The Return of the Chosen

No smoke

Her-Damage

3 weeks later

'Cat, you promised me,' Chenoa whispered with frustration.

'I am so sorry I have been extremely busy.' Catori said as she stretched and yawned.

Chenoa growled, 'Yes it looks like it' she said, scrolling through the hundreds of YouTube videos of Catori, Talmage, and Amaralus at numerous clubs. 'Are you sleeping with both of them?' Chenoa asked,

"Whaaaat?'

'Whaaat' Chenoa said, doing her imitation of Catori's voice, 'everyone thinks it I'm the only one bold enough to ask. So is this your version of the slutty college years, Sister?' Chenoa asked,

'I have to go Noah. I'll stop by this week,' Catori yawned again,

'You need to come today. Dad looks like s**t and has completely withdrawn and your weird friend is causing me hell!' Chenoa complained,

'Weird friend?' Catori asked,

'Tabatha beat the crap out of a teenage girl, and now the mom and her friends are calling for her to be banished.' Chenoa groaned,

'Why is that, it's not like her to start trouble?' Catori pointed out,

'I don't know, she has quit eating and just sits there crying. I tried talking to her but she is not much for conversation, and to be honest, she was always more your friend than mine. We just tolerated each other.' Chenoa said,

's**t!' Catori rubbed her necklace, 'leave her in there. I don't care, so what's wrong with Dad?' Catori asked,

'You b***h duh, clean up your messes.' Chean sighed, cutting her sister off.

10, 9, 8 she was sure her sister would come, 7, 6, 5 maybe not she had changed since her return, 4, 3, 2,1… Chenoa sighed heavily, facing the fact that her sister was not the woman she once was. They had barely learned one another, yet here they were again. A light flashed and Chenoa looked up to find her sister staring at her, 'Where is she?' Catori said, annoyed,

"Your late Catori Alexandra Knight, I'm worried about you," Chenoa said, smiling,

"You annoy me Chenoa Symone Knight, now where is Tabatha," Catori said,

"Follow me," Chenoa led her to the cells. Tabatha lay facing the wall, "Tabatha don't be rude, I am your Alpha and you have company." Chenoa said,

"I don't want to see him," Tabatha said, rolling over as she sat up.

"Good thing it's not him," Chenoa said as Catori stepped into view. Tabatha turned to look and as soon as she saw her, huge tears fell from her eyes.

Tabatha looked at her and started to ball, "You don't trust me anymore," Tabatha said,

Catori looked at her, "And you think I am cold and uncaring, different."

"Are you not…different," Tabatha asked.

"You forced me to be this way. You betrayed me, Tabatha." Catori said flatly,

"I leaned on the only person that felt my grief!" Tabatha snapped, "You are not the only one that suffered Catori, we lost you. We didn't know if you would return. We had to live with what was said, I had to live with what I said to you before and what I did to you after. I can own my mistakes. Can you Cat?" Tabatha asked,

"And what mistakes did I make? Other than trusting a bunch of backstabbers! All of you! How could you let the man touch that did this to me?" Catori held up her shirt showing the gaping wound, "Do you know how this f*****g burns it is like dying every day! AND I RETURN TO FINE YOU HAD A CHILD WITH HIM AND YOU!" She looked at Chenoa "Call him brother!"

Catori started to cry, "None of you cared enough about me, and the one person that did, the one person that

cared," her eyes fell on Chenoa again, "is mated to my sister" and just like that she vanished again.

Amaralus wrapped an arm around her in an attempt to calm her, "Lay with me my love,"

She curled up next to him, burying her head in his chest. She cried her heart out as he whispered soothing words in her ear. "It will all get better with time."

"I need to find a friend, she is out there somewhere." Catori sniffed,

"What is her name?" Amaralus asked.

