Chapter one

Chapter one - childhood

"In a field of roses, she is a wildflower, so innocent, yet so rare."

She ran downstairs as fast as her little legs could carry her. He was right behind her, obviously not putting in too much effort to catch the little girl. It was, after all, just a game. The girl giggled and yelled when she noticed that he was getting closer. Of course, she knew that she would never escape him, well, at least not for now. She has to train more and become as amazing as her mother was. Not only in her eyes but also in the packs.

"Mommy!" she yelled, barely catching her breath.

"I'm in the kitchen, sweetheart," an unbelievably loving voice sounded from across the room.

The little girl instantly took off towards the kitchen. Her mother was her so-called 'safe place,' nobody could get close to her if her mother was around. Let's assume this someone decided to risk his/her life to get closer to the pup - her father would appear out of nowhere. With those blood-thirsty eyes, which sometimes scared even his daughter - both of her parents were overprotective, even more, they wouldn't let their pup to leave the house without guards.

She ran into the kitchen and scanned the room. Her mother was sitting next to the table, smiling at her. She instantly ran to the woman and hugged her.

"Easy there, you don't want to squeeze your brother, do you?" her mother laughed.

"I'm so sorry, mommy, but he's chasing me again," the little girl pouted, crossing her arms in front of her chest.

"Blaze, you dumbass, stop this! Do you want Azrael to crash down the main entrance door again? You know that he can feel it if Kato is in danger or even distressed", the woman spoke, throwing death stares at the man, who just entered the kitchen.

"Ooooh, mommy said a bad word," little girl teasingly added.

"We were playing, alright? Even more, I'm so bored; I don't know what to do. Then the little spawn of Satan, you call your daughter, asked me to play with her. And here we are, once again, I repeat, once again, next to you and I'm the bad one", he mimicked Katos pouting and repeated her actions.

Both of them looking exactly like toddlers during their temper tantrum, Raven just rolled her eyes and smirked.

"I don't like that smirk on your face, get it off!", Blaze yelled. He had a reason to be afraid now, his best friend never smirked without cause.

"3...2...1...." she quietly whispered.

The door slammed open with a loud bang, and animalistic growl echoed throughout their house.

"Told you," Raven added and giggled, standing up, with one hand holding onto her big belly. She could give birth to their second child any day now.

"Where the Hell is my pup? I swear to God if anything happens to her..", and there he was. Extremely overprotective, angry, and pissed off Alpha male. Azrael.

"Dadda!" Kato clapped her hands and jumped up and down while laughing in between her childish actions.

"Come here, my little wildflower," Azrael kneeled in the doorway and opened his arms for her.

He loved his daughter; no, he adored her, and nobody would dare to say the opposite.

Kato yelled in excitement and ran into her father's arms. She always kept saying that her dad's hugs were the best. That's right, she's daddy's princess and proud.

"Welcome home love, where's Nate?", Raven slowly made her way to her mate and daughter.

"He's on his way here, I think," Azrael placed his daughter back on her feet and rushed to his mate, picking her onto his arms.

He looked down at his daughter and smiled.

"Princess, give me some time to take your mother to the bedroom; she can't just walk around alone now. We need to protect mommy and your little brother", he spoke to the little girl, which eyes already were glowing in adoration.

She was amazed by the love her parents had for each other. Of course, nobody has told her how rocky road they had until they finally accepted each other, but that wouldn't matter since they're a happy family now.

"Ok, daddy, but can Blaze play with me a bit more?" she gave him puppy dog eyes, and he didn't hesitate to agree. Azrael knew that Blaze wouldn't hurt his pup, as he was part of the family now.

"Babe, I'm home, come to daddy!" a deep voice sounded from the front of the house.

Blaze giggled as little kid (which I swear he was in his heart) and took off.

"Uncle Nate!" Kato yelled and soon followed Blaze.

Azrael laughed and looked down at his mate. She looked much more beautiful than ever, with each pregnancy she was becoming more beautiful, at least that's how he saw it.

"I guess we'll have some time on our own," he wiggled his eyebrows teasingly.

"Oh, you old pervert! Shut up and take me to bed, I need some sleep. Your son is killing me," Raven groaned.

Her mood swings have been awful. The first pregnancy was natural; she didn't grow as big as she was now. Kato was a calm kid. This one was completely different- constant throwing up, back pain, tiredness, swollen legs, etc. In short- it wasn't easy.

Azrael placed a gentle kiss on her forehead.

"Your wish is my command, my Queen," he whispered.

"Eeeew daddy, they are eating each other's mouth again!" Kato yelled out loud.

Both Raven and Azrael laughed loudly.

"Sweetheart go to your room, dad will be there soon," Raven commanded, and her little girl didn't think about arguing, instead she happily ran upstairs.

Azrael carried Raven to the living room, where Nate and Blaze already sat comfortably on the couch.

"Ooof Ren, you're fat. Fatter than yesterday", Nate teased her.

"Oh, shut up. And stop kissing in front of my child", she gave him warning growl, and both mates laughed.

"I mean it, I'll rip your fucking throat out even in my human form! Try me!" annoyance grew more prominent with each second.

They all knew that Raven was protective over her daughter, but sometimes she went too far. This time maybe not..

"Alright, woman, just chill," Nate rolled his eyes and turned away from her.

"Don't worry, boys; I'll get this grumpy wolf to bed. You two enjoy your time together", Azrael smirked and carried his mate upstairs to their bedroom.

He placed her onto the bed and smiled brightly. Love and adoration in his eyes were easily spotted, but there was this one more thing. Lust.

"Don't you fucking think about it, I'm very very pregnant already," Raven groaned.

"I wouldn't even try, that is if you wouldn't beg me to," he winked at her and went into the closet to change into more regular clothes.

"I need to leave for a few weeks, was thinking about taking Kato with me," Azrael suddenly spoke.

"Leave where?" Raven asked curiously.

"First visiting some packs, afterward... Well... Vampires. Lord Darkblood invited me to talk over some business stuff. I wanted to say no because you're due any day now, but I couldn't do anything. Even the Council needs me there.

Kitten, you know that we have been trying to get that agreement between vampires and werewolves for years now. I can't risk for it to fail; none of us could.", he spoke as if it wasn't big of a deal.

"Can't anyone else go?" Raven pouted.

"No, my love. I'm the only one who's on good terms with them, so I'll be a messenger between everyone, I guess. But I promise to get back home if you will go into the labor, I already warned everyone about that. And please think about Kato, she needs to see more of a world, the same as she needs to learn more as next in line Alpha.", Azrael went out of the closet and stood next to the bed. He leaned over his mate and kissed her forehead.

"Now sleep, my love, while I'll go and get beaten up by our child. I love you," he whispered before leaving their bedroom.

Speaking of unexpected news.

Soon she drifted off to sleep, even with all questions attacking her mind, she was way too tired to keep her eyes open for any longer.