The Secrets of the Panther
Chapter 83

IZZY

I slowly open my eyes; I try to adjust to the light sweeping in from the window.

I move, but something is holding me in place. I look over my shoulder to see a big chest. I close my eyes and breathe in the scent; as I do, the smell wraps me up, and I realize it is Blake.

Everything from last night floods my memories; we mated the previous night. I felt warm and happy about mating Blake and being in his arms.

I can feel Puna stir in my head, but my eyes fly open, as I can feel someone watching me.

There, standing to my side, was Allie, her hair all over her face as if she fought with the bed. She stares at me, and I can see her teeth; she smiles.

But Jesus, that kid can scare a scarecrow half to death with her hair. She looks like an evil child or the girl from the ring; seriously, I need to teach her to talk when she enters a room, or she is going to give someone a heart attack one of these days.

“Mummy,” she says to me, “Why are you and daddy in here? I thought you were in my bed. I wanted to sleep with both of you,” she says.

How the hell am I going to answer that? How do I tell a four-and-a-half-year-old that I wanted to mate with my mate while she was not in bed with us?

Crap, we got to take care of this. Allie needs her own room or something.

“Allie hunny,” I say, “Daddy and I wanted to have some alone time, but maybe we can do something together. How about breakfast?”

I can feel Blake stir behind me. He places his mouth on my shoulder, but I can feel his smirk on his face.

That dick. He heard everything she just asked me and never came to my rescue.

Allie smiles. “Ok, mummy,” she says; she places her hand in mine and looks at me. “Did you and daddy wrestle? Kat and Todd do that all the time.”

What the hell?

I groan and hide my face under the covers as I can hear chuckling from behind me.

Blake moves his head and leans on his arm; he places a kiss on my shoulder once more and smiles. “Good morning angel, shall we go down for breakfast? Mummy can get dressed while we get breakfast ready,” he says to her.

Allie’s smile goes wide, “Yeah! Mummy, can daddy and I make pancakes please?” she asks, but soon frowns. “Aunt Kacey doesn’t make good ones. Can we show her how we make them?”

I look behind me; Blake has a blank expression but comes back within seconds. “I just ask for Aunt Kacey and Aunt Charley to meet us in the kitchen, angel.”

She smiles. She jumps up and down excitedly. “Yay!” she says.

I smile at her, “Allie, hunny, look for some clothes. Get dressed, and daddy will come in to get you,” I tell her.

And like that, Allie runs off back into the room.

Blake leans into me, placing kisses on my neck, but I can feel a smirk on his face. “So, we were wrestling, hey,” he says.

I blush. “I never said that; I’m going to kill my auntie and Todd,” I say through gritted teeth.

Blake places his finger under my chin to make me look over at him. He smiles. “I would wrestle with you all the time, especially if I get to make you moan like last night once more,” he says as he places his lips on mine.

He slips his tongue in, and we move our mouths together, but he pulls back just in time; Allie comes in once again.

Blake sits up, making sure the covers are over me as I am still utterly naked under them.

Blake leans over and pulls something up from the floor; he slips whatever was on the floor over his legs while under the blanket and moves away.

But before he leaves, he leans back down over me and places a passionate kiss on my lips.

Allie giggles.

Blake moves away and smiles, moving away from me. “Mummy will be down in a little while,” he says.

Allie walks over to Blake and opens the bedroom door; they both leave hand in hand.

The sight of both of them makes my heart melt.

I move up out of bed, flip the covers off me, and head straight to the bathroom. I need a quick shower; I can’t go downstairs while I look like this.

I am completely flustered.

I switch on the shower; I place my hair in a high ponytail. I will have a proper shower after I suppose we will all be training today.

I walk in and let the warm water run over my shoulders. Puna comes closer to the surface. “Izzy,” she says, “I think our mate wants to mark us.”

I stop rubbing my neck and look at my reflection in the shower door, as I can see Puna’s green eyes glow.

“Puna, we can’t let them,” I say to her. “We need to be ready for the war, plus they will end up feeling everything we feel.”

Puna looks back at me with sadness in her eyes. Still, I carry on, “Puna, we can’t have Blake and Axel mark us, not till after the war. We need to kill the vampire and the other witch,” I say to her. Still, I sigh, “Once the war is over, everyone is defeated, we will mark him, but for now, I want to wait, we haven’t got long till the war comes, and not only that we need to be free to leave, having a mate mark on us will make it harder for us to leave as Blake can feel everything we can.”

