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
Ellie's eyes widened in shock by the words that came out of Steve's mouth. The nonsense she just heard. "Excuse me?! What the hell are you going on about now?!" she demanded. "Perhaps you've forgotten, but you were the one who initiated the rejection between us!""I know. And I was so foolish to do that instead of trusting the Moon Goddess's decision," he said, unfazed by her rage."You nearly killed me. Happily, no less.""And I was stopped. Yes, it costed me an arm, and the lives of a few of our own people, but in the end, I didn't kill you, and I'm really glad I didn't."Ellie grew more disgusted by how seemingly desperate this man was getting. If she didn't know any better, she'd think he was being truthful about his apology and remorse, and actually thought she would forget everything he had done to her, and then some. But she was no fool."I don't think you even realize one very important thing; YOU rejected ME! Your fated mate! As such, there is no such thing as 'getting back t
Meanwhile, with Steve, the Beta of the Hermit Pack was walking down the road, heading straight to Maddie's house, as per usual. As soon as he arrived at his destination, he didn't bother knocking at the door, as he let himself in, and was greeted by the sight of Maddie's parents and Albus."You took a while," Aiden said. "And? How is our stray guest?""Healthy, for one thing," Steve answered, a disgusted expression on his face. "For another, I think she grew a backbone being away for so long. Even though she's supposed to be a weak werewolf now.""You forget, she may have Maddie's wolf in her now, it is only the majority part of the whole wolf; she still has a part of her own wolf inside of her," Albus reminded. "Well... Not that it would matter soon. Not if you find a way to convince her to get involved in the Wolf Swap Rite again, so we can extract her remaining wolf and put it inside Maddie, where it belongs."As Ellie had thought, Steve was not being genuine in his remorse and ple
The evening was calm as ever in the Devorare Pack. Perhaps a bit too calm, now that the werewolves did not need to resume their training for a war that abruptly ended. While some relished in this time of peace, others were not as relaxed in doing nothing, as they used their free time to do various activities to get their bodies moving. Be it resuming their training or simply playing a game.Jengo was amongst those training, as he was in his personal training ground, doing some squats. Unlike most werewolves, though, he was not doing them because he was feeling restless; he just wanted to get his mind off of a certain something.'William... I wonder if he's truly gone to look for her...' he thought.Jengo did not want to consider it, but after the chat he had with his boyfriend about the latter's possible-true feelings for Ellie, William just disappeared. He assumed that it may be to finish things with his mate; an assumption that he fears so. Jengo wanted to believe in what he and Wil
A couple days passed sinced Ellie and William got captured by the Hermit Pack. In the time that passed, neither had seen nor heard of the other, for Ellie had been kept in Steve's room, with her only contact of the outside world being from the open window and the Beta himself. He who refused to say a word about the prisoner, who had been kept in the cell, still healing from his dagger wound. With the current lack of security around the pack, Ellie had already considered sneaking out of the house to search for William, only to then remind herself that a witch was also present in this pack. As if that mental reminder wasn't enough, at one point, she tested the window to see if there was any sort of witchcraft done to keep her here, tossing a piece of meat from her lunch delivered to her. Upon doing so, the instant the meat went through the window, it bursted into flames. This 'defense mechanism' combined with the fact that Steve not once even asked Ellie if she wanted to get some air du