PenelopeOne thing I admire about Donovan is that he is great at soothing my worries. But… still, I don’t know if I’m cut out for this whole ‘parenting’ thing.Donovan holds my hand and leads me to the bed. We lie down and get comfortable in one another’s arms. He tells me, “I understand your concerns, Pen. I don’t know how things were for you at the academy, but it doesn’t matter. You’ve got me on your side and we have so many friends and can always hire help if we need it.”I nod my head, “Yeah, that’s true, I guess.”He rubs his hand up and down my arm and asks, “How was life at the academy? You never really talk about it.”I breathe out as I think back on everything. I say, “I think I had a different experience than most people do. I was very guarded. I was only allowed to be around the people who were teaching me something. Occasionally, they would allow me to be around people my age. Honestly, I think that’s just because they didn’t want me to be socially awkward. Everything I di

DonovanAnger radiates inside of me and my wolf is hungry for the respect he feels he deserves as Alpha. I think a small part of me expected that Xavier would apologize for his behavior and walk away. All I know is, I didn’t expect the reaction he had.He laughs at me.My fists ball up in anger and Xavier stumbles as he walks around the room and says, “You already took away my livelihood, you took away my title, and now you’re going to take away the right I have to be a pack member?”I raise an eyebrow and respond, “Being a pack member is not a right. It’s a privilege. Anyone who speaks poorly, behaves badly, or anything has the risk of being cast out. I’ve been lenient with you long enough, Xavier.”He shakes his head and says, “I thought you were a friend, Donny.” I snarl when he mentions the nickname that I’ve only allowed Violet to call me all these years.He continues on as if he didn’t notice my displeasure, “But since you’re obviously not my friend- then I guess I should tell yo

PenelopeTrue to her word, Cora showed up the next day.She was a sweet woman that I think is probably in her mid-fifties. She did a protection spell over me and only stayed for a single day. Donovan and Violet liked being around her and when she left, Violet made a comment about how Cora doesn’t like being in the same place long. She claims that it’s dangerous.I mean, I know she’s a witch, but I don’t understand what the danger is. Violet and Donovan don’t know either.But after Cora doing the spell on me, it seemed to calm Donovan down. He knows that the baby and I have an extra layer of protection that we wouldn’t otherwise have.Since Cora coming, everything has been pretty normal. Except that Donovan has been working hard to change some things so that Xavier wouldn’t know our strategies anymore.But, it’s been two weeks since Xavier was kicked out and since we found out that we’re pregnant. Now that Donovan isn’t freaking out as much over the safety of our pack, we decided to hav

DonovanI stand in shock as I try to process what just happened. My feet finally move and I stumble over to Jack as he cries over the loss of his mate.She was my sister. She was the only family I had left. It was my job to protect her! Not only am I her older brother, but I'm also her Alpha! This never should've happened...As I get to Jack my knees give out and I fall beside him as a sob racks through my body. Our devastated cries fill the air and while my human side is distraught, my wolf is seething. He wants to find Xavier as soon as possible, he doesn’t want Xavier to think that he could commit this kind of act and get away with it.My wolf side and human side are fighting over this matter. In this moment I just want a second to mourn over my sister. I don't want to think about everything else going on. This battle is so chaotic and for the first time in my life, I want to just give up. I saw the front lines. The likelihood we make it out alive is slim. Simon called the fellow p

PenelopeI don't know how long I have been riding on Donovan's wolf. All I know, is that I am incredibly uncomfortable and resisting the urge the throw up from how much I've been jostled around.After what seemed like a small eternity, Donovan let me down and shifted into his human form so we could walk together. Getting to walk felt great and my hand rubbed my stomach softly, subconsciously I was trying to soothe myself by thinking of our baby, and I was resisting the urge to get sick.As we walk, I notice that Donovan is very on edge and alert. I don't blame him, but from how long he had been running, I think we are far away from any major threat. A small part of me wonders if he even has a plan or if we are just running aimlessly through the forest. I want to ask, but I don’t want to offend him.But he seems to know what I’m concerned about and says, “We’re going to an old friend of mine’s pack.”“A pack?” I question. Donovan nods his head and I ask, “If you were close with another