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Just as planned, we all met at the backside of the pack territory. Brook and I were there first to arrive, but we didn’t have long to wait until Ryan and Jarrod, along with Ryan’s guards, arrived. We were just waiting on Eric, who still had ten more minutes.
“Are you up for this tonight?” Ryan asked Brook.
I looked over at Brook and found her fidgeting with her hands. She looked nervous, but I had complete faith in her abilities. This morning when we were training, it was as if she did a complete turnaround.
Never in my life have I ever seen someone improve so much in their abilities, in just a short time. Watching her had been the highlight of my day. She was flawless in her movements and effortless in her attacks. I had asked her earlier how she was feeling about things; she had claimed she was fine. Now, however, she looked as if she were ready to upchuck.
“We don’t have to do this tonight if you aren&
Brooklyn- When we were about five miles away from Lunar Eclipse, Ryan sent his two guards to scout the area. We held off from moving forward, while we waited for them to return. It didn’t take too long for them to return, but when they did, we still didn’t continue forward. I looked over at Eric and he didn’t seem to care, he just stood there on high alert. Looking behind me, I noticed Tate had shifted back into human form and was walking forward. I tried not to let my thoughts wander at seeing him like this. This wasn’t the time or place to be fantasizing about him. When Tate got in front of us, Ryan shifted into his human form. I looked back over at Eric who still stayed in wolf form, but I was starting to wonder what was going on. I thought we were staying in wolf form until we were about three miles out. “We have a problem.” Ryan said, once he was in human form. “What is going on?” Tate asked, sounding every bit the Alpha I knew him to b
Brooklyn-When we arrived at the border, I was a bit surprised when we just walked right past one of my old pack members. I know Jarod said he could get us in undetected, but this was unreal. It wasn’t that I hadn’t believed it, but it was a whole different thing entirely when I was seeing it happen. I waited until we were a safe distance away before saying anything.“How is it possible that he didn’t even catch our scent or see us?” I whispered, trying not to cause any unwanted attention our way.“You don’t have to whisper. They can’t sense us at all. In order for me to explain it fully, you would have to understand magic. The best I can do is say it in a way you would understand. Basically, what I am doing is keeping a shield of a sort around us that keeps the others out. There is a thing known as light and dark energy. The dark energy recognizes negative energy, so when around an enemy it reacts to it and repels
Tatum-The moment I had caught his scent, it was as if everything around me just stopped. I could recognize his scent anywhere. It had been all over Leslie. I didn’t need to know who he was, to know that he was the hunter that brutally killed her.I could still remember where I was and who I was with, so I knew I couldn’t attack. The moment he had mentioned taking Brook, something inside me snapped. It was taking every bit of control I had to not just make my move now. I realize now that avenging Leslie was no longer the issue, it was protecting Brook.Just knowing that the hunters were out there and a possible danger to Brook, is why I wanted to get rid of the hunters now. Taking out Leslie’s killer, would now just be a bonus. I had thought that there was going to be nothing that would take my attention off finding the one that killed Leslie.The moment I had spotted him though, I had just thought of the possibility that he could get to
Brooklyn- Getting my hands on Chad’s throat, I could have easily done a partial shift on my hand and ripped out his throat. Chad must have seen the intention in my gaze as well because his eyes widened in surprise. It would have been quick, painless even, I would never have to deal with him again. So why did I hesitate? My hesitation allowed Chad the opportunity to escape. He didn’t just escape, no, he ran. Instead of attacking me again, he took off in a different direction. I thought about chasing after him, to do the very thing I hesitated on, but I couldn’t afford to leave Tate or Jarod alone. Things were escalating out of control. Between Jarod and me, we managed to kill three of our attackers each, but as soon as one was down, another would show up. Tate was still fighting with the first hunter and more have arrived. Eric had given a distraction alright, apparently, they were drawing the pack’s attention as well from different locations, but it w
Brooklyn-The pain of having a wolf’s teeth embedded in my shoulder was almost too much to take. When I felt it release me, I struggled to keep myself on my feet. I could feel my body getting weaker as the blood continued to ooze out of me.I felt someone wrap their arms around me, from behind, causing me to instinctively lash out. Throwing my head back, I heard a grunt, but whoever held onto me kept a firm grip. Unsure if it was from feeling weak or if it was because they were much stronger than me, either way, I felt trapped.“Easy girl, it's me.”At the sound of Eric’s voice, I relaxed and allowed him to support my weight. Dizziness washed over me, in multiple waves. It was as if I was getting with a couple of dizzy spells at the same time. Maybe I wasn’t as strong as I thought I was, because, at this moment, I didn’t think I could continue to fight.“Eric, I…” I began but was quickly cut of
Tatum-I wasn’t sure what Brooklyn was thinking, but I had a feeling that she was trying to surrender. If I hadn’t looked over at her when I did, she probably would have made it across the border. If she thought for one second, I was going to risk losing her, she had another thing coming.Jarod needed to hurry up and get the ward back in place. When Brooklyn had stepped to the side to try to get around me, I didn’t even need to tell Axel to stop her. We were both in sync, neither of us was going to let her get past us.I tried to talk to her through the link, but she wasn’t letting me get through. The look in her eyes made me realize that if she did manage to get by me, there was nothing I was going to be able to do to get her to change her mind. That was only if she managed to do so. I was just as determined to not let her by me.“I have to do this. It is the only way to buy time to protect everyone. My life isn’t wort
Tatum-We all met in my office after we have all had some time to calm down. Brook hasn’t so much as looked at me since we all made our way into the packhouse. Now we were all sitting around in the office, but no one was saying anything.I was sitting in my office chair, Eric was leaning against the wall behind the desk, Ryan and Jarod were both sitting in the chairs across from the desk, while Brook was standing against the wall on the furthest side of the office. Still, she refused to look at me. I couldn’t even get through to her through the link.The silence in the office continued to drag on to the point it was starting to become uncomfortable. Looking between both Ryan and Jarod, neither of them seemed to be in a hurry to start explaining what was going on. I could hear Eric behind me starting to get restless as he kept moving around.“Are they waiting for something? Should we get the conversation moving or give them more time?&rdq
Brooklyn- I couldn’t believe it. My father was alive. Not only was he alive, but the hunters had him. Just when I thought things couldn’t become more complicated, I was proven wrong. With everything that is happening, was getting my father away from the hunters even an option? There was no telling where they were even keeping him. If it weren’t for the fact that the hunter had said that they needed me to get him to talk, I wouldn’t even know if he was still alive after all these years. What have they even been doing with him for the past thirteen years? “Why didn’t you tell me any of this sooner?” I heard Jarod ask, but my mind was still focused on what I had just heard. In one night, my entire world has been turned upside down. Even though I was still upset with Tate, I needed him close to me right now. Standing from the desk, I moved around the desk. He gave me a look, but I didn’t feel like deciphering it at the moment. When I sat down on h