Iris:“Come on, Ariana, you have to go inside so as not to get cold” I told her gently. Ariana kept her eyes on the training lads and girls, watching as they prepared the training grounds for the night’s shift today. “Ariana…”“I don’t want to go inside!” She said stubbornly. I sighed and got down on my knees in front of her, looking her in the eye as I cupped her cheeks.“And what do you plan on doing all day here, little princess?” I asked gently. I was never one who was patient when being around kids. However, I was never one to hurt a child. Therefore, taking care of this child would be a first time experience to me.“I want to watch and train with them” she said, crossing her small arms over her chest.“They’re all big and strong, you can’t train with them, little love”“I can! I am big and strong too!” She said, showing me her small arms. I laughed and kissed her cheek “please let me stay”“But we have to go inside for you to eat something, and we need to start with your homewo
Ezio:I couldn’t help the frown that formed on my face when I saw Iris taking the Alpha’s hand in hers. I watched as she turned around her previous smile turning into a frown as she spoke to herself. Her heartbeat calm as she clenched and unclenched her fists. I cleared my throat when she walked past me, clearly not noticing my presence. She stopped and her eyes widened when she looked at me.“I take it that you haven’t noticed that I have been here for a while”“You have been watching me” she stated and I rolled my eyes.“Sorry, I’m sure you didn’t want me to see you taking the Alpha’s hand, trying to flirt with him” I said sarcastically.“Ezio…”“Go inside, Iris, we will talk about this later. Ariana would be waiting” I said stopping her. My heart ached with each step I took further away from her, but I couldn’t bring myself to stand by her side after what I just saw without bursting out. I didn’t want to end up having an argument with her, and I didn’t want to say something that e
Iris:I paced around the bedroom as my mind went wild.The vision that I saw in that garden played again and again in my head, reminding me of past events that I fought hard not to remember. I could feel Ezio’s wolf tensing, going wild, as he felt my worry. But I couldn’t calm down no matter how hard I tried.I sat on the edge of the bed, running my fingers through my hair as my leg shook in anticipation. The Alpha who killed an innocent woman for defending her son, sat in the dining room beside his daughter, feeding her while he waited for her maid to come.I shook my head as I pulled on the roots of my hair, reminding myself of the cold man who once killed a whole pack for simply taking charge of being Alpha. The man proved to his pack that he was worth being Alpha because he killed my pack, my family. I stood up from the bed and looked at myself in the mirror, my hands shaking as I stared at my reflection. I suddenly no longer saw myself, the adult who has trained for years to av
Ezio:I woke up with my arm wrapped around Iris as the two of us slept in the garden where we lay the night before.Almost everyone in the pack was currently laying nude as they shifted back to humans. Their bodies gave out on them when the sun came out. “Good morning, princess” I smiled, raising myself to kiss her. Iris opened her eyes, looking up at me as she smiled. Her cheeks reddened when she realized that she was asleep naked out in the garden. I chuckled and tightened my arms around her as a slave approached us with two blankets. The slaves have distributed blankets all over the garden beside the naked sleeping pack members. It would take them a while before they woke up. Therefore, it would be best for us to head inside before they did.I nodded in thanks at the woman before she walked away, leaving me and my beauty to cover ourselves before we went inside. Both Iris and I stood up, I wrapped the blanket around my waist and she wrapped hers around her chest. The blanket reach
Iris:“Hello, little one” I smiled at Ariana when I entered her bedroom.The child had nothing to do with her father’s dirty deeds, and unfortunately, if I was going to earn her father’s trust; I had to go on with taking care of her.Katherine looked up at me and nodded in respect, and returning the favor, I nodded back. Ariana got up from the ground where she was playing with her dolls and ran up to me, hugging my legs tightly “they won’t let me out of the room!” “That is because the wolves shifted yesterday, princess, you know that you can’t be out during that time” I said gently. This child knew nothing about following rules or discipline, but I blamed it on her never getting the chance of being around anyone who would have taught her without fearing for his life. Her father himself didn’t bother educating her, and her aunt chose to lock her up around a bunch of slaves who couldn’t say a word to her.“But I am going to become an Alpha, I have to see them shift!” I smiled and kneel
Ezio:I watched as the Alpha walked back from his daughter’s room.Miley and I stood side by side as we waited for him, but the woman avoided looking at me at all costs. “Let’s go get the two out of the cell. They would be needing to eat” Alpha Ryker said, heading toward the cells where he kept the kids who had ‘disobeyed’ him yesterday. Miley and I nodded, following the man in silence, and I couldn’t help but frown in confusion at the sight of the cell.The place seemed to be rotten, and had I not been here myself, I would have said that people were lying about having a cell in a pack to begin with. Rats roamed around in the shadows, and despite the eerie silence, I could hear both the kids’ heartbeats in the place. Alpha Ryker cleared his throat, snapping them both out of whatever daze they were in. The kid who has lost his mother didn’t stand or approach the door as he sat against the wall. His legs were curled up against his chest, and despite him looking up at the Alpha for a
Iris:I laid my head on Ezio’s chest as he ran his finger over my bare thigh.Having gotten my period a while earlier, I couldn’t find myself getting out of bed, and Ezio has kept his arm around me, comforting me through my pain since.“I should get to Ariana’s room” I said, sitting up on bed. Ezio sighed and nodded, sitting up beside me. He cupped my cheeks, gently running his thumb over my jawline as he stared at my exhausted eyes. It was often like that on the first two days of my cycle, and thankfully, by now Ezio was used to it. “Just be sure to take it easy on yourself, yeah, baby girl?” He asked gently. I knew that he wanted nothing more than to hold me in his arms as the two of us cuddled for a few more hours, but for now, we both knew that it was impossible judging by the amount of work that we both had to deal with. If our backup team had started arriving, then we would be surrounding the house and pack soon enough, and for that to properly happen; we needed to be ready.“D
Ezio:I walked by Miley’s side as the two of us were summoned by the raging Alpha.“What happened this time?” I asked, frowning in confusion. Neither one of us has heard any commotion, and therefore, we both knew that there was nothing to actually worry about. “I have no idea, he seemed to wake up in this state. He called for the two of us the second he entered the office, though what happened, I have no idea” Miley said, as we reached the office’s door. She stared at it for a second, clearly worried about her brother’s reaction, but I had no time to waste fearing a man like himself. Therefore, I took a step forward, knocking the door twice before taking a step back.“Enter” was his direct order, clearly knowing that it was Miley and I. We both walked inside the office, waiting for the Alpha to say what he had. His chair was turned to us, giving us his back as he sat on it. The smell of alcohol filled the room, and I frowned in confusion at the fact that he was actually drinking thi