“We will be okay now, Ari, everything will be okay. Just need to keep moving forward,” I tell her, looking down at her. She looked so broken and feeling the loss of her pack, then her father, plus being pregnant. I don’t know how she held back her emotions, but I was glad because seeing her break would break me.
“Come on, we should head inside. There should be some pickles left,” I tell her, making her laugh before I stand, pulling her with me. Heading toward the pack house Ryker looks up and runs to me throwing his arms around me. I squeeze him tight, picking him up, which was pretty difficult considering he has grown so tall.
“I thought you died” He whispers against my neck.
“You should be proud; you saved your mother today” I tell him, and he nods.
“But pop” He whispers. My heart breaking for him, hearing his sad little voice.
“I know, little man but he wouldn’t want you to be upset, he loved you” I tell him, not really knowing what else to say. Reid tugs Aria against him, hugging her tight.
“Where are the girls?” He asks, looking around.
“Damien was making them breakfast,” I tell him, and he looks through the kitchen windows before relaxing. Walking inside, I find Natalia and everyone moving around the house. Natalia hands me some clothes, making me look down. The weird shift tore my clothes to shreds, but I still had them on me. It was going to take some getting used to not running on four legs anymore. Damien’s scent hitting me instantly and he looks up from flipping pancakes. Lana and Arial watching him, making me smile. Reid steps closer to me before leaning down.
“He will make an excellent father Lily” I nudge him, making him chuckle, Damien trying to hide his smirk from creeping up on his face as he heard what Reid whispered to me. Pulling the shirt on, Amber and Callie walk in with Tatum.
“How are Tabitha and Tilly and the rest of the children in the pack?” I ask worried, seeing the effect I had on my pack when I died.
“Tilly is fine, Tabitha passed out and woke to Tilly crying, and the children were reportedly not affected. I think it’s because they haven’t got their wolves yet” Tatum says, Damien nods.
“The pack is fine, Lily. Everyone is fine. It will take a few adjustments to get used to and a lot of retraining, but I am fairly sure the biggest transformation was you. Your Lycan DNA has mainly strengthened us, you haven’t weakened us” Damien says feeling my worry.
“Besides, now we have wicked red eyes in wolf form,” Tatum says, making vampire fangs with his fingers and pulling a strange face. I laugh before slapping his shoulder.
“Can I head home Alpha? I want to see my mates and baby girl. I will come help with clean up when the sun comes up”
“Yes Tatum, and you, Trey and also Max” Says Damien looking at Callie.
“Need to come see me after everything settles down. We still lost a few people and there are some new positions to fill” Damien says, and I realise his Beta and Gamma died. Feel their loss through him. Tatum nods his head before walking out. Damien plates up some pancakes for the girls and Ryker placing them on the table.
“Go have a shower I will sit with them,” Reid says to Aria, and she gets up walking outside to the guest house. Feeling the same way, I kiss Ryker’s head on my way past, heading upstairs to the shower myself. Once in the bathroom, I strip off and turn the shower on. Walking past the mirror, I stop. My eyes were no longer half Blue and half Amber but now a mixture as they swirl into each other.
Layla’s voice in my head when she feels my worry. “Our bond is stronger than ever, Lily. We are one now. We always were, we just didn’t realise,” She says.
“I love you” I whisper to her.
“I have always loved you” She replies before I feel her move to the back of my mind. Feeling hands touch my hips I see Damien step behind me, he wraps his arms around my waist tugging me against him, his lips going to my neck. He stares at our reflexion in the mirror,
“My beautiful Luna” He whispers into my neck.
Turning in his arms, I wrap mine around his neck kissing him; he groans before pulling me tighter against him, his hands roaming down my back to my ass as he squeezes it.
“Shower sex” He asks, wiggling his eyebrows at me.
Chapter 51
Lily POV
One week later
Waving goodbye to Aria and the kids, I walked inside. Natalia was just finishing up for the day and I was glad to actually have the house to myself. The entire week blew by quickly as we buried the dead and fixed up the damage. We came to learn that the pack wolves were only strengthened by my change; they didn’t share the same bloodlust as I did, but received glowing red eyes, speed, and strength from our Hybrid mutation in their shifted form.
At first, I thought my bloodlust was only in wolf form, but I have noticed the hunger Aria always fought so hard to control. Aria stayed for a full week to help me adjust, and I have found with Layla’s help and Aria’s that I can control it. The only major change was no longer shifting on four paws but two legs. I can’t say I hated the change, but it was definitely taking some adjusting too. Damien said once training is up and running again, he will help me train, so I was excited to spend extra time with my mate.
Walking into the kitchen, I make myself a coffee. Tired from the past week and stepping into my Luna duties. The pack has adjusted, and we didn’t lose many of our people, but Aria and Reid lost a quarter of their pack and my father’s old pack. We lost our Beta and Damien promoted Max who I thought was very deserving of the title to Beta, Trey and Tatum were both placed third in command and had adjusted quite well to their new positions. Despite our war with rogues and Kade, Damien’s views on rogues changed, and we changed the law about killing on sight.
Callie took the Title of Beta female and Tabitha accepted my offer as Gamma. The war had really brought everyone closer and new friendship blossomed and our future looked bright and for once I was excited about it.