Alice's POV -
No one does debauchery better than the werewolves. When the pack parties, they party hard. I turned towards the rest of the pack and saw that other females had shifted and were running into the forest. Every eligible female was running.I then looked back at Lucian, who was grinning from ear to ear. I turned around and started running into the woods. Though I had just hunted a boar, the thrill of being chased was different. This time I was the prey and Lucian were my hunter.I continued to sprint and watched as other males caught other females. If they wanted to mate, then they did. If not, then the female would take off running again in the hopes of getting caught by the male that they wanted. "Ready for some tussle, mate," Lucian said in my mind.He sounded close to me. How could that be possible? He was not that fast, was he? I stopped and looked behind, and saw Lucian standing a few feet away. He looked as if he couldI stepped into the cosy pretty house, with Lucian. I had chosen to wear a nice front buttoned dress rather than my usual sweatpants today. Even if his mother was not in her senses, I wanted to appear presentable."Where is mom?" He turned to ask one of the omegas who had opened the door."She is in on the deck, Alpha" she replied.The house was two-storied. The first floor had the main hall, kitchen dining and the backyard. It was well furnished with state-of-the-art furniture.On the upper floor the bedrooms, a central living room and a huge deck overlooking the river. It was beautiful, and I fell in love with it immediately.I nervously approached an older woman in her 50s sitting in the armchair knitting something."Hey, Mom," Lucian said, walking over and pulling her in for a hug and pressing a kiss to her cheek."How are you today?"She turned and looked a little confused, then affectionately patted his darkly bristled jaw, she told him, "are you b
The rogues climbed the hill toward me. I held my ground and growled my disapproval at them. Higher ground was better in a fight, so I stayed and watched them. I remembered seeing them at the cabin; that memory filled me with anger.They were taken surprised by my presence because they did not plan their attack. Neither did they attack together. I toyed with them for some time, circling. Then I struck at one of them swiftly. A quick series of swipes from deadly claws ripped the slowest one's head from his body. The other one had jumped on me, trying to aim for my neck.Lucian suddenly jumped on him in his wolf form. I sidestepped. A large chunk of his hind leg was removed with a deft move of Lucian's wrist.He howled in pain and turned to come at me again.I bared my teeth for the next attack.Lucian's black wolf came at him and sunk his teeth in the rogue's body.At the same time, the rough moved and ripped at his ear. I saw blood on Lucian's ear and a growl
Alice's POV - A shivering Meg arrived in my suit with a rather stern-looking Savannah. I had requested Lucian to let me interrogate her alone. He would just frighten her more. Hence, he had left to attend to his business."How are you feeling now?" I asked, smiling pleasantly."She tried to kill herself," Savannah said, irritated."Is it's true, Meg?" I asked.She was tearful, "Madam Luna, I am ashamed of what I did, I don't deserve to stay alive anymore. My family has disowned me. I have nothing worth living for." She cried."Your punishment is for me to decide, take this as your trial."I turned towards Savannah," thanks for your help. I would like to speak with her in private."Savannah looked a bit startled."Are you certain? She tried to kill you. It is not advisable to be alone with her. She might try to harm you again."I rolled my eyes."I am capable of protecting myself from an injured Omega, so you don't need
Alice's POV - I watched in amusement, as Katherine and the new fellow familiarized with each other, sniffing, and touching. Katherine had waited a long time for her mate, and it was worth it.The entire pack was distracted by their bonding, and even a few survivor women were smiling."Well, that's quite interesting." I laughed."Not as interesting as our first meeting," Lucian quipped.And I blushed at the memory of myself running away from him."Alpha, please, can he stay with me?" Katherine begged."Sure, Katherine, he is your mate," Lucian replied smiling.I looked at the wide-eyed little girl hiding behind Dallas."Hello dear, what is your name?" I asked her.She yelped and hid fearfully behind his legs."It's ok, sweetheart, we will be safe here. You just got yourself a new aunt." Dallas said, picking her up in his arms."I am Alice, Luna of the Crimson Shadow pack. You are all welcome to stay here. I am sorry
"Regina was alive but left powerless by your mother," Aunt Flora said after I explained everything to her.I had managed to convince Lucian to let me visit the Jade moon pack. Aunt Flora was fickle, it was difficult to have a conversation with her on the phone.Lucian finally relented, though he would not let me go out of his sight; hence he tagged along. Leaving Damon as in charge, we left with Savannah and a few other betas.Lucian had to discuss the rogues and the witch issue with Rick. So, the trip to the Jade moon turned out to be favourable. I found aunt Flora in the nursery, babysitting Clara and Johnathan, Rick's twins. The kids were busy, playing with the building blocks."I am sorry I don't understand, aunty.""Your mother was a true born, which, Regina wasn't. There are two kinds of witches, one who is born with some magical ability, like mind reading, conjuring, ability to talk to spirits. Others do not have any special abilities, but they can create
Lucian got a call from Daniel, Alpha of the red pack, early one morning. They had a rogue attack. The rogues had advanced weapons which had hit some of their highest ranking Betas. Bullets don't work on werewolves unless they were silver. Such bullets were expensive and hard to obtain. The rogues used normal bullets laced with poison.The wolves suffered hours of agony as the poison spread in their bloodstream. They were able to control its spread, but it could be deadly if given in significant quantity."Could it be the same poison which was used on your mom ?" I asked Lucian, stunned.I didn't realize how much Regina could have been helping them. It was hard to process."It's possible, though we'll have to test those poisons and prepare an antidote if possible," Lucian told me.I paced inside our bedroom, while Lucian sat on the bed staring out over the forest."Aunt Flora, she can help, ask Daniel to send us the blood samples and any stray bullets," I asked Luci
Lucian's POV - "Follow the rogues when they reach the back alley," I commanded into the radio and then waited.I heard Rick reply with affirmative. We were near a seedy club. It was frequented by some rogues. I had not brought any of my betas with me. Neither did Rick. Daniel had his reinforcements waiting, a few streets away. We were here to just observe.I had a feeling that the rogues were getting tipped off by some mole. It could have been anyone from any of the packs. I did not rule out the involvement of some Alphas too. Hence, to keep things discreet, we decided to keep it an Alpha only operation. So, here I was with Rick and Daniel waiting."They are out," Daniel whispered.We waited in the van and watched the rogue head off, a few minutes later. We had masked our scents.Rick made his way out of the club, following our man.We continued to follow him. He went to a junkyard a couple of blocks away.We parked the v
Alice - "And then they lived happily ever after....."I closed the book and smiled at a very sleepy Namara. I had volunteered to babysit her and give some spare time to Katherine and Dallas. They had become something of adoptive parents for Namara. She was a sweet girl. Despite the tragedy, she had retained her spunk. Spending time with her was delightful. I laid her sleeping form on the bed and tiptoed out of her room. Lucian was away because of this rogue business, and no one knew where he was, or when he would be returning.I laid down on my bed, contemplating calling him. He had closed off our mind link, I couldn't sense him.I had dozed off when I was woken up by a low pain in my chest. I woke up sweating, something was wrong, Lana was howling, and I felt this weird emptiness in my heart."Lucian!" I said aloud to the empty room, he was not well, I could sense it. I was unable to reach him through the mind link. Restless, I w