Innocent Little Runt
Xavier sighed and tried to move in front of me without scaring me into backing away from him. "It's okay little one," he said as came closer to me. I felt so tiny in his presence, especially in wolf form. He knelt down and tried to move closer but I whimpered and backed up more into the tree. He sighed again before trying again and I tired to put all my fears away as he once again reached out his hand.
I put my head down, hoping that if I couldn't see him, I wouldn't be scared. As I felt his hand on my back and felt tingles explode, I jumped but then relaxed as I got used to it. I calmed down more as he picked up my small frame and held me close before whispering into my ear, "What has happened to you little one?"
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Celeste has always been running. When she was little a group of rouges killed most of her pack and the remaining wolves ran, including her. Over the years they have slowly split off until it is only her and her mother running. When the rouges once again find them her mother spared her own life to keep her beloved runt safe. She ran, but eventually she could no longer run for her tiny body hadn't had the energy.
Now she has been found by a new pack, The Paramount pack, and she is surprised when she finds her mate. Because how can she, an innocent little runt, have a mate such as Xavier, one of the strongest alphas in the country?
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Chapter: EpilougeCeleste's POV A pained scream echoed throughout the pack along with the familiar wail that I hadn't heard in a few months. I sighed and pushed myself up but I was held down by Xavier's arms. "Don't go," he groans out. "He'll be fine." I roll my eyes at him. "Let go of me Xavier or else," I threaten. I gasp as I'm suddenly pinned to the bed, Xavier hovering above me with a smirk on his face. "Or else what?" I go to respond but before I could his lips are on mine. I shove him off of me with all of my strength and even though it doesn't compare to his he moves off of me. I walk to the door and smile when Xavier already has it open for me. It was a new door that Xavier had built to connect to the nursery that was also built while I was pregnant. I walk into the room to see the comforting yellow walls with purple animals painted throughout the room. I quickly run over to the crib and pick up my crying baby boy. His tuff of dark brown hair is a mess as usual but his green eyes
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Chapter: Chapter 76Celeste's POV Xavier had me stay in our room while the pack was cleaned up. He didn't want me to see them burning the experiments bodies. That didn't stop the smell that drifted into the room. I just grabbed all of the scented candles that I have in the bathroom for when I want to relax and lit all of them. It wasn't exactly pleasant but it wasn't as bad as the smell of burning bodies. I turned on the television as I tried to ignore the sounds of the large fire that was going on not too far from the balcony. I wanted the memory of this fight gone. Everyone did. Jared seemed over protective of Zay now. It was understandable of course. His sister had died, like actually died. I remember his screams when he saw her. Everyone was devastated. I couldn't even look at her but Jared was the most heart broken, perhaps second next to Kaleshia. Thanks to Kaleshia though, she is back. Kaleshia says she is immortal now but that it was the only way she could save her. I don't know how Zay
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Chapter: Chapter 75Kaleshia's POV I sobbed as I held Zay's body. She's gone. She left me. I tried to ignore the sound of the few remaining experiments pounding on the barrier I had put up around Zay and I. "Stop!" I screamed at them, "Go away!" I held her to me tighter. "Please go away," I whispered. They wouldn't listen of course. They kept pounding at the barrier, ignoring when their arms, hands, or feet would get shocked. I looked around the yard through blurry eyes. There was very few experiments that weren't around Zay and I and it seemed that the others were handling them just fine. Are we winning? No, we aren't. At least I'm not. I lost the moment I lost Zay. I screamed, forcing the barrier away from me at least a few feet. The experiments screamed as they fell to the ground, dying. I forced the barrier back to me, knowing I was using up all of my energy. Even if I can't die, someone could kill me. Using up my energy would make it easier for them. I didn't want to live anymore. Not w
