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
DAMON POV Lucy was still mid-vision when she collapsed on the ground, completely exhausted from what she had just endured. "Lucy? You awake?" I shook her lightly. She slowly opened her eyes. She flung her arms around me and held on like I was a life raft. After about a minute, her breathing slowed, and she pulled away, wiping her tears. She apologized and stood, brushing the dirt off her legs. "No sweat, you okay?" "ya, fine!" She turned away from me, clearly embarrassed. "it's okay if you aren't fine, Lucy. You don't have to be tough for me." I reached for her arm, turning her around and pulling her into my chest."Just take a minute. I am here. No one will hurt you." She started sobbing quietly. I don't think anyone ever comforted her. From what Axel said, she liked to be left alone, and I think everyone just gave her her space. What I know about tough, strong women is they just need to know they aren't alone.
LUCY I woke up with shooting pain down my spine and leg. When I tried to shift, it felt like I was paralyzed. There was this crushing weight on the left side of my body. Something smelled so good, like fresh rain in the forest. I opened my eyes and looked around. I was in the Mountain moon pack hospital. I wasn't a patient. I was on the couch, I turned my head, and Damon was what was crushing me. He must have fallen asleep next to me, waiting for Axel and Ellen to wake up. The Events of yesterday come flooding back to me. A shudder rips through me as I remember what happened. My movements must wake Damon because he yawns and stretches. He then slips his arm around my waist and pulls me closer to him. "Um... hello. Do you mind?" "What? you don't like cuddling?" "Ya, I do but with my mate, which is not you." I try to wiggle out of his grip, even though I would never admit I kind of like it. I shake my head, removing those thought
LUCY POVAunt Bonnie was arguing with a tall man, definitely a werewolf. He was angry yelling at her. Aunt Bonnie lifted the man with ease, never moving from her place in the kitchen. Ellen sat on the floor, combing a doll's hair, admiring how beautiful she was."Listen to me, Thadeus, I do not care who you are. You do not scare me. You are nothing but a pathetic werewolf. I am a Gideon witch. You will not come to my home again, or I will have your precious Damon killed or, better yet, have his wolf removed. How great would that be the Alpha's son has no wolf." She cackled like a villain."I sent Axel away. He will never know who he is. I want Ellen for myself. She will be a great resource to me. Being wolfless, she is no threat to your pack." She released her psychic hold on the man and coughed, trying to regain his composure."They better not ever come looking, or I will kill them and everyone you love."The vision fades i