Chapter 107
Alora’s POV
Sitting in the kitchen next to my mate and with my family, I ate and savored the connections and memories we were all forming. I
felt like the sun was truly shinning brightly on me today.
“Where would be a good place to train with magic?” my father asked Alpha Andrew.
“The Heartsongs training arena and grounds were all fortified in their construction, I have a Pack bus coming to pick up this lot
here and take them there for training, seeing as Alora and Victor have pretty much disabled my training arena.” he says in a dry
tone.
I blush, the Alpha doesn’t actually look angry about it, instead he looks amused. “Your boy’s Daniel and Bryce are getting that
squared away for me though, as well as adding the wards and protections it needs to protect it from battle magic.” The Alpha
added in a cheery tone.
“You and Brock have been wanting to upgrade that training arena for years now, your just happy you two have a valid excuse
now.” said Luna Ember in that ‘you’ve been caught with your hand in the cookie jar’ mom tone.
Everyone laughs while the Alpha and Brock just look guilty. Seeing this made me laugh and giggle harder, the others were too.
“Well dad it looks like mom figured out why your so happy the training arena was damaged so much” my mate says while
laughing. 2
His father glared and threw a napkin at him. “Just for that, your going to be doing rounds with me and Brock again.” he says, the
Alpha’s smile was almost threatening in it’s glee. (3)
I pat my mates shoulder and say “Good luck my darling.” in a supportive ‘It was nice to know ya’ tone. He looks down at me with
a face of surprised shock. Darien threw his head back and laughed at his brothers expression.2
“That my brother, is Alora tossing you under the bus with her humor.” Darien managed to get
while laughing. I was struck with another fit of laughter and giggles at his comment.
“You’ll be joining us too Darien.” said Alpha Andrew with that same smile that says ‘I’m a predator, and I know it’.
Darien’s laughter halts abruptly and my mate smiles at him in the same predators grin as his father. Darien’s face is crestfallen,
his mate giggles she pats his shoulder and says “Just make sure you keep that pretty face of yours intact.” he looks at her with a
comically exaggerated look of surprise and offence.
I laugh with everyone else. “I believe Darien,” giggle “that your mate,” giggle “just threw you,” giggle “under the bus.” I gasp out
through my laughter and giggles. He glares at me, and because he was sitting next to me, pushed me into Damien, making me
laugh harder. Serenity smacked him on the arm and giggled.
“Well as you are determined to abuse your son’s, I believe I will be spending time as a spectator with our two pregnant females
as you all train.” Luna Ember says. 3
A thought came to me “Victor, are you up to training in Kitsune form?” I ask him, hoping he was.
He looks excited, then looks at his mate, a questioning look on his face, Jaxon gives him a half smile and nods his head. “Yes,
are we doing swords today or do you want to do hand to hand and magic?” he asks me.
“Hand to hand and Magic” I tell him excitedly. This would be fun, I smile brightly “Dad you and Cathel should come with us for
training.” I say to him, looking at him with a hopeful expression.
He smiles “Alright sweet girl, I would love to get the chance to do some training with you as well.” he said.
I couldn’t help the excited jump I did in my seat at that or the nearly shouted “I’d love that.”
My mate laughs at my actions, at the narrow eyed look I give him, he leans down and kisses my temple, with a wide smile on his
face he says “I’m glad to see you so excited and happy about something mate.” his tone of voice sweet and loving. His eyes
sparkling with amusement and love.
Okay….so he was totally forgiven in that instant and my slight irritation vanished as if it had never been. I smile back at him, then
I lean up and give him a quick peck on the lips. “Will you train with me too?” I asked him.
His smile still in place he nods “I’ll look forward to it, finish your breakfast my Starlight.” I look forward and the others are staring
at me with various expressions of amusement, I blush and get back to eating my breakfast.
