Making each other look good. I rest all morning but by midday I was hungry and bored. Not a good combination. With Blake’s support I managed to hop into the canteen at lunchtime. Yet again, all eyes on me as I enter the room but this time they all cheer and clap at me. My face burns red from the attention and I quickly join the lunch queue to pick out my meal. The kitchen staff kindly placed my lunch into a bag rather than even let me attempt to carry a tray. My favourite empty table was available and as I headed over to it, I suddenly stopped and turned. He was watching my every move. As my eyes met Spike’s, I hobbled over to his table. Having spent the morning thinking about what I want to do when I saw him, I was expecting it to be difficult and require strength. But now that I was here, it felt natural. “Thank you!” I said to him. “What for?” He looks up at me with narrow eyes, still holding the attitude. I’ll offer the olive branch and he can take time to consider it. “You
A secret message I eject my card and try the other cash machine. It must be having a moment. You hear about computers having glitches all the time. I repeat my actions on the other machine only to find the sum of money in my account is still there. Crumbs…if I wasn’t such an honest person I wouldn’t say anything but someone has messed up here and they might have a family to feed. Hard to do without a job! I walk up to the bank teller who is a she-lycan, dressed very professionally with a smooth tight bun and an even tighter smile. “Excuse me, there seems to be an error on my account?” Yet again I am stared at for being only a she-wolf. She puts a hand out to me basically telling me to hand my card over. Erm…rude! She takes my bank card and types in some numbers on her keyboard, I’m assuming my bank account number. Her eyes widen when she, no doubt, reads my bank balance. “What seems to be the problem?” Her tone changes into a slightly more helpful bank teller. Ah, so she was all
In Heat. “I’m telling you Lance, something isn’t right. A pack princess shouldn’t be here!”After stripping the bed and remaking it, I planned to take a shower. I turned on the water but left my clothing on the chair by the side of my bed. Still not comfortable to parade around in just a towel, I let the shower run as I re-enter the main room to grab my clothes. Blake had gone out for a morning run so I was surprised to hear her voice.“Also, she’s suffering from trauma!” “What do you mean?” Lance’s low sexy voice questions his cousin. “She has nightmares every night. Have you not noticed why she falls asleep early? She prevents herself from sleeping to avoid the nightmares!” I hear Blake’s hushed tones from the courtyard. She must have thought I was still in the shower. “Maybe you shouldn’t go to the Hansen pack?” Blake says to Lance. “Why?”“I don’t know, our girl seems to be in self-destruct mode.”“Maybe I’ll tell Axel to stay here!?”“Axel?” Blake moans. “Yes Axel! He cares
Cake shop sanctuary.“Lance?” I plea to him to control himself. “I said RUN!” He screams angrily at me. Yet he said he would never be angry at me. A whimper leaves my wolf as we move just in time as Hong crashes out of the canteen and tackles Lance to the ground. That should buy me some time, but where on earth was I meant to run to? My legs started to move towards the front of the training facility. I could hear both Lance’s and Hong’s wolves howling at my increasing distance. I run towards the town, hoping I can find somewhere open to hide in. Maybe the coffee shop will be open by now. I continue to run at full speed glancing over my shoulder every now and again just to make sure I am alone. All of a sudden a sharp pain creeps up my lower abdomen and I can tell my heat is now on full whack. But it’s never been this painful before! So painful in fact that I collapse to the ground rolling around in pain. The shooting pain then switches to my lower back and my wolf whimpers again but
Angel “Aida? Aida angel?” I hear a voice call to me. “A few more minutes Mum!” I reply. Mum always called me her little angel. I hadn’t slept this deeply for such a long time. “Aida?” A huskier voice calls my name and kisses my check. My eyes open at the touch and it takes me a minute to remember where I am. I’m in Dillon’s and Leanne’s love nest apartment above the coffee shop still and I’ve embarrassingly fallen asleep on Lance’s chest. I look up at him and he is softly smiling down at me. I feel a tingle on my tummy and I look down to find my T-shirt has risen up slightly. His hands are wrapped around my stomach and his thumb is drawing circles on the exposed part of my tummy. “We should head back. Blake has constantly been in my head since I got here.” He chuckles. “She’s quite taken with you!” He adds.“I’m quite taken with her too!” I smile back at him. “The she-wolves at your pack must be missing you!” He comments. Now the questions started! I knew they would come, if not
Trying to keep the past in the past. As we made it back to base it was nearing the end of lunch time and I could make out most of the lycan’s eating in the canteen through the windows.“Let’s just grab a drink okay?” Axel turns to me knowing I wanted to stay locked up in Building B until tomorrow. He grabbed my hand and pulled me into his direction. He placed an arm around my shoulder as we entered the canteen. You know that moment when a loud chatting noise was free-flowing, then you enter the room and silence fills the air? Yep, this is exactly what happens as we enter the room. They were all clearly talking about me and my embarrassment went to new levels. Well, jokes on them, I’ve ways been the black sheep. I’ve always been looked at differently. I know exactly what would help divert my attention in this awkward situation. French fries! They always know what to do. I walked towards the kitchen area to see Spike standing behind the counter. “What you doing?” I ask stunned. “H
