As the night progressed the bar became more packed, the mix of scents becoming too overwhelming it left you almost nose blind. When karaoke started there were cheers for those that were great, and boos and jeers for those that weren’t. Overall though the bar was thrumming with energy and people were happy and just letting loose. At some point, an impromptu dance area formed and people packed together, dancing and thrumming on the energy that filled the bar. Torrance pulled me with her and forced our way into the mass of moving people, dancing and pulsing with all the other bodies. The accumulated shifter energy calling our wolves close to the surface, adding to the energy that pulled through everyone, the music secondary as all shifters fed off the energy, our animals close.
With the number of different types of shifters, the energy was a tingling pulse across our skin, marking us out to our kind. A
If the vampire was telling the truth, then the scouts are still alive, still loyal to Ravenfield and that Orso didn’t kill everyone in my pack, instead he got his son to force them into obedience and link with a new Alpha. If they are still alive and I claim my birthright, I can sever their link to Orso’s son and relink them with me. As confused and overwhelmed as I was with all this new information, I was hopeful. No longer was it just me and Jax plotting. Now we had warriors and a vampire on our side. Now more than ever my chances for success are higher.“I’m sorry babe. I know that can’t be easy. Did you want to head back? It’s almost closing time anyway.” I looked at Echo in surprise before looking at the black behind the bar that said it was 1:45. I did not realize so much time had passed. Now that I was aware of it, I could feel the fatigue in my muscle
“That's a big mall.” I looked up at the building as we walked up to the doors, the number of people surprising as we made our way in. I stopped at the threshold to gain my bearings and looked around, surprised with the people, the stores, the number of smells. I felt so cut off from things having been kept on isolated pack grounds for the last almost 8 years. I used to go out often with my parents and friends, attend school and just generally have a life. When I was brought to Orso’s pack all of that was taken away for the first while. Until Torrance saw me and it was like an instant connection. She was already close friends with Ezra and Echo and they accepted me without a problem. The 3 of them made life in the Richmond pack bearable, well them and Jax.“Come on, let's get food first. I’m starving and I know you must be downright ravenous after training.” she said as s
Over the next few days, the entire pack was in a buzz, a frenzy as our training was doubled and people were appointed to be in charge while some of the pack was gone to the Alpha Summit. True to his word Orso had put the list up the night after his announcement. Out of curiosity I looked and was surprised to find my name on it. I guess what Torrance said was true, no matter how much I didn’t want it to be. I was also happy that Echo and Ezra were also chosen to attend. My hope for them was to find their fated mates, even if that meant my relationship with Echo would be over.Once the names were picked, it was like the entire pack attitude shifted and training was harder, more intense and unfortunately longer. Most days I fell into bed exhausted at the end of the night and was out the moment my head met the pillow. It also meant I had not had any more dreams about the strange wolf. It was a litt
We were able to stretch our legs, took bathroom breaks and got more snacks and drinks for the next part of the journey. The sun was going down and the air had a chill to it. I was about to root through my bag for a sweater when I felt a large oversized hoodie being put over my head. I laughed as I took in Exho’s scent and pulled the hoodie on properly, turning to smile at him as I pulled my hair into a braid so it was out of the way.“I’ll be driving through the night. You and Ezra should try and sleep though so come morning I can switch off with him.” Echo informed as he took an energy drink from his bag and popped it open, taking a sip as he put the rest of the snacks on the seat in easy reach.“Will you be ok to drive all night? I can stay up and keep you company if need be.” I offered as I got into the middle
I stared up at this man in utter shock and silence. I was horrified, angry and yet I could feel the magic of the bond pulling at me, making me want to relax into his hold and take pleasure in the sparks. His brown eyes roamed all over my face, his strong jaw, clenching as he looked at me. I fought the impulse to lift my hand and run it along the stubble of his jaw, to run my hand through his brown waves that looked surprisingly soft and thick. Objectively speaking Silas was a very attractive man. If I had no idea who he really was I could see myself giving in to the bond. But I knew the truth. I knew exactly who he was and what he was capable of. He was there that night, fighting amongst Orso’s wolves. He was the one that brought down my mother and with her death, my father faltered which was the opening Orso needed to kill him too. I watched it all happen and I knew at that moment I would lie to sa
