AVAWe stood in the bright sunlight, the sound of birds chirping and leaves rustling in the gentle breeze filling the air. The communal area was bustling with people, the smell of freshly cooked food wafting from the kitchen. "It's gone," I said, looking down at my hand where Seth had grasped mine just moments before. But now, I feel nothing. Looking up at Derek, I felt confused. "What do you mean, what's gone?" Derek asked through our link, his eyes narrowing slightly."The connection, I don't feel anything. No buzz, no nothing," I replied, shaking my head. Derek looked at Seth, who was standing off to the side, his expression strange. The Seth I had left just days before was a devastating mess, but today he almost looked robotic."How can it just go?" Derek asked, his voice low and serious, as Vee chattered on in the background. "I don't know," I said, feeling confused. I had to admit, it was a relief that the connection was gone, but still, it was a bit weird.Just then, Adrian bur
SETHVee had told me it took four days to recover from the spell of the warlock princesses. Even with her extensive experience in magic, she had never seen that kind of power used on anyone before. It made me wonder how they had actually managed to cast the spell on me. We were constantly on the run, rarely staying in one place for too long. Could it be that they had infiltrated my dreams or manipulated me when we consulted that witch?As my mind wandered through the possibilities, thoughts of Nimue began to creep in. Nimue was my heart's robber, stealing my affections with her mysterious and alluring presence. I couldn't help but think about her.As I walked through the forest, the crunch of leaves beneath my feet echoed through the silence. The sun cast dappled shadows on the ground, a stark contrast to the turmoil brewing inside me. I felt like my insides had been crushed, like the weight of the world was bearing down on me. Nimue, the woman I had followed and worshiped, had been t
SABRINA I stood at the window, gazing out at the lush green forest beyond the glass. The sunlight filtering through the leaves cast dappled shadows on the ground, and the sound of birdsong filled the air. "They are getting closer, I sense it," I said, my voice low and serious.Fay, lounging on the couch with her dragon friend, looked up at me with a lazy smile. "Don't be so dramatic, we have been in this life with these people for decades, we have never been found out. Why would we now?" She waved a hand dismissively, her eyes glinting with amusement.I turned my head to look at her, my gaze critical. "This is different. She has chosen someone that is surrounded by people that love her as her human. For whatever reason, we cannot get in their heads. We both tried on the boat." I nodded towards Adrian, who was sitting on the sofa staring blankly at the wall, his eyes glassy and unfocused.Fay climbed off the couch, her movements sinuous and seductive. She padded over to the bar, her b
AVA The morning sunlight streaming through the windows highlighted the tension in the room. Everyone was seated around the large wooden table, pouring over Nimue's diaries and throwing out ideas. The air was thick with the scent of old parchment and freshly brewed coffee.It became hard to navigate , to accept help from people but not actually tell them any of the truth. I trusted my family and friends explicitly. But we couldn't risk telling them anything of actual value , that could actually help us get to the bottom of all of this. Which felt like time wasted. Everyone was here this morning , Blake , Kara, Joshua, Andrea , Adrian , Vee and awkwardly, Seth. We were pouring over Nimue's diaries , and they were throwing out ideas. Which felt a little invasive to Nimue. I mean I had her with me, she could tell me most of this. Except maybe the part where she was blacking out. But then those parts aren't written. Shirer walked in , and looked around the full room and her eyes landed
SABRINA " WHAT THE HELL!!!! , OH QUEEN MOTHER, OH QUEEN MOTHER" Fay walked about panicking. I rolled my eyes and sneered without her seeing my face. " Fay , keep your voice down. These crazy wolves are everywhere at the minute, remember , they are onto us now more than ever before" I whispered and hissed at her . She narrows her eyes. " How can I be calm Sabrina? They want to come to our home. Where all our crazy family is desiccating, they would search everywhere, where we had memories, where we killed Father , the spell books we used to learn dark magic, this is really bad , And you're crazily blowing it , I told you to not take him as a mate. We didn't know enough about him, how he acts, who he is, how he behaves around his friends, I told you but you wouldn't listen . There was no need for you to take a mate there " she snapped, hissed at me, and gulped down a drink . That was the fastest I have seen Fay take down a drink , I rolled my eyes at her. " It was another way in , anot
AVAWe had decided to go to the castle three days after thorough planning and preparation. At that time, Derek and I had kept to ourselves , except for our siblings. And Shirer . A day before we left Shirer had called Derek and I. She told us she was suspicious of Vee , that she is one of the warlock princesses, and we attested to that fact because of the way we saw Adrian act the other day . Derek knowing his best friend Adrian won't act like that came to a conclusion that Vee was controlling Adrian . So Shirer kept a spell on me . The warlock princesses are after Nimue's magic in me , so the spell was to reveal the real faces of the warlock princesses once we get to the castle and I come close to any of their belongings. I would know for certain who the warlock princesses were. I felt extremely paranoid , looking at Vee all the time with my corner eye but still trying to act normal so she wouldn't suspect a thing . But the warlock princesses are ancient beings, they would have kno
