KILLIAN
I was nervous coming here, knowing how Lucy and I left it. It's no simple thing to let your mate and Luna leave your pack. Where you can't protect her, you can't see and touch her every day. I knew she needed to go, but it didn't hurt any less, not that I would let anyone know that. We had to come to the Bennet pack for the birth of Lanie and Axel's twins. We also had to discuss protection detail on the twins and Lanie. The twins would grow to be more powerful than any supernatural in our world. If the wrong person got their hands on them, it could be the destruction of our world as we know it.
Axel and Maddox were going on about the plans they had. I really didn't need to be here; Maddox was the one person I trusted most in this world, and he was a genius strategist and battle-prevention planner. He's why we had such a large pack and why we won every battle we entered. "Killian?" Shit, I was caught!"What do you think?"
"Sounds good! It looks like you thought of everything. I need a cup of coffee." I stood, patted Maddox on the back and went to find my mate. I knew Lucy was training, so I thought I'd make lunch and take it out to her. I made my way to the kitchen. Walking past the nursery, I could hear faint crying. I stopped in, and Lanie was asleep in the chair with baby Violet, and baby Asher was fussing in his crib. I really didn't know much about babies. But I felt led to pick him up. As I was reaching into the crib, Ellen stopped me.
"Alpha, you can touch the babies without ingesting these herbs first." "what? Why? I was being gentle." "did Axel not fill you in on the babies?" I felt dumb, shit. I wasn't listening to what he said. "I may have been distracted during that conversation." "haha, I can't imagine what you'd be distracted by." She nudged my shoulder and winked at me. "So, are you going to fill me in?" She was holding baby Asher and cooing at him. "The babies have both magic powers and wolves. Violet is a siphon. She can take all the magic in your body, siphoning the power from your wolf, silencing him for a while until you recover naturally since you'll have no magic to help you. Asher can siphon, but it's not his only source of power. He will be a very powerful warlock, especially now being the firstborn male Benett for the last 1000 years. All the firstborn Bennet wolves were female. Obviously, there were males born but not firstborn. Hence why The Bennet pack has a Luna and not an Alpha until she finds her mate." I miss the days when wolves stayed in their packs and vampires and witches stayed in their covens—mixing all these species made life a lot more complicated."Got it, don't touch babies or no wolf." I sighed, scrubbed a hand over my face and went to make lunch.
Scanning through the cupboards looking for something to put together, Lucy would need some carbs after her workout. I got to work fixing all the ingredients for baked parmesan chicken and spaghetti. I knew the smell of the chicken would draw Lucy into the kitchen. My darling mate was addicted to food. I was lost in thought when Liza came in and started making tea.
"Alpha Killian." She nodded her head as she walked to the coffee machine. She always made me uncomfortable. I don't know if it's her power or the fact that she is Lucy's real family, and I want her to like me.
"How did training go?" I awkwardly tried to make conversation.
"Good." Before I could say anything else, Lucy walked in. she walked right up to me and snaked her arms around my neck, resting her petite frame in the crook of my neck.
"Lunch smells incredible." She smiled without opening her eyes, wholly relaxed in my arms. I stayed there frozen in time and space-loving every minute with my mate in this simple moment. When the timer goes off, I pull away from Lucy, and she groans until I dish her up a plate of food and make got some coffee. I could watch her do just about anything all day long. I drank my coffee and then started on my meal. I listened to Lucy talk about training and everything she was learning. After seeing how excited she was, I felt better about our decision for her to come here and harness her abilities. Axel, Maddox, Lannie and Ellen join us halfway through. Axel and Maddox caught me up on the plan for the twins. Ellen explained the new protocol with touching the twins. She suppressed their abilities for the time being, but as they grow, she will need to monitor their power and see how their abilities progress.
Lucy looked exhausted, so I suggested we go and take a nap. She always sleeps better in my arms anyway.
