Willow POV
The venue looked fantastic. I had already caught up with Samantha and some of the other girls from school. My parents mingled with family and local pack leaders that had been invited. Brett’s parents were here and my dad was enjoying his conversation with Brett’s father, Alpha Robert, at the bar. He and Robert grew up together and had a similar friendship to Brett and Jeremy. They remained the closest of friends and confidants. We knew if we ever needed help Robert would be there and vice versa.I walk up to my father and give him a kiss on the cheek.“Ah there’s my Princess.” He says giving me a side cuddle.“Hello Alpha Robert.” I greet. He is slightly shorter than Brett but holds more bulk. The sign of an Alpha. He has brown hair that is starting to grey and green eyes like his son. He is dressed in a 3-piece suit and holding a cigar in one hand.“My goodness Willow, is that you? You have turned into a beautiful young lady. Who is he?” He asks.“Who is who?” I ask confused.“The lucky man that has stolen your heart?” He teases. I laugh and dad answers for me.“None of that just yet Rob, she is only 16, don’t stress me out more than I already am.”Stressed, why is Dad stressed? I look between the two men who smile at me as if knowing something I do not. I stare at Dad. Looking at him now, he seems to have aged. He is still the gentlest man I have ever met, yet still powerful and firm as an Alpha. He has grey short hair but brown eyes that match Louis’s.Mum walks over to join us with Luna Amelie, Brett’s mother.“Hello my gorgeous girl.” She kisses both my cheeks and squeezes me into an embrace.“You look stunning.”“Thank you Luna Amelie, you look amazing.” I add.Luna Amelie has always been gentle towards me, even though she has a reputation for being quite a ruthless Luna. She is wearing a silver silk dress and diamond earrings. She has long wavy brown hair, the same colour as Brett’s, that is styled into a side ponytail. She gives me a once over before turning back to my Mum.“A fine Luna in the making Eve.” She whispers to my Mum. I frown, my parents know exactly how I feel about being second act to an Alpha. I would rather lead a pack myself.“Willow is more of a Luna rights supporter.” My mum winks at Amelie.I huff and decide to leave the conversation before I start to get too political for my own liking.A couple of hours later my parents bid us farewell with Louis and the rest of the adults leave. I check the time on my phone to see it is 11.30pm. I go to the bar to get a soft drink knowing I need to stop drinking to give myself a couple of hours to be able to drive home. Werewolves burn off alcohol more quickly than our human friends, but I still do not want to get told off by the police if there is a trace of alcohol in my system when driving home.Facing the bar waiting for the bartender to serve me I hear a voice whisper in my ear.“Are you having a good time?”I turn to see Jason standing next to me, a bit too close. I can smell alcohol on his breath and his eyes seem to be struggling to stay focused. He has definitely been drinking all night.“Hi Jason, yes thank you. Sorry about earlier.” I apologise. He waves his hand as if to push my apology to one side.“Don’t worry about it. So, what are we drinking…shots?” He suggests which feels me with dread.“Erm no I can’t now, I’m driving shortly, so I am on sodas from now on.”“Oh, that’s a shame, I had hoped to give you a ride or you give me one?” He adds looking at me with a hungry lust.“Sure, I can give you a ride home if that helps?” I reply.He steps closer, pulling me into him and placing one hand on my lower back, the other on my thigh and starts to slowly drag it up my leg to the hem of my short dress.“No no.” He whispers. “For you to ride me.”I gulp, looking at him in disbelief feeling his hand getting higher up my thigh. Feeling very uncomfortable I shout through the mind link.“JEREMY…help!”I hear a threatening growl from the side of the pool and everyone goes quiet, looking at my brother. Everyone then follows his gaze to the bar where Jason has his hand almost under my dress and me trying to push him away.In a second, I feel Jason being pulled away from me and my brother standing in front of me, blocking me from Jason.“What the fuck man?” Jason shouts pinching his bloody nose. I peek around my brother’s shoulder to see Brett had pulled Jason off me and clearly punched him in the face.“Don’t you ever touch her again. Now fuck off!” Brett seethes through his teeth.“I’ll be having words with you tomorrow, Jason. This level of disrespect will be punished!”Jason looks at me but my brother pushes me back behind him.“GET OUT!” Jeremy screams.Jason walks away towards the car park. Jeremy turns and looks at me.