LOGIN"No, we're not soulmates. This is not devine intervention. And this most certainly is not chance. I willed this. I knit the threads of fate myself until they spelled your name. I love you intentionally. I love you with every bit of conscience I was born with." To one of my favorite chapters and one of my favorite pairings~
Xavier's POV'Celeste, go to my office.' The woods are filled with growls. I could be going faster, getting to the action quicker. Instead, I'm focused on Celeste who is apparently wandering the pack house. Her lack of response brings another twinge of agitation. Goddess, I love this girl but sometimes she doesn't think about non immediate factors. Factors like I'm going to get myself killed by putting too much of my focus onto her if she doesn't get to safety sooner. Yes, I'm sure the packhouse will be fine, but if it's not, then my office within it is the best bet outside the bunkers. I should've taken her to the bunkers myself. 'Please, Celeste,' I practically beg her.'Xavier, I need to find her.' I sigh. I already told her that I had people looking for Delian yet she feels the need to do it herself.'You need to stay safe,' I argue back. 'I won't be able to focus if I'm worrying about where you are and if you're okay.' She doesn't respond. Again. 'Please, little one.'Only a mome
Celeste's POVThe door closes behind me and I watch Xavier run into the woods, probably off to meet the guys wherever this attack is stemming from. I wait for him to disappear into the treeline before I begin my hunt.The pack house is already quiet. Everyone either having left it or having locked themself into one room or the other. My heart thrums in my chest, a sense of anxiety having started to consume me.Delian went to the packhouse this morning? Chances are I was already gone by then; Xavier and I having packed the picnic in the early hours and leaving after a training session together. I try to calm my heart rate, needing to focus. I take a deep inhale. The packhouse is always so crowded with different scents. Despite the lack of visible people, their scents still crowd my nose. Delian smells like wildflowers, like dirt from a freshly played at playground, like grass on a cool summer day. I try with all my might to make out the scent."Delian?" My voice fills the house, unsure
Xavier's POVMy hands move in a series of delicate movements within the frame of space in front of me. Celeste watches, her hands raised and ready as my statement comes to an end. "Now you," I instruct. She tries, her hands moving in directions similar to mine but not quite matching. She also skips a few movements, making her sentence much different to the one I had repeated back to her. A laugh escapes my lips as I take her hands in mine, stopping her before she went any further in her sentence. "Stop, stop.""What? What did I say?" She pouts, leaning into me briefly before pulling back. I press my lips to her bottom lip, pressing again to her nose and forehead before pulling back."A lot of nothing, don't worry. Try again. Watch me." I took my movements slower this time, stopping halfway through. She copies the slowed down movements, getting them mostly correct. I sign the second half of the statement. She repeats it. I smile widely."What does it mean?""It means," I start slowly.
Celeste's POV'He gazed down at her, a possession in his eyes and in his hold. His hand on her hip pulled her further towards him at the end of the bed while his other stroked his-'I gulped, slamming the book shut. For a moment, I was silent. Then, a squeal left me as I dropped the book to the floor. Josh walked over, closing his own book and simultaneously sipping from his cup of hot chocolate. His eyes fell to the book not far from me. "I didn't like that one."My eyes widened, darting up to him. "You read this?" He shrugged, plopping himself down into one of the bean bags in the pack house library room. I pushed myself up from the cushion I was sitting on. "Is this-""I don't think it's too realistic. It mentions her 'heaving heavy boobs' several times and refers to him having a 'monstrously thick member.'""So in real life. . ." He gives me a mischievous smirk and I feel my skin heat up, my cheeks surely turning red."In real life," he says in a teasing voice, "dicks are differen
"One does not ask to die in the middle of their life. One does not kiss their child on the cheek, take their mate in hand, and together seek death. Lilian and Akeno lived full lives. Happy lives. They walked these very grounds, hand in hand; love glowing around them."They were great trackers, Akeno a great warrior. They will be missed by not only their pack mates but also their only family, their son, Josh." I can feel his eyes on me but I refuse to look at him. "Rest assured, Lillian, Akeno. I will take care of him in your absence." I bite my lip, feeling several more pairs of eyes on me. Eyes whose connected lips say nothing now. Said nothing ever. Will never say a thing. "May you love from above. May the Goddess guide you home."I stare blankly at the fire in front of me. Somewhere, beyond the flames and under the ceremonial wrappings, are my parents. I can't even smell them over the smell of the flames, ashes dancing in the air from the burning wood.My fingers feel numb, clutchin
Xavier's POVIt's hard to leave the room. My wolf encourages me to stay. To not leave her side for a moment. To act on my urges and continue our escapades.I bring back a fruit salad, the chocolates, and a small selection of cheeses. Celeste is notably in a different pair of leggings when I return, just exiting the closet. The shirt she's wearing is rebuttoned but it doesn't hide all the marks I left on her neck. The temporary little bruises bring a sense of pride to my wolf and I. She blushes, nearly tripping over her own feet, before slipping back into bed. I climb in beside her, setting the food down on my lap. She reaches for a chocolate but I 'slap' her hand away. I turn on a movie, some romantic mushy thing I'm sure she'll love. Again, she reaches for a chocolate. I give her a glare until she retracts her hand. I smile triumphantly, grabbing the colorfully wrapped sweet myself. I untwist the wrapper, holding the chocolate to her lips. Her eyes find mine, darting back to the choc
Celeste's POVI brushed my hair out as gently as I could. Xavier said he wants to introduce officially to those of ranking in his pack. He said technically I've already met them but that no one actually got to introduce themselves. I instantly knew he meant the three pack members who found me along
Celeste's POVI stared at him in disbelief. "M-mates?" I don't know why I hadn't thought of it before. The way he phrased things, his comforting scent, the tingles I've never felt with anyone before. Looking back, I have always known about mates but I can't recall ever asking or being told about an
Celeste's POV"So. ." I said, probably very awkwardly. I never really had to put forth any energy into socializing so I don't honestly know the best way to go about it. "Three J's," I point out. They give me confused looks, Josh's is easier to read than Jacob. "Josh," I point to him, "Jacob," I poi
Celeste's POVThe wind was whipping through my fur as I ran, the sun shining through the tree tops and bringing a physical warmth to accompany the happy warmth I was feeling internally. I looked to my left to see Mom running beside me. She gave me a toothy grin and looked over my shoulder, her eyes







