Caleb toyed with his glass of whisky and stared into the roaring fire of the drawing room; this was pointless wasting time on Bram and Romanov with small talk about the local area and their journey over. He knew Alle wanted him to focus on the necessities, to gauge whether White Forest knew of their intentions and network with the other Alpha’s, but he was hopelessly fixated.
Through the darkened privacy window of the jeep he had seen her emerge through the arched stone entrance. That brown hair bounced and moved through the wind, her figure was as lithe and desirable as he remembered causing a growl to emerge from deep within. She was clearly enjoying her Luna status, entertaining the Alpha Romanov with her wit as they all arrived like a merry family through the arch.
He noticed Bram gripping her hand tightly and his he
The group moved through to the royal dining room, where those previously tense conferences with Alpha Romanov had taken place a new dynamic was thriving. Lively happy conversation, filled with talk of romance, love, future pups was the result of the Luna’s arrival into the gathering. Silver platters laid out, chandeliers sparkling and huge platters to feast upon added to the merriment. It was almost possible to forget that White Forest and Five Lakes were on the very cusp of war. Excitement for the ceremony dominated conversation and the wine flowed merrily down the length of the large wooden table. Whilst Bram, Dexter and Jack happily drank away the evening Helena, Brandon and Caleb were more measured, eyeing the situation around them with caution.Helena sat between Bram and Alpha Romanov, remaining at the head of his table.
The morning sun had begun rising when I awoke with a start. Bram had followed me to bed much later in the evening, silently getting in without a word, his huge muscular back facing all I could see. The anger I felt towards everyone after the dinner was still ripely seething. Getting up silently, wrapping a long robe around my tank top and shorts I padded down the corridor in search of solitude. I headed back to the drawing room where I had finally felt Alexander's presence. I don't know what I hoped for but re-entering the room and sitting on one of the large leather couches I only felt the cold of dawn. That stunning wave of emotion that had washed over me when I stepped into the room had vanished. Adoration, attraction, and a tingling, head to toe wave of sensuality had raced up and down my body causing to stop in my tracks last night. He must have been so close last night so why was he n
“What the hell is wrong with you?” Bram hissed at me, I found myself crouched on the floor in a ball, my hands over my eyes as I came back to the surface of the present. "Get up right now!” he yelled, forgetting we were only behind a door to a crowd of twelve Alpha couples and dozens more White Forest Beta’s. My mind raced trying to work out what I had seen, Fyre raced around my mind desperately - we have only seen one half of the scene, we need Bella! “I said get up!” he screamed again, this time banging his hand against the door itself creating a deafening thud. “What is going on he
Waiting for the happy couple’s entrance into the ballroom Alexander felt sick to his stomach. Dressed in black with his cloak swirled around his huge shoulders he was a darkly, brooding figure in the shadows. His black hair tumbled messily down the side of his face, rumpled from a night of poor, tossing sleep. Hydra had convinced him it was worth showing up today but looking across the ballroom of happy faces and celebration he felt like a naïve fool. His feeble offering of love couldn’t possibly compete with the prestige of being a Luna over a pack of this size. Hydra continued to dismiss his negative thoughts and tried to remain focused on Caleb and Jack, they circled the room like sharks, seemingly appraising the value of the castle like potential new owners. However his heart was trained on the wooden door, waiting desperately for a view of her once more, any sound and his eyes were div
Fiery sparks rained down on the huge wolves now dominating the ballroom as they circled around the quivering Bram. Alpha Romanov stared blankly as he realised Bram no longer had a wolf, he cursed himself for not realising sooner and with a last look of sorrow realised he was about to witness his son get murdered. Bram hadn’t been ignoring his mind-link attempts, he was no longer capable of receiving them due to his own greed and avarice. Caleb and Jack lunged with sickening ferocity and there was no stopping the bone crunching, blood-spewing viciousness that ensued as Bram’s wails were swiftly cut short. Helena screamed as she scooted further and further back into the ballroom floor, trying to avoid the blood spattering towards her. She tried shifting herself, but the dress was simply too tightly structured to allow her wolfs ribcage to expand and rip through and she had to reluctantly rema
The heat of the ballroom was almost overwhelming upon reentering. As the omega’s ran alongside me with buckets of water and hoses to finally start dousing the flames I looked around for Alexander. My heart raced at the idea he was wounded or even killed, and I ran through the smoky, crumbling room trying to spot him. Suddenly the raging smoke changed to a damp and heavy air as droplets misted across the room as the hoses came into effect. Across the room I saw a black figure under a rafter and ran as fast as I could to the far end of the ballroom, piercing my feet on various broken bits of wood and decoration.I saw to my surprise that I had run straight to a black cloak that had been placed over the body of Bram. I stood, stunned, and disappointed and ran my hands through my hair, the mist making my curls fall limp and dress cling to me with damp. My face was streaked with smoky ash an
It was a good thing I had Ivan’s help to check Bella’s room for the diaries as I was very little use to him. I kept flushing red, losing my concentration, and not hearing Ivan talk to me as Alexander’s energy threatened to make me rip my clothes off where I stood. The heat was almost unbearable and though I tried to send back my own ideas and thoughts of what I would be doing to him it was no match for the ferocity of his emotion. I shut myself in the bathroom and offered to search in there whilst Ivan tutted and said, “I cannot wait until I’m matched-up if I can do that to a woman when I’m not even in the room!” which made me shriek “Ivan!” I could hear him chuckling away to himself as he opened every book in the bookshelf, checking for any kind of handwriting. “I think he’s a good one though. You two will be happy, I think. I never thought that with Bram but assumed there was a bigger reason behind
It should be a time of celebration, I’m proven innocent and back at the side of my Father on the lawn as he gives a speech, but my mind is whirling. My own brother set me up. We weren’t close but to sacrifice your own wolf for a shot at being Alpha King was just insanity.I pitied him and the foolish girl he’d convinced immensely but Hydra wisely urged me to shed anger off like a snakeskin. To hold onto bitterness from the last three years would ruin the future. We have control again, we can shape our future, we can be a partner worthy of Helena now. I didn’t allow my eyes to meet hers whilst Father was talking.I might have intervened a couple of times during the battle, but she saved my father and I’s life. Stabbing Jack in the neck with that silver blade took courage and using her Fate skill to