“Are you ok? What the fuck were you thinking?”“Thinking? I was having a drink and he started talking about me riding him before placing his disgusting hand on me. How is any of this my thought?” He goes to say something, but I cut him off with my hands in the air.“And don’t you dare say anything about my dress. I should be able to wear what the fuck I want without being leered at.” I challenge Jeremy.I hear a cheer from the girls at the party, the music starts to play again, and everyone goes back to how they were.Jeremy sighs, pinches the bridge of his nose in frustration. Knowing better than to revisit the topic, he kisses my cheek and walks away.He leaves me in the presence of Brett who is wiping Jason’s blood off his hands with a cloth from the bar.Brett is a good 6ft 2inches tall. Most Alpha men seem to be tall. He steps closer to me looking down at me. I struggle to hold his intense gaze and look down. Traitor tears start to run down my face at the realisation of what I just went through. He grips my chin and forces my head up to meet his gaze. He wipes away the tears with both hands and cups my face.“Not your fault.” He says shaking his head.“You did the right thing in mind-linking your brother. I just wish you could mind-link me too.” He says kissing my closed eyes.“You’d have to join our pack for that to happen.” I reply. He looks at me, his eyes burning into my soul.“That’s not the only way Willow.” He pulls away from me when Lizzie and Samantha run up to me.“Babe are you ok?” I nod in response, too stunned to reply at what Brett had just said.Jeremy POVI was fucking fuming! Who the fuck did he think he was? Touching my sister, touching the pack Princess. Our pack wasn’t the biggest in the country but with 1000 members it certainly held respect in the southeast. Brett’s pack was of a similar size, but he and his father had family links to the North which gave them a stronger presence in the country and warriors to call upon in a time of need. Brett played it down to me but from what I could gather he was the heir to the packs up North that had no other bloodline descendants.My father treated his pack members as if they were equal, which I understand but it gives twats like Jason the idea that they can rise above their station and take advantage. Well not on my watch.“Willow’s fine Jeremy, just calm down and have a drink.” Beta Thomas comes over with a beer in his hand giving it to me.“He is a fucking prick!” I yell, my wolf still fuming.“Some of our boys have intercepted him already and he’ll be in the cells sleeping it
Brett POVI crouch down and pick Willow up bridal style.“Where to miss?” I ask her, a joke we’ve always shared from one of her favourite films.“Maybe for some fresh air please Brett.”I nod and carry her out of the marquee. I sit her down on an outdoor rattan sofa chair and gently pull her head down to inspect her wound.“Fuck, it’s bleeding pretty bad.” I say panicking, she should be healing by now.“It’s okay, I came prepared.” She pulls out some antiseptic cleaning wipes and cotton pads to clean her wound.I pick up the wipes and cotton pads to clean her wound.“Now, how would you know to bring these. It’s almost as if you knew this was going to happen.”She shrugs her shoulders.I bend down looking her in the eyes.“Willow, can I ask you something?”“Always.” She replies in a way that tugs at my heart.“Do you see things before they happen? It’s almost like you knew Jeremy was going to find his mate at midnight, and you knew it was Lizzie didn’t you?”She tilts her head looking a
Beta Thomas POVI overheard Brett and Jeremy discussing that Willow shouldn’t drive home. I was already bored, I wanted to get back to the pack grounds and teach Jason, the fucker, a lesson. Nobody touches our princess, nobody harms our Alpha family.Once Jeremy mind-linked me, I grabbed the keys from him and caught up with Willow and Lizzie. I unlock the car and jump in the driver’s seat before Willow could challenge me.After they say goodbye, I sped off down the surrounding narrow country lanes back to our grounds.I check the rear-view mirror to see both girl’s eyes are glazed over which means they are mind-linking one another.Judging by Jeremy’s reaction as he turned 18 at the stroke of midnight, he had found his mate and my new Luna was sitting behind me. For some reason Jeremy and Willow hadn’t told Lizzie and I wouldn’t go against them, they must have their reasons.We had been driving for around 15 minutes when I slow the car down to turn a sharp corner. Suddenly, I notice sk