"Vanessa,"

"Then we shall find Vanessa," he said to her. He stared her in the eyes and then, for the first time, they kissed. Catori had still been taking her pills to control her heat but his fingers brushing over her skin made her desire bubble over. She started running her fingers over his chest. She wanted him, she wanted to give in to the heat. She straddled him as she pulled at his pants in a hurry to get them off. She wanted to see what Amaralus Grey had to offer. He pulled her shirt over her head and began sucking at her n*****s. Catori moaned with pleasure, "You bout to get it!"

"Yeah, yeah," she said, yanking at his pants. Then she heard 'Catori!'

'Mother, I am kind of busy' she replied,

'Put his p***s away dear, you have been summoned, now!' Selene said to her,

's**t!'

"What's wrong," Amaralus asked anxiously.

"I just got summoned upstairs." Catori huffed as she stood looking back at his very erect package. He looked so hot she leaned in kissing him as she grabbed his c**k.

'Catori now put the p***s away!' Selene ordered,

'Oh, really, Mother', Catori huffed, "I'll be right back."

In the realm of the heavens

Catori appeared in the heavens with a permanent scowl, "this could not wait?"

"No, what are your intentions with Mr. Grey, do you plan on marking him?" As she tended to her garden.

"Marking him. No, I was just planning on-"

"Exactly! Have you forgotten there is power in your very essence? That make-out session alone will have him souped up for weeks. There will be no hot girl summers for you darling." Selene smirked,

"Hot girl summer," Catori frowned. "how do you even know what that is?"

"I'm old, not dead. You will wait until you are ready to mark a man before mating. Or take proper precautions. Do I make myself clear? We do not need any alphas losing it because they can't handle your power." Selene insisted,

"How will I know if they can handle it as you say?"

"Why do you think I picked Zion for you?" Selene asked,

"Good question, I thought it was because he was the last of his kind." Catori pointed out,

"He is, in a sense"

"That does not make sense." Catori sighed,

"Zion came from a long lineage of Lycan, he has pure blood from the first Lycan that graced the earth,"

"Wait, so Zion is the last of the first Lycans bloodline?"

"No worries, He has given the world three strong heirs and there will be more in the future. My point is he is a nobleman. He will always do what is right in the end," Selene stated,

"By who? And BS was choosing her over me right?"

"Catori, he thought she would die. Have you forgotten he died for you? Zion loves you as do all your mates now, if you wish to toss him to the side fine, but make sure the next man is worthy."

"You make him sound perfect." Catori huffed,

"No one is perfect, my love, but he is perfect for you. He will always challenge you. Now, you have work to do."

"How come you did not tell me Akoshka could jump through time?" Catori asked,

"She is dead, so no worries."

"I didn't kill her mother," Catori said dryly,

"What!"

"She is not dead," she stated again,

"Why would you not kill Catori?"

"I wanted answers first. Why is she like she is?" Catori asked,

"Catori, she needs to die, you took her essence. Now finish her!" Selene hissed,

"She is your daughter! I thought-"

"She raped Zion! She took what was yours and then she went for your son's. Why is she alive?"

Catori blinked several times, then vanished,

Zion did not want the responsibility of building up a new pack, but since people were used to his take-charge attitude and the way he got things done as always, they came to him with issues and normally he referred them to the council. Mystic Moon was simply not the pack it used to be. However, as word got around that they were smaller than before, people started gravitating to Mystic and every week his training session grew bigger. More and more warriors came to fight for the Mystic Moon to pledge to Zion. He still had not picked a Beta, Delta, or Gamma, nor did he have an official secretary. Tabatha did a lot of this work after Janette left and his mother played a huge role. Now no one was reporting to him and his numbers were increasing at an alarming rate. He called Leilani into his office, "Who are all these people?"

"Members,"

"I never approved them."

"You never denied them either and when I tried to address you, you brushed me off. You remember it was around the time you moved into the guest room." She snapped,

"Oh, you mean around the time I found out you lied to me about having a mate?"

