Elsewhere in the woods, a large pack of wolves rushed on past the trees. Some fairly exhausted as they pushed themselves to keep moving, others far too tired... they were getting far behind their group or tripping on their feet. All in all, they seemed to be suffering as they ran."Keep moving, all of you! Do not dare stop until we find that stray!" Steve ordered his men, rushing on ahead of the grand majority with a couple others. They who looked back and were worried about their people, as opposed to their Beta."Beta Steve, I know how much you want to find Ellie, but you really need to-""To what? Slow down?" Steve interrupted with a snarl. "Never, Raymond! Not when the werewolf I love is suffering because of her!""But look at the state of our people! You know how horrible it's been these days for them. If you keep pushing them like this, they will collapse, and that will not be good for both our group's morale and for what will remain of our pack. Much less for the Alpha."Steve
It had been a couple of days since Albus began to stay over in the Hermit Pack. In these past couple of days, the gypsy had been checking up on Maddie, asking questions about her condition, as well as asked her parents details about both the Wolf Swap Rite and if either Maddie or Ellie had seemed off during the process in any way. Why that guy asked about how they were doing the rite- when they clearly did it as instructed- was beyond Steve's reasoning. However, he did not like how close that man had been acting towards Maddie.Not to say he had been getting jealous of Albus, but these days, seeing the guy spend so much time with Maddie really irked Steve. Even more so with Maddie had clearly been enjoying the outsider's company even more than she did with Steve! More than when they were together before this whole mess began! Almost as though she was mated with- not her assigned Beta- but with this... This highly suspicious non-wolf creature!Steve knew Albus was the reason why Maddie
Ellie was dashing along in the woods, jumping over logs and boulders in her regained wolf form. Words could never begin to describe how happy she was to run on all fours at high speed, feeling the wind blow against her fur, especially as she jumped the long distance. She knew she would've been happier to run in this form again after so long, but to actually experience it? Ellie was ecstatic.'I'm tempted to take a nice, long detour, if it means enjoying this feeling a little longer,' she thought.'That happy to run as a wolf again, aren't we?' Eliza spoke.'Like you wouldn't believe. I missed this so much. I can't wait for lunch to come. I hope I can find some nice squirrels around these parts.'She could hear her wolf hold back a chuckle at her words, almost as though agreeing with her. ‘Still, as much as I don’t want to bring down this happy mood of yours, you still need to remember our priority mission. Finding our way home.’‘I know, Eliza,’ Ellie thought, jumping over another log
William glared at Ellie when she asked that question. When she practically dared to have the guts to question him. After all that time of being the meek coward back in the pack, how dare she decide to speak to him like an equal now."I don't remember being obligated to answer to a stray like you," he retorted instead."Sure. Maybe you're not obligated to answer to any normal strays. But considering this stray is still your mate, and one who was extremely glad to be banished from the pack if it meant never getting in contact with you again, I believe I have every right to know why you've been following me," Ellie challenged still.William was honestly taken aback by the further argument. Did this wolf suddenly grow a backbone in her short time away from the pack or was she only pretending to be tough? If it was the case of the latter, she was quite the actress.'If she thinks she can scare me away by acting tough, she has no idea what I'm capable of,' he thought with a low growl.'Will
A sharp pain struck his head, as William regained conscious. He slowly opened his eyes and found himself locked up in what seemed to be a cell.'Shit... What the hell happened...?' he wondered, his body feeling a bit groggy for some reason.He slowly sat up, only to wince and lie back down, hissing as he felt pain shot up from his shoulder blade. He reached out in an attempt to soothe the pain, only to then feel some loose bindings on his torso. Looking down, he realized the 'bindings' were nothing more than bandages poorly wrapped around him. Around his injury.'Okay... Either whoever brought me here has a poor excuse of a healer, or they were only trating me enough to keep me alive,' he thought. 'Question now is... why do that instead of killing me? No, more importantly...''William!' came Liam's voice, causing the werewolf to wince as he felt his head pound from the volume of his wolf's voice.'Do you mind toning down that volume?''Sorry. I'm just glad you're up,' Liam said, his v
Ellie couldn’t believe her eyes… Why in the world was Steve here? Shouldn’t he be in the Hermit Pack? Away from her?! She knew for certain she wasn’t anywhere near their territory yet! So why?!“What are you doing here, Steve?!” she demanded.Steve wasn’t fazed by her tone; only continued to stare at her with an amused expression on his face. “‘What am I doing here’? Nothing you should be concerned with, I’m sure. Not much at least,” he answered. “I mean, I was only out for a little scouting mission, letting my people take a little break nearby.”“Spare me the long details. You know what I mean!” Ellie exclaimed.Steve kept on a neutral expression for a while, until it turned into that of a scowl. “Let me rephrase my answer, then. Why do you think I’m here?”At his question, a horrible feeling grew in Ellie. One that told her she knew exactly what he was here for.“There shouldn’t be a reason for you to search for me any longer! You already have my wolf! You finished the Wolf Swap Ri
Ellie sat patiently on a chair in the room she was in. It was not a cell in the dungeon, nor was it her old room back at Maddie's place. Instead, this room- the scent covering this room... Though this may be her first time here, there was no mistaking the smell overing this place.'So... This is Steve's room...' she thought, inspecting the... 'untidy' room, where the word 'untidy' may as well be an understatement.After Steve knocked William out for his mockery- mockeries in which Ellie had to agree with the Alpha on- Ellie had planned to talke her former mate out of killing the Alpha right then and there, when Steve took the initiative to threaten her instead with William's life. Although she does not care much for William as mates, as a normal werewolf, Ellie did not like the idea of William dying on her when she could've done something to prevent it. She was that soft-hearted, and Steve knew that.That, and she really did not want to know what Jengo will do if he finds out his boyf
Steve walked into his room, smiling a false smile Ellie could see."Ellie... You have no idea how happy I am to have you back," he claimed.Ellie's frown grew at those words. Words that contain nothing but lies and a hidden agenda.'Does he really think I'm still the naive girl from back when we were together?' she mentally questioned."Funny, considering the fact that you practically threatened me to come here," she then said."Only because it was the only way to get you to come here," Steve retorted. "You have no idea how much things have changed since you left. Well... Actually, you can see it with your own eyes, the number of changes that occurred."Ellie's eyes softened a bit when he said that, looking down on the floor as she recalled what became of the other werewolves."I don't suppose you can tell me what happened after I left, can you?" she asked."After you left, Maddie... She's gone mad. Not only has she been demanding to have your head on a silver platter, as you may have