Even more money! Bored! Bored and bored! It had only been a few days and I was already relying on Blake, Axel, Tucker and Lance to keep me occupied. Reliance! I didn’t like relying on people and gave myself a big ticking off. I’d eaten so much recently, that I decided to skip breakfast and would make up for it at lunch. Yet again I was tidying up Blake’s side of the room. She must think a cleaning fairy tidies her bed all the time. This girl was amazing yet a bit of a slob. By lunchtime, Blake still hadn’t returned and without a mobile phone, I couldn’t text her, even if I had her number, to see if she was okay. I headed to the canteen, starving and ready to over-indulge into today’s menu. As I queued up, I noticed that Nadine was back in the kitchen along with two other women. I served myself a bowl of soup, a bread roll, a bowl of French fries…yes really, and a hot dog. I really was hungry. As I grabbed a bottle of water from the drinks fridge I feel a small hand touch my arm. I
Accustomed to mind pain.Hong and I freeze in our tracks looking at the angry five lycans baring their teeth to us. Lance’s eyes turn from their hypnotic brown-orange to the hot molten lava red that burn into my head. Axel, Tucker and Mav are just as angry, as they continue to growl at us. I look to Blake who has crossed her arms in front of her chest, dropped her hip and tapping a foot against the ground. “I told you to stay here!” She scolds me. I didn’t realise I was a child that needed to report my whereabouts. “I skipped breakfast waiting and then decided to have lunch. I then needed to pop into town!” I was really taken aback by their attitudes and the anger radiating off them. They all had very strong lycan auras. “Town is shut on a Sunday! Why did you leave?” Axel shouts at me with his hands clenched either side of his legs. “It doesn’t matter!” I respond trying to brush it off. “It clearly does! You left a secure environment during a security breach!” Mav retorts. “I di
Finally the truth! “What is going on?” Ricardo seeks out information due to my current lack of speech. “Your majesty, Alpha Ike is in the final stages.” The pack doctor responds respectfully to Ricardo. “What?” I gasp out loud. I knew he was ill, Alpha Hansen had warned me Father had months but I thought even that was exaggerated. I didn’t expect weeks! “Aida?” He removes his oxygen mask and places his hand out for me to hold. What is this? The confessions of a dying man. Admitting sins to the moon goddess. I should be sad, any normal daughter would be sobbing at the scene in front of her. But I wasn’t a normal daughter, I was shunned for so long I wasn’t sure my heart would ever return here. “Let’s give them some privacy.” Ricardo orders. “Aida…I’ll be downstairs if you need me!” He whispers into my ear. I don’t miss the scowl Saskia gives me for being in favour with the Lycan King. Oh if only you knew sweetheart. My growl back to her is enough for Henri to growl threateningly a
The biggest of sins. We were due to leave in a few hours time. I now had no hold-all so I was in the Alpha’s office waiting for Luna Rennie to find me a replacement bag. I had knocked on the door to ask having not seen Alpha Ray or Luna Rennie since Lance’s and Axel’s departure. Alpha Ray was visiting the hospital and Luna was due to join him after finding me a bag. Rory walks into the office with a hold-all in hand, passing it over to me. “Here, Mum said you needed a bag, use this one.” “Thank you, I’ll get it sent back.”“Don’t worry about it.” He waves his hands in the air. “Alpha Rory, I’m really sorry that I brought all this trouble on your doorstep.” My guilt had only been growing since Lynx told me Nadine had flagged that I was looking to put their baby up for adoption. The Mulder pack being the only one to do it in the country. “Aida, we consider you part of the family now, we’d always protect you.” He earnestly says as he sits at his Father’s desk. “Even so….is there any
A mission. By the time we returned to the cars, Fern, the witch, had disappeared and Lance and Ricardo were now free. We decide to hold back all information until we are back safely at the Mulder pack, where we demand an emergency meeting with all Lycans, Tate and the Mulder Alpha family. The journey back was awkward, Lance growling constantly in the back seat with me firmly placed on his lap. Poor Rafe who was in the back with us again, looked terrified the Lycan Prince was going to lash out at any moment. Between myself, Mav and Axel we informed the trusted parties what we had learnt and what we had been told. Blake couldn’t get her head around Lynx and Spike switching places, taking turns at training and even with Nadine. Lance’s grip on my hips as I sat on his lap was incredibly intense. I knew the two hours deadline by Lynx didn’t give us a lot of time, the discussions were rushed and had a sense of panic to them. “Can we spare anyone that can follow him?” Ricardo puts to the
