I needed to make sure that everyone here knew what Benjamin had told me, but I couldn’t tell them about Benjamin. So I needed to create a couple of fake profiles on the dark web and I started a conversation talking about everything that Benjamin had told me. It was something that I could print out and I could show to my father when I saw him again. It was the best way to give them the information without them asking too many questions. This way, they would just think that it was a couple of vampires having a conversation amongst themselves. Once I printed out that fake conversation, I went to the kitchen where I made a really strong coffee and the clock said that it was only 1am in the morning. I went back to the office and I saw dad standing next to his office. “Sorry. I must have fallen asleep.” He said. “That’s alright. I’m glad you got some rest. Is she asleep?” I asked. “Yeah. She’s pretty pissed about you putting her in a cold shower.” He said. “She’s lucky it wasn
It felt like a Mexican standoff between the vampires and werewolves. Some of the patrols were in wolf form and some weren’t. “Have they tried anything?” Dad asked. “No. They’ve just been watching.” Arlo says. “They’re trying to figure out how big our pack is.” I said. “They should know by the size of the territory.” Arlo said. “That doesn’t mean anything. I’ve seen tiny packs with a lot of land.” “But they would know us. We are a large pack.” Dad said. And he was right. We are a large pack. But we aren’t the largest in the country and not the scariest. But we were larger than most. So, I guess that put us on their radar. That’s why they were here. To watch us. “Well, they can only stay out there for so long. Until they burst into flames.” I said. “Yeah. Thank fuck for sunlight.” Dad said. “I couldn’t have said it better myself.” I smirked. “Sunlight isn’t for hours yet.” Arlo reminded us. “Why aren’t they attacking? This doesn’t make sense.” A warrior said. “The
It took two hours to get to the pack that was hosting the event and when the door to the limousine was opened, I took the man’s hand who helped me out of the car. Dad followed, helping Jillian out of the car. Acting like the loving couple that they are meant to be. I managed to get up the front stairs of the packhouse and I went straight towards the ballroom where I suddenly felt everyone’s attention fall towards me. Dad and Jillian were soon standing right beside me and I looked at dad with disdain on my face. “Why do I feel like I stepped into the twilight zone?” I asked. “I think they’re admiring how beautiful you are.” He said. “Well, tell them to knock it off or I will.” I said. And dad chuckled to himself before he ushered us into the room. We were soon spotted by the Alpha that was hosting this Alpha event and he walked up and shook my dad’s hand and he kissed Jillian’s hand before he took me into a big hug. “It’s good to see you too, Uncle Ethan.” I said. “Yo
As soon as we entered the dance floor Alpha Lucas put his arm around my waist and pulled me flush against his chest. And he never stops staring into my eyes, the whole time he has his arms around me. “So, why have I never seen you at these Alpha Balls?” He asked. “Maybe you haven’t been looking hard enough.” I said. “I definitely would have noticed you before this.” He said. “I don’t come to all of them.” I said. “Why not?” He asked. “Because I hate them. Your girlfriend looks jealous.” I said. And he looked over his shoulder at the girl that he brought to the Ball. “She’s not my girlfriend.” He said. “Does she know that?” I asked. “I’ve made my feelings clear. She’s just a…distraction.” He said. He tightens his grip around me and my breath hitches slightly, taking me a little off guard. Shake it off Meadow. You don’t usually get so affected by one guy. No matter how attractive they are. “Aren’t you meant to be over there discussing the vampire problem with the
Dad came running over to me and grabbed me in a bear hug. I could feel the worry pouring out of him, but I was alright. I wasn’t hurt at all. Lucas had made sure of that. He didn’t seem to be leaving the packhouse until I was out of there. “Ryley.” Uncle Ethan screamed. And I pulled away from dad and I started looking through the crowd. But there were hundreds of people standing in the field. “Where’s Ryley?” I asked. “I don’t know. I didn’t see him before we all started running out of the house. I don’t know where he was.” Uncle Ethan said. So I started running through the crowd, trying to find Ryley but he wasn’t anywhere to be seen. I looked back at the house and there was nothing left. If he was still inside then there was no way he would have survived that. I started running back towards the house but Lucas grabbed my arm. I tried to push him away but he wouldn’t let go of me, so I punched him across the face which caused him to let go. I ran back towards the house,
I managed to regain my composure and I left the hospital and I went to go and find Uncle Ethan. He had called a pack meeting because of the explosion that night and as I was walking towards the meeting hall, I could see the sun starting to rise. I looked down at my arms and there was black soot all over me from the explosion and a little blood from cuts that I received when the building blew up. But nothing too serious. As soon as I walked into the meeting hall, I saw the whole pack sitting in there while Uncle Ethan and Aunt Esther were talking to them and dad was off to the side with the other Alpha’s and Luna’s from last night. I was going to stand at the back of the room until the meeting was over, but that didn’t work. Uncle Ethan saw me. “Meadow. You could have just mind linked your father. How is Ryley doing?” Uncle Ethan asked in front of the whole pack. I looked around at everyone and Lucas walked in behind me. I felt my heart pounding in my chest and I looked o
When I got to the border in the middle of the woods with Lucas right on my heels I saw several warriors that were hurt and a couple that didn’t make it. Arlo was there trying to sort everyone out and shouting orders at people. “What the hell? Which way did they run?” I asked. “They didn’t.” Arlo said. “What are you talking about?” I asked. “They attacked just before dawn. None of them planned on making it out of here alive. The vampires knew that they were going to die.” Arlo said. Looking confused, I looked around to see the remains of the vampires all over the place. “It was a suicide mission so none of them could be captured.” I said. “What are you talking about?” Lucas asked. “They wanted to make sure that they couldn’t be interrogated. Whoever they work for wanted to make sure that they wouldn’t give up his plans.” I said. “That actually makes a lot of sense.” Lucas said. “I’m sorry but who the hell are you?” Arlo asked. “Alpha Lucas Reed.” Lucas said. And he
I could feel Lucas’ Alpha aura coming out as he was getting angry at the photo and the warriors were affected by it. But I wasn’t because I was of Alpha blood, so it didn’t affect me. But I looked around and saw what he was doing to the warriors and I put my hand on his arm to calm him down. I had to stop him from hurting the warriors. We needed them right now. Even though I knew that he wasn’t meaning it. It was the mate bond. He was already protective of me. And he would have reacted like that with any female that was his mate. It just happened to be me and I was the one being threatened by vampires. “Lucas. Can your pack spare you for a little while?” Dad asked. “Yeah. My Beta has everything under control.” Lucas said. “I’d like you to stay. I know that Meadow can take care of herself, but that little bit of extra protection can never go astray.” Dad said. “Absolutely.” Lucas said, without missing a beat. “Do I get a fucking say in this?” I asked. “No.” They both said i