This book is authored by Ariel Eyre. "She is deaf." "What, she can't be deaf. I have never heard of a deaf wolf. It is impossible." "I am serious. She had an accident when she was six. She didn't have her wolf then, and it couldn't heal, resulting in hearing loss." She smiled. Her smile could have knocked me over. It was something I would want to see as often as I could. "Can you hear me?" She just shook her head. How on earth would I communicate with her if she couldn't talk? If I marked her, I could mind-link. I could mark her here and now. It is my right, after all. But she may not like that. I had to wonder if her being deaf, though, would be okay. If I marked her, she would be Luna to my pack. She would need to be strong. I had no idea if losing her hearing made her weak. As much as I wanted to claim her on the spot, I would need to know that she could hold her own. Or, at the very least, could be taught to fight. --------- When I pressured my brother to take me down to the southern territory I just wanted to experience the way the rest of the world lived. Growing up in the north is brutal and we survive off the land. But I never expected to meet my mate and from a southern pack made it all the more difficult. His values differed from my own. The way his pack lived was the opposite of how I was raised. The brutality of my life would lead me to make decisions that put the Shadow Pack in jeopardy.
View MoreKayaCade and I decided it would be best to get the baby's stuff early. According to the doctor, and I had to agree with him, I needed to stay off my feet as much as possible. So, Cade and I were in the car on our way to the city to get some things. Apparently, there was a lot to get for babies in the South. Where I was from, it was hand-made clothes and a form of a carrier to carry them when you did work. That consisted of a board and a lot of bedding to keep warm. But Helen and some of the other women in the pack had told me there were many other things, like bottles and better carriers for children. Not to mention nursery stuff. I didn't know much about things like that. I also know they used disposable diapers here, which excited me. In the North, all nappies had to be washed and reused, and honestly, growing up with younger siblings, I had to wash some of those, and I hated it. Now, I was super excited I got to skip that part. So Cade said we would go to the city.
CadeA long silence fell once Charlie had left my office. I looked at Kaya, who still had her legs down. I mind-linked her. "Put your feet back up." She didn't argue and did as I told her to. I couldn't help but wonder what the stress of all this was doing to her body. She was already struggling, and now she had more to worry about. I should have had her sit out of the meeting. But she was the Luna of Shadow Pack and deserved to be here. No matter the fact, I wanted her to remain stress-free for the remainder of her pregnancy. Mark broke the uncomfortable silence. "That was bad." He signed as he talked. Kaya nodded at his comment. "Well, at least we now know Howi has taken over Jack's Pack," Mark said. "Well, we now know he has the numbers to overrun us. But many things we need to know are still up in the air. Like how did he make it so border patrol could not link." Kaya signed. "It had to be silver. There is no other explanation. They would have alerted someone over the m
KayaI was so fucking uncomfortable. Everything felt stiff. But I tried not to focus on it. I needed to focus on what Charlie was about to tell us. I needed to know what happened to his pack and why only five of them survived. It could help Shadow Pack when Howi came for us. I had doubted he would even attack since it had been months since Jack died, and he had remained silent. We had not heard anything, so I assumed Cade's worries were just fictional, but knowing that he went after Charlie's pack, I was now worried. Charlie looked right at me, and then he began to speak. "I was sound asleep when I heard the screams. I came running out of the packhouse. I don't know why those guarding the border never alerted me, but they didn't. I don't know if silver was used or they just died before they could have told me. My beta had also heard the screams, so both of us ran out to see what was going on. We were engaged by hundreds. Both of us fought and fought. So many surrounded us
CadeI sat there in the office with both Mark and Kaya. Charlie would be here any minute. Then we would have a better idea of what was happening or, at the very least, know what happened to his pack that no longer existed. Kaya was sitting down, her feet up on the little table. Her legs had swollen up again. She had been on them too much. I was honestly worried about the preeclampsia. We were able to go to the doctor earlier as Charlie and the rest of his group had slept most of the day. The doctor was concerned that her blood pressure was so high. He said the swelling would worsen and that she needed to pull back more. She was not happy with this news. But I knew she would do what she could to improve the situation. No one she had grown up with had this much swelling so early in their pregnancy, and though she tried to act like she was not worried, I could see past that. I knew she was more concerned than she let on. The doctor said the swelling would get worse and pr
