Fin's POV
I groaned as I rolled onto my side causing my head to throb more. What the hell happened last night?
Titan: 'Mate happened.' Titan purred and I groaned louder.
"Stop groaning, you're making my head hurt more." Paris whimpered.
"I'm sorry." I smiled apologetically, rubbing her back while she wrapped her arms around me. I purred a little causing her to do the same. God she is so adorable.
"Mommy, I'm hungry." Eric and Alex said, jumping onto us.
We both groaned, the pain increasing. As soon as the boys heard us they froze in place looking shocked.
"What is it?" I looked at them worried while Alex looked around the room.
Alex grabbed our glasses and smelled them before walking to the kitchen and grabbing something. After a few minutes Alex came back with two glasses filled with something that smelt like fish, disgusting.
"Drink it." Alex ordered, his eyes turning a deep blue.
Before I could process what was happening Paris and I were gagging down this awful substance. To say the least it's not fish, it is something completely worse. It is an indescribable taste but if death was a flavor it would be this thing.
"Why doesn't my head hurt anymore?" Paris asked, looking at Alex.
"It's complicated." He scratched his head and looked away.
"Alex, tell me or I will look inside of your head." Paris threatened, her eyes turning red.
"The people that you killed when you saw me. They used to give them something that would make them be in pain and I would watch maids make a syrup or whatever to help them. I smelled it in the drinks you had yesterday. It's called Bain."
"You mean wolves Bain?" I asked, confused because it doesn't work on us.
"No, Bain is new. It was created by our parents to defeat any and all enemies. It has every species weakness in one formula and it works on Hybrids. I think they used Royal Vampire blood to hurt Hybrids."
"But I was changed by a Royal."
"No you were changed by a Royal servant. Royal Vampires are not aloud to change werewolves so that they will still be affected by Bain."
"How do you know all of this Alex?" I finally asked. If Paris doesn't know then someone had to tell him.
"Louis Cavanagh, Toby's son."
Paris stiffened after hearing his name. Who is this so called Cavanagh? It can't be good since she is stiff, so friendly is out of the question. She looked into my eyes and I looked into her red/blue eyes. She quickly buried her head into my neck, inhaling my scent.
"Toby is our Uncle, the one behind our parents death and capturing Eric and I. Paris thought we died with Mom and Dad but our Uncle hid us in plain sight. Eric was locked up in an old orphanage while I was kept at the old pack house."
I looked up at Alex as his eyes watered, slowly lifting up his shirt. Before Alex turned around to show me anything Paris was out the door, going to who knows where. I was about to get up and go after her when I saw Alex's back, letting out a growl I pulled him onto my lap.
Titan: "The poor kid had to go through all of this." I slowly traced his scars while holding his waist.
"This might hurt, but I promise you will feel better when I am done."
I let my eyes turn to their golden brown color as I continued tracing his scars. Alex stiffened at the gesture but he never screamed, and believe me, what I am doing hurts a lot. I smiled as I traced his final scar, proud of my work.
Picking up Alex I carried him to the bathroom, pulling out a hand mirror. I handed it to him while his back faced the full body mirror. After angling the hand mirror perfectly he gasped at his back. Replacing the once scarred back is fresh skin, all signs of abuse gone.
Alex smiled brightly while looking up at me before he hugged me. "Thank you so much Fin." He sobbed while I hugged him back.
"Don't worry about it bud. I'm just sorry I can't fix your mental scars." I whispered into his ear while carrying him to the bedroom.
"Go to sleep, your body is probably tired from the pain."
"What pain?"
Paris POV
I have to get back to them. Why is he in so much pain?
I fell to my knees as another wave of pain came to me. I gasped as I felt my body heat up, letting me know where the pain was on Alex. I'm coming Alex, I promise.
The pain lightened up and when I started to stand it hit me again, this time more powerful. Screaming, I fell onto the ground. I let tears roll down my face at the thought of someone touching Alex again.
"Leave him alone!!" I screamed into the forrest and felt my body giving up.
Liz: "Mate, help."
