Ch. 541..550

Chapter 0541

Now all the warriors and my family are herding the rogue wolves to me. They are all confused, but no one questions the direction. They trust my brand of crazy and just go with it.

***"Nickolas, I don't know where Gentry and Elena are, but we need to do something with these rogues. I don't want them fighting for or against us, even with whatever spell is broken. We can't be sure that Mike can't take control again or that this thing I am doing is permanent. Someone is going to get hurt or die if I just keep doing magic randomly."***

***"As long as it's aimed at Mike and the rest of his inner circle, kill away Little One."***

***"Super helpful, Thank you. I need a witch, not a sarcastic ass."***

***"They are on their way to you now. We will find a way to contain them as prisoners until we know the extent of the spell on them. Have you had a break where you are? We are still getting waves of wolves coming in groups of twenty or so."***

****Same here. He's trying to wear us down. I need to get over to you so you can start reversing the brainwashing too."***

***"You won't be able to save everyone, you know that right?"***

***"It's not going to stop me from trying though."***

***"At the cost of your own life?"***

***"If that's what it takes. I was born or built or conditioned for this right here. I am a weapon to be used, nothing more."

""***

***"You are so much more than that, Little One. Do not leave your Alphas and Gamma. That is an order that you no doubt can ignore, but an order nonetheless."*** ***"Yeah, Smalls, don't go anywhere without us."***

***"F*cker."*** I should have paid attention to who he opened up the link to. Now they won't let me out of their sight.

***"We won't stop you from trying to save innocent lives, Bitty. But you aren't risking your life to do it."***

***"Yeah, Little Bit, what would these loser do without you? No Kamikazi sh*t today!"***

I go to flip him off and instead shoot a small fireball right in his ass! I laughed as he yelped. ***"Fireballs, check, I just need to go around flipping everyone off.”*** That got a round of laughs from everyone as they brought me more rogues.

***"I'm going to step out of the circle, I need to know if it maintains or spreads or does anything else weird while I'm not in it. Oliver, can you

stay close and be my eyes?"***

***"On it, Bitty. Cam and I can cover this side. Kota can follow you to Nickolas. I'll let you know if anything changes with distance. Do. Not. Leave. His. Side."*** ***"Umm. Yes, sir."*** I rolled my eyes.

***"If you're gonna call him 'sir' can I be 'daddy?""***

***"NO!"*** Cam, Oliver and I all say to Dakota.

***"You're an idiot."*** I laugh as I shift and take off leaving him to try and catch up.

There seem to be pockets of fights

going on, but it doesn't look like anyone has gotten past our line. I just don't know if they are trying to get past our line. They might be after me, they might be after our warriors, they could even be after the twins. Their birthday is tomorrow and they will get progressively weaker for about five hours before the time of their birth. They will be the weakest at the exact time of their birth and then take on their full abilities right after. We should be focusing on protecting them. Typically the next alpha doesn't take the position at the same time they turn eighteen, but it occasionally happens like in our situation and the results are not the greatest from what I have been told. As they transition to adulthood and take on the full powers of an Alpha their bodies basically reboot and they can't defend themselves. It's why we have Alpha ceremonies so the whole pack is prepared to defend the new Alpha from attack.

Alpha Reggie has been talking with them regularly over the mindlink, trying to prepare them along with Nickolas, Kyle and Brett and I guess my dad. Although, my dad keeps his distance since the twins aren't usually too far from me.

***"Bitty, how far are you? The fire is still going, but it flickered. What's happening?"*** Leave it to Oliver to catch a mood shift at the thought of my dad.

 

 

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***"Almost there, about five miles away. Do you think it's a good idea to split Cam and Kota up right now?"*** I can't help but ask. I really want to know, but I also want to deflect his question. I don't want to put them in unnecessary danger by having them apart.

***"We'll be okay Tiny, just do what you need to do and both of you get back here as quickly as possible."*** Cam says it confidently, but I can hear the unease in his voice too. They don't like to be separated. Ever.

I shift quickly once I see Nikolas' wolf. I look around and they seem to have more action on this side than we did. This is probably closer to where they are camped. I relay the information to the whole team. Nathaniel is narrowing his search to try and find where they are coming from so we can slow or stop the flow.

I don't know how to turn on the flame though. So far it has happened when I am pissed off and ready to protect. I'll just have to join in the fight, but I don't want to risk Dakota either. Like he's reading my hesitation though, Dakota blasts forward to add his skill to the frey.

***"You heard Oliver, Don't leave my side Smalls. Let's go!"***

Rolling my eyes I shift and begin to fight. Now that I know most of these people don't really want to be here, I am having a hard time just killing them. That would be the easiest thing to do, and with a typical wolf's ability to heal I have to find the fine line of injuring them just enough to keep them down, but also not making them suffer by dying slowly.

I still haven't seen or heard from Mike after calling him a coward out loud. But, he may not even be in the fight yet. I take on two wolves who are pretty big, but no bigger than Sam. Their eyes are the deranged red color too and they are running at me hard. This is not going to be fun. I can see Dakota in front of me engaged in his own fight, so I dig my heels in and get ready for the blow that's coming.

