Ifreann

4

  Me & Deacon
  "We do"
 
  I feel my soul strengthen as my teether to deacon's pack solidifies.
 
  Drake
  "Congratulations, Alpha and Luna of the ifreann pack. Now will you name your betas"
 
  Me
  "Isla moon"
 
  Deacon
  "Mike Deery"
 
  Drake
  "Mike and isla, do you swear to take the responsibility seriously, to obey and follow your alpha and Luna until the day you die? To look after your pack and work with the ranked members to keep them safe"
 
  Mike and isla
  "We do"
 
  Drake
  "Congratulations pack"
 
  I grin and kiss deacon then I close my eyes
 
  Me-pack
  O'neil pack I want you to welcome your new alpha deacon. We have merged the packs in the hopes we can become stronger so we can take back our land. When we do that we can go home and break down our borders and share the territory. We are now one and I thank you all for being so strong after everything. Mike Deery and isla moon are your new betas I hope you will respect and follow them
 
  The sky erupts in howls, shaking the ground as people celebrate for our new pack and the fact that we are getting our people back home soon. I look at Arden and smile when I see Fay with the baby. I go to her
 
  "Can I hold her!"
 
  I ask her excitedly, she hands Ella over and my heart bubbles in excitement. I love babies so much. Ella is around 6 months now and she's gotten so big. I kiss her chubby little cheek and she cackles. I sat back down on deacon holding her in my arms. Deacon plays with her hands as I talk baby talk
 
  "Who knew that a renegade like you could be so soft"
 
  He murmurs, I scoff at him
 
  "It's quite the opposite actually, if you can't show your soft side then your not very strong"
 
  "True"
 
  He smiles back, everyone sits on the ground around us as baby Ella gets cosy in my arms. I smile down at her playing with her little black curls. Arden clears his throat.
 
  "Ok the plan is first of all we are sending drones in, when we know the general direction and quantity we will surround the place, we will move in and kill as many as possible. We will be on the front line, now we will hold 2 groups back, one incase we need them but the second is for anyone trying to escape. Let's not worry about damage until later on. We can sort that out after we get the land back. Now this queen needs to be killed. If she's not she can rise up again and do the same shit to another pack. We kill them all and hopefully you will be back in the comfort of your own bed by tonight. Now we also need to talk about ailms pain"
 
  "Ifreann says she has been a wolf before, she said that the pain will make us stronger and that I should let it in and suffer for a few hours until it leaves my body. She also said I won't die of whatever poison they will inject into me. I'm a pure hound and that means I can burn whatever it is out of my system."
 
  "Do you think you can fight with the pain?"
 
  I consider it
 
  Me
  Can we
 
  Ifreann
  Yes, it will help us burn through it faster
 
  "Yes, we can. Then we will deal with it later"
 
  "Ok go find out who is able to fight, I'm sure there are plenty who want revenge. But no injured, we can keep a few alive so they can get there own back at a later date"
 
  I node and sigh
 
  "Do we know who the queen is?"
 
  "Not sure but we think they are connected to Jenna and Amber, but listen they have witches working for them. Gran sent the rest of us serum that will stop us from dying by dart but anyone who is banshee you need to be wearing your bubble as skin. We fight together, we win together."
 
  I decide to open a link to the pack
 
  Me
  Anyone from the Oneil pack that wants to fight, gather outside the packhouse immediately
 
  We have coffee as we go over strategy and my pack starts to gather, I stand and look over my people and I start to count. Even the older generation have gathered, in the end we have around 700 and tears bubble to the surface.
 
  "Is there anyone injured here?"
 
  None answer, I decide to pull on my command but ifreann stops me
 
  Ifreann
  Don't do that. We should let them fight they deserve that much
 
  I sigh and nod, I know she's right but I am afraid to lose anyone else.
 
  "Has anyone been able to link the girls or kids?"
 
  A few put there hands up, I wave them to the front and look to the rest of them
 
  "Go get ready to leave, we have an hour to eat and get prepared"
 
  They all start to disperse through the crowd and around 10 men and women climb to the front. Arden and aspen come to our side
 
  "Where are they being kept?"
 
