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She has tears running down her face again so we grab our ignited hands and push our fire forward and hit our parents bodies. We watch as the white linen catches on fire igniting all their bodies in flames. But a little too quickly the fire burns out and their bodies are there without a scratch. I pull my hoodie off and cover my dad's manhood and Isla does the same. I can hear the questions linger In the air from our pack so as I get up to tell them the reason why they are still here I hear a collective gasp. My head shoots towards the noise as each one of our parents sit up with their eyes open.
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Megan’s POV
Waking up dead is a saying I never thought I’d say. And it didn’t feel how I always thought I’d feel. I stand on my feet without my body and I look around extremely confused. Brian stands up next and then James and Lola.
“This is what death feels like?”
Lola says confused, I shrug
“Must be? Maybe because we haven’t passed on yet or a banshee hasn’t screamed?”
I say to her, Brian pokes himself but his hand goes straight through his arm. Then he tries to touch me and I can feel it but not at the same time
“Weird. I wonder if we can go to the girls?”
“They are going to deacon’s, maybe if we go there we can find them?”
James states. We look around and the place is crawling with rogues
“I wonder how long we have been gone?”
“Long enough for them to take over. Bastard”
Brian growls, we walk towards the border
“I wonder if we can just zip there? Will we try to run?”
“Why not”
I answer him and I take of in a jog, I try to go faster and suddenly I feel like a blur. I run straight to the border of deacon’s pack and stop to wait for them but they pass me in a blur so I run on. We pass through our people but stop when we hear Ailms screams. We ran to her. Her growl was feral, painful. She was transitioning. She screams one hell of a scream and falls to her feet but when her hands hit the ground she is no longer a girl she is a wolf and a big ass wolf at that. She howls into the air breathing fire like a dragon.
“Wow”
Brian says, watching her in awe. I smile at his face. Someone from our pack stands up and repeats what she says to the pack out loud.
“I am your alpha now! I might have disappointed you in the past but never again. We all lost too much tonight, including our homes. If there is any pack left back home we are coming for you. If you get out, come straight to alpha deacon. He will house us until we rise up and come home. Don’t lose faith in us. They killed my parents! Your alphas, your BETAS! The king himself will rain down hell on anyone that goes against us! You stand with us or you stand against us and they f****d with the wrong pack because I am going home and I’m bringing back a much bigger monster then what dwells there now. I’m bringing back me! I am ifreann. I am hell and I’m coming for them all!
“Wow she’s amazing”
I say proudly, deacon walks down the steps and towards her. His face is lit up like a Christmas tree. He loves her already it was obvious before when we met him but now it radiates off him.
“He’s her fated. Look at his face”
“Hang on who the hell is that holding Isla”
James rushes home towards her and we follow.
“She found her mate to”
Lola says giddy with excitement, I laugh when deacon won’t let her shift outside
“I really do like that boy”
Brian’s says crossing his arms over his chest or trying to but failing as his arms just fall through each other. I climb the porch and sit on the ground and watch my family. Isla leaves to go to the bathroom and mum stands up
“You need to take the pack from them arden, you need to do it now”
We all growl at her, aspen and Luca stand up extremely pissed off looking and so does Mike deacons father
“That is their birthright, those girls are amazing. They might need help but both me, Aspen, Mike and Deacon will be there to help them. You need to stop whatever your issue is with them. They were kids and f****d about but now they are amazing smart girls”
“Bullshit they will run this pack into the ground. Arden you need to do it now”
Me
“What the f**k is her issue?”
James
“I don’t know but it’s pissing me off!”
Arden stands up and looks at her horrified
“No gran I won’t do that to them. Never. That is there pack, there birthright and it’s up to them to do as they wish”
“Your all being ridiculous”
She stomps of the porch just as Isla comes back, tears in her eyes
Lola
“She heard that”
Me
“Looks like it. Was she always like this?”
Brian
“Yes. Always”
We sit in silence and watch them interact, Jake seems nice and he’s being a good support to Isla. Ailm comes back out in clothes and climbs on deacon, Isla leaves to get dressed just as lilly returns.