One is just a head closer than the other so I set my sights on him first. He comes at me snapping his jaw, but he overestimated my size and la was able to grab the skin on the underside of his neck and whip him to the side. Number two takes advantage of being out of my line of sight though and pummels me in the side, chomping at my legs, tyring to slow me down while I'm on the ground. The three of us start moving around each other, all legs and teeth and fur flying. Number one grabs me in the flank of my back leg and I let out a wail.

***"TINY!"***

***"Son of a b*tch! That f*cking hurt."***

I'm still fighting through the pain and hoping that my abilities kick in quickly.

***"I can't see you anymore. Where the f*ck did you go?"***

***"Dakota, I'm in the middle of something here. Take your panic out on some of these rogues. Focus."***

A third wolf joins in and if I don't get some help soon, I am going to lose this fight.

***"Dakota, I need your help. A third wolf joined my fight."***

"Wait, are you asking for help? Who are you and what have you done with My Skylar?"

***"Shut up and come help me, Blg Daddy!"*** I laugh, sending one of the three wolves rolling back. Dakota growls over the link and it's not a menacing growl either.

Before he gets to me though, another wolf with white gray and tan markings comes out of nowhere and clamps down on one of the three that is attacking me. I can hear the snap of its neck before he's tossed away. The white and gray wolf shifts just as Kotas gets to me and takes out the other two.

"Are you hurt, Sky?" He kneels down, kind of covering his manhood.

"Yeah, I'm good..." Before I can get any more words out, he bends forward violently and falls to his side. "Robbie! What's going on?"

"He's a rogue Sky, let's go." It's the

use of my name that has me looking at Dakota. He's angry at my concern for Robbie, but this is the second, or maybe third or fourth time, he's come to my rescue.

 

 

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"No. He needs our help."

"He just wanted the glory of taking you into his Alpha."

"Mike isn't my Alpha, trust me." Robbie groans before doubling over again.

"What's happening?"

"The order was to bring you in, not help you stay free. I'm pretty sure taking out high level lieutenants was against orders and this would be the punishment. It's pretty par for the course with Mike. Everything comes with a level of torture attached. Since he can't actually fight for himself. Go with your Alpha, I'll be okay."

"But..."

"Go. I'll be around to annoy you more, don't worry."

"Robbie." I look him in the eyes and I don't know what I see, but it's the same wistful look he gave me after he helped Jena and I escape the compound. "Woman. If you stay here any longer I am going to get injured more. Go with your Alpha and do whatever superhero sh*t you need to do to stop this."

I roll my eyes and stand. Dakota is right behind me, an arm around my waist the moment I am upright.

"Mine." He growls in my ear

What?! We are in the middle of a battle and this is where he chooses to have a pissing match? I know what I feel and they have all but said it, but we don't know if we are mates and claiming that I am his to someone who hasn't once tried anything with me other than being my friend set me off. It's the fuel I need to flame up though and I waste no time stepping out of his hold and making a circle around the three o us. I don't know if either of them can withstand the flame, but I don't really care. This mate sh*t is pissing me off. It's making me moody and unfocused. I feel like a toy that is being shared and we don't have time for this when our pack needs us to f*cking focus.

***"Bitty? You're giving me heartburn, what the hell is going on?"***

***"Dakota's letting his jealousy show and it isn't super attractive right now."***

***"Bullsh*t! That same asshole that dropped off Gentry just bounded out of nowhere. He's playing the victim to get close to Sky."***

***"Now who's spouting bullsh*t? You don't know him. Robbie didn't 'bound out of nowhere' he saved my ass from three wolves while you were handling yours. ***"HIM?! That guy basically threw himself at you that day too."***

***"It's not any more attractive on you, Cameron. Funny enough he told me to go with my Alpha after pulling a wolf off of me and sustaining an injury. Dakota, no more of that 'mine' sht either"***

***"Why not, you are ours, when are you going to get that through your thick head?"***

***"Dakota, I am going to beat your ass if you piss her off any more, but I may not have too. Have you shot him with a fireball yet, Bitty?"

***"It's currently at the top of my list, but I'm going to leave him here with Robbie in the middle of the fire circle and see if he can fight his way out."***chuckle darkly, stepping

out of the ring and heading back into the fight. I don't get far when he grabs me around the waist from behind.

"You will pay for that Smalls." He growls in my ear and I just laugh again.

"***

"We'll see." We head into the latest horde of wolves coming in, we are still fighting and I am still trying not to fatally wound anyone. I stay in my human form this time though. am strong enough to take them on like this which tells me they aren't here to fight me in any real capacity.

"There she is! I have been waiting for you for so long, my beautiful Skylar."

My skin crawls at the sound and I can feel myself stop breathing, but I can't control the function either.

***"Bitty, babe, talk to us. What's going on?"***

I don't move. I don't blink, nothing.

***"We are going to need you guys here now. I think we found Mike."***

 

 

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I can feel their heartbeats change pace, they are coming for me without even a thought for anyone else and I can't decide if that is sweet or stupid. There is so much more to deal with and Mike is here for me. They could be saving rogues and getting help to our warriors while Mike is busy talking to me, because one thing I know is he's going to talk and talk and talk. He should be a cartoon villain with the way he likes to monologue.

"Did you break her in for me yet? I was really hoping she would be primed and ready when I finally came for her." Mike saunters up flanked by two wolves. Their eyes are red, but they don't look confused or scared. These guys want to be here. They volunteered for this bullshit.