AXEL
It was nice having Killian around to cook and look after Lucy and Maddox to bounce ideas off. He was the best strategist around, that's for sure. After deciding, we would build a bunker behind the packhouse in case of an invitation and doubling the guard surrounding the packhouse. No one but the eight of us would know of the twin's abilities, and that would keep them safe for now. I still needed to meet with my father and half-brother. Someone I was really dreading but had to be done. There was a knock at my office door.
"Come in," I shouted without looking up from the laptop.
"Hello, Brother," Victoria smirked at me.
"Victoria! I was actually just thinking about you!" I laughed.
"Of course you were, I am awesome, and you were missing me."
'Ya! I was. How are you? Are you here to stay?"
"I am a good brother. I am here to stay and protect the Bennet Luna." she bowed her head.
"Great! Let's get you set up in your room."
"All in good time, brother, sit we need to discuss father and his failing mental health."
"Okay... what's going on."
"Father has gone mad in a sense. He thinks you and Ellen were just born, and he needs to find you and bring you home. I have him sedated and on a 24-hour watch. He isn't Alpha anymore, Damon is, but he does still have loyal guards who will do whatever he asks. You must be cautious whenever you leave the territory and never leave the twins unattended by anyone you may not trust. "
"Okay, how worried should I be?"
"He has access to witches, warlocks, Oracles, vampires. There isn't a supernatural who doesn't owe him some sort of favour. You will need to increase your security. I can help Ellen with a barrier spell."
"Thank the Moon Goddess you came when you did."
"I spent most of my life trying to find you. It was in my favour you were mated to the Bennet Luna."
"Let's get you settled in. I know Ellen has been waiting for you to return since you left."
VICTORIA I spent my life not feeling anything. Numb to the pain that my grandfather caused. He was a sick man. Twisted, evil, power-hungry. His abuse causes my first shift seven years early, causing my wolf to go mad. I have to keep her mildly sedated to keep her Tom hurting anyone accidentally. I knew she needed her sister. I just didn't realize it was Ellen. I had no idea how to find her. Now that I have her close, I'm not letting her go. I followed Axel to my room. My new home, where I would live for the foreseeable future. I preferred the tower room back home. You can see our entire territory from that room. It also has a Steele reinforced door. Nothing can get in or out without magic or a hell of a lot of strength. It was used to hold my Aunt, whose wolf went mad as well but refused to let anyone sedate her. When she finally died, the room was just left alone. Until I begged my father to let me live there. I was away at school during the year, but I liked the solitude o
Victoria POVAxel asked me to go over all the security measures, make sure everything was effective and efficient. I found holes in about every one of their departments. I rerouted all their security cameras and alarm systems to a backup server that could not be tampered with. I rescheduled all the guard patrols, tightened the time between crossovers, and added two more hours of training required per day, one of those hours dedicated to hand-to-hand combat if your wolf is disabled. Thankfully Ellens mate Maddox can send some of his men to help fill some holes in the security team. Axel really did have a big road ahead of him, getting his pack trained enough to protect his family, let alone their borders.Axel growing up human, never had the opportunity to learn the way we did. Sometimes I take my father's training tactics and my training at school for granted. I need to call an Alpha who can help:"Hey!""Hey Vic, I am surprised
AXEL These extra training sessions Victoria scheduled were really helping the pack warriors improve. They weren't trained at all before I arrived. Liza had the whole pack cloaked to make it seem like a ghost town. We had at least four hundred eligible pack members who could fight. Laura was amazing helping with the twins and helping Lainie get her Luna duties sorted out. Ellen and Victoria were getting along like they had been sisters their whole lives. I am happy for her. She deserves to be loved like that. Part of me wants to know my little brother, and part of me what's nothing to do with them. If he is anything like my father or grandfather, we won't be friends anytime soon. Today I was going to be just a regular guy. Drink my coffee go for a run, and pretend an entire supernatural world was not going to come after my precious babies. Just for today, I would be a regular guy. There was a knock at the door. "Come in." "Alpha, this