DEREK The whole place was left like people were still living here ,or at least like they planned to come back. It was like they all travelled but hadn't returned. There wasn't a thing out of place or anything trashed. If not for the thick layer of dust on everything, you'd still think they were here. There were rooms upon rooms , bedrooms galore as well as bathrooms. But you could tell which one belonged to the warlock king. Everything was the finest of things. Even under the thick covering of dust , you could see the gold furnishings and the fine crystals. The man really did like his trophies. In the wardrobe , lined rows and rows of robes. Fine silks and expensive cottons.But it was weird , when you went through a door that adjoined to his room. There was another room. So unlike his. This one seemed so dark , there were two beds in the room. But not much of anything else. We didn't want to split up . So we were all cramming into each room to explore. There were no pictures , noth
AVA I felt nervous , extremely nervous. What would they do next ? What will we do next ? I know i worry too much over the littlest things but Shirer had just let everyone know that she had deep details about the warlock princesses and then Derek saying we had to take my brothers and Andrea to the lake of truth, why would I not panic. Knowing that Joshua didn't talk much to me growing up but then how is that a determinant that he didn't like me , so many thoughts in my head right now .Shirer had picked a room close to ours. So when we had attempted to dust off the sheets, we gave up and just decided that when we were about to sleep we would do it with our wolves. I went to see her. Knocking on the door, I went in to see her room spotless , no dust in sight. A fire is burning in the fireplace. And she sat on the bed reading the book Joshua had in his hands earlier. She glanced up at me when I closed the door and smiled. " This room is safe , we can talk freely, " she said, closing the
AVASEVERAL YEARS LATER " Luna, where would you like these ? "I turned to see a male wolf standing holding two large bowls in his hands. "They're over on the food table, thank you. " He smiled at me and scurried off. Tomorrow is the kids' eighteenth birthdays. Tonight we planned a family meal , just us and them. We needed to come clean about a secret we had kept their whole lives. At midnight tonight , they will get their wolves and their magic back. They would also realise what pack members had speculated and teased them about their whole lives. That they were in fact mates.We thought telling them that part would be the easy part. The kids were left with most of their bond. But for two of our lovely children , I fear the news will come to them like a nightmare. Leo and Lena had been forever inseparable , to the point I had to kick him out of her room most nights still. They wished to be mates , hoped for it and had even gone as far as saying if they weren't they would reject their
It started with a low current , flowing through one hand around my body and out the other. It felt like a pulse , the power of it getting stronger with time it passed through me.The low breeze that had flowed around us became a strong wind wiping through our hair and clothes. But the leaves kept floating through it all. My eyes were focused on the babies. Making sure they were OK , at one sign they weren't, I would break this link with no issues. But they seemed fine. When the leaves dropped from floating and the babies' eyes turned back to their usual colors, I knew that their magic was gone for now. Locked away until they turned eighteen.The girls didn't stop. Their chant turned to a different one. The pulsing feeling kept going , but this time the babies started getting a little upset. I looked at Derek, who looked like he wanted to go to them and I knew how he was feeling hearing them cry was not sitting well with me. But as he went to move forward , Ava pulled him back and shoo
ONE MONTH AFTER BIRTH . . . ." Ava, can you throw me the lotion please ? " I asked, turning towards her. She was dressing Keon and Kesha her son and my daughter at the other side of the room. While I was dressing Leo and Lena , my son and her daughter. It was pretty obvious from the get go who was mated to who. That first night of the babies being born , they wouldn't settle to sleep until Adrian threw out the idea of testing who was mated to who. We had laid them brother to sister and they hadn't been happy with that. Since then, they have only been happy being beside each other. Before Ava had the chance to throw me the lotion, it started floating through the air to me. Ava looked at the babies she had , and I looked at mine. Shaking my head and smiling at Leo.You could tell which baby was using magic. For some reason, we didn't know their eyes would turn white when they were using their gifts . " Leo stop being a show off ", I smiled at him . I went to lotion him first and he sta
