MasukElara's POV“Luna Caelthorn,” she greeted, getting to her feet.My eyes glanced down at her belly. Any day now and she would have her child.“I expressly warned that you are not allowed in Caelthorn borders.”Once I removed her, I would have to punish the guard who was negligent enough to let her in.Lillian was silent for a moment too long. I turned around to call in some warriors to have her removed when I heard the click of a gun.My body froze. “What do you think you are doing?” I hissed.“My baby is to be born soon. I cannot make it through the pregnancy without your powers,” she choked out, tears brimming in her eyes.I scoffed. “And you think this toy is going to hurt me.”“It has silver bullets,” she cried, her hands trembling. “You either help me or I will–”I crossed the room in an instant and slapped the gun away from her hands. “Or you will what?”Lillian’s head ducked, her tears flowing freely. If I pressed any further, this could escalate to a war with the members of Bla
Elara’s POVWhen Patricia stepped out of the back room, my eyes narrowed.“Elara,” she called out, coming closer. When she saw that it was actually me, her arms wrapped around me in a bone-crushing hug. “Oh my gosh. I have not seen you in years. Five? Six? How have you been?”“Well,” I said. “You?”She smelled like sex and men. After all these years, she was still working as an escort.She waved her hand over her head, smiling widely. “I’ve been great! Someone is actually buying me out at my age.”“Patricia,” Donna said, coming to hold her hands. Her head gestured to Cain.Patricia’s eyes widened at my brother. “You’re the one buying me out?”“Yes…how do you know my sister?”Patricia looked between all three of us. “Okay. Wait. Slow down. What the hell is happening?”Cain herded all of us back to the cars. Donna talked Patricia through everything that had happened between last night and this morning.Patricia only got more confused.“Elara does not have any siblings. She is an orphan,
Cain’s POVDonna inched closer to her mother. “Mama, what are you talking about?”Her mother tucked Donna’s hair behind her ear. “It is about time you know this,” she said and looked at her other children who hung on the bed, watching the interaction.The oldest girl understood the cue her mother was giving her and started to herd her siblings out of the hospital room.“My name is Mary.” She smiled at us politely. “Sit. Sit.”Elara and Leo settled into the chairs on her opposite side. I remained in my place beside Donna.Mary’s eyes were heavy. “Please, tell me that my daughter is your mate.”I nodded. “She is.”The older woman heaved a sigh of relief. “I had always been afraid that my children would have mates like their father. I am glad that you are from the family of another elemental.”Elara’s head tilted. “Another?”Mary nodded once. “My ex-husband…Donna’s father was a water elemental. I do not know the story but somewhere in their lineage, their wolves had started to become mut
Elara's POVLeo stormed into my office.Before I could say a word, he slammed his hands on my table. “Cain came home with a woman last night.”Our Beta Female. Finally.“Let's go meet her.”As we walked, Leo continued explaining. “Some of the men saw her. They said that she is a popular stripper in the city.”Our Beta female was a stripper?Leo was about to knock but I shook my head. I could hear shuffling inside the house.I cracked the door open slowly. A woman stood with her back to us and a bedsheet draped over her body. She seemed to be shoving something into a bag.“What are you doing?”On hearing Leo’s voice, her bag in her hand fell to the floor. She whirled around, her eyes wide. “I…Nothing.”I looked at the contents of her bag that had spilled out to the ground. High-end jewelry. A brand new phone. Dollar bills. Lots of them.“You’re stealing?” I said, entering the house.She got defensive, rubbing her arms. “He said I could take what I wanted! He even gave me his credit car
Donna's POVI prided myself on being a professional who had seen it all.A stripper who has performed on all stages, big and small, fucked all men, big and small and was over it.But when he entered, I faltered in my routine.He was easily over six feet, dressed in a casual polo and jeans, like going to the grocery store.Who the hell wore a polo and jeans in fucking January?I fumbled through my routine, darting backstage as soon as the song ended.Patricia, my co-worker, slapped my ass. “What the fuck was that? You have done that routine a thousand times.”“I know but…” My lower lip slid between my teeth as I thought of his blue eyes sliding over every inch of me. “There is this man outside.”Connie poked her head out of her dressing room. “A man getting you this riled up? You're losing your touch or something.”“Shut up. You've not seen him.”Before we could dissolve into one of our many arguments, Patricia stepped between us. “We have our single acts next.”She turned to me. “Can
Cain’s POV“Leo?” I called out as I entered his house.“In here!”I walked to the dining room before I could enter, he exclaimed. “Don’t step on my lego!”My leg froze over the building block. “Uh…what are you doing?”Leo proudly displayed the castle on the Lego box beside him and then pointed down at his half-complete reenactment. “I am building a castle. The knight is going to go in and fight the dragon.”“Do you need help?” I asked, lowering to the ground beside him.We started working in silence, joining building blocks.“Remember when I used to hide in closets to play with Legos,” Leo suddenly said. “And when you found me, you would break them apart and take the pieces with you.”“Yeah.” A wistful smile slipped on my lips. “You would cry for hours.”“I don’t think I ever told you that Ronan used to help me with my homework so that I could get the blocks back.”I chuckled. I found out almost immediately. Leo did not know how to spell circumvent at ten years old.“He did?” I said,
Elara’s POVMy words settled heavily in the room.Seconds passed in silence, the hum of the air conditioner almost echoing off the mostly bare walls.Hilda pressed her palms flat on her knees. “Yes, Luna. We are mates.”Harry let out an irritated sigh. That was the first time I had seen his face no
Elara’s POV“I told you that I should have done it.”“I swear, I followed the instructions to the letter. I have no idea why she fainted.”“Should I pour water on her face?”There was a slap and then a thud.My eyes slowly blinked open. My brothers were kneeling over my body, still arguing amongst
Elara’s POV“I wonder if it would kill him to be polite,” I muttered in annoyance as I checked to see if the card had left a scar.“Not so loud, Luna,” she whispered over the phone.Cain had been so nice to lend me one of his spares. The only person I thought to video call was Tracy. She was the on
Elara’s POVMy brothers bared their necks in unison.“Alpha Kaden,” they greeted in unison.“Kaden,” I whispered in awe. What a beautiful name.The wind carried my voice to his ears. His eyes fell to me, one of his delicate brows raising.Suddenly, a wave of energy slammed into me. Enough energy to