Dakota moves behind me, wrapping an arm protectively around my waist again and I let him pull me back to his body. I definitely feel safer and stronger like this. He's smart enough to know not to say anything yet, though.

"Are you ready to come home, Skylar?"

"I am home, Mike. Leave and take your pack of jackasses with you. Stop harassing our pack."

"Oh no, I must have my Luna and you are the one that I have chosen. My mother has been planning a long time for you, I would hate to disappoint her. She is right, you are perfect. You will be the perfect Luna to sit by my side, to carry my children and make me the most powerful Alpha so I can take my rightful position as the Alpha King." Dakota's hands get tighter the more that Mike talks about how he wants to use me, but I can't hear any of it.

I start laughing uncontrollably. I have no idea where it is coming from, but with him right in front of me talking about how his mom wants to set us up, I can't help myself.

"I don't think I would have pegged you for a mama's boy." I keep laughing as Mike's face loses some of it's bravado. "You really let your mom tell you who you are going to mate with? I figured maybe your dad had some kind of expectations for you. I mean being second best probably really does suck. I wouldn't know though."

***"Smalls, what are you doing?"***

***"I thought that was obvious. I'm pissing him off."***

***"That much I gathered, what I don't know is why."***

***"I can't wait for this lesson."*** Lil huffs a laugh.

***"You're all still here?"***

***"Yes we are... Big Daddy. Don't you think that one is ever going away."*** The rest of my team laughs and Dakota squeezes my hip again.

"Another thing you will pay for, Sweetness." Dakota says out loud.

"Hmm! What does this one want to punish you for? I may want to keep you alive to watch those. I think I want to know what kind of ways she likes to pay for her sassy behavior Mike is musing out loud. Grossz "And yes, my mother saw you coming. It's why she made her deal with your Alpha eighteen years ago. It's why we are all here now. She is smart and powerful and you are destined to be mine."

***"The fuck did he just say?"*** Cam snarls.

***"We are five minutes out, keep stalling Sky. Dakota, keep your cool, but feel free to insult him. He deserves it, the f*cking prick." Jena's ETA is music to my ears.

"What deal did your mother make? It's not anything we were made aware of when we took over the pack." Dakota's arm tightens around me as he steps to the side of me. "Considering she will be one of the next Alphas, I can see the appeal to your mother. Once she had Skylar, there would really be no use for you. And you, Mike, are a disappointment."

Mike physically bristles at the idea. "What are you talking about? I got here all on my own and she can't be an Alpha. She will be my Luna, standing beautifully next to me for all the world to appreciate while I rule."

"I will agree she is beautiful, but if

your only plan's are to try and keep her as a Luna, then you are in a world of hurt and so much more stupid than anyone has mentioned. I'm sure your mother figured that out quickly when you lost Skylar and Jena. And from what I understand you can't sire any heirs anyway, no matter how many girls you molest." This time, Mike does growl.

"WHAT THE F*CK IS TAKING SO LONG! Will you just grab her skanky ass and let's go. It can't be that hard. I have sh*t to do!"

Her screechy, loud voice could not have shown up at a more perfect moment. I thought Mike was going to lunge at us. It's not that I'm afraid of him, but at the same time, I want the whole team here to subdue him. I know he isn't the brains behind this and from what it sounds like his mom might be even more than his dad. We need her to make this sh*t stop.

"Get your f*cking slut so I can have my Alphas like you promised." Kaley walks over and shoves Mike in the shoulder. I have no idea where she came from, but she definitely isn't dressed to traipse in the woods, so that means there is a car nearby. And Mike looks pissed at her blatant lack of respect for him. "Dakota, get your arm off of her. You will be of age tomorrow and able to officially claim me as your Luna and I don't want anyone thinking that they can get your attention to stray from me."

He just huffs a laugh at her. "What are you talking about?"

"You and Cameron will be eighteen tomorrow and will be able to mark me as your Luna. No more stalling or planning or whatever is going on here." She waves a hand around at the wolves still fighting around us like it's a minor inconvenience. "You said this would all be done by now. Stop stalling." She looks at Mike.

"You have no authority, here you stupid b*tch. They aren't even interested in you anymore." Mike makes a gesture with his hand and two more guys join us dragging Kevin between them. He's breathing, but for once, I don't feel bad for a person. He has never done anything but try to cause me harm and pain.

"What?! You promised they would be completely under my control by their eighteenth birthday. What the f*ck did you do wrong?"

It's like they've forgotten we are here, but I'm afraid to move and gain their attention.

"I did nothing wrong. Your father however is so incompetent that he couldn't even complete a simple spell to maintain your hold over these two dimwits. That would make sense though, coming from this pack." I can feel Dakota tense around me. This time I do move just enough to lace my fingers with his. I'm even afraid to speak over the mindlink. I don't want to miss anything they might say about the magic or the pentagram.

 

 

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***"We're here. You have a full circle. Nathaniel has eyes on the car Kaley came in. Some of your guys were able to flatten the tires. She isn't going anywhere unless she wants to get dirty."*** Lil gives me the basics, she knows I need to focus, but knowing we aren't alone helps calm my nerves.

