OwenMidday, and I had already taken care of everything I needed to do for the day. The animals were all fed, the eggs were collected from the chickens, and all the water troughs were full. All that was left was doing another feeding for the animals tonight. None of the vegetables in the garden would be ready to be picked until next week. So I decided to spend some time relaxing inside. I had no more than made a sandwich for lunch when the sound of something scratching on the door caught my attention. Curious, I made my way through the front room and opened the door. To my surprise, a large black wolf collapsed at my feet. I was frozen for a few seconds until I noticed blood pooling around the back end of the wolf. It wasn’t moving, but I could tell it was still alive. I knew the people in the area had a thing about shooting the wildlife in the area. Just another reason I hated people. I never saw any of the animals come up on my small farm and go after any of my animals. I had no rea
OwenI sat and watched her eat for a few minutes before returning to my food. She didn't seem happy that she had gotten hurt. Though, who wouldn't be happy they had gotten shot? But to be honest, I was surprised that only one bullet had made contact. For the most part, all the kids in the town were shown how to use a gun at a young age. If two of them had fired at her, I would have thought both would have hit her. This alone didn't really help my view of the human race. Even less knowing they shot at her wolf, who, from the sounds of it and by where she had been hit, was moving away from them and not towards them. Shaking my head, I finished my food. When I finished, I found her sitting across from me, staring at me just as I had stared at her earlier and watching me. "So tell me, Owen, where did you learn to stitch someone up?" Scoffing, I grabbed her plate and mine and got up from the table. "I was a doctor in another life." A small smile pulled at her lips. "Well, then, I did
AlisonI had been wrong earlier, thinking I was close to the pack my parents once belonged to. I was too far away from them. Or at least I couldn't hear them, nor them me, as far as I could tell. And if my gut was right, those guys in the truck weren't just ordinary humans. When I was little, my father told me stories about humans that hunted our kind. Only going after lone wolves or rogues who they deemed were a danger to the human world. And well, I am sure even though I have served my time in their prison, not to mention the guy I killed was done in self-defense. I would qualify as a danger to them. Though I really didn't want to stick around and find out if I was right or wrong. My wolf and my gut agreed if I stuck around any longer, it would make for the second mistake I would have made in the last twenty-four hours. I was going to have to talk with Bryce or maybe Dominic and find out if I was right. Because if I was, I am sure I wasn't going to make it on my own. Nor did I want
AdamWe spent the day searching the woods, the whole time staying well under the radar of the hunters that were also in the woods. They were on the hunt for who they thought was just another rogue wolf. They didn't know she wasn't alone. At least not if I could help it. We had to find her first. And the longer it took to find her, the more I worried we would be too late. As it was, I had long lost the sensation of being injured. This made my wolf push harder, refusing to believe she was gone. Just the thought alone sent a pain through my chest that was nearly as bad as the day she rejected us. Then finally, there was news. The hunters were converging on one location. Following them, we made a perimeter around the whole location. Once my men were in place, I ordered them to close in. In doing so, we ensured the humans in the woods knew they were outnumbered and she wasn't alone as they thought. Nothing more was needed. The humans took the hint and got the hell out of dodge. Not before
AlisonMy head was pounding. Whatever they used to knock me out this time, and the last was strong. It left a lingering taste in my mouth and left my head pounding. Like last time I wasn't really given time for the effects to wear off. The difference was this time, I had Adem there. Also, this time he placed a metal device around my throat. My wolf whimpered at the feel of it. With it around our throat, we would not be able to even attempt to shift. In her words, if we did, it would kill us instantly. Mainly because it would never allow our neck to move how it needs to during a shift.So shifting was out. My guess was so I couldn't howl like I did the last time. That didn't stop me from trying to reach out to my parent's old pack, who I still had a connection with. Which is what I was trying to do while waiting for the effects of the drug to wear off and my head to stop hurting so much. The only thing was I was still not getting anything. I was still too far away, or maybe they decide
Alpha DamionWalking through the hotel, I followed the path Alison last took. The woman that works the desk was well worth the money I paid her to help keep an eye on my cousin. I knew placing any member of the pack or even paying a rogue wolf to help keep tabs on her would end with her going farther away than my reach. And I wouldn't blame her, after everything. At least this way ensured she would stay close, at least for now. I nearly had all the other alpha's in the area believing she was not really my uncle's daughter. Though her disappearance had me questioning if I was doing as good of a job as I thought I was. The lady at the front desk said Alison left yesterday morning and hadn't returned. Harlen, my Beta, finding her stashed clothes, let us know she had shifted to go for a run. Not exactly a bad thing. But rumors were coming in from some that there were hunters out in the woods a good hundred miles or so away to the south. This worried me as well, maybe more so because she
AdamAlison broke her camera almost instantly after I left her. Leaving me to watch the camera in the human's cell in order to listen to the two. The two of them spent a long time talking with each other. I was getting more information about the guy from eavesdropping than I was from my own men who were supposed to be getting me information about him. The longer the two talked, the easier it was to tell that Alison's wolf liked the human. This only angered my wolf more than he already was. The both of us were so angry and even a little hurt at our mate for seeming to have moved on and not even trying to give the two of us a chance that when Teresa sauntered into my office to make her now daily move to gain my attention, I didn't turn her away. Giving in to her advances, I took out some of my frustration on her. Using her like I always have. You would think the sound of my mate in pain would have brought me back to my senses, but it didn't. No, I ignored the sound of her in pain from
AlisonTalking with Owen was kind of relaxing, at the very least. The two of us enjoyed a good amount of the same things. Or I should say the things we were able to talk about before I was overcome by an intense, crippling pain. It started in my abdomen and moved through my whole body. I remembered hearing stories about things like this. The things that could happen if ever one mate betrayed them. But never once had I thought I would experience anything like it. I guess no one ever expects to experience something like that. You know the feeling of your mate with another person. I know I technically had rejected him and all that. But he never accepted my rejection. He had rejected my rejection, leaving the two of us connected. I will give it to him in this whole time. Since we had found each other, he hadn't been with anyone else. At least, not until today. I don't know what changed. All I do know is this was the worst feeling I had ever felt in my life. At first, it was more of a dul
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