i might jump ahead again. but i hope you like where i am going. Youngest is feeling a lot better, so he;s going to school for half a day. I will try to write some more, but it depends on how the day goes. let me know what you think and I think that's it. o want to learn a dutch word for fun? it's a word that has no literal translation in english. it's "gezellig" and it means you're having a nice time. Like we had a "gezellige" avond. pleasant is sometimes used to translate it too. another one is "uitwaaien" it means to go to the beach to feel the wind and to relax. to get some fresh air. literally it would be to be blow out
Leia’s pov"Luna Leia, may I come in?" Lula asked."Yeah, I wanted to talk to you about something anyway." I replied and motioned for her to sit down.Tallulah, or Lula, as she liked to be called now, had stayed with us for almost six months. Six fucking months have passed, and still she hasn’t shared much more. She was fucking terrified of that school and the people that ran it.She would share things about how she was treated or the classes she had, but nothing that described the rooms or the buildings. There were no names, no descriptions of faces, and no information about the surroundings. Nothing that could actually help us."I would argue that knowing how your daughters are treated could be beneficial to your mental health." Reina said."My mental health is fucking fine and we have no proof that they’re there. Of course, I'd rather they were at school than in some alternate horrible reality that they're being used as, -""Do not linger on these thoughts." Reina warned me.She was
Leia’s pov"They found him." Ash said, rushing into the living room."Who what? Who?" I said, unsure of what he was saying."Marco. Frank. Whatever the bastard's name is. Damian and Kane have found him."I didn’t expect to hear that at all. They had been looking for fucking years. Damian and Kane didn’t mind; they got to travel the world together and see beautiful fucking countries at the same time. Sometimes Angelina and Jayden joined them, so they could spend some time together. But lately they've been on the hunt for that dickhead Marco and they’ve been looking at tropical islands. Which is difficult given how many tropical fucking islands there are."You possess that knowledge?" Reina asked, surprised."No, I fucking don’t have an exact number of islands around the world. I just know there are a shitload of islands."They started in Asia, looking at tropical islands there, thinking Marco would want to hide as far away as possible. But then, after Maggie and Rain visited the Shadow
Asher’s pov "One more time, Marco. What did you do with our daughters?" Marco smirked, but behind his fake smile I could see he was scared. "I burned them in that house." He lied, and I was done playing games with him. He was going to die anyway, so like a villain in a damn movie, I would tell him all my secrets and hope he would reveal his. "You’re not the villain." Logan said. But it kind of felt like I was. I didn’t like beating up a man when he wasn’t able to defend himself. It was important that Marco would pay for what he did, and I needed to be the one to do it, but I didn’t enjoy inflicting pain. I wasn’t some psychopath who liked torturing or killing people. That’s why I was the one to clean up after myself after I killed Alpha Braxton. He deserved everything he got, but people didn’t need to see that side of me. Look at what I was capable of. I didn’t even want to see that side of me. It was the "Iron Alpha" side that people would call me. The killer. But that wasn’t a
Sierra’s pov"I screwed up Sie," Ash said. "I lost it when I heard he had done this to more people. If I hadn’t let him into our pack, he would have never found the Goldacres, and more people wouldn’t have gotten hurt."He looked absolutely devastated. I could only imagine how guilty he must be feeling, but in all honesty, would we have used Marco anyway?"What could we have gotten out of Marco?" I asked, trying to remain practical. I could say a bunch of things to try and make Asher feel better, but I knew the only thing he would believe were facts."He could have given us a meeting with the Goldacres." Asher's hands had moved to cover his face.He had called me down into the dungeon, and I almost gagged when I saw what he had done to Marco’s body. It looked disgusting. Asher was covered in blood as well, and he had his hands on his face right now, and I wanted so badly to tell him not to touch himself because I had no clue what was on these hands. Bits of Marco’s intestines? Ugh."Le
Rain’s povI thought it would go faster. Maggie and I want to finish this, but in a year's time, Aeryn will be eighteen, and I’ve only now managed to get a meeting with the Goldacres. I’ve spoken to them before; we’ve actually been working together, but I still haven’t met them in person, and as much as I am good at business, I really need Maggie for the spy crap.And today is the day. We’ve got an invite for the whole family to this big party being hosted at the Goldacres, and we’ll finally meet in person. Since it’s not that close to home, we’ll also be staying for the weekend. It’s a chance for us to do business and for our kids to meet. although that’s what we’re pretending it’s for."Stop being nervous, Rain. We’ll be fine." Maggie said."And the kids?" I asked. "We’re going to hang around people that sell kids."Maggie winked at me, "then it’s a good thing our kids are not that cool. No one will want to steal them."I laughed, "our kids are super cool.""Maybe they will be. But n
Riker’s povIt hasn’t been easy being the younger brother of Kate and Asher. It’s not that they're not great siblings; they are. But they were teenagers when I was born, and it often feels like I’m in their shadows. I will never live up to their legacy. He’s the Iron Alpha, and she is the Elder and leader of the task force.Mom and dad have tried hard not to make me feel like I need to compete, but for crying out loud, they named me after one of the most famous betas, Dad’s best friend and Sierra’s father. It's another big pair of shoes I have to fill.I don’t know why Kate chose me. I haven’t done anything to prove myself. Maybe I’m the right age and I haven’t found my mate yet? Dad was twenty four when he met Mom, I think, so I have time."You’re not even looking for your mate." My wolf, Nero, said.I wasn’t. Not since Kate and Asher asked me to do this. I could finally mean something to the Iron River pack. I could get my nieces back. It was different for Isaac, Argo, and Airk; they
Riker’s pov "All isn’t lost, we might be able to go to the school." Rain said, but his words meant nothing to me. This was my opportunity to help my family and see and save my nieces. I didn’t just feel bad for them; I felt bad for myself, which made me feel guilty, and that didn’t help me feel better either. This whole thing was crap. I had spent almost two years training for this; I have been pretending to be Rik for a year now, and it was all for nothing? And most importantly, Aeryn and Elora were still stuck there, or in the case of Aeryn, things were probably even worse for her now. "Maybe they’ll have some files at the school that keep track of who bought who?" Maggie said when we came home. I didn’t answer her and went straight to my room. This was supposed to be it. We were going to save Aeryn and Elora, and now we are no further than we were before. I looked down at my arm, seeing their initials. We had all gotten the same tattoo at one point. Everyone who knew the truth
Asher’s pov"They found Elora."Maggie was calling the pack, and then someone from there would mindlink us with the information we needed. It would have been much easier if Riker, Maggie, and Rain were still part of our pack, but that wasn’t possible. They needed to maintain their cover."Did you fucking hear me, Ash?" Leia said again. "Riker found her. She is save."We were on the way to the school. It turned out that the school was located on a small island. It is so small that it only houses a school and a small airport. No one even realized people were living on the island.In hindsight, it made sense for the school to be on an island. You would avoid trespassers, with only one way in and out of the pack and no chance of being discovered like they did with Sara and Bruce last time.It didn’t feel real. Elora was alive and well, and Riker got her. I needed to focus, though. Kate had come with me, and we brought a bunch of soldiers. Sierra was leading the attack on every person who w