  A man steps forward, he is as stiff as a plank and he's clearly ready to kill someone
 
  "They have my granddaughter in a bedroom. They are doing unthinkable things"
 
  I growl a ferocious growl! how dare they do that. Deacon grabs my hand and squeezes it.
 
  "They have the younger kids in the schools"
 
  "Do you know how many?"
 
  Deacon asks them.
 
  "My daughter is 5 so she might be wrong but she said there are hundreds of kids of all ages, but she is possibly wrong"
 
  I step forward
 
  "Is anyone else's child in the school? Anyone a little older?"
 
  No one steps forward and I sigh then have an idea
 
  "Could you ask your daughter to find the oldest child and ask her to link the Luna? Maybe we could get a better idea then"
 
  She nods and closes her eyes and we wait, my hand starts to tremble and deacon looks at me worried then he pulls me back to sit down on the porch step. He looks to isla who runs over with a joint. I don't argue with them and I smoke it. Soon I feel a link open up.
 
  Girl
  Luna?
 
  Me
  Yes! What's your name and what age are you?
 
  Gemma
  Gemma, I'm 13
 
  Me
  Are you with the little kids?
 
  Gemma
  Yes, me and a few other girls are in the school with them to look after them. There are guards outside
 
  Me
  How many are with you
 
  Gemma
  Around 100 maybe a little more
 
  Me
  Do the guards come in much?
 
  Gemma
  No, we haven't seen them. We asked for food and nappies but they refused and said we have bathrooms and water. We broke into the vending machines and fed them crisps
 
  Me
  Good girl that's so smart, listen we are coming to take back the land. Do you know where the bunker is under the school?
 
  Gemma
  Yes I do
 
  Me
  Ok I need you to be really brave for just a little longer. When I say so, I need you all to go to the bunker, there is nappies, water and food down there. But wait until I tell you in case they realise you are gone. Get in there and lock the doors until I tell you to open them.
 
  Gemma
  We should have a password, my mum always used passwords
 
  I smile to myself
 
  Me
  Mine did that too. What do you want the password to be?
 
  Gemma
  Jimini cricket, it was always my favourite
 
  Me
  Jimini cricket it is, don't open the door unless someone says that ok?
 
  Gemma
  Ok
 
  Me
  Just a little longer sweetheart and I promise I'm coming for you all
 
  She ends the link and I take a pull of my joint, deacon rubs my hand and I tell everyone what I just told her. I told them the password and they all smiled. My stomach was doing flips but I heard a commotion behind me and gran shouting. I hope up and isla and her are arguing
 
  "What is going on?"
 
  I stand in front of isla protectively
 
  "She's trying to keep me out of the fight"
 
  I frown and look to gran
 
  "Why would you do that?"
 
  She looks at me like I'm stupid and it really fucking annoys me
 
  "Because she hasn't even shifted yet! She can't fight"
 
  "She's one of the best damn fighters without a wolf that i've ever seen, she has her fire, she has her bubble so she will fight if she wants to. Just because none of you paid any damn attention to the good we did doesn't mean we haven't worked hard for your attention. Fighting being one skill we can do"
 
  I snap at them. Isla squeezes my hand in support. Aspen and Luca step forward. Luca squeezes my shoulder and aspen does the same for isla
 
  "They are right. They are both amazing fighters. They never missed practice and always kicked ass"
 
  Luca smiles down at us both. I smile back. These 2 people changed our lives and if it wasn't for them we would be fuck ups to everyone forever.
 
  "Yep they even kicked my ass a time or 2"
 
  I look at everyone on the steps and I step back pulling Isla with me and I squeeze her hand.
 
  "Listen everyone to me now. I get we are young and I understand we might have been fuck ups in your eyes"
 
  "Not in ours"
 
  Aspen steps forward and stands behind me. I smile at her and nod.
 
