IVY POVI was slowly become aware of this irritating beeping noise near my head. I didn't know what it was and I didn't even know where I was. I slowly opened my eyes to a lightly dimmed room and I realized that I was in the hospital. Things started coming back to me slowly. My birthday party. Going into labour. The emergency c-section and then there was nothing. I don't remember anything. But I heard this weird gargling noise. I slowly turned my head slightly to the right and I saw Asher sitting in a chair next to my bed feeding a baby wrapped in a blue blanket. He lifted the baby up and started burping him and his eyes then flashed over to mine and he saw me watching. " Ivy." He says almost breathlessly. " How did the c-section go?" I asked. " The baby is fine. You had some complications." Asher says leaning forward. " What do you mean?" I asked. " You're in the ICU. You've been here for three days." He says. " What?" I almost choked out but my throat was so dry that i
IVY POV A YEAR LATER It was now Connor's first birthday and the whole pack seems to have come out to celebrate. And to say that he got spoilt with presents is an understatement. He was the most spoilt child in the world right now. But he was loving the attention. It wasn't anything new to him. He was the furture Alpha and people were always willing to do things for him. It got to a point where I had to tell people to back off otherwise he would never learn to do anything for himself. And I wasn't going to have him that spoilt where he depended on omega's to wipe his own ass. Asher was really biusy these days with the werewolf council and our pack that seemed to be getting bigger all the time. I actually suggested turning people away, but because of our reputation, they wanted to join our pack. And train with our pack. We even had other packs sending their warriors to our pack to train before going back to their own packs. A lot has changed since Levi was gone. Freya was still in
When I finally come out of my daze I kick into gear and start setting up rooms on the ground and first floor of the packhouse to accomodate those whose houses were just lost in the explosion. Asher had to go and help at the village but it was my responsiblity to make sure that our pack members were taken care of. Connor was very clingy after that and I needed to do everything while holding him and the omega's were cleaning up from the party. It wasn't really a celebration anymore. And I had to admit, I was pissed that my son's first birthday was ruined like this. Just like the day he was born and was kidnapped. Are any of his birthday's going to be alright? Or is he going to be forever damned to have shit happen on his birthday. I had to put that thought out of my head and I continued making sure that everyone was compfortable while other pack members had helped by donating some of their clothes and belongings that they didn't want anymore. And the ships in town did the same thing
" We've pissed off a lot of people Asher. But I can't imagine any other werewolf wanting us dead." I say. " It wasn't a werewolf. There wasn't a scent. They couldn't find a scent to follow." Asher says. " You think it was human." I say. " We know that the human's are divided when it comes to werewolves. No matter how many times we save their lives, there are always going to be ones that are scared of us. And sometimes, they take it to the extreme." He explains. " I know. How do we find out who did it?" I asked. " I don't know. Not yet. We'll figure it out." He says. " Well, we have to start looking into extremists who are known for this type of shit." I say. " That would be a good start." He says. So Asher started looking into all extremist groups and previous groups that were protesting the existence of our kind. Some were not to happy when the government started working with us instead of killing us all off. I needed to make sure that no one else in the house found o
Everyone knew that vampires existed but they stayed to the shadows. They never came out and made a scene. Vampires, we thought, preferred to stay to themselves and keep themselves hidden. At least that way it was easier for them to feed if people didn't know that they existed. My mind was reeling that vampires would be responsible on the attack at our pack. But it also made sense. They could have made it over the boarder without our patrols seeing them. Werewolves are fast, but so are vampires. If they waited for the right moment, they could have easily made it over. But they would have had to plant the bombs the night before, not during the party. They just made them go off at that time. They didn't want to kill us. They were definitely sending a message. Otherswise they would have set the explosives off during the night while those people were home. " Have you told the warriors?" I asked. " I've called a meeting. It's this afternoon." Asher says. " You look exhausted. You n
I knew that this was no joking matter. I knew that someone obviously had it in for me but I don't know what the hell I ever did to vampires to make me a target. " I'm putting a full time guard detail on you." Asher demanded. " I wasn't expecting anything less. 4 shifts of 6 hours. That's all. You're not making warriors watch me for 12 hours at a time or anything." I insisted. " Alright. 6 hour shifts. Around the clock. I'm gonna go and work out a schedule." Asher says. And I followed him up the stairs and inside to the office where he started making up the shifts for my guard detail and I was working at the desk trying to finish the paperwork. " You need to get some rest." Asher says. " So do you." I retorted. " But I'm not pregnant. Am I?" He asked. " I don't know. Are you?" I asked. " Ivy. Take this seriously please?" He asked. " I am taking this seriously. But there are a lot of things that need to be done and they aren't going to be put on hold because I'm pregnan
Asher was the first one to move and he walked over to the couch and picked up the envelope. He pulled out a sketch of us both asleep in bed together with my head on Asher's chest and I tell him to turn it over. There was a note on the back of it. What a perfect looking couple. Too bad it won't last. I'll be seeing you soon. " Caleb. Get in here." Asher ordered. And the door opened and another of my guards, Caleb, came into the room. " Yes sir?" He asked. " Did you see anyone in the hall last night? Was there anyone at all?" Asher asked. " No sir. I didn't see anyone after you came in here last night." Caleb answered. And I tured to look at the window. " Asher." I say and he looks at the window. So Asher walked over to the window and looked outside. " How the f**k did he still manage to get in here?" Asher growled. 'Freya. Where are you?' I mindlinked. 'Downstairs. Don't worry. Connor is fine. He is throwing food at Beau and Cole. He's having a blast.' She laughed.
" And you are the gifted wolf. We've heard great things about you." She says. " How? You've been in a completely different Realm ignoring everyone in need." I say. " That's not true. We know what's been going on. We can come and go as we please. But no one can enter our world without being with one of us." She says. " You got a name?" I asked. " Of course. It's Lilith." She says. " Yeah. I guess that fits." I say." I'm glad you approve." She says. " I didn't say that I approved. How did you know that I needed you?" I asked. " Well, you are the gifted wolf. We watch you more than anyone else. You killed Jackson and his son, meanwhile, keeping the rest of the world at bay and making them believe you when you say that you aren't dangerous." She says. " That's because we're not. Not all human's are judged because of a couple of serial killers. So, we shouldn't be judged either." I say. " That's a brilliant point." She says. " So, did you come here for a reason or is it