After everything that has happened in my life, I thought I was strong. I’ve carried my grief and my rage all this time, I’ve carried on as if nothing was wrong. I fit into the pack, I acted how I should, I kept my identity a secret. I’ve been strong. I’ve been resilient, I’ve been willful and cunning. I thought for sure I could handle anything that fate threw my way.God how wrong I was. I was not the least bit prepared to fight off the mate bond, to will it away and focus on my rage and my sorrow, my need for revenge and a bloody type of closure. I just was not that strong. And it terrified me. I wanted to harden my heart against the bond, to not be affected, but the longer I was around Silas, the less it all seemed to matter.He led me to the couch and sat with me, my hand still in his as we sat facing each other. His
The forest was dark, with no silver moonlight to illuminate the trees. The air was still, not a single leaf swaying in the breeze. The trees were dense and quiet, the magic heavy as it held the entire area in a darkness so thick and black you could almost run your fingers through it. I turned on the spot, my heart beating erratically as I tried to see something, anything that would indicate where I was. I knew it was the dream forest, it just never felt like this either time I had come here.It was almost hostile, the magic a heavy and painful feeling against my skin. Almost like a coating of a substance that stung and itched the more you were exposed to it. It was never like this before. It was nice and beautiful and the magic felt heavy yes, but never hostile like the aim was to hurt me and get me away from it.I whined and held my arms close to me, peering i
“Kara! Kara, wake up! Please, my mate, I need you to wake up!” his voice was distorted, almost like I was hearing it from underwater. The worry and fear in his tone made me ache, he shouldn’t feel that way. I didn’t want to worry my mate. I wanted him to be happy.The moment those thoughts registered in my consciousness I gasped and snapped my eyes open, sitting up in a dizzying and fast rush. I stumbled off the bed and clung to the door frame as my legs wobbled and the room spun. I gagged and slid down to the floor, crawling into the bathroom and immediately emptying the contents of my stomach into the toilet bowl.I stayed hunched over the bowl, dry heaving and spitting into it as Silas came up behind me and pulled my hair back out of my face, twisting it loosely together so it wouldn't fall. He stepped away and I could hear the water
"Oh, dear I’m sure it would have done your heart some good if I was to yes, but alas I am not. Though I do share in your pain. It saddens my heart daily to know that my big sister is no longer in this world.” Her voice was warm and kind, a little higher and softer than my mother's voice but if I closed my eyes it was like she was talking to me. I looked at her wide-eyed and let the tears fall anyway, overwhelmed with all the big bombs that have been dropped on me in the last while.“You’re sister?” I whispered in question as I watched her come into the room and smile at Aiden, sitting beside him and patting his cheek fondly as he handed her a cup of tea before she faced me.“Yes, your mother Alina, was my older sister. She was indeed a dragon. I am Deja, Deja Yarrow. I am Aiden's mother.” I looked at Aiden in surprise,
I followed the 5 brothers back into the castle, my arm still holding onto Blaze’s and looked around in awe at the sheer beauty of it all. The place was mesmerizing and unlike anything I had ever seen before, like something from a dream, but then again I did dream of this place. Something that was done because I belong here, I am part dragon. It still sounded so far-fetched and ridiculous. I could not be like I could ever be some fantastic magical beast. Yes, being a wolf shifter was something from a fairytale, but our magic was not so grandiose that we could hide entire islands from discovery. Instead, we just had the magic to slip our skin at will. I could not believe that I was given some amazing gift to be both dragon and wolf. I wasn’t blessed by both the Sun and the Moon. We walked farther into the mountain and I couldn't help but think of Silas, 72 hour
I nodded and let Magus walk to the side of the pool, helping me slide in and Cadmus put his arm around my mid-back and held me to his side, keeping me afloat in the deep water so I didn’t exhaust myself by trying to stay afloat. I blushed and ducked my head, wishing my hair wasn’t tied back so I could use it to hide my face, when I realized he was very very naked and his bare skin against mine made me tingle and shiver. “If none of us can touch the bottom, how are you going to all hold me above the water?” I asked curiously as I looked up at Cadmus, blushing at his intense gaze. Normally men don’t intimidate me in this way, but my god, they were all so gorgeous it made me feel inferior. “We’ll all be in our dragon forms and you will be held up by our noses essentially. Sounds silly but it will work.” He said quietly, my skin flushed under his intense ga
