The dream ends abruptly when my phone starts to ring next to my ear. I don't get to hear the rest of the story or even what she thinks I should do about it.BlackbloodThat is the only thing that I hear in the back of my mind as I open my eyes."Hey. You awake?" The familiar voice comes through when I answer and even though I am not too sure about our relationship, I can't deny that the sound of his voice gives me a sense of calm and peace that I came to crave like an addict."Why? Are all the other people from the pack are sleeping?" I admit that I can be a bit bitchy myself but at this point... can you really blame me?"Funny. Come downstairs if you are awake enough to make fun of your future Alpha."Now, this wakes me up pretty fast as I throw away the blanket and look down the window. Leaning on his car, with his killer smirk, he looks up at me.I throw a jacket on and go downstairs in my pajamas. Not because I got so excited about seeing him that I couldn't be bothered to change.
"Not now..." I whined as the Moon Goddess looks at me with a smile."There are things that can not suffer delay, my child.""You gave me a mate that I can not possibly be with and in the rare moments I manage to sneak one moment of contempt with him, the fate of the world bangs at the door. It is a bit unfair, isn't it?" I continue to protest and she seems surprised. Truth be told, a normal werewolf would fall on their knees and consider themselves blessed to personally meet the goddess of night, but we are here exactly because I am not a normal one, right? I feel very little connection with that part of myself and I mostly begrudge her for putting all this pressure on me, knowing even if by some miracle I do save the packs from this danger, their pride will not let them acknowledge me anyway."I know it is... But..." She hesitates. "Because it is unfair for you to suffer this much... I want to keep you away from him. ""From Axel? My mate? The mate that you gave me?""Child..." She s
~Axel's perspective~“We would have to kiss for this to work.” I smirk, looking at my best friend’s face getting pale as a ghost. Caroline hates shows of affection just as she hates chocolate, flowers and anything else that makes life remotely better.“No, we don’t!”“Maybe even sleep together!” I continue to taunt her until she snaps and takes a swing at me.“You’re a pig!” She shouts and I make the mistake to laugh, granting me a punch in the gut. Goddess, she’s fast. I didn’t even see it coming.“Ok! Ok! No sleeping together! But we need to kiss once, Caroline. Or else no one would belive the fake relationship is real.”“Then we drop the plan entirely and you keep it in your pants by yourself!”That won’t work either. Last week I went to her as one of the girls I was sleeping with had a pregnancy scare. She was an Omega from a neighboring pack that I hooked up a few times during border patrol. If she would have been pregnant it would have been a disaster. An Omega Luna… Or a future
Flashbacks from yesterday haunt me. Every time I close my eyes, even just a blink of the eye brings back the blood, the terror, the screams. Everything happened too fast for me to process, but somehow every detail is engraved on my mind.One moment and I see Axel jump towards the rogue. The next one comes and I see myself between them, trying to protect the stranger instead of my own mate. A third one and Axel falls down so he can avoid hurting me. Forth and another rogue jumps at the opportunity and bites Axel. The blood starts spilling as Axel's eyes lose their shine. Fifth blink and I am thrown to the side by Caroline, desperately trying to push him off Axel.The Alpha comes after that and the rogues run away. The warriors take their human forms and circle us as I crawl towards Axel. But Caroline stops me. She didn't care to grab something to cover herself, she doesn't care that half the pack is around us, she cares for nothing as her eyes get red with anger."Traitor!" She screame
Secrets... secrets... secrets...I feel there is no better word to describe my relationship with Axel. And from now on, it's in writing too.Alpha was looking over at the paper in front of him. "The deal" as he called it. Satisfied, he looks up at us and clears his voice."The conditions of the agreement are the following:-I, Alpha Cameron, will not force either of you to reject the bond, nor will I try to break it by other means. In exchange, you will do everything in your power to keep it a secret from anyone that doesn't already know, at least until Axel's Alpha ceremony.-I, Alpha Cameron, will forgive Rose for the recklessness that endangered my son and will clear her name as a member of the pack that has no affiliation with rogues. In exchange, you will not say or imply in any way that Caroline attacked Rose or endangered her life intentionally."With a smile, he puts a small knife in front of Axel."Are you serious?" Axel asks, obviously taken back."You will sign in blood to
"What's the deal between you and that filthy rogue?" He jumps straight at it with an expression far from the loving one from earlier."Wha... Axel, you were there when I explained it to your father. I felt like I owed it to him for saving me twice... I'm so sorry for hurting you. If I knew you would get hurt I wouldn't...""Of course you didn't know I would get hurt. That would require you to have any knowledge or training in combat." He spits furiously as he gets up and starts pacing around the room.I stare at him in disbelief. What happened since I left the Alpha's office? Did the Alpha already break his part of the deal?"Axel? I... I'm really sorry... For everything. I know I messed up, but...""Oh mess up does not even begin to describe it! Yeah, sure, my dad will say it was a misunderstanding, but that won't clear your name completely. You... if they didn't like you before... now, I don’t even know. And it's only four months before the Alpha ceremony. Should I announce you as L
"Why didn't you tell me about the self-defense classes?" Is the first question he asks me after we sat down on the small bed. There is nothing left of the anger from earlier, just pure regret."I didn't think it mattered. It's not like they helped me in any way. I'm still useless." I say, playing with the strings of my hoodie.Silence takes over as I feel Axel tensing up next to me."I didn't... earlier... It's not what I meant." He stumbles over his words awkwardly trying to touch my hand but changing his mind at the last second."It's the truth. I could train for a lifetime and still, nothing would change. I don't have a wolf. Combat is in wolf shape. It's not like I could ask the rogues to fight in human form so I can stand a chance. And I wasn't good at it anyway. Worse than even an average human." It's hard to say it out loud, but... hiding it doesn't make it less real. "I am finally able to admit that. I am good at other things... I am great at math, I am a good cook. I used to w
"I don't know about this Axel..." I whisper as he picks the lock of his father's office."Don't worry, I've been doing it since I was ten." He brushes off my concern with a wink and gets back to business."I thought you could just tell him you want to look over them, not that we have to break in!""All the reports are in his office and they can't leave his office. Pack safety. So if you don't want to spend some quality time with my dad, let me focus.""I was standing accused of treason yesterday and now I am breaking into the Alpha's office. This can't end up well." I complain, terrified of returning to that dark and moldy dungeon."Only if we get caught!"Judging by my luck, the Alpha will have a nightmare about not watering his plants and will come to check up on them the second we get in. I point this out to Axel, but he rolls his eyes saying his dad has plastic plants.Finally, a click from the door almost gives me a heart attack, but Axel turns around, proud of his work.The offi