A revelation in the woods. My wolf had a very strong feeling to go to the tree line when I noticed activity on night watch the night before the attack. I couldn’t explain it, it was just a gut feeling I had. But I knew I couldn’t go alone, I would never do that to Lance or Axel. Florence and Jade wouldn’t have me making my own food, so they were currently putting a massive luncheon on the dining table. Typical shifters…the smell of food and they come running. Within minutes, Axel and I were joined by the lycans, Tate, and the Mulder family. Lance lovingly kissed my neck but then went on to pick out sausages, burgers and bacon. He went for the French fries but a growl from my chest made it very clear I had first dibs. He chuckled at my behaviour before standing me up, sitting on my chair and then pulling me into his lap. Chairs had clearly been borrowed from pack member’s homes to fit all the guests around the table. I waited until they at least had some food in their bellies before I
Not a good patient. I couldn’t breathe! I was kicking and clawing at the male on top of me holding my throat in his hands. Moments from death I look up over my head at the male that had just entered the room. No it can’t be? He is dead. I was there when he died. He’s looking at me with regret, he didn’t want this, he didn’t want me like this. What did he want, to talk? We were beyond talking. If he really was alive, I’d kill him with my own hands. “Aida…Aida wake up.” Lance’s gentle voice calls to me in my sleep. It’s like being called to the safety of a lighthouse in the darkest and stormiest of seas. I must have fallen asleep in his arms. His regular steady breathing creating a calming repetitive rhythm that was similar to being rocked to sleep. “Lance?” I had forgotten about my throat before I called out his name. It still stung but I could now at least talk. It was hoarse sounding, but it could be understood. “Aida?” He greets my voice with a kiss to my neck, which leads me to
Bruised and Silent. With my breathing restricted, I pull my eyes back on the wolf on top of me, as my mind starts to sink into darkness. Before my remaining eye closes I hear monstrous growls, Lycan growls. At first I panic, thinking that they did have lycan rebels on stand by. But then his scent hits me, toffee and plum, the richness of his scent just as strong as ever. It’s the best way for me to go. Knowing he was close by. I turn my head slightly to see Axel, Tucker, Mav and even Ricardo have entered the school assembly hall. Ricardo is surrounded by seven males I didn’t know but judging by their similar looks, these were Blake’s older brothers. They didn’t hold any terror in their eyes, just a thirst for blood. An almost competitive look to who can kill the most rebel rogues. The Lycans are like a tidal wave, wiping out everything in their path, without hesitation. I thought for a moment that Lance was coming to me, his scent was closer but then it becomes slightly distant agai
Special chapter. Lance’s point of view Fighting for his love. My anger was fading. I had spent almost a week in Lycan wolf form and getting back to nature was just what I needed. Aida marking me took me by surprise, I expected myself to mark her before she was eighteen, not the other way round. The moment she arrived for training and got out of that car with Trey, my world stopped. I didn’t know how to react at first, my honest disbelief that the Moon Goddess would pair me with a she-wolf. But then I watched her, she was anything but a she-wolf. If anything her she-wolf status held her back. She was made for me, made to be the princess by my side and that was before I knew she was a pack princess. Time and time again, I had to listen to stories from others about how she had been neglected and I couldn’t…didn’t want to believe the abusive stories I had been told at the hands of her Father, Brother and Luna, until I witnessed things for myself on the King’s pack visit. The witches a
Fighting alone. I gently place Olivia back on the floor and stand up to talk quietly to the teachers. Realistically I was the closest thing to a warrior. I was the only one trained enough to defend all these children. “Have you heard from either of the Alphas?” I whisper to the male teacher. “No, I can’t get through.” Damn what I would give for a mind-link right now. “Why would intruders be breaking into the school?” I whisper. “We don’t know.” Mrs Townsend responds in a state of nerves. Yep, I literally was the only one trained to fight. Whatever comes through those assembly hall doors would have to kill me to get to these children. “Okay…is there anywhere safe to hide the children? I ask the collection of teachers. “The bunker…but it’s near the pack house.” The male teacher responds. “If I cause a distraction and you see a chance, take the children there.” I command at the teachers. “They aren’t meant to get through the school, if they can get through the school…they can g
Night time patrol. If this was punishment, then sign me up anytime. I mean I was pushed hard at training. I was taking part in night time patrol, which Tate spent every night scowling at me, he was my punishment buddy. I was spending all day at the school with the children and also helping the Alpha Ray and Alpha Rory out with pack administration. I was waiting for Alpha Ray to come find me to lock me in their basement, to refuse me food…but this pack was everything a wolf pack should be. I spent every meal time giggling with Rafe, while Rory rolled eyes at our immature behaviour. I was sincerely considering asking Alpha Ray if I could join the Mulder pack after graduation. To adopt them as my new family. “So Aida, what is the plan for after training?” Luna Rennie asked last night at dinner. “I’m not really sure. I know I do not want to return back to the Sagar pack. Actually I was considering maybe joining this pack…if you’d have me?”“You don’t want to return home?” Luna Rennie