All Chapters of Celestial Bodies: of Runts and Lycans: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Xavier's POVI had happily taken advantage when Celeste had fallen asleep on my side and moved us slowly until she was comfortably laying on top of me, her breaths occasionally matching my own. She mumbled on occasion, some of it seeming as if she was in a nightmare. I tried my best to help without waking her up, rubbing up and down her back, playing softly with her hair. I must have fallen asleep.When I woke back up Celeste was awake as well. She hadn't seemed to process me yet. "Hey," I whisper. Her eyes snap to mine, large and brown and utterly captivating."Hey," she whispers back. I look around my office, taking in the various natural woods that make up my desk, chair, and shelves. There's a stack of paperwork on my desk that needs my attention. I've been keeping up as best I can while helping Celeste accommodate. Her lessons haven't started yet, we were planning on this upcoming week along with training."Would you like to learn some things?" She nods, pushing herself up. I hel

Xavier's POV"So, tell me again what it is you think Christopher has done?" Lesa is angry. The glare in her green eyes reminds me of Mom when she'd caught Jared and I smoking as teenagers. I know she's only defending her mate but my wolf is uneasy with her attitude. If she were anyone else I know he wouldn't tolerate it. My wolf is ultimately angry. Angry that we took someone in only to learn that they've harmed our mate. Celeste wasn't detailed about what happened. She's still struggling with full-fledged communication. I don't blame her, after years as a rogue I'd imagine trust is hard. It hurts. But I understand."Him and Celeste came from the same pack. They were rogues together," I try to explain, "and at some point in those years, he hurt her.""What do you mean by that? Christopher would never h-""You don't know that," I interrupt. "You didn't know him back then-""And you did? How do we know that Celeste is telling the truth?" I growl, she returns it. As my sister, she also c

Xavier's POVMy wolf wouldn't stop whining since I had escorted Celeste back to her room. She had cried for half an hour before saying she had a headache and wanted to be alone. I was trying to respect that. My wolf didn't seem to care.I headed to the east border, needing to check on some rogues that I was told were casually walking by the border. The sky was clear today, not a single cloud in sight, yet the air remains chilly. Winter is almost here."Status report," I ask once I arrive to meet up with the men currently in charge of east patrol. Cole and Terry were running this side today. I'd asked them to meet with me on my way over."They're just sitting there, Alpha." Terry was right. There were two mangy rogues sitting outside the border, seemingly uninterested in our presence. They're not feral but something about them is unsettling. Something is wrong."You there! Shift or leave these woods!" I demand of them. They look at me, one of them growling. I growl louder. One has what

Xavier's POVWalking to the conference room, I open the door to be greeted by the three visiting Alphas. Alpha Weiss, a middle aged gentleman whose pack was not terribly far from mine, sat with a small smile on his face. Alpha Jackson, the oldest in the room, homes a large pack to the east; his salt and pepper hair tracing down into a large beard. Alpha Leo, a man about my age, sat with a grim smile on his permanently grumpy face."Gentlemen," I greet with a nod, walking to the head of the table to take my seat."Alpha Xavier," Alpha Weiss and Jackson greet me. Alpha Leo gives a nod of acknowledgment."Alpha Weiss, how's the family?" Alpha Weiss and his mate, Joli, take care of their niece. Her parents were both warriors and passed away in a rogue attack years ago. Since then, their mate Mischen has been their pride and joy. I believe she's in her teens now, I can't imagine it's easy. Though, maybe it was just me who was a difficult teenager. . . No, teenagers are nightmares."They're

Jake's POVI stare out at the crowd of training warriors. The sun, having come out not too long ago, was providing a slight warmth to fight the morning chill. I take a deep breath as I try to calm down my frazzled mind. My mind was abuzz with thoughts on how to fix this issue with Josh, the incidents with the rogues as of recent, and also the sloppy training I'm watching in front of me. "Remember to keep your cores engaged people! One swift kick and you'd all be down. . And widen your stances!" I add on. Most everyone adjusts. I sigh. My eyes trail to Josh, he has weights added to his wrists and legs to aid in building up his muscle mass. Personally, I quite like Josh as he is now but Xavier's words are final. And if he doesn't believe Josh is capable of being in combat then we would just have to prove him otherwise. Like he sees me watching him, his eyes trail to me just as he gets a hit to the face. I roll my eyes at him. Idiot. "Stop!" Everyone pauses and turns to me. "You were all