The council stayed for two days , they met everyone in the pack. They stayed and caught up with the Derek dad and got to know Derek and Ava. They even offered us to be on the council but we all respectfully declined. But we agreed to help them if we were needed and Ava and Derek agreed to visit the council to discuss how Ava would be helping them too. They wanted us to be close with the council and after getting to know the three of them , we were happy with that. They were actually really nice, it just goes to show one rotten egg could rot a whole dozen.We still kept our children's future to ourselves though. All seemed to be well and good for now , but seeing it take action would be another thing. When they finally left and we got into our quadruple bed , we were all drained. It seemed coming down from the high of so much adrenaline we had been running on caused everyone involved to crash." Well , that actually resolved itself easily " I laughed, still not believing it. " Don't ji
ADRIAN The council had just been let through at the borders , after a meeting this morning and sharing what had happened with the moon goddess. We had all decided to keep what our babies were to be a secret. No one but our closest people could know. Muting their magic and the fact they were mates was the only way forward. That was clear now. Me and Ava didn't like it , we understood their magic being muted. But their mating , we can feel their bond already. It was beautiful , and to keep that from them. Well , it just felt wrong. But if it was what was needed to protect them , then that is what we would do.All of the new members were gathered , Derek wanted them on and off of our land as soon as possible. All the newcomers from the island , and the others that had joined too. Even the panthers were there. Even though Derek had done the decent thing and not made them a part of this pack , they kept their own pride. They had their leader and we were allies. He decided to have them her
After a few more minutes and the doctor taking some pictures of them , he pulled the little thing off of Ava's belly and cleaned it. He handed Derek some paper to clean the gel he had put on her belly off too. He gently wiped it off and then helped her up. Pulling her into a tight hug. They then got pulled into more hugs by their parents. After that, Ava' mum and dad left , to give me privacy. Ava' mum was clutching one of the pictures on her chest. The difference in her was outstanding to what I had seen when I met her." Are you ready Vee ? "the doctor asked me. My heart started hammering in my chest. Adrian grabbed my hand and squeezed it for support. Looking at Ava, she looked a little nervous now too. This could possibly prove the theory right. " Yes I'm ready " the doctor looked a little confused by the mood in the room. He didn't know what this could mean. Going to the table , Adrian helped me slowly lay down and then he lifted my shirt up for me. " The gel will be a little col
The guys had some pack stuff to sort out , word from the council had come and they were set to come visit in two days' time. So , preparations were underway. So , me and Ava decided to try and get some answers. We gathered all of the girls. And asked them all to meet us at the warlock women's camp. Cersei showed up alone , to which I was shocked. I had heard her mates were stuck to her like glue. But she did wear two very fresh looking mating marks on either side of her neck. " How are you fitting in with Cersei? " I asked her as we waited for Shirer and Dee to arrive. She glanced at me and smiled " Wonderful , everyone has been so kind. My mates are wonderful , but I am glad you called me here today for help. They are spectacular , but I think they feel the need to fuss over me right now because I am grieving the loss of my sisters , again" she laughed , but there was a tinge of sadness." They are being a little . . . " she let the words die off. Laughing, I finished them for her. "
Mate and breed. But the more I thought about it just being me and you for a year maybe , I liked the idea. I have travelled, but mainly for pack business. I haven't traveled much besides that from the pack. But, I just want you to know. I am not disappointed that we are expecting now , not in the slightest. We have all the time in the world for me and you to travel. We have a family that will look after our pup if we want a break away together. We can even show the world to our pup. Having this baby won't stop us. Trust me Vee, I won't let it. " She smiled, which was like food for my soul. " I believe you " she whispered, looking back away from me.We sat just in our own thoughts for a while , silence wasn't uncomfortable for us. After a while , I realised we had been coupled up here for days , and as much as I love it. Maybe we need a little outing. " Shall we go for a walk ? And then maybe we can go for a swim in the lake " I asked her and she smiled up at me. " That sounds nice ",
VEEThere were a lot of flushed faces as we all sat down for dinner, Adrian had been right , a few of the mated couples had disappeared for a little rekindling, The previous luna tried to look sternly at us all. But , you couldn't miss the amused little smile she was trying to hide. " Ava, how are you feeling honey ? she asked, trying to cover up her grin. Ava looked up from her food that she had been scratching down and smiled , her whole face lit up. " I feel really good actually. I have had this sudden burst of energy. Like the little terrors are boosting me up " she smiled fondly. Her mother in law smiled fondly. " Yep , I remember that. I hate to be the bearer of bad news. But it runs out near the end. So, make the most of it now while it is happening " she laughed a little, getting lost in her memory.I can't believe I hadn't told him myself yet about our news, but I hadn't actually had the time. Or the right moment to do it. Looking up , I caught the glance of the previous luna