?


    his hand to Callie to enter into the house. Callie follows him, her long brown hair bouncing with


    her movement, her skin sunkissed by the recent heatwave at the hotel resort.


    She had travelled down in a ck sports bra, ck leggings and a nnel shirt which coordinated well, only enhancing her natural beauty.


    As she follows Dad into the house, I feel Jaxon''s eyes on me...feel his watchful gaze upon me.


    I follow Callie inside, cing the bags down and cing my arm around her waist...her body rigid under my touch until I pull her closer into me, and ce a kiss upon her cheek.


    She smiles under my movement, her eyes ncing behind to find Jaxon watching us both.


    I needed to be careful, needed to remember the n.


    "Are you sharing your room or shall I get a guest room ready?" Jaxon asks, his hands crossed over his chest as he rests against the hallway wall, a smirk forming into the corner of his mouth.


    He''s not buying it.


    "Sharing, of course." I meet his gaze, holding it steadily.


    In a matter of seconds Mum is racing down the stairs, her arms clinging on to me as she breathes in my sent.


    "I missed you."


    "I missed you too." I inhale her scent, my height towering over her but I never considered Mum small. She had an aura that rivalled Dad''s, making her the strongest female I have ever known.


    She pulls out of my chest, cing her hands on either side of my face. Taking me in.


    "There is much to discuss...." She whipers out before she notices the female to my side. Her eyebrow quirking in surprise.


    "And us..."


    "Us?" She looks to me with a smile.


    "Mum...this is Callie."


    "Alpha Kaia...I''ve heard such wonderful things."


    "Does this mean what I think it means.." Mum''s excitement jumps her voice to another level as she greets Callie with two kisses on either side of the cheek.


    "Steady on Mum, let''s get inside first." I chuckle out, my hand snaking back around Callie''s waist.


    IT doesn''t take long for Callie to make herself at home, she gets stuck in as we all prepare coffee


    and a light breakfast to sit around the kitchen table together.


    I know they have questions...things I need to answer.


    As the croissants, cereals and fruits areid out on the table, I watch on as the three of them...Dad, Mum and Jaxon enter a private mind-link. Have I really been gone that long that they forget to include me in on it.


    This must have been how Josie felt for all her teenage years, all of us having our wolves andmunication through the pack link...except for her. "So..." I try to gain their attention.


    “So?" Jaxon cuts the mindlink first, his green eyes turning a darker shade of green....almost ck. Meaning his wolf was peeking through....my wolf in return now doing the same thing.


    He was on edge, until Jaxon releases his pent up anger on me...my wolf and I won''t be able to rest.


    "Let''s get this over with."


    "Get what over with?"


    "Our wolves, around the back." I sigh out.


    "Why, have you done something for me to be angry at you?" Jaxon tries to hide his anger with humour but he forgets how well I know him. How I''m theical one, not him. He is the dark intense one.


    "What, like disappear for a year?"


    "Actually..."


    "Jaxon!" Mum cautions my brother, her hand flying out and gripping tightly on to his shoulder.


    "There is a lot that we need to share with you, but hopefully you''ll stay for a while....it would be nice for us to just spend time with you before you need to leave again." Mum makes it clear she has no expectations on me, her support as always is undying.


    “Exactly, and where is it you have been?" Dad nods in agreement with Mum, shifting in his chair as he presses me for some kind of information. "On the East Coast, Callie and I own a hotel there."


    "Own a hotel...together?" Mum looks between Callie and I, her curiosity eating away at her.


    "Yes, that''s one of the reasons I have returned. I wanted you to meet Callie...and to discuss my future as the alpha of the Clear Waters."


    I ignore Mum''s gasp, her hand rising to cover her mouth.


    "I am ready to ept my fate."


    "You are ready to be the alpha?" Mum ces her hands palms down on to the table, her shoulders leaning forward in anticipation. "Well, with Callie by my side."


    "By your side?"


    "Yes, Callie is my mate....Callie will be my luna."