Bane P.O.V. “Sir, the agent from Night Howl is back.” One of my men says with a deep bow of his head. I lazily gesture for them to step forward. We are currently bunked down in a small pack we overtook a few days ago. I have managed to gather 150 rogues under me so far. They are so willing to come when I promise them free women and killing if they just do as I say, when I say it. It was a piece of cake to be voted Alpha of the Rogues, and now I am in control. Iron control. The little pack we overtook fought bravely, but we killed every warrior and child, keeping the women for fun and games. Especially the little Alpha’s daughter has been a pleasure to break in since the attack. Her family is one of the only ones not dead - they are captives in the cellars. Leverage so she will behave properly.“What news from my old pack?” I ask, looking at the spy. “Your former mate and her new boytoy were there yesterday, Alpha.” She says with a grimace to her companion. I scowl. So Annab
Blake P.O.V. The flight home, after we accepted Lianne into our pack, was uneventful, thank the Moon Goddess. Lianne and Allie made smalltalk and seemed to hit it off quite a bit, although Allie kept giving Lianne glances of confusion or concern. I made a mental note to ask her when we were back home, but it was so late when we finally reached the packhouse, I decided to wait. Lianne and Tristan went to his room in the packhouse, and I mindlinked his parents about the findings in the Night Howl pack, and that they should give them space to get to know each other before raining down with questions and happiness. My aunt made a rude comment I deliberately overheard. I also got a notification on my phone about a bounty the Council had issued on Bane. He was to be taken alive or dead, I myself preferred the last, to be brought to justice for his crimes against our community. I sent it to some of our associates, doubling the fee if they killed him within the next month. I have no doubt i
Allison P.O.V. I feel very confused when the gorgeous woman, Talia, says that my mate has been sending emails to witches tonight. Why would he not talk to me about it first? Has he been doing anything else without talking to me? Was that why he refused my help when I asked earlier? Does he not think I am strong enough to handle whatever we have to do to take Bane down? I feel a bit sad, isolated and angry at the thought of Blake not sharing the load of this weight with me. We are mates and partners. Equals. I sigh internally disregarding the feelings as soon as they present themselves. If Blake did this without talking to me, it was because he felt like he had to take action and he would have spoken to me tomorrow. Would I have been pissed he just went ahead and reacted without speaking to me? Perhaps. But he has been Alpha long before I became his mate, and he knows what to do and who to contact. I don’t. I would have gone with his suggestions anyway. ‘I trust your judgement, Alli
Blake P.O.V. I can’t get the thought about what Allie just said out of my head. She’s been having this off feeling about Lianne since we went home, and if I learned anything in the short time we’ve been together it’s trusting her instinct when she says or feels something. Even with our guests here, I will not forget what she just mindlinked me. ‘Blake, do you think Talia can maybe help us? I know she is a witch, and what I am feeling with Lianne is not shifter related. Her wolf is fine. It’s something else. Something I can’t quite put my finger to.’ We’re standing hand in hand at the front door, waiting for our guests to arrive there, when Allie mindlinks me. I open my eyes to ask why she is mindlinking me when I realize the others have gone with us. I look over my shoulders at Tristan, Lianne, Elliott and Cassie. They are all standing behind us, holding hands and in order of rank. I raise an eyebrow at the guys, but they just raise one right back at me. I ponder what Allie asked as
Bane P.O.V. “Scream!” The female bites her lips so it bleeds, but no sound comes out. I am on the verge of imploding. I need her to stop being such a stubborn bitch and fucking scream for me. “You will scream soon enough.” I tell her, as I caress one of the wounds I inflicted on her last night. She has been a joy to torture and hurt. Not as much as Annabel, but close enough that I have been able to have actual orgasms from it. Other times I have Tabatha come and glamour the girl to look and sound like Annabel. I curse her every day. Fucking cunt. Why couldn’t she just stay where she was supposed to? This is all her fault, and I will be sure to tell her over and over again. She will know the fucking wrath of me when I have in my hands again. I can feel the rage burn in my veins, and it won’t do that if I kill the Alpha’s bitch. Not now. I leave her whimpering in bed, as I go out and grab the first female Omega I come across. I drag her into the bedroom in her hair. She at least has t
Allison P.O.V. “You’re joking?!” I howl with laughter, feeling immense joy when it’s echoed by the females around me. Lianne, Cassie, Talia and I have taken the day off to go out for some much needed girl time, as Blake and the guys answered the tons of emails that have trickled in through the last few days. Talia and Neptune have been with us for almost a week now. They have been living in the packhouse, and we introduce them as close family friends, much to both their delights. Neptune has occasionally been away to sniff out Bane and his rogues. He has assembled almost 500 now. The threat is real and growing every day. It had grown from 300 a couple of days ago to 500 this morning, when Neptune called home. I shake my head. The gloomy thoughts are not welcome right now. Not today. Today is about having a good time, relaxing and finding new things for Lianne. “I’m not. When he finally realized I teleported behind him, I could have killed him 5 times over. Then he whirled like a lo