Jeremy POVI couldn’t sleep.My wolf is restless having found his mate. Now wanting his mate.I decide to sack football off and security picks me and Brett up. I tried to get hold of Willow by her phone but had no response which meant she was still asleep.I felt awful about last night and Brett has barely looked at me. I’m not an idiot. I’ve suspected for some time that he was too invested in Willow and I won’t let her get hurt when he finds his mate. I’m hoping his she-wolf is up at one of his Northern packs and he will find her in August when he turns 18.We pull up back home and are greeted by my dad and Louis at the front door.“Happy Birthday son!” Dad embraces me tightly. Louis pats my back wishing me a happy birthday also. I follow them into the hallway where Mum is walking towards me with her arms out ready to embrace me.“Happy Birthday my darling boy. Morning Brett.” She beams. “You are both back too early, I thought you were playing football this morning?”“Erm, I need a
Brett POV I followed Willow and Lizzie into the kitchen. Jeremy walks past me towards his father’s office, no doubt on the hunt for Thomas. As I walk into the kitchen, I greet Luna Eve and Louis. I grab the knife off Eve and continue preparing the fruit for her, she smiles at me in appreciation. At my pack we have a cook called Rose that does all the cooking. Eve doesn’t seem to like having similar help unless it is a big event. It does help towards the family vibe that the Johnson home gives off.“It was lovely to see your parents last night Brett. They mentioned you are leaving tonight to visit the northern packs before starting university?” She mentions.In the corner of my eye, I notice Willow’s head spring up watching our conversation.“Yes Luna, I need to implement some new training strategies that we’ve been using. It also helps with the pack relations if they see me or Father every so often.” I respond. “Well, I hope Jeremy has been learning from you and we shall miss you be
Alpha Nick POV I am walking to the training sessions with Jeremy and Thomas when Zack and Leo, two of our warriors approach us.“Good morning Alphas, Good morning Beta!” They greet us. “Morning lads!” I say. “Thank you for getting the girls back safely last night.” “Of course, Alpha.” They respond jointly. We start talking about training sessions for the day when we hear a high-pitched scream coming back from the house. We all start to run in the direction of the house. I hear Jeremy open up the mind link to alert our men to be on guard. Following scents, we head towards the large garage building where we find Willow shaking violently with Brett. Pale white with worry, Brett is holding her up, trying to get a response from her. She collapses in his arms, and I notice blood all over her lower face. “What the fuck is going on?” I roar. Brett picks her up fully into the bridal style carry and barges past Thomas.“This is on you Thomas! I want to know what the witch said?” He shouts
Willow POV Consciousness creeps into me and my body feels odd, as if it has been in a fight. Every muscle is aching yet when I try to pinpoint the pain, it disappears. It is a strange sensation. I awake to the feeling of my face being gently stroked and a warming scent surrounding me. I open my eyes to see Brett crouched down next to me. I take a minute to remember what happened and how I ended up on the sofa. I must have looked confused as Brett answers my internal question.“You had some kind of seizure and I placed you on the sofa!” He quietly tells me. “How are you feeling?” “Thirsty!” I smile whilst sitting up. My head starts to feel lightheaded from my sudden movement. I put my head down in-between my legs to help stop my dizzy spell. A trick Mum taught me when I was younger.Brett sits next to me and starts rubbing my back, which brings my body comfort. He passes me a bottle of water which I gladly take. He watches me as a take a few sips before sighing,“I have to leave earl
2 years later. Louis POV “Don’t go easy on me Louis!” Willow tells me through the mind-link. I’m training with Willow and Beta Thomas in our wolf forms. I shifted for the first time when I turned 12 like all werewolves, but our wolves start to become a bit more powerful from the age of 16 until they are fully linked with us at 18. Willow and Thomas have been great. They’ve been training with me every day and teaching me pack details so I can help Dad and Jeremy more.Willow’s wolf jumps at me but I drop last minute and kick my hind legs up at her. She is thrown to the ground and her wolf growls. Most she-wolves have a lighter shade of fur, but Willow’s is a deep black with patterns on her fur like aPanther. She really is something to behold. “Much better Louis.” She says through the mind link.“Good move Louis, why don’t we have a break?” Thomas suggests as his wolf is sitting down watching us. “One more?” I say pretty confident in my growing skills. “Ok, this time close your ey