One Half Of The Truth
“YES!...Yes!...That’s it! That’s it...Now! To the top….come on Gemma, you have….YES!” Ben shouted in elation as he looked at Gemma finally standing on the top tree branch.
Gemma looked down and saw the circle around her. Max, Ben, Carrie and Jon were standing and clapping, shouting their encouragement at her. Cindy, Heather, her grandfather and Maddie were between happiness and worry as they too clapped when looking at her.
“Now Ms Lockheart” Professor Aldridge said “Deep breath and assess the situation. Come down”
Gemma looked down at her family and friends and tried to see what was hidden between the ground and the tree. She thought back to the assault course and the fighters she had to battle it out with before reaching the top. She closed her eyes and allowed herself to let her newly gained senses sniff out the truth. The fine hairs on her arms let her know the two ped
All Hail The Astrid All Hail The Astrid As Max held onto Gemma’s bleeding form, he looked at a crying Carrie who was trying to help stop Gemma’s blood from flowing freely. The old woman who no one even knew, was wailing and pleading with people to help Gemma. She was constantly speaking to Max in whispers and he whispered back. All throughout this, Cindy stayed calm. Her eyes clear as she looked at Gemma. Max hated her, his anger and confusion at her actions causing his heart to pound. When the old woman put her hand on Gemma, Max nearly growled at her until he saw her eyes and then her features change. In a blink of the eye, she was an old woman again, but Max saw enough. It was Lily. What she was doing here and in that disguise, he didn’t know. But he knew she wasn’t a threat. The party had stopped long ago as everyone created a protective circle around Gemma. Their eyes scanned the area for threat as they looked at Cindy with undisguised anger and
She is fierce. Deadly. She makes him burn with desire, his wolf screaming mate! Grace has too many secrets, too many skeletons in her closet to stay. Can Duke convince her to stay? Who will pay for their crimes against her and what sacrifices will need to be made to when the truth comes out?She is fierce. Deadly. She makes him burn with desire, his wolf screaming mate! Grace has too many secrets, too many skeletons in her closet to stay. Can Duke convince her to stay? Who will pay for their crimes against her and what sacrifices will need to be made to when the truth comes out?
Paul, I’ve told you a million times, I’m not ready yet!” I exhaled with visible impatience“I don’t understand the wait!” He snapped back, his nostrils flaring in anger. “We both know that this is what we want - you haven’t changed your mind... have you?” he asked after a moment’s hesitation.I flinched as the face that haunted my dreams flashed behind my eyes for a moment, shocking me to the very core of my being that he still had this effect on me. It was one thing to come to me at night when I had no thought or control over the visions that took place, but during the day? I couldn’t let him keep this level of control over me! His voice boomed around my head, as I knew it would. The voice always followed his beautiful image. He had been beckoning me for days.“Of course I’ve not changed my mind, I just need some more time. I haven’t even told my dad about us...”Pa
It's not the shifting we need to be concerned about, Helen, the poor girl is the weight of a full-grown male wolf. Its an embarrassment. Not a single wolf has even looked in her direction! We'll never be able to mate her off and get her out of our hair at this rate!""Even the Alpha has started laughing at our bad fortune. I swear on the hand of the great Goddess, we would have fared better had we remained childless. She'll never pass as a beta, she can barely pass through a doorway!""Helen" Thomas said with a laugh and a playful shake of his head"Oh come now, Tom, you know it to be true! Poor Duke is mortified after you revealed her little secret! At least his future mate doesn't have to worry about any competition! Who could possibly be threatened by a plain Jane like our daughter? Just get her out of my site! She's an abomination!"I shook my head to clear the ghosts of my past. It seemed the closer I got to my home pack, the louder the voices of my
My wolf whined in my head, desperate to relay something to me, but unable to articulate what it actually was.My brain hurt, trying to keep my haughty glare on Duke and focus on why my poor wolf was crying so hard. I could picture her in my mind clearly, scratching and pawing at her face in a desperate attempt to remove whatever it was that was causing her such anguish. It was all I could do not to wince as her pain became my pain.I hated that we were not as connected as we should have been, that I had suppressed her for so many years. I wanted desperately to comfort her but I knew that she would understand that I had to deal with Duke first. It had been too long. I was unprepared for the force of him, the way his scent slammed into me, caressing all my senses. Damn him!"Close your mouth, Alpha" I muttered sarcastically, my voice dripping with disdain. "You're acting as though you weren't expecting me, despite having spent the past week begging and pleading wi
I was going to get myself killed. I could barely see what was in front of me as the tears streamed down my face but I couldn’t afford to stop the car and take a break. I had to get out of here!Fuck Duke and fuck the mating bond. I had offered myself to him so many years ago and it hadn’t been good enough for him then. I refused to be accepted by him because of some feeling that a Goddess I had never met had forced upon me.I tried not to think of that night. I tried not to let the memories wash over me but it was no good. The floodgates were open and they rushed to the front of my mind like a tsunami, allowing me to relive every painful, heartwrenching moment in stunning clarity. Of course I had never forgotten a moment of it...****************************5 years earlierGrace's POVI was hiding in the kitchens again, the only place I seemed to be able to find refuge lately. I wanted desperately to go to Duke, as I had so many
I stayed sat on the edge of my bed, chewing on my bottom lip as all my doubts and anxieties came to the forefront of my mind - do I have the courage to see this through? What if Duke wakes up? Is there a possibility that my parents are going to catch me?It was only when I tasted blood in my mouth that I jumped up, heading straight for the door and pressing my ear against it, straining to hear any signs of life that would indicate my parents were still awake. When I was met with the sweet sound of silence, I took a deep breath and ripped the door open, marching straight to the guest room before I had the chance to lose my nerve.Without knocking, I pushed open the door, slipping inside silently like a thief in the night and closing it softly behind me. I took a moment, resting my back against the wood as I took in the sight in front of meDuke was laid on his stomach, his arm wrapped around the pillow above him. The sheets had slipped down and were tangled aroun
You need to start talking, Grace, and do it fucking quickly before I lose what little patience I have left” I growled, shoving her hand away from me.I thought I had been dreaming when I first felt the soft body press against mine, it was only when my wolf roared at me over and over that I needed to wake up that I tuned into my senses and inhaled the scent of the last person who should be climbing into my bed in the middle of the nightAs soon as my eyes had opened and bored into hers, I saw the sheer terror, the rapid pulse throbbing at the base of her neck. She knew she shouldn’t be here, so why the fuck had she cuddled close to me, wearing nothing but underwear that was far too old for her? Where had she even got that lacy piece of nothing? I hadn’t looked for more than a second but it was enough.“Grace...” all she could do was open and close her mouth as she struggled to find the words. “I need you to tell me what the fuc