Werewolf’s Heartsong

Chapter 74

Damien’s POV

All the emotions tumbling inside my mate, were felt by me through our bond. Allowing me to calm my

rage, to push it back. Our mate needed us to be calm and in control, and that’s what we would be.

Zane settled in the wake of our mates need of us. Allowing himself to put his need for violent and

bloody vengeance aside. Maybe it’s time I test my skills against Master Brock again. It’s been awhile.

Grabbing my mate I pull her close to me, wrapping her up tight. (This novel will be daily updtaed at

www.noveljar.com)I’ll be whatever she needs me to be, if being her rock is what she needs, then that’s

what I would be.

Kissing her forehead I let her lose, looking into her eyes. They were filled with remembered pain, and

her love of me. One day I hoped we would be able to see less of that pain, and more of the peaceful

happy smile, she had worn not so long ago. (3)

“You need to eat Starlight, we have training this afternoon.” I remind her. She straightens up and

brightens, “There we go, that’s the face I want to see more often’ “What are you looking forward to?” I

ask her. Quickly putting servings of everything on the empty plate in front of her.

She looks across the table and smiles at her Gamma, Victor. For a moment, I had a flash of raging

Jealousy over her giving another male her smile. 2

It only took me a moment, but I push it down, he’s mated and she was mine. My thoughts halt abruptly

as they, in unison say “Sword Training!” in loud excitement.

‘Sword Training…Why would these two be looking forward to that of all things?’ I wondered. So I asked

“What has you so excited about sword training?” keeping my tone gentle.

She looks at me, her excitement sparkling in her eyes. “Selena, my Sprite, fights with swords, I get to

let her out, and Victor get’s to let out Nicholas,” she tells me, joy in her voice. 2

I wanted to promise her the moon if she’ll just keep that look on her face for me. “Selena and Nicholas

got to train with swords yesterday, and it was so fun!”

I still feel a tiny bite of jealousy, but in the face of her joy…it was the easiest feeling to ignore. “Ok,

Starlight, but you have to eat first.” I tell her, wanting her fed. I knew she was hungry, I could hear the

growling in her stomach.

She looks at the plate in front of her, with a frown of confusion. “I put your plate together.” I tell her

knowing why she’s confused. The plate had been empty when she sat down.

She looks up at me, love in her eyes “Thank you” she says, her voice had a breathless quality to it.

I smile back down at her “I’ll always take care of you mate.” I tell her. She gives me a quick peck on the

cheek, then concentrated on devouring her breakfast.

I was about to dig into my own breakfast, when my Beta walked in. Xander had his mate, Beatrice, with

him.(This novel will be daily updtaed at www.noveljar.com) I look for them, and there they were, the

mating marks I was hoping to see. I’m relieved and happy for them.3

I remember overhearing Beatrice once, saying how much she was looking forward to finding her mate,

when she reached the age to do so. She’d been just a young teenage pup then. Xander had been next

to me, hearing it too. It’s why her rejection never made sense.

Her family always produced really strong Gamma’s, just as the Bloodmoons, Victor came from did.

Looking across the table at Alora’s Beta and Gamma, I get an idea. Looking back at Beatrice I don’t

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I see a she wolf who has been through a lot and is determined to put it behind her. Although no one

can ever truly forget trauma. I look down at my mate. She was tortured for eighteen years by the

people who were supposed to love and care for her.

There is a special kind of hell set aside for those kinds of people. I think it would be a good idea to go

find a victims counselor. I want to be able to help my mate. There is no way, she’s going to be able to

walk away from a lifetime of pain and be okay.

Maybe a counselor can give me the best ways to prepare, and to support my mate should she need it. I

would care for her mental health as well, not just her physical and emotional health. She was

essentially three beings in one. And all three have gone through eighteen years of hell, that she has

kept it together as well as she has, shows just how strong she is.

With much still to do, now that I was home, the first thing I needed to do at this moment though, was

see if I could secure myself a Gamma. “Beatrice.” I say her name to get her attention.

She looks at me, and see’s Alora next to me, her eyes zero in on our marks, and a wide smile breaks

across her face. She meets my eyes. O

“Alpha Damien, I hope this means you will teach that bitch Sarah a lesson she’ll never forget.” She

says, fire and an inner strength burning in her eyes.

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“They will feel my wrath, trust me on that.” I tell her. “But I have a question, how much of your family’s

Gamma training did you receive?” I asked her.

She looks so surprised at my question. “All of it and then some, often my training was my punishment

for preforming to poorly in public school.” she tells me.2

I frown, “Explain.” I tell her gently.

“My home life, and the training I received from my family, was the only thing Sarah was not able to take

away from me, for which I am eternally grateful.” she says

“My parents home schooled me themselves in mathematics, physics, business, as well as the

performance of a Gamma and all that comes with that duty.” My eyebrows raise at that. “My family

holds really high standards for education. The spell she had me under, was restricted to my public

school education(This novel will be daily updtaed at www.noveljar.com).” she pauses.

Her look became one of frustrated anger and pain “Unfortunately, my failure to perform well in public

school…caused me a whole lot of grief at home.” her voice husky, she swallows. “I had to train harder,

and under go hours and hours of extra schooling at home.” she clears her throat,

Xander gives her a glass of orange juice, tears were in her eyes. “I guess I have to be grateful for that

in a way.” she says. “With my parents I have enough education credits to override my public school’s

final GPA, and I could get a couple of degrees from the University.”

She took a drink. “So she didn’t really take away my education..(This novel will be daily updtaed at

www.noveljar.com). I guess. But my entire school experience….the one I should have had…is gone. I

can’t get that time back, and I won’t ever be able to gain the rank I dreamed of my entire life.” a couple

of tears fall.

She wipes them away, her look was of determined anger “But I have my mate now, and I am formally

pressing charges against Sarah.” her tone was fierce.

Like my Alora, even with the damage done, she was still strong. It reminded me of something my

mother told me once, when I was so upset over Alora one day.

“A broken person can be infinitely fragile, and at the same time infinitely strong.” she’d said to me.

“Alora may be fragile now, but if we give her the tools, she can become strong and break free.” she had

looked sad. 3)

“But understand that, once broken, there is no seamlessly putting someone back together, there will be

jagged edges, and missing pieces.” she’d told me. “Support, don’t smother.”

I watched Xander care for his broken but strong female. Handing her that glass of juice, letting her tell

her story. Just being there for her, ready to be what she needed. I can’t help but feel this was what my

mother was talking about.

I will be what my mate needs. I could also provide something that could help heal some of what was

done to Xander’s mate. Zane had already approved of this decision, his comment ‘She’ll be a strong

Gamma’ all he had said, all he needed to say.

“I’m glad your education was able to be salvaged, despite the reason it was brought about, your family

still managed to make you a superb Gamma candidate.” I tell her, Xander and Beatrice are now looking

at me in surprise.

Her expression, showing me her visibly trying to tamp down the hope, I see peaking through her eyes.

“I’d like to formally extend my offer for you to be my Gamma, Beatrice Fire Shadowtail.” I say to her.

Her face comically stunned, she reaches up and pinches her cheek, flinching with a wince. Her eyes

wide “I’m not dreaming…this is really happening.” her voice full of amazed disbelief.

Then she sort of snaps out of it, and looking me directly in the eyes, her shoulders set, strength

radiating out of her, (This novel will be daily updtaed at www.noveljar.com)”I accept.” She says in a firm

voice. O