DadaAxel's POV Sitting down to eat with my mothers Gamma that managed to sneak her way back onto pack territory undetected thanks to a few guards that are on my side.She looked nervous but settled after a little while when she realized that, at least for now, she was secure in the house with us."It's so nice to see you again Alpha Axel, I have missed you greatly. Used to seeing you daily, basically your entire life, to nothing at all has been an adjustment. Almost like losing my own child.""I have missed you as well, I lost mom then you all to quickly. Where have you been? You don't smell of a rogue yet I know you are nonlonger a part of this pack.""I was taken in by my mates pack, he left his to come be here with me because of my position so when everything happened, he, he lost his life trying to protect me from your father, his family took me in along with the kids."My heart clenched at what she said to me, her mate dying at the hands of my father, but I still didn't know exa
My mother used to tell me this storyAxel's POV Continued My entire world froze around me as I looked into the eyes of my son, my eyes. I had an Heir, someone that I had to make the world around us better for, someone that will inherit my position in this life.He gave me a new sense of what I was truly fighting for, what I needed to change so he could see a true Alpha leading his people, not what is happening now by his own grandfather.I wish with all my heart that I would have known his name, that he was a he, when I told my mother she was a grandmother. She would have been so happy, of course, she was just knowing that Raven and I had a baby, it didn't matter if it was a boy or a girl to her, just the happiness of knowing she was a grandmother was enough.I watched my son giggle as he babbled on and on making me smile broadly while I would eye Raven every so often to see the the pure joy swimming in her eyes as she watched our interaction.After about twenty minutes he started rub
Tell him I'm hereAxel's POV Continued I was standing outside the front of the packhouse, looking up at the sheer size of the place always seemed so natural, welcoming, yet now it feels daunting, overwhelming as I swallow deeply taking it all in.I stood there for a few minutes, not trying to work up the courage to enter, but to just take a moment to remember that I had wonderful memories of this place, along with some of my worse one.I had a wonderful childhood in this home, spending days with my mother as she would tell me stories or chase me around the house, I could still hear the laughs we shared together if I just listened hard enough.The bad times of my father's jealousy, over me spending to much of my mother's time so she was away from him for longer than he liked. The way he dismissed me at times yet at others would dote on me just as much.Looking back I can see that he only doted on me in the eyes of other, it was for his image not for showing true affection towards me o
I will protect him with my life.Raven's POV I was in the kitchen preparing lunch for Hael when Edgar came rushing through the front door like a man on fire startling me as his mate with their two kids came rushing in behind him yelling for him."Edgar! Stop what is happening!?""Dad!""Dad, what's happening?"He stopped in front of me, his hands on his knees as he panted before trying to speak while breathing heavily between each word."Alpha... Hunter... knows... you... are... here!""What!? How do you, but... Okay."I took a deep breath calming myself down."He knows where you are, Alpha Axel doesn't believe he knows about Hael, he also may not know yet that we are here but we need to go, do you have a place we can hide?"'Uncle, Alpha Hunter knows where I am, I need you to have Jason come take Hael with Edgar, his family, and Sylvia to the safe house. Hael needs to be protected at all costs.''You too! You need to go with them.''If I go with them they will hunt to find me puttin
Wolfsbane? Raven's POV Continued Being back in Cresent Moon Pack was surreal, it didn't even look the same. I've only been gone for a couple years yet the whole place looks different, more run down, unkempt. We always had such a beautiful Pack, one other packs envied, yet now, it's over grown, almost dingy looking, like someone stole the life from it leaving only a darkness in its wake.As we approached the pack house I felt fear fill me as I looked up at its daunting walls, taking in the sight of it as the sun was coming up when, oh, is that Beta Isaac? He looks, well, awful. I know it's him but I've never seen him look so weak before. He was always strong, built like a truck with a certain aura around him that held so much power and dominance along with a kindness, yet now his aura seemed dark, lacking it's vibrancy He stood at the front of the house, waiting for us to approach, he had a coldness to his demeanor as we got closer to him when I felt a push from behind me when the
I didn't want a second chance mateAxel's POV I had run for hours before I found myself at that waterfall, hours from my pack, the one I lost her scent at back when everything happened as she had to run.Lucian wore himself out as he force us to shift back once we were sitting by the water, the mist of the water hitting my bare skin gently as it hit down into the water at the bottom of the falls.I sat there for a while, enjoying the coolness of the water as I dipped my body into it by the shore line. I had been sitting there for a while when Lucian finally came forward again now that he had a rest.'We have a fight tomorrow, we need to get back, rest, or we won't be any good to anyone, especially in a fight.''He has her, what is he going to do to her? Wolfsbane like her father?''That's why we need to be at our best Lucian, come on let's head back, it's going to take hours to get back then we need to eat and sleep.''How are you so calm!''Because one of us needs to be. If she let h
You truly think you have a chance boy?Axel's POV Continued I watched as she hit the ground, her body slamming down so hard the impact echoed around us all. Some gasped in horror while others remained perfectly still and quiet, yet a few cheered for the actions of their Alpha.Those are the ones that truly love the abuse and destruction, they don't see it as wrong to treat women in such a manner but egg others on to act in the same way. Those are the elder ones, the ones that still see it as the women are there for only the cooking or cleaning along with being there to be bed when needed. They smack around their women to keep them in their place, but after this, that will be condemned here, I won't allow anyone to treat their mate or any other in such a manner inside my pack.I stepped out into the middle of the training grounds as I watched how Raven was slow to get up, she looked to be in a tremendous amount of pain which was throwing me off because the only way she would know we h
Don't reject me RavenRaven's POV I stood there watching everything happen, seeing the blood pouring from their bodies as the fought one another with everything they had. Alpha Hunter looked like a crazed beast while Lucian look calm oddly enough.When his father shifted back, I watched as Axel slowly made his way over to his body, my heart thundering so loudly it was all I could hear. Muffled voices were all around me but I was so focused on what was happening their words fell on deaf ears. Then when Alpha Hunter raised his head up, the way his body moved while I used Luana's wolf vision to watch his face as he snarled at Axel before his body began shifting in what looked to be agonizingly torturous.I yelled out without even thinking, 'Axel, I love you!', it was just something I needed to say to him. I wanted him to know that no matter what was going to happen that I support him through it all, that even if he wasn't my mate, or my second chance mate, that I would always choose hi