Lilah The rattle of chains are followed by the stench of burning skin. Groans come from the inside of Snare’s cell. “Iron is the only thing that will hold the bastard.” Callie mutters from next to me. Her eyes focussed on the shadows moving inside the cell. “It has the same effect on him as silver does on us.” “Yes, yes. It stops me from being able to shift!” Snare chuckles from the shadows. “You’re right about one thing.” Callie winks at me “Your presence is making him speak.” “I have nothing to say to you beast. Now leave me alone with my little Lilah.” “I’m not going anywhere shifter!” His hands grab the iron bars. His skin sizzled against them. His teeth grit together as he glares at her. “Because you are such a good girl!” He spits on the floor at Callies feet. Callie lets out a growl, jabbing him with the fire torch she was holding. “Lilah, are you going to let her do that to me? I looked after you for such a long time.” “You lied to me. You did horrible things. Now I
Alpha Colt Pulling the folder from her hands, I place my hands on her stomach. The heartbeats were not clear enough yet, but the vibrations were strong. In a day or two, I would be able to tell if it is twins or triplets. For now, I enjoyed knowing that my heirs were growing inside of her. “You are carrying more than one.” “No, you are wrong. I don’t need more than one.” She retorts, her grey eyes wide at my announcement. “It would appear that your body thinks otherwise.” I offer a smile, but she glares back at me. "You are wrong." "I am certain you have more than one." “A litter?” “Pups.” I reply with a smile “A fucking litter! I can barely look after myself, let alone multiple pups.” “You’re not alone Lilah. I will be right by your side. I will provide everything. I will be the best father.” “Uh huh.” She places her hands on top of mine “But no more climbing out of windows.” “You wouldn’t have let me leave if I had asked. I had to do what I needed to do and Callie was th
Linc“Am I actually hearing you right? Are you trying to tell me that Daphne is a half-breed?” I was in shock. The doctor bobs his head up and down.“She doesn’t have a wolf scent. Nor does she show any characteristics of being a wolf. Are you certain?” I ask again, hoping that there must be something else.“Linc, the doctor has already said yes.” Alpha Colt rests his hands on my shoulders.“How did you not know about this, you are our King? Isn't this kind of thing supposed to be reported?”The Alpha shakes his head at me, “I don’t know, maybe a Rogue, maybe someone fell in love with a human. It would have been when we were young. She is the same age as Lilah. If my father was alive, we could have asked him.”“But…”“Linc, I don’t know what you want me to say. The doctor has the facts.” He turns to the doctor. “How many is she carrying?”“Just the one.”“What is it?” I needed to know what I was bringing into the world.“Sorry, but I’m not following.” The doctor has his head tilted t
Alpha Colt“What are you doing Colt?”I was just staring at her belly. There was a little change, not the greatest, but enough for me to notice. Lilah pulls the hoodie down further, annoyed that I was staring at her.“How are you feeling?” I ask, trying to remain calm. I think Linc was right, she was only going to carry for a few months. Especially if she was showing already.“There’s four of them growing inside of me. How do you think I feel? I told you it better not be a litter!” Her grey eyes are shining brightly even though she sounded annoyed.“Yes, I have been informed, several times in fact. But there is a lot to do.”“Uh huh,” she mutters as we leave the pack hospital. “Daphne isn’t happy.”“About being pregnant or the other news?”“Everything. I didn’t know Colt. There is nothing about her that would suggest she is half wolf.”“Linc said the same thing.”“It’s weird right? She is my best friend and yet…” She trails off, looking back towards the hospital.“What is it?”“She as
Alpha Colt“Are you serious? You are willing to take a pup from its mother?” Callie shakes her head at me. “That’s low even for you.”“It’s Lincs pup.” I mutter, I had already made my mind up. If Daphne was going to act like a child. She didn’t deserve to care for her pup. The pup, whatever it may be should be with it's Lycan father.“Linc is my brother. He may be an idiot some times, but he is still my brother and he wouldn't want the pup being taken away from Daphne.I cannot stand by and let you do that. How would you feel if it was happening to Lilah?”“It won’t happen to Lilah!”“But what if it was the other way around? What if you were the Beta and Linc was the King? How would you feel if he was taking Lilah’s pups from her?”“Fine, you have a point. But we don’t even know what she is carrying. Is it a human half-breed? Will it inherit the wolf gene or could it be a Lycan? I can’t risk having a pup out there like that. If it does inherit the Lycan gene, Daphne isn’t going to be a
LincAnnoyed, frustrated, angry, betrayed. That didn’t even cover what I was feeling right now! I still couldn’t believe that I had been rejected and by a half-breed.My heart felt like it had been torn into tiny pieces. She had barely been in my life and yet the breaking if my heart was making it feel like we had known each other forever. The girl I loved and despised was gone and with my pup.What if the Alpha had been right? If I was mirroring Daphne’s emotions, then in a way, she rejected me because of herself. It was the only thing that made sense.I head to Magnus’s gym, if I wasn’t allowed to leave the house then this was the next best thing. I needed to burn off the anger.The gym wasn’t empty. Magnus was busy lifting weights. He stops as I push the door open and eyes me suspiciously. “Why are you here? This is private.”“Orders,” I mutter, setting up a punch bag.“My nephew has put orders on you? What the hell did you do?” He was even more curious now.“My mate rejected me.”
LilahThe pain was unbearable. Linc and Callie help me down the stairs. Shouting at each other about getting me to the doctor.“Just call the King!” Callie shouts over my screams“He will think that I did something!” Linc shouts back“Did you?” Callie sounded horrified.“No, we were just talking.”“AHHHHH!” I clutch at my stomach, desperate for the pain to stop.“We haven’t got time for this!” He scoops me up into his arms and races out of the packhouse and across the grounds.“Stay with me Lilah, please stay with me.” His voice fades in and out as I try to keep myself together. My insides felt like they were being ripped apart. Like something was trying to get out of me.The doctor beckons us into one of the rooms and Linc hauls me on to the bed. “What is wrong with her?” I hear his demands over my screams.My shirt is ripped up and something cold is placed on my stomach. “She’s losing them.”“All of them?”The doctor is quiet and I see the fear on Lincs face.“We can’t find a single
Alpha ColtDaphne’s dark eyes linger on me as I wait for Callie to take Lilah upstairs. As soon as they are out of sight, Daphne opens her mouth to speak. I shake my head, because I could still hear Callie and Lilah talking to each other as they walked along the hallway. I wanted to wait until they were completely out of earshot before I spoke to the half-breed.As soon as that bedroom door closes, I round on Daphne. “You will not antagonise my mate!”“She told me I deserved it. I wasn’t going to stand here and just take it!”Half a smile creeps over my face. “Because she understands our ways. She is carrying my pup inside of her. If you are the reason she loses it, I will tear that unborn pup from your stomach and watch you die slowly and painfully.”Her mouth drops open, “You wouldn’t” she stutters.“Do you want to test me?” I growl quietly. "I have done much worse."She shakes her head, the blood draining from her face and turning her pure white.“Then I suggest you start figuring