I had scrambled eggs with mixed peppers, onions and cheese, six sausage links with maple syrup for dipping, two buttered
waffles with maple syrup and fresh strawberry and banana slices on top, and a small bowl of maple brown sugar oatmeal with
dates, and both golden and red raisins. O
It was a good sized meal for a Werewolf. To drink with the meal I had a large glass of orange juice and
dark chocolate soy milk. I didn’t like drinking regular milk, it left a sour taste and a coating in my mouth, That and to much dairy
was bad, even for a Werewolf and our super healing abilities. I knew the Luna got most of the food items from a local source and
the sausage was from wild pigs. ?
Werewolves are picky with their food sources, they felt that to eat well, you had to be respectful of your food source. So while we
still had junk food, we ate healthy the majority of the time. A Werewolf’s metabolism was eight times that of a human, so we ate a
lot more. Fortified with a balanced breakfast, we all head for the bus the Alpha had ordered, it was parked out front. One of the
Alpha’s Enforcers was the driver. 2
“How far from here is the Heartsong Mansion.” my father asked the Alpha.
“Not that far actually, the Heartsong lands border ours, they are farther into our territory, closer to the Volcano. Actually, the
Volcano itself and the surrounding acres at the base for about fifty miles out are all Heartsong lands. There is a river that water
falls from the lake in the middle of the Volcano, it runs throughout the Heartsongs lands into ours. The river is said to be the one
where my ancestor Lucian Blackfire met Luna Heartsong.”
“Who were they?” my father asks him.
So for most of the drive the Alpha told my father their story, with my brothers, sister, Bella and all the others listening to him. I
couldn’t help but listen too. The story was worth hearing again and again. The drive to the Mansion didn’t take long, the road we
were on, was actually a road that lead directly through this territory and the Heartsongs to the Heartsong Mansion
We get there and I’m awed, all around me is beauty, in the middle of the absolutely enormous mansion was a giant willow tree, it
was the biggest willow I had ever seen, and there were blue flowers blooming on its vines. The tree stood fifteen stories tall, the
mansion was six stories tall and had at least fifty rooms on each of its four sides. 3
I didn’t know how deep it was, there was a large round building that was just as tall and wide around as the Mansion not that far
away from it, and that was where we were heading.
Once parked in front of the building we got off the bus, there were a lot of us so it took a moment to get us all off. We stood in
front of the massive building, admiring it for a moment. There was an enormous training ground in the center of the building, the
building was deep, there were classrooms and weapons storage in the building as well as living quarters.
There was a tall wide hallway that went from the outside of the training building to the interior grounds. Directly across from the
arenas opening, was the same kind of hallway in the Mansion, leading from the outside to the courtyard in the center.
All the forests surrounding the lands were old, and the trees started out at fifteen stories towards the Mansion and grounds, but
in the distance there were trees that were at least fifty stories tall. 3
There was so much power and life seeping from our surroundings, I could feel it like a physical charge. It settled within me,
welcoming me home, telling me I belonged here. I took off my sandals and held them in one hand, letting my bare feet touch the
rich earth below my feet.
Beside me Damien did the same, I looked up at him. “Can you feel it?” my voice almost breathless.
“Yes.” his voice was rough “We’re being welcomed home.” he says in wonder.
I lead us straight to the center of the arena, once we walked through the hallway. Standing in the center of the arena, holding
Damien’s hand I face him, he looks down at me and we drop our sandals to connect with our other hands.
I feel our connection to the ground and lands, like roots of a tree, the power I could feel in everything around us was immense. I
felt like I needed to enhance it, awakening more of the primal energy that had long gone to sleep inside the earth.
I felt so many veins of life spread out from me, including a few clan members who’s bonds were severely muffled. “Damien” I say
as my warning, I felt I needed to do this, there was a reason behind it, one I think only the Goddess knew.
He nods his head. “Do what you need to do Starlight, I’ll be with you no matter what.” he promises me, love in his eyes.
I shut my eyes and I feel it all well forward, then I release it, awakening powers of those I felt along the threads that were
supposed to be awakened. My father and stepmother were just two of those threads. The ground shook around us, and a rumble
came from the Volcano. When I was done I opened my eyes, and gradually the rumbling and shaking stopped.
Off to the side there was a yelled “What the fuck just happened!” from a wolf I didn’t know.