Kevin lifts his head up. "I did everything you said to do. It took years to make that spell work." He wheezes out. She changed the ingredients or incantation and it didn't hold the way you said it would. You were never going to give us this pack anyway were you?" He asks and I can see his brain working. They made a deal to help get me and secure the twins for Kaley, but Mike had no intention of leaving my pack unharmed, more than likely including them. It was probably easy for him or one of his people to convince them to do the hard work of setting up the spell with the promise of power and the form of the future Alphas, knowing he was going to kill everyone anyway. It was a deal easily made.

"Of course I changed the ingredients and the spell! I needed them to be mine, but one of you f*cked the whole thing up!" When is she going to ever learn to take responsibility? Who am I kidding, that has never been her thing and it never will be.

"Who gave you a different spell?" I find myself asking. If there is another player, I want to know, but I am also genuinely curious.

"Adrielle said if I added a couple lines to the spell at each of the plant thingies, then it would be stronger for me." I think this is the first time she has addressed me and not insulted me. "But the guys I had do it must have done something wrong. You weren't supposed to be here anyway."

***"If it really was Adrielle that gave her the things to change the pentagram, something else is going on. She didn't want KAley to have the twins. Or something else."***

***"Maybe she thought you wouldn't survive the things you went through breaking the spells."*** Cam muses.

***"It might not have been Adrielle, but someone like Gentry and I that wanted to stop her."***

***"Elena! Are you close? Is the fire breaking the spell on these rogues?"***

***"Of course you are cornered by the enemy and thinking about people who were attacking you not two hours ago."***

"Enough of this bullsh*t. I want my Luna, hand her over." Mike demands, like Dakota would do anything of the sort.

At that moment Oliver and Cam walk up. I can't see them, but I can smell them both. Cam wraps an arm around my waist standing on my other side and Oliver next to him. I can't help but feel like Oliver is too far away though.

"Don't worry Bitty, there's plenty of time to get close."

"Stop reading my thoughts, Oliver." I try for snark, but I can't help smiling.

"Not your thoughts, but your emotions. I would definitely like to have you closer, but we have business to attend to first." He turns his attention to Mike. "Unlike you, she craves our presence and our touch." He's goading Mike too. But Mike's patience is better than I thought.

Kaley walks over to Cam. She has always sought him out over Dakota. "Cameron, honey, please see reason. Mike is going to destroy your pack all for this skank. Just hand her over and everyone will be safe and sound. We can go back to our happy lives."

For a brief second, I have a flash of him saying something placating to her, just so she stops causing problems, like he always has when it comes to her or the way his dad dealt with Kevin. She doesn't get two steps from Mike though when he reaches out to stop her.

"Stay right where you are. If your Alphas want you they can have you, your usefulness has run its course for me. But they must give me Skylar in exchange." She winces and he must have given her wrist an unpleasant squeeze.

"That's easy enough. Boys, hand her over and we can get back to normal." She goes to move again, but he doesn't let her go.

Kevin whimpers to my right. He knows what's coming as much as I do. They won't let me go and he will die.

"Skylar, do as you're told, by your future Luna. Get over here!" She squeals this time.

"No." I say dryly and I really want her to understand before she is actually dealt with. "First you are not and have never been my future Luna. I'm really tired of saying that. Second, have you thought this through? Mike wants me as his Luna, so he can be the next Alpha King." Mike's eyes light up at the sound. "So if this exchange were to happen the way you want it to, I would be your Luna. You would have even less authority over me than you think you do now. As I see it though, I'm good here. You can't have them. Not now, not ever. Keep Mike if he will take you, but I doubt you would be good

enough."

She growls and moves to lunge at me, Quick as lightning, I am shoved back into a hard chest, Cam and Kota in front of me. But the sight of Mike with his fist around Kaley's neck is what surprises me.

"You would attack my Luna?! How dare you? You got what you asked for. You got your spells and control of your pack. If you were not capable of handling the kind of magic you were given, that fault lands on you." Her eyes are popping out of her head. I can just barely see past their massive shoulders. Contént belongs

"Kaley please. Just let it go. We will find you a new mate. A better one." Kevin is pleading from somewhere on the ground near us.

"Never! I want my Alphas. I will be a Luna!" She wheezes, holding on to Mike's hand at her throat. He must have her lifted off the ground. She's so delusional. Even with her life being threatened, she can only think about being a Luna, about the title.

"I told your father you weren't fit to

be anyone's Luna, but he didn't listen. You have worn out your usefulness: Neither of you can be trusted to follow orders correctly. You are both so blind and selfish, you made stupid mistakes to your own detriment." Her eyes go wide and she starts to flail, making the pressure on her neck worse.

Then I feel the snap of the connection from Kevin. He's gone, just like that. He should have suffered more for his crimes, but he is no longer anyones' problem.

"Are you sure you don't want to try and save her? She is a pack member after all. What kind of Alphas would you be letting an innocent member die at the hands of your enemy?" Mike tries to goad the twin's

I can see Kaley looking at us, hoping, depending, that at least one of the twins will jump in to save her. But no one moves. No one says anything. She sealed her fate when she put the whole pack in danger, just to gain a title.

 

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"Cameron? Dakota?" She grunts, holding on tight to Mike's fingers around her throat.. "You can't let him do this to me. I love you! I'm your Luna. You're supposed to protect me with your lives."

"You have read far too many romance novels." Dakota says low, all his usual playfulness gone. Him and Cam move back to stand next to me, each grabbing one of my hands. Oliver doesn't move from his position behind me. "No one deserves to be treated the way you have treated our pack members. You don't deserve our protection. And you were never going to be our Luna..."

