Well, our Alphas got away, but one is injured and one has lost a lot of his pack members.
YaraI look up and see Warren’s dark eyes, hot with desire, burning into me.“What?” I ask, but it comes out more like a squeak.He turns, focusing on me more intently. I feel heat flushing my cheeks and spreading through my body.“What did you just say?”“I didn’t say anything,” I say, looking around and realizing that Savannah is focusing VERY intently on Harold’s arm, her lips twitching, and Harold is smirking at me.“Oh Luna, you most certainly did say something. I’m beginning to understand what Rebecca meant about your murmurings being funny. Do you really not realize you said that out loud?” Harold asks me.What had I said? I was listening to Warren who was being the most incredible man I’ve ever met, acting like a surrogate father to Henry and I’d thought….oh goddess!I look up at Warren, and I know my eyes are wide. A smile spreads across his face.“Yeah, that’s what I heard.”“I…I…” I’m saved as warriors come pouring in with wounded.“I have to work!” I squeak, standing up qui
QuintonI raced home, only to find my pack dead or gone. I smelled Warren’s Beta, so I know he ran this attack. Warren rarely, if ever, attacks, so it hadn’t occurred to me that while I was away, he’d send his warriors to kill mine, but it should have. He killed Thomas and he must know that we’re after his mate now, so he’s gone from being defensive and reacting to attacks, to becoming offensive and actually attacking, and he’s doing it very effectively. I should have considered that he’d do this, but I hadn’t. I’ve become just as complaisant as Thomas and now my son is paying the price.I knew Quirin wasn’t dead, I’d have felt the tether to him snap. But I was hoping that Yasmin would have hidden him. Since I didn’t feel my tether to her snap either, I assumed that was the case. However, when I arrived home, I searched the packhouse for them. The safe rooms hadn’t even been used. I saw all the, chairs, cups and alcohol outside. My Beta was having a fucking party while I was gone and h
Warren“Charlie,” I say, prompting him to report.“I took half the warriors, as you know, and we ran quietly to Quinton’s pack. His Beta was there, but they were having a party, not paying attention and even the patrols were haphazard. We got in, killed the patrols, the Beta, and several other warriors who were partying in the back of the packhouse before anyone even raised the alarm. The omegas and pups never even made it to the safe rooms, making it easier to get of there quickly. The only order I didn’t follow was killing Quirin,” he says.I raise an eyebrow. “We don’t kill pups.”“I know, but you also said to kill anyone who raised a fist, and he attacked me, as did his mother.”“What’d you think of the son?” I ask, curious.“The son is as expected for a young Alpha. It’s the Luna that has me curious,” he says.“How so?” I ask as we begin walking to the cells.“She’s protective of her son, no doubt, but there doesn’t seem to be any love between her and Quinton. She didn’t say that,
YaraI was completely distracted when I went to check on the patients in our hospital. As tired as I should be, I feel energized and antsy. Now that I’ve made my decision, I want Warren and I want him now.Because I need the connection to him, I reach out, letting him know about Farrah, Piper, and Laney. Piper is doing okay, but she’s still not eating regular food yet, so I want to keep her while she moves into that phase of recovery in case she starts choking. Otherwise, she’s good.“Luna, are you okay?” Anna asks me.I look at her and see her, Katie, Erica, and Noelle all looking at me.“Yes, why?”“You’re not mumbling,” Erica says.“Yeah, you always mumble,” Katie says.“We’ve gotten used to it and now it’s weird that you’re not. It’s just so unusual for you, that we wanted to make sure that you’re okay,” Anna adds.“Is it Savannah?” Noelle asks gently.“No, it’s not that, although that was difficult. But…” I stop, looking around at the four of them and sigh. “When I’m done here and
WarrenIn a life of war, of constant struggles, of losing my parents, my warriors, omegas, and pups, I’m unaccustomed to feeling pleasure. That’s not to say that I haven’t had a sexual encounter now and again, but that had been a temporary release.This, what I feel with Yara, is unlike anything I’ve ever experienced in my life. The pleasure of being inside her, her warm, wet heat drawing me into her body, her soft grey-green eyes begging me for more, her sweet moans and her screams of pleasure are unlike anything I ever anticipated when I found her. I knew my parents had a special bond, but unless you experience it, you can’t understand just how powerful, how incredible it truly is.I could have feasted on Yara’s taste for days, the sweet taste of cinnamon and nutmeg on my tongue, listening to her soft moans or pleasure, but I needed to make her mine, needed to know that she is safe from the other Alphas who are trying to take her from me, needed to connect with her in the way that I’
YaraI’m laughing as I watch a little boy who looks just like Warren running through the grass, laughing happily as his father chases after him.“I’m going to get you,” Warren calls.“No, you not!” the boy squeals and tries to run faster on his chubby little toddler legs. I smile, looking down at the baby in my arms, nursing as I rock her back and forth. She has my auburn hair, but as she looks up at me, I see her father’s brownish-green eyes looking back at me.A howl of attack goes up and I’m jerked back into a dark room.“Yara, hurry, we’re under attack!” Warren says.“Our babies! Where are our babies?” I ask, frantic to make sure they are safe. I look around disoriented that we’re in our bedroom and it’s dark when we were just outside playing on a sunny, picturesque day.Warren’s hands cup my face, and he pulls my gaze to his. “Yara, we don’t have babies yet. I just marked you a few hours ago. Come on, we’re under attack. You need to get to the hospital!”“I…” I turn, looking at th