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I looked at my surroundings, confused as to where I am. This room doesn't look familiar, there are no familiar scents, nothing to tell me where I am. When I tried to stretch my legs I realized I was chained to a wall. Where the f**k am I?
"Look's like you're awake." I shivered when I heard his voice and smelt his scent.
"Travis, how did you find me?" I growled as he stepped closer.
"You wouldn't let me explain so I had to find you. It was pretty easy since Alex is easy to follow."
I stiffened at that, did he just admit to hurting Alex? I let out a deep growl and let my eyes turn Golden brown. I will murder this son of a b***h, guardian or not.
"Now, let me explain what I meant by Luna. You see she is not MY Luna, she is the packs Luna. I am not the Alpha I am just a warrior who is committed to helping and keeping alliances. I know you are hurt I didn't tell you about it but I just couldn't, this pack would be targeted if anyone found out I was here. After all this will be the pack that will protect you until death."
"Why are you explaining yourself? It's not going to change the way I think of you, you're not my mate."
"You don't have a mate anymore remember?"
"First you hurt my Alex and now you killed my mate!?!?" I growled at him and let my canines come out.
"Hold up Paris. I didn't hurt Alex, I love your brother. And the mate part, you know Fin killed Jacob."
"That doesn't mean you had to kill Fin!" I pulled on the chains trying to free myself.
"What..? FIN IS YOUR MATE?!?!" Travis punched the door, causing it to break. "Since when?!" He growled.
"Since yesterday." I smiled at the memory, not noticing Travis stepping closer to me.
"You two are new then." He smirked evilly at that. "If he thinks you're dead he will move on, his wolf isn't too attached to yours."
"He knows I am alive, Alex knows too."
"For now, but hope only lasts so long Paris."
"Why are you doing this?" I looked up into his black eyes and saw nothing but emptiness.
"Because you are mine Paris, I will kill anyone that stands between us."
Travis lifted my chin up to look into my eyes, I smirked at him causing him to smile. As soon as he opened his mouth I spit into it, mentally laughing at him. What a f*****g i***t he is. I will never accept him, I just want Fin... My Fin.
I was brought out of my thoughts suddenly by a punch in the stomach. I coughed while growling and barring my teeth at him. He just smiled and kissed my neck. I let out a powerful growl making Travis fly to the other side of the room. After that he stormed out of the room, pissed.
I hope Fin stays safe. If anyone touches him they will regret it, I will make sure of it.
Looking at the clock on the wall I groaned. Twelve o'clock, that means it's midnight. Travis was always a night owl and was never awake during the day unless it was a school day. The boys must be worried.
My gorgeous boys.... I will get back to you, I promise.
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Fin's POV
It's been two weeks, TWO f*****g WEEKS! I am going insane, and the boys eat, cry, train, cry, sleep, and repeat. I've searched high and low in my free time which, sadly, has been very little. With Paris missing every pack in the world has tripled training since we can't rely on her for help during the War.
And to say training was easy would be a lie. We started training the pups and pack mothers to fight just in case they get dragged into this too. Between that and having to train yourself is the worst. I just stopped being sore from the workouts and my abs are extremely defined now. The boys also have some muscle now, which means a lot considering how weak they were when they started.
But Alex and Eric? They got weaker, even with the two hour training sessions they are being put through. I took them to the pack doctor a couple of times but he can't figure out what's wrong with them. I have a guess, although it is a long shot.
Some Hybrids can give and receive strength from the people they have strong feelings for. I don't know how, or why, but I think Paris is taking all of their strength and that scares me. Paris needs their strength which means she's either getting tortured too much, or she is trying to make an escape. But how much strength does she need to break out?
*Knock knock* "What do you want?" I growled.
Alex and Eric walked into the pack studio with the Alpha right behind them. They all looked terrible, the color gone from their face and the smell of fear on all of them overpowering their other emotions.
"What's wrong?" I stood up from my seat in front of the piano and slowly walked to them.
"The boys think they know where Paris is, and it's not good."
"Eric?" I looked over at him with sympathy and he looked away. Casually shaking his head.
"Alex?" He also shook his head, telling me they weren't the ones to find out.
