All Chapters of After the Storm: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

StormI sat at the kitchen table, staring down at the untouched cup in front of me.Something wasn’t right.My wolf had been restless for hours.She wouldn’t settle.She kept pacing inside me, circling and circling as though she could sense something I couldn’t.I didn’t know what it was.But I had a terrible feeling that something was going to happen.Tonight.I rubbed my arms, trying to shake off the uneasiness.It didn’t work.My wolf growled softly inside me.Something is wrong.“I know,” I whispered.I hated this feeling.The feeling that danger was coming.The feeling that I was sitting here waiting for something terrible to happen, without knowing where it would come from.The kitchen door opened.I looked up.Doyle walked inside.The moment he saw me sitting alone at the table, his expression changed.He immediately noticed something was wrong.He walked towards me.“Is everything okay, love?”I shook my head.“No.”He stopped.The concern in his eyes deepened.“What’s wrong?”

StormDoyle grabbed my arm.“Listen to me.”I looked into his eyes.“I know you want to fight by my side. But I need you to protect our children.”My heart sank.“They need you.”I shook my head.“I need to be with you. You know that.”Doyle’s expression softened.“No.”I stared at him.“No?”“I have Sean by my side.”He squeezed my arm gently.“The children need you. You have to protect them.”Another howl ripped through the night.This one was closer.Much closer.My nerves immediately went on edge.My wolf growled inside me.Danger.“Doyle…”My voice broke.He pulled me towards him.“I will be fine, love.”I shook my head.“You don’t know that.”“No.”He looked directly into my eyes.“But I need to know that you and the children are safe.”Another howl echoed through the darkness.Doyle glanced towards the sound before looking back at me.“Now go.”His voice was gentle.“Go and protect them.”He gave me a gentle shove in the direction of our home.I didn’t move.I couldn’t.Every p

StormI glanced towards Leah.She was sitting quietly in the corner, one hand resting protectively over her stomach.Her face was pale.She hadn’t said much since we’d entered the room.She didn’t need to.I could see the fear written all over her face.Her eyes kept drifting towards the door.Towards the thick steel barrier separating us from the outside world.“Leah?”She looked at me.“What if they get inside?”Her voice was barely audible.I gently handed Ciara to Lilly and moved towards her.“They won’t.”“But you don’t know that.”The words stopped me.Because she was right.I didn’t know.None of us knew.I crouched beside her and took her hand.“You’re right.”Her eyes widened slightly.“But we’re going to stay together.”I squeezed her hand.“And we’re going to keep the children safe.”She nodded.A tear slipped down her cheek.I wiped it away.“You’re safe here.”She gave me a small, trembling smile.“I want to believe that.”“I know.”I pulled her into a hug.And as I held

Alpha CarterAnother howl ripped through the night.This time, it was followed by a blood curdling scream.A wolf’s scream.It was a sound unlike anything I had ever heard before. It made the hair on the back of my neck stand up and chilled the blood in my veins.My warriors looked at me, their bodies tense.Waiting to see what order I would give them.They were waiting for me to give them the go ahead to attack. But standing there, for some reason I couldnt't do it. Something felt... off.I looked towards the darkness.Then towards the Celtic Moon warriors.Then back towards the direction of the Alpha residence.Doyle was somewhere ahead.The man I had come here to confront. The man whose blood I wanted to shed. An eye for an eye and all that. After all, he was the man that I held responsible for taking my son from me.I wanted revenge. I wanted justice. But there was a larger enemy surrounding all of us now.An enemy neither of our packs had expected.I closed my eyes for a moment.

UnknownI had been out on a run with several of my wolves when my attention was suddenly captured by howling in the distance.My wolf had been itching for a run all evening.Now?He was itching for a fight.The howls continued to echo through the night.One after another.Some sounded close.Others seemed to come from deep within the forest.But there was something about them that made the hair along my spine rise.Something was wrong.Alpha, what do you think all that howling is about?I slowed slightly, lifting my head as another howl ripped through the darkness.“Nothing good,” I replied.My wolf growled.Should we go and check it out?Before I could answer, another of my wolves stepped forward.“That’s Celtic Moon territory.”He glanced towards the direction of the howls.“If Alpha Doyle needs our help, he’ll ask for it.”I looked at him.He wasn’t wrong.Normally, I wouldn’t interfere in another pack’s business.But these weren’t normal circumstances.There had been rogue attacks