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Chapter: Chapter 74Lycer's POV I look around from the roof of the pack house. I can't tell who is winning this battle. They have more casualties than we do but they have so many people. No, they're not people. They're not even werewolves anymore. They're just experiments. In the end, no one is truly going to win I think. A bright blue light starts to come from one side of the yard and I quickly turn around to see what it is. Kaleshia is on the ground, a blue barrier seeming to surround her as she holds something in her arms. No, someone. I squint my eyes and anger surges through me when I see that it's Zay's non-moving form. I quickly go back to doing what I was doing before, looking for Malum. I spot Xavier who I knew was doing the same thing. He shakes his head, telling me he hasn't seen him either. I described what he looks like so Xavier can at least guess, not to mention he'd be one of the only ones to look normal who isn't from his pack. There might be a few experiments who look kind of
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Chapter: Chapter 73Zay's POV I stared at Celeste, wide eyed. "What?" I finally spoke after what seemed forever of silence. "Please don't make me say it again. I almost threw up the first time." I nodded but I couldn't stop staring at her in shock. "How do you know?" I'm the pack doctor, she should have come to me when she thought of it even being possible. "I uh. . . I remembered that Lesa said she started to get morning sickness before she was even sure. I tried to keep it hidden from Xavier, thinking maybe I just got food poisoning. But after a few days I went into your office while Xavier was working and you weren’t there. I took a few of the pregnancy tests. When the first one said positive, I didn't believe it but the next two said the same thing." She put her head in her hands and let out a breath. "You haven't told Xavier?" She shook her head. "How long ago was this?" She looked back up to me, her eyes almost as worried as mine. "Less than a week ago I think. I mean, I have bee
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Chapter: Chapter 72Zay's POV I stared around at the pack. Everyone was rushing around, trying to do whatever they could. Those who couldn't fight went to the shelters while everyone else tried to find weapons or something that could help them in battle. Even those who fight mainly in wolf form knew weapons could help. At this point, anything could help. My eyes dart to a blonde woman with purple highlights and a baby in her arms running towards me. "Lesa! What are you doing out here? Get inside!" Lesa was a great and gifted fighter, especially in human form. Her dad had taught her well but she wouldn't be fighting today. Her only job today would be to protect her son. "I was out visiting a friend when the sirens sounded. I got here as fast as I could." Wesley started to cry in her arms, his pale cheeks turning red. She cooed him and bounced him, trying to calm him down but the sirens that were still going off weren't helping. His hearing was a bit sensitive after all. "Well either go to my o
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Celestial Bodies: of Runts and Lycans
"Answer my question and I would more than love to continue." I find myself nodding frantically and his chuckle echoes in his body. "Use your words." I find myself blushing again but I say nothing. He pulls a breath away from me. When I continue to say nothing he leans back down, briefly brushing his lips over mine with no pressure behind it. His hand on the base of my neck moves up slightly, tilting my head back to his side so my neck is to him. His fingertips brushing over my skin sends a large wave of tingles through me and I can't suppress the shudder that leaves me. He brushes his nose against my neck and I tighten my fisted hand to a point of pain. His hand on my waist quickly goes to my fisted knuckles and smooths them out onto his chest once again. "Can you feel how fast my heart beats for you, Celeste?" It is much faster now. "It's because it belongs to you. All of me? Belongs to you."
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Finding herself suddenly alone and injured, Celeste finds herself on the grounds of one of the largest packs in the country. Scared of what will become of herself, she never expected to meet her mate and she definitely didn’t expect him to be the Alpha of the pack.
Xavier always longed to meet his mate, longed to complete his family. And when she, a rogue and a runt, ends up on his pack lands, he vows to protect and love her.
Only how can he protect her when mysteriously scentless rogues are attacking more packs every day? When an old enemy of Celeste’s makes an appearance in plain sight? When every sign of danger seems to be pointed in Celeste’s direction?
