DominicBri wanted answers, and I knew she did, but I didn’t trust this alpha, who claimed to be her brother. The scent of pack wolfs was evident, but there was something else there. It was like their scent had an over laying scent that would cover their wolf scent once they had left the area. I didn’t like it. Why would a wolf need to cover their scent in such a way? And how would they do that? Bri and I were in the mists of quietly arguing about her safety while speaking to this wolf. She wanted to do it alone, and I didn’t want to leave her alone with any other wolf. Then in walked one of the tallest guys I had ever seen. He was huge and had a large scar that covered one whole side of his face. “Alpha? The witches say their spells will only confuse The Demon Shadows for a few hours. It would be best if we were out of here sooner rather than later.” The Demon Shadows was the one pack all rogues avoided. They didn’t care if you crossed into their borders. If they felt you looked at
BriWith the last couple of days' events, saying I was stressed out would be an understatement. I didn’t mean for my joke to be said out loud, but happily, Dominic got my joke. I pushed my bottom lip out in a pout as I tried not to smile at him. He shook his head at me, still laughing. “Fine.” I pulled my lip back in and looked back to my brother, whom I guess I had. “So what’s the plan then? And what do I call you two?” I resigned myself to just going with the flow at this point. I mean, what more could I do? Ever since the other night, my life has taken a complete turn. I went from being a regular everyday teenage girl to a werewolf with a family she never knew about that was being hunted by some horny crazed pervert that wished to impregnate me. I might as well know the name of the brother I never knew. “Oh, I guess I only introduce myself to grrrr here. I am Alpha Blake Stone, and this here is my Beta Landon Clarkson.” I raised an eyebrow at him and glanced over at Dominic, who s
BriNeither one of us slept through the night. I knew Dominic was awake before I even opened my eyes. I could feel his eyes on me. My back was pressed against his chest, and one of his arms was wrapped around my waist. We were both still naked, not bothering with our clothes after going through the trouble of taking them off in the first place. Dominic had pulled a thin blanket over us before we fell asleep, but that might as well not even be over us anymore. It had been kicked off our feet and pushed down at some point, so it only covered a small portion of us. Turning my head, I peeked at him from under my eyelashes. "I should start charging you a fee every time I catch you staring at me. I could be a rich woman by the end of the week." A large smile pulled at his lips as he chuckled. "A fee I would gladly pay if it meant I could continue to stare." Rolling my eyes at him, I shook my head. "You would." He nodded, "I would." Carefully I rolled around, so I was facing him. "Dominic?"
Dominic Bri's wolf was fierce, that was for sure. But with her not ever being trained, I feared for her. Thankfully, she was this pack's alpha's sister, which would hopefully mean they would spare her if a fight did happen. Alpha Stone, at least, had been near enough to hear his uncle's threats and came and intervened. I was more than capable of holding my own against the older man, but if I had to fight him and keep her from trying to fight him simultaneously, I wasn't sure I could do both. Once the older man was out of the room, it was easy to switch over to taking care of her. Her body shook as her wolf continued to try and take control. She did well at controlling it, but she was still new to her wolf. She hadn't had her whole life of training and readying herself for this. Only having shifted two days ago, she was doing good with her control, but some wolves took a week or two to tame their wolf enough to have control over them. But like most things that had been thrown at her t
BriI continued to draw while Dominic and Blake talked. I know I should probably be more involved in my future, but to be honest, I was new to this world, and I trusted Dominic with my life. I know, as a human, that sounds crazy. I hardly knew him, but as a wolf, that was completely normal. I knew in my gut he would never harm me, and I trusted that feeling. Besides, my apparent brother had no plans to split the two of us up, and as long as we stayed together, I was okay with whatever was decided. It was true I had no idea how to protect myself, and it would feel nice to be able to know a few things. The silence that followed their conversation was pleasant. At least until the silence ended abruptly about an hour later. During that whole time, Dominic simply watched me draw. He never once got annoyed that that was what I was doing. He never once pulled the pencil from my hand to question what I was drawing and why. He didn't get angry that I hadn't paid attention to the conversation
Dominic Somehow The Demon Shadows found us before we could get too far. As much as I wished we could have gotten Bri farther away, it would be nice to get this over with so we wouldn't have to look over our shoulders. With the knowledge that someone was with Bri that could help protect her, I could focus on the matter at hand and get rid of the man who wished to claim my mate as his. We collided with the other pack, and I was sure it looked like a scene from a movie. The Demon Shadows were strong. I will give them that. But everyone has a weakness. It was just a matter of finding it. Wolves shifted just before they collided with one another. The once quiet cabin was now filled with the defining sounds of bones breaking, teeth snapping, deep snarling growls, and wolves howling in pain. Knowing Bri was safely hidden inside meant I could focus and not worry about her. It didn't go unnoticed that once The Demon Shadows attacked, their alpha ducked back into the woods. He was still close.