I sat on the bed and stretched, huffing as I tried in vain to take off my shirt, lifting and straining my spine was so painful I was whimpering. I huffed, angry tears pricking my eyes but I refused to let them fall. I just wanted this feeling of being useless and broken to stop already. I wanted to be whole again. I just wanted to be back to myself. I stood slowly and undid my jeans, pushing them off my hips, turning to the door in surprise as it opened and a pretty young woman walked in. She looked at me for a moment before a smile graced her features, making her blue eyes sparkle and shine. She stepped towards me and gave a small bow of her head in greeting. “Hello, Miss Ravenfield. My name is Gem and Lord Magnus has asked me to assist you in changing for the healing ceremony. I will assist you with anything you need as long as you reside here on the island.” her voice was kind and warm and I blinked at
I was vibrating with nervous excitement at the idea of going with Magnus to Insula Draconum, the Isle of Dragons. Flying on an actual dragon sounded so exciting and exhilarating. And finally going to the island in person, finding out who the red and gold dragons are, finding out about the sunrise wolf and the silver moonlight one. I had so many questions and it seemed like the island was the best place to finally get some answers. I was also looking forward to getting away from Silas for a little while. It had gotten way too hard to deny the bond and I was hoping the distance would lessen the compulsion. I had let it go way too far and come way too close to giving in on numerous occasions. Gram and Gigi had helped me clean up as best as we could without a bath or shower, the bandage at my back and the stitches still not able to get wet. Magnus promised that once on the island, the healing process would ta
I felt warm like I was bathed in sunlight, the glittering gold of its rays peeking through my closed eyelids. It was warm and comforting and part of me didn’t want to wake up, but a bigger part wanted to see the golden sunlight because it felt so warm and welcoming. I could hear the sounds of strong wind through trees and the life of animals that loved the day, very different sounds compared to what one would hear under the light of the moon. I shifted and felt the silk of the white slip dress against my skin, a slip I only ever wore in the dream forest. I forced my eyes open, blinking back the bright light and lifting my hand to shade my view, looking around in wonder at the new place, a place I had never been in before. It was a large room, the two walls made of strange colourful stone, one made entirely of stained glass that lit the room with a beautiful rainbow of colours and one entirely open to an a
I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him closer to me, kissing him deeply, gasping as his rough hands gripped my hips and pulled me to meet his hips as he ground into me, causing me to gasp and shiver under his touch. I wracked my nails down his back, arching into him as he rolled my left nipple between his thumb and finger and pulled my right nipple into his mouth, nipping the sensitive bud and making me see stars. He ground his length against my entrance, my lips slick with arousal as I arched my hips into him to give him a better angle. He chuckled darkly against my skin as he kissed his way up to my mouth and kissed me, smirking down at me as he saw how much I wanted him. He kissed me hard and teased me as he kept grinding into my entrance but pulling away every time I tried to angle my hips for him to slide into me. “Impatient my dear?” Silas ask
That night after dinner I told Silas I was going to my pond to just sit and relax in wolf form, enjoying the cool evening air along my fur. It had been a long time since I just spent time in my wolf form just because. Unless we were training Orso never liked a lot of people in their wolf forms, just another way he tried to assert control over the pack wolves. I went outside and stepped into the border of the trees before stripping out of my clothes and shifting into my dark grey wolf. I shook my fur and stretched out my front paws then my back paws, feeling free and relaxed as I let my wolf take over. I always loved the colour of my fur, a beautiful smokey grey that reminded me of storm clouds. It was a similar colouring to my father but he was dark smokey grey where I was lighter and had white ‘socks’ on my front paws, which I got from my mother who had white socks on all her paws, her fur a beautiful ru
“You doubt me? How can you? We’ve promised each other going forward that no matter what we would trust each other, that we would do this together. So why now are you calling into question my feelings and promises?” I ask with a frown, my breathing hitched as I try to control my emotions so I don’t freak out or overreact. He sighs and looks away from me, moving to sit at the window seat. “I’m jealous, Kara. You’re intimate with him and it's open and public. I want that for us. I’ve always wanted that for us. It just seems there's always something in the way. First Orso, and now Silas. I just want the freedom to be with you without anyone else getting in the way.” he sighed heavily and ran his hand through his hair. “Now it just feels like there’s going to be something else in the way. Or rather, someone. That Alpha Kane and Magnus Horne seem to pay you a lot of attention and I’m not happy about it.” I scof