"I did not lie, you never asked." She hissed at him,

"YOU PURPOSELY DECEIVED ME LEILANI! DON'T YOU DARE SIT THERE LIKE YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY I AM UPSET!" He was still in disbelief and felt like a huge i***t.

"Why should it matter? It is in the past!" Leilani snidely retorted as she crossed her arms, rolling her eyes.

"Your mate is in the past! Your situation is in the past! Mine is not, the only thing that is separating my family as a whole is you!" Zion growled,

"Zion, don't say that! You never make her take accountability for anything. If she loved you half as much as me, she would have accepted us. The woman was gone for weeks at a time before, you would have had me during that time. We could have made this work but you are selfish and so is she and I am the one who gets hurt! My mate does not want me, he never did. The man is not the same for me as he is with her. He never talked to me. They seem happy, so let them have each other and work with us. LET HER GO!" Leilani's voice shrieked,

"Oh, I have! You gave me no choice. I will not leave you, Leilani, but I will never touch you again either!"

"You are punishing me for something you orchestrated, you put this together! Do you think you are the only one with pride! I will not suffer alone, Zion Black, I will wait until your mate takes another and then reject you! You turned my life upside down! You pursued me! You came to me and you treated me like an enemy, f**k you, Zion Black, you are a heartless monster and I hate you!" Leilani stood and went running from the room.

Zion scribbled on some paper and went and stapled it to the board in the cafeteria. In need of a secretary, preferably one trained for Luna duties. Interviews in one hour.

An hour later

Leilani walked by Zion's office an hour later to find a line leading out of the packed house and around the building. All of the most eligible ladies in Mystic Moon. "What is this?"

"The Alpha is doing interviews for a new secretary," one of the girls said.

"The hell he is! Everyone out!" Leilani said using her Luna voice, and everyone scattered. Leilani went back to her office, grabbing a stack of papers, she went barging into Zion's office, "Get out!" She roared at the girl sitting across from him. She slammed the door so hard that the glass shattered.

She dropped the stack of papers on his desk, "You will not make me look incompetent Zion Black grow the f**k up! Here is every member that has requested to join our pack and their credentials. Here is a list of every warrior and new recruit. This is not my first rodeo you asshole I am fully capable of doing my job now if you don't wish to talk to me fine, find someone who will, but nobody does my duty but me you freaking got that Alpha Black, nobody!" Leilani said. Then turned and went storming out.

She turned and went back. "Also, I almost forgot Janette called and said they had been raided by the Blood wolves, they requested help."

"When?"

Leilani looked at her watch. "Um thirty minutes ago."

"Damnit!" He sent a mind link to Zara, 'Get the warriors together and meet me in the yard!'

In less than three minutes, all the warriors and new recruits assembled. They looked sloppy to Zion, "It is a sad day when our allies call out to us for help and we are unable to assist. We used to go into battle knowing beside us was our brother that we grew up with and now we are all strangers. The majority of you have not even pledged your allegiance to the Mystic Moon. Still, I am asking you to go into battle with me. I don't know your credentials, but I hope your moral code is aligned with mine. River," Zion looked to his left and River held out the cup. He slit the palm of his hand and allowed his blood to drip. He then performed an impromptu ceremony. After all the new members pledge allegiance to Mystic Moon, he heads out, with Zara to his right and to his left, River giving orders for them to execute upon arrival.

Janette held on to her daughter as the ruthless alpha beat Cameron to a bloody pulp. "You are one hot mama, my mate has died. This pack is now mine. You have to inform your pack members to pledge to me or become rogues."

Janette burst into tears. Carson had always been fierce. This man would never have done this if he were alive. They had already reached out to the council for help but none came. Now their worst nightmare had come true. A hostile takeover. "You might as well kill me because I will never surrender to you!"

"Luna, we will all be rogues!" Bethany cried out, "You have to protect your pack."

"By surrendering to this monster, never!" Janette growled. The Alpha grabbed her by the hair, and she screamed but never let go of her daughter.