BriOnce the fighting started, it felt like time slowed down all together. The fighting seemed to go on forever. I lost track of where Dominic was. I searched the screens hoping to find him. I had to know he was ok. But it was like he had disappeared altogether. And then I saw him being carried out of the trees. He was thrown over Landon's shoulder like a sack of potatoes. In front of him was Blake caring another still body. This one was not being carried so nicely and looked like his throat had been ripped out. The fighting stopped. All eyes were on them. Blake threw the body he had been carrying onto the ground. Every member of The Demon Shadows fell to the ground submissively. "Those of you that wish to continue to follow Cain may stay and meet the same fate as your Alpha. The rest of you better pray to the moon goddess. I never see your faces again." As Blake spoke, Landon moved around him and headed for the house. Angel and I moved together as we headed for the door. I wanted to
BlakeLeaving Bri alone with her mate, it was time to start planning for the future. The pack has been on the move for way too long now. It was time we settled down again. Time we claim land for ourselves. It was time for my pack to begin growing again. I would be able to remove my orders for no new pups to be born. I hated giving those orders. I hated following my own orders on the subject. But we couldn’t chance the loss of any more pups. I couldn’t hear another mother’s wails when her pup was killed during an attack. It was time for the pack to get back to being a pack again. It was time to decide our futures.Along with figuring out the pack, I needed to figure out what was next for Bri. There would be no joining the pack without her mate. And I knew from the years of my pack being on the run that chances of that were slim. Dominic’s experiences with packs will not have been good ones. I would have to find a way to convince him that my pack was different somehow. That and I could
AlisonWith Owen and the babies secure, I made my way out of the house. The howels were close by. From the communication coming through the pack's link, the fight was moving in my direction. With a sigh, I made my way off the porch, letting my wolf take over. Moving in the direction of the closest fight was. It didn't take long to recognize who was crossing into our territory. I had spent weeks learning every marking on the wolves that patrolled near the cabin Adam held me at. They left us alone for over a year. And now they wanted to take their revenge. It was slightly maddening. They could have done this sooner. But I would not allow them to go farther into the territory. Joining the worriers that were already there, I helped fight them off. After everything that happened, I have spent even more time training with the rest of the pack. Learning to protect not only myself but everyone else around me. My wolf was strong. We knew this. Not just because she has done what she needed to
OwenI don’t know how he made it happen. But by the time we returned home, Damion had already had everything we would need delivered to the house. The only thing he had the guys set up was a bassinet that was placed in Alison and my room. Everything else was left in their boxes and left in one of the two empty rooms in the house. Allowing us to decide which room would be Hopes and allowing us to be the ones to set it up how we wished it to be. That, of course, didn’t stop him or Bryce from coming over in the coming days to help get everything put together and set up. But I was grateful for the courtesy of allowing us to make the decision on colors and whatnot. Though it wasn’t hard to decide that our baby Hope was going to be anything other than a princess. Being a father was definitely something I didn’t think would be in my cards after everything that happened in my past. And now I don’t know that my life would have been whole if I had never met Alison and she wasn’t the mother to
AlisonStanding there listening to Alpha Nikolai suggest that I wasn’t going to be allowed to leave, and they planned to use me for things I have fought not to happen to me in my life. I am not going to lie. It was hard to control my wolf. Handing my baby girl to her father was the only way I knew to not only protect her but him. If they were going to allow her to leave, then he was the one to leave with her. He would keep her safe. Once she was safe in her father’s arms, my wolf pushed forward, giving a warning growl. One that was cut off by Damion looking over at me with a warning in his eyes but also a warning not just to me but to Bryce through our link. “Not yet. Both of you need to calm down.” A quick glance at Bryce told me his wolf was not a fan of what was being said either. But at Damion’s command, we were both able to pull our wolves back and stay calm while he handled things. Which, if I haven’t said before, he was a damn good Alpha. He looked so calm and collected. His
OwenThey were both healthy. Both my girls were fine. I could breathe again, knowing they were both healthy. However, that didn’t stop the feeling as though something wasn’t right. Standing back up, I did my best to continue to stay calm and keep the role of only being one of the pack’s doctors. A voice in my head told me not to do more than that. If I showed any signs that I was more than just a doctor for the pack and that I was Alison’s partner, something bad was going to happen. It could have just been me being paranoid or reading too much into what Damion said before we left the plane. But the way the one guy that had been in the room with Alison when we walked in didn’t help make the feeling go away. Giving a slight nod to Damion to let him know we were good to go, I stayed close to Alison. Damion returned my nod with one of his own as he turned back to Alpha Nikolai. “Thank you for your help in finding Alison for us. And I do apologize for her trespassing on your land.” Alph
