POV ALPHA ARCHIE It has been a few days since we released Augustus, Caroline, and my scuff with Emerald. Who, by the way, only speaks to me when needed. It's fucking killing Blaze and me, but he is getting a little pissed too. The Alpha in him considers it disrespectful. But keep reminding him she and Gem are Alphas too. So stubbornness runs deep. She speaks up during meetings or has ideas. Those times, I try dragging her out as long as possible to hear her and be closer. I fucking miss the hell out of her. You'd think she wasn't living in my house. And it's stupid, but I am highly jealous of my kid, who gets all her attention when she enters the room. Even when he doesn't, she finds random things to do with him that turn into his favorite things. Emerald has visited the territory a lot in the past few days, and we've done everything she suggested to change or add. She spoke to the elderly wolves in the pack about the garden idea, and they were all for it. We started that three days
POV ALPHA DECLAN When the driver said I'd be attending a meeting for the town, I was not expecting to see Emerald up there being the one to speak. But I don't know who was more taken back, Goliath or me. She gets more beautiful every time my eyes lay on her, and today, not only is she utterly gorgeous, but sexy, exceptionally so in all her Alpha Goddess. She captivated everyone's attention, and though the things she told them broke their hearts and wolves' hearts, they trusted her and Archie. Nothing went past them, and the way this crowd cheers, cries and welcomes Julius is heartwarming. Already felt bad for the way I thought Archie was but now even more so. It explains so damn much, and there is no denying he is one strong, exceptional Alpha. He had every reason to be an ass, yet he still maintained his pack, not only maintaining it but building it to be one of the most well-respected, even with them not being one of the biggest. Well, now they are one under us but still, impressi
POV EMERALD The past two weeks have been chaotic, to say the less. After Declan's visit almost two weeks ago, we've been in full-blown work mode. Making sure everything with Dark Jewel was running smoothly. Some elders took some smoothing over, but Archie has done a complete 360 after Julius was announced to the world. He's upbeat and easier to approach, and it took only a short time for everyone in Dark Jewel to trust and believe in him. It doesn't mean everything was smooth sailing, though. When we arrived, the pack house was in complete disarray, as was what was supposed to be Archie's office. Cells full of rouges that landed on my lap, and they had about 30 plus another 25 prisoners. That, of course, took time to review their files, do interviews, find placements, or figure out what to do with them. Then many businesses required maintenance or were backlogged since many members needed help finding ways to hide money. So we had to assure everyone that we weren't here to take fr
POV ALPHA DECLAN Something is wrong with Emerald. I can see her sweating all the way over here. Her body was seconds away from being on fire. Goliath wants nothing more than to push forward, kick everyone out, and take care of her. She's been sick off and on since she left. She's overworking herself. Emerald has been nonstop, taking care of her responsibilities to our back while simultaneously helping Archie over at Dark Moon and getting Dark Jewel situated. And if they have spare time, they focus on making Julius feel comfortable. Ensuring he's having the best time possible and making up for all the lost time between him, his father, and the world. My girl has always been hardworking but needs a break. That's exactly what I want to give her. First, we need to get these speeches over with. Pops is up first; like me, his speeches are always quick and to the point. He's not a fan of them, but they come with the territory. I'm nervous about this one since this is about me officiall
POV EMERALD Three days. For three days now, Declan has treated me like nothing besides a thing carrying his children. What I want, need, or anything doesn't matter. He demands me to do this or that, not allowing me to leave our damn bedroom barely. I'm starting to feel like a prisoner, and it's not going well. I know the night of his ball that I got sick, and I can understand him being a little worried, but for crying out loud, I am carrying Alpha pups. The reaction was expected, and I've learned to maintain the effects; just that day, a lot was going on between his ball, my anxiety, my fear of telling him, and finding out if we were mates. He won't even mark me. And that hurts most of all. I only see him light up anymore when he's talking to my stomach or about the babies. When it comes to me, it's like I mean nothing, and it's breaking my heart. Gem has been a whiny, whimpering mess since we woke up the day after the party. My Luna ceremony is supposed to be tomorrow, and at th
POV EMERALD Today is the day. I will officially be Luna to Silver Moon in just a few short minutes, but first, we are doing a private viewing of my dress just for Declan. I'm a nervous mess, but Esma assures me he will love anything I wear, but this dress was specifically designed with him in mind, with our promise and us officially taking over Silver Moon. Typically most ceremonies, the woman wears white, considering it's similar to a human wedding; it's that exactly just a few different things. Declan and I proclaim our love for one another in one ceremony, I speak to my pack, making my vows to them, and then we party. White isn't Declan or me. Not in this matter, so I went with black, one of our primary colors here at Silver Moon, and to say I'm obsessed with this dress is an understatement. Open-back floral lace gown with a plunging neckline. The top is all black lace flowers, creeping down into a tulle bottom that lays softly over my baby bump. The top is tight enough to ins
POV EMERALD Four sets of eyes. I've got four men I love intensely staring at me, wondering what the hell will happen. Declan, Archie, and Jackson are my mates. Wes is my mate, too, just in a different form though it's evident we love each other. Guess it was the moon goddesses' way of keeping us together and a sick joke. Because Jackson and Wes are mates, and by the look they both give me, they want to share. Gem is purring, wanting all four of them to lay her out on this desk and take her. All of her but me, I can't do that, no matter how much the thought turns me on. I'm carrying Declan's babies, our babies, and letting another man inside me while they are is just...no. Not something I can do. Speaking of Dec, he's surprisingly calm. There is no stretch of anger or jealousy, not even with Goliath. He's just standing there, keeping his eyes on me. But we need to talk about this, all of us, because what the hell will we do? "D I need you to talk, say something." I'm pleading
POV WESLEYWorking is impossible for me today. I cannot for the life of me keep my head on straight. The only thing I can think about is the sexy, desperate look on Emerald's face yesterday when she asked for me. Begged me to touch her. Everything that happened yesterday is on my mind. The way she crawled across the floor to go down on Archie. Jackson's eyes when he finally got to put his hands on her, the things that went through my mind we could do to her together.Declan surprised the hell out of me, but watching him turned me on. Don't get me wrong, he's hot, always has been, and was never like that between us. Well, on my end, I was never secretly pining after him. Still, after yesterday, I wouldn't mind having him and Emerald to myself for a night, either. 'Busy?' I needed to hear Em's voice through the mind link. Well, what I need is to see her; she's been out all morning. She had a few meetings, things she needed to do, and an appointment to check on the babies. I am busy g