"Hi mom!""Rose, when you became an adult, I swore to myself I will give you freedom and trust you. And I kept my promise so far, but could you not make it so hard?" My mom is angry whispering as she's still at work and I doubt the other lawyers in her office see her rebellious daughter as an actual emergency."I'm exercising for when I become an unruly rogue. Building your resiance to it." I answer, trying my hardest not to laugh at my own stupid joke. Only if she knew..."Rose...No, you can't. Good God, I was going to ask if your mate is a rogue, but it can't be. Right?" She asks and I can hear her telling someone that she has an important call and she will use the conference room."No quite. It's complicated.""Rose...""If I promise, promise to explain everything to you in one year? But I can not now under any circumstances?" A year and a half, but she already sounds enraged enough."You really are playing with my nerves. Should we have the talk again? Condoms? STDs? I am too youn
"I feel like shit." I sigh and allow myself to fall on the couch while Diana brings some tea over."It's been two months, you should be over it by now and I should be over hearing about it. But here we are..." She smiles, ready to hear some more drama.Damon didn't explain to Diana much about the past life and the time reverse stuff, but did tell her that I'll be working with them in secret, trying to get the packs to work together against his father. And just like before, she was a bit wary about me for two weeks while I went to visit their house, but warmed up after one night when Damon made the mistake of leaving us alone and found us drunk, watching Temptation Island."At least I have an excuse... Why aren't you over this drama?" I shoot back, but Diana just dismisses me by a flick of the wrist."I'm just trying to be a good friend.""Then tell me what to do!""Just sleep with him!" She throws that idea in the air every time and I can't quite explain why I really don't want to sle
My heart is beating like a drum in my chest. So fast and so loud it's the only thing I hear while my legs hit the ground. I told Damon not to follow me as that would rise questions, but now, the closer I get to the fight, the more I regret not having him near me. I don't know how to fight, how to protect myself in wolf form. The quick bloodshed of an attack. The cracking of bones. The screams of the dying ones. I've only seen it once and I died for it.Just as I pass the last tree that separates me from the river, Nala whispers something and my body suddenly freezes. She took control over it and my breathing slows down, the muscles relax and contract while she gets used to them. That gives me time to look at the massacre in front of me. Not even the worst attacks from before compare to this. The blood is flowing into the river, giving the blue waters a terrifying shade of red. Bodies that seem half broken are gathered around the wolves that are still standing to fight, with claws and
The adrenaline of the fight still runs through my veins by the time we finish the meeting with the Alpha and I'm about to just walk to the city and take a taxi home when Axel stops me. I feel the electrifying power of the bond when he touches me, but I push it away."I know it feels like you're fine now, but if you don't rest, you'll regret it tomorrow.""Really, I'm fine." I say, but he just laughs."As a favor to me, just an hour. And if you feel good after, I'll drive you home or I'll walk with you." He pleads and I give in, more to just show him how invincible of a badass I am.Once in his room, he starts running a bath, dropping essential oils in like a witch brewing potions. He laughs when I point that out, but swears that he knows what he's doing."Take this before you get in. I'll bring some food from downstairs." He hands me an aspirin and then leaves the room. I can't help but stay frozen for a minute, looking at the closed door with a void inside my chest. I hate him. I don
"I won't have you training her, Axel. Mates go easy on each other, but rogues won't. Taking in consideration Rose's history with Caroline, she's the closest we can get to an actual enemy." The Alpha dismisses Axel's protests pretty fast and looks at me waiting for me to say something too. But I am as silent as a grave. I won't like training with Caroline, but the more I spend around her, the more I can keep an eye out for her family."You haven't trained until now. So we have to move fast. Since you're mates, people from other packs will take interest in you. You need to be prepared." Caroline seems annoyed as hell so I assume this entire thing wasn't her idea."I remember fighting pretty well yesterday. I certainly have less scratches than some of your warriors." A smile lingers on my lips as I wait for her reply."Don't be cocky! You got lucky, once.""I'm not cocky. I'm telling you I trained. Alone, since I couldn't do it with the pack. And sure, I may need to improve, but don't lo
"Not a chance!" Diana shakes her head. "Do you know how rare it is that I like a girl this asshole brings home? Very! So no way I'll let you kill yourself so soon!""It's a few drinks, Diana, not playing with a guillotine..." I laugh, looking at Damon, who took great offense in her comment about his romantic conquests."It's playing with fire, that's what it is."I didn't expect to start hanging out with Caroline either, but we also agreed that I should keep my friends close and my enemies even closer."Do you have a better idea?" I ask her, even though I take a quick glance at Damon too. He has been awfully quiet since I came over, which is unusual from him. I don't think he even noticed me looking as he just stares in the distance."Give me the Beta's number. I'll have an affair with him!" Diana huffs and puffs as she circles around the room."He's married, Di. And twice your age.""You'd be surprised how many pack members try to hit on rogues in the city. Especially the married one
#Caroline's perspective#After the training is over, I look over at Axel. He didn't have to say anything or act any differently. As always, I knew he had something on his mind. I always know. Before, it was his father being an asshole, but ever since his mother's death, it became deeper, more painful. Like a void in his chest.Sometimes, when the forest is quiet and we are on patrol, our eyes lock and for a brief second I can feel it too."Before you start ranting, I want to say something. You have the worst possible taste in women! What on earth were you thinking allowing Tania to pull you into the janitor closet?"Despite the sadness surrounding him, he laughs."I was bored and I wanted sex, my darling. And since my girlfriend won't do it with me, I will take it from someplace else."Girlfriend... My heart skips a beat when he says it now. And I hate it. When we agreed on this charade, I told myself a kiss or two for show won't mean anything. Sitting on his lap during the history cl
"You play dirty!" Caroline complains after I throw her off my back, right into a tree. She took her human form before I could even turn around, so I look away in an instant. "For the love of the Moon Goddess, you need to stop that! There's nothing here that you didn't see before! Now take your human form!"I have a few choice words at the idea, but unfortunately she is right and I just have to get used to seeing naked people all the time. It's either this or... her other idea. Apparently, if you don't grow out of this shyness by the time you are eighteen, you are ordered to walk around the pack grounds watching bad porn at full volume for an entire week. Hard to be embarrassed around people that have seen you like that..."You know, I've never seen people actually do it.""Oh, Goddess! No one does. Can you imagine the horror?" Caroline shakes her head and inspects the tree that she just hit. A few branches are broken and there's a deep scratch on her back that's healing quite fast. "Y