WOLFSpinning around in circles, I'm surrounded by trees in the forest; I can't pick up Mason's scent anywhere; one minute, it was right there in front of me, and then the next, it was gone.Fuck.She must have masked her scent; my mind is running around in circles as I try to calm my beast down; his only concern as he growls it over and over in my head is Sasha.MATE, PROTECT, MATE!He's so loud that I have to try and zone him out right now; closing my eyes, I force him back down. It would be so much faster tracking Mason down if I was a wolf; looking down at the dog tag around my neck, I grab it, fisting it in my hand; every fibre in my body wants to rip it from my chest."Fuck!" I suddenly thunder out in frustration; I need to calm down, but how am I meant to do that... Mason's gone running off to tell Caius about what she saw in the showers earlier, and Sasha- the vibrations suddenly coursing through my veins has me desperate to get back to her. I left her in my room; at least thi
SASHA I'm watching in horror as he collapses to the ground, a disgruntled scream of agonizing pain pierces my chest as I feel his pain like never before, and it's as if I'm feeling him die right in front of my eyes. I cry out to him, thrashing against Lisbon with all my might; I'm trying desperately to free myself from her vise grip around my arm. I need to get to him to make it stop. I can't take the pain any longer; it's ripping my soul apart as I cry out his name repeatedly, sobbing as my body begins to shake uncontrollably under the weight of it all. "No! No!" I scream for him, "You're killing him, stop it, please, stop it," I whimper, feeling like I can't breathe as the pain of my mate suffocates me. "You can stop it if you want to; his life is in your hands, Sasha; if he dies, it's because you didn't care enough to keep him alive," I suddenly feel it; her words infuriate my wolf when a deep growl explodes up my throat as something so deeply hidden inside myself pushes t
WOLF I find myself locked inside a cage when everything eventually stops spinning, my stomach still feels like it's been freshly pulled from a drier, but my headache is at least gone. The cage I'm stuck in is the same cage inside the hole initially intended for Sasha when we arrived here; the metals of these bars are made from very raw and unbreakable metal, specifically created to hold our kind and restrain them. I could not break out of here if I tried; my body feels like it's been dragged through a grinder; whatever that witch said to me disagreed with my indigestion. Fuck. Then, I sense her somewhere behind me, gritting my teeth in distaste; I close my eyes, my back facing her as I sit against the metal bars of the cage as I grumble, "Not now," of all the times and all the people, Mason is the last person I want to see. The moment you no longer look at someone without imagining all the ways you could end their lives, you know it's over; there's no coming back from that, and
WOLFI'm so fucking restless stuck inside this goddam cage; I haven't been able to sleep; how can I sleep? Whenever I close my eyes, the haunting visions of what's coming in just three days have me sweating in panic attacks.My beast won't settle, not that I expect him to, given the circumstances. However, still, it's like something else keeps aggravating him, gnawing at him and eating at me too.I'm trying to understand better what has my beast on even more of an edge than before. Still, he isn't communicating with me, just pacing up and down past the cage of my ribs.His eyes are crimson, a complete threat that I'm worried he might do something stupid, like try and shift again. Right now, nothing he growls or snarls in my head makes sense.Fuck, grabbing hold of either side of my head, I apply pressure, pinching my eyes shut, I need a moment of silence so I can think, but he won't shut up in there. The constant growling and snarling, pacing and thrashing against my rib cage, has me
SASHA My eyes slowly flutter open; they feel heavy, and the sudden weight of my body being weighed down has pain searing up and down my arms; my legs are limp, but this only has my legs pushing my body up to stand with even more determination as I push up on the tips of my toes. Where am I? What happened? The moment the pain in my arms feels alleviated, I groan as pins and needles explode up my arms; everything feels so heavy I feel like I've been drugged. I keep hearing the constant echo of Wolf's voice shouting in my head; it's getting louder and louder the more alert I become. It's becoming so loud, in fact, and being driven by such a commanding force behind it, that I'm forced to respond, even though words feel lost to me. My tongue feels too heavy even to form coherent words, so I'm lucky when I mind-link him, and it doesn't come out all jumbled in my head as well. "I'm here; please stop shouting." I moan internally, my head is spinning, and every time he shouts, it
WOLFI'm shaking the metal bars of my cage; my beast is losing his goddam mind. The thought of Sasha being alone with Mason has instant panic creeping into my soul like a disease.I know what Mason is capable of, and the look in her eyes the last time she was here only confirmed the level of crazy she could unleash.I didn't think Mason would go this far; we had left things in such a mess two years ago, she told me she never wanted to see me again, but I should have expected this from her.I'm shouting louder, yanking harder against the metal bars, doing all I can to get the attention of anyone.I have to get Mason away from Sasha; she's unpredictable; I've seen those crazy eyes before, but never like this; I saw it in her eyes as she retreated; she intended on harming; that crazy look meant she intended on killing.Suddenly, out of nowhere, Caius walks into the hole, looking over at me like I'm crazy as he furrows his brows,"What the fuck is wrong with you?"His question only irks m
