Blessed Luna Rising - Chapter 26: Chapter 26
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Atlas’ POV
“There’s been a change of plans. She will die along with her mate but I cannot do it until the Blood Moon when my army is strongest.” I tell this stupid wolf on the phone.
Arthur Godfrey is so hellbent on revenge it’s ridiculous. In all my reconnaissance, I have not found anything to insinuate Killian and Tara are unfair, cheats, or dishonest. They acquired his pack legally and he was stripped of his title legally but that didn’t matter to him.
“You’re more than welcome to come join my pack and train with us so that you can fight the war with me. You’ll have first dibs on the girl and her mate.” I say over his incessant yelling and suddenly he falls silent. I hear him whispering to his mate about my offer and he comes back on the line to inform me that he, his mate, and their 3 pups would be accepting my offer.
“Great. I’ll let the guards know to expect you.” I say before hanging up and I mindlink my head warrior to come to my office. I hear a knock and Troy Devaroe walks in.
“Troy! How are the men looking? Are they ready for this war?” I ask with fake cheer in my voice.
“They’re looking better everyday. You’ll have them at 100% by the Blood Moon.” he says with pride and confidence.
“Splendid! Glad to hear it. I must admit, I didn’t call you here for a progress report but I do have an assignment for you.” I say and he nods.
“Arthur Godfrey, his mate, and their pups will be joining our pack to train for this war… I want them all killed in training accidents.” and he nods again.
“Consider it done, sir.” he says as he gets up from the chair and walks out of my office.
Stupid Godfrey. He thinks he can demand something of ME?! Ha. We’ll see where that bravado is in just a few days. Nobody will cost me this victory against that white wolf and her mate.
Killian’s POV
Tara and I have been training with Kaiya during the day for weeks on harnessing our powers and using them in our human forms. In the evenings, we are working on fighting since Tara has had no training. She is learning so fast though and it makes my heart swell with pride. Pretty soon we’ll combine the training and learn how to fight with our powers.
“I really think Lola should be training too, Killian.” she says bringing me out of my thoughts.
“It does her no good if my human form knows how to fight and use our powers but she does not.” she continues and I glance over at Kaiya who is tilting her head side to side like she’s considering it.
“If you think Lola should train as well, then let’s let Lola and Remus train for a little bit every day as well.” I say without argument and then Kaiya steps forward.
“Yeah, hey. Hi. Trainer here. That sounds good and all but I don’t know how to train dogs and I wouldn’t be able to communicate with them anyways.” she says and a growl involuntarily slips out.
“They are WOLVES and Lola has the ability to mindlink literally anybody. Oh and they understand English so they’ll understand everything you train them to do.” I say a bit more aggressively than intended.
“I. Do. Not. Know. How. To. Train. Animals.” she repeats and claps with every word. I’m exhausted and she is really working my nerves.
“Figure. It. The. Fuck. Out.” I say slowly and menacingly. Tara steps in between Kaiya and I so that I can only see her. I pull her to me and she runs her nails up and down my neck and head giving me chills as her scent calms me.
“Let’s see if we can find someone who can assist in training our wolves. You’ll still be needed for training them to use the abilities the Moon Goddess has blessed us with but I’ll see if I can figure something out.” Tara says to Kaiya without turning from me.
“As you wish.” Kaiya says and storms out of the training facility.
“Are you alright, Finnylove?” she says in the sweetest voice and I look at her amused by this new nickname but I love that she’s given me her own nickname.
“I’m better now, baby. I think we should take a break for a couple days. I’m so exhausted and on edge.” I say and she nods her head.
“Why don’t we go in and shower? I’ll let Kaiya know we are going to take the weekend off to rest and recuperate. We’ll stay in the room for meals and just be together all weekend.” she says and I nod in agreement.
“Let’s go my grumpy Alpha.” she teases as she walks away from me all seductively as she looks back at me. A growl rumbles inside my chest and as soon as I stand up, she takes off running.
She squeals and laughs as we play this game of cat and mouse until I finally catch her. I throw her over my shoulder and smack her ass a couple of times as she continues to laugh and squeal. I could literally listen to that sound all day. Anything at all for that smile. I take the steps two at a time all the way to our bedroom and into the bathroom. Her face is red with a wide smile spread across it and her eyes of flecks of gold and black dancing in her bright green eyes.