"We have only ever wanted one Luna, and It wasn't you. It was never going to be you. You lost the right to our protection as your Alphas when you put Skylar, your Luna, in danger, when you put the pups in danger, when you went against the Moon Goddess to benefit yourself. You sealed your fate. The Goddess can have you." Cam growls.

Her eyes go wider and she is crying for real this time. I don't think Cam has ever directly told her 'no' before. She really thought they would protect her from Mike even after everything that she did. She really is crazy.

"Have you really done all those things to your pack? You betrayed them before you were instructed by me? Well, we can't have that now, disloyalty can't be tolerated. If you want to be a Luna, you really need to be better at following instructions from your Alpha. Maybe your Alphas are right and you should be returned to the Moon Goddess to start again, do better next time. Skylar, my gift to you as my Luna." He thrusts Kayley towards us. She's on her knees in front of us, Mike's hand still firmly around her throat. "Her sacrifice will tie you to me. We will take over this pack and become the greatest and most powerful rulers anyone has ever seen. Her life is yours to take."

He is legit crazy. "I won't kill her. Not for you or anyone else. She deserves to suffer, but I won't take her life, I won't stoop to her level. She's not worth it. I will never be tied to you. You are ridiculous for thinking like that. I will never be your Luna. You will never have a Luna."

"You really should be more appreciative of the gifts that I give to you. No Luna should look down on her Alpha's generosity. You will need to be taught better, my mother will see to that. But for now, I will show you what you mean to me. This lowly pack member harmed you, laid hands on you, so I will do what no one else was willing to do for you." Too fast for me to even think of trying to stop him. Mike snapped her neck, I felt the bond break, and he let her body fall unceremoniously to the ground in front of us. I am speechless and just lean into Oliver more, his arms tightening around me. Cam and Kota lace their fingers with mine and squeeze. They are all here for me. I hate that a life was taken, but I can't bring myself to feel bad for her either. She brought this on herself and she didn't deserve to be saved either. I will need a long talk with Ava and Luna Anne after this.

Mike studies Kaley's body for a moment and then looks at me. "I really should have saved her. What a shame, she really did have some talents that I should have had her teach you, my Skylar. Today has been very exciting, I could have warmed up with her. But it doesn't matter, I will have you my Skylar." Mike's tone goes from conversational to menacing in a matter of words. Then he lunges.

All hell breaks loose. Mike doesn't get past the twins and Oliver shoves me to the side, but other wolves are closing in fast. We have some time where we are surrounded. A few wolves try to grab at me with their jaws, but they must have some kind of order to not hurt me because they can't actually clamp their jaws down. I use their limited movements to my advantage and kick one square under the jaw, hearing a crack and watching his head fly back as his body follows in almost a slow motion. I have no idea if I killed him or if he is just knocked out, but he is down and doesn't get any more thought from me as I move or to the next guy.

My whole team has swarmed Mike's guys. A group has hung back as back up in case he has more waiting somewhere we haven't seen, but I just don't think he was smart enough to do that. He sent his waves of wolves to weaken us, but he didn't expect us to last as long as we have.

I feel a sharp pain in my side that makes me stumble, but when I look around, no one is near me. Oh sh*t. It's one of the guys, my guys. I am searching frantically in the melee for all three of them. ***"It is a gigantic pain in the ass to try and keep track of all three of you. You know that? Who's hurt?"*** I try to keep my voice light, but inside I am panicking. That was not a small injury. ***"I took a bite to the side, I'm okay Smalls. And trust me we feel the same about you and there's only one of you.' Dakota tries to hide his groan.

****Can you imagine three Little Bits? With your genetics, you better hope you only have boys cause if any of you produce girls, it will be a brood, and we are all f*cked."*** Sam has jumped on the running commentary my team keeps up with amazing brilliance.

Everyone laughs through the mindlink.

****Seriously, how do you do that? Focusing on everyone and Jena is starting to hurt my brain, and you all are making jokes. And I really don't want to think about my little sister having kids right now, f*ckers. She's sixteen. Keeping her alive is hard enough as it is.****

***"You do realize how many times people have tried to kill me right?"*** I swipe at another wolf, just as another pain shoots through me. ****DAKOTA!"*** This time I know it's him, I can feel it, feel him specifically. I don't think he can hide it from me. I'm frantically searching for him.

***"I'm going to need some help. Mike fights dirty. I should have figured, but he has something in his hand. It's laced and I can't move any more."***

I started looking for Mike. If Dakota's on the ground I won't be able to see him from here. My wolf finds her pull toward him and I follow her lead. We shift and barrel through dozens of pairs fighting viciously, bu I don't care, I have to get to Dakota.

 

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I see my big, funny, sweet twin in a heap on the ground surrounded by three wolves. Mike is looking around using Dakota as bait for me. He really is stupid. He's just going to stand there with two henchmen waiting to sedate me. He doesn't know what I would do for a pack member or team member, let alone one of my mates. This f*cker is going to suffer and Jena and I will see to it that it's long and painful.

***"Let's go Bitty."*** I feel Oliver and Cameron running up close to me. We all take off, I lunge for Mike as my guys take out the other two.

