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Celeste: She/Her: Loving, resilient, but self-conscious; Celeste is a character of growth. While she does have her shortcomings, both controllable and out-of-her-hands, she learns to adapt and grow with the love of those around her. Never given the chance to come into her own, Celeste becomes glad to find a pack in which she can be a normal wolf, for a change
Xavier: He/Him: Loving, strong-of-mind, and protective, Xavier has always wanted a mate to complete his feeling of family. Already with a strong love for his family, of blood relation or not, Xavier is willing to do anything to help his family stay safe and grow as individuals or as a whole. Worldly in a way of exploration, Xavier carries a brain of vast knowledge that always strives to know or see more Lycer: He/They: Isolated and yearning for community, Lycer never meant to befriend another. Especially someone such as Celeste. Still, he sees those around her treat her as an outcast and something in him can't help but become her friend. Secretive in thought and emotion, Lycer mostly keeps his past and current struggles to himself, hiding behind a playful persona Lesa: She/Her: Full of love and always protected by the communities around her, Lesa isn't prepared for the betrayal to come to her. Nonetheless, she will persist for not only herself but also the child she carries; determined to give him the same upbringing full of love that she received Josh: He/Him: Hurt by his past, Josh fills his days with a passion and love for those around him. Never wanting to see someone even close to how he felt in his teenage years, Josh cares passionately for his friends. Intelligent in the ways of books and the environment outside his door, Josh was raised by passionate parents who bestowed their love of the world and all it has to offer Jacob: He/Him: Protective and defensive, Jacob has always had a distaste for the world. Until Josh. Until the boy who captured him in mind and heart. Once betrayed by his own and having taken Josh from a brutal past, Jacob doesn't trust the world or the people around him. Always waiting for the other shoe to drop, Jacob has his guard up at almost all times Zay: She/Her: Intelligent and with a passion for care, Zay is living her childhood dream of being a pack healer. The best healer in the Paramount Pack, Zay grew up beside Xavier and her brother Jared, sharing a deep bond with both them and the pack around her. Additionally, the Goddess has blessed her with an incredibly powerful and beautiful mate. Zay is blessed by the world around her Shia: She/They: Powerful and of great years, Shia is aware of the power she has been blessed with. She is also aware that the world around her isn't always kind; that goodness must be fought for and fought to maintain. Held by her love to her beloved, she will always return to the Paramount Pack, but will not let her hearts love stop her from her heart's calling to help maintain the balance in the worldJared: He/Him: Proud and loving, Jared splits his time between being Beta of Paramount Pack, being a full time dad, and being a partial caregiver to his ill human mate. Once playful, he grew up beside Xavier and his younger sister, Zay, but life has since taken its toll on him. Despite this, he is determined to do good for his communities, primarily his young daughter, Delian
Delian: She/Her: Full of glee and an intuitive insight she hasn't fully realized, Delian is happy to be in the Paramount Pack which she sees as full of love and friends. Not realizing the reality around her, Delian is full of love and hope for the world. True to the term 'childlike wonder
Mallum: He/Him: Once full of hope and love, after the death of his mate, Mallum turned cruel. Once a healer, now a scientist of kinds, Mallum hopes to cure the very thing that took his mate from him: death itself. Uncaring for anyone around him, Mallum doesn't care who or what he loses to achieve his goal. His goal likely being a distraction from the fact that his mate is gone. And she'll never return Christopher: He/Him: Stripped of his title before he could grow into it and denied the girl his young self wanted, Christopher came of age with a heart full of anger. Suppressing the angry parts of him, he fell in love with his mate. All should have been properly in line for him. Only when the girl from his past returns, that dark side of him reemerges and he loses everything all over again at his own faultThe pack was abuzz with excitement.Still in their hearts is the feeling of mourning; the loss of 23 pack members still fresh in their memory. The funeral pyres burned and the weeks gone by, it was time to begin to move on. And everyone was in agreement, the best way to do that was to start a new beginning.Celeste brushed through her hair, putting in several sparkly clips she knew would fall out when she shifted later. Xavier leaned against the door frame of the bathroom, watching her with adoration filling his eyes. "Are you ready?"She turned to face him in the mirror. "Almost."He hummed, stepping into the bathroom and taking the brush from her and running it gently through the back of her hair, as had become their little tradition.Zay had thrown herself into her work these past few weeks and was ready to do surgery on her shoulder in two weeks time, without Shia's help. She was still holding her frustration against her mate yet still slept in her arms at night, uncertain of their
