Jael squeals and nearly tackles Lia as she walks through the doors of their school.
"I thought you weren't going to be here until lunch?" Jael smiles. She had missed her best friend.
"I've already missed too many classes. I don't want to fall behind," Lia tells her. "And I missed you guys."
"Good, because everyone missed you too." The bell rang and they had to hurry off to class.
Roger grins as Jael and Lia walk onto the training grounds. "How are you feeling, Lia?"
"Much better," she smiles and hugs him.
"How's the family?"
"Saige has perfected her pout after how many times she was told you still were visitin
"You're home!" Saige runs over and hugs Lia as soon as Cam sets her down inside her and Nash's home."I am. Hi Cam." Lia laughs, scooping her up and setting her against her hip. "Nash is too.""Nashy!" Saige shouts, basically into Lia's ear, when she sees him. Lia flinches. Nova, despite the volume, chuckles. The pup was so happy it was contagious."Hey Kid," Nash grins, he ruffles the 4-year-old's hair as he goes past her into the living room. Saige giggles. "Cam." Nash nods a greeting."Glad to see you both back on one piece," Cam says."Got iffy there for a bit," Nash admits. "George wouldn't have if Soren had his way.""Nash…" Lia shakes her head as Na
Lia knocks on the open office door, and James grins as she walks in.“How’d your first day back go, Petal?” James says as he gets up from his desk. She gives him a hug.“I have a lot of homework, but Roger said I could skip training tomorrow to work on it,” she tells him.“That’s nice of him,” James says as she takes her usual seat. James leans against his desk. “Not that I’m complaining, but what’s up? I’m assuming you’re here for more than just procrastinating on said homework? Though, for the record, you are always welcome here or pretty much anywhere I am.”“Has Nash talked to you about the whole gamma thing?”
Dahlia runs and hugs Tyler as soon as she sees him. The young Alpha catches her easily and hugs her tight. Inhaling her scent and smiling. Valens howls in his mind at having Nova so close."I missed you," she says. And she means it. Once she decided what future she wanted. What her heart wanted. She had wanted to just run to him, again."Missed you too," he smiles. "And not that I'm complaining, but what are you doing here?" He sets her back on her feet as he asks. He hadn't expected her to visit so soon. They both had to finish school and she'd already missed days."I've been thinking about it and…I pick you."Tyler had not expected anything like that. He studies her face for any hint of doubt. "Really? You'll give up everything you worked for in your pack, to be
Luna Colette watched with pride as not only was her son being declared Alpha of the Valom Moon Pack, but the love of his life was by his side and being declared the pack Luna. They had been married in a small ceremony made up of members of Valor Moon and Haven River packs. Dahlia had been a beautiful bride who had happily given her hand to Tyler but sworn herself to the Valor Moon Pack in the process. Colette had never seen her son exude so much love and happiness. But today was a close second. She watches as the new Alpha swears his officers. Nix was being sworn in as his delta. Sam and Wendall had already sworn their oath of fealty and taken their place beside the new Alpha and Luna as Beta and Gamma. The new Gamma’s father had been one of Maxwell's most trusted advisors in the pack. Wendall had been chosen when Nash had turned down the role. The new Luna’s brother had wanted to stay to take Lia's spot alongside James as pack liason. The ceremony was officially wrapping up. "Did we
"Run," her mother had told her. And her mother hadn't been the only one to say it. It was the first thing her wolf had told her.Her sister had shouted it the last time she saw her. And, Dahlia Stuart always did. "Lia!"The male voice called after her as she ran through the woods. Dodging foliage and fallen trees with a practiced ease. "Stop!" He shouted. "He wishes," Nova, her wolf snickers in her mind as they break through the treeline and slows to a walk. She stands on the riverbank and grins. A couple of figures exit the trees. "You win," a tall brunette girl says as she joins her. "As usual.""You say that like it's a bad thing, Jael," Lia grins."Why do we even try?" A lean boy, in his late teens says after he clears the trees. "Because it's good practice," an older man says as he nears the group. "You can run laps at the track alone if you prefer.""She always wins," the boy complains. "Winning implies competition," Jael states. "Or is your ego to fragile to handle-"
Roger had made them run again, then spar until the end of the session. When they are all dismissed, Dahlia and Jael head towards Dahlia's house. They are stopped before they can go very far."So, you're fast huh?" Tyler says to Dahlia as he catches up to them. Dahlia nods. Jael snorts a laugh."Oh she's the fastest in the North Western territories Junior trials," Jael brags about her friend. "In both forms." Earning a raised brow from the alpha. "She was fast, even before her wolf.""Goddess, Jael! Please stop," Lia begs her best friend through a mind link. "Impressive," Tyler says."Well, they always encouraged us to find a physical activity we were good at as kids," Lia parrots what her brother always says when people ask them. Jael snorts. "Yeah but you made it half your personality.""I did not," Dahlia shakes her head. She looks at Tyler. "It was always just something I did to clear my head. Rarely had a bad run in the woods, you know?" "Sure," Tyler nods. They can tell he is
"Hey I met your new friend today," Nash grinned as he sat down at the table with her. She had been working on her homework."What?" She looks at her brother. "The Alpha Exchange guy, Tyler. He said he's in Roger's group with you. Alpha Lars will be glad you've gotten along. You know how he loves to gloat about his trophy winning teams.""I won a couple races, not like I won any Warriors Games. And they were just Junior trials.""For the whole territory," Nash points out. "And you deserved it. You train twice as hard as most of those guys. And harder than almost anyone in our pack.""It's just running," she tells him. "It's not that hard.""Well, there is a reason they put him in your group and not like Beckett or Noah's groups. I'm just saying.""If you say so, Nash.""I know so, Dahlia."School the next day was more annoying than usual. The visiting alpha student was the talk of the town. Gemma and her friends barely left him alone. "How'd you shake the glam gargoyles?" Jael asks a
The next couple weeks are more of the same. They go to school, train, and hang out in the downtime they have. Sometimes Tyler ends up dragged into some semi-official alpha education with Alpha Lars. Until one day at training. Roger shouts for everyone to get back to the pack house immediately. "What's going on?" Vincent asks. Before he can answer they hear shouting and growling in the distance."Rogues!" Someone shouts."Get him out of here," Roger looks at Lia gesturing to Tyler."Me?" "You know the woods best, I know you can do this." Roger mind links her as he heads in the direction of growling. "Go now!""Just follow me!" Lia shouts to the group. Tyler and Jael nod and follow her."Who put you in charge?!" Vincent shouts. "Roger, duh!" Jael asserts. "Or don't follow, it's your life!" She shouts back. "Shouldn't we help?" Tyler asks as they hurry towards the main pack territory. They aren't going too fast so that the group can stay together. "Not our job yet," one of the oth