well stranger then normal, she was humming a tune with a vacant expression on her face, Gregory kept looking around clearly unsure what to do until he could take it no more, "Lanna, honey are you ok?" "Hmmm, oh yes, yes im perfect" "Bu but you keep humming that tune" Lanna looked around at us all and smiled "Yes, I'm humming with the moon goddess" "What, you can hear her?" I ask "Yes, shes humming with me" We all look at Lanna as though she had gone mad but she just keeps humming with the same smile on her face as though she had never been interrupted. By late morning we were making good time so decided we would eat and rest now b
By the time we had gotten up and ready most of the tents had been taken down, as we stood watching the commotion for a moment a wolf came up to us, "Good morning sirs, madams, your breakfast is waiting over there by that fire," he said pointing "Oooo breakfast," Lanna said pushing her way over to the food, "Errr well, yes ill be taking your tent down before we all set off," the wolf said snapping his fingers to get the attention of two other wolves, he then bowed to us and got to work taking our tent down. We spent the best part of the morning trekking through the mountains, everyone was getting tired, Gregory had taken to carrying Lanna and Sky was leaning most of her weight on Acre, I looked at Desert and although the fatigue was clear on her face there was also a determination not to be weak which made me smile, "What are you smiling at?" she asked glaring at me but before I could answer movement in the rocks above caught my attention, noti
Grandpa leads us to a big tent amongst the other tents and leaves us to rest for a while. Food is sent to us and for the next few hours, I spend time in a soft blanket holding my mate who is sleeping soundly in my arms. "Ocean?" The whisper of my father mind linking me alerts me "Ocean, can you hear me?" "Dad?" "Yeah son, are you ok?" "Yeah I'm fine, what about you, mom, the others?" "We are all fine, don't worry, I don't have much time, we are all being watched but I need you to know, there's a rogue, I've marked him" "Donny, yeah I know" "Ah so you've met him" "Yeah Shannon met us at the airport" Its silent for a moment before dad comes back with "Shannon?" "Yeah she's the one who helped the rogues take over the pack years ago" "That Shannon, she's still alive, how, why? I don't get it" "Grandpa and grandma set her up in a place to keep an eye on things,
We decided to camp for the night as everyone was tired. Acre, Donny and a few of the rogues went to hunt some meat so we ended up feasting on deer. Desert wasn't talking to me so I waited until everyone was getting ready to bed down for the night before I said "I'll be back soon, just some business to take care of" before I strolled over to Desert and hoisted her over my shoulder and stomped through the trees leaving the sound of everyone's laughter behind us. "What are you doing? put me down pig" I smacked her bum just to annoy her "Don't call me pig" "Pig, pig, pig, pig, pig, pig" chuckling I finally let her down and pin her against a tree, "Now sweetcheeks, when are you gonna stop being mad at me?" "Never" "Thought so," I said as I moved her hair away from her neck and start kissing her, "What are you doing? stop" "No," I said kissing and nibbling along her jaw until shes breat