  "Never in yours, and mum and dad knew that. They told me while they were dying that we were to be watched over by Luca, aspen and deacon because they could see what no one else bothered to look for. They said if we needed people that they would be the ones to help. So I get we are all family and I love you all despite the contempt you have for me and isla but if anyone is going to scold us, or give of to us it's those 3. The rest of you can go back to doing what you did before all this happened and ignore us until you have a bone to pick with someone and instead take it out on us. So please respect our parents wishes and if there is a problem trust in those 3 to tell us, come on isla let's go for a walk"
 
  They all looked speechless but it was true. They have never cared before now so I don't see the point in them trying to jump in and try to control us or our decisions
 
  "Mum and dad told me the same thing"
 
  She said as we walked around the other side of the house.
 
  "Yeah, did they include deacon to?"
 
  She laughs and nods
 
  "Yeah they actually did, apparently he really put your parents in their place about both of us. Even Called us geniuses"
 
  We both giggle
 
  "Yeah I still don't see that but it's nice to get complements isn't it"
 
  "Hell yeah, Jake keeps telling me how amazing I am. I'm like jezz where the hell have these people been all our lives"
 
  I nod and squeeze her hand tighter then I drop to the ground on my butt, she follows me as I cross my legs, she rests her head in my lap and we smoke.
 
  "We were the only people to say that stuff about each other. I wonder what age we were when our parents gave up on us"
 
  She sighs sadly and turns so she's on her back looking up at me.
 
  "Maybe 10? When we put itching powder in all the nannies clothes and she quit"
 
  I snort and laugh, aspen, luca and deacon walk around the corner all of them smiling with a box of Redbull
 
  "Can we join?"
 
  "As long as those are for us"
 
  Deacon opens the box and sits on the ground beside us, he hands us each one and my mouth starts to water in excitement. I open it and take my first drink and sigh in happiness.
 
  "So what are we talking about?"
 
  Aspen asks, opening her own and groaning at the taste.
 
  "When everyone gave up on us, I think 10 when the nanny quit cause we filled her clothes with itching powder"
 
  Deacon snorts and laughs with Luca and aspen.
 
  "That can't be the reason, that's not even bad"
 
  Aspen chuckles, I think back to us they were never that bad anyway. We just had a lot of energy to burn.
 
  "Maybe it was the laxatives in the party punch when the alphas were visiting"
 
  Deacon spits Redbull out of his mouth and laughs so hard
 
  "My dad was there! Hahahaha he thought it was hilarious"
 
  We reminisce for a little while longer.
 
  "Maybe it was when you smashed grans car"
 
  We both go quiet at aspens words.
 
  "Nope, they had given up on us long before that. It's actually the reason we took it"
 
  Isla says to them, flicking a stone across the ground with her finger.
 
  "What do you mean?"
 
  Luca asks. I think back and sadness fills me.
 
  "We were drawing pictures for gran and grandpa coming to visit, we were around 10 or so. We were making them into birthday cards for them but when we went to give them they were all arguing"
 
  I went quiet, isla grabs my hand and squeezes it, then finishes the story for me
 
  "Yeah they were saying that we were brats, that if we don't settle down and start acting our age that they were going to get Baylee to revoke our position as alpha and beta, our parents told them to butt out and that they did worse as kids. They disagreed and said nope we need to start getting punished for what we are doing that we are making a laughing stalk of the pack."
 
  I wipe the tears from my face and shake my head angry, so I took over
 
  "Yeah they agreed and said maybe we are laughing stalks but this is their pack, we were both crying so hard we ran out of the packhouse and dropped the cards. We saw grans car and we didn't even say anything, we just got into it. We helped each other steer and I remember I just wanted to hurt, I wanted to feel anything but pain."
 
  "Me to"
 
  Isla adds
 
  "And we realised that going fast means you get a rush and you don't feel pain so we went as fast as possible and we hit a tree. Even after it. It took days for that rush to pass. Anyway they all went crazy and gran and grandpa left but when they were gone they found the cards and realised we had heard everything. But the damage was already done and that's when we started doing more extreme tricks, why we wanted to crash and drive fast."
 
  Isla wipes a tear from her face, we all sit in silence for a while just smoking.
 