Puna stays quiet for a moment, but she sighs out. “You’re right, Izzy,” she says. “We need to be free to leave without getting mate involved.”

I nod.

I turn back to the shower and quickly wash my body.

Once I finish. I step out and wrap a towel around me. I move to the bedroom but walk through the joining door of both bedrooms. I open the closet and change into a fresh pair of panties. I leave my bra off and place a t-shirt over my head with a pair of shorts. I can change once I get back to the room, but first, I need breakfast with my daughter and mate. I leave the closet and walk towards the door.

I leave the room and head downstairs to the kitchen, but the smell of pancakes comes wafting straight to my nose.

My stomach grumbles; I walk in but stop at the sight before me.

Everyone from the meeting room joined Blake and Allie last night, but some new faces were not from the pack. They smelt different.

Puna comes closer to the surface. She looks around but grunts, “These are werewolf council members. What are they doing here?” she asks.

I say nothing, but Blake catches my eye. He whispers to Kacey, who nods, and Blake moves towards me.

I watch his every move as he steps in front of me. He leans in and sniffs in my scent, but I am met with a low growl, “Why did you shower?” he asks. “You don’t smell of me.”

I look up at him but cock my head to the side, “Why would that…” I say, but he slams his mouth on mine to stop me from talking. He places his hand on my waist but moves back slightly, but rests his head on mine.

“Izzy,” he says, but moves his head and looks over his shoulder at all people who are in the kitchen.

All of them are staring at us, smirking.

As on cue, my stomach growls aloud, making a few people laugh.

“Young alpha, let the panther have some food,” says a voice that sounds familiar to me.

I look around Blake and notice the pink hair, Tilly.

I smile at her, she comes closer to me and smiles, “Ah, Izzy,” she says, “You have one beautiful daughter, but I know we need to talk soon, but you must eat and then train; I will come and replace you later on today.”

I look back at her, confused, but she smiles; she turns and walks towards the kitchen entrance.

Blake looks at me. “Izzy, have some pancakes; Allie and I made plenty for everyone,” he says.

Blake moves away from me slightly but places his hand in mine; he leads me over to Allie and Kacey.

Allie has her mouthful of pancakes.

Kacey looks at me and smirks. “So you both were wrestling, hey,” she says as she moves her eyebrows up and down.

I groan.

Kacey laughs, but she places her hand on my shoulder as she moves closer to me; she puts her head near my ear so Allie can’t hear her. “Izzy, we will take her till the end of the war. She will be safe,” she says, and I look at her with a smile, “Thank you, Kace,” I tell her.

Kacey smiles back, “We can show her some basic training skills we learned at her age. She won’t need to use them, but they are safe for her age. Besides,” she says as she moves closer to Allie, who is now looking at her auntie with big eyes. “We can have loads of fun before you have to go into that bunker again with grandma.”

“Less of the grandma,” comes Luna Lauren suddenly, who smiles at us. “I want to be called nanna—Grandma makes me feel old.”

Luna Lauren walks over to Allie and places a kiss on her cheek. Allie giggles.

I place a few pancakes on a plate and eat. I watch everyone around us laugh and talk. Because of the upcoming war, this won’t happen much in the next few days, but it is lovely.

Once, I ate my whole weight in pancakes, a pair of giant arms wrap around my waist.

Blake’s scent fills my nose, which makes Puna purr more loudly.

Blake leans into the crook of my neck and sniffs in my scent, but he moves his head slightly, as I can feel his breath near my ear.

“Izzy,” he says, “I think we need to get ready as we need to train with Kat and Todd.”

I nod.

Everyone who was left says their goodbyes as Kacey and Charley take Allie with them to their room..

“Where are we training to?” I asked Blake, who placed his hand in mine and guided me back to his room.

“We will train on the grounds, near the pack house. Kat and Todd want to show everyone some techniques,” he says as we reach his room.

He opens the door and pulls me in.

But suddenly, the door is pushed closed behind me, and Blake pushes me up against the door. Not leaving any room between us, “Now Luna,” he says as he leans into my neck, “You shouldn’t have washed away my scent; I want everyone to know you are MINE,” he says in a low growl.

I gulp.

Oh crap, this is exciting and damn hot.

I’m completely turned on.