Ailm pops a joint in her mouth and mum goes mad. She tries to ignore her but deacon steps up and puts her in her place and Brian nearly wets himself laughing.
We watch as Mike comes out with poitín and hands it to Ailm, she Ofcourse drinks from the jar and throws it around and Mike says something smart about them being savages and our girl breaks down. I watch as the pain she has pushed out hits her all at once, the force so strong it knocks me back as she falls apart.
Mum jumps in and freaks out trying to help her. Desperate to heal her. We watch as our pack and deacons step up to help her and pride fills me. They realise she needs to mark him and he willingly complies. This helps her a little and she is able to deal again.
We follow them upstairs and I grin as both girls fall asleep in there mates arms
“Imagine after all these years they finally fall asleep without the stars”
I whisper afraid I’m going to wake them, I watch for a while as everyone else goes to explore. And I can’t help myself so I stand up and talk to her.
“I’m so sorry baby, I don’t know why I've been so blind. How the world made me think so little of you. I love you and always have. That never changed, and never will”
And just as if she can hear me she wakes up and climbs out of bed on shaky legs. I watch as she smokes and talks to her wolf. I pat her hair and hope I can be off some comfort. I follow her outside and I watch as she comforts our pack. I sit with them and watch as one after the other comes to tell her their story and she listens. She lets them cry on her shoulder. She’s amazing.
I lay down and watch her with Brian, we lay with each other and I close my eyes. I can’t sleep but I find it comforting to lay with her.
The next day we watch as she gets marked and avoids the place as she has her first experience with deacon. Brian runs away but you could still hear them and I can’t help but laugh. After they are done I watch her pull everyone to the side and make them promise not to let gran heal her. Apparently her wolf maintains it will make her stronger.
I watch as they defend themselves over and over again and it’s strange that I never realised just how hurt they both wore. All these years they stuck together because they had no one else. They held each other when they were sad, calmed each other down when they were angry and if they wanted to feel alive they worked together to do that. I felt like a terrible mother. A terrible support system to both of them. They were always trouble and I always loved them and enjoyed their trouble so I’m confused as to when I changed. When did I start letting them down? When did I stop being there for them? When did I start listening to everyone else and not them.
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Brian’s POV
I watched my baby, I heard my baby and I tried to ignore my baby. She was everything to us and I’m glad Megan could see that the world had been against her for a long time and I’m devastated that I started to choose the world over them.
They went to war to take back their land, they merged the packs to make them stronger, they grieved as a pack to help each other through it. My girl wasn’t a girl anymore. She was an alpha, a Luna and a damn good one at that.
And when she stormed the castle and took back what was hers she did it with grace, she did it with her alpha by her side, with her beta protecting her flank. She did it with grace. She was amazing and I’m kicking myself for not seeing it sooner. Then the moment she collapsed and deacon took her in his arms I could see through all the pain that she felt him.
I watched with pride as Isla called her, her Luna and that she had orders to keep. I watched as she got her inside and away from the monster inlaw. Don’t get me wrong I love Lilly but over the years she has taken a dislike to our girls even though I know her own children did just as many pranks.
Being able to sit back and watch and not say anything. It gives you a new perspective. I ran from her when they disappeared into the bedroom and smiled when she supported Isla when she needed advice. I laugh when Isla puts her mate in his place and grin when they mark each other. I felt proud that they had both grown up.I was sad I’d never be able to hug them again or kiss their heads. Watch the stars at night or meet their kids. But I was confident that when we passed on that they would be ok.
We watched our own funeral, it was a weird experience to hear how people thought of you. To hear what the girls said made me sad. They thought we were disappointed but we weren’t. We were terrified for them but never disappointed.
So when they lit our bodies on fire and I felt like a gust of wind leaving this place I just knew we were passing on. But then we woke up.
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Ailms POV
“Can someone slap me? Please do it now”
Mum smirks at me and hits me in the face.
“What the f**k! your alive? How the hell are you alive?”
I dive on them and they catch me with open arms
“I am not sure baby but we are here”
Dad cries as mum sobs and they hold me.