I looked back at the Alpha confused. He stepped away from the door and Fabian came into the room. I just stared at him, clearly confused about how he would know anything.
"My dad, he hasn't been home for a while. He left a few days after Paris was taken."
There was a long pause leaving me even more confused than before. "And?"
"And I didn't recognize the man that left. Sure he looked like my dad but I know he wasn't, my dad was caring. The man that left was a monster, he f*****g snarled at me for saying hey."
Fabian looked away from me, clearly disappointed in his father. I glanced over at the Alpha and he looked like he wanted to say something. "Alpha?"
"Fabian can you leave?" Instead of answering, Fabian bowed his head and left the room, closing the door behind him.
"I know what happened to him, but I don't want Fabian to know. You see my father acted the same way towards me when my mother died. Travis isn't human anymore, he is all wolf now and it's because of Paris. What happened before she was taken?"
I didn't want to say it in front of the kids, they don't need about how certain things happen yet. But at the same time they deserve to know, their mother figure was taken from them for the second time. Sighing I looked back at the Alpha.
"I claimed Paris. We didn't mark each other but we accepted each other. And I know that Travis and Paris used to have a thing for each other. But over the years Paris didn't want to be with him anymore but he still loves her a lot more than he should.
I did some research on Travis and he rejected his mate when he was with Paris. He refused to give into the mate bond and rejected her as soon as he found her in hopes that Paris would always be his. Travis backed off of her when she found out Jacob was her mate. And by back off I mean she was still sleeping with him without Jacob knowing.
Now that I think about it, I think I know why Travis snapped. Paris always went back to Travis, even when she had a mate. In his head he probably thought Paris would be his and she would claim him but she didn't. She wanted me."
I could feel all of them staring at me like I had three heads. Sure I sound like an i***t for thinking it's because of me but it is. Paris chose me and I won't let her down. But I am curious why she chose me.
"You remind me of a doe. Your big brown eyes staring at me like I was the greatest yet scariest thing in the world. You didn't know who or what I was, but you knew I was capable of good and bad things. You knew your future depended on me, yet you weren't afraid to be yourself. You're brave and courageous like a Wolf yet you are also a Doe, scared yet open to what the world has in store for you." A voice in my head said and I looked around, hoping she was here and not just in my head. But I failed to see her causing my heart to break a little.
"Paris?" I asked confused in my head, earning a little giggle. God it feels so good to hear her again.
"I miss you Fin. I'm glad you are okay, how are the boys?"
"They are not too good Paris. They miss you just as much as I do."
"I will be back soon, I promise. Just keep the boys safe a little longer."
"I will, but where are you?"
"I'm not really sure to be honest. I know I'm in a basement, at least 300 miles away from you. But I will be beside you again in less than a week. But there's something you should know."
"What is it?"
"Well you already figured out it was Travis so here's one thing you don't know. As soon as I leave this place there will be War."
"I don't care as long as I get to have you back." I heard her cute laugh again before our connection ended. Goddess I got it bad for her.
"What was that about?" Alpha asked looking at me worriedly. I scratched the back of my neck and looked at the kids. Judging by the looks they were giving me they knew it was Paris. I sighed defeatedly and looked back at my Alpha.
"Paris linked me. She will be here soon and when she gets back we will be fighting. The second she steps out of where she is being kept the War starts and it won't be pretty."
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Paris POV
"This is the last time I'm going to ask you Paris! Who did you link last week?!" Travis growled at me, clearly losing his patients with me.
"Like I said Travis, I don't know what you're talking about." I smirked as I looked into his black eyes, daring him to hit me.
Just one hit is all he needs to do for me to start this War. However the only reaction I got was his canines extending. I rolled my eyes then let a growl out, trying to push him more. But no, the damn b***h only growled louder. So what did I do? I did the only logical thing someone in my situation would do. I growled louder and challenged him.
You're probably thinking, who the f**k would challenge someone while they are chained to the ceiling, literally hanging in the air, my toes not reaching the ground. Well that would be this i***t right here, me. But hey, at least I finally got what I wanted. He hit me in the stomach like he did the first day I was captured, which made me smirk more.
