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"""CONGRATULATIONS, Jay-la ,"" my wolf Kora roared ""You're carrying our little Alpha in there."" My heartbeat almost stopped when I process the news...I'm pregnant! Oh no, it's impossible. ""Kora, he has found his fated mate gifted to him by the moon goddess. I wasn't the one."" ‘""I'm sorry about that, ""Kora howled in pain, my tears burned, even more, and my heart ached so much I didn’t know if I could endure it. A baby. His baby. And he had just tossed her away like garbage and forbidden her to return. The pain in my heart felt so strong, but we had to endure it and survive it for our pup. I’d left the pack and decided never to come back. Never let him know about my pregnancy." Jay-la POV “I just need 2 minutes of your time.” Jay-la pleaded with the future Alpha of her pack, Alpha Nathan, of the Blood Moon Pack. She had a hand on his arm. He was frowning down at that hand, then those deep dark blue eyes she had once drowned in glared at her, at her touch, in a deep disapproving manner. They had been lovers casually for just over a year now, but it was all over now. He had found his Fated Mate, gifted to him by the Moon Goddess herself, and just like that, he no longer had even a minute to spare for her. Jay-la had loved him with all she had; her whole heart. Even though she had known that this day would come. She had always kept the relationship with him light, playful and fun, so he would never know she was in love with him. He was not her fated mate, nor she, his. Jay-la just wanted to wish him well and let him know that she was going to leave, to finish her law degree on campus full-time. That she would be interning on her breaks. So she wouldn’t be coming home for at least the next two years. Jay-la just couldn’t watch him with his fated mate, see how happy they would be, how in love. Seeing them around making out and getting all hot and heavy; when it used to be her and him. It would just cause her too much heartache. She would never tell him that though. As she stood there clinging to his arm, pleading for just two minutes of his time, she was trying to smile up at him brightly like she always did. When his fated mate, Sophia, walked into the room, glared at Jay-la and the way she was holding onto him. Sophia did not care about the fact that Nathan and Jay-la had been friends since childhood. That for 20 years they had known each other, a fun friendship that she cherished. Sophia’s wolf snarled at the sight before her and Sophia yelled “Get your filthy dirty paws off of my mate,” as she stalked over and yanked Jay-la’s hand off of his arm. Yanked her away from Nathan, as her other hand had struck her, slapping her face so hard that Jay-la staggered back a step, her hand touching her now stinging cheek. Kora, Jay-la’s wolf, roared with rage inside of her mind, at the hurt and pain, the sheer viciousness of the sudden attack. Kora had raced forward, ripping to the surface before Jay-la could stop her, and with claws pushing out of her fingertips, struck Sophia right back. A full slap to her own face, all claws out, tearing through the skin on the future Luna’s cheek, leaving three bloody scratches down her face, and blood dripping off her onto her clothes. Sophia had screamed in pain from the attack on her own face, clutching at her face with both hands, her eyes had turned to her mate as tears spilled down her bloody face. Jay-la knew she would heal and quickly, she had a wolf. Nathan’s blue eyes had widened at the sight of his mate’s injury. He reached out for his mate and cradled her in his arms, holding her to his chest to comfort her. His blue eyes turned on Jay-la, and they were so filled with rage, his wolf right there with him. He roared in anger at the pain inflicted on his mate, by her: “Leave this pack. Don’t you ever come back.” Jay-la stared up at him horrified by his words, tears brimming in her green eyes. It was treason to attack the Luna or Alpha or even the future Luna or Alpha of your pack, and her wolf had just done that, attacked the future Luna with claws out. She turned and hurried out of the room. If she stayed a minute longer she would only incur further punishment or perhaps death. Kora whined in the distress and pain of leaving him, leaving their home, leaving their family. She knew, as did Jay-la, they would never be allowed to come home again. If he had been the actual Alpha, not the heir, she would have just been banished and marked as a rogue with nowhere to go. Jay-la’s steps quickened as she headed out the packhouse front door, till she was running, tears streaming down her face, heading for her car. She didn’t dare stay a minute longer. What if he changed his mind? What if his mate changed his mind on her punishment? And wanted her beaten and imprisoned or dead. There was no time to say goodbye to her family, her mum, dad or her older brother. She just ran, tears streaming, for her car. She heard the future Beta of the pack, Jackson, call out after her “Jay-la what’s wrong?” There was concern in his voice, but she didn’t stop to tell him, just got in the car and drove away as fast as she could, to get off pack territory, before worse was to come. At least Nathan hadn’t had the power to demote her to a worthless rogue on the spot. Her only blessing at the time. It could still happen though. His father, Alpha Blaine, would choose whether or not that was still to come. He would hear Sophia and Nathan’s side of the story, and judge her from it. ‘Why?’ Jay-la asked her wolf Kora, sobs wracking her as she drove away back to the university she had spent the past two years studying at. Lucky for her, she lived on campus and had a dorm to retreat to, somewhere to go. Now she couldn’t return to her pack. ‘Protect Pup.’ Kora howled in pain, Jay-la’s tears burned even more, her heart ached so much she didn’t know if she could endure it. A baby. His baby. And he had just tossed her away like garbage and forbidden her to return. The pain in her chest and inside of Kora felt as though it was ripping them apart, but they had to endure it, survive it for their pup. Jay-la’s POV She stared at the letter in her hand; her hand was shaking so badly as she looked down at it. It had been six long years, since she had fled the Blood Moon Pack, and now here she stood. Looking at an envelope with her pack's seal on it. His seal. Jay-la lifted her eyes from the envelope, to the beautiful boy playing with his sisters on the floor of the living room of her apartment. This is not happening, it can’t be. They had somehow survived, and moved on with their lives, were living peacefully well away from the pack. She had never returned, just like he’d told her not to. She was still somehow a member of the Blood Moon Pack. By the grace of the Goddess, Alpha Blaine had never severed her from the pack; she was still tied to it in some small way. Her three children were playing and rough housing with each other. Jay-la had just gotten home from the law firm Stanton & Co, where she worked in the human world. As far away from wolfen society as she could get. She had stayed away even when she had desperately needed her family. She had learned to live alone, how to be strong for her children, had made friends in the human world, and created a somewhat human family attachment, to help ease her pain and loneliness. Her son, so handsome and strong-willed, filled with determination and courage. Just like his father; he had blonde tussled hair and naturally tanned skin, he was so beautiful and full of life. He looked up at her with his brilliant green eyes; her eyes. It was the only thing he had gotten from her, everything else was from his father; a man who hated her. The girls also had blonde hair and green eyes, she’d let their hair grow long. It was wavy but not dark brown like hers, their temperament was much softer than her son's. He was bigger and stronger and was their protector at all times. Although he was only born three minutes earlier, little Nate was a good two inches taller than his identical twin sisters Lilly and Rosalie; most people thought he was their older brother, about a year apart, and Jay-la did not disillusion them. She stepped into her kitchen, leaving them to play as they were. Her eyes turning to the envelope in her hand, Kora too, was quiet in her mind, not certain what was about to happen to them or their lives. She could feel concern ebbing off of Kora, it was filtering down into her too. She opened the letter and read it: ‘Jay-la Freeman, You have been officially recalled back to Blood Moon Pack. You will respond to this letter within 7 days, and let it be known the day of your return. Alpha Nathan – Blood Moon Pack.’ How he had found her she didn't know, but she was not going back. Taking a match, she lit the gas stove and set the letter and its envelope on fire, then watched it burn to ash. Defying him was not something that she should do, but she could not go back, not ever. Turning to her mobile phone, Jay-la started looking at listings for a new place to live. She had to move and quickly. It took 4 days to find a place that was available right away, it wasn't close to her office though; she now had a commute. Jay-la paid out the lease on this current apartment, as she was breaking it, and moved her and her children as fast as she could. Leaving her lovely beachfront apartment for one further in the city, it was larger, but the price was the same, it had more room for the kids to play, and it had a doorman and night security; so at least she wasn’t about to be surprised or ambushed. Jay-la moved the children to a new school as well. She had never truly hidden herself, just stayed away at all cost. Even Kora had to suffer, never truly getting the freedom she so desired, hardly ever got the chance to run free. Living in this human city took a toll on her. It was like being punished every day for one tiny crime. One mistake to protect her unborn pup’s, and they suffered for it. That suffering had made them both stronger willed, and no more did they let their heart decide anything, only logic and reality of a situation weighed in. No wolves were allowed in their world either, not anymore. Stanton & Co Law Firm had been home to them since passing the Bar Exam. She had Lauren and Tony, her most trusted human friends. Lauren had delivered her pups, their unexpected arrival during a lunch meeting with Tony, whose wife had been visiting him that day. Lauren was a doctor thank goodness. All three of her children had been birthed in Tony's office at the university. She recalled crying after they had arrived, having no help to raise them. She told Tony and Lauren she had no family and their father didn’t care; which was true. They had taken pity on her, a 20-year-old with triplets and no family to help her out. They had been there for her, so much so she now looked at them as her support family, a second mum and dad, not