Stella's POV
When we arrive to my apartment, I decide to grab some pats. I let Thomas clan up some. He looks over at me with his dark eyes. "I have never seen a witch be able to do that," he says. "Do what?" I ask scrunching my face in confusion. "Normally witches have to use spells to make their magic work, but you didn't," he answers. I sigh, "Yeah i am different than most witches. I have always just bee able to think something and do it...poof" demonstrationg the poof with my hands. "Wow! You ust be crazy powerful," he says. "Yeah I guess," I say shrugging.
"You hungry?" I ask walking over to the kitchen. "Yeah, growing wolf over here," Thomas says rasing his hand. I realize that it is 5:30. My apartment is quite small. One small bedroom and bathroom. Small kitchen and livin room. It is cozy, as my mom would say. I open up the fride. Eggs, bacon and frozen waffles it is. As I am whipping up the food I think my parents would be so angry with me right now. Using my powers and then letting some boy wolf come to my apartment. Not the smartest Stella I think. However, the kid seems nice, he is only a couple of years younger than I am, so I don't know why I keep thinking of him as a kid.
While we ate, we discussed his pack the Ble Moon Pack and the whole warewolf mate bond thing. He told me how powerful it is especially for a male. He told me he would not leave the city until he found her. "What if she is one of the rogues?" I ask. "I mean you followed her scent and it led you right to them." He furrowed hsi brow. "I didn't think about that," he replied. "if you are going to go look for her you can't do it alone," I say. " I have to go to work, but I can help you look later," I add. Thomas shakes his head "You don't have to. I'll get the boys to help me, I don't want to drag you into this situation and I only just met you." "Hey, who better to have on your side then a powerful witch?" Thomas laughs "That is true, maybe we could all go," he agrees. I don't know why I am even thinking about doing this. I just have this feeling; I need to help this kid. Plus, I am craving some adventure.
I head to work. I am an assistant at a large law firm. It is an okay job for now. I was still looking for a job in marketing. The day ended uneventfully and I haeaded home. Thomas was there waiting with three of his pack members. All of them looked to be about his age with siilar builds. "Guys this is stella," Thomas stands. "Stella these are the boys Sean, Kai, and Devonte," They all say hi at once. Sean stand to shake my hand and says, "So your the powerful witch Thoas was talking about huh?" "Yep that's me I guess," I say with a laugh. "He didn't tell us you were smokin hot though," he says. "Shut up Sean." Thomas smaks his arm. Everyone laughs. "So, should we go over the plan?" Devonte asks.
We decide to head out around nine. We went to the same spot the boys were celebrating the night be fre. I found out from thomas that it had been Kai's eighteenth birthday and they had come up to the city from their pack. It was about a hudrd miles, south. Their Alpha was expecting them back earlier today. We did not have much time to work with. Thomas had a brother named Devin who was the Beta of the pack. We stand outside the restaurant while Thomas sniffs around trying to find her scent. Then his eyes grow wide and boom it hits him. "This way," he waves us over as we follow him. That was easier than I thought it would be. The more we followed him the more uneasy I became.
We headed into a park, and that is when we saw them, a group of about ten werewolves huddled together. I could tell they had been drinking. We stop in our tracks. A beautiful girl about Thomas' age with long brown hair and green eyes steps out from behind the group. She looks straight at Thomas. "Mate" they both say at the same time.
Stella's POVThe girl goes to walk toward Thomas. A hand shoots out to stop her. It is another teenage boy with brownish red hair and muddy brown eyes. An ugly sneer that is probably permanently plastered to his face. "You aren't gong anywhere Hannah," he tells her. A look of pure evil in his eyes. "You are my girlfriend," he adds. Thomas growls "Mine" he hisses. "Jarred he is my mate," she yells with a look of pure fear on her face. "I don't care if he's the king of the fucking world, you are mine," Jarred shouts at her.Thomas growls about to lunge but Kai throws his hand out to stop him. "If she wants to come with me, she's coming with me. You understand?" Thomas tells him. Jarred laughs. "Wha,t are you going to do about it? There's three of you and some girl, I like our odds better," he adds. "I feel offended," I say to the boys He goes to pounce. I think of fire.The group of rouges start grabbing their heads and screaming in pain. "Stop, make it stop," Jar
We leave the apartment and walk to my favorite 24-hour diner. "Pats has the best pancakes," I tell the boys as we sit in my favorite booth. Joe our waiter walks up. "Who do we have here?" she asks cheerfully. "Hey Joe this is my cousin Sean and his friends. They are visiting for a couple of days," I say with a smile. Sean's face twists into a sneer. "Oh great sounds like a blast," she says with a sile. "Do you know what you want?" "The usual," I tell her. The usual is a stack of classic pancakes with whipped cream, berries and syrup. I also get a large strawberry milkshake to go along with it.The boys order a ton of food. Instantly regretting offering to pay. As we eat, I tell them about my life in the coven and they tell me about the Blue Moon Pack. They have an Alpha who rules with an iron fist but he everyone loves and respects him. He became the Alpha at a young age. He was 25 and un-mated. They were all training to be warriors in the pack. Alpha had let them leave
Devin's POV "Where the hell have you been?" I yell as my brother gets out of the car. "Devin I can explan," he replies. I stop him. "You didn't even call and you turned your phone off," I cross my arms. Then out steps a teenage girl. "Devin meet my mate Hannah," Thomas says with a big grin. "Oh so that's wh you were late. I guess I can give you a break," I say. Even though I am mad at Thomas finding your mate is near impossible so I understand why he couldn't leave. "Nice to meet you Hannah, welcome to the family," I extend my hand out to shake hers. She is so small and frail. I think I detect a hint of rogue smell. "Yes bro I have got lots to tell you... lots," Thomas says. Thomas finishes telling me the events of t he past two days and I am shocked. A witch helped Thomas. What? She bought him back to life. She used mind control on rouges. head was spinning. This witch was powerful. She didn't even live in a coven. I had to tell Cole.