Blake P.O.V.When Allie closes down the mindlink, Shadow points out how composed she was even when we could hear clear as day that someone or something spooked her while she was on her girls trip. Shadow is swelling with pride in my mind. ‘She has come a long way in a short amount of time, our mate.’ He says, sounding old and wise. He snorts at my thoughts. ‘I am old and wise, asshole. And we need to tell the others.’ He is right of course, although I take my time to get back into my office. I went out when Allie mindlinked me. I felt the need to be somewhere else when her first link came through. ‘Mom, we are moving the ceremony to tonight. Can you get the stage ready?’‘Tonight? But I thought.. What happened? Is my daughter-in-law okay?’ ‘She’s fine. She says we have to move it, and I am not going to argue with my mate when she feels this is best for the pack.’ ‘You are getting smarter by the day, son. I applaud you. I’ll get everything together. Don’t worry about it. Just be th
Allison P.O.V. I register that Blake comes into our room, but I do not greet him. I keep my eyes on the outside, while my music in my earbuds are on full blast. I need something to keep me from going downstairs, track down the fucking traitor bitch Lucy and kill her. I need to center myself. I can feel Blake blaming himself through the bond, and some small very petty side of me is glad of it, because he fucking should have banished her ass or killed her when she was nasty to me. Not that the world revolves around me, but I have learned alot in my lessons, and disrespecting a Luna or future Luna as she did is punishable with far more serious stuff than just sticking her in the dungeon. Now she is betraying everyone, and I know why she is doing it. I have seen her around, the looks she always gives Blake whenever she thinks people have her unnoticed. She wants what is mine, which is what is pushing Dawn over the edge right now. Packmembers are working in the garden; putting up chairs
Tabatha P.O.V. “You always were a big disappointment to your parents, Tabatha. And now we find you whoring yourself out to wolves and other disgusting lowlives. No wonder your mother is distraught and grieving.” My aunt taunts, while smirking at the wolves by my side. I asked both Neptune and Damien to shift back into their wolf forms so no one saw who they were in human form. “You do know the bitch you are calling my mother, so not the woman who carried me and Talia and birthed us, right?” I ask, rolling my eyes. I am just keeping a shield in front of myself and the wolves for now. My aunt is a talker, not a fighter. She’ll run for the hills the moment she even thinks she has to fight me, and I need to save on my magic. A shield draws almost nothing from me, besides, Damien allowed me to draw some strength from him through our matebond. Although we haven't mated and marked each other, our matebond is strong and will only get stronger as time goes on. “Of course she did.” Aunt spit
Blake P.O.V.It was supposed to be easy. It was supposed to be over before it really got started. But now here we are hunting for Allie and Athale, Tristan is in the hospital recuperating from his temperate stay in the world of the unalived and we are nowhere near the end of the battle. Shadow is going crazy in the search for his mate, knowing she is properly with that insane bastard to Bane all the while we are looking for her. We promised to protect her, and we screwed up! I should never have agreed to this plan. ‘It’s too late for what if’s. We just need to find her in time and make sure she never leaves our side ever again!’ Shadow grumbles. I have to agree with my grumpy wolf. We are never letting our little mate out of our sight again after tonight! We’ve been searching for some time when the air ripples in front of us. Thor immediately puts himself between the ripple and Shadow, trying to protect us. Shadow snorts, but I shush him, proud of Thor and Elliott. They are acting l
Talia P.O.V. “So we’re all in agreement?” The wolves nod and I smile. After I teleported us via my focus on Blake, we landed right in front of him and Elliott’s wolves. They were taken very off guard, and I was lucky they recognized me in time to not attack out right. I hadn’t really thought this through - I just knew I needed to get to them fast and this was the fastest way I knew how to get to them. Ethan and Ophelia, strongly encouraged by the snapping teeth and growls of the two huge wolves and the fact that they can’t use their magics because of the cuffs, showed us the way to their base of operations. Of course they would choose the old Marigold packhouse. The irony of that location was something Bane and my parents could not pass up even if they wanted to. I put a strong illusion on the cuffs on Ophelia and Ethan so only they and I could see them, making sure my parents would think they had truly taken me hostage. I resisted the urge to roll my eyes. I was going to be a hoot