“No this can’t be real, Ailm is this real?”
Isla cries, I pull back and go to her, taking her hand.
“It’s real! they are real”
“How?”
She falls to her knees as her parents crush her in a hug. I fall beside them and they hug me too. My parents join us and the 6 of us just lay there hugging each other. After a few minutes I stood up and go to deacon. He is white as a ghost but he accepts me with open arms. Jake goes to Isla and rubs her back, she pulls away and introduces him to our parents. I turn to the crowd that’s gathered in shock
“Thank you all for coming, as you can see we are all in shock at the moment so maybe you want to head home For now and me and deacon will make an announcement shortly to fill you all in”
“Let’s get you inside”
I say to them pulling deacon along with me only to be stopped by a boy not much older than me.
“Hey Luna, alpha I know this is a bad time but I’m josh and I love to cook.—“
“Your hired! Let’s do a trial week starting now?”
I answered him. I am hungry and could go for anything right about now.
“Yes Ofcourse Luna I’ll get started right away thank you”
I smile and nod, he takes off into the kitchen and deacon laughs
“Seriously, that was fast?”
“Well I can’t have my fated living of peanut butter sandwiches now can I”
He kisses my head and we go inside, I bring the coffee pot to the table and pour us both a cup and then it hits me. They were alive? They are alive?
“What the f**k?”
“Yeah I know. Are you ok? You seem to be taking this very well?”
I shrug, not sure what to say.
“Yeah maybe just in shock a little”
I curl onto his knee pulling my legs into my chest, he holds me in his arms tightly making me feel safe and protected. He rests his head beside me and looks at my face.
“I wonder what’s going to change now?”
“I’m not sure doll but I’ll be by your side either way”
I smile at him and take a deep sniff of his rich coffee scent.
“Nothing between us is different, I still want our own house on our farm”
He grins and kisses my nose
“Definitely”
The door opens and everyone piles in. I just stayed in my cocoon of safety terrified about what was going to change.
“Don’t be scared doll it’s you and me and Isla and Jake no matter what ok?”
He kisses my lips and I sigh then pull back and peek out of his arms. Mum and dad were beside us in a second with huge grins on their faces. They fill their cups and moan
“Oh damn I forgot how good coffee taste”
I chuckle and watch them.
“What was it like?”
Deacon asks them, they take a minute to remember then sigh
“We we’re still here and we could see and hear everything, and I mean everything”
My eyes widen and my face is bright red as I realise what he is implying. Deacon snorts and laughs so I stick my elbow in his ribs. Mum laughs as deacon grunts.
“Anyway we thought after the cremation we would have passed on but we just woke up instead”
Isla is on my other side and she’s in shock but she seems to snap out of it.
“What happens now? Do you take the pack back? Do we unmerge?”
“Nothing changes, I think you have both shown just how capable you are over the last few days. We are happy to let you continue to lead”
“—you can’t be serious? You're not taking the pack back?”
Gran gets up and says. Deacon growls at her, I can feel how much he dislikes her at this point and I don’t blame him. Isla squeezes my hand and I squeeze it back. That didn’t take long to go back to where we were before they died.
“Mum, I think you need to wind your neck in. I've been watching since we died and you either need to start supporting the girls or leave because I’m sick and tired of this attitude that you have towards them”
“I agree mum you have no right to treat them like this it’s sickening to watch and I refuse to listen to it any longer”
I smile as tears pool at the side of my eyes, I blink them away and look to Isla who looks similar to me. She sighs in relief and takes a drink of her coffee. I watch my parents talk as the describe what they have been through. After Around an hour of not saying anything deacon squeezes me.
“You want to go for a walk doll?”
I look to him and smile then to isla
“Why don’t we go for a drive instead?”
She grins and her eyes light up. We excuse ourselves and head to the garage and turn on the light, the boys gasp when they take in our garage. It’s huge, probably 3 times bigger than the house.
“Where are we going?”
Isla asks me looking at her bikes, I turn to deacon
“Is it a rough ride or do we need a roadworthy bike”
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