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
As soon as we got to the border we saw wolves on alert but no actual fighting. “What the hell? I thought we were under attack.” I said. “I know. There’s a female vampire. She’s taunting us. She’s jumping over the border and then back again. We can’t actually get a hold of her.” Arlo said. “They’re playing games with us.” Dad said. “They want us to know that they are there, but they don’t want to engage.” Arlo said. I looked at Lucas and he looked really confused because he couldn’t mind link with any of us and he didn’t know what was going on. So, he just had to take his lead from me. I looked ahead and a female vampire with flaming red hair came into view, but was standing far enough away so we couldn’t attack her. Her eyes were fixed on me and a smirk appeared on her face as she cocked it to the side. “There you are, princess. I was wondering when you were going to show yourself.” She said. But I crouched down and growled at her. “There’s no need for that. I just thoug
I quickly finished dinner and I get up from the table and Lucas followed me. I wanted to get some fresh air so I went outside. “People are going to start thinking that you’re my new bodyguard.” I said. “I don’t care what they think.” Lucas said. “I’ve noticed.” I said. “If he’s not your bodyguard, then what is he?” Leo asked, walking out of the house behind us. “In case you haven’t noticed Leo, you’re not very welcome around here. Only your mother but she doesn’t count since my father is getting sick of her as well.” I said. “Then what is she still doing here?” He asked. “I’ve been asking myself the same thing for a long time.” I said. “I actually forgot how peaceful it was around here at night time. The boarding school was nothing like this.” He said. “You mean, no girls.” I said. “Don’t worry. I managed to find them.” I said. “I don’t doubt that.” I said. And he walked down closer to us. “So, the vampire war is getting pretty serious.” He said. “What do you