"Alpha, we have company!" A man came running in to announce.

"Who?" The Alpha growled. There was a loud commotion, and then to Janette's relief, Zion came into view. "Release her!" Zion ordered.

"What business do you have here, Alpha Black!" The Alpha growled,

"That is none of your f*****g business but it's not me you should be concerned with," Zion laughed, "do you know what hell Chastity will rain down on you if you hurt her sister?"

"I'm to be afraid of a Shewolf?" He snorted obnoxiously,

"Try she-witch you i***t," River chimed in, the alpha's eyes narrowed and he dropped Janette. She immediately scooted across the floor to Cameron, "He looks like he is in bad shape, alpha," Thomas said,

"Get him back to the pack and let Dr. Arden and Janora know he is on the way," Zion looked at the Alpha of the Blood wolves.

"You wasted no time making your move, the council has put a hold on all threats of war until-"

"It has not been finalized alpha, everything is fair game Black." The Alpha declared,

'Let me have him!' Czar growled as he paced,

"You can not have this pack, you can not have this territory," Zion said calmly,

"I don't need your permission, Alpha, you are outnumbered and after I take this pack I am coming to Mystic Moon," the Alpha laughed,

Zion did not laugh, Czar came forward and within minutes he overpowered the Alpha, ripping his throat out. His warriors surrendered.

They knelt immediately offering themselves to the Mystic Moon. Zion now had the right to the territory of Blood Wolves and the members which was adjoining Carson territory. The problem was he didn't want it. He had people surrounding him that he didn't know or trust although they pledged to him. They had a steak placed in the ground to let everyone know the territory now belonged to Mystic. He did the same to Blood Wolves territory. When he returned to Mystic, he placed the day's events in writing and sent a letter to the council. Then he went to visit Cameron in the hospital. "Hello, friend, how are you feeling now?"

"Better, thank you Alpha Black. How can I repay you?" Cameron asked,

Zion pulled up a chair, "I have thought this over several times, Cameron and…I feel like over the years you and I and your brothers have built a rapport. I can not manage your territory and mine. You don't have an heir. Other alphas will come. So I was thinking that maybe you would like to join Mystic Moon. I need a Beta I can trust and I like the way you handle yourself. It did not seem that there has been much rebuilding on your land, so I was thinking we could clear it and use it for our annual festivals. I was thinking of using the Blood Wolf territory for training for the new recruits and a stop for new members before entering to pack. I know it's a lot to put on you-"

Cameron held up his hand, "I'd be honored to serve as your Beta. Thank you for the offer."

Janette walked around giving Zion a hug, "Well welcome home Janette,"

"Oh thank you, Zion!" She said, "You always come through."

Once it was announced to the pack that Cameron was Zion's new Beta, Zara felt a little salty. She thought sure one of those upper positions would be for her. Now there were still the Delta and Gamma positions open. And once Chandler found out his brother was Beta, he started training with the new recruits and, although he was a goofball, he was actually good when he put his mind to something. He was always competing with Zara, and not just him, but his best friends Tyke and Morris. Now that the Blood Wolves pack was also in the mix, the competition was even thicker. Zara shined when she was in her wolf form, but in human form, she was good but quickly discovered she was not the best. Chandler's best friends were also good fighters. And then there was Lowery, Davidson, and Bell from the Blood Wolves. Lowery studied different fighting techniques. He quickly earned the nickname bone crusher. Zion saw his potential and immediately pointed him out to Cameron. Three days into training, he was made a trainer for the new recruits. The guy was a beast. Davidson was a weapons specialist, the guy could kill you with any damn thing, he always had something up his sleeve and he loved explosives. He graduated next. Bell was a special wolf, and Zara learned this the hard way. She was cocky, she had never had a challenge before in her wolf form until she met Bell. She was still pissed off thinking about how he handed her her ass. He had turned into a f*****g inferno and attacked her. She was completely unprepared and had third-degree burns after the sparring session. Bell apologized to her, later saying, "Hey Zara, can you tell Naudia sorry, Blaze hates losing?"

