Stella's POV
The girl goes to walk toward Thomas. A hand shoots out to stop her. It is another teenage boy with brownish red hair and muddy brown eyes. An ugly sneer that is probably permanently plastered to his face. "You aren't gong anywhere Hannah," he tells her. A look of pure evil in his eyes. "You are my girlfriend," he adds. Thomas growls "Mine" he hisses. "Jarred he is my mate," she yells with a look of pure fear on her face. "I don't care if he's the king of the fucking world, you are mine," Jarred shouts at her.
Thomas growls about to lunge but Kai throws his hand out to stop him. "If she wants to come with me, she's coming with me. You understand?" Thomas tells him. Jarred laughs. "Wha,t are you going to do about it? There's three of you and some girl, I like our odds better," he adds. "I feel offended," I say to the boys He goes to pounce. I think of fire.
The group of rouges start grabbing their heads and screaming in pain. "Stop, make it stop," Jarred screams. They collapse on the floor. I walk over to Jarred grab him by the face and look him straight in the eyes. They widden in shock. I then use another power I am definitely not supposed to use. My paents call it persuasion; I call it... mind control. I say to him "she is coming with us okay," he nods. "You will forget she ever existend and go on with your life," I pause. "And stop being suck a dick," I add. he sinsks back looking confused. His rogue friends have long left him. He stands up "What am I doing here?" he asks. "Sleepwalking" I say with a smile. "Oh sorry," he says walking away. He keeps looking back at us as he leaves.
I should not have used mind control. I know it is wrong. I could not help it though. I felt like it was an emergency, but it still made me feel bad. The raw power I felt using it could become intoxicating that is why I only use it when I have to. "Holy shit! That was bad-fucking-ass," Sean said. "Will you marry me?" he added. I looked over at all of them feeling shame. Thomas' arms were wrapped around his new mate. She looked very sall and timid in his arms. He held her like he would never let her go. "Your name is Hannah right? Nice to meet you, I'm Thomas. I have been looking everywhere for you," He brings her in for a kiss.
We start walking towards my apartment. I look at Hannah and realize she needs some cleaning up. She is very quiet. I wonder how long she has been on the streets. I don't dare ask. Once we get back to my apartment, I show her the bathroom and give her a spare outfit. I am quite a bit taller than she is but it is warm out so I give her a pair of cotton shorts and a T-shirt. "Use whatever you need in the shower," I tell her with a smile. She smiles back and says "Thanks."
I go back to the living room where the boys are sitting. "Are we going to talk about what you just did?" Devonte asks. Everyone looks at me as I think of what to say. "Okay so I am not supposed to use mind control. Before you ask no I don't know why I am able to do what I do. No one knows." I tell them. "Wow," Kai says shaking his head. "Yeah it got me into tons of trouble when I was younger, trust me. I am also the only witch I have ever seen that does not use spells," I add. Kai just frowns. "I think it's awesome," Sean says. "She saved our asses from a fight thats for sure," Devonte adds. "Oh and we can't forget that she completely bought Thomas here back to life," Sean smiles smacking Thomas on the back. I hear the shower turn off. "Hey boys lets go get some food and leave Thomas and Hannah here to get to know each oter a little better," I say winking at Thomas. He just grins. "My bedroom is totally off limits though," I say narrowing my eyes at him. "Deal" he says.
We leave the apartment and walk to my favorite 24-hour diner. "Pats has the best pancakes," I tell the boys as we sit in my favorite booth. Joe our waiter walks up. "Who do we have here?" she asks cheerfully. "Hey Joe this is my cousin Sean and his friends. They are visiting for a couple of days," I say with a smile. Sean's face twists into a sneer. "Oh great sounds like a blast," she says with a sile. "Do you know what you want?" "The usual," I tell her. The usual is a stack of classic pancakes with whipped cream, berries and syrup. I also get a large strawberry milkshake to go along with it.The boys order a ton of food. Instantly regretting offering to pay. As we eat, I tell them about my life in the coven and they tell me about the Blue Moon Pack. They have an Alpha who rules with an iron fist but he everyone loves and respects him. He became the Alpha at a young age. He was 25 and un-mated. They were all training to be warriors in the pack. Alpha had let them leave
Devin's POV "Where the hell have you been?" I yell as my brother gets out of the car. "Devin I can explan," he replies. I stop him. "You didn't even call and you turned your phone off," I cross my arms. Then out steps a teenage girl. "Devin meet my mate Hannah," Thomas says with a big grin. "Oh so that's wh you were late. I guess I can give you a break," I say. Even though I am mad at Thomas finding your mate is near impossible so I understand why he couldn't leave. "Nice to meet you Hannah, welcome to the family," I extend my hand out to shake hers. She is so small and frail. I think I detect a hint of rogue smell. "Yes bro I have got lots to tell you... lots," Thomas says. Thomas finishes telling me the events of t he past two days and I am shocked. A witch helped Thomas. What? She bought him back to life. She used mind control on rouges. head was spinning. This witch was powerful. She didn't even live in a coven. I had to tell Cole.