WarrenWhile neither pack is at the full strength that my pack is, being attacked by two packs at once, even if they aren’t working together, is taking a toll on my pack. Because I’d stayed connected with Yara, I know that I've had more warriors going into the pack hospital than I have since she first arrived. And because we have Quinton’s son, I’m sure he’s on his way.I’d been fighting several warriors at once, when I’d felt the deep slash in my back leg, immediately followed by Yara’s spike in concern. I snapped our connection closed, not only because I don’t want her to feel the pain, but because I don’t want to distract her from caring for my pack. The sooner they see her, the sooner that they’re healed, and back to fighting. And without Savannah, I know Yara's working harder than ever.When I’d turned, it had been Brady who had attacked me, and I’d focused on trying to kill him. However, knowing Simon was in the pack was distracting me and rather than being able to kill him, I wa
NoelleI’d been working on the injured warrior, trying to stop the bleeding when there was a rush of energy and the warriors who were able to move rushed out of the waiting room towards the back of the hospital.Travis grabbed me and pushed me behind him, as we watched the hallway, trying to figure out what happened.“Did you join the pack?” he asks me, wanting to know if I can mind link and figure out what’s going on.“No.”He nods. Suddenly there’s shouting and several warriors come rushing out carrying Bradley. I push past Travis and run up to him.“Is that silver?” I ask, seeing that Bradley has been shot in the chest and is bleeding profusely.“Yes, and Luna’s missing,” the warriors say, as Anna pushes a gurney over to us. We hear the howl of retreat outside.“WHAT?”“The warriors are going after her, it smells like Simon.”I look down at our Luna’s guard. There are bubbles coming out of the bloody hole in his chest. The bullet punctured his lung and since it’s silver, his wolf wo
YaraTonight, I’ll take my place as Luna of this pack. It’s an important moment for me and for this pack. I’ve accepted Warren, this pack, and my role in it. This is my future, a future I never truly expected to have, but I can’t wait for each day to begin so I can live it.Archie had gotten my things from the university when Warren sent him to erase my presence there. Thankfully, he’d put all my school records back, but now I have my clothes from when I was in Alpha Solomon’s pack. I don’t have a lot of dressy clothes, but Alpha Solomon insisted that I have a couple of nice dresses for important dinners, pack events, and graduations.As I stand in my closet, I remember the man who raised me, who looked after me, and who ultimately died because he protected me from his son. There was one dress, in particular, that I’d only worn once. Alpha Solomon had chosen it for me. He said it made me look mature, yet elegant, and still feminine. It’s a color that is close enough to the color of my
WarrenWe spent Friday night with Harold, Henry, and Farrah, showing them around the pack and letting them get to know our pack members. I could tell that Harold was surprised. It’s one thing to hear that your pack is happy, but it’s quite another to see it and feel it. And because of my amazing mate, Farrah got the full force of our pack’s love and admiration.The next morning after breakfast, Harold, Henry, Charlie, and I all head to my office.When we sit, Harold turns to look at me. “It is really impressive what you’ve done here, Warren.”“Thank you, Harold. Most of that is because of my mate. The pack fell in love with her before she agreed to be my mate. Thankfully, she found something in me that was worthy of her love and trust.”“Thankfully? It sounds to me, based on what I’ve been hearing from your pack members, that you ARE worthy of everyone’s love and trust.”“He is,” Charlie says before I can answer. I glance at my Beta, then turn back to Harold.“You and I both know, Haro
YaraHaynes congratulations party was wonderful. The happiness in the pack is contagious and everyone laughed and enjoyed themselves. It feels like the bonds that weave a pack together are strengthening and the pack itself is becoming stronger because of it.I was even more excited when Charlie and Noelle pulled Warren and I aside to tell us that they are expecting and that they wanted to announce it at the party.“Do you mind waiting until the pack ceremony?” Warren asked.“No, we can wait. I think,” Charlie says, smiling at Noelle. He looks like I feel, ready to burst with the news. And apparently, I already did. “But is there a reason you don’t want us to add to the celebratory feeling tonight?”Warren had smiled down at me.“What?” Noelle gasped, reaching out to take my arm. “You’re…?”I nod excitedly and we’d hugged, doing a strange jumping, rocking motion while we hugged and our mates just smiled at us.“You’re good with both of us announcing together?” Warren asked Charlie.“I h
