Axel’s pov I know it has been a crazy few weeks with Jade trying to kill Elias and then Elias freeing her. Not to mention Elias becoming King and Amber losing her power. There is so much to do. I know all this, but yet I'm not stressed out. For the first time in years I feel a sense of peace. Peace knowing that Elias doesn’t need our, or mainly Amber’s protection. Peace knowing that my beautiful mate doesn’t have her future written in stone anymore. She can choose her own destiny. It’s been hard for Elias getting to know his power. He decided to stick around until he is graduated, so he could practice his new powers. It’s been also hard for Amber adjusting to “normal” life, but I have loved having her around. And I’ve tried to show Amber in every way possible that she’s still special to me. We are starting to get used to the idea that we don’t have to worry about our kids being killed all the time. Now we can worry like normal parents. What Jade did to Elias brought back a lot of me
Amber’s povElias has started traveling the world, trying to see what every pack and Alpha needs. I am staying behind until I am needed. I have missed having my powers, but it’s nice to just be present amd be there for my pack. I have felt myself changing over the last few months, I am more patient. I am not walking on egg shells all the time, waiting for something to happen. I have actually planned a surprise for Axel that I would never have done before, I stopped taking the pill last month. He has been wanting another child for so long, but I could never see a world where I would have enough time or energy to have another baby in my life. But right now everything is so calm and perfect between Axel and I. Well, I wouldn’t call what we do in the bedroom calm. But everything outside of the bedroom has been so serene. I have been planning on telling Axel about wanting another pup for the last few night, I wanted to wait to tell him until I got my period back. But Axel beat me to the
Axel’s povI suddenly felt a strong feeling of fear through our bond. “Amber what happened?” I asked. “It’s bad Axel. It’s a massacre. There are so many people dead. Even kids. I have to find out what happened. I will contact you soon.” Amber said through the link. I got really nervous, what the hell happened there?! And were the people that did this still in the area? Would Amber be safe? I tried to distract myself, I had been tracking a coven of witches in our area for a while now. They didn’t seem like a threat, but I had thought the same thing about Jade. I honestly didn’t know what the right way to approach them was. Should I attack first or try to arrange a meeting between us. Usually I would ask Amber or Gamma Omar for advice, but they were both busy. Luckily my Beta Logan was around, but he had a strong opinion on witches. Which clouded his judgement a bit. “Kill them all,” Logan said. Yeah that wasn’t much help. If I killed a bunch of witches, I could start a war between
Amber’s pov I woke up in a dungeon, it was dark and it smelled like blood and herbs. My eyes were still heavy send and my head was throbbing. All I remember is finding Charlotte and taking Charlotte to her pack, when I felt something hit me in the back of the head. I could see two other figures in the cells next to me. This wasn’t like the cells at the Sage Mountain pack or like the ones at our prison. These were cells with iron bars, to make sure you couldn’t touch them. There was a stone bench and a hole in the ground, I guess that was supposed to be the toilet. I walked closer to the cell to my left and saw it was Charlotte. She still seemed in shock, sitting with her legs up and rocking back and forth. Softly whispering, “it’s my fault, it’s my fault." I tried to talk to her, I reached my arm through the bars and felt the iron burn my skin. But not even my touch made an impact. I walked to cell on my right and peaked through the bars. A small women with short hair was sleeping
Axel’s pov I asked Elias to let Alpha Ivar know I was coming to see him. It would come across like a power move for an Alpha to come to another pack unannounced, especially with some men and his gamma. I didn’t want to make enemies while I was here, I just wanted to find Amber and Charlotte. Elias would be joining me in a few hours. I walked to the pack borders of the Shadow pack, I was here twelve years ago and a lot had changed. It looked a lot busier, like the pack had grew in the last few years. To accommodate all these people they had built a lot of new houses, the pack looked really good. Alpha Soren had taken over the land of Sage Mountain pack and some of it’s members, but it looked like Alpha Ivar had added even more land and members. When I arrived at the border I shifted back to my human form, two soldiers approached me and my men and handed us something to wear. They escorted us to the packhouse, almost like they had orders not to let me take a look around the area. Al
Amber’s pov As soon as Alpha Ivar left the dungeon I turned towards Jade. She was still lying on the ground, after being almost choked to death. That Alpha Ivar really had it out for her, they must have some history. I almost fell sorry for Jade, until I remembered she tried to kill Elias. I might have to put my anger aside though, if I wanted to escape. It didn’t look like Charlotte would be much help. “Jade, are you okay?” I asked coldly. Jade looked up and stared at me, it took her a few seconds to recognize me and she instantly tried to sit up and bowed her head. Showing your neck is a sign of dominance and respect. “Luna Amber. I am so sorry” Jade said. I did not want to talk about Elias right now, I just wanted to get out. “Let’s just discuss how we are going to get out of this. And why Charlotte is like that?” I said as I pointed to Charlotte still rocking back and forth. Jade swallowed carefully, her throat must still be sore and she touched her ribs. She came closer to
Amber’s pov Alpha Ivar walked out of Jade’s cell and closed the door. He walked over to mine. I saw Charlotte moving as if she was finally coming out of her shock. Alpha Ivar had been so busy beating Jade up, that he didn’t realize he was being mindlinked by his men for several minutes. When he stopped to walk to my cell, I saw the realization hit, the runes didn’t work anymore. And if the runes didn’t work anymore I could have alerted Axel or Elias by now. His men must be telling him about Charlotte’s son. Charlotte was standing up in her cell, a look of rage on her face, she shifted in her cell. Charlotte walked to the iron bars and grabbed them with both hands, I heard her skin sizzle as she ripped the door off. Alpha Ivar ran as fast as he could out the dungeon. Charlotte walked over to my and Jade cells and ripped open our doors. Jade crawled out of her cell, barely able to walk, while I shifted. The dungeon door opened and there were several wolves there and Alpha Ivar stood
Axel’s pov I came looking for Amber and Charlotte and I ended up having a son. That’s not something you just get used to. But I think Amber and I both forgot how much work a baby is, so we barely had the time to adjust. Hunter seemed to favor me. Which was fine, but I still had my responsibilities as Alpha. Logan offered to step in for a while, but his son was the same age as Hunter. In the end we found a solution, baby-carrying seemed to work like a charm. Amber carried Hunter most of the day, while I took care of some work. I had another lead on the witches, the girl Jade, that Elias brought home, much to Amber’s dismay. Jade now wanted to be called Finley, her real name. I guess she wanted a fresh start and live truthfully, but neither Amber or I trusted her. But I needed Finley’s help, I knew nothing of witches. If she could provide me some insight, I could finally decide if the group that lived nearby was friend or foe. And once I was finished with my research, Finley could go o