~Drake’s Point of View~ Gage paced, not liking the situation. Being on Venom’s packlands even for combats always gave me an awful feeling. But now, Tristian and I were straight up trespassing.and quite a ways from home. I was furious to find out just how far he’d been coming onto their property to meet this female. He was convinced that she’d come to see him tonight, come looking for something at their meeting spot if there was unrest and uncertainty going on. Dane had wanted to come, actually had begged but I couldn’t allow myself to send a mated wolf out here. If something happened to him again Alice would have my head. Not to mention Venom knew him now, knew his scent. They wouldn’t be dumb enough to let him get away a second time. The three Alphas voted unanimously on taking action sooner, rather than later. Everything that had been uncovered about what Digger was up to had been too much to ignore. We couldn’t let it continue. But to not really have a mission outside of rescuing
~Corinne’s Point of View~ “Just do what they want, until it gets to a certain point. If it gets there,” I whispered to Vivian. Whispering amongst werewolves was stupid and I knew it but what’s done is done. They don’t know we have weapons and poison. I had been so nervous for Allison to leave, so concerned as to whether or not she’d be okay that I hadn’t bothered to think about us. Though if she’d been with us she’d have just been taken as well. Now I at least had some hope that Allison might be able to do something, that the male who is helping her may be able to do something for us … well it may have been a bit of a stretch but that's all I got. That and three vials of poison along with a couple knives. After Venom took me and slaughtered my family I began to realize hope was good, but too much of it only lets you down. Hoping for something better, for someone to come along and wipe out this horrendous pack was all that kept me from ending it all. Then I got pregnant and coul
~Drake’s Point of View~ As our little trio roamed the woods, Tristian and I began to get flooded with mind-links. And that meant our pack was here, within range. Jett, Sawyer and Dane gave the go ahead to invade. In the absence of any Alpha for a vote Dane was the next to step in. Their reasoning was that over two dozen had been killed easily in the south and they needed to go in further, keep the momentum. The drones had caught several cars leaving the property and that could mean Digger was gone. My bones told it was so … the fucking coward. They were banking on him fleeing anyhow. If he was gone and they didn’t currently have a Beta according to Allison, it would be chaos if we invaded: a perfect storm. No one to give them direction and I had to hope that meant a lot would surrender. But if they didn’t, oh well. I wouldn’t feel bad about killing any male from Venom. They allowed all this shit to go on and participated. Any that lived could potentially go off and try to start a
~Corinne’s Point of View~ “Sa… Sawyer?” The word left my mouth, my heart raced but my mind… My mind tried to convince me I was hallucinating. Vivian took my hand, knowing his name. As many times as I’d told stories of how we grew up. How I’d had to lose everything to the same male who now held me captive. The babies were all scared and restless, having been woken twice in the night now. But this gruff voice in the dark, it was like a beacon of light and hope … more than I’d ever felt. The Goddess was shining her light on me, in my darkest hour. I handed my pup to Viv and took a step forward. She put her free hand on the small of my back as I began to shake uncontrollably. The last time I’d seen my brother’s face he was a contorted mess of anger, rage and half wolf. It was torture to have that as the last memory of my best friend. “Corrie! I’m here, I’m here. I’m real honey,” I heard. His voice was nothing like I remembered, it was so rough and he sounded so pained. Honey … that
~Alice’s Point of View~ “Ohh right there yeah, Ohh Jett, you’re so deep, right in the middle ohh you know my spot,” I moaned. “It’s only the beginning, good thing you have four strong hands to take care of you,” Jett said, licking his lips. Damn, why does he have to be so impossibly good looking? Even just sitting there it’s nearly impossible not to shove him down and-- *There’s noise outside,* Maura shouted. Jett’s wolf must have sensed it at the same moment because he dropped my foot and leapt to the window. There were two guardians on patrol outside the house and I immediately realized that wasn’t enough. An awful kind of dread fell over me, and Maura was begging to shift. We had planned to stay holed up in Dane’s old cabin while everyone was gone, but I was too curious to see the infamous beach house and didn’t think it should sit empty. So we passed the cabin on to Belle and her pups, with Duncan going along. It would be tight for all but it was far enough in the south. T
~Lola’s Point of View~ Should have never agreed to go with Belle, all these damn kids in such a small space! But seeing Alice and Jett make eyes at each other constantly made me just feel awkward. I needed a distraction and I wasn’t getting it watching those two practically fucking with their eyes. It took some serious effort but Duncan was actually a massive help getting all the babies to bed. We’d had to make beds out of dresser drawers for the tiny ones, there was so little space. Belle and I were going to be sharing a cot as it was. I didn’t think Sawyer would want me snuggling up to a male. We’d gotten a mind-link earlier that our guardians had defeated Venom and everyone was on their way back. But it could be dawn before they’d be back. I’d gotten some weird feelings and sensations through my mate bond for the last couple of hours and I didn’t know what to make of it all. Sawyer was sad, but yet happy and relieved. I hated waiting to find out why but he was okay and that’s al
~Drake’s Point of View~ *Fuck this is a long run, we need a drink,* Gage whined. We were exhausted but this was hardly the time to stop. He wasn’t wrong though. *There should be a few cabins coming up, we’ll stop there,* I promised him. I was getting mind-links from all over. Digger had attacked Belle and Lola, now he was on the loose. There were easily a hundred guardians already there on site but our lands were so damn big finding him wouldn’t be as easy as you’d think. They all believed he was heading toward the beach though, and everyone said Jett took Alice there. I knew he would take her to the ship, there’d be no chance in hell anyone could find them hidden away in the cove. It was a perfect hiding spot and likely how the ship ended up there in the first place. Then went to hide their treasure then couldn’t get back out. Everyone had theories. The first cabin we stopped at had a family in it, thankfully they had a bunch of chicken and rice left from dinner which Gage ate
~Corinne’s Point of View~ “Mama, I love your cuddles,” I heard, making me stir. I squeezed the warmth in my arms, it was my son Jakob. Oh, and Helena apparently. I really didn’t know what it was to sleep alone but it wasn’t as though I was able to give the kids all their own beds. I couldn’t even believe that I had slept, basically only because my body was THAT tired. That exhausted. I still couldn’t even believe it. Venom was no more. There would be no more cave, no more hole in the earth we called home for so long. But above all … no more males coming in the night and invading our bodies. In a weird way, I’d miss our little bunker. The only home my babies had known. We were now in a large cabin with tons of rooms. Tons of light and colors. Real furniture. A deep breath already told me someone was cooking and my stomach practically lurched me out of bed. I couldn’t believe how nice everyone was, maybe being the Alpha’s sister will have perks. Maybe they’re just actually n