Stella's POV I got home around 6 from work. I was supposed to go for drinks with Tiffany tonight. Tiff had become one fo my best friends since moving to the city. I picked a high waist skirt and a sexy crop. I was going to turn heads tonight. I had not had much male attention since Tyler and I decided to take a break a few months ago. He still calls me every week though. It has been hard, but I get the feeling lately that I didn't love him like I thought I did. I ended up curling my hair and did a light makeup look. Tiffany comes running in. "Damn bitch you look hot," she says. I just laugh, "So do you." as she twirls for me. Tiffany is a cute redhead who pretty much comes to my sholders. She is sexy and curvy. I give her a little smack on the ass. "Okay pre-game time," she says as she grabs the vodka. She pours each of us a shot. "Here is to getting lucky tonight," she says and we both down the shot. We get to the bar around 10 and it is
Stella's POV I wake up with the sun shinning through the curtians. Oh, it's 10am. I hop out of bed and head to the bathroom to brush my teeth and wash my face. I put my hair into high pony becaukse I know it's going to be hot out there, 95 degrees according to my phone. Shorts and a tank top it will be. My stomach starts to tell me I need food and I also need to let Tiffany know that I haven't been stuffed in someone's trunk. I head downstairs and spot Thomas on the couch watching TV. "Damn! You scared me." I said. "Sorry my brother gave me a key." He replies with a cheesy grin. "I could have killed you; you know?" I narrow my eyes at him. "Yeah that's true I have seen you fight," he laughs. "Food?" I ask. "Duh I'm alway hungry." He smiles as he flips through the channels. I cook us up some toast with eggs and bacon. As we sit down to eat, I ask Thomas. "So why did you tell your brother about me?" His eyes widen trying to think of what to say.
Stella's POV After my lunch with the boys I have Thomas take me to get some wine. We talk about Hannah and how she has enrolled in school. She has a lot of catching up to do. By the time we pull up to the cottage it's about 3:30. I head to the couch and pull out my laptop thinking I might as well get my grad school applications out of the way. I work on the applications for a few hours and decide to give it a rest my stomach starts to rumble again. I head to the fridge to see what I can whip up. Spaghetti with garlic bread and salad it is. I stat cooking when I hear a knock at the door and it's Devin. "Hey, I wanted to apologize for my over reaction earlier, you guys were just having fun," he says. I give him a stern look then a smile "apology accepted," I say putting my hand out for him to shake it. He has rough hands whcih means he works hard. I do like a hard-working man I think to myself. "I am making dinner and I am all by myself. D
Cole's POV Two of my most powerful warriors are dead. Their heads ripped from their chests and turned to black sludge. Witches, I can smell them. Their black magic symbols hang in the trees and the stench of their maagic is heavy in the air. "What do we do here Alpha?" My Gamma Bryan asks. "We need to figure out where these witches are and destroy them," I reply. Anger overcomes me and I let out a loud growl. I begin to pace back and forth trying to control my wolf Stephan." "Hopefully, the witch I have hired can help us find the and get rid of them" I said. "You hired a witch?" Bryan asks. "Yes, a very powerful one," I add. Bryan looks at me intrigued. "Alright boys load them up we need to take them back home to thier families." I am not ready to lie to another family about how their loved one died. I know it is what I have to do for now until we figure out what is truly going on. I am ready to be home and meet this witch. I call Devin
Cole's POV I reach my office and swing open the door. I am so angry I throw everything off my desk. I roar into the air so loud that I am sure the entire pack could hear me. Devin walks in. "Bro are you okay?" he asks. "No, I am not okay, this is not good." I reply as I start pacing the floor. "I don't want a mate damn it! She's the witch, isn't she?" I shout. Devin looks at me with an expression I have never seen him give me before and there is a sadness behind it. "Her name is Stella." I really did not like the way he said her name, there was something going on. I swore I saw a flash of something in his eyes. I move on. "I am supposed to marry Alpha Leo's daughter from Blood Moon and now I have a mate," I yell. My wolf Stefan growls, he does not like my tone when speaking about our mate. Truth be told I did not like my tone either. Pacing around like this makes me think about her more. Her soft skin and those beautiful pouty lips. Damn I want her ri