Maddison P.O.V. “Luna?” Someone shouts from behind me. I am outside speaking to some of my animal friends, taking in the fresh air. Liam wanted to deal with the whole Shyla situation, but his dad told me to let her sit and sweat for a day or two before visiting her, so he went back to his office to do some pack work. I told him I needed some air, and he understood. He knows how important the outdoors are to me, and how I use it to recharge, even though it’s not something I have been able to do for a long time. Everything has moved so fast since the kidnapping, so here I am enjoying the quiet and calm in the treelines - well within our pack borders so we don’t get any more unpleasant surprises. My guards move from the shadows of the trees, so the one coming knows they are there. They have been following me around ever since I came back and I’m not with Liam or one of the others. They try to be invisible, but sometimes that’s not possible. “Luna?!” The voice says again, and I turn a
Rick P.O.V.“Alpha!” Then someone yells from behind me. We have been looking everywhere and in all directions going from Red River and to Blackmoon pack, but we have not been able to find Maddie and Azlela. I fear the news the voice is going to bring me, but I also need to be sure. It’s been days now, and the possibility of her reaching that stupid mate of hers is overwhelming. “Yes?!” I ask without turning around to face the one bearing the news. Jessica scowls at me, furious so much of my time lately has revolved around Maddie and not her. She’s also still very salty about the fact that the stealing spell didn’t work either. “Luna Maddison is back with her pack, and she has Azlela with her.” He says, his voice shaking. He is probably afraid of my wrath. I take a deep breath, containing my anger before turning around, facing the messenger. “And we know this for certain?” I ask calmly. The man swallows.“Yes, Alpha. Our informant saw her himself.” He answers, and I can see this is
Liam P.O.V. “Maddie!” My mischievous mate giggles like mad as she runs away from me. I growl and chase her down the hall. She has been a little vixen lately, and I am not sure what has come over her, but I sure as hell am not complaining. We have been working hard to restore the faith in us as the leaders of our pack, especially after we saw the state of the North side of the packlands. And in between that we have had sex. Lots and lots of sex. “Gotcha!” I exclaim when I trap her between my arms at the door to my office. She giggles again, turning with her eyes shining in laughter. I bend down and claim her lips in a deep kiss. We stood there for some time, kissing and laughing.“What has gotten into you, baby?” I ask, kissing her neck. She moans quietly, tilting her head to the side to give me better access. “I don’t know, but I just feel so at peace lately.” She responds, moaning again when I suck on her mark. It’s been a month since we went to the North side of the pack and saw
Maddison P.O.V. After the guys close the door, I sit down with Clara on my right side and Sophie on my left. They are my Beta and Gamma, and I feel proud to have them on my side. We have become so close, and Clara keeps calling me sis, which is just adorable and sweet in a whole new league! I can’t believe I have finally gotten the family I always wanted, and from the most unlikely of places. They have just taken me in and practically adopted me. I have worked hard with Liam for the past month to get the members to trust in us, and everyone has come together to work as one unit for the best of the pack! I am fucking proud of all of us! Clara, Cianna and Logan took it hard when they discovered the truth of the pack’s state. Especially Logan was very distraught when he found out because he is the former Alpha and that means he has been neglecting a fourth of his pack without even realizing it! There have been members gone missing since he was Alpha and he never knew. They never rej
Liam P.O.V. “Are you sure you are okay?” I ask Maddie for the hundredth time. She rolls her eyes at me, giving that ‘duh’ look, but I have to make sure - again. “I am okay, Liam! Stop asking and stop worrying.” She says, looking back at her computer. We are sitting in her office, waiting for her brother to make a video call. “He is late.” She says, and I pull her to me in a side hug. “He is probably busy with something or other.” I say, but Maddie scoffs. “He has been on time for every other meeting we have had with him.” She says, looking at the clock again. She is right. Balder usually is very precise when he has these online meetings with us, although he has been acting kind of off lately this is not normal. “We’ll give him five more minutes, baby, before we start to really worry.” I tell her, and she looks at me with worry written all over her face. “I don’t know how that's going for you, but I am hella worried now.” She says, the wheels clearly turning in her pretty head.
Maddison P.O.V. Everything is a little hazy. I remember being with Liam, waiting for Balder’s video call when we got a mindlink from a guard. Then Balder was on the ground and not breathing. Beaten, bloodied and bruised. The scene in my head plays like a broken record.“Balder! BALDER?!” I scream at my dead brother! The way he lies on the ground, his chest not moving and the blood oozing from him like a lifeline becoming thinner by the second. He cannot be dead! I will not allow him to die. The deep green light flows from me to him. A lighter green joins mine a second later. Tiredness. My strengths are going down. Liam supporting me and lending me energy. But it is not enough. Then more energy flows from my body to Balder. I am an open healing channel. And then the darkness. The panic settles in my being as I shoot up covered in sweat! “BALDER! We need to save him!” I scream, but Liam pulls me down into his embrace. He is in bed with me, and beside us something is beeping and some
Liam P.O.V. After we left the hospital the next day, Maddie asked if we could go out with Balder and Lillie. I asked her what she meant, and she explained that she felt like we needed to get her settled with things like clothes, shoes etc. “I can do it online with her, but she also needs things now and we need to do something that has nothing to do with Iron Mountain or what other shit we have going.” Maddie says, smiling at me in the mirror in our room. We came back to our room after lunch, which was a quiet affair in the private dining room. We were just Maddie, Lilliana, Balder, my parents and I. Everyone else did their own thing today, as we needed to get them settled, and Lilliana seems to need to meet people on a smaller scale. Mom again practically adopted Lilliana, as she has done with Sophie, Mason, Kendrick and Maddie. There is no difference in her mind - witch or not. “Sure, baby. But do you think Lilliana wants to do that?” Maddie turns around with a frown. “She
Maddison P.O.V.I’m excited for us to get to know Lilliana and get some shopping done. We have not been out like this forever, if ever. I try to think back, but so much shit has happened since I met Liam, I can’t remember. As we are going into the mall, I grab Lilliana’s arm and walk with her in front of the guys. Clara and Sophie do the same, and we make a united front. I can hear Liam and the others laugh behind us. Lilliana looks behind her, and Balder must have nodded or something because as she looks ahead, she is smiling. It does make her face a little more soft when she smiles, and I hope we can get some of her seriousness a little more eased over time.Inside we ask Lilliana what she wants to do first, and she just looks like a deer in a headlight. “Uhm. What do you want to do first?” “Shop.” All of us answer together, making her laugh. “Alright, then I want to shop first.” She answers, and we go into the nearest clothes store. Clara and Sophie immediately go to the dress