Stella's POV I got home around 6 from work. I was supposed to go for drinks with Tiffany tonight. Tiff had become one fo my best friends since moving to the city. I picked a high waist skirt and a sexy crop. I was going to turn heads tonight. I had not had much male attention since Tyler and I decided to take a break a few months ago. He still calls me every week though. It has been hard, but I get the feeling lately that I didn't love him like I thought I did. I ended up curling my hair and did a light makeup look. Tiffany comes running in. "Damn bitch you look hot," she says. I just laugh, "So do you." as she twirls for me. Tiffany is a cute redhead who pretty much comes to my sholders. She is sexy and curvy. I give her a little smack on the ass. "Okay pre-game time," she says as she grabs the vodka. She pours each of us a shot. "Here is to getting lucky tonight," she says and we both down the shot. We get to the bar around 10 and it is
Stella's POV I wake up with the sun shinning through the curtians. Oh, it's 10am. I hop out of bed and head to the bathroom to brush my teeth and wash my face. I put my hair into high pony becaukse I know it's going to be hot out there, 95 degrees according to my phone. Shorts and a tank top it will be. My stomach starts to tell me I need food and I also need to let Tiffany know that I haven't been stuffed in someone's trunk. I head downstairs and spot Thomas on the couch watching TV. "Damn! You scared me." I said. "Sorry my brother gave me a key." He replies with a cheesy grin. "I could have killed you; you know?" I narrow my eyes at him. "Yeah that's true I have seen you fight," he laughs. "Food?" I ask. "Duh I'm alway hungry." He smiles as he flips through the channels. I cook us up some toast with eggs and bacon. As we sit down to eat, I ask Thomas. "So why did you tell your brother about me?" His eyes widen trying to think of what to say.
Stella's POV After my lunch with the boys I have Thomas take me to get some wine. We talk about Hannah and how she has enrolled in school. She has a lot of catching up to do. By the time we pull up to the cottage it's about 3:30. I head to the couch and pull out my laptop thinking I might as well get my grad school applications out of the way. I work on the applications for a few hours and decide to give it a rest my stomach starts to rumble again. I head to the fridge to see what I can whip up. Spaghetti with garlic bread and salad it is. I stat cooking when I hear a knock at the door and it's Devin. "Hey, I wanted to apologize for my over reaction earlier, you guys were just having fun," he says. I give him a stern look then a smile "apology accepted," I say putting my hand out for him to shake it. He has rough hands whcih means he works hard. I do like a hard-working man I think to myself. "I am making dinner and I am all by myself. D
Cole's POV Two of my most powerful warriors are dead. Their heads ripped from their chests and turned to black sludge. Witches, I can smell them. Their black magic symbols hang in the trees and the stench of their maagic is heavy in the air. "What do we do here Alpha?" My Gamma Bryan asks. "We need to figure out where these witches are and destroy them," I reply. Anger overcomes me and I let out a loud growl. I begin to pace back and forth trying to control my wolf Stephan." "Hopefully, the witch I have hired can help us find the and get rid of them" I said. "You hired a witch?" Bryan asks. "Yes, a very powerful one," I add. Bryan looks at me intrigued. "Alright boys load them up we need to take them back home to thier families." I am not ready to lie to another family about how their loved one died. I know it is what I have to do for now until we figure out what is truly going on. I am ready to be home and meet this witch. I call Devin
Cole's POV I reach my office and swing open the door. I am so angry I throw everything off my desk. I roar into the air so loud that I am sure the entire pack could hear me. Devin walks in. "Bro are you okay?" he asks. "No, I am not okay, this is not good." I reply as I start pacing the floor. "I don't want a mate damn it! She's the witch, isn't she?" I shout. Devin looks at me with an expression I have never seen him give me before and there is a sadness behind it. "Her name is Stella." I really did not like the way he said her name, there was something going on. I swore I saw a flash of something in his eyes. I move on. "I am supposed to marry Alpha Leo's daughter from Blood Moon and now I have a mate," I yell. My wolf Stefan growls, he does not like my tone when speaking about our mate. Truth be told I did not like my tone either. Pacing around like this makes me think about her more. Her soft skin and those beautiful pouty lips. Damn I want her ri
"Cole Anderson that is not cool. You shouldn't call your mate a witch even if she's not that nice," Elise scoffs. "No, Elise she's a witch like an actual power wielding witch!" I exclaim. Her eyes grow wide "Really!" She is shocked. Elise looks deep in thought. "I would still like to meet her. The Moon Goddess does not make mistakes Cole, she was meant for you," she says. "You also know I have always been interested in magic," she smirks. "Absolutley not"! I snap. Austin runs in soaking wet. "Why are you wet?" Austin replies nervously. "Well, I took her out back to the guest house. She tried to leave to go see Devin. When I tried to stop her, she used her powers to throw me in the pool." I run out the back door. Anger and jealousy are all I can feel, my mate wants to see Devin. That can never happen. I can smell her intoxicating scent coming from the direction of the woods. I catch up to her a couple of yards in. I grab her and slam her up against a t