Raven advised him to get rid of her. Paul advised him to do the same. But she was his mate. His fated mate, a mate who wasn’t ready to take her place at his side without him losing everything he had. His happiness or the happiness of his Pack. Dom hesitated to select either option. Her presence should benefit the Pack. He’d hoped to have her behave in a manner that others would accept and ease the idea that the Pack’s disbelief in her was incorrect. Raise her up and change her reputation before installing her as the Luna of his Pack. All while forming a bond between them. But he couldn’t do that if she wasn’t beside him. If he sent her away, they’d never form the bond. He should have formed this bond sooner. But he’d given her the space to deal with her brother and the problems he made for everyone. What did her brother do? He used her to pay off his debts. Liam knew she couldn’t pay off his debts with money. He used her body to pay them off. The glass flew from
Of course, her big mouth got her locked up. Why did she try to convince Alpha Jones to let her go? She knew as soon as she opened her mouth, she’d made a grave mistake. Nothing she said fixed anything. No, it made things worse and now she sat in a basement cell. Alone in her cell, Raven didn’t know when it would end. She was cold and hungry now. She knew hours had passed. The enforcers would not come near her cell and hadn’t given her a meal when they’d given the other prisoner theirs. Alpha Jones didn’t say when he’d return for her or if he would. Raven suspected Alpha Jones didn’t want her, but he didn’t want any other male to have her either. He desired her eternal unhappiness. Either way, she felt discouraged about her future. If she left, could she leave him behind? Raven didn’t know if she could. Raven agreed three days ago. It would have hurt a little, but she could have broken the Pack bond. Even an unranked wolf had a special bond. However,
[HOURS BEFORE PAUL SEES RAVEN IN THE CELL] Paul and Dom led the enforcer group to the central-west club. Down near the old Canadian National Expedition western gates. Streets, small, reminiscent of horse-drawn carts, not cars. Street cars ran east to west on the streets and buses north and south. These were not streets where wolves could wander free in their fur, let alone tear one another apart. But since the city grew past the tiny villages and hamlets into each other and became towns, then cities, and now the Greater Toronto Area, GTA. Wolf shifters and others lurked on every street with businesses alongside those belonging to humans. The social club was one of those businesses. It claimed to be a member only social club. What they meant was they were a social club for supernatural creatures. Here, long before it became legal, alcohol, and gambling ran. People here gamble with more than money. Alpha Jones could buy many things and his buyers often
Hilary stayed on the outskirts and the hidden spots near the Pack House until Alpha Jones departed for business. Hilary entered the Pack House. She couldn’t find Raven anywhere to deal with her. No one would speak to her about Raven. Hilary knew no one would have a problem with her removing her competition from existence. Raven was no competition as she wasn’t a Pack member, but a possession. Alpha Jones’s attention Raven stole from Hilary’s caused her problem. Hilary couldn’t learn about what business Alpha Jones went to deal with or how long he’d be gone. She didn’t know what to do. They didn’t want trouble, so they gave her what she wanted. How could Alpha Jones act like that to her? She had beauty and breeding, unlike Raven, the gutter trash wolf. Raven was all but a rogue. If Hilary spoke, Raven would turn rogue. Hilary knew what it took to lead the Pack. Her mother drummed everything she needed to know into her at an early age. Born and raised
“No, I don’t want you. Leave me alone.” Alpha Jones pushed her away again before he turned to his Beta. “Paul, get me my Pet. Only she is allowed to care for me. It’s her job. Tell her I command it if she gives you any trouble.” “But I’m here to help and care for you Alpha. Me, Hilary. I’m here and I want to assist you like a chosen mate should.” Hilary realized her mistake when speaking to her injured Alpha. He tried to sit up but failed and Hilary cried out in surprise at his actions. The enforcers the Beta mentioned entered to see their Alpha lunging at him. “He’s delusional. Help me.” Hilary said. As she burst into tears as she cried out. “I said LEAVE Hilary! I meant it. You aren’t welcome here. Paul, remove her and ensure she doesn’t return.” “You need someone watching over you Alpha. She’s willing.” “I said bring me my Pet now. She will look after my needs.” Hilary’s outrage packe
Raven didn’t argue with the Beta. She felt glad to leave the cell behind. The stairs were a lot. The Beta led her by the arm. He’d focus on scolding her first, which meant he’d keep hold of her and prevent her from falling. Four floors later, Raven entered Alpha Jones’s living quarters, and the Beta led her into the Alpha’s bedroom. “Where’re the guards? They should be here guarding the Alpha.” He grumbled under his breath. The Beta’s anger was visible to Raven as he pulled her along. “I’m sorry. I don’t know where they are.” Raved had wished to ask why they guarded inside the Alpha’s living quarters and not outside the entrance to it. Raven got her answer when she saw the Alpha in his bed. Alpha Jones looked pale. He’d the look of a wolf in a forced healing state. As an Alpha, his importance to the Pack meant he couldn’t afford downtime for illness or injury if a healer could avoid it. Reality lent its science to this aspect of shifter
“It’s simple. I’ve never had the power to resist in this group. Without Pack status, there was nothing to protect. If I had fought back or tried to defend any claims.” Raven said. She shrugged her shoulders as she watched the Alpha hold her hand. “I had to care for my little belongings, as nobody else would. No, it wasn’t easy. I had to search beyond the Pack to stay alive. If I retaliated against Hilary, I couldn’t control my anger. I’d have killed her.” Her emotion went unnoticed by Paul, which was not to his liking. His wolf’s instincts screamed in his brain that the missing emotion was a red flag. She avoided saying something to him.“The Alpha claimed you refused to join Pack or him. Paul said. He felt his curiosity rise when it appeared as if her words and the Alpha’s didn’t match. He wanted to know how she explained the conflicting explanations. “Is that what he told you? I wonder if he knows how wrong that is. Or did someone lie to him about that, and h
“This is insane. How dare they invade and establish themselves in our territory? Alpha Klyne asked. “The nerve of these humans was unbelievable to him.” Local humans hated the Red River Pack so much that he’d do anything to push them out of the area. The Pack needed their territory and baring keeping that, they’d need fresh territory. Yet, the Humber Valley Pack had already established their claim on that territory. “They claim they inherited the property and have reclaimed it.” Dale, his Beta, spoke over the phone with him. Alpha Klyne felt disheartened and annoyed with Alpha Jones. He’d never expected things to unfold as they had, and he’d come unprepared for a fight. “That’s ridiculous. It’s impossible. Our Pack has existed in this territory for five generations. Shifter generations, not humans. These humans are liars.” Alpha Klyne said. He protested the unfair treatment of his people by their long-time neighbors. The humans screamed and complain