"Tell Blaze I said f**k you!" Zara had given him the middle finger. The next day, Zion said to her, "You disappointed me yesterday, Zara. You have got cocky, a good warrior never underestimates his opponent. We do not know these wolves. We are learning them, so it is very arrogant of you to go into a fight thinking you will win because of your wolf's abilities. Do better, think smarter." He said to her, as he walked away. Zara was seething, she felt she had done enough to prove herself already. She was almost ready to consider Quimir's suggestion. 'Why are you angry at the Alpha, he only wishes to make us better?'

'Screw him, I have been busting my ass, not to mention I have saved his ass before! This is ridiculous, this pack f*****g sucks!' Zara complained to her wolf. Naudia said nothing else, but that day they showed Bell who they were. When he came at them in a ball of fire, she blew air, freezing his ass, then almost took his head off. "Zara, that's what I'm talking about!"

Zion cheered her on from the sidelines, clapping his hands. In the end, though, Chandler made Delta and Lowery Gamma.

Zara had been so disappointed when Zion made his announcement. 'It's okay, Zara you gave it your best,' River said, "This pack has grown and I can honestly say I'm proud of every one of our new warriors. Now there can only be one Beta, one Delta and one Gamma right, but I had some guys that stood out to me. Now I have always trained my warriors hard so there would be someone that could step into the position if needed on any given day, you guys are almost there." Zion chuckled and the crowd laughed with him,

'Cocky bastard, I told you you should leave and come with me,' Quamir said to Zara,

'Not now Quamir!' she snapped as she held back her tears,

"Okay, I won't keep you much longer. I just wanted to say uh, where was I?"

"One Beta, delta, gamma," Cameron said,

"Oh yes, well, that did not sit well with me because, following that old standard, I'd have to leave a few people out and, since this pack has grown so damn fast, I thought it was time to shake things up a bit. Therefore, as of today, Mystic has its own Elite team,

'What the hell is he doing?' Quamir said,

"What does this mean? Well, when I need scouts or special projects, my Elites will go in first. It will consist of six wolves and eventually twelve. That will be hand-picked by me personally. This will be one of the most honorable positions to carry in Mystic and dangerous at times. Who do I feel is capable enough to run my Elites?" Zion walked up and down the line, Zara held her breath and then he passed. walking over to Bell. "Bell, step forward, welcome to the Elite," Zion walked the line picking all six members. Tyke and Morriss made the cut, Zara stared ahead, "Thank you all for coming,"

"Zion quit playing!" River called out,

"Did I forget something?" He turned to look around feigning surprise, "Oh Zara," Everyone began to cheer. Zion, walked over to to Zara, and hugged her, "Oh I, could never forget Zara," he teased, "Ladies and gentlemen, our first officer of the council Elite and now Mystic Moons Elite give it up for Zarrrrra!" Zion clapped and River ran to her spinning her around, "Congratulations Zara!" River said and it was only then that she let her tears flow, "Mystic!" Zion yelled and his warriors called out "Mystic" cheering and howling.

This was the first real celebration the pack had had since the fall. "I hope my father will be proud of the legacy he left behind," Zion said to Cameron.

"I hope my brother will be proud and will not be disappointed that I could not hold on to what he worked for," Cameron replied.

"Cameron, I saw the bodies you gave them hell. How could he not be proud," Zion asked.

"Thank you, Alpha Black," Cameron said,

"We are brothers now, please call me Zion," Zion said to his Beta. Cameron nodded. As he watched the pack celebrate.

Emoni interacts very little with the pack unless directed by Sara and Destiny. She kept her head down at all times and did her duty. She spent time with her son whenever she could and tried not to step on anyone's toes.

"Emoni?"

