“Are you staying for lunch?” They nod, and Damien waves them to come through the kitchen before leading us outside. Reid is cooking at the barbeque and Damien and Brent walk over to help him while I sit down at the table with the girls. Lana comes over, climbing on my lap, while Arial climbs on Amber’s. Aria walks out with her pickles making Callie screw up her face as she watches Aria then open some ice cream and dip the pickle in it.
“That is so gross,” Callie says, making us look at Aria.
“Hey don’t mock it till you try it, I can eat what I want and the babies want pickles and ice cream so that’s what they get” Aria says biting into the pickle. Ryker walks out before snagging her pickle and I watch horrified as he does the same and dips it in his mother’s ice cream. His face screws up before he gags, forcing the pickle down.
“That’s so wrong mum” He says, giving her a disgusted look. Reid chuckles behind us.
“Yeah, I was a little curious too and tried it. Yuck” He says, shaking his head at his mate. Aria frowns, looking down at what she thinks is a delicious meal.
Brent walks over sitting next to us and Lana puts her arms out for him and he picks her up placing her on his lap. We all catch up, eat and talk all afternoon. I can feel Layla getting a little bored, so I want to perk her up a bit.
“Want to go for a run?” I ask Callie, Amber and Brent. They all jump at the idea and Damien comes over to me placing his hands on my shoulders looking down at me. Only Callie has been for a run with Layla and Damien. My other two best friends never met her because with the old pack, I was too scared to let her out. I no longer held those fears. Layla and I were one now, our bond stronger than ever.
“Stay away from the borders and stay within town limits please” I nod and he bends down kissing my lips softly.
“You can come if you want?” I tell him. I wanted him to come. And it excited Layla at the idea of running with her mate. Damien shakes his head.
“I can’t but later tonight, maybe. I have things to do. Reid and I need to go see what the scouts found out today” I nod before feeling his lips on my neck making me shiver.
“Get a room,” Amber says, nudging me with her elbow.
“Gladly but that means you will have to wait to go on your run, might have to cancel till tomorrow” Damien says and she pouts, making me laugh. Damien chuckles and kisses my forehead before walking inside with Reid.
“Now I know how grossed out you were having to watch me with Shaun” She whines making us chuckle.
“What about Max, does he want to come?” Callie looks nervous suddenly before shaking her head.
“No, Alpha said he has to remain at his post” Callie says sadly.
“I will go visit him later.” She says. Getting up, I walk inside before finding some loose-fitting clothes. Damien walks into the room, his arms going around my waist, his hands running over my stomach under my shirt before one slips into my pants and the other goes to my breast.
I moan at his hands on my body, tingles spreading everywhere he touches and I feel his fingers rubbing between my legs and I turn around in his arms before kissing him. Damien groans before pushing me out of the walk-in and toward the bed. His tongue playing with mine before I feel the bed underneath. Damien grinds himself into me and I wrap my legs around his waist, he pushes my shirt up, his lips moving down my neck and devouring my skin. His palm running over my now hardened nipple before he tugs my shirt up enough before sucking it in his mouth. Moaning loudly, I grind my hips against him. Lost in the feel of his hands and lips on my skin.
Someone clears their throat and I look at the door. Amber leaning casually against the doorframe with her arms folded over her chest, a silly grin on her face. “I knew you were taking too long,” She says with a smirk on her face. Damien lets me up chuckling to himself as he tugs my shirt down hiding me from Amber.
“I already seen her naked, multiple times you don’t need to hide her from me Alpha we used to bathe together” Ambers says laughing. Damien shakes his head, a smile on his lips. But he liked Amber, and she was probably the only one that actually felt comfortable talking to him so freely, or maybe it was her Beta genes that made her comfortable. Damien walks into his cupboard before walking out with a pair of shorts and a singlet.
“You’re coming?” I ask excitedly and he shakes his head.
“No, but give these to Brent so he doesn’t have to wear jeans” Damien says, passing them to me. I nod and head downstairs. Brent quickly changes, Damien clothes swamp him, but they are more comfortable than trying to put jeans and a belt on and weighs less so are easy to carry if in wolf form.
We all head out, walking to the edge of town together before seeing the tree line. All of us stripping off and placing our clothes on a fallen tree before shifting.
Lily POV
We ran for hours, chasing each other around the forest. When suddenly we somehow lost them, we were faster than they were, being Alpha, but that much faster? I thought to myself when we could hear nothing but silence amongst the tree’s, nothing but the breeze ruffling through our fur and the sound of crickets. Eerily quiet. Layla stops, that’s when I feel it. Callie is hurt. I don’t know how I know, but I can feel it. She is alive, but I can feel that she is unconscious. Like a weird teether I hadn’t noticed before. In wolf form I could feel every pack member and the realisation was startling, feel their emotions, their thoughts.
Layla starts running toward her and I don’t know how we know where we are going, but I can feel an invisible pull to her, similar to a mate pull. Connected in a strange way. A way that I knew wasn’t normal. We have a pack link, but I could literally feel everything and everyone. Layla picking up her scent follows her nose, stopping in the clearing next to the border.
“Why is she out here?” I wonder.
“I am not sure we were told to stay away from this side”
“How can we feel her?” I ask, nothing makes sense. But I had noticed the last two days since Damien and I mated that we felt different. I thought it was just the mating buzz, now I wasn’t so sure. Layla lets me shift back and I raced to her side. Callie lays naked in the dirt, I shake her and she groans. Blood trickled from her forehead and it looked like she was hit with something. Callie rolls over, her eyes fluttering open.
“Luna” She whispers. So soft it was barely audible.
I hear the rustling of leaves making me spin around and I see Brent coming into the clearing. He says nothing and I give him a panicked look.
“Brent help me get her back to the Pack house” I tell him before turning back to Callie. Her eyes go wide and she speaks.
“Brent” She gasps out and I go to turn to face him when I feel it. Hands wrap around my neck before I feel a sharp twist and everything goes black.