All Chapters of Raven's Waking Dream: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

“What happens now?” I question breaking the silence as I lay on my side watching the fire with Osric behind me rubbing my side. “I can’t take you home to my pack yet. I’m working on it, but it’s hard to remove Elders. I will be sending Embry with you to keep you safe when I can’t be near,” Osric answers, making my stomach twist a little not sure how I feel about being around Embry knowing we share a mate. “I know pack laws protect them. Won’t your pack need their Beta?” I question while rolling to my back and looked up into Osric’s beautiful eyes as he gazes over my naked body. “They do, but I will figure it out. I’m sending Embry because no one will protect you better or train you better,” Osric explains while brushing my hair from my face and I blush a little. “He’ll know how to help me keep control and know how to handle me if I lose it, won’t he?” I ask while staring at the new mate mark on Osric’s shoulder making my heart beat slightly faster. “He will help you a lot and wil

“Raven,” I hear Liliana’s whimper in my head making me turn to see her sitting at our father’s feet staring at me with the saddest expression. I just hold my cloak around me as tight as I can and slowly walk towards our Mummo and Vaari’s house fighting everything in me screaming not to and go back the other way. “He’s coming back, you have me until then,” Lily links while walking beside me as I sulk listening to the snow crunching beneath our feet hearing Rebecca following us. “He’s my mate Lily, you’ll understand once you find yours now that you can feel it,” I cry trying my hardest to keep walking holding my head high, not wanting to break. Not only can I feel my own fight against the pull of the bond, now I can feel Osric’s and how much it hurts him to watch me walk away from him. “I know I don’t fully understand, but I do know you’re the strongest person I know and I’ll be damned if I let you get hurt,” Liliana nearly growls in frustration making me laugh a little glad to feel

“Raven where are you?” I hear Embry in the link as I run as fast as I can letting my paws carry me far away. “I can’t stay,” I whimper back, running through the trees putting as much distance between myself and my family as I can. “You’re not safe alone, where are you?” Embry growls as I shake my head ignoring him and shoving him out. I surrender to my instincts and run as fast as I can until I drop in the snow surrounded by empty forest. I look out into the trees then howl as loud as I can crying out in pain and anger at the loss of my mother. I can’t stop crying inside letting the snow numb my body not sure what to do or how I can face my sister of father again. I am the reason Alpha Quinn showed up, coming after me and my family; I was completely useless I couldn’t protect them. “Why did you follow me?” I growl hearing Embry’s large paws in the snow, I stand up feeling enraged that he followed me. “You’re not safe out here alone,” Embry links, I watch his silver wolf reflec

“Can I ask you a question?” I ask while sitting up and hold the blanket around me. “You can ask me anything, I’ll answer the best I can,” he says with a gentle smile. “I can see you’ve found your mate; how can you stand to be apart? How could you walk away?” I can’t help but ask knowing it is a little rude, but I need to know if I would ever stop missing someone I can’t remember. “Years of practice and no it doesn’t get easier. Not many things can make a mate walk away, but my duty as Beta comes first,” Embry answers with a shrug like it doesn’t really affect him. “Alpha Osric is our King; it is his duty to uphold traditions and laws including protecting inexperienced young Alphas. Also, he keeps the packs in line so there is less human and vampire confrontation,” Embry continues as he watches me nod my head taking in everything he is saying. I understand Osric is a very powerful Alpha, but I never knew to what extent let alone him being King. “He’s what? And my father was his be

“First, I didn’t get pregnant from being raped. Aiden wasn’t intentional, Jonathan… he was trying to hid what Raven and I are from some really bad people including King Orin. Jonathan is Orin’s second in command, so Orin can link directly into his mind and see out his eyes like they’re his own. Trying to hide us, Jonathan had to make him believe we were essentially worthless thus faking abuse toward me and giving no attention to Raven.” “At first it was Jonathan only compelling me, letting Orin believe he was abusing me which would heal nearly over night so it mostly felt like a bad dream. Eventually though Jonathan was forced to do more with Orin in his head making him prove Raven and I weren’t as powerful as we are. Raven kept displaying impossibly strong abilities making it harder for Orin to ignore, Jonathan told me what was happening with his King. He didn’t want to rape me or have sex, but things were getting to a point he’d have no choice.” “Jonathan wanted to find a way aroun