“Kiss me.” she says pulling me to her with her legs and I oblige. I grab the sides of her face and capture her lips in a hungry kiss. She sucks my lower lip into her mouth and nibbles it causing me to growl and I feel her smile.
“You’re playing a dangerous game here, my love.” I say to her and she simply smiles as she bats her eyelashes at me, feigning innocence.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about. I was just kissing my mate.” she says in a high pitch voice and I laugh. I quickly remove all of her clothing and mine before taking her into the shower and making her climax several times underneath the hot water.
After the final round, she looks like she may pass out so I quickly wash her body and her hair for her. I wrap her in a towel to dry her off and carry her to the bed. She is snoring before I ever get to the bed so I run back and give myself a proper shower. Once I’m clean I stand under the hot water until it runs cold just lost in my thoughts. Everything the last few weeks has run me raged and it finally caught up. I get out and I’m drying my hair when I hear a blood curdling scream from the other room.
“IRIS?!”
Tara’ POV
Between all of the orgasms Killian gave me on top of the scalp and body massage he gave me as he cleaned me, there was no way I could stay awake. As soon as he wrapped the warm, fluffy towel around me I snuggled into his chest and let sleep consume me. I don’t know how long I was asleep before the nightmares started but they feel so real.
“The little white wolf..” Atlas says with a sinister smile on his face but I don’t respond. I just stare at him and when I go to lift my hands, I can’t move.
“What’s wrong, little wolf? Can’t use your pretty little powers to fight me?” he mocks and I snarl at him.
“Unbind me and fight me like a man. This war is between you and I.” I say with so much venom in my voice I could kill a rattlesnake. He laughs maniacally and with the flick of his hand I’m thrown into a nearby tree. Before I can stand he throws me into another tree. He repeats this action several times before finally holding me up in the air by my neck.
“Now you will watch me as I kill your mate and your precious packmates before I kill you.” he whispers in my ear and suddenly I hear a growl so loud it shakes the trees around us. Remus. I try to mindlink them to stay away but I can’t seem to get through.
It feels like time stands still as I see Atlas conjure fire to his hand and shape it into a spear. He throws the spear at Remus and it only barely misses but while Remus has attention on the first one Atlas conjures a second one and it pierces through Remus. I feel the pain of my mate dying rip through my body and let out the most guttural scream I’ve ever heard. Between the screaming and sobbing, I begin to conjure energy balls to my hands and just as I’m about to plow him down he is grabbing me by my shoulders and shaking me.
“Tara! Wake up!” he says over and over as his voice fades into Killian’s and Atlas gets further away until darkness takes over and I open my eyes.
“Tara! Wake up!” Killian is yelling as he shakes me on the bed. I look at him and realize it was nightmare. I touch his face and begin to sob as I throw my arms around his neck.
“He killed you. I felt my heart break inside my body as you died.” I sob into his shoulder as I inhale his scent trying to calm myself down. Killian holds me tight against him as he rubs my back and kisses my head.
“I’m right here, baby. It’s okay. I’m fine.” he says gently and my sobs slow down into hiccups until they stop entirely. I sit back and look at his face. His perfect blue eyes, beautifully shaped beard, strong jawline, tousled hair, and just beautiful God like features.
I kiss every inch of his face from his forehead to his chin before he captures my lips in a passionate kiss. This kiss was different from our other kisses. It wasn’t full of desire or hunger. This kiss was full of passion, need, and longing. It was sensual and slow.
“I love you, Tara Justine Lancaster.” Killian says when we finally break the kiss to take a breath but before I can respond he continues.
“Marry me, Tara. Marry me and make me the happiest werewolf in the world.” he says as he places gentle kisses on my face. I’m stunned and speechless. After a few minutes he nudges me with his nose.
“What do you say, baby?” he asks with a hint of panic and nervousness in his voice. I stare at him admiring how gorgeous he is and thinking about the war and how I may not ever get the chance to marry him again. I have always been so scared of the future and now it’s all I want.
“I love you too, Killian Malachi Walker.” I say before stopping to kiss him.
“And…?
“And I say let’s get married.”
“YESSSS!” Killian screams and spins me around the room in excitement. For a moment I forget about the horrifying nightmare, the impending war, the brutal training sessions, and the weight of the supernatural world on my shoulders.
For just a moment I’m simply a woman in love with a man. A woman that is going to marry her man.