that she actually called them that. No one knew what she was, who her children’s father was, those things were still a secret she would take to her grave. Humans had no idea about wolfen society, and she was not allowed to let them in on the knowledge either. Wolfen society law. The next official letter arrived at her residence 10 days after she'd moved. A shiver ran through her, moving had not worked. She returned it to sender, marked ‘not at this address’, and prayed to the goddess that would be the end of it. 2 weeks later, another letter came. Again she returned it to sender, unopened and with the same message ‘not at this address’. In the human world, this would have been enough for them to get the message. That the person they were looking for did not live at the address they had. Again she prayed to the Goddess to let this be the end of it. She couldn’t go back. She could never return, he had ordered her as much. Nathan POV In his hand was the second returned, official letter he had sent to bring her back to the pack. The first had not been returned, he knew she would have opened it, curiosity would have gotten the better of her. If she had not felt the responsibility of answering her Alpha’s letter. Nathan knew that they had not parted on good terms, but it was time that Jay-la returned home. He had seen her on TV by mere chance, standing outside the front of a courthouse, speaking to the press about the case she had just won, for a client she was representing in a high-profile divorce case. Six long years had passed, and she seemed bright, strong and filled with confidence. She had looked amazing, dressed to kill in that dark blue skirt that was tight all the way down to her knees, and a soft cream blouse which had clung to her body in the breeze. Her bright green eyes had seemed so full of life. Her comments to the press were straight to the point, no nonsense, and she didn’t answer anything torrid or gossipy. Life away from the pack seemed to suit her. His chest had ached a little, knowing he was the reason why she was out there, and not here. He and Havoc, his wolf, had watched her with great interest. She had always wanted to be a lawyer. Work in the pack's legal department, not much cause for divorce lawyers with in wolfen society, but contract law was rife, and if he remembered correctly that was what she was specializing in, while studying. They had watched from the lounge in the common room, his Beta, Jackson, Gamma, Stephen and Delta, Ethan. Had all also seen her on the TV that night, as all 4 of them had been having a drink and hunting for a movie to watch to wind down after a long day. Jackson had been in-charge of the remote and been flicking through the channels when her beautiful face had popped up on the screen. Her name and law firm were rolling across the bottom of the screen; it was a recap of the news of the day in the human world. None of them had seen her since that day, the day he had forced her to leave. She had left and never come back, just as he had ordered her to. Looking at her beautiful face, she had grown into a very beautiful young woman, just 26 now. Listening to her voice he had felt a pang of regret and now realized he missed his long-time friend. They’d grown up together, trained together and been lovers once. Now there was nothing, and she was gone. ‘Bring her home’ Havoc had growled at him, and had been relentless in the days that followed to bring her home. He just wouldn’t shut up about it, and so Nathan had agreed with his wolf. Made the decision that it was time to bring her home, to the pack where she belonged. So he had sent that first official letter to her after Jackson had tracked her down. It hadn’t been that hard; taken less than a day. Clearly she wasn’t hiding, just staying away. Now he sat in his office over a month later annoyed and verging on angry. She had ignored the first letter, or so he thought, there was a possibility she had not gotten it, but he didn’t think that was it. Jackson would not have made a mistake, they had all grown up together, and she had been just as good a friend with him, as she had been with Nathan. Actually, Jackson had been really pissed off about her sudden leaving, by Nathan’s order. That day, Nathan had been angered and so had Havoc, and they had responded without much thought. That fateful day, that he’d sent her away, he'd acted solely on instinct, but had not given it much thought since that day either. Not until he had seen her on the TV. Sophia had been really pissed off that Jay-la had not been stripped of rank and turned from the pack by his father, Alpha Blaine, at the time. She had demanded that Jay-la be made a rogue for the insult, but his father had simply stated ‘No, it's inappropriate under the circumstances.’ those circumstances being he knew that Jay-la and Nathan had been sleeping together for just over a year, and he felt there was more to it. That Sophia had probably overreacted. Due to the move she had made that week, the letter should have arrived. It was possible that she hadn’t received it, but there was also the possibility that she had read it and ignored it; moved to avoid him. Turning the letter over in his hand, he looked at his Beta. “So this is how she’s going to play, is it?” “You did order her to leave and never come back,” Jackson replied simply, “if she didn’t get the first letter and returned the other two, perhaps she doesn’t know the contents.” He was leaning casually against the wall, appeared bored. Nathan returned his attention to the envelope, and stared at it for a long time trying to decide a course of action. He nodded to himself after several minutes of contemplation, “Alright, let's make it really official. Something she can’t just ignore without the threat of retrieval.” His eyes moved to his Beta. Jackson sighed heavily and turned those grey eyes on him, a frown on his face. “You sure boss...you want to do that?” “Yes” Nathan replied firmly. “Send it to her law firm, and make it be signed for, so we know she got it.” His mouth quirked in a smug smile. ‘Lets see you ignore me now little wolf’ he thought ‘I can play as well as you can, only you can’t ignore me. I am your Alpha and you will do as I command.’ Jay-la POV Eric Stanton, the CEO of Stanton & Co Law Firm stood in front of her desk, tapping a black envelope in one hand while he waited patiently for her to end the call she was on. He would not rush her, it was one of her clients. The minute she hung up the phone, he stated, “How is it you know the Browning Corporation? And why is it you have not brought them in as a client?” He sounded a little annoyed with her, probably ticked off that she had not mentioned her affiliation with the company he was talking about. But all she could feel the minute he mentioned the Browning Corporation, was how hard her heart was hammering inside her chest. Her eyes moved to the black envelope in his hand. She could see the white lettering on it. 'It couldn’t be'. ‘No’ Kora echoed her thoughts. Those envelopes were reserved for serious offences against the pack; an official notification. Eric had absolutely no idea what he had in his hands. All he knew was that on the back was the official human world pack company seal. To him, it was just a multi-million dollar corporation, one of whom was writing to one of his lawyers by name. “How did you get that?” she asked, trying not to show Eric how nervous she actually was. “The head of the mail room had to sign for it. He alerted me to the corporation it came from,” he shrugged, “standard policy.” Jay-la stood up to take it from him, but he stopped her. "Again, how do you know this corporation? Are they trying to head-hunt you?” he frowned down at her. “No they are not.” Jay-la shook her head, “Please may I have it.” “Explain yourself first.” Eric stated in a flat, no-non-sense tone. “Fine…, I grew up within the Browning Corporation. My family still works for them. I, however, was tossed out at 20.” she said, trying to ignore the ache that suddenly hit her chest; she always missed home. Eric stared at her. His light grey eyes focused solely on her green ones, quite intently. She could tell that he was trying to decide if she was speaking the truth. He was again tapping the envelope in his hand. Then he simply tore it open right before her eyes, clearly having decided not to believe her. Jay-la prayed to the Goddess that it was not worded in Wolfen. That the Alpha had thought things through, and figured that this letter might end up in the hands of a human. Her whole body froze as he read the letter out aloud. ‘Jay-la Freeman, You have 3 days to respond to this letter. You will return to Browning Corporation within 7 days. Or I will have you brought in. Nathan Browning, CEO Browning Corporation’ Eric up-ended the envelope, and Jay-la saw a long glass vial with a cork stopper fall into his hand. Inside the vial was a single purple wolf-bane flower. It meant nothing to Eric. He held it up and turned it over and around, trying to make sense of it, frowning at it the whole time. Jay-la’s heart, however, sank. This letter was a threat that the new Alpha, her once long-time childhood friend and lover, would use brute force, by any means necessary to bring her in, if she did not comply with his request. What he even wanted of her she had no idea. The original letter had no topic, just a demand to come home more or less. Not that she wanted that. She had left at his order, and she did not wish to return. The Luna already hated her, perhaps he had just taken over as the Alpha, and now Sophia and he could finally punish her, and officially turn her rogue. Was he so cruel that he wanted to do it in person? His Luna probably still harboured a grudge, and he would do anything for her. They probably wanted to see her in pain, as she was severed from the pack. Jay-la plucked the letter from Eric’s hand, and the glass vial as well, and read it for herself. Kora whined at her, now also worried that if they did go back, they could not take the triplets with them. They would have to find someone to watch them and then hope and pray to the Goddess that banishment to a rogue status was all this was about. That once it was done she could leave and return to her life here in the human world. The other thoughts going through her mind were killing her. What if the Luna wanted to torture her, imprison her or worse, kill her? Leaving her children as orphans in the human world, fear was creeping inside of her, but she had to push it down. No, she could leave them with Tony and Lauren, even though they had no knowledge of Wolfen Society, and if the worst happened she knew they would take them in, and raise them. Their first shift would terrify both them and the children probably, but what else could she do? She could not leave them to her real parents. The Luna would surely scold them the minute she figured out they were the Alpha’s illegitimate children. She