He tries desperately to stab me with whatever he has in his hands. Robbie was right, he really can't fight for himself, he relies too heavily on others or magic to help him out. Those should all be extensions of your strength not the basis of strength. My wolf is uber pissed he tried to take out one of our mates and now he thinks he can take us by force again. Yep, she has already claimed them, all three of them. I am so screwed. 7

She clamps her jaw over and over snapping at Mike's arm trying to make him drop the syringe he's holding. Mike's eyes are wild with fear. He never saw me or any other female as being equal or capable of fighting a male. We are breeders and ornaments to him. His underestimation is my absolute advantage and my wolf is here for the ultimate demonstration of our strength and skill. We grapple and fight, he finally drops the syringe, my wolf biting every inch of him to cause him a slow bleed. He will not die quickly, he doesn't deserve it.

I don't know how long I have been fighting for but Mike's will to live is pretty high. I finally got him on the ground and then I shifted. My wolf is letting my human form get a few hits in as well, we both deserve to have a hand in his torture.

Someone grabs me around the waist and pulls me off of Mike. I keep fighting. I want him to feel all the pain I felt, Jena felt and all the other girls he took advantage of felt.

"Tiny, stop. Please love, Dakota needs you." That caught my attention immediately and I stopped moving in Cam's arms.

Cam doesn't set me down though. He pulls my legs up into a bridal carry and holds me close. I wrap my arms around his neck. He's afraid for his brother and doing his best to hold it in, but he can't hide it from me and he doesn't try.

We don't walk far when he stops and sets me down. I can see a huge gash on Dakota's side. It looks like a wolf bit him, but also something else was used to stab him. The wound goes from his hip bone to the bottom of his rib cage and it looks like they can't stop the bleeding.

Elena and Gentry are both here doing what they can to help him. Oliver is sitting behind him propping him up in a reclined seated position so he can drink whatever potion they are giving him.

"Dakota." I breathe out, tears starting.

"Hey, sweetness. Come here." He gives a little jerk of his head and I walk closer. "If I'm dying today I want one of those hot as f*ck kisses you gave Oliver."

I let out a teary laugh. "Of course that's what you're thinking of as you lay here mortally wounded." I move closer to sit next to him, but he's not having it. He weakly wraps an arm around me and winces as he pulls me to straddle his lap. " I'm so sorry, I didn't mean for anyone to get hurt."

He grabs my waist and pulls me closer. I lean in intending to give him a small kiss on the lips. There are so many people here watching. I really don't want an audience for this, but I won't wait either, I can't risk losing him without telling him how I feel. Once our lips touch, it's just like with Oliver, I don't feel any of the things that Sierra talked about, but it does feel right and calming, like we are one person that has been split apart and finally came back together. It's peaceful. 3

He pulls me even closer so there is no space left. I grab both sides of his face leaning into the kiss. He doesn't press for more than our lips touching though. It is sweet and simple, but I don't want to break away. Just as I have that thought though, someone gasps.

"What?!" I pull back alarmed and Dakota groans.

"He's healing. How is he healing?" Lil asks, staring at Dakota's side.

I lean back to see he's still bleeding, but the wound now looks days old, not minutes.

"You are his mate, Little One, you can heal him, this is proof, it's the only explanation. It would work faster and more effectively if you marked him though." Gentry says matter of factly.

"How though, I can't feel any of that stuff with the warrior brand in place and I'm too young, aren't I? If I tried to mark him now would it even work?" I'm hopeful and panicky at the same time.

"We can take your brand, that is how yours was designed. I think your magic is powerful enough to override the age demand from your Goddess."

I look at Dakota, then Oliver behind him and over to Cam, who has kneeled down next to us. Do I want to be mated right now? I always thought eighteen was too young to mate, but now that I have mine and it's just as

unconventional as everything else that's happened in my life, do I want to wait?

Dakota raises a hand to tuck a stray lock of hair behind my ear. "No pressure, Smalls. I could just keep kissing you to heal until you're ready, that would not be a bad thing either. You know you're ours now. That at least sunk in." He tries

for a laugh, but groans in pain again.

Elena places a hand on my shoulder. "You only have to mark him, and probably the other two as well." She winks at me, actually winks. "The rest you four can figure out later." She must have read the panic in my face at the thought of fully mating with them. I'm just starting to wrap my head around the idea of being with the three of them.

I nod and give Gentry my wrist. There is no question. I need to do everything I can to save Dakota. Her unusually warm hands wrap around my arm above and below the warrior mark. She begins to murmur under her breath and I can feel my arm heat up, but it's nothing like when I got the brand. The wind picks up around us. My friends and my whole team are here now making a protective circle around us, but I don't actually know what's happening. The wind is swirling like a tornado kicking up dirt and leaves and whatever else is on the bloodstained ground, but nothing touches us. I keep shifting my focus to my three mates. Three. I am in so much trouble.

 

 

Chapter 0548

All of a sudden I get an urge in my stomach and my breathing picks up. I don't know what is going on, but I am not nearly close enough to the three of them. I reach to the side and grab Cameron's arm at the wrist and over Dakota's shoulder for Oliver's bicep. I look right into Dakota's eyes and then kiss him again. This time it is deep and frantic. He wraps an arm around my back and combs the other hand into my hair. His tongue glides across my lips searching for permission to enter.

