ALEJANDRO
The kids were having a fucking blast, and as much as I wanted Kiara to have been here, I knew yesterday that whatever happened was on her mind and she needed rest. I made sure the villa was surrounded by guards. The kids were safe with me, but I was not going to fucking risk leaving her alone.
This place was pretty fucking neat, with the mountain backdrop, the waterfall and the clear river. The greenery and the trees were in full bloom, and the sound of birds chirping in the trees rang in the clear blue sky.
I frowned, watching Dante take his shirt off, seemingly irritated, and I realised what he was about to do.
"Dante, don’t." I warned, closing the gap between us and grabbing his hand as he was about to yank the necklace of concealment off.
"Dad, I just want to go in the water without this, I feel stronger without it." He frowned.
A sliver of guilt rushed through me, knowing we were practically subduing him as a person, but without it, he had the aura of a full-fledged Alpha… That was something I couldn’t risk anyone finding out. He had worn this necklace since birth, it had been given to us as a repayment gift by a witch when Kiara healed her.
"Dante, listen to me son." I crouched down placing my hands on his shoulders. "I know you don’t want to keep it on, but it’s for your safety."
I hope he understood, the annoyance in his eyes told me he did but he didn’t like it.
"When I grow up, I'm never hiding who I am." He said defiantly.
I nodded, brushing his wet hair off his forehead.
"Got it, I just need you strong enough to protect your-"
Something was wrong. I could feel it, like a wave of darkness and unease washing over me.
My heart thundered as I stood up, scanning the area - Sky and Kat. Where were they? Skyla’s heartbeat reached my ears.
"Girls!"
I turned sharply, seeing the top of both their heads behind a large rock. Thank the fucking goddess they were together. Kat’s ability of being able to hide her heartbeat fucking messed with me. I grabbed Dante despite his protests, rushing over to the girls. Something was off, and I wasn’t going to stay in this opening when–
Suddenly, wolves burst from the trees, in every fucking direction. There were far too many to count, their fur all similar shades of auburn and browns, and their eyes burning a shade of crimson-orange that I had never seen before. But the thing that fucking threw me was that I hadn't sensed, smelt or heard them. At all.
"Stay with your sisters." I told Dante as I shifted.
In a flash, I ripped the first wolf that reached us to shreds, turning my head to swipe another one away from my pups. Fuck, I couldn’t even mind link anyone, I was out of range...
I heard Kat whimper, feeling Skyla’s aura. We didn’t know what her ability was, but when emotional, she had an aura, although it was faint. I slammed another one away from them. One fucking wolf or a hundred, I would handle them all.
The smell of blood, the menacing growls of the burning eyed wolves and the beating hearts of my pups were filling my senses.
My only thought was to protect them by all fucking means.
"Dad!" Dante shouted.
I turned, ripping the heart of one of the wolves right out of his chest, before it could attack the girls. Blood sprayed over them, making Skyla shriek, her arms tightly around Kataleya whilst Dante stood there defensively.
I hissed as I felt the claws of another wolf dig deep into my back. I growled, throwing him off, allowing my aura to roll of me in waves, but it did nothing to stop the wolves from advancing. I turned, ripping through two more. If I was alone, I’d be fine, but this was a fucking nightmare…
"Dad’s phone." I heard Dante mutter.
I knew what he was planning, calling for help. Fuck no!
I growled, but he didn’t even pay attention, darting out from behind the rock and aiming for my phone that lay on the rock a few metres away. Several wolves hissed, turning their gaze on Dante.
Over my dead fucking body.
I growled, launching myself at the back of the closest one. Another barrelled into my back and I was thrown to the rocky ground, a wolf ripped into my leg and another four jumped at me.
"Dad!" Dante’s voice came.
Fuck.
I turned, killing two instantly, my blazing red eyes filled with a rage. The darkness of my aura enveloped the area, yet even then the flame eyed wolves refused to back away. Almost as if they didn’t feel pain, relentlessly attacking until they faced fucking death.
I ripped another two hearts out, the taste of my own blood in my mouth. I lunged forward, blocking the girls from being attacked. I never ran... But for their safety, I needed to. I wasn’t going to win without them getting hurt.
I grabbed the girls, rushing for Dante, who was fighting a wolf off with a stick. He may be eight, but he was already an impressive fighter. Yet, he was still just a pup, he was no match for these. Growling menacingly, I ripped the attacker off him. I was about to grab Dante when I was thrown to the ground. The girls slipped out of my arms, I just about managed to cushion Skyla’s head from hitting the ground.
