Derrick’s POV“Where’s mom?” Miguel shifts on the bench seat in front of me, his eyes scanning the constant flow of people entering the field where his soccer game is being held. Snickers can be heard from his teammates at his question, his teammates still not believing that he in fact does have a mother. “She will be here.” I tell him with the best reassuring smile my face can muster. I can tell that my face has failed me by the increase of worry that appears on his sweet little innocent face. Once again trying to reach out through mind link with Salara, I start to worry that maybe she didn’t wake up from her nap in time. Not that I could blame her for over sleeping, she did use a lot of energy just a few hours ago, but it causes guilt to fill me because I was supposed to head back and make sure that she woke up in time. “Daddy Derrick!” The sweet sound of Hayden’s energetic voice pulls me from my concentration as I try to reach her mother one last time. A warm smile fills my feat
Salara’s POVOnce all of the adrenaline has left my system from the sudden appearance of strange wolves, the reality of what I have just done weighs heavily on my mind. I am not a violent person and I never would have thought myself capable of harming another person, but I found out today that I am capable of doing much worse. Staring down at the unseeing eyes of the wolf turned into a young woman, the impact of her unnecessary death hits me hard. I am the one responsible for taking away her future and the future of the other wolves that I have killed on this day. The tears come easily to my eyes as I throw myself against Derrick’s warm fur. The guilt of taking lives is like a boulder laying heavily against my chest. I didn’t mean for things to go that far, but when Leigh told me that danger was coming, I couldn’t stop myself from reacting towards the threat. We stand like that for what feels like hours, but who knows how long it actually was. Leigh has been whispering encouraging
Derrick’s POV“What in the hell is the Alpha heir of the Blood Moon Pack doing attacking our pack with a group of wolves?” The sound of the door slamming behind me causes those in the room to jump in surprise, not expecting the sudden sound. A frown settles on Charles’ face when he turns to look in my direction. I make my way across the large room with quick strides, taking my place at the conference table with more force than I had intended. I didn’t want to show my anger and fear in front of Salara, but now that she has gone to check on the children, I can let loose the emotions that are swirling around inside of me. “That is not all, Alpha.” The hesitancy in Charles’ voice irritates me, earning a displeased growl in response. Charles turns his head in submission before carrying on. “We found the Beta from the Crescent Moon Pack among the bodies of the dead as well.”My fists reach out and slam against the table loudly without me intending for it to happen. The Elders in attendanc
Derrick’s POVA curse leaves my lips the moment my eyes land on Salara’s horrified face. I wasn’t expecting her to join me in my office, something that I would normally be ecstatic about, but in this situation I would have rathered that she stayed in our suite. “I can’t stay here.” Salara murmurs before she turns to walk back out of my office door. I jump from my seat quickly, reaching the door before she is able to take a step outside. She turns her tear-filled eyes in my direction, a pleading look written on her face. “Please.” She whispers out, leaving me unsure just what she is pleading with me for. I reach out to grab hold of her, thankful that she doesn’t fight me when I pull her in close to my chest. Her arms reach up to wrap around my waist, a heartbreaking sob escaping from her lips. “I don’t want to be responsible for more lives lost.”Deep down I can understand the pain that she is feeling at this moment, and even her desire to take the danger away with her, but the selfi
Salara’s POVI zoned out during the remainder of Derrick’s meeting, my thoughts lost in the back and forth with Leigh. She is dead set against us ignoring the Alpha that resides inside of Henry, meanwhile I don’t want to do anything to make Derrick question my feelings for him. We wasted a lot of time thanks to Henry, and I don’t want to put him right back in the middle of a love triangle. At some point Leigh finally stopped pestering me and wandered off into the back of my mind to pout, but that didn’t help with my concentration one bit. I can’t deny that a small part of my heart skips whenever I think of the nice Henry that I came in contact with in recent weeks, but those thoughts only bring about more guilt than I know how to handle. Derrick’s hand on my shoulder startles me out of my thoughts and to my surprise, we are the only two left in his office. I run my eyes around his empty office as if my looking around would make everyone magically reappear. “Mom is keeping the kids
Salara’s POVFingers move slowly up my leg, starting at my feet and making their way up until they reach my inner thigh. Shivers run through my body creating more heat to pool between my legs and fragranting the room with the smell of my arousal. With my eyes covered and my hands tied up, it has caused my other senses to go on overdrive. The feel of Derrick’s fingers against my skin is magnified tenfold, sending even more of those delicious sparks to course through my system with every gentle touch of his fingers. The absence of my eyes has heightened my hearing, allowing me to tune in to the smallest of movements from my Alpha that I normally wouldn’t catch. Meanwhile, my nose was picking up every scent that clings to his God-like body. From the smell of sweat that lingers from training this morning, to the pre-cum that has coated the tip of his cock from his excitement.Never would I have ever thought that my senses could be so tuned in to the world around me, but ever since givin
Derrick’s POV“Are you sure you want to do this without first speaking with your Luna?” The concern that I see etched on my Beta’s face irritates me and my wolf extremely. Clenching my jaw, I turn away from Charles, completely ignoring his question. It wouldn’t be much of a surprise if I asked her about it, now would it? What kind of a stupid question was that? I can see Charles from the corner of my eye as he wars with himself internally over something that he clearly wants to say. Letting out a frustrated growl, I turn in his direction and bark out at him. “Say what you want to say Charles!” He jumps in place, a sheepish look appearing on his startled features. “What if she doesn’t want to do the Luna ceremony so soon?” I could see the moment Charles regrets opening his mouth to say those words to me, the moment that murder entered my eyes while I fought off my very pissed off wolf.Charles bears his neck to us in submission in an attempt to cool our rising anger and save himself
Derrick’s POVSalara and I have spent the last thirty-six hours locked away in our suite making love to each other over and over with only breaks for napping and eating. I am almost reluctant to let her out of our suite, but if we don’t make our way out of the door soon then we will miss out on everything that Charles and my mother have worked so hard to put together so quickly. “What time will the twins be shifting for the first time?” Salara’s voice from the bathroom pulls me back to the fact that we are about to be late for her Luna Ceremony. She emerges from the bathroom wearing an all white knee length dress that hugs every one of her curves in the most delightful of ways. The sight of her takes my breath away. I stand there in the middle of our bedroom, staring at the ethereal sight standing before me. Never before have I seen a woman as beautiful as her in all of my life. Her dark looks compliment her all white attire perfectly and I can feel my cock getting hard in my shorts