Alpha Damien's POV When I opened the door, the scent of blood mixing into her strong scent made my body shimmer as I fought shifting.Cursing in my mind at Mikko for him being so destructive with his actions. We were fighting with one another in the office before opening the door to the issue in front of us.'I can feel her wolf, she's calling to me.''Don't pull her, let her discover this on her own, she just went through a rejection. I don't want her confused or hurt by discovering us so quickly.''You will NOT REJECT MY MATE!'He screamed out loudly within my mind making my hands grip my head from the pain he shot through me.'I never said I'd reject her Mikko!''You forget I can feel your trepidation towards her! I can feel your struggle with her, but she isn't what you think she is Damien! She is something so much more than even you have got yet.'That's when I felt it, the way he pulled at her, the way he called to her before she was ready. Feeling her wolf push into me, the w
Alpha Damien's POV Continued After about an hour I sat down on the couch next to where she slept. She looked peaceful, unlike last night as she slept within the chair.She wasn't talking in her sleep either but I could feel her wolf now. She was strong, strengthening the both of them in a way I had never felt come from a female before.Mikko wanted to claim her but I managed to talk him down. He needs to understand that there is every possibility that she won't want us, or trust us. Not that we know if we can trust her or not yet either.He believes she can be trusted, which I can feel from her as well, but the fear that the bond is blinding me is a real concern as well. Our feelings matter, but we have an entire pack to think about, not just us.If we weren't in the position we were in, then I wouldn't give it a second thought. Look at her. She is beautiful, strong, her heart reaches out to mine with every beat it makes, yet, I worry.I've lost so much in my life, I truthfully don't
Dahlia's POV When the bond allowed me to awaken again, my fear skyrocketed the moment I saw him. Despite feeling the bond, the way he was able to use it over me outweighed the want to go to him.Upon seeing him, sitting there so close to me I shot my body across the room before falling to the floor. Yet, my fear dissipated rather quickly when I could feel his remorse at his actions swirling around me as he made his way closer to me.I never had to worry about such an act with Christopher, him being a Beta, he wasn't stronger than Alanah and myself. Not that he ever tried, but who knows where all that would have gone considering he couldn't keep his dick in his pants.The abuse in that situation could have grown into so much more, yet knowing my father he would have forced me to stay in that situation, at least for the next year until my brother took his place among the pack.Losing my train of thought the images of my claws sinking into Beta Diaz took over my mind. I had caused harm
Dahlia's POV Continued After we talked about things I felt more at ease here. His story about what happened to his first mate was nothing compared to what I had just gone through. the thought of losing, not only my mate, but my unborn child in the same moment, I can understand more now why those stories about it ran through the packs.Giving up control to his wolf so he wouldn't have to feel what life had done to him. You could see regret in his eyes as he spoke though, regret at allowing his wolf to do the things he had done.When you give an Alpha full reign like that, humanity goes out the door, compassion is no longer there, so the deaths that took place during that time were not in any way controlled.He talked to me about regret, regret for taking so many lives, innocent lives. Mother's, father's, children, all because he couldn't handle his own emotions. I was honestly surprised that he opened up to me about something I could clearly see was difficult for him to speak to me a
Alpha Damien's POV My heart thundered in my chest, so harshly it felt like it was going to break my rib cage to escape me. Her eyes were incredibly seductive, yet you could see clearly that she wasn't trying to be. I held myself back from her, listening intently as she spoke about things she liked.The story of her baking for her brother did something to her though, it seemed to shift something inside of her mind when she mentioned her father. Pausing I could see she was struggling, like a wonderful happy memory that had been taken away from her because of him.I wanted to push, wanted her to tell me what happened but even Mikko knew that we shouldn't overstep. If she wants to eventually tell us things, she will, in her own time.After pushing for her to feel the bond, I can feel Mikkos guilt from being so impatient. He so desperately wanted her to feel what he was feeling but he went about it in a horrible way, one that could have ended badly. If she would have shifted, or we marke
Levi Knight's POVWhen my sister ran I felt the loss of her as she crossed the borders. I knew that my mother had felt it as well because at that moment I heard her gasp before she began looking around frantically.My father growled then stormed off from the wedding hall as he trudged his way through the building as I ran after him.Her link was unreachable, my heart thundered at the knowledge that something serious had to have happened for her to be out of pack territory. Thoughts of a kidnapping ran through my mind before I almost slammed into my father's back as he came to an instant halt, dead center in the back hall.Peering around him I saw Chris, my supposedly Beta, even though he would never have been my choice. He was hunched over on the floor, clutching his chest tightly as he whimpered out in pain.Looking behind him I saw my sister's maid disheveled and curled back against the wall with nothing but utter fear in her eyes.That's when I knew she wasn't kidnapped or in trou
Dahlia's POV I missed my brother, I swear at times I could feel his sorrow coming through me. It made me wonder if he could feel mine when it comes to him.We've never been apart from one another, even when I was in that room he found a way to see me every day. Now I am in a strange way. I rejected my mate, found a second chance within the same twenty four hour span and all I want to do is bury myself in the comfort of his scent while I cry into him.Of course I couldn't do that, also I believe I have cried more than enough. I don't want to cry over that Beta prick any longer, nor even think about him honestly.Now my mind is trapped on that moment that almost happened between Alpha Damien and myself in his office.Another thing I would talk to my brother about. What would he think about all of this? I knew he wanted to find a way to make peace with Alpha Damien but we had no idea how he would do it without our father protesting or causing an uproar even when he would no longer have
Alpha Damien's POV Dahlia seems to be fitting into the pack house rather well. Lottie seems to really have taken a shine to her, along with Rose. It's nice seeing Rose smile the way she has been the past couple days after she met Dahlia.She usually keeps to herself yet has seemed to come out of her shell more with her like she does with Lottie. I know she has struggled over the years with the loss of her parents.She still says it was a rogue attack that killed them, not the fact that they died that it was Alpha Knight that killed them as they stood up for my father, fighting against the man that tried to kill me.She knows the truth because she was in the house when it happened, hidden away by Lottie in a small crawl space to keep her safe.She didn't have her wolf yet so she didn't have to feel the crippling pain of living through their deaths thankfully, but it didn't change that she lost her family that evening.I was a bit worried about how she would deal with having Dahlia her