"Kataleya!" Skyla sobbed, I turned, seeing one of the wolfs grabbing her and running.
No.
Fear consumed me like never before, digging its claws into me as I growled, running after the wolf only for another six to jump on my back. I stared at her, seeing the wolf run further and further away, her body being flung around like a rag doll as he ran with her.
Please no.
I growled murderously, the ground vibrating at the sheer force as I ripped them off when I saw Dante fall to the ground, his entire body shuddering.
Torn.
The choice before me was fucking me up. There was no way I could choose between my pups.
Kataleya was getting further and further away, and Dante was about to get killed, blood dripping down his chest from where he had been slashed. In a flash, I was before him, killing the attacking wolf before I grabbed him and Skyla, running after Kataleya, the wolves doing their best to stop me.
Their heartbeats were thundering like roaring storms, and I knew the fact that they had gotten so close without me sensing them meant there was magic involved. Their scents were exactly the same… Of fire and ash.
Whatever they were, it wasn’t normal.
I tried to push at the limitations of my mind link, but I had really come too far out... This wasn’t the plan…
Fuck, I should have listened to Kiara.
Kataleya… I could no longer see the wolf that had taken her. My heart was thudding as I pushed myself. My baby girl, I couldn’t allow anything to happen to her…
Suddenly, the entire forest around us erupted in flames. Kataleya’s distant cry reached my ears but I could no longer make sense of direction, the flames rose higher and higher, and Skyla began coughing, struggling to breath. Dante was pale, his entire body still convulsing, and I saw the trickle of blood from his nose.
I kept running but it was only getting harder to breathe, I needed to get these two to safety before I went after Kataleya.
The painful decision before me ripped my heart into two. It clenched painfully in my chest as I forced myself to turn, knowing I was turning my back on my pup for the two in my arms.
Fear that something might happen to her or that she may die consumed me, but I had to hold onto hope that she’ll be ok, because if I went after her, the two in my arms surely would.
I promise you, baby girl, Daddy will come for you and when I find the one behind this… I’ll fucking kill them in the most painful possible fucking way.
KIARA "I'm ok." I said looking up at Julio, who had found me. My body was aching and I could barely think straight. "What happened?" He asked, frowning. "Should I call the Alpha?" "I don’t know, there was a paper… I… I’ll call him just to see how they are." I murmured, looking at my own shattered phone. Worry, pain, and fear were swirling inside of me, but it wasn’t my own emotions - Alejandro. What was happening? "Contact Alejandro!" I exclaimed suddenly, making Julio grab his phone, but just then, the sound of running reached my ears and Alejandro appeared at the door, blood and dirt covering his body. Clad in only torn sweatpants which told me had shifted. My eyes snapped to the limp bodies of Dante and Skyla in his arms, and I sprang up. "What happened?!" I cried, my powers surging around me. Panic and worry consumed me as I took in their state. Skyla’s heartbeat was steady yet weak, but she seemed to simply
ALEJANDRO Fear ran through my veins and, although I may be the strongest shifter out here, I felt helpless. Kataleya. She was all I could fucking think of. Remembering the way, the wolf's teeth were clamped around her tiny body. The blood dripping from his mouth, her blood… and the terror in her eyes as they got further and further away. I’d give my fucking life for her safety. Then Kiara’s pain, the way she pushed me away ripped at my heart. I knew she was in pain, a mother’s reaction after all. She was the perfect mother to our child, not like my own fucking mother, who played dead for years and then came back with her psychotic plans to destroy the world over eight years ago. She sure fucking didn’t care if any of us went down with her. But Kiara, she was firm, fair and affectionate. She loved her pups unconditionally and even then, made time for me, her family, our pack and her friends, as well as for a certain fucker I couldn’t stand. She
KIARA "Leave him." I glanced at Rayhan as I was about to lift Dante from the bed. "You need to sleep too." He shook his head, "I can’t sleep anyway. Leave him here, I’ll watch over them both." Our eyes met and I nodded, feeling terrible. "I'm so sorry, Ray." I whispered. He shook his head, giving me a small smile that didn’t take away the emotions in his eyes that were riddled with worry and pain. "We’re family and we stick together. You need to stop apologising." He said, caressing Delsanra’s snowy white hair. "She’s a fighter, they both are…" I nodded as I kissed Dante’s forehead. How much pain was he in? Was he going to be ok? I looked over at Delsanra, caressing her hair for a moment. She had two little pups, Ahren and Sienna. Goddess, they needed their mother. "Kiara?" Rayhan’s voice snapped me out of my thoughts, and he raised an eyebrow. "They’ll be ok." I nodded, unable to
