Carter brought Thalia back to the lodge because he hadn’t held back, as the aftermath Thalia fell unconscious. As he laid her on the bed, Carter didn’t want to let her go, she was like melted wax in his arms. Nuzzling her, he pressed a kiss on her temple and pulled away. Once he was done tucking her in, he made his way out of the room and headed to the office, yesterday he was too busy to take care of Brandon now was a good time to have a good chat with his uncle.
As he stridden inside the room, Carter noticed that Brandon was already sitting in a chair with his chin propped on his clenched fist. Brandon didn’t look like he was scared or anxious instead he looked bored like he was just going through the motion and taking care of business that he should be taking care of and nothing more, however, Carter was far too experienced to be fooled, that unnatural stiffness of Brandon told him that he was trying his best not to fidget under his alpha vibes. Car
Trigger warning- mention of gruesome scene.Waking up to a loud bang wasn’t in her plan. Look, she wasn’t good with surprises, they always came with a heart jolting excitement or terror and Thalia wasn’t good with either of them. When that loud bang echoed around the lodge, Thalia woke up with a startled jolt that did nothing but further intensified the disorientation she was in, blinking her eyes she tried to focus, clearing off the hazy mist that was making it difficult for her to have a clear vision. Thalia looked around, there was no one…the room was the same as ever- dark and silent.Frowning she brushed her hair off her face and stood up from the bed, though she was asleep, Thalia had a feeling that she didn’t imagine that loud sound of something falling. She slowly walked out of the room, heart thudding violently- the lodge was doused in an inky veil of darkness, obviously, when Carter left, he didn’t thin
Thalia felt her teeth clattering, she couldn’t believe what she had just done. She killed someone, sure the shifter hunter and that jackal who was accompanying him did barge into their lodge, ruined the canvases on which she has been working for so long but that was not a justified reason for her reaction. She killed that human and she might have done the same to that jackal shifter who helped that hunter intrude in their territory if she got her hands on him, what the hell was wrong with her? She trembled and choked on a sob as goosebumps broke all over her arms when she sensed the sticky and gooey blood seep through her clothes, it was so horrifying - she was so horrifying.She couldn’t remember what she was doing and how she even reached there but there was one thing that she could remember - she enjoyed it. She was enjoying the terror in the eyes of that human, the scent of his blood that was clogging the air was freaking addictive, she had clawed him ag
“Just spit it out, I can see that you want to say something,” After Carter scooped her up and brought her back to their bedroom, he settled her down on the bed. Thalia had been silent and obedient throughout the entire time, he was carrying her in his arms, but her face was scrunched up like she just sucked an entire lemon. This was something, Thalia did a lot when she wanted to ask something but was holding herself back, “ I am not going to get mad.”She peeked through those dark locks and hesitatingly said, “ You promise?”“ I promise that no matter what you say I won’t get mad.” He said picking up a towel as he started to dry Thalia’s hair, even though he gave her his promise Thalia didn’t say anything outright, instead she seemed to be brooding over the entire thing. Carter didn’t rush her and continued doing what he was doing, he knew that though their relationship couldn’t be cons
Once Thalia’s breathing smoothed, Carter got off his bed and walked out of the lodge, he was heading to his office, since the matter of infiltration was yet to deal with. He was just about to enter the office when the heavy discussion inside the office seized and everyone went silent. He raised a brow as he sauntered inside. “ By all means please continue,”Jake sighed as he begrudgingly looked away from Dan and walked back to his designated place that was right beside him, as Carter took his seat, Jake sidled next to him with a heavy disappointed sigh. “Dan here thinks that we missed checking the security measures but I can assure you that we did not- I am the one who is responsible for taking care of them and I will never make that mistake.”Dan snorted from the recliner he was sitting on, arms crossed in front, he stared at Jake with a suspicious glint in his eyes. “ Everyone here knows how it went the last time, so I don’t
Her foot caught on something again and Thalia almost let out a string of curses as she nearly tumbled on her butt. If not for Carter who was holding her arm and kept her upright, she would have almost fallen to the ground. She hissed, as she straightened up. “ Can you at least take this blindfold off and let me walk on my own, I am so over this.”“ We are almost there, sugar.” Carter assured her but his assurance meant jackass to her when all she could do was ‘ black’. She hated black or anything that had to do with the dark.“ You said the same thing half an hour-ouch” as she stepped into a small hole, Thalia let out a wince. She inhaled sharply and gritted out, “ Half an hour ago.”“ Darling, I can assure you that we have only been walking for ten minutes.”She snapped her teeth at him but she knew he wouldn’t even notice it, since she had no idea where the hell his face was,
Thalia couldn’t put how grateful she was feeling at the moment. Her heart was full of warmth and fuzziness, the last time she celebrated her birthday like this was when she was with the pick pocketer group. A bunch of silly kids had shoplifted a dry fruit cupcake from a department store and picked a half-burnt candle from the trash can to stick it on her little cupcake. There was nothing memorable about that birthday but she was grateful to the group of kids who thought of her back then and she was just as grateful to Carter for this surprise. “ I don’t know how to tell you but I feel like my heart is soaking in honey, it's all sweet and fuzzy.” Like she has drunk quite a lot of sweet fruit wine. “ you are the man, you know that Carter Atherton?”He just laughed, really pleased to see her happy. Even his wolf was feeling a little smug about being the cause of her happiness. See, they were not that bad everyone made them. “ Why n
Thalia dropped the music box to the ground, and clamped her hands on her ears as she shook her head and screamed, “Shut it down! Shut it down!”Her reaction was volatile and extreme causing Carter to immediately reach out and pick up the music box and shut it down. The haunting music came to a stop at once, once the music stopped, Carter placed the music box aside and turned his attention to the shivering Thalia who was trying her best to shrink in his arms. She looked like a child that was hiding under the bed from a monster that was chasing her, he locked his arms around her and drew circles on her back trying to smoothen out her nerves that were taut and tensed because of the appearance of this music box. “ Hey, sugar. You are okay everything is fine, don’t worry alright? I am here. Right by your side. I will protect you, so calm down.”Thalia scrunched up her nose as she tried to stop the tears from falling. This ..this tune she
Carter rushed to the infirmary with Alex in his arms, just as she saw in her vision, Alex was badly hurt. His calves seemed to be crushed under the impact and so did the side of his ribs. He looked like a broken mess and Thalia didn’t blame Caroline to gasp out loud as she started crying. “Oh, Oh..my Alex.” Caroline took a step towards Carter but then stopped herself, seemingly torn between getting close to her son and checking what was wrong with him and letting him have the necessary treatment as quick as possible. In the end, she chose the latter with some hesitation, suppressing her maternal instinct.Carter brushed past everyone, closely followed by Alice who was carrying a medical kit in hand. Thalia winced through a shifter’s ability to heal themselves was great, these threads and needles weren’t going to help Alex much, she stood up from her seat and walked towards the infirmary but a muscular arm stopped her as soon as she tried to enter