“We’re getting married.”
“There’s been a change of plans. She will die along with her mate but I cannot do it until the Blood Moon when my army is strongest.” I tell this stupid wolf on the phone.
Arthur Godfrey is so hellbent on revenge it’s ridiculous. In all my reconnaissance, I have not found anything to insinuate Killian and Tara are unfair, cheats, or dishonest. They acquired his pack legally and he was stripped of his title legally but that didn’t matter to him.
“You’re more than welcome to come join my pack and train with us so that you can fight the war with me. You’ll have first dibs on the girl and her mate.” I say over his incessant yelling and suddenly he falls silent. I hear him whispering to his mate about my offer and he comes back on the line to inform me that he, his mate, and their 3 pups would be accepting my offer.
“Great. I’ll let the guards know to expect you.” I say before hanging up and I mindlink my head warrior to come to my office. I hear a knock and Troy Devaroe walks in.
“Troy! How are the men looking? Are they ready for this war?” I ask with fake cheer in my voice.
“They’re looking better everyday. You’ll have them at 100% by the Blood Moon.” he says with pride and confidence.
“Splendid! Glad to hear it. I must admit, I didn’t call you here for a progress report but I do have an assignment for you.” I say and he nods.
“Arthur Godfrey, his mate, and their pups will be joining our pack to train for this war… I want them all killed in training accidents.” and he nods again.
“Consider it done, sir.” he says as he gets up from the chair and walks out of my office.
Stupid Godfrey. He thinks he can demand something of ME?! Ha. We’ll see where that bravado is in just a few days. Nobody will cost me this victory against that white wolf and her mate.
Killian’s POV
Tara and I have been training with Kaiya during the day for weeks on harnessing our powers and using them in our human forms. In the evenings, we are working on fighting since Tara has had no training. She is learning so fast though and it makes my heart swell with pride. Pretty soon we’ll combine the training and learn how to fight with our powers.
“I really think Lola should be training too, Killian.” she says bringing me out of my thoughts.
“It does her no good if my human form knows how to fight and use our powers but she does not.” she continues and I glance over at Kaiya who is tilting her head side to side like she’s considering it.
“If you think Lola should train as well, then let’s let Lola and Remus train for a little bit every day as well.” I say without argument and then Kaiya steps forward.
“Yeah, hey. Hi. Trainer here. That sounds good and all but I don’t know how to train dogs and I wouldn’t be able to communicate with them anyways.” she says and a growl involuntarily slips out.
“They are WOLVES and Lola has the ability to mindlink literally anybody. Oh and they understand English so they’ll understand everything you train them to do.” I say a bit more aggressively than intended.
“I. Do. Not. Know. How. To. Train. Animals.” she repeats and claps with every word. I’m exhausted and she is really working my nerves.
“Figure. It. The. Fuck. Out.” I say slowly and menacingly. Tara steps in between Kaiya and I so that I can only see her. I pull her to me and she runs her nails up and down my neck and head giving me chills as her scent calms me.
“Let’s see if we can find someone who can assist in training our wolves. You’ll still be needed for training them to use the abilities the Moon Goddess has blessed us with but I’ll see if I can figure something out.” Tara says to Kaiya without turning from me.
“As you wish.” Kaiya says and storms out of the training facility.
“Are you alright, Finnylove?” she says in the sweetest voice and I look at her amused by this new nickname but I love that she’s given me her own nickname.
“I’m better now, baby. I think we should take a break for a couple days. I’m so exhausted and on edge.” I say and she nods her head.
“Why don’t we go in and shower? I’ll let Kaiya know we are going to take the weekend off to rest and recuperate. We’ll stay in the room for meals and just be together all weekend.” she says and I nod in agreement.
“Let’s go my grumpy Alpha.” she teases as she walks away from me all seductively as she looks back at me. A growl rumbles inside my chest and as soon as I stand up, she takes off running.
She squeals and laughs as we play this game of cat and mouse until I finally catch her. I throw her over my shoulder and smack her ass a couple of times as she continues to laugh and squeal. I could literally listen to that sound all day. Anything at all for that smile. I take the steps two at a time all the way to our bedroom and into the bathroom. Her face is red with a wide smile spread across it and her eyes of flecks of gold and black dancing in her bright green eyes.
