Hi everyone. Hope you are all well . Thank you for all the gems and feedback on each chapter. It means a lot to see you trying to work out what is happening and what the characters might do. I hope I'm keeping you all on your toes with all that's unfolding. There won't be an update tomorrow. 31st March but I will be back to double updates from 1st April
Alpha ColtI should have just let Lilah go, then all this would be dealt with. There were a lot of things that I should have done. But ultimately Lilah would never forgive herself. She may have killed Magnus, but she wasn’t a murderer, it just wasn’t in her.“Everyone needs to shut the fuck up.” I feel Lilah’s wolf relax a little as I still battled to hold her back. “Lilah, shift back, this isn’t going to solve anything.”Her head flicks around to look at me. She didn’t like what I was asking her to do. Her eyes focus on mine as she shakes her head.“Lilah, you need to shift back.”I couldn’t believe what I was about to say. “You won’t get answers if you kill her.”She growls at me as I let go of her. I take off my shirt, ready to pull it over her the moment she shifts back. Lilah growls one more time at Daphne and shifts back to her human form. Quickly pulling the shirt over her, she continues to glare at me. “You better be right.”Grant lets go of Daphne and she tries to take a ste
DaphneDid I just hear Callie right? Did she really just say my grandma killed Alpha Colt’s mother?I stare at her in shock. She frowns at me and then looks around the room at the others. Callie rolls her eyes and sits next to her brother. Her foot taps on the ground. “Is she on trial?”“Something like that.” Alpha Colt’s voice rumbles behind me“I didn’t know….” I mutter. This wasn't what I expected a trial to be like.“There are lots of things that you don’t claim to know. Then little by little we find out that you do in fact know.” His blue eyes bore into mine.“I swear. Do you really think I would have come here if I knew that?”“Who knows what you are really up to?!” Grant mutters and I turn to look at him.“You were mated to my sister.” I snapHe scowls at me. “She wasn’t a witch!”“No, somehow it missed her, just like it missed my mother. If Sophie was a witch, would you have been with her?” Everyone in this room hated me, I needed to get someone on my side before it was too la
LincAs I tried to stretch, I realised that something was clinging to me. It takes me a second to remember I had slept in the same bed as Daphne. Daphne’s body trembled against mine. Her arms wrapped around my waist. Her face was buried into my side. I had agreed to sleep in here to make her feel better, not to have her cling to me. Though I didn’t hate it.“Daphne, what are you doing?”“Has the howling stopped?”“There is no howling.” She had mentioned something about it last night, but the only howls were the ones from patrol and they weren’t even that close to the cabin.Her eyes peer at me and she frowns, “They were howling all night.”“The patrols,” I mutter, trying to stretch out. “They aren’t even that close.”She pushes herself upwards and sits staring at me. Her chocolate hair was a chaotic mess. “It sounded like they were coming for me.”“That’s in your head.” I go to get up but her arms find me again.“Please stay.”“Unfortunately I can’t. I am still the Beta and duties cal
Linc“She won’t believe you.” I mutter as Daphne starts pacing the bedroom.“But I have proof now.”“What you have is something that just shows you were lying and Lilah will think you have been after her.”“But I wasn’t. I’m not lying about this Linc and you know it.”“It doesn’t matter what I think. Lilah is pissed at you. She won’t believe this even if I was the one to tell her. Like I said, the photos just make it seem like you’ve been keeping more secrets.”Daphne slams the photos down on her bedside table. “What am I supposed to do then?”“We will figure it out.”“How? She won’t talk to me. I can't stand it. I worked so hard to make her like me.”“We need concrete evidence. The photos won’t be enough. Your grandma’s house, what happened to it?”“Nothing, my grandfather still lives there. He was on Callies list.” She shrugs her shoulders at me. “I assumed she had been there. But my grandfather won’t be of any help. He never believed grandma.”"He didn't believe she was a witch?""
Daphne“Hey, um, I’ve packed quite a bit. Are you okay? You have been out here for ages.” It had been a good hour since he had walked out and he hadn't shouted or anything.“Yeah, sorry, was having a conversation with the Alpha.”“Alpha Colt? iIs everything with Lilah alright.” He was supposed to have had a meeting this morning but here we were instead.“She’s fine, we are actually talking about pack stuff.” “And Aiden is okay?”“Actually, the Alpha didn’t mention him so I’m sure he is all good. Do you want some help carrying your stuff down?”“In a minute, can we talk about us?” He shuffles in his seat and I watch him take a big gulp of water. His eyes were on my neck, more specifically the mark.“What about?”“If Lilah chose me for you. Don’t you think we should give it a go? Us I mean, try and act like a couple.”“You changed!” He blurts out, ignorong my questionI looked down at the red spaghetti strapped top and white shorts that I had changed into. “Well yeah, you said I would
Alpha Colt I stood on the steps of the packhouse, waiting for Linc to arrive. He had been torn when we were chatting over mindlink. Conflicted with his feelings. He wanted to know what I would do if I were in his position. I told him to trust his instincts. There was a very good chance that he was returning alone. Lilah wanted to wait as well. Just like me, she expected Linc to come back alone. But I told her to stay inside and try to keep our son occupied. I got the call from the gate that Linc was back. The SUV slowly made its way up the drive to the front of the house. I could see Daphne, her head was low, her hair hiding her face. From here, I couldn't tell what had happened. I watched as Linc jumped out of the car. He nods towards me and walks around the car, opening the passenger door. He takes her hand and a flicker of a smile appears. I knew in that moment Linc had accepted her. Betrayed, that’s how I felt. I thought by telling him to follow his instincts he would have go
Linc I stared at the boy in front of me. Apart from the eyes, he looked just like a young Alpha Colt. A cheeky grin on his face as he waits for me to say something else. It was only this morning that he had been trying to pull himself up. “And you talk?” “Uncle Linc, stop being silly.” He turns around to the Alpha. “Dad, mummy said can you take me shopping.” “What is happening?” I mutter “Every few hours, he is growing out of what he is wearing.” “That isn’t what I meant.” “I know what you meant, but I would prefer it if we didn’t discuss it right now.” He nods his head at his son. “Dad, I know you are talking about me.” He hops up onto Alpha Colt’s lap and blows his cheeks out. He leans forward on the desk, doodling with a pen. “Is there anything I can do?” I wasn’t entirely sure how I was supposed to help. But it was taking the heat off of Daphne for a while. “I haven’t been to Kaitlin’s house. Could you go search it? See if this has anything to do with the early labour.”
DaphneThe pan fell from my hand this time. It was bad enough knowing that he was Lilah’s son and he was already this big. But shifting from a wolf to a Lycan. Was that even possible? I certainly did not know enough about them to know that this could happen.Linc’s mouth is hanging open. He hadn’t even looked away. Within seconds Aiden is stumbling backwards, crashing onto the sofa and his body quickly changes back to a small boy, although slightly taller than before.His breathing is heavy. His chest rapidly moves up and down as he tries to catch his breath. Whatever had happened inside of him, it was too much for him to handle.“Aiden?”“Here” He mutters breathlessly. His hand shooting up from the sofa to let me know he was okay.“Are you?”He sits up, staring back at me with Lilah’s eyes. “I’m okay Auntie Daphne.”Aiden pulls the jacket back around him as I try to make sense of what I just witnessed.“Does your dad know?” Linc mutters.Aiden shakes his head and runs a hand through