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Howl at the Moon, Love Chapter 1
=====Derek=====The bass is deep enough to feel coarse through his bones as he moves through the night club, Sirens. It was just like any other wanna-be lounge out there in Larrissa’s Bay, focused mainly on the sea. Why they were there was beyond him. Derek rolled his shoulders as he tried to regain some sort of comfort in the stiff leather seating that sectioned off the floor. As he panned away from his pack mates getting comfortable among the dancers, Derek crossed his arms, one over the other as if he was the Alpha to please.It didn’t matter to him that he wasn’t in the running for Alpha. It was a tireless, thankless job. Except for nights like these when they were evicted from the pack house to make room for one of their couples to consummate their mateship within the home. It’s been the way they’ve done things for as long
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That was fine to throw in his face. He did reject the female after all. In fact, it became the thing he was known for. Many took on Zane’s challenge, trying to please him, but all would fail. They just weren’t what he was looking for. None of them were, and it ticked Zane off, apparently.“How does that matter?” Derek forced out as the music’s pulse began to build up again.Zane threw up his hand signaling for two drinks to be served and he was fixed with them immediately. The amber liquid shown in the soft golden hue of the bar soon drowned in the dark as if it were never there and the faintest glint off of the ice promised it was safe to think that he was in trouble. No one, not even Zane’s mother, got a drink so easily.
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Derek grimaced as he turned away from Zane to look down at Maleki who was ten seconds from howling in ecstasy. If he did, the dancer would be his for life, human or not. And while the wolf’s choices shouldn’t matter to Derek, per se, he knew what it was like. His love didn’t know what she was saying, or how she was locked to his heart, but still she howled with him. Aislyn…“Aislyn…” he heard her name the same time it rang through his thoughts.That wasn’t real. He couldn’t have heard that, he told himself.Despite how he wanted to tell Maleki not to howl when he came, the opportunity slipped away from him. Derek turned to follow the continuance of the nearly one sided conversation between some woman and someone,
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Aislyn’s words sang to them all about how they were her individual saviors, keeping their focus up at the ceiling until the light stopped racing up to her platform. The cloth that was there, quickly released into a ring of fire, disorienting them further.Still, Derek kept his eyes on Aislyn. He knew her style was less about theatrics and more about how she felt. All he needed to see was the lift of her palm to know for sure.Just as she did, Derek lost his breath.She used to do that and claim she was feeling for him. His aura was something she could reach for regardless of being a human, and she wanted him around. Granted, he never showed her his human form, Derek reminded himself and fear set in. She wouldn’t know him if he approached her. It
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It was a hard concept to take in, however. The woman he loved still didn’t know him the way she remembered her. But instead of escalating their argument, Derek listened to his instincts.“This pack isn’t mine,” he grumbled low enough for only Zane to hear him. “I don’t want it the way you want to control it.”Derek released Zane’s injury, easily, without the intent to hurt him anymore. Regardless of his act of mercy, the Alpha had the audacity to stare Derek down.“You’ll leave her alone,” he delivered to his brother. “Even if she comes to you for any reason. She doesn’t exist to you. None of them do.”Zane grumbled
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Claiming she was his partner made more sense than to claim what she really was to someone Aislyn worked with. Derek remembered the shorter woman that brushed him off earlier. It wouldn’t have worked.He couldn’t help how he felt like he was beginning to come apart at the seams the longer the man waited to respond. A small receiver in his ear chirped, and the man, shrouded in darkness, nodded towards the back wall, lined with private rooms.They weren’t listening. For all he knew they were setting him up for betrayal. Zane’s message would surely not go unheard for long. Aside from that, there was no scent here for him to follow. Regardless of how Aislyn was practically hovering all over him. All he needed was one touch from her… only one to be able to find her now it was impossible through th