I used my strength to break the chains from the ceiling and wrapped them around my knuckles. As I slowly walked to the startled demon called my protector I noticed him shiver. At this point my smirk was now a big ass smile and I was standing over him, towering his trembling body.
The chains that were on my hands were instantly around his neck as I strangled him and he clawed my arms. The pain he was creating just made me angrier, causing his chains to get tighter and tighter. Right before he passed out I stepped on his leg and snapped it in half. When he finally quit struggling I took the chains away from his neck and replaced it with my claws, slashing his throat so he was dead.
Wasting no time at all I ran like Satan himself was chasing me. So when I say I booked it out of there I mean I practically flew that's how fast I was going. Don't believe me? Then tell me how I managed to get to my boys in about an hour. It was literally a 384 mile run. Don't worry I'll wait for an answer.
"Mom!" Never mind, something more important came up.
"Eric, come here." I kneeled down in the front yard, leaving my arms wide open and a smile on my face.
As soon as Eric was in my arms I looked up at the pack house. Everyone was so busy with training they didn't see me so I used it to my advantage. I quickly looked for Fin, finding him almost immediately and seeing him fight three people. They really did intensify training.
I mentally laughed as I preyed on the group. I will admit they were doing pretty good but Fin should have knocked them out by now. Before I got to the group I set down Eric and put my finger to my lips, telling him to be quiet while I make my surprise attack.
I made sure nobody was watching me as I walked to the group, well specifically their blind spot. As soon as I reached the spot I reached out for the first attacker, I will call him Robert, and flipped him over my shoulder. I heard him land on his back as I reached for the second attacker, let's call him Ricky. I put Ricky into a choke hold while I stepped on Robert's throat. They both quickly tapped out and I released them before I jumped on the third persons back, I shall call her Karen. Lmao I f*****g hate that name. Anyway, when I jumped onto her back I grabbed her arms and pinned them behind her back. Carefully, yet quickly, I moved one of my legs from her waist to her right leg, pulling it out from under her. She fell to the ground face first, judging by the sound she broke her nose which immediately resulted in her tapping out.
I smiled wide as I looked up at my mate who was startled to say the least. After a minute or two I waved my hand in front of his face, snapping him out of his thoughts.
"You're back." He whispered in my ear as he wrapped his arms around me.
"I couldn't stay away." I mumbled into his chest.
Is it just me or has he gotten buff? I kept poking his arms, back and stomach to test my theory. He was definitely less squishy compared to the last time I saw him.
'Mate looks so sexy.' Liz purred causing me to roll my eyes. What would she know? We haven't checked him out yet.
"Sissy!" I heard Alex yell making me look up.
"Alex, when did you get your voice back?" I pulled away from Fin and walked over to Alex.
"The doctor gave me some weird medicine thing." He smiled brightly at me making me smile back at him.
I picked him up and looked over at Fin who was now holding Eric. Goddess he looks amazing holding a kid.
'Imagine him holding our pups.' Lizzy purred again.
'Technically he is holding our pup Liz.' I rolled my eyes and blocked her out, walking over to Fin.
"You took them to the doctor?" I looked up into his Golden eyes and saw worry.
"Was I not supposed to? I thought they were sick and I didn't know what to do. Sorry if you didn't want me to." Fin looked at the ground and I laughed at his worried self.
"Don't worry about it, I don't mind really. Thank you Fin, I never thought my brother would talk again." I grabbed his hand and pulled him into the pack house while everyone continued training.
"So the War should be starting within the next few days, a week at the latest. The vampires are almost done training the newborns and then the War will be on."
"Are the newborns on our side?"
I sat down on Fin's bed, Eric and Alex went to the game room so they don't have to listen to us.
"It's kinda complicated actually. The Queen and Elder Thomas is on our side but they won't be fighting. However, in their place will be some newborns but not all of them will be on our side. If a newborn does not attack you then you do not attack it, that is the only way to know the difference. The Queen and Elder Thomas are the only ones on our side and they will be killed if anyone finds out. So the newborns will turn on each other once the War starts."
"So what do we do before then?" Fin sat down next to me, putting his hands in his hair. He is clearly stressed by all of this, but it's not just the War.
