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For Cara’s fourth birthday, I want to take them back to the island that I took Lily for our 4th anniversary. When I go to see Anders, he is looking over the patrol reports, frowning.
“That bad, huh?”
“It’s never ending. I swear, if I’d known it was going to be like this, I’d have either had Rik sooner or waited even longer. Having a mate and a pup who is an heir makes all of this more worrisome.” He says as he tosses his reports across his desk.
“So, I guess this is a bad time to ask for a long weekend away?”
He looks up at me. “What did you have in mind?”
I tell him and he looks at me for a moment. “How long?”
“Five days.”
He blows out a breath. “Yeah. Sure, go and enjoy your weekend with your family.”
I frown. Anders his never acted like he’s concerned about me being away before.
“What’s up?”
“There are several packs making a move against us and Shadow Falls. I know you work hard for me, but -never mind. Of course, take your family and have a good time.”
“No. I would never leave you during a time of battle or war, Anders. Even if I could, which I can’t being your Guardian, I wouldn’t.” I tell him. “I’ll wait and see how things stand for our anniversary, that’s a couple months away still.”
Both mine and Lily’s birthdays pass, and our anniversary and the attacks keep coming. Lily and I are an amazing fighting machine. Together, no one can defeat us. We can take on 12 wolves between the two of us when we are together. We know we can count on the other to protect our back and so we can focus on the fight in front of us. Anders and Charles are both powerful as are our warriors, but it’s me and Lily that are the tipping point in many of our battles.
There is loss. While we decimate the packs that attack us, in every battle we lose some warriors. Then, sometimes, we lose their mates as well. I’ve never quite figured out why sometimes the mates can survive and sometimes they can’t.
Cara’s fifth birthday comes along. This time, I already know we can’t go away from a long period of time. but I need to take my girls away from all the fighting, at least for a couple of days.
I get Anders to agree to a weekend, and we go into the mountains a couple of hours away, Andra and Donovan run with Cara on their backs, playing tag and catch. Cara laughs and whoever she’s riding on always miraculously wins.
It’s a wonderful weekend. We laugh and play with Cara. I find a mountain peak that is high enough to still have snow and Andra and Donovan run up the mountain so we can have a snowball fight. Cara wins, of course. And while we have a perfect time while we are there, it’s over too soon.
When we return, we’re almost immediately back into fighting. Anders begins sending me to Shadow Falls and leaving Lily behind to ensure that Calista and Rik are safe. I don’t like being away from Lily. Sometimes it’s necessary, but we don’t fight as well apart and I’m always a bit distracted, trying to keep my mind link open to her to make sure that she is okay.
One night after Donovan takes Cara out for a run, we come back to our room and Lily seems a bit off.
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“Lily bud, are you okay?”
She turns and smiles at me. “I want to go away for a day, just you and me.”
I walk over to her, pulling her against me. “I like the sound of that. When?”
“Tomorrow.”
“Tomorrow? Baby, I don’t know if we can get away that quickly.”
“Please, Clint. I really want us to go away. Just us. Just for one night. Please.”
“Okay baby, let me talk to Anders.
I turn to go find Anders, but she pulls me back. “I love you so much, do you know that? Do you know how much I love you?”
“Baby, what’s going on?” I cup her cheek. Something is definitely wrong.
“I just need some time with you. Things have been crazy and.and I want time with my mate. I need this. I really need this. I need you.”
“Okay baby. I’ll let Anders know. Do you think Calista will watch Cara for us?”
“I’ll go talk to her while you talk to Anders.”
“Okay Lily bud.”
When I go to Anders, he originally denies me. But I told him something was up with Lily and he gave in. The next day, we went away, just my Lily bud and me.
One night, not long after Cara’s 5th birthday, I’m in our room, cleaning up while Donovan takes Cara for a run. Suddenly, I feel a presence and I whip around, ready to fight, my claws coming out. As soon as I see the woman, I gasp and my claws recede.
She’s beautiful, almost glowing. She’s wearing a floor-length white dress. She’s barefoot and her hair falls long and straight down her back and over her arms.
“Mother.” Andra says, bowing our head in submission.
“Hello, my child. I see you recognize me.”
“Are…are you the Moon Goddess?” I ask, not sure that I’m seeing what I think I’m seeing.
She smiles at me kindly. “Yes, but you may call me Selene.” That seems wildly inappropriate.
“What are you doing here?” I ask her.
“I’ve come to speak to you. Come, sit with me.” She says as she walks to our couch and sits down, patting the seat beside her.
I go to her and sit. When I do, she reaches out and caresses my hair, similar to how I do with Cara. “
You’ve been such a good Guardian for me. You have served me well. You have protected your pack, your
Luna and your future Alpha. You have even been a loving influence on one of my children that lost both their parents, although only one has joined me.”
“You mean Liam?”
She smiles again. “Of course.”