AXEL I had to admit meeting my baby brother was not what I expected. He was strong, brave and wise—definitely, a better Alpha than I could ever be. Honestly, I didn't want to be Alpha; I did it for Lanie. We sat in this sweaty hut waiting for some realization of destiny. I'm pretty sure they just gave me some magic mushrooms and were going to laugh when I started to trip out. Victoria left, and it was just Damon and me. Alone in the hot silence. How was he not sweaty even a bit. I was sweating buckets and starting to feel like I could fly. Everything started to glow, and I could feel myself get weaker. I couldn't move my arms or legs.I could hear Damon in the background. He sounded so far away."Stop fighting it.""fighting what? I feel paralyzed.""relax, let the herbs open your mind, just breathe deep and imagine you are in your wolf form and you are searching for something; use your senses to guide you." Suddenly,
Astrid POVWhen Ellen said Axel was in trouble, I didn't think he would be dying when I found him almost dead from a deep sweat head dive. I was so angry at Damon for putting him at risk for his own selfish gain. Liam locked away those memories to protect Axel for a reason. He didn't need to remember meeting his father and grandfather. His father disowned him and Ellen removed his Alpha's title and stripped him of his family ties. I needed to find him before Axel did. I'm stronger and faster. I could kill him. Axel would never forgive himself if he killed his own father, even if he did deserve it."Astrid, you can not kill Axel's father. You would start a war, and Axel doesn't need you to fight his battles. He is Alpha now. He needs to find his own way.""No one was asking you, Lucy. Keep this up, and I will keep you locked up for good.""Well, I would like to see you say that to Liza. She would put you in your place so fast." 
DAMON I watched as my older brother Laughed with Lucy. She was breathtaking. I could see why Axel loved her almost like his mate. He seemed more relaxed with her, the family he was robbed of because my father was too cowardly to stand up to my grandfather. I watched as they paddled the boat to the dock. "Alpha Damon," Lucy nodded at me. Out of respect for my title, not for me as a person. She is not my biggest fan. I can always tell when someone doesn't like me. "Damon, what's up, man?" "We had some movement on the northern border that the heat cameras picked up. Supernatural heat signatures. Someone is scoping the boundaries. We have cloaked guards watching them, but I wanted to prepare you. My sources say word got out that you had werewolf twins. You can thank Victoria for spreading that lie." "Let's go. I'll rip them limb from limb." "Woah! What's with your eyes and voice, Lucy?" "Sorry, m
LUCY POVI was a little surprised when Damon asked for my help reviewing the Mountain Moon pack's history. He said it would help Axel with uniting and leading the pack so, of course, I wanted to help. Anything for Axel, Lanie and now the twins who I am completely in love with. I really didn't care too much for Damon but when Victoria told me he was a good guy, and how he used to take her beatings from their grandfather as a child. He became less arrogant to me. I guess I just don't like that arrogance. I am so dirty hot attitude, like he could get any girl he wanted."Sure just judge a book by its cover, if people judged you by your cover, you wouldn't like what they said.""Shut up Astrid.""I am just saying, he hot as hell and I want him to bend me over the counter if you get what I mean.""Astrid!""Hmm That's new, I've never heard anyone argue with their wolf out loud.""Even his voice is sexy as hell
AXEL POVLast night patrolling the border with Damon was a lot of fun. I like having a brother. I was really struggling with if I should tell Lucy about Daman asking so much about her, but I really didn't want Astrid to freak out and kill my only brother. Lanie and Ellen were working with the twins trying out some cloaking spells and herbs. They were not having a good time. Violet kept syphoning the spells magic away and moving things around the Nursey. They are only a month old how they can do some of this stuff freaks me out. Lanie seems wholly relaxed with it all. Liza and Laura have been working with her to get Anna under control: her wolf has always been on edge. She was traumatized as a pup and never recovered.I was supposed to be working on paperwork, getting the pack's financials squared away, but I couldn't stop thinking about Damon and Lucy. I was even more annoyed that when I asked Lucy to go for a run today, she couldn't because she was h