"Shia?" Xavier speaks over Lycer's shoulder. "Zay is-""Follow me."The Paramount Pack members follow Shia back to the pack in a somber silence, Jared beside Shia as the two mourn together. Jared wonders how he'll tell their parents. Wonders how he'll ever live without his sisters laugh. Her smile. Her annoying 'I know more than you' attitude. How will he tell Delian that she's lost her aunt when her mother is so quickly fading?Xavier carries Celeste who could barely walk, holding her tightly as he can without hurting her. He can't imagine the pain Shia is in. To feel a bond snap like that, to lose a mate like that. Even the three weeks he spent without Celeste cannot compare to this. How many did he lose today? Zay was as much a sister to him as she was to Jared and she surely wasn't the only one gone. He felt so many links break today that he'd lost track. How many bodies would they have to send off? And why this one, of any of them? Yes, why any of them at all but his sister - his
A scream tore through the lips of the magi, watching as a rogue clamped it's yellow canines down into the jugular of her beloved. Her mind not catching up with her actions, she was barely aware of her hand raising and a beam of energy shooting out from her palm, striking the rogue in the face. It flopped back and she knew it was dead.Barrier abandoned and retreating, she ran to her beloved, skitting to her knees in the red snow that surrounded the healer. "Zay - Zay," she sniffled, tears brimming to her eyes as she pressed her hands over the gaping wound on the young woman's neck. Zay made a discomforting choking sound, blood spilling out of her mouth. Her eyes were wider than Shia had ever seen them. "I can - I can fix this."Memories flash behind her eyelids with every blink. A young man is on the ground, a man whom she loves. He stares up at her, terrified of what's tocome. His head was split open and blood oozed out, warm beneath him on that hot summer day. Years and years ago a
The rogue took them a mile out into the cold and icy forest. Their breaths met the air in puffs of smoke. Xavier's jaw was set in a firm discomfort, his thoughts swirling full of her. Jacob and Jared walked close behind, letting out a growl anytime they felt the rogue got too close for comfort. The rogue was to lead them there, that was all. Josh tried to keep a clear mind, despite his stomach turning. Worries for two of his closest friends at the forefront of his mind; equally consumed by worries of the outcome of this all. They didn't know how many rogues Malum would have with him or hidden just out of sight. Most of them lacked scents and even the ones who did would be hard to perfectly trace through the snow. Lycer was watched carefully by the rogue and he knew what it meant. He knew what all of this meant. He had to sacrifice himself for Celestial. Even if it didn't go to the plan they wanted, he would get her back to her mate. He would fulfill his promise to her.A man stood, le
They met just outside the packhouse and went in together. There was still several rogues wandering the property but no pack members except for warriors wandered around. Xavier could feel the losses deep within him. Links broken from the deceased. He counted twenty links no longer there, the thought weighing heavily. Shia, Zay, and several other healers also wandered the ground, attending to those they could. When they came into the packhouse, a near thirty injured were gathered in the living room and kitchen, their injuries being seen to by healers stationed there. Xavier didn't have the time or heart to give them any words of advice. He had to find Celeste."Malum wouldn't have taken her far, she is not his goal." Lycer's words weighed heavily in Xavier's office. Josh slipped in quietly."What do we know?" He immediately went to the drawing drawer, pulling out a map of the pack and the surrounding lands and laying it across Xavier's desk."She was taken from Lesa's house off the town
Third Person POVThe pack was in chaos. Everywhere, bodies began to pile. The Alpha had little time to stop to help. Instead, he had his warriors disperse from around him and the pack grounds, taking the rogues down as best they could. Several tried to stop him but he'd never been more determined. He wouldn't lose her again. He couldn't.Lycer was close on his tail. Several of the rogues aimed for him on their path. He took them down with a newfound energy he didn't know he had in him. He sank his teeth into a burly rogue with blistered skin, throwing it over his shoulder. The snow falling around them was coming in faster now, blanketing the Earth beneath them in a fresh layer. When he was a child, Lycer was told that snowfall cleaned the world. Made it new. He couldn't decide if that was true. Rather, he felt thrown into the past. That day when he was taken was right at the front of his mind. Yelling for Celestial to run as he tried to fight off several of the experiments.They stoppe
Lycer's POVI had always tried to stay out of the business of others. The more you get involved, the more trouble you find yourself in. And from my experience, the more trouble you find yourself in - the more those you love will get hurt.But years ago. . . Years ago I couldn't help it.I was young
Celeste's POVXavier has always had this certain charm about him. I don't mean his looks, though those certainly don't hurt a girl's heart. I mean. . The way he cares for others around him. The way he's protective of his friends, his pack - his family.After the Welcome Ceremony, he helped the pack
Celeste's POVFrom the minute I woke up, my stomach was in knots. I spent an extra fifteen minutes in the shower; combing through every tangle in my hair, shaving every inch of visible skin (almost cutting myself in the process as it was maybe my third time shaving), and being overall stuck in my h
Celeste's POVI go to my room after helping clear the table, Zay offering to do the dishes. I thanked her before going upstairs. Erin and David had said they wanted to walk the pack grounds before it got dark out, giving me the perfect getaway.I grab a book from my nightstand before settling myself







