"Thank you," Hunter said quietly in the dim car. He couldn't be sure how long ago Sally had drifted off, but it had been a while. They had fallen into silence, and while Yuki and Tyler had settled comfortably, he knew neither were asleep.  Tyler opened one eye from where his head rested against the passenger window."Thank you for helping me get them out of there."With Sally slung over his shoulder he had moved to try and lift Celeste when Tyler had stepped up without a word. Luna had not moved to stop them and her presence alone had stopped any other Clan member from challenging them. It had taken a while, even together Celeste was a unweilding weight to carry.  Luna's last attack had done some damage, and she bled profusely over them before Tyler had been able to stem the flow in the car.Now Tyler shot him a tired grin, stroking his hand down Yuki's feathers.  "Celeste is the head of our Clan, no matter what the old pricks might say.&nbs

Hunter dropped a kiss to the top of her head. She sat in a small room in one the houses. When Yuki had said her family had many doctors, she wasn't expecting a whole medical building. They had Celeste on a bed and a older man had checked her over already, the bandage had been removed as her wounds had healed. She still hadn't shifted or woken though and Sally tried to curb her worry."You're safe here," Hunter knelt before her chair, his hands on her knees his golden eyes watching her. “And I need you to stay with Celeste.”Sally shot him a smile, “you don’t have to babysit me, Mate.” She teased him gently, stroking his knuckles with her thumbs. “This is a lot, but you need to do your thing.”“You are the best sort of distraction,” he grinned up at her. “I’ll send Yuki back once we get things started.”She lent down to drag his lips to hers. She already missed kissing him and it had b

Hunter smiled to himself as he felt Celeste and Sally together. His wife was being naughty, but he was more then happy to let them go. After the evening they had all had it was good for them to let off a little steam. He also had no doubt Sally still felt guilty for the outcome of the fight, Celeste could do a lot to ally that fear."Are you still with us, Mr North?"Yuki's Grandmother was an old battle axe. He could see she ruled over her Flock with an iron claw. But he could also see the soft spot she had for both her daughter and granddaughter. Yuki didn't seem to notice it, she often twitched when her grandmother spoke in a particularly harsh way, but Hunter could see it. Her mother, Usagi, also appeared aware, smiling secretly whenever grandmother was not looking. The family dynamic was close and gentle between the three women and it left a smile on his face."My mate has just woken up. after she has completed the required tests and has the permission of yo

 Celeste lost count of the amount of times she made Sally come undone in the back of that car. At some point she'd swapped into the middle seat to get closer to her mate. That steering wheel probably had gouges in it from the sheer force of will it had taken Hunter to keep his hands on it.That in itself was telling. Where ever they were going, he didn't want her to know until they were there. The fact he hadn't caved and pulled over, fucking them with in an inch of their lives. Well. Celeste had an inkling she wasn't going to enjoy this.The gps indicated they were getting near their destination, finally. It appeared to be just more bush land, though Celeste could see some houses just past the tree line. She could only wonder who Hunter has brought them to see. “If you have finished punishing me you might want to tidy yourselves up a little. We’re almost there.”The words were mostly unnecessary as they could all see the litt

"Celeste?"Sally stood at the edge of the bushland, a pair of borrowed boots on her feet. She wished they had had time to stop at her home, she missed her jeans, but for now cargo pants that were a size too big would have to do. The bushland was growing on her. Once she had been sure it never would, but instead she found herself drawn to the thin trees, the crunch of the leaves under her feet. She would now and forever equate the dry land with her mates. She could almost see Hunter's lion form slinking through the trees. But it wasn't Hunter she was looking for. Nona didn't seem at all phased by Celeste's disappearance, and though she could see it eating at Hunter, he'd received a phone call from the Office and had to be the CEO.So she'd snuck out of the house, making her way to the bush quickly. But now she stood there, unsure. Celeste obviously didn't want to see anyone. Including her, or she would have responded when she had tried to reach out.  B