Bane P.O.V.I finally had her where I wanted her. She was here and she couldn’t do a single thing to me. I was going to enjoy breaking her little by little, seeing the light that shined so brilliant in her eyes now dim with every blow and stab. I had planned meticulously for her capture. For my victory. And then someone from the outside had to fucking ruin everything. I was allowed to be there when they captured Annabel and that witch bitch, but I could not touch her, could not be near her. I wanted to taunt her; see her face when she realized I was winning, but no. They put them in a room with a guard, and told that fucktard of a guard to not let me in. I was livid. The only good thing to come out of this was Lucy. She came to us when we came for Annabel, and she joined our forces. At least she could be a distraction amidst my anger. And she was more than willing to play my little games. She told me everything she knows about her former pack, her former Alpha and made me promise to
Talia P.O.V. “Come on, babe, we need to bring her to your parents. We’re not getting answers out of her.” Ethan says with irritation lacing his voice. They have kept out of the trap they set for me, knowing they seal themselves in here with me, on my terms, if they did. The first thing I did when they let up on the electric shocks a little, was search the little snare they had laid out. It was way out of both their leagues, and I decided my mother or father must be the ones who set it up. They made sure only the person who is directly inside the pattern in the ground is trapped, and his or her active powers do not work on those outside. Searching and understanding the concept of the trap is a passive magic, so it worked quite fine. It also told me they had to render me unconscious or put dampening cuffs on me to move me. “NO! I finally have her where I have wanted her for decades. Centuries. Helpless. She is mine!” Ophelia screams at Ethan, who takes a step back from my sister's ou
Allie P.O.V.“Wakey wakey little bitch.” A whiny female voice says in my ear, while nails dig into my throat. I’m tied to a chair, and the female is nauseatingly close to me, her perfume almost making me gag. I recognize her voice immediately and Dawn growls in my head, but I chose to not let it show as I slowly ‘wake up’. Apparently it’s too slow for her, because she lets me go, only to douse me with cold water. I blink the water out of my eyes, lifting my head to see Lucy’s smug face smirking at me. “Well, well. How the tables have turned, huh.” She says victoriously, but I ignore the obvious jab. I instead search the room with my eyes and find a still unconscious Athale opposite me, also tied to a chair. Dammit. So they got her too. Something hits me like a ton of bricks. Tristan came. He came to help us. He must have been close to the blast, but not close enough to be affected by it. He found us in the forest. They killed him. Tristan died trying to protect Athale and me from bein
Tabatha P.O.V.“Can you get in touch with your Alpha, Damien?” I ask, trying to think fast. We need to move, and we need everyone to understand the severity of the situation. “Of course. You want him here?” I shake my head, we’ll need to be somewhere else, somewhere safer. A place where we can regroup. I sigh. There is nowhere safer than here at the moment. The battle has completely died down here because of the blast and the vast numbers of dead still on the ground. I close my eyes, feeling for Talia ‘s aura as well as Ophelia’s and Ethan’s; they are not in our vicinity. Someone is. Someone who I don’t recognize immediately. I frown, but right now I just need to focus on this task. I handle this person if they make a move. I make sure to put a passive tracking spell on him, so I know where he is at all times. I know it’s a he, but something is off and familiar at the same time. This is going to drive me crazy. “Yeah, I actually think it is as good as anywhere. If he can get some of
Tabatha P.O.V. I didn’t like the idea of splitting up with Talia, but she was right; we would cover more ground this way. I know our family is spread out through the battle as I can feel their dark auras pulsing in different directions, but the thought of her going into that training ground alone. The aftermath of the blast held so much dark power, it must be a trap. I shake it off mentally. Talia will know it’s a trap and prepare accordingly. She always was the smartest of the two of us. I’m more like a punch first, ask later kinda girl. It took a lot of fucking balls on our part to leave our family behind in the first place, and now we are going to protect our peace with everything we have! I swore to Talia that no matter what happens, I will fight on. The gloom tries to settle into my heart, but I push it away. We’re not going to die today. Not her, not me. “Warrior, DUCK!” I yell at one of our allies. He throws himself to the ground, and I blast the enemy with an energy ball, m
Talia P.O.V. That was a close call on Tristan. Luckily we reached him in time before his soul left his body, otherwise there would have been nothing we could do. Tabatha and I teleport to our next destination. We bound ourselves to the others before the battle started without them knowing, which is why we knew he had been severely hurt, and we felt it when his heart stopped like it was in ourselves. “That was a close call, Tal.” My sister says, looking around for enemies in our proximity. I nod gloomily, knowing we won’t be this lucky all night. We can’t be everywhere, and Tristan needed the both of us. He was just very fortunate that we were together and could reach him. “I know. We need to form a plan.” Tabatha gives me a grim grin. “So, you’re saying teleporting all around the area to defend our friends and family isn’t much of a plan?” She asks, blocking a rogue, sending him flying away from Alpha Pete’s wolf. He looks around, sees us and nods once before he is back in another