wouldn’t want any competition for the heir to the pack, raring up from out of nowhere, and if they were given to her parents. It wouldn’t take long for Alpha Nathan to scent out his own flesh and blood, his wolf would smell them the minute they hit pack territory and his Luna, she would be out to get rid of them at her earliest convenience. Eric drew her attention back to the present by tapping her on the shoulder. “What is that all about?” “I don’t know.” Jay-la shrugged in all honesty. “I’ve been gone six years Eric. You hired me right out of university. Have I not been here the whole time?” “Hmm,” he nodded. “I don’t want to lose you Jay-la. Why don’t you call the office number, it’s right there on the bottom, you can try to bring them in as a client.” Ha, that is never going to happen, she thought to herself, 'you, my dear Eric, have no idea who he really is, or what he can do, and you don’t want to either'. “I doubt I would be able to. To be completely honest with you, the man hates me.” “So why the demand for you to return?” “Perhaps…” she seriously thought about it. Other than punishment for attacking his Luna, only one other thing stood out to her. The pack had paid for her law degree; she was supposed to return and work in the pack's legal department. Be a productive member of their society, which she had not done, at his order. “I guess I owe them law school fees. The Browning Corporation paid my tuition, and I was supposed to work for them right out of university. But seeing as I was tossed away, two years into the degree and told never to go back, I never did.” “And they still paid your tuition?” he asked, sounding confused. “Yes, the CEO at the time was Blaine Browning, I guess he did. His son Nathan is now the CEO, and he was the one who tossed me out. Perhaps Blaine thought I would return or something.” Eric nodded “Do you have the money to pay it back?” Jay-la sighed “Not all of it, but about half I guess.” If it was just a case of 'we want our money back', she could give them half and then organize a payment plan. Heck, she could draw up the contract herself and make sure it was to her benefit, and add an iron-clad clause that he would leave her alone forever afterwards. Even put in a clause, that the minute the debt was paid she would find another pack to take her in; solving the issue of attachment to them as well. The real question was, could she do all of this without involving her children, or having him find out about them? He wouldn’t think they were his, or at least she doubted it; not unless he laid eyes on them. Then could she find a pack that wouldn’t use them as leverage, if they found out whose children they actually were? Too many what if's at this point. “I could write you a contract and give you the rest. You can pay it back later, Jay-la. Would that be an option for you?” Jay-la smiled at him, she knew why he was offering, the last divorce case she had worked on and won had just brought the company a whopping 5 million dollars of profit. The client had been so happy he had even referred his sister for her prenup before she was to get married next year. Jay-la was currently Gold to this law firm, she was bringing in the dollars. She was professional, methodical and always read the fine print, she never laxed in her duties and she knew how to play hardball. What she couldn’t win she would take to mediation, and work out compromises that suited everyone, regardless of how long that took. She never gave up, a dog with a bone she’d once been described as. Ha! They had no idea how true it was. “No, its fine Eric, once the settlement from my last case is in, and you pay me, I’ll have the rest of it.” He nodded, seemingly pleased “I’ll get that to you A.S.A.P then.” “I’d appreciate that,” Jay-la said in all honesty, and watched him leave her office. She sagged into her leather chair behind her desk, thankful for the plushness, glad she had shelled out $2500 for it, she put her head down on the desk and muttered, “Three days.” She could run, she supposed. Three days was plenty of time to end the connection on her end from her pack and run far away. ‘The minute we do, he will know we’re running’. Kora piped up ‘it’ll anger him even more’. ‘I know that Kora, but there is a chance he just won’t care right. What else can we do?’ Kora huffed, she too, it seemed, needed time to think it through. Surely, between the two of them they could come up with a plan. Or they had three days to come up with the courage to make a phone call that she never wanted to make. To hear his voice, so filled with anger and hatred; for the woman who dared cause harm to his Mate and now Luna. There would be no softness, no playfulness, no seductive undertones of the past, where he’d once teased and charmed her with his soft, gentle voice during their evenings together. Nights she longed to forget, but somehow still haunted her dreams, nights that were burnt into her very soul. So much so, that she and Kora were still plagued with dreams of him on occasion, usually on the full moon. Though she and Kora had learned to let go of him, they would both forever be bound to him, by the pups they shared. Pups he had no knowledge of, pups she wanted to keep hidden; they were all she and Kora had left of their old life. Tim was no match in bed compared to her Alpha, but how could he be? He was human after all, she sighed and closed her eyes...three days…

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