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Neither moved for a long while.Derek found himself to be at least a head taller than her which was perfect for cuddling in his mind… if she’d let him that is.Aislyn was always smaller than him though. His wolf, at the time, while lean and narrow, could reach triple his size if they found themselves threatened. It was just in their biology. It translated poorly into how his build was created over the years as an adolescent. Now, as an adult, he’s thickened out as a Beta should. His body looked similar to Zane’s in muscle mass which is why Zane always felt he needed to be more than Derek. Looking like an Alpha as a Beta was not great for pack dynamics.It made a lot of instances awkward. But this… finally standing before Aisl
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Honestly, he thought he would be standing in her DJ booth, looking at a bunch of buttons. Instead, she grinned, captured his wrist in her tiny hand that barely circled it, and pulled him back out the door. There the beat thrummed loudly in his head. It was a shock to his senses since being in that clearly sound proofed room. What also shocked him was how Zane’s eyes connected with his own. It was as if Zane knew what room they were in. He wondered for a fleeting second if he gave Aislyn an Alpha command through the door to respond to him, but through the door? Could she scent that?“C’mon Derek,” Aislyn urged him to continue following.When he finally moved his heavy feet, Derek blinked back his concern. He made his decision…again. While he knew this wouldn’t go over well, he knew this was a once
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In the months to come, life outside became colder still. When the first snow fell, she wistfully snuggled against his soft fur, nestled comfortably in their bed which now was layered with animal skins and smelled entirely of their combined scents. Aislyn smiled at the fact. Her love truly did support her and their wishes to be alone, on their own, free from society. It was bliss. While his warmth never cooled, their life would need to shift. Plenty of animals would be on the move, looking for food or getting ready for hibernation. The thought that they’d need to do the same and leave the home they built together for survival burned her deeply. There were other times she felt the same burn deep in her chest, but this one was different. It spread. It pricked at her entire consciousness and jolted her forward towards him. “Calm down, baby girl,” Derek hummed against her skin. His wet nose brushed against the nape of her neck as if it was searching for something. How she wished he’d
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“I don’t know,” Derek replied, rolling back onto his back. There was so much that was wrong with being there in the first place; too many reasons that shoved him off onto his own. “There was never really a place for me, Zane. All of the family shit… I don’t know.” He could hear the way his brother was going to let him have it. Every conversation about coming back was the same. We are one, together, and so on… It really did hurt when his position was so badly mocked despite the protection he provided. “I think we’ll take our chances out in the untouched spaces,” Aislyn replied, making chills run up his back. She knew him so well. “Right,” Zane replied. “Fall is approaching fast,” he began. “You don’t have to worry about us,” she promised. “We’re all we need.” Her eye caught Candice’s beside her after. “Excuse me,” Aislyn murmured and left her perch. Her warmth left with her as she went to assess her friend’s concern. Derek watched her as she approached her situation. “Beside
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Aislyn’s eyes met his once more and dipping down to kiss her was all he could do. There was nothing else. Just the two of them in this holy place underneath the most beautiful sky. Her lips are so soft and willing, cradling his own with the same love and desire as before all of this. Goddess, he whimpered in his mind as she accepted him only further. His love pulled back only slightly, her lips still leaning against his as she spoke. “I love you so much,” she whispered. “Felt too much. It was terrifying.” “I’m so sorry you did so much alone,” he apologized. “If I could go back and fix it…” “It’s better this way,” she promised, kissing him soundly. Her fingers loosened then, worrying him as she went, regardless of how she still hung hungrily from his lips. No… no, no… He stepped forward, closing the small gap between them. His arms reached for her, landing on her waist first to steady them where they stood. Aislyn’s kiss deepened as she moaned against his lips, her body follow
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The forest is unusually still, even while it’s so full of life, of threats… of her. It’s oddly terrifying to be back and unsettled in this unnatural way. The forest was a place of peace, even before he met Aislyn, but now it was nearing its end; ready to die, to erase them all. Energy whispered from all around him, calling him forward and pushing him backward as if they were there, in the bay itself makes Derek nervous. The thought that another cataclysmic event could bestow itself upon the land such as calling out the rings of limbo once more was horrifying. He wondered, idly, if anyone thought along the same lines; if anyone knew exactly who they were messing with by keeping him from her. As he neared their clearing he found Aislyn in the middle of it, sitting right in the dirt with her knees bent up to her chest, just like she always used to. ‘Sweetheart,” he murmured to himself. She wrapped her arms around them tightly and rested her head down on them. Derek knew that look