I have no idea what I am doing, but I'm not nervous, surprisingly. My wolf is in my head pushing to take over. She wants her mates like I have been denying her on purpose. I remind her that we are still sixteen and this shouldn't even be possible to feel right now so she can relax the attitude and claim her first mate.

I pull back looking into Dakota's eyes again, feeling my canines extend in my mouth, my whole body is on auto pilot. He tilts his head for me, giving me permission with a heated look in his eyes. I leaned down to gently mark him, but my wolf had other ideas. She surges forward and sinks our teeth into the space where his neck meets his shoulder. Dakota gasps and then moans, both of his hands tightening on my body. I can feel every hard line of his torso against me like it's all a brand new feeling. Which, I guess, for me it is. I also feel every inch of his manhood and somewhere in the back of my head, I'm panicking again at those possibilities as it dawns on me that all three of them are naked from shifting.

I don't get too deep in those thoughts though when I feel a prick at my own neck and a surge of energy passes through me. It feels like both pain and pleasure mixed together and I don't hate it at all. All of a sudden I am overwhelmed with the pain Dakota is feeling as if it were my own and my wolf and I instinctually send healing energy to the wound. He takes a deep breath in like surfacing from water. Then he licks the wound on my neck to seal it.

I don't have time to process everything that just happened when I am being pulled into another lap. Cameron's emerald green eyes stare back at me and they are blown so wide the ring of green is almost non existent. "Tiny. Love. Please." He can't even form a whole sentence. I grab his face and pull him in for a kiss too, taking in his Citrus scent with a deep, audible breath. His hair is shorter in the back than Dakota's and I can't get a good grip, but it doesn't stop me from grasping the corded muscles at the base of his neck and pulling him into me. I earn a groan at that and his kiss is a little more urgent than I would have expected from my always-in-control twin. I pull his head sideways and he doesn't resist. His hands dig into my skin as my canines once again find purchase at the neck junction. When I pull back he looks at me and gives me a tender kiss before moving to my neck. He kisses Dakota's mark, which sends a violent shiver through my whole body then sinks his own teeth into my neck. I don't get the surge of energy like with Dakota, this time it is a wave of calm. Steady and sure confidence takes over my whole being.

I feel like I am coming alive as I commit to them all, like finding pieces of me that have been missing my whole life, even though we have always been near each other, it's never been complete. I don't get any further in these thoughts when he lifts me and turns me towards Oliver, who seems unsure. I remember his dream, the one where I leave him behind for the twins.

I crawl into his lap and wrap my arms around his neck in a hug. I can feel how lost and confused he is. He doesn't know why he is my mate when I also have the twins, but he doesn't want to let me go either. What he doesn't understand or remember is that he and I have been emotionally connected for so much longer. He was always meant to be mine, no matter what he said to the contrary. We have always been closer than any friends should be, or even a Gamma and a Luna should be. It's always been more. I try to say that all with my embrace before pulling back to look into his deep, soulful, chocolate brown eyes. I I had to put a label on it, I fell in love with him years ago, I just didn't know what it was.

"Are you sure?" He whispers to me. Even now, he's trying to protect me and do anything to make me happy, even if that means walking away from me. "You don't need me.....”

I don't even let him finish the thought before smashing my lips onto his. He grunts into the kiss and this is so much more intense with the twins marks on me. I can feel all the lust and the love circulating and it is very overwhelming. I don't hesitate to grab his hair and pull Oliver's head to the side and mark him before he says anything else that could be considered stupid. I barely have my teeth retracted when he responds just as aggressively. I got a heady energy from Dakota, calm confidence from Cameron, and now a dominant possessive strength from Oliver.

We are both breathing heavily when he lifts up to look at me again. "You can't get rid of any of us now." He says darkly, his voice so deep it sends another shiver straight to my core, all I can do is smile. But before I can say anything he convulses into me.

"Oliver! What's happening?" I look around to Cam and Kota. He has a tight hold on me, and I can feel him breathing into my neck, but I can't link him and he isn't responding out loud to any of my questions in his ear. Both twins flank us, each placing a hand on my shoulder as they kneel down close. When they both make contact with his shoulders the entire world lights up and I am blinded for a second with a brigh prismatic light.

All four of us shout in unison and we can't break our connection. It looks like we are in an opaque bubble. No one else is in here with the four of us. Oliver starts to shake underneath me. What the hell is going on? I squeeze Oliver tighter, It seems to be the only movement I have control over. I tried his nickname for me. "Oliver, babe, talk to me please. What is happening to you?"

"I. don't. Know." He groans out into my neck. "It hurts, my whole body hurts." I'm still in his lap, but his legs went from folded underneath me to extended straight out in front of him. I am still straddling his legs though.

 

 

Chapter 0549

I hold myself close to him as I check in with my wolf and we try to send whatever healing we can to him. I should be able to feel any pain he's in, but I can't feel any pain or weakness or injury, so I am hoping it is a part of the mating process or magic or just something random to do with my weirdness. Now that we have marked each other, we should be able to take some of his pain away, in theory. I think about siphoning it and letting some of the pain filter through me, and by default Cam and Dakota. We should be able to share this.

"No! I don't want you to get hurt Bitty." Hls gravelly voice sounds distant when he realizes what I am doing. But he doesn't pull back from me. Instead he actually hold me tighter.