LaneyI watched my mate, my official mate of three days, while he fought for his position as Gamma. I had no doubt that he would win. He’s a great fighter, but an even better instructor, which is what the Gamma position would do, train the warriors in our pack.Our pack. I’m still getting used to the idea of being a part of this pack. I watch as Alpha Warren jogs over and kisses his mate for the pack, the goddess, and the world to see. The love that is shared in this pack is unlike anything that I’ve ever seen, and definitely unlike anything in Thomas’ pack, even when his father was Alpha.This pack feels good. The camaraderie, the cohesiveness, is unlike anything I’ve ever seen or felt. This pack acts like a pack should. They act like a family, protecting each other, and working together. Even this competition against Haynes feels different.I’d been terrified that these five warriors would work together to take Haynes out. It’s what would have happened in my previous pack. They would
WarrenI’m running the challenge with Haynes. There are five individuals who are challenging him. Depending on how long each competition takes, this could be quick or go on for hours. Since most of the challengers are strong warriors, I’m assuming this will take all morning and part of the afternoon.Since I don’t want my warriors injured too much, I’m calling the fights. Injuries during challenges are common, and I know Yara is available to fix my warriors up if they get injured, but now that we’re a healthy pack, I want to keep us that way.Haynes takes the first guy down and I call if after he dislocates his shoulder. The first match took an hour, and I expect the others will be about the same.“Go see your Luna,” I tell my warrior, then call a brief recess for Haynes to catch his breath.The second battle lasts a bit longer, and this time, Haynes dislocates my warrior’s knee. I call it and send him to the pack hospital before giving Haynes another break.We’re just about to start r
YaraI knew Warren would be excited about the pregnancy. What I didn’t expect were the feelings that stirred inside me and Annika when we found out that I’m pregnant. I began feeling very possessive of him. I am the one that will give him his pups. Only me. He is mine. Only mine.Thankfully, he didn’t seem to mind my possessive neediness or Annika’s. I guess that’s why they’re mated to us. If anything, he almost seemed pleased that Annika felt the need to mark him several more times last night and again this morning. She finally relaxed a bit when our scent on him was almost equal to his, and his on us was the same. No one can say they don’t know that he is mine. Or at least, that’s Annika’s thinking.I walk into the bathroom, watching as he showers off our sex before going to warrior training. Annika begins purring loudly as I look him over. He really is one hell of a gorgeous man; sexy, strong, and powerful, yet kind and loving, patient and thoughtful.He leans his head out of the sh
WarrenI wasn’t surprised when we had several of our warriors submit requests to battle Haynes. I would have been more surprised if they hadn’t. The pack hierarchy is built on strength and leadership. Haynes has shown his ability to lead and to learn what he doesn’t know, but now he’ll have to prove his strength. I’m not worried. If I didn’t think he had the strength to defeat the other warriors, I wouldn’t have chosen him as my Gamma, and neither would Charlie.After waking with my mate lying over top of me, and giving her my best effort to ensure she’s carrying my pup, I head downstairs to call Harold.“Good morning, Alpha Warren,” he answers.“It is a good morning, indeed, Alpha Harold.”“It sounds like it. May I ask what's made you so happy?”I tell him about our pack’s party last night, celebrating our strength and togetherness.“That sounds…incredible. Perhaps I should consider doing something like that here,” he says.“I honestly didn’t realize how much our pack needed it, Harol
TrenaI know this pack is different than Simon’s. It’s obvious in everything that goes on here, every interaction that occurs with Alpha Warren, Beta Charlie, and this pack. Even Yara is different than I remember her from before. Somehow, she seems stronger, as if finding her mate and becoming a Luna has brought out something inside her that was waiting to blossom.But I’m in no mood to celebrate. I begin walking around the pack, hearing the periodic sounds of cheering, music, and laughter. It’s so opposite of my own emotions that it feels almost otherworldly.Eventually, I find myself standing outside the pack hospital. Just like with the patrols, the nurses here are taking shifts so everyone can go to the party. However, I know there is only one person in the hospital right now. My mate. Bradley.I walk inside and wave to Katie who is currently on shift.“How’s the party?” she asks excitedly.“In full swing,” I tell her.“I can’t wait to go. This pack has never had a party before.”“
YaraI can’t believe my mate. Well, maybe I can. He seems to like finding ways to surprise me. I think he enjoys watching the flood of emotions I feel when he does something frivolous and crazy like literally filling our packhouse with flowers.After he announced the party, we went upstairs to shower and change, and of course, my mate is still working to give me that pup, so we took some time to have our own celebration with a promise of more to come later.I’m honestly not sure who is more excited, him or me. The feeling coming off of my hardcore fighter of a mate is almost giddy. He’s so full of excited energy that he’s practically bouncing on the balls of his feet as we get ready.“Did I not wear you out enough?” I ask him.“Yara!” he says, swinging me around in his arms and making me laugh. “Do you feel the pack's energy? Do you feel how happy they are?”“Yes, I do.”He sets me down, smiling at me with so much love in his eyes that it makes my heart feel like it’s going to explode.