KIARA I hadn't been able to sleep properly. Both Alejandro and I had tossed and turned. The sun hadn't even risen but I sat up, picking up the pad and forcing myself to write the second message. I was halfway through it when Alejandro woke up. We had barely slept, although we had been trying to sleep for the last four hours. How could we sleep when our baby girl was somewhere? All alone. I knew he wanted to get back out there to look for our pup. His arm was around me, his hand over mine as I wrote the words, painstakingly slow. The sparks of his touch were like the comfort of warmth on a winter day. He didn’t speak, simply placing a few comforting kisses on my neck and shoulder. ‘A debt must always be repaid, by blood or by life.’ I had done it! I gasped, dropping the pen. Alejandro instantly grabbed some napkins from the tray of left-over food from last night and dabbed them gently over my bleeding hand, then over the paper that was
KIARA "This is worse than we thought, isn’t it?" "Demons are rare, and if this was cast by a demon, and I’m sure it was, then finding the one behind it is going to be rather difficult, even for us." I closed my eyes, wishing that was not the case. "Is there no other way?" "Of course there is, finding the one who summoned the demon. If we find him, then we find the rest of the answers." Magdalene stated, smoothing out the sleeve of her dress. The two women exchanged looks, I knew they were keeping something from me. "There’s more to it, isn’t there? Tell me." I asked sharply, just as Mom entered. Janaina sighed heavily. "If anyone else had performed this spell, or any spell for that matter, trying to lift the curse…. They would have died instantly. The only reason Delsanra survived is because of her demon side." Her words made my blood run cold, I felt as if I had been slapped across the face. God
Hello everyone, this is just a free note with some key rules in my world as well as listing everyone’s mates and relationships, just to make certain things easier for those who are new readers or for those who have read book 1 and 2 a long time ago. MATING Mates can only be found on a Blood Moon and if they are over the age of eighteen. The Blood Moon occurs twice a year. - MARKING Werewolves can take chosen mates and even mark them. However only a true fated mates mark can remove the mark of another wolf. Unless the true mate is no longer alive then an unmarked wolf can mark on top of a true mate’s mark and replace it. - PREGNANCY Unless the female is marked, she cannot get pregnant, she does not need to have marked the male back to get pregnant. Omega females are the only ones that can get pregnant without being marked. Witches and human mates also needed to be marked to get pregnant. Unlike werewolves, Lycans can get any kind of she-wolf pregnant without marking. - HE
UNKNOWN I frowned, watching my father pace the room in anger, as I stood against the wall; chin up, shoulders back, hands crossed behind my back, ready and paying attention to whatever he might say. He took his jacket and gloves off, revealing his burnt skin. The side of his face was burned too, but it wasn’t as bad as the rest of his body. People found him quite scary with his skin all raw and burnt. The burns didn’t look normal either, they had an angry red shade to them despite them being there since before I was even born. But father was still the best, the strongest and the most powerful. "I asked you, men, to bring me the boy." Father hissed, staring at the four men who looked almost identical to each other, with their flaming red hair and pale orangey eyes. Power exuded from them, but it didn’t match father's, nowhere close. "Alpha… we tried, but he wasn’t making it easy, the boy or this girl-" "Did I ask you to talk back hijo de p**a?!
UNKNOWN I could hear the sounds of night animals outside my bedroom window hooting, howling, and crying out extremely loudly as I stared at the ceiling, laying on the hard plank of wood that was my bed. My room was luxurious enough, but as future Alpha, there were certain things I didn’t need and shouldn’t get used to. Like soft beds, for one, or blankets. As a werewolf, my body kept itself warm and it was better to get used to things than being spoiled with useless, unnecessary items. It had been a while since I talked to the Lycan’s daughter, but I couldn’t brush off how innocent she seemed. I know her father was a horrible person who owed my family a lot, and I know that inevitably she may die. But whilst she was alive, perhaps I could offer her some sympathy? Or something of the sort. I sat up remembering how her dress was torn at her waist, covered in bloodstains. She had lost a lot of blood too… I ran my hand through my black hair sighing. It wasn’t lik