WOLF Throwing my entire body against the metal gate for the umpteenth time, I know my shoulder is fucked, it's dislocated and numb, battered from the heavy blows of my launching myself against the gate, but I don't care. I'm getting out of this cage one way or another; they can try and contain the man, but not the beast, not anymore. The moment I collide with it one last time, it suddenly pops off its hinges, crashing to the ground, the metal clanging on sudden impact. I stand, hands fisted by my side, my entire body vibrating furiously as I rapidly breathe in and out, my chest rising and falling with the determination to kill Mason. Looking down at my dislocated shoulder, I smirk, welcoming the pain suddenly coming to life within it; I immediately grip my battered arm with my other hand, yanking hard as it pops back into its socket. Pain, fuck pain, I feel nothing. "MASON!" My voice suddenly thunders across the hole as I feel the ground beneath my feet quake, the energy drivin
WOLF In my dream, I'm standing before a man, but he's not just a man; his strength is equivalent to a god. He stands taller than me; his arms and entire body resemble that of a Samoan beast. His hair is long and dark, and his body is tattooed in tribal meanings that don't make any sense to me; he's a warrior, but somehow more, he's an alpha, and somehow more. The moment he speaks to me, he calls me son; I feel confused, yet deep inside, I know it to be true; he's my father. His eyes are piercing mine, commanding respect. Yet, there's a longing in them like he wants to reach out and embrace me in a hug, but he can't reach me. Looking down, I suddenly see why... a river it's dividing us; the water is dark, almost black. He's warning me not to fall in, not to be tempted. He's warning me to stay strong, to hold onto my mate, and never let go. He tells me I'm his blood, the last warrior blood of our kind; he tells me to rebuild our tribe, to find the one linked to my heritage, and
WOLF My body feels heavy as I drag it towards the flaming bonfire; this whole week has been brutal, and my muscles are still aching. Looking down at Damien as he sits with his back against a heavy log, I can’t help but smirk, “You look like shit, you know that?” Looking up at me, he rolls his eyes as he scoffs, “Fuck you; you made me do way more than you, and you know it.” Letting out a low chuckle, I go to take a cold beer from the cooler box right beside him before coming to rest my tired body on the ground beside him, resting against the heavy log behind me; I let out a deep sigh. “You know tomorrow we've gotta start bolting all that shit together, right?” Taking a swig from my beer while looking aimlessly at the flames licking the cool air. Damien’s head slowly turns as he scowls at me, and I swear the chuckle rumbling from my chest nearly sends the bubbles from the beer in my mouth right up my nose. Damien packs up, laughing as he shakes his head at me, “Tell me again why we
WOLF “Please stay.” My whisper hangs in the air, her sleeping form so peaceful right beside me. This is how it’s meant to be, so how can I just let her go? I haven’t been able to sleep, so I feel like crap. Ever hated the moment the sun came up in the morning? Me neither, that was until today, because today marks the last morning I’ll wake up next to her for... Fuck, I don’t even want to go there right now. I need to stop kidding myself by being hopeful that she’ll only be gone for a day; I have this gut-wrenching feeling that it’s not going to be that easy. Gently running the pad of my thumb over her cheek, she’s out cold, and I don’t blame her. After our hot fuck session in the shower last night, we ended up moving on to the bed, and well, let’s just say neither one of us got much sleep from that point onward. By the time she finally passed out from exhaustion, I should have probably done the same. Our bodies were completely saturated, and I could tell she was sore. But I just co
WOLF By the time we get back to Erebus. The red and orange, purple color palate cascades down to the rim of the horizon, and suddenly, all those colors seem to take on an even deeper kind of beauty than before. I'm still busy trying to wrap my mind around the mind-blowing sex we just had up at that lookout point, the rock formation ledge overlooking the entire Sitka and Erebus. Fucking Sasha up on that ledge was mind-altering, the entire Sitka and Erebus far down below as I pumped my dick into her, over and over again, as she lay sprawled out with her legs wrapped around my waist. My spine is still tingling all the way to my dick just thinking about it. Her hand is in mine, our fingers laced as we make our way out towards the back of Erebus and towards the flaming bonfire. We're immediately met with a lot of people I don't know; Erebus pack, I know that much off the cuff. A huge bonfire near the center of the property, logs, and people casually seated around it as the high flames li
