The moon goddess’s POV“Please I have to know I have to know are they well?” Ki has come to me again. I wish she had never been sent here. “Fine one last look and then you need to realize they have to live their own lives,” I tell her. “They are my family,” Ki grumbles. I open the view for her.Bella is in labor Stone beside her. In the waiting room Slate, Tellie, Jewel, Dawn, Spencer, Evander, Marcella, Becky, Granite, Justin, Lesley, Raymond, Azlee, Raymond, Ryan, Joshua, and Sherry. “Lighting Alpha is going to be a dad,” Joshua laughs. “Why do you call him Lighting Alpha?” Lesley asks. “When we were kids we were fishing in the creek,” Slate starts.“Lighting starts falling everywhere,” Joshua says. “Stone uses his little bitty Alpha tone and demands the Lighting stop,” Slate laughs. “And it did, he stopped the Lightening,” Joshua tells us. “So Joshua all of six started calling him the Lighting Alpha,” Slate tells the story. Everyone laughs as cries fill the hall. “It’s
Marcella’s POV“Hands up,” I tell my brother. “Don’t let me get paint on you. Ready?”“I’m ready,” Wesley’s little fists are balled up tight and his little five-year-old face is squashed up in determination.I’m Marcella Nightingale, I’m seven years old and I’m a werewolf. My father, Martin Nightingale, is the most prized warriors in the world. Our Alpha, loans him out to packs for training. Most Alphas offer my dad a rank to move to their pack, but Dad is loyal to the West family and will likely die a Warrior here at the Westmoreland Pack.“Okay, remember, don’t let me get paint on you,” I dip my hands in blue paint.I go easy on him at first, but he is good, so I up my attack. He meets me and gets my wrists in his little hands he covers my painted hands in sand, basically taking me out.“How was that?” He asks, very proud of himself.“Amazing!” I answer, excitedly still on all fours with my hands in the dirt.“Sissy, what is happening? Your hair is growing!” He asks wide eyed, befor
Fran- I’m bigger.Me- I can’t shift.Fran- I know, but if you let me come to the surface, he won’t notice; but you can take him down.Me- Do it, before he kills me.I feel Fran come forward, but I stay in human form. She grabs his ears and pulls his head down, then does and flip onto his back. Using our thighs, she squeezes until he submits.“What is going on?” Alpha Devon demands.Fran gives me back control.“Young Alpha Atlas attacked me, and I defended myself,” I tell the Alpha without hesitation. “He was angry over me defeating him in training. But my father has trained me to fight wolves.”Fran- Good, get the truth out fast.Me- I hope he believes me.Fran- He used his Alpha tone; you can’t lie to him as far as he knows.Me- That was Alpha tone?Fran- Yeah, we aren’t affected. You never noticed.Me- No, I didn’t.Grab- Love you human, but you are dumb.“Son,” Alpha Devon looks pissed.“She needs to learn respect,” a now naked Atlas snarls.Fran- I expected more from an Alpha. He
Evander’s POVDexter- She is not our mate.Me- But she is amazing.Dexter- I will concede that, but I bet our mate is amazing too.Me- She is the daughter of the Beta. She will make a perfect Luna.Dexter- I bet our mate makes a great Luna too.Me- Bridget is classy, smart, and she knows this pack.Dexter- But she is not the moon chosen Luna of our pack. She isn’t even born of fated mates. Her parents chose each other and look how it turned out for them.Me- It will be different for us; we both agree to reject our fated mates the moment we see them. Then the bond won’t hurt as much, and we can be together.Dexter- I don’t want to do that. I’ll leave. I’ll refuse to shift. I‘ll protest in any way I can!I grab my school bag and head to the dining hall. Bridget is waiting for me. She is so beautiful, long shiny blonde hair, sweet innocent blue eyes, perfect skin. She is amazing.“Good morning, my love,” She greets me with a smile and my favorite coffee.“Good morning, my love,” I say. “
Evander’s POV“I can’t believe you expect me to welcome them,” Lucy complains.“You are the Beta Female, you should welcome new members, especially the Gamma family,” Daniel reminds her.Lucy scoffs and tries to hold him, but he pulls away.“Please don’t touch me, Abby doesn’t like your scent on me,” Daniel tells her.I look at Bridget and see she is torn. She loves both her parents and has never understood how her father could mark her mother but keep Abby around. Because Daniel is with his fated mate it doesn’t hurt Lucy. But it hurts his daughter. Mark is totally on board with mates. He buys in completely. He won’t even take a she-wolf to bed.“We won’t be like them,” I promise Bridget again and kiss her lips. “I love you.”“I love you too,” Bridget holds my hand.When we see the blue SUV I recognize the woman jumping from the car. She has long black hair, deep brown skin and beautiful brown eyes. She hugs both my parents and Daniel. They look like old friends. Lucy and Jennifer no
Marcella’s POV“That was very mature of you,” my mom tells me as we watch Evander and his chosen walk away.“Yes, we are all so impressed,” I don’t know the woman speaking, but she hates me and looks like Evander’s chosen, so I'm calling her the mother.“Lucy,” Luna Kesly starts sternly. “I know you were the one pushing this chosen bull shit. But Evander has his mate. Thankfully, before he marked Bridget. I suggest you try to keep your daughter from the pain you feel and encourage her to move on.”Lucy’s mate looks at her with a nod.“Luna, this appears to be a discussion we are not needed for, so point us in the direction of our house and we will let you all discuss this among the ranked members,” Mom tells them.“You are staying right here, in the packhouse, on the Gamma floor, no fighting about it,” Alpha Gabe says sternly.Fran- That is Alpha Tone. Now that we are mated to an Alpha, do you get why it meant nothing to you?Me- So, you knew our mate was an Alpha?Fran- Yeah, because
Evander’s POVDexter- She is amazing. I say we keep the Ceremony and just mark our mate rather than the plotting bitch. Me- Don’t call Bridget a Bitch. Dexter- it’s telling you knew who I meant “You okay?” Marcella asks touching my arm sending sparks and tingles all over again. I can’t help but love the feeling. Bridget can never give me this. I should saver this feeling. For when I don’t have Marcella anymore. I look at her . Damn she is beautiful. She isn’t much shorter than me and the way her eyes catch the sun I can see gold. “My wolf Dexter is indecent,” I tell her still staring into her eyes. “I know he told Fran,” Marcella makes a face. It’s cute and I can’t help but smile. Now I need to start the plan. “Dad Marcella and I are going to walk back. We need to talk,” I tell my dad who nods. We walked toward the Packhouse. “Good job.” “Thanks,” she walks beside me. “Bridget want me gone?” “Yeah, I offered to go rogue,” I tell Marcella and she nods. “I thought you might o
Marcella’s POV.I use scent to find our room.This house is more like a castle. Not what I was expecting for a West Coast Pack. Our bedroom is in a tower, so it’s shaped like a wedge. We are at the end on hall so three fourths of the room is round. The bed is in the middle. Evander has gaming chairs behind it and a pretty nice gaming set up. I’m not great at gaming, but I could learn.My suitcases and duffels are in the closet, so I start unpacking.I change into a cute dress for dinner. It’s my first time meeting the pack, so I want to look presentable. A crop top and jeans are perfect for a Warrior's daughter, but a Luna must look her best.“I’m here with 30 seconds to spare,” Evander rolls his eyes.“I took over half the closet,” I tell him.“Bridget had things in there,” He looks pissed.“I know, I had them packed neatly and removed.” I smile at him, doing a spin in my dress.“Don’t fish for compliments from me, you won’t get any. But I would give you a compliment, a hug, whatever