"I'm not entirely sure on whether or not I'll be able to pull it off just yet, but I'm hoping to finish the preparations for the initiation ceremony today. That way, I won't need to worry about supervising all of you while you are out of the house.'We were currently on the way back to my house, once again, with Arthur walking ahead of us. He looked like he was in his own world, like his spirits had definitely been lifted in comparison to the way that they had been when we had been on the way back to the packhouse. I didn't realise that breakfast was such an important part of his day. But then again, he was a growing child. I did not have much experience with them, but when I had been young, I had practically eaten everything in the house. Perhaps he was the same.Luckily, I had arranged for some supplies to be delivered to our house later today. I didn't know whether or not it would be enough to sustain them for the entire week, but I did think that it wou
Once we got back to Alpha Elijah's house, he did not even bother going inside with us. He just made sure that there was no one who would pose a threat to us, and then he left us to close the last bit of distance ourselves. It was something that I had found rather odd, but I was in no position to ask questions - and therefore, I did not. And just as well, because the moment that I opened the door, our mother and father were standing in front of us like two vultures who were ready to descend onto their prey."Where have you been?"My fathers voice was curt, his anger quite audible within it. It was something that I had been expecting, but I had gotten so caught up in my conversation with Alpha Elijah that I had forgotten what I was coming home to. As much as I would have wanted the Alpha to come back inside with us. just to avoid all of this backlash, it didn't happen. I would need to deal with all of this by myself, whether I liked it or not."I
"I just don't think that we're going to have the man-power, or even the resources to finish the construction of an entire cottage in the span of a week. You know just as well as we do, that we barely would have finished within the two week mark. Why is there this sudden rush?" I couldn't blame my Gamma for asking all of the questions that she was asking. She had always been on top of things, and during the last few weeks that we hadn't had a Beta, she had filled the role quite well, making sure that we did not feel the loss or the lack of a male second in command. Her opinion was one that I had grown to value and respect, and it was one of the reasons why I was so adamant on making sure that she was in complete agreement with what we were going to do from here on forward. "It's for my own peace of mind. As it turns out, their daughter is insufferable, and having her in my house for weeks on end is something that isn't going to bode well for my temper when it
My heart was pounding in my chest with such an intensity that I was almost certain of the fact that it was about to rip right out of my chest. It was like I had no control over myself, my body and mind both working of their own accord. It understood the intensity and the pressure that I had to deal with due to the situation that we now found ourselves in. I could only imagine what Luke was going to say when I told him that his daughter had been ripped into shreds -and I really hoped that the situation had not gotten that bad.The moment that I was out and in the open, I shifted, knowing that I would be able to find Samantha myself at a much faster speed than our enforcer would be able to relay their location to me - and I was right. The moment that I was shifted, it was like every instinctive part of my body pushed me forward, knowing where I needed to go. I didn't know what it was that made Samantha stand out to me like this, but I did know that it was s
I slammed the door shut as I entered the house, uncaring about the fact that I would be bound to attract the attention of my father and my mother. At this point in time, with the way that I was feeling, I was more than prepared to face them and whatever was left of their temper. I was willing to dish out my own spoon of emotions as well, because I was not going to deal with them. That was not the way that things were going to work this time around.I had walked away earlier, because I had hoped to avoid causing more trouble than all of this was worth, but it was too late for that now. I felt like I had had majority of my organs bruised in one way or another, and I wanted to take it out on someone. After all, I wouldn't have left the house if it hadn't been for the way that they had been treating me.Just as I had been expecting, it took no more than a few moments for my father to make his appearence, coming out of the dining room, which was further down the
I stood completely still, staring at Elijah in complete and utter disbelief. I didn't know what I was supposed to say to him, and I believed that my father found himself in the same position as well. But what was bothering me slightly, was the fact that my father did not seem to be displeased with what he had just learned. I, on the other hand, couldn't have been more unhappy. He couldn't seriously be thinking that all of this was fine, was he? Did he not realise how wrong it was to go along with this? But then again, he did not know about what had happened at the club. And despite the fact that I now found myself in this situation, I was determined to keep that information from my father for as long as I could. I did not want to deal with his lectures on my lack of faithfulness to a mate whom I had not even met yet - and if it was necessary, I would be more than willing to reject my said mate, to make sure that Arthur had a parental figure in his life, because
I heard a door close somewhere in the distance, and without doubt, and knew that it was Samantha. I didn’t know how to explain it, but it was like every atom, every fibre of my being, was so in tuned with her that I knew where she was and what she was doing without even having to think about it. I knew there was something that wasn’t exactly normal, but that was why I was doing what I was doing. As much as I wanted to get her parents out of my house, I wanted to keep her in it. And I knew that this wasn’t the right way to do things, but it was the only way that I could think of. Gwen was on her way. I had already communicated everything that was going on to her through the mind link while it was happening, so I knew that would only be a matter of sign before she removed my beta from my house.If he decided to take his family with him, it would be exactly what I wanted. I needed to go and speak to Samantha, and make sure that she understood th
I stood in the Alpha's living room, Julie standing beside me, while Arthur was already standing on the porch. I didn't need to speak to him to know that he wasn't happy with what was going on, but he knew, just as well as I did, that there was nothing that we could do. It was a decision that our Alpha had made, and we would have to accept it and come to terms with it. When I had broken the news to Arthur, it had been very easy for me to pick up on the fact that he wasn’t happy with what I was telling him. But the fact that he hadn’t argued with me told me that he understood that I could do about as much about this situation as he could, if not even less. We needed to respect the orders of our Alpha, regardless of the fact that it did not align with our own needs and wants. That was what being a Beta was about. To serve. Julie was taking this a lot better than I had thought she would. I had deliberately chosen to tell her while Arthur had been in the room because