SKYLER'S POV
I continued to throw up my breakfast every second morning for the next 2 weeks. Katie came into my bedroom like she has been doing since the incident with Cole, but this morning was different. She was carrying a small box. Katie came up to me, gave me the box, and pointed to the bathroom.SKYLER'S POV I must have fallen asleep because I am awoken by the door opening and someone entering. I am surprised to see my father's, Beta John. I struggle against the ties on my wrists and try to move away from him as much as possible expecting him to take advantage of where I am and that my hands are tied, but he surprises me, by raising his hands in the surrender position and whispering as he comes closer, "I'm sorry, Skyler..." "But... You??" I look up at him, confused "An act. I have never liked how he treated you after your mother died, but there was no convincing him that it wasn't your fault and that the Rogue that attacked would have done so even if he had been there. He wanted you to replace her a couple of years after she was killed as you were a spitting image of her even then but I managed to convince him to at least wait until you were 18 and then he wouldn't have the elder council on his back for making a minor into a sex slave. Which is what he
NATHAN'S POV "WHERE IS SHE?" I yell with Xaiden coming out in my voice. I stand up and pace the room. It has been a week since Skyler was taken from the mall. Katie and Alexander are both beside themselves as they couldn't stop them. No one in the room can tell me anything, let alone look at me. I may be the quiet youngest brother but no one wants to cross me. I'm the one they come to, to get the hard things done. So when I say something, everyone listens. I only spent a little time with Skyler, but in that time she became my whole world, my breath of air and my heart. We have searched everywhere; we have even reached out to our allied packs to help and see if any of them have come across anyone that could be holding Skyler. I sit back down and look over the maps that are spread out o
COLE'S POV After being too late to help my brothers keep Skyler safe, I was able to give Max the information needed to find and rescue her. I stay nearby to see who they send to go and get her. I smile to myself when I see Alexander exit out of the back of the packhouse, followed by the very best of his high ranked officers. I follow them to the edge of the border. I may not have my Alpha status anymore, but when I open my pack link, I can still hear everything. I don't do it often and when I do so; I make sure to keep very quiet so that Elijah and Nathan don't know. As I still can't face them. I run the border again, making sure I don't go too far so that I know the exact moment Alexander is successful and come back with Skyler riding his back. This seems strange, as I know she can shift and her wolf is beautiful. Did her father treat her that badly this time that she was too weak to shift and run herself? I follow them back to the packho
SKYLER'S POVAfter the doc had looked me over and gave the all-clear, without telling Elijah and Nathan about the pup at my request. I was sent to bed to get rest. I was so exhausted that as soon as my head hit the pillows, I was taken by the darkness of sleep.The next morning I wake with a start, sit up and look around the room. There was no one there, but I knew someone had been in here, as I was no longer in my old top and pants. He still scares me, but I get a hint of chocolate and rain, Cole's intoxicating scent. I sigh and turn to Alice, "Alice, he was here!" "I know, he gave us the touch we have been craving since that night. I feel much better..." "But he could have?" "Yes, he could have, but he didn't. But then, would you have actually stopped him if he had woken you up with a kiss and love?" I don't answer her as I don't
SKYLER'S POV It's been 6 weeks since the Luna ceremony, Nathan is away on business and I have been busy working with all the women, catching up on all the Luna duties that I missed, after what Cole did, and then being kidnapped back to my old pack. I walk into the office to give Elijah some paperwork on what was needed in the pack nursery. I put the paperwork on his desk and turned around to leave when he got up from his chair and said, "Skyler! Do you have a minute?" "Of course, Eli. What do you need?" Elijah walked up to me and put his hand on my cheek. He smiled and whispered low, "Will you have dinn
SKYLER'S POV The twins, Samuel and Emma, are now 6 months old. We still haven't heard a single thing from Cole, so I'm not sure if he even knows about them yet. Elijah and Nathan have been the best. One of them is still always with me, but they absolutely love playing and spending time with both Samuel and Emma. Nathan is spending time with me at the moment, as he has to leave in the morning for another business trip. A pack is attacking other packs without cause. It's part of our pack's alliance and protection duties to investigate who could be behind the attacks. We have been getting to know each other over the last six months by just hanging out, no dates, no dinners, just two people spending time together. Even though everything is going really good between us, I can tell that they are both getting restless. Their wolves are getting to th
ALPHA DAVID JACKSON'S POV I stand in the kitchen doorway and watch as Skyler makes her way around the kitchen. It's like she had never left, except she now fights back more. I knew she would look like her mother Catherine when she grew up. I just didn't expect her to look that much like her. Even my wolf is having trouble defining her as our daughter, not our mate. He wants me to take her; he wants me to go in there, pick her up, throw her over our shoulder and take her to our room so we can have some fun with her. I was just about to give in when my watch beeps; I sigh, take one more look at her moving so gracefully around the kitchen and then head back to my office. No sooner do I sit down at my desk than my phone rings. I answer it, "Alpha Jackson..." "Hello, Alpha Jackson here!" There didn't seem to be anyone on the line, but it wasn't dead either. I shrug my shoulders and hang up the phone. I lo
NATHAN'S POV I have been away from the pack, Skyler and the twins, for over a month and we still are no closer to finding out which pack is attacking without cause. They hit fast, hard and silently. We can't work out if they are working with rogues or if they put a spy into each pack before they attack and we can't seem to pick which pack they are going to be hitting next. I have been keeping Elijah up to date, but there isn't much I can tell him. I really need to get home Xaiden is getting really restless, and he's making me lose my temper much too quickly. We need to at least mark Skyler soon, so we will be connected to her a little more and it will calm him down just a little. "Nathan, we need to be with our mate!" Xaiden growls and paces more in my head. "I know, but we need to get on top o