  "Just so you both know I remember that day, I remember gran acting like that and we were getting ready to take over the pack and mum laughed at them. Said they were ridiculous that the pranks they use to play on each other were much worse than that and she would never take away your birth right and she made sure Arden knew that it was wrong to do that. Your mum rang crying that night and said you both heard gran and that's why you crashed her car. Anyway they new why you did it and so did mum."
 
  Aspen says to us softly, we both smile at her. We finish our Redbulls and smoke then we look at each nervously
 
  "Are you guys ready to take back our home?"
 
  "Yess"
 
  I smile and deacon helps me to my feet. He uses his hand to gently pull my face up to see him then he leans down and kisses me softly, pulling back only a moment later.
 
  "Let's go do this. Stay by my side ok? And stay in shifted form with your fire ok? We can communicate now so it should be easier, promise me ok?"
 
  I sigh and stand on my toes and I kiss him again softly
 
  "I promise"
 
  He takes my head in his hands and runs his thumb over my lip softly and then he drops his hands with a sigh and takes mine in his.
 
  "You know you have become quite addictive, I'm not sure I'd like life without you"
 
  He kisses my hand walking backwards with a smirk on his face, I see a root of a nearby tree just waiting patiently for someone to trip over it. I grinn and pull him to the side slightly and stand infront of him.
 
  "Is that so? I suppose your not so bad either"
 
  He grins and leans down again, kissing me softly, I place my hands on his chest and just as he pulls away again, I shove him as hard as I possibly can over the root. He lets a little Yelp as he lands in his ass and I throw my head back and I laugh my head off. He growls and jumps up and grabs me around his waist.
 
  He throws me in the air and catches me again, my stomach fills with butterflies as he man handles me. I can't say I hate it. I can't say I hate how my body immediately reacts to his touch. I wrap my legs around his waist and he kisses me again. I moan into it this time letting it soothe my pain, then I rest in the nuke of his neck and suck on his skin. It tasted Divine like fresh brewed coffee in the morning, Rich and smooth. Pure but dark all at the same time. He squeezes my ass and growls
 
  "You better stop that doll or we ain't going anywhere"
 
  He was right, but he was the perfect distraction from my nerves, I pulled back and pouted, he kissed my lips again.
 
  "Sorry I'm just nervous"
 
  He carries me round the side of the house and in through the side door to the downstairs bathroom.
 
  "I know so am I"
 
  "Where are we going?"
 
  I ask him
 
  "Somewhere that you can shift, I don't want anyone seeing you"
 
  I roll my eyes but hop down and I start to strip, he watches me making me blush. That look could make any girl drop her knickers. When I'm stripped I call ifreann forward and she takes over and soon I'm looking at my feet. I look towards the mirror infront of the sink so I jump up to look at myself. My fur was pitch back with red tips at the end. We are beautiful.
 
  Me
  So pretty
 
  Ifreann
  Yeah we are
 
  "So beautiful, now come on doll we have got to go"
 
  We roll our eyes at him and he chuckles, shaking his head, opening the door and walks out, we follow him nudging at his butt to annoy him. He rubs the fur behind my ear and ifreann purrs like a little kitten.
 
  We go to the porch where everyone is gathering, deacon sits on the ground so we sit beside him, ifreann continues to poke at him, trying to annoy him by licking his face.
 
  "Ifreann that tickles stop"
 
  She huffs and turns her body around and she ignores him. I laugh at her childishness.
 
  "Don't be like that come here"
 
  She turns around a little further and puts her head in the air.
 
  "I'm sorry ifreann, please forgive us?"
 
  She turns back around and licks him again, he chuckles, shaking his head. Then she stops licking him and rests her head on his head. Arden clears his throat, he has got his phone in front of him talking to multiple alphas then addressing the rest of us at the same time.
 
  "So the drone has shown us that the place is crawling with thousands of rogues, Our goal is to kill them all, all except for kids. We need to avoid the schools because there are kids inside of it but we are going to have them move to the bunker below. Basically we surround the entire territory and move in. My little cousins want the queen for themselves so if you get to her first keep her restrained until they arrive, any questions?"