"You no longer have a choice in that. We are bound together, that is a literal part of the job description." I say into his ear and then lightly kiss the new mark on his neck to emphasize my point.

He shivers and tightens his hold on me. "Don't do that Bitty, or we will have other problems none of us are ready to deal with."

I huff out a giggle. The light begins to fade and the twins pull back from their touch but don't move away from us. I sit up to look at Oliver. He sounds okay and has stopped shivering under me, but I want to know that he is alright. We are all breathing heavily, like we just ran here.

"Hey, babe." He breathes and then swipes under my eyes. I didn't even realize that I was crying.

"Please don't do, whatever that was, again. That was so scary." I set my forehead on his. His hands rest on my hips.

"I didn't do anything. Being mated to you is going to be very eventful though. I'm okay, we're all okay. You look good Bitty. I mean you've always looked good, but now you glow." He slides his hands into my hai and pulls me in for a gentle kiss.

Then a hand reaches from my left and pulls my face. "Beautiful." Cam plants a gentle kiss on my lips. Then a hand pulls my chin from my right. "Gorgeous." Dakota also gives me a kiss.

I move to get off of Oliver and he

groans but lets me up. When they all stand up, side by side I notice Oliver is the same height and they have all filled out just a little bit. They were always huge compared to me, but now their size and build is almost identical, when Oliver was an inch or so shorter than the twins, but wider just this morning. I also don't fail to notice that now they are all wearing shorts. No idea where clothes came from, but after all the mate talk I can't say that I'm mad about it. It's one less distraction anyway.

"How does it feel to be Alphas now?" Cameron asks, looking between Oliver and I.

I look down at myself. I don't think I look any different, but I can feel the extra surge of power and the connection to the pack is different, but the same. All the energies are stronger. I can actually tell the difference in each pack member's energy pull in my head.

"Damn, is this what's running through your heads all the time?" Oliver is rubbing his temples.

"Oh, Sh*t! Does that mean we have your magic and can shoot fireballs too?!?" Dakota laughs, looking at his hands. "Sam is so screwed!" A manic gleam flashes in his eyes. "I feel like I am buzzing, like a livewire."

"Stop, focus. You can think about shooting Sam in the ass with fire when this is over." I shake my head and look at our surroundings for the first time. The tornado is still swirling, it's just the four of us inside now. "Four Alphas. Have you ever heard of four Alphas before?” I look at each of them. They all now have the same build, the same black hair. Dakota's is longer on top, Cam's is still military short and Oliver's is somewhere in between, but the same exact brilliant color of raven black. Their eyes are still their own colors, at least to me, but I can see a swirl in all of their eyes, like blue, green, gold and silver paint floating on water, but never mixing. It's kind of trippy to look at for too long. I wonder if the rest of our friends will be able to tell the three of them apart now or if they have changed enough to look like triplets. Oliver's tattoos set him apart from the twins, but we may have to change that too. The tattoos are a definite turn on. Where did that thought come from? I shake my head finding I am easily distracted just by looking at them.

 

 

Chapter 0550

"I don't know if I ever have, but there is a first time for everything and you seem to be the one the Moon Goddess chose for firsts." Cameron says with a smile. "I've also never heard of mates like this, two brothers and a bonus mate."

"I'm actually still trying to figure out why I'm here, trust me. I thought I was just going to be her Gamma. I knew she was going to lead our pack, but this is way more than I expected."

"You get her, you always have. You understand the magic side of her..."

"Still standing here, you do know that right?" I laugh at their musings. "Who knows why the Moon Goddess decided this," I gesture to the four of us, "was necessary, but we should expect more bullsh*t even after we deal with Mike. I can ask Luna Anne if she has heard anything from the Moon Goddess about all of these firsts. Maybe she can help."

"I know another first I would like to get to sooner rather than later." Dakota wiggles his eyebrows at me and mine shoot into my hairline.

"Knock it off. We have plenty of time later for that. We aren't going to attack her now. We need to deal with Mike and his goons attacking us." Oliver chides him, but I don't miss the wave of want rolling off of all of them.

"F*ck I forgot about that guy." He rolls his neck like a petulant child. "So how do we get out of the wind storm?"

"I don't know. I thought it would let us out after we all marked Skylar. I mean Elena said the rest of the mating stuff could come later. What do you think, Sky?" Cam looks at me like I would have any idea what the hell is going on.

"I don't know. You all have marked me, I have returned the favor, I figured that would have stopped this storm. I wonder if this isn't a part of our magic, but Adrielle's. Do you think she is a part of this with Mike? I know she was the one who made the prophecy. Could we be in a trap?" I turn to look at the wall of dust and debris swirling around us. It's a tube going straight up to a darkening sky. "How long have we been in here?" I muse out loud.

"No idea, but obviously long enough. Let's see if you can manipulate the wind at all. Maybe it's a natural protection you didn't know you put up around us." Yep Oliver gets me, or at least the magic part of me.

I raise my hand but nothing happens, I can't even feel a pull to the wind element. I look at Oliver a little panicked. Wind was the element that was easiest for me. What is happening? I can feel the fear or uncertainty rise up in my chest and it brings on the warmth that lets me know my fire is right under the surface. Well that's good I guess. I still have my raging element.

He steps towards me, placing his hand on my shoulders. "It's okay we'll figure this out. Maybe this is why we are still here. You're marked now, so your magic has changed."