Chilli POV A tingerling sensation, makes my nerve endings wake up and come alive, way before I do, as I purr, still semy asleep as Elias pulls me close and into his arms. I snuggle in deeper to him under the duvet, purring in my limbo state of sleep, not quite awake but not completely asleep either. Until that is my phone deeps repeatedly at me, alerting me to messages, texts. Groaning as I reach for it, unwanting to open my eyes as my hand paws at the side table, blindly searching. Elias growls softly in my ear at my movement to retrieve my phone. Finally having it in hand, the screen lights up as I turn it towards me, the brightness hurting my unadjusted, tired eyes. I blink at the name shining back at me, somewhat in shock, Elias feeling this, nudges and kisses my shoulder, "What hun?" "Dad" I simply say, "a text, it's from my father, or at least his phone.""Hu?" Elias lifts his head to look over my shoulder, confused and concerned by my words. "What?" I'm as confused as he is,

Elias POV "CHILLI!" Panic engulfs my mind, body and voice, for the first time I'm glad and thankful Chilli isn't pregnant, because that fall would have ended it all. Feeling her pain and uncomfortableness through the bond, fear intertwines with my panic, as I shake those thoughts from my head. As I go to rush to my mates side I am stopped by father falling into my back, knocking me to the ground. Pulling my face from the dirt and looking up, I see Maria's grubby wolf in a stand off with my wife, who's now in a crouched position. Pain and anger radiating from her soul, metaphorically slapping me hard in the chest. As I scramble to my feet, Chilli begins to shift and I gaze on to behold her beautiful, majestic, red, wolf form. My heart skips at beat at the sight of her, her reddy gold fur is so stunning and those white socked paws of hers are so sexy, making me momentarily forget the situation and commotion happening around me. Chilli's wolf towers over Maria's, being twice her size, p

Chilli POV Taking a deep breath, inhaling the fresh air and the sweet smell of the flowers growing and blooming nearby. I lean back against the warm body of Elias, tangling my toes in amongst the beautiful, cold, green grass as we soak up the spring sun, shining down and the love flowing all around us. Mmmm, the word heaven comes to mind. Nothing could be better in this perfect moment of just being still and happily content with my mate, as time peacefully ticks by slowly.I purr, like a tabby cat, basking in a patch of sunlight when a warm, wet feeling trickles along the skin of my legs and bum. Investigating, I lift myself very slightly off the ground and press my hand on the back of my jeans. "What the .. hell?" I puzzlingly stare down at my hand, my red hand... "its ... blood?!" Panic strikes me as I feel no pain, straight away fearing the worst, I spin around to stare at my mate in search of the injury. Instead, I am met with a cold, hollow, emotionless Elias

"Come on," I groan as I heave myself to my feet, "let's head back". "Okay," Erin sighs as I offer a hand to help her up, "no running this time," I smile and nod in thankful agreement.It feels like an age till we are close enough to the packhouse to see its top-floor windows reflect the mid-morning sun. Erin slows to a walk as we pass by the woods, and I gratefully copy, feeling out of shape. Erin hasn't said much on the way home but I can tell there's something on her mind, on the tip of her tongue she wants to say. "Out with it," "What?" She says with a taken aback, shocked look on her face."Come on, you're dying to say something, it's written all over your face. Come on, just say it. " We've been friends for too long for her to be able to hide anything from me, annoyingly it works both ways."Okay, but don't get upset with me," I draw a cross over my heart with my finger, making Erin grin. "I don't mean to be insensitive, but you seem to be d

Elias unlocks the front door and drops the bags to switch on a light to behold a spacious, open plan, living area with a magnificent open fireplace, all setup and ready to be lit. There are fresh flowers on the kitchen counter, lilies, my favourite. "Oo, fire?" Elias suggests, picking up our bags I nod,"Okay, I'll go quickly unpack," heading for what I'm guessing is the bedrooms. For an alpha's holiday home, it's a modest size as I discover there's only one bedroom with an ensuite the size of a second. As I enter the sleeping quarters my jaw falls open at the site of the biggest bed I've ever seen, it must be a super king. Wow. We didn't bring a lot, so it takes me no time to unpack our clothes and drop our bags under the bed. Only our toiletries now, as I go through to the ensuite and inspect it more closely, I notice the waterfall shower head, larger than I thought you could ever get and a bathtub with ... is that jets? Can't wait to use the bath or shower for that fact.