Emoni looked up to see Quamir looking at her. Quamir was Leilani's brother and he had been very kind to her during the time they were trapped in the dungeons. He was nothing like his hateful sister. She despised Emoni and she understood why. She had taken her mate without his permission, but he was not hers. Then he was the Chosen and had paid for it over and over again. Now she wanted nothing more than to live in peace in her little cabin.

"Hello, alpha may I help you with something?"

"Yeah, a drink please," Quamir said, and he sounded annoyed at Emoni,

"What would you like, Alpha?"

"You can call me Quamir, I think after being stuck in the dungeon we should be on a first-name basis at least," he said. Emoni smiled at him but she didn't feel comfortable with the friendly conversation. She had learned to be leery of friendly alpha's although she was certainly Luna material. Reaching for what she was raised to believe was in her grasp had cost her, the pack, her parents, and almost her son.

"Why are you not celebrating? Have a drink with me," Quamir grabbed a glass and poured the drink himself.

"We can't drink on the job, thank you, but no thank you," Emoni said,

She knew Sara was watching and listening and was pretty sure she was reporting her every move back to Luna. "One drink, Emoni, besides, don't you have to listen to me?" Quimir gave her a devilish smile.

Emoni looked at him, "You are not my Alpha, Alpha Black is." She pointed out,

"Did that sound weird rolling off your tongue, Alpha Black? I mean he is the father of your son and you are not on a first-name basis?" Quamir asked her. Emoni looked at him clearly. He was in the mood to chat. She served more people and came back to him. He slid the drink closer, "Do you plan to never smile again?"

"Why do you ask so many questions," Emoni asked,

"Curiosity I guess, you clean up nice. I guess I saw you at your worst. Looking like you have been eating,"

"Are you calling me…fat?" Emoni asked,

"No, not at all, just saying I can tell you have been taking care of yourself. You should train though, I'm sure your wolf-"

"Chenoa killed my wolf long ago. That was during her experiments electrocuting me. I'm basically ."

"That's sad, during my years of imprisonment my wolf kept me sane. He spoke to me often." Quamir said,

"You mentioned being imprisoned by your brother. Where is he now?" Emoni asked,

"I don't know. I left him in the dungeons at Mystic, but when everything was said and done and we returned, he was not among the prisoners." Quamir said sadly,

"I am so sorry. Alpha, may I ask why are you here? I mean where is your pack?" Emoni had begun sipping her drink, so her tongue became freer,

"My mate and I are leaving soon. I was doing Alpha training before I took over but there has not been any since the fall. I'm ready though, just waiting for my mate."

Emoni became nervous agitated she did not want to piss off any Luna over her mate. She was Lycan and once she was not an easy opponent to beat, but now she was again basically home. She did not want any problems.

"Who is your mate?" Emoni asked,

"Amber-"

"AMBER, WAIT ZION'S COUSIN AMBER?" Emoni asked, twirling the cup in her fingers.

"Yes," Quamir said, Emoni slammed the cup down, "Do me a favor alpha respectfully, stay the hell away from me, I do not want that smoke." She walked over to the next person fixing them a drink and when Quamir's drink was empty she walked up to Sara, "Can you serve the Alpha, he is a bit too chatty for me." She said,

"Are you denying an Alpha service?" She snapped,

"That's why I asked you to take care of him."

"Maybe I should mention to the Luna how you ignored her brother," Sara threatened.

"And maybe I should mention to the Chosen how I tried obeying her rules but the cook was reporting back to the Luna trying to score points. The same Luna that I was told I did not answer to"

"I was told you were to answer to me!" Sara said,

"And I do until it conflicts with the rules given to me by the Chosen. Now Sara gets off your power trip and serve the damn Alpha!"

"I will be taking this up with Leilani!" Sara

"With all due respect, f**k Leilani, now you wanna run and tell something, run and tell that." Emoni snapped, Sara's mouth dropped open, and she threw her apron off, and stormed off.