Kaya I felt Cade move into his spot next to me in the bed. I turned over to face him. He looked worried. I mind-linked him. "Cade, what happened." "Charlie is here." "What?" "Howi's pack attacked him. There were only five of them who survived. He joined our pack and his four other wolves. They are all now shadow pack." I lay there at him, looking horrified, no doubt. I didn't understand why Howi would go after them. They had nothing to gain by going after them. Charlie's pack was tiny. It's smaller than the Crescent Moon Pack. The whole thing seemed strange. "Why would he join us? He is an alpha." I mind-linked. "I don't know; he probably was ashamed he let it happen. He didn't think he could build the pack back up. When I was younger, and most of us were slaughtered, we had more than five of us survive, but I don't know how he could rebuild with only five people." I didn't even know what to say. I was just horrified that this had happened. "We are meeting once they get so
CadeApril was here, and I watched as Kaya rolled over, her stomach growing daily. She had a sizable baby bump. She was halfway through her pregnancy, and I felt good about it. Howi had not attacked yet. It was peaceful. The snow had stopped, and everything seemed to be going well. Kimi would be remaining with us. Which I was happy about. Kaya wanted her around to be there for the birth. Her mother also wanted to come, but she had yet to tell us if she was coming. Just then, I got a mind link. "Alpha, we have wolves wanting to cross the border." I sat straight up in the bed. Was this it? No, it couldn't be. Howi would not ask to cross the border. "Who is it?" "I don't know. They are in their wolf form; we can't speak. They didn't cross over the boundary but are standing close to it. Not attacking or anything." "Hang on, I am on my way." I gave Kaya, who was still sound asleep, a kiss. She slept a lot lately. I mind-linked Mark, telling him to hurry up and come with me.
Cade I sat there with Mark in the office. "Congratulations. I can't believe you are going to be a dad." "Thanks; I don't know how cut out I am for it, though." "Nah, you will be fine. You know Helen is super excited. She says now we can have a baby." "I told you before. You guys didn't need to wait for me to have a child. You could have had one a long time ago." "I know, but we wanted kids the same ages as yours." I smiled. I had hated that they waited for me. I knew Helen wanted a baby really badly. Well, when her heat came later in the year, I knew they would for sure get pregnant. "So the pack is excited." "I know they have been offering me congratulations since I told them." "They are excited to have the next alpha be born." "You know it could be a girl, right Mark." "Nah, Alphas always have boys first." "Jack didn't." "Jack was not a strong alpha. You will have a son to pass the pack onto." "What if I don't, though, and we can't have any more children." "You are worrying too mu
Kaya I knew in a little bit, I would be teaching the kids some things about hunting. Before then, I figured I would talk to my mother. "Mom." I mind-linked. "Oh, Kaya, I am so glad to hear from you." She was always happy to hear from me. I had talked to her after the whole Jack thing. Nieva spoke to her, too. I tried to talk to her every other day. "Mom, you are going to be a grandmother." "You are pregnant?" "Yes, I am." "I am so excited. Now tell me everything." "Well, the doctor here told me not to eat raw meat, said I am at a risk of parasites." "Well, that is a load of crap." "I know I told Cade as much. I thought it was pointless to even go see him. I wanted you to tell me everything I needed to know. You know better than anyone you had five kids." "Yes, okay, alright, well, you know you need to not be the one taking down the big animals if you go hunt. Only rabbit, maybe, but even they are prone to biting." "Okay." "Also, you can shift, but you know that you can't d
CadeKaya was sitting on the bed at the clinic. I felt terrible for bickering with her all morning. I just have been on edge since the whole thing with Jack. I was not mad that I killed him. He deserved to be dead for what he tried to do, but the repercussions of that scared me. I didn't want to have another slaughter like what happened with my parents. I needed to have everyone more than prepared for what may come. If they could walk, they needed to know how to fight. But, Kaya, I worried about her. If she was pregnant and war came, what would that mean? She should be far away from the fighting. The doctor came in. Instead of looking at me, he looked at Kaya so she could read his lips. "Good morning, Luna, Alpha." She was scowling. Her mood, like mine, had been anything but friendly. And she didn't want to be here. She hated the doctor. Why, I had no idea. Probably because his advice was to be cautious, and that was not something she wanted to be. I mean, the way she grew
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