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“Relax, won’t you baby?” The tall Alpha replied, rolling his sleeves as he stepped into the light. “I understand you’re here to see me.” “Who the f…” Aislyn began questioning Zane only to be cut off. “This is Guy, the Alpha of the Silverback pack here in the city,” Zane introduced him. Derek growls at the thought of that bastard touching his mate. “Can you tell your dog to behave?” Guy chuckled at the attempt to warn her. “Don’t be rude to my mate,” Aislyn replied evenly. Derek wanted to turn around and hold her against him for that. “Real cute, sweetheart,” Guy countered, “but you still wear my mark baby.” Aislyn’s anger cycled through her once more, deeper this time, but before she could speak up, Guy thanked Zane for her return. “Your pack won’t be subject to our wrath,” he said, “So long as you stay off of my land.” What? Derek growled. Angerier still with Zane. “You,” he spoke to Aislyn directly, “didn’t think I wouldn’t raise hell for my little mate’s return,
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Ailsyn’s admission brought on waves of bullshit from his brother who knowingly pressed Derek through his comments to her. “Hey, Aislyn?” Zane would start nearly every conversation with. “Not right now, Zane,” Aislyn would respond, regardless of his status over them. “You know I out rank that response,” Zane chuckled, expecting better. “To your pack,” she answered, making Derek shake his collar out. It was a warning that went silenced. Zane wasn’t having it and Derek, well, his status meant that he had to hold tight and listen anyway. Aislyn glanced at her wolf and sighed, “I’m not part of your pack, Zane. If anything, you’re intruding on ours.” It was as if she knew. Maybe she did. Maybe she knew his real identity, but how? “You’re hilarious,” Zane replied, with not even a bit of mirth left in his being. “Glad you’re enjoying yourself,” Aislyn nipped. “How do you even know if that’s what you two are?” Zane pushed and Aislyn dropped her head back to rest on her shoulde
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“Don’t make this about you,” Aislyn spat which brought unease back into the apartment, tenfold. “The Alpha of your pack. The one that has to look over everyone? Does that ring a bell?” Zane tossed the nozzle out the window, letting the water pour down it as it went out with a clank. “Don’t attempt to know what you don’t, little girl.” “Or what? You’ll what? I’d love to hear it!” Aislyn challenged and Zane snarled. “I’ll bet that you’re used to getting your way; that everyone listened to you, gave you their full attention until this wolf came into your life.” Zane’s shoulders tensed and he rolled his neck along them. “You…” “I’ll bet,” she interrupted Zane once more, “that you helped him become who he is. He’s the wolf that snuck out for a chance at something better.” Derek’s heart felt like it was only beating faster at the mention of what she thought his life truly was. “He’s the one you couldn’t control, and that’s why you hate me!” Aislyn growled. “It’s not because I’m
Howl at the Moon, Love Chapter 40
===== Derek ===== He wants to pull her in and tell her everything but even his ability to stave off the pain in his leg is waning. A soft pat from lifting and dropping his tail tells her to stop but it doesn’t feel like enough. Derek’s body, his wolf, they’re absolutely drained. Not even his Beta wants to get up now and that’s saying a lot. “Keep him steady,” Earl managed to get out as he inserted the tip of his blade to wedge the offending metal against the soft tissue there. “Careful Ais,” Earl hushed Derek’s love, making him wonder just what was going on back there. “G-goddess-ss help m-my love…” she whispered, trembling. “What’s wrong with her?” I whine to my brother. “I think she’s having a panic attack,” Zane answered. “Earl is almost done.” He can’t help the way his stomach turns in knots due to her response to him. ‘Is she okay?” he questions, avoiding his own issue. “I need her to be okay,” Derek continued to cry out. “Do you still have that bowl handy?” Earl
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Aislyn watches carefully as Earl waves Zane off, already sensing tension in the Zane’s proximity.“I thought you said you were brothers; always looking out for his best intentions,” she pushed out the moment she locked up behind the werewolf in question.“Pack life isn’t the easiest,” he assured her. “There’s always some that slip through the cracks… or run off into a human’s arms.”“I’m glad he did,” Aislyn murmured her reply.The Alpha beside her grunted, then corrected his posture. He slicked back his hair, then itched at his stubble. She could feel his eyes everywhere but on his brother and that was concerning