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Chapter: EpilogueThe pack was abuzz with excitement.Still in their hearts is the feeling of mourning; the loss of 23 pack members still fresh in their memory. The funeral pyres burned and the weeks gone by, it was time to begin to move on. And everyone was in agreement, the best way to do that was to start a new beginning.Celeste brushed through her hair, putting in several sparkly clips she knew would fall out when she shifted later. Xavier leaned against the door frame of the bathroom, watching her with adoration filling his eyes. "Are you ready?"She turned to face him in the mirror. "Almost."He hummed, stepping into the bathroom and taking the brush from her and running it gently through the back of her hair, as had become their little tradition.Zay had thrown herself into her work these past few weeks and was ready to do surgery on her shoulder in two weeks time, without Shia's help. She was still holding her frustration against her mate yet still slept in her arms at night, uncertain of their
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Chapter: Chapter 74.2: The Way of the Magi"Shia?" Xavier speaks over Lycer's shoulder. "Zay is-""Follow me."The Paramount Pack members follow Shia back to the pack in a somber silence, Jared beside Shia as the two mourn together. Jared wonders how he'll tell their parents. Wonders how he'll ever live without his sisters laugh. Her smile. Her annoying 'I know more than you' attitude. How will he tell Delian that she's lost her aunt when her mother is so quickly fading?Xavier carries Celeste who could barely walk, holding her tightly as he can without hurting her. He can't imagine the pain Shia is in. To feel a bond snap like that, to lose a mate like that. Even the three weeks he spent without Celeste cannot compare to this. How many did he lose today? Zay was as much a sister to him as she was to Jared and she surely wasn't the only one gone. He felt so many links break today that he'd lost track. How many bodies would they have to send off? And why this one, of any of them? Yes, why any of them at all but his sister - his
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Chapter: Chapter 74.1: The Way of the MagiA scream tore through the lips of the magi, watching as a rogue clamped it's yellow canines down into the jugular of her beloved. Her mind not catching up with her actions, she was barely aware of her hand raising and a beam of energy shooting out from her palm, striking the rogue in the face. It flopped back and she knew it was dead.Barrier abandoned and retreating, she ran to her beloved, skitting to her knees in the red snow that surrounded the healer. "Zay - Zay," she sniffled, tears brimming to her eyes as she pressed her hands over the gaping wound on the young woman's neck. Zay made a discomforting choking sound, blood spilling out of her mouth. Her eyes were wider than Shia had ever seen them. "I can - I can fix this."Memories flash behind her eyelids with every blink. A young man is on the ground, a man whom she loves. He stares up at her, terrified of what's tocome. His head was split open and blood oozed out, warm beneath him on that hot summer day. Years and years ago a
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Chapter: Chapter 73.3: ChaosThe rogue took them a mile out into the cold and icy forest. Their breaths met the air in puffs of smoke. Xavier's jaw was set in a firm discomfort, his thoughts swirling full of her. Jacob and Jared walked close behind, letting out a growl anytime they felt the rogue got too close for comfort. The rogue was to lead them there, that was all. Josh tried to keep a clear mind, despite his stomach turning. Worries for two of his closest friends at the forefront of his mind; equally consumed by worries of the outcome of this all. They didn't know how many rogues Malum would have with him or hidden just out of sight. Most of them lacked scents and even the ones who did would be hard to perfectly trace through the snow. Lycer was watched carefully by the rogue and he knew what it meant. He knew what all of this meant. He had to sacrifice himself for Celestial. Even if it didn't go to the plan they wanted, he would get her back to her mate. He would fulfill his promise to her.A man stood, le
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Chapter: Chapter 73.2: ChaosThey met just outside the packhouse and went in together. There was still several rogues wandering the property but no pack members except for warriors wandered around. Xavier could feel the losses deep within him. Links broken from the deceased. He counted twenty links no longer there, the thought weighing heavily. Shia, Zay, and several other healers also wandered the ground, attending to those they could. When they came into the packhouse, a near thirty injured were gathered in the living room and kitchen, their injuries being seen to by healers stationed there. Xavier didn't have the time or heart to give them any words of advice. He had to find Celeste."Malum wouldn't have taken her far, she is not his goal." Lycer's words weighed heavily in Xavier's office. Josh slipped in quietly."What do we know?" He immediately went to the drawing drawer, pulling out a map of the pack and the surrounding lands and laying it across Xavier's desk."She was taken from Lesa's house off the town
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Chapter: Chapter 73.1: ChaosThird Person POVThe pack was in chaos. Everywhere, bodies began to pile. The Alpha had little time to stop to help. Instead, he had his warriors disperse from around him and the pack grounds, taking the rogues down as best they could. Several tried to stop him but he'd never been more determined. He wouldn't lose her again. He couldn't.Lycer was close on his tail. Several of the rogues aimed for him on their path. He took them down with a newfound energy he didn't know he had in him. He sank his teeth into a burly rogue with blistered skin, throwing it over his shoulder. The snow falling around them was coming in faster now, blanketing the Earth beneath them in a fresh layer. When he was a child, Lycer was told that snowfall cleaned the world. Made it new. He couldn't decide if that was true. Rather, he felt thrown into the past. That day when he was taken was right at the front of his mind. Yelling for Celestial to run as he tried to fight off several of the experiments.They stoppe
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