“Kiss me.” she says pulling me to her with her legs and I oblige. I grab the sides of her face and capture her lips in a hungry kiss. She sucks my lower lip into her mouth and nibbles it causing me to growl and I feel her smile.
“You’re playing a dangerous game here, my love.” I say to her and she simply smiles as she bats her eyelashes at me, feigning innocence.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about. I was just kissing my mate.” she says in a high pitch voice and I laugh. I quickly remove all of her clothing and mine before taking her into the shower and making her climax several times underneath the hot water.
After the final round, she looks like she may pass out so I quickly wash her body and her hair for her. I wrap her in a towel to dry her off and carry her to the bed. She is snoring before I ever get to the bed so I run back and give myself a proper shower. Once I’m clean I stand under the hot water until it runs cold just lost in my thoughts. Everything the last few weeks has run me raged and it finally caught up. I get out and I’m drying my hair when I hear a blood curdling scream from the other room.
“IRIS?!”
Tara’ POV
Between all of the orgasms Killian gave me on top of the scalp and body massage he gave me as he cleaned me, there was no way I could stay awake. As soon as he wrapped the warm, fluffy towel around me I snuggled into his chest and let sleep consume me. I don’t know how long I was asleep before the nightmares started but they feel so real.
“The little white wolf..” Atlas says with a sinister smile on his face but I don’t respond. I just stare at him and when I go to lift my hands, I can’t move.
“What’s wrong, little wolf? Can’t use your pretty little powers to fight me?” he mocks and I snarl at him.
“Unbind me and fight me like a man. This war is between you and I.” I say with so much venom in my voice I could kill a rattlesnake. He laughs maniacally and with the flick of his hand I’m thrown into a nearby tree. Before I can stand he throws me into another tree. He repeats this action several times before finally holding me up in the air by my neck.
“Now you will watch me as I kill your mate and your precious packmates before I kill you.” he whispers in my ear and suddenly I hear a growl so loud it shakes the trees around us. Remus. I try to mindlink them to stay away but I can’t seem to get through.
It feels like time stands still as I see Atlas conjure fire to his hand and shape it into a spear. He throws the spear at Remus and it only barely misses but while Remus has attention on the first one Atlas conjures a second one and it pierces through Remus. I feel the pain of my mate dying rip through my body and let out the most guttural scream I’ve ever heard. Between the screaming and sobbing, I begin to conjure energy balls to my hands and just as I’m about to plow him down he is grabbing me by my shoulders and shaking me.
“Tara! Wake up!” he says over and over as his voice fades into Killian’s and Atlas gets further away until darkness takes over and I open my eyes.
“Tara! Wake up!” Killian is yelling as he shakes me on the bed. I look at him and realize it was nightmare. I touch his face and begin to sob as I throw my arms around his neck.
“He killed you. I felt my heart break inside my body as you died.” I sob into his shoulder as I inhale his scent trying to calm myself down. Killian holds me tight against him as he rubs my back and kisses my head.
“I’m right here, baby. It’s okay. I’m fine.” he says gently and my sobs slow down into hiccups until they stop entirely. I sit back and look at his face. His perfect blue eyes, beautifully shaped beard, strong jawline, tousled hair, and just beautiful God like features.
I kiss every inch of his face from his forehead to his chin before he captures my lips in a passionate kiss. This kiss was different from our other kisses. It wasn’t full of desire or hunger. This kiss was full of passion, need, and longing. It was sensual and slow.
“I love you, Tara Justine Lancaster.” Killian says when we finally break the kiss to take a breath but before I can respond he continues.
“Marry me, Tara. Marry me and make me the happiest werewolf in the world.” he says as he places gentle kisses on my face. I’m stunned and speechless. After a few minutes he nudges me with his nose.
“What do you say, baby?” he asks with a hint of panic and nervousness in his voice. I stare at him admiring how gorgeous he is and thinking about the war and how I may not ever get the chance to marry him again. I have always been so scared of the future and now it’s all I want.
“I love you too, Killian Malachi Walker.” I say before stopping to kiss him.
“And…?
“And I say let’s get married.”
“YESSSS!” Killian screams and spins me around the room in excitement. For a moment I forget about the horrifying nightmare, the impending war, the brutal training sessions, and the weight of the supernatural world on my shoulders.
For just a moment I’m simply a woman in love with a man. A woman that is going to marry her man.
“We’re getting married.”
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