Alari's pov
The light was blinding and my head was pounding, opening my eyes felt like absolute horror.I groaned, turning away from the light, hoping the other side wasn't as bright.“Good morning love” I heard Damien's voice and groaned, why was he so loud?!“My head hurts” I whispered, moving impossibly close to him, the contact made it a little better.“Sorry love” he said, his voice now lowered as he kissed my forehead and I was grateful for that.“I know something that will help but you have to get up” he whispered, gently stroking my hair and I groaned again, hating that little fact.Why couldn't we just stay like this? This was comfortable, this was nice, this took away the ache.“I know this feels good but it won't take the pain away for good, you have to get up” he said, making me remember that he had access to my mind.“Urg, I hate you” I groaned, feeling him move away from me.“You love me” he chuckled, getting out of bedEzra at 15Alari's pov “I don't understand, for years they've been attacking our pack. Sometimes days in a row and they just… stopped?” I said, laying on Damien's chest, tucked in comfortably but sleep far from me. “I want to believe that we finally got the last of them, but it can't be that easy” he said, confirming my suspicions.We hadn't had an attack in two weeks, and yes, it's been a very welcome relief, but it kept me on edge. “What if it actually is over? Wouldn't it be a relief to not hold a funeral every other day?” Sapphira said, even though I knew she was worried as well. “That would be too good to be true Sapphira, they're probably gearing up for an even bigger attack. Get our guard down then strike when we least expect it!” Roman growled darkly, the sound sending shivers down my spine, and not the good kind. “We've taken too much loss over the past thirteen years, we can't afford any more. We need to be ready for anything” Damien said, making me sigh and burrow my n
Ezra at 6 Damien's pov “We need to put together teams of highly skileld trackers and warriors to go out and hunt these things down!” I said, trying to ignore the headache that had been trying to crack skull open. “Wouldn't that be throwing them right into the jaws of our enemy?” Lucien asked, and even though I understood his point, waiting for them to surprise us always ended with someone dying.“People die with every attack, and we never know when the next one will be. If we hunt them down, we may have an advantage” I said, wishing I could some up with a better idea, but failed.“The element of surprise does sound like a good advantage, maybe that would help us locate where they're coming from. It's been four years and we still don't know where these things are coming from. They just show up ready to take us out one by one!” Alari growled, frustrated with the whole situation and I couldn't blame her. We'd been at war with these things this entire time and still knew next to nothi
Ezra at 2 yearsAlari's povDamien disappeared three hours ago and I was getting worried. I didn't want to use the bond to find him because I didn't want it to look like I was spying on him, but three whole hours? Without a single word?What if something happened to him?“We'd know” Sapphira said, making me internally roll my eyes. “Mason's gone too, yet I'm here doing just fine” Pearl said, waving her visibly shaking hand, which was suspicious. She could never lie to me.“You're more nervous than me, and trying to play it cool, which means you know what they're up to” I said, squinting my eyes at her.“What?! No I don't” she said, a little too loud and fast to be telling the truth, her eyes looking everywhere but at me. Lier! “Pearl! Talk! Now!” I growled at her, which made her shrink in her seat.“Let the girl be, they're back” mom said, coming into the kitchen with Ezra trailing behind her, making Pearl sigh heavily and I just squinted my eyes at her in warning, her gulp telling
Alari's pov “How much longer is this going to TAKE!” I screamed the last word as another contraction wrecked my body, sending waves of unimaginable pain to my mind. “Just a bit more Luna, try to relax” Loren, my nurse, said, making me see red.“Tell me to relax one more time and I'll rip you to shreds!” I growled lowly, feeling my fingers frost over. “It's okay baby, I'm here, focus on me. You're doing great” Damien tried to quell my anger, his hand rubbing up and down my back. I felt my mind lose itself in the intense heaviness on my lower back, sparking a flame of rage within me. “Oh shut up. And get your hands off of me! This is all your fault!” I exploded at him, but a whine slipped from my lips the moment his hands left my body, lifted up in surrender. I had no idea what it was, I just hated him, resented him for putting me through so much pain, but I also needed his touch.It wasn't taking the pain away, the contact just made me warm on the inside, making the pain slightly
Alari's pov Waddling into the library as fast as I could, my eyes rounded before relief flooded me.“Pearl! Hide me!” I said, moving as fast as I could while reaching out my hands for her to grab.Aaaaah yes, reduced from a war hero to a heavily pregnant, waddling mess, how glorious!“Alari!” Dad's voice came first, followed by rushed foot steps.“She's in here!” Pearl yelled, making me freeze where I stood, my eyes going wide with shock.“You traitor!” I grabbed the closest book to me and chucked it at her, watching her laugh as she dodged my weapon of destruction.“What's going on?” Mason asked, coming out from behind a shelf. “Somebody doesn't want to drink her medicine” Pearl sang, swaying side to side like she was enjoying my torture.Dad burst through the door with my grandfather right behind him. I grabbed another book and spun to face them, threatening them with it. “Don't fight, just take a little sip or two” dad said, raising his empty hand up in surrender. I growled at
Alari's pov “Alari! Wake up, I need you to wake up now!” a pretty voice floated over me, making me groan. Fuck! What was that pain! Why couldn't I open my eyes?!“Baby listen to me, I need you to open your eyes, right now!” Pretty voice is panicking, wonder why?“Open your eyes!” Pretty voice wasn't so pretty when it was giving me a headache.Fucking ouch! My eyes fluttered and I was met with blurry darkness, then green, and they fluttered closed again.I felt like I was being pulled, no, dragged, by my arms and they fucking hurt!“Baby please, wake up!” Sobbing, why was she sobbing?My eyes fluttered again but this time, a blinding white greeted me, and a face, a pretty blurred face shouting over me.“That's it, come on! Fight the darkness, ignore the pain, wake up!” She said, my eyes clearing a little.“M..mom?” Speaking burnt my throat, why was it so dry?Darkness enveloped me again, but I fought it, and opened my eyes again.“Oh, somebody calling her mommy? Don't worry my littl