SASHAWatching Wolf get on his bike and speed off, I suddenly feel my entire world begin to crumble into dust all around me, the loss of his presence instantly crippling me, and I'm suddenly battling to breathe.I’m about to break apart; I can feel it as my heart shatters. He left; he just left me. The dam wall inside of me is about to burst. I can’t hold it in any longer, spinning around. My eyes are shimmering with tears as they connect with Atlas. He’s standing a distance away from me, his jaw clenched, brows furrowed as he watches me warily, concern sketched across his features. The moment I think that he might actually care, he turns on his heel and disappears back into the cold room before shutting the door.The moment I start to hyperventilate, I suddenly feel a hand wrap itself around my wrist and begin to pull me towards the pack house's front door; it’s Edith.“Come, my child, let’s get you inside.” My feet are moving, but I can't feel anything; the only thing running throug
WOLF I'm following behind Sasha, every step towards the outdoor cold room seems to have my beast on edge even more. The last thing I want is to have Captain douche bag anywhere near her, even more now that I know what I know. He's her... Fuck, I can't even bring myself to think it let alone say it. The only thing going through my mind right now is that she just needs to talk to him; he's leaving, he's fucking leaving tomorrow, and I'll never have to see his ugly mug again. Honestly, it's not doing anything to calm my beast right now, but at least it will stop me from ripping him apart, for now, until he leaves and goes back to whatever hell hole he crawled out of. Good fucking riddance. The moment Sasha stopped, I suddenly looked up; I hadn't even noticed that we were already right in front of the cold room door. It's a big outdoor room where they keep all their meat, it's pretty cold in there, hence why they put the body of the other white lighter in there. My hands are tucked in
SASHABy the time we get back to Erebus, I’m still riding on a complete high. Wolf took us all the way up the forest climb to Cross Mountain, the early signs of winter already hanging on the tree tops and slicing through the air like ice. I have a feeling it’s going to be a cold winter this year; I guess it’s lucky that we’re wolves and don’t really feel the cold like normal humans do.Being on the back of the bike with Wolf makes me feel carefree inside, like I’m just a young girl going for a ride with her boyfriend up the mountain. Like I don’t have a care in the world, almost like everything that happened last night never happened, well, almost.The moment we drive through the gates of Erebus, however, everything changes. I’m still walking hand in hand with Wolf as we make our way up to the front door when I suddenly spot Atlas coming storming out of the pack house. My eyes widen, and my chest immediately tightens; my first reaction is that he’s coming straight for me. By the force
WOLFShe isn't up in her room, I've checked, fuck. The little meeting outside with Atlas went on longer than I would have liked. She was in her room, and I picked up her scent, so where the hell did she go?I've checked everywhere downstairs, but still nothing, now the panic is setting in. I'm heading for the front door of the pack house when I suddenly hear someone call my name. Swinging around, I'm met with Edith popping her head out of the kitchen,"Wolf, would you mind helping an old lady with something in here?" I'm about to say no, I'm looking for Sasha. But then I decide against it; I don't want to seem rude, even if I'm really desperate for my mate.I hurry into the kitchen to find her standing right in front of the kitchen island. The smell hits me, and my stomach instantly does a backflip."What's that smell?" It's so sweet, warm, and unlike anything I've ever smelt before. The moment my eyes land on what's on the table, I blink, "Are those...?""Cookies, yes, they are. Just
WOLFI have this strange feeling suddenly running down my spine, swallowing hard, I'm instantly feeling restless, my heartbeat suddenly speeds up, and I can't think straight.What's wrong with me? I grumble.Closing my eyes for just a minute, I try and steady my breathing..."Wolf, hey man, did you hear a word I just said?" Looking up at Damien standing on the other side of this goddam force field, I suddenly hear a swooshing sound in my ears; it's getting louder and louder.I'm about to open my mouth to say something to him when I'm suddenly struck with a scorching sharp pain that shoots right through my chest; gasping for air, I suddenly can't breathe, fuck, the dog tag, fuck. I'm grabbing at my chest the moment I realize I'm not wearing it; that's when I remember that witch telling me to take it off and place it on the ground.My eyes frantically start searching the soil below my feet; all the while, I'm starting to see little black spots forming before my eyes. And the moment my e
ATLAS The moment I see Kris go down and the rogue go for his jugular, I instantly lose my mind, screaming out his name. I can barely think straight. I leap towards him without even thinking, how the fuck, where did this rogue come from. My mind races as I lunge forward to rip the wolf from him. The moment I hear his guttural scream that is followed by silence, I know it’s over before the wolf even gets off of him. The instant gut-wrenching rage that starts to flow instantly has me unleashing a vice grip of my power around the rogue; without even blinking, my arms suddenly swing out to either side of my body, the rogue’s body instantly being ripped into two, landing far away in opposite directions from me as I launch his severed corpse body through the air. My eyes instantly land on Kris, and my body goes numb. I’m suddenly to my knees beside him, his silent form, the blood. Fuck! Screaming out at the top of my lungs, I feel the lack of oxygen burning its way to my soul, my eyes sud