"We train and make sure everything is ready. But we will all have a little free time to be with the ones we love in case they don't make it out alive." I put my hand on his back, gently rubbing circles.
Fin let out a long sigh, not saying anything. "What's wrong Fin?"
"Some retarded bastard almost stole my mate from me. That was before all the chaos, what will happen when s**t gets crazy? I won't know you're gone until it's too late. The three of us were broken when you got taken for three, almost four weeks. Next time we won't be that lucky."
I heard his voice waver just thinking about it. How long has he been thinking about this? I sighed and pulled him into a tight hug.
"You won't lose me again. I trusted the person that took me, on that battle field my guard won't be down."
"But what if you get taken from me, from Eric, from Alex?"
"And what if you get taken from us instead? We can't let 'What if's' get in the way of us. I won't cower in fear even if I am afraid I will lose you and the boys. But it hasn't happened yet, and I won't let it ever happen."
"Just promise me one thing." Fin lifted his head to look me one the eyes.
"Anything."
"Promise me you will always be mine. Even if we aren't mated, I want to know you will always be mine."
"I promise I will always be yours. No matter what."
I kissed his lips for a few seconds before standing up. "Okay will I stink and need a shower. I will see you when I'm done."
Fin's POV
'Just do it.' Titan practically begged.
'I can't, I'm not going to push her into this.'
'But Lizzy wants it too, I can feel it.'
'I'm not going to mate with her until she tells me she wants to herself. Now chill out.' I growled at him.
'You're no fun.'
With that said Titan retreated to the back of my head and blocked me out. What a drama queen.
"Fin!" I groaned as a knee landed on my stomach. Terrible timing.
"Sorry." Alex apologized while wearing the biggest smile ever.
"What's up kiddo?" I played with his hair as he pouted.
"I'm not a kid!" He slapped my hand and smiled again.
"We want to go back to the lake house."
"Who is we?" I raised an eyebrow at him and looked around the room for the second goof ball.
"Me and Eric want to go swimming. The ocean is too far and we figured the Lake since it's your happy place."
"Ask your sister, it's up to her. But if something happens here we have to come back." Alex screamed in excitement and ran into the bathroom where Paris was showering.
"If I say yes will you let me shower in peace?" I heard Paris ask after a few minutes. I laughed, enjoying myself until I felt someone jump on me again. Damn kids and their jumping abilities.
"Did you agree?" Eric asked, looking at me with his bright blue eyes.
"Yes, we will go in two hours. Pack for a couple of days."
Both the boys ran out of the room and started screaming. Man they are a handful.
'Imagine having a pup of our own.' I felt Titan wagging his tail at his idea.
'I wonder how the boys would feel if they had a sister.' I answered, thinking about how it would be to have a mini Paris.
*Daydream*
"Daddy!" I heard the cutest voice ever scream as I threw her onto the bed.
"What did he do this time?" I heard Paris open the bathroom door to look at us.
"Nothing!" She smiled innocently at her mom as she winked at me. I laughed while shaking my head at her.
"Addie if you don't tell me then I won't let you go to the park with us." Paris smirked at her as she squirmed at the idea.
"Daddy was letting me play helicopter." She said looking down at her hands.
"Fin, I told you to do that outside. What if she breaks the ceiling fan again?" Paris looked at me with her arms over her chest.
"It can't break if we don't have one in our room." I smiled at her, outsmarting her with my answer.
My smile quickly faded as her eyes turned blue and red. Quickly picking up Addie I ran out of the house, going to the back yard.
"FIN AND ADDIE GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE!!"
"Ohhhh you're in troubleeeee." The boys smirked at us before running away when Paris came outside.
"BOYS!" Eric and Alex froze before they opened the door making me and Addie smirk at them.
"Three versus Two." Uh oh.
The three of them smirked at us before they started walking towards us. I casually backed up until my back hit a tree, making the three of them smile more. The boys launched themselves at me, successfully taking Addie out of my arms. As soon as they moved away from me I was drenched from the hose in my mate's hands.