AlisonAfter collapsing with my baby girl in my arms, I was carried back to this packs, pack house. I was placed in a room and left with a woman who didn't know English. Or she didn't seem to, as the only response I could get from her was a smile and a nod of her head, and she continued helping me to get cleaned up. When she was done, and I was dressed in a hospital gown and lying in a bed, she left the room. I was left there with my little girl, who was also now dippered and wrapped in a blanket. A few minutes later, the woman returned with a guy who looked me over. Again, he didn't seem to know English. Leaving me to only guess the guy must be a doctor and the woman a nurse. The two looked me over in a similar way that Owen would have if I had been injured and at home. My attention going back to my baby. Tears sprang up in my eyes. I wished Owen was here. I wish I knew how he felt about being a father. I never got the chance to tell him. Though, I wonder if it matters at the moment
OwenThe rest of the flight was done in silence. The others left me to my thoughts. By the time the plane landed, I was nervous beyond belief. Alison had been pregnant when she was taken, and they said that the she-wolf that was found was in the middle of giving birth. This could very well be her, in which case I was not simply going to be a father. But I was a father. I was not only on my way to hopefully see the love of my life. But also meet my baby. My baby? Was it a boy or a girl? Was it healthy? Was Alison healthy? She had been taken while she was pregnant. Did they make sure she had everything she needed? Had they provided her with any care at all during her pregnancy? They said she was in the middle of giving birth when she was found. Was there any complications? All these things I needed to know. I needed to see her. To look her over and be sure myself not only Alison was well, but our baby was too. The moment I felt the plan stop, I unclipped my seat belt and stood. Damion'
AlisonThe cabin was a little bigger than the one we stayed at before. I still had to sleep in the same bed as Adam. And for the first month with the cuffs on. But the bathroom had walls instead of a curtain. And the kitchen had a stove so we could cook. Adam didn’t let me out of his sight for the first month or so. Only letting me outside when he was there to watch me. Chaining me inside anytime he left. Occasionally, he would return with someone to look at the mark on my neck. Every one of them left with him angry because they said there was nothing they could do about it. My guess was he was looking for someone to remove it, which was impossible. But that didn’t stop him from trying. By the second month, he was leaving me alone without chaining me up. I was also allowed to sleep at night without the cuffs on connecting me to him. Without the chain on me, I was able to move freely throughout the whole cabin, versus being confined to the bathroom area and the bed. I used my newfound
OwenWaking up, my head felt like someone had sucker punched me right in the temple. Only I know that's not what happened. I had been drugged while Alison was taken. Several pack wolves surrounded me, checking on me. All the while, I could hear Bryce there, already giving orders to follow her scent. Damion showed up just as I was being helped into a sitting position, taking over and giving orders to find Alsion. The van she was taken in was already being followed. The only problem was the members following it lost it after a while. Leaving the search to grow cold. At least until after dark when some of the guys picked up on the scent of the guys that took Alison. On Damion's orders, the guys were picked up and brought back to the pack. I will give it to the guys. They did well on holding out. It took Damion's guys nearly a week to get any information out of them. By then, it was too late. Adam was long gone with Alison. That didn't stop the search, though. We kept going. Damion calle
AlisonAdam’s scent surrounded me. I didn’t need to open my eyes to know who was behind my kidnapping. Laying there, I kept my eyes closed as I took stock of myself. I was alright. I wouldn’t be able to shift because he placed another one of those collars around my neck. All my wolf would be able to do was continue to protect our baby, which she was doing a really good job of. It was going to be up to me to get us out of this. A task I am sure will be easier said than done. But I was up for the challenge. The car we were in slowed to a stop. I chanced a quick peek as I watched Adam put the car in park and climb out. I didn’t have a lot of time to plan or even think my escape through. I had just enough time to shift in the seat as he walked around to the other side of the car and opened the back door. Taking the opportunity, I kicked him hard. Landing my blow at his midsection, taking him off guard and making him stumble backward. Grabbing the door, I pulled it closed, hitting the loc