The forest was bright this time around, the moon nowhere to be found. Instead, the sun was high in the sky and bathed the entire forest in its soft warm light. The trees were unlike any green I had ever seen before, the leaves were thick and lush and the green so vibrant and beautiful it didn't seem real. They almost sparkled in the sunlight and the forest was loud with the sounds of life. The birds sang and called to one another, animals skittered in the underbrush, wolves howled in the distance and the loud beating of very large wings could be heard as a large gust of wind started to shake the trees.
I gasped in awe as I saw a large beautiful golden dragon descend from the sky and land across from me on the grass, the wind dying down as it furled in its gigantic wings. I stared in absolute reverence at the amazing and beautiful dragon in front of me. Never had I ever thought to see something so magnific
A short chapter, but it was necessary. Let me know what you think :)
For the next full week, my days were pretty much the same, I accompanied Silas to his office and helped him with the work, seeing how things were done. Any useful information I filed away for later and sent messages to Victor when I had a free moment. I would train in the afternoons with my group and then finish the evening with dinner and then alone time with Silas. I still refused to do anything more intimate than the occasional kiss. He liked to hold me and cuddle me to him and I will admit I didn’t refuse that as much as I probably should have. Watching a movie or reading together became the norm for our evening together, still with the stipulation of no rom coms or the like. I could tell he was becoming a little more frustrated with my refusal each day but still, he didn’t push. How understanding and patient he was with me was getting on my nerves. It made it harder to hate him and distance myself fr
My breath hitched as Silas nipped the skin above the waistband of my panties, shivering as his rough calloused fingers skimmed along my bare skin. I gasped as he slowly started to pull and lower the fabric before groaning and sitting up, pushing him off of me. I stood and started pacing the floor, my heart and mind racing as I tried so hard to make sense of what just happened. I heard Silas sigh and hit the ground once before he lifted up onto his knees and looked at me. I stopped pacing and stared at him and chewed on my bottom lip, my face flushed and I ran my hand through my hair in frustration. Slowly his glowing amber eyes returned to their normal honey brown colour and his breathing evened out, his body calm and no longer showing signs of what might of happened. “I can’t. I’m not ready for that. Not yet. We both know it’s obviously heading that wa
“You did good up there. Effortless and confident.” He smiled at me as he kissed my cheek and held me to him, denying the people who offered for us to skip in line to serve ourselves first. “I felt like I was shaking like a leaf.” I chuckled and wrapped my arms around his torso, resting my head on his chest. “You’d honestly never know it.” I just smiled and moved forward in line, both of us filling plates and bowls of what we wanted before finding a place to sit. I settled at the table without plates while Silas went to find us some drinks. I watched the crowd of people and smiled when I saw how happy and relaxed everyone was. I honestly hoped this was the right thing to do, reintroduce myself to the pack in this manner. “Alright, I got us each a cup
The next morning I stirred and looked behind me, seeing Silas sound asleep almost completely covered with the blankets, only the top of his head and his messy brown hair visible. I stifled a laugh and stretched before climbing out of bed and pulling on tights and a shirt from my dresser before slowly making my way downstairs to the kitchen. I went to the coffee maker and put on a full pot before going to the fridge and looking through it for things for breakfast. I had so many options, I just wasn't sure what I wanted, I wanted everything and nothing all at the same time. Deciding it might be nice to treat everyone to breakfast I took out the carton of eggs, bacon and everything I would need for pancake mix. I turned on the small radio on the counter and let it play low while I made everything, dancing around the kitchen and taking a few sample bites of
About an hour later, Silas’s mother came back and walked into the room with a few people behind her, some carrying boxes and a few carrying rolled-up carpets and packed up artwork. Yvette set out things on top of the desk and on the coffee table before looking around and getting the people to put the boxes down to the side so no one would trip over anything. While she was gone I had managed to clean the whole room so it no longer smelled dusty and unused. I had the windows open for fresh air and even managed to find a scented candle on the very sparse bookshelves. It was definitely an improvement. “You work fast my dear. How about we look through the boxes and we can decide what you want to keep and display in the room. Anything not used can just be boxed up and set aside so it’s not in the way.” Yvette offered as she spread out some paint samples on the desk.
I walked into Silas’s office and tried to keep my face clear of the storm of emotions I was feeling on the inside. Anders, Greg, Silas and Varin all stood around the room and waited in tense silence before Sillas finally came towards me and grabbed my hand in his, looking at me in concern. I gave him a tight-lipped smile and sat on top of his desk and looked at everyone in the room. God this had disaster written all over it.“Ok, so you know who that man is. What can you tell us about him?” Silas asked as I slowly kicked my feet back and forth and folded my hands in my lap. I sighed and shook my head before looking at everyone.“I was 10 Silas, my focus was my friends and homework seeing as both of my parents were teachers. I know some things about what was going on in the pack but not a lot. I had met Tristan on a few occasions. All I k
“Why is it that action movies are always so unrealistic?” Silas mused as he lay on the couch, his head in my lap and my one hand running through his hair. I snorted in amusement and tugged on his locks playfully. “Because if they were realistic they would be very boring movies.” I chuckled and sipped the last of my milkshake, pouting that it was all gone. Silas laughed at me and ran his hand over my bare calf, looking up at me with a teasing smile. “You’re cute when you pout my dear.” I huffed and stuck my tongue out at him before smiling as I reached for the rest of my meal from the diner and finished it, making sure I didn’t drop anything on Silas. “And you are tense and pretending you’re not. It’s- aaach!” I stopped mid-sentence and screamed, my body tensing and feeling like there was fire in my skin as I drop
After Gram and I had coco and double chocolate muffins I was so tired I was heavy-lidded while sipping the last of my coco. I decided to head to bed early and gave Gram a tight hug and hummed in her hold, letting her warmth and love soothe me. When I pulled away I felt better and sleepily went up the stairs and into the bedroom, sighing as I crawled into bed and curled under the covers, as I relaxed and closed my eyes, falling asleep within seconds. Sometime later I stirred as I felt Silas climb into bed with me, his scent enveloping me as he scooted closer and wrapped his arms around me, pulling me close to his chest. I hummed softly and buried my head into the chest, entwining my legs with his. I heard him chuckle and move my hair away from my neck as he buried his face into my neck and inhaled the scent of my skin, leaving small kisses on my bare skin.
"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