Letting out a low growl I stepped towards her, her smile fading as I grabbed the hose from her. I drenched her before climbing the tree house to get my bag of surprise. Taking out pre-filled water balloons that have more than water in them.
After I got back on the ground I snuck up on the boys who were tickling Addie. I threw the balloons at them, successfully coloring Alex pink and Eric purple. Throwing another balloon at them Alex was now pinkish yellow while Eric rocked a purplish green.
Soon they were running after me while Addie was laughing her ass off. As soon as I spotted Paris I got a balloon ready, quickly throwing it and watching her turn neon orange. I laughed at the look on her face before the boys stole the rest of the balloons from me. Before I knew it I was a blackish brown and Addie was pink.
*Present*
"You ready to go babe?" I looked up at my mate who was fully dressed with bags thrown over her shoulder.
"Give me five minutes." I said, standing up and grabbing a pre-packed bag.
I grabbed the car keys off the counter along with my phone while Paris got the boys. After a few minutes the boys came down with their bags and Paris holding their xbox. I shook my head while smiling at her, opening the door for them to go outside.
After a few hours we got to the lake house and the boys, including Paris dove into the lake. They didn't even bother changing into their swim suits, and that my friends, is the Hilton family.
"What are you waiting for Fin, afraid you'll ruin your hair?" Paris teased causing me to laugh and shake my head.
I took my shirt off along with my socks and shoes before I dove into the lake with them. Welp, I guess you could say I'm a Hilton now.
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"That was so fun!" Paris practically screamed.
"The boys just fell asleep, you're going to wake them up." I groaned as I sat down on the couch.
"You know somethin' Fin. The boys have really taken a liking to you."
"I'm glad, I love those boys. Although sometimes they can be a bit much energy wise."
"Yeah but they're pups what do you expect?" Paris shrugged as she sat down next to me, putting her feet on the coffee table.
"How old are they?"
"Alex is ten and Eric is eight. They should probably be in school but I figured I would home school them until high school. Life happens outside of textbooks."
"What if we had a pup? I mean obviously not right now, but after the war."
"I don't know, do you want one?"
"Yeah, I want a girl. I mean if we had a boy that would be cool too, but eventually I want a girl."
"I want a girl too." She smiled at me before laying her head on my shoulder.
"When? Like right after the War or at a certain age."
"It just depends. I find life way more interesting when you don't plan it. I don't want to be crushed if something I want to happen happens at the wrong time. I'd rather thank the Moon Goddess that I got what I wanted, no matter when it happens."
A peaceful silence fell over us. I could tell she was talking to her wolf about something so I didn't try to talk about something else. But her answer left me speechless. I never thought about life like that, I just figured there should be a time frame for certain things. But if we planned life out to where stuff had to fit in a certain frame then she probably would've never had Eric. And Eric is a big part of her, believe it or not he's becoming a big part of me too, same with Alex.
"I know this seems like it came out of nowhere but... I really am glad you're my mate. You are amazing Fin and I'm glad I found you."
I looked down at Paris, her emerald eyes meeting mine immediately. Goddess she looks so perfect. Slowly leaning down I kissed her gently. Pulling away after a few seconds I looked back into her eyes.
"You mean everything to me Paris."
Paris stood up and moved to where she was sitting on my lap. I looked at her confused before she smiled and kissed me again. Moving my hands to her waist and bringing her closer I kissed her back hard.
"Mark me."
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Wow, what an amazing night. I looked over at the woman laying in my arms, looking up at me with those gorgeous green eyes. She gently kissed me before turning my head so she could see what our mark looks like. My arms soon got goose bumps as she traced the mark before she kissed it.
"It looks beautiful." She whispered before looking at me again.
"Let me see." I said as I tilted her head to the side.
Unlike most marks ours isn't black and white, ours has colors. There was a blue moon with a red wolf looking up at it. If you looked closely the wolf was actually made of fire and as strange as it sounds, it looked beautiful.
Slowly tracing the mark with my thumb I looked into her eyes. She smiled up at me and traced over my mark too.
"You're mine Paris, starting last night and ending the day I take my last breath."
"And you're mine Fin, from the moment I laid my eyes on you till the day I take my last breath."