~Nate’s Point of View~
“Hi, I’m Alpha Nate, this is Alpha Ryan,” I said, trying to leave the conversation where they would need to explain themselves.
After the intense as fuck nightmare I had, I was starving. But this was more important.
*You just introduced yourself as Alpha. And it sounded pretty fucking good,* Onyx said, boosting my confidence.
“It’s an honor to meet you. I’m Jason. This is my adopted mom Marion. That’s Colt, Trent, Louie, Raine and Tara. The girls are only 12 and 14. We range from 15-17. We’re not blood related but Marion and her husband fostered all of us and slowly adopted us one at a time. Mark, our father passed last year. It’s been pretty damn rough for us ever since. We lost our h
Awww I thought it was a good joke!!
~Missy’s Point of View~ “So you’re seriously never going to join Long Tooth? Your family’s pack,” I said, in shock. Renata made a face and put down her drink. She looked out of the large picture window in my little suite, we’d been holed up in here for a couple hours. My mates were busy helping train the human teenage boys to help with security and I was exhausted from the long day. “There was just something so fulfilling about watching the guys bring people into their new pack. They’re Alphas for like an hour and suddenly they have what? Twenty-five people under them. I just think it’s amazing. I trust Ryan with my life, and in a way Nate is his mate so I trust him the same. Long Tooth is just old … my parents’ pack, hell my grandparents. That’s how I’ll always
~Ryan’s Point of View~ “I’m fine really,” I grumbled, even though my whole body hurt like hell. I was certain some loving from my mate would fix everything but they weren’t letting me go home yet. I don’t know why she couldn’t come to me. I’d helped fend off rogue attacks before, but nothing like this. Those motherfuckers seemed organized, they hit us from all sides at once. The Shadow vamp caught one and tried to torture him a bit for information but the bastard kicked without saying much. Low tolerance for pain, worthless. Likely looking for females, that’s what we assumed. Well they weren’t fucking getting them from our village! I was still blind with rage that these assholes even thought for a seco
~Missy’s Point of View~ I’d had to miss two days of school with everything going on and I was terrified they would flunk me. Susie offered to come meet with the principal and long story short, I would be graduating as expected. She said while listening to his thoughts she found out some interesting tidbits but of course, she wouldn’t elaborate. If blackmail was necessary for me to get that stupid certifcate than I didn’t care. The whispers around the school were harsh, criticizing my mates for not being able to keep their people safe. It was absolutely ludicrous, and the fact that our village did as well as it did with the small numbers it had really was amazing. I mean, Susie was basically five people in one but they didn’t need to know that. “I heard one of her mates
~Missy’s Point of View~Saturday had been a day everyone was looking forward to, anxious to be productive. But me? I was hiding like a damn coward in the kitchen. Terrified of seeing those males again. Their muscles, their perfect smiles.Thankfully there was no shortage of things to do so I did well at staying occupied. Since Chance’s mate arranged most of the food, we were making drinks and desserts. Kendra conjured up a table, and once we had it full she teleported it out to the field. It was pretty damn cool. Every hour or so it would come back empty and we’d fill it up all over again. There had to be fifty people out there at this point.There was talk they may be able to do a fourth house as long as there were enough materials. I hoped they coul
~Renata’s Point of View~ I just can’t waste any brain power on Ryan tonight. I know it’s a shock for him, hell I’m still in shock too! I always, always dreamed about my pups. If they would look like me, or my mate. Well I sure as shit knew now, they were going to look nothing like me in their natural form. My heart broke at the thought. But Missy believes in the Goddess, and deep down I know I do too. I paced in the woods alone, waiting for Diego to show up. I had a complete meltdown and insisted that we be alone. I think Nate was too terrified to go against me after my outburst. I didn’t want anyone else to see me like this, so emotional. It wasn’t my usual personality and in Long Tooth we don’t show weakness. But having a mate has just scrambled my damn head! While D
~Diego’s Point of View~ I thought I knew what my life would be, I thought the Shadows were my path, I thought the bachelor life was all I would know. I thought… I thought I had accepted my life. How could I have ever imagined that following the Black triplets to help build a house would bring me my mate? How did it seem that she was maybe ashamed of me? I smelled her when she was within a quarter mile, it nearly crippled my body. I fought terribly with Pablo, my bear, over dropping everything and going to find her. I knew that it was a new pack, with new Alphas. I had no clue what the protocol was for it all, I’d never lived in a pack myself. Bear shifters aren’t at all like wolves, we live with family but not in large groups. Of course there are some that choose
~Missy’s Point of View~ I stared back at my reflection and really didn’t even recognize myself. I was graduating from school today, and it hardly seemed possible. I felt worlds away from where I was a year ago. Before my mates found me and turned my world around. I was Luna, I was nearly mated. Forty-two days but who is counting… I’d barely even been staying at home anymore, and my parents honestly didn’t seem to care. They were too beside themselves to tell everyone I was Luna of Shadow Village, it was as if my actual presence was no longer required. I finished putting in my earrings, some little heart shaped diamond drops that were a graduation gift from my mates.
~Missy’s Point of View~ “What’s the day count now,” Renata asked as we bumped into each other around the kitchen. “Eighteen days and one last full moon,” I said, wiping my forehead with the back of my arm. At this point I should plaster it on a giant calendar because everyone constantly asks me. It's getting hard not to snap about it because each person doesn’t know the last has asked me already. “That’s so rough, man I just don’t know how they do it,” she said, shaking her head. I know she just wanted to make conversation but it was just too hard for me to think about anymore. After the last full moon I heard Nate and Ryan talking about the