Henry is getting possessive.
AZALEA'S POVThe whole camp were whispering around me as I walked. I hated being the center of attraction like this, but its what it had come to. I didn't really care, I cared that I had impressed Alpha Henry who thought I was weak. But the consequence that comes with impressing him. Sigh."Just the woman I was looking for." Ryder announces with a rather loud voice as he walked up to me and Justin."Looking for?." I ask."Yes, you made quite a spectacle today, I wanted to personally congratulate you." He says with a laugh. Justin join in on the laugh."She is always making a spectacle, she's a total badass." Justin chimes and I send him a frown."I knew I liked you for a reason, miss gold." He says. I see why Alpha Henry trusts Ryder so much, he is the only one who has seen my wolf and has never mentioned it, I used to be worried that he would. He was also the second person to notice how new I was to my wolf.The first being my mate."I have never seen anyone get that close to Alpha He
HENRY'S POV"Ryder might be on to something." Cedric says to me as soon as we leave the training grounds."About?." I ask with a scoff. Ryder might be a great fighter and wing man, but he is not exactly known for bright ideas."Azalea."I turn to him confused. "What about, Azalea?." I ask, pausing on her name. It sounds a bit odd as I say it out. I am used to other nick names for her. He looks around for a while before pulling me into the tent, "Your highness, you can keep using yourself as the test subject." He whispers.I fold my arms, staring at him, hoping he'd just get to the point."I am too old, Ryder reacted to the last prototype as well, his wolf is too wild.""Get to the fucking point Ced." I urge, scratching my eyebrow."Azalea is…….different, like you, I can feel it. She is also the only person in camp with the weakest wolf." He reasons. My stomach churns at the thought. I knew where he was headed, but I didn't like it.Her wolf isn't weak, she is just not active yet, for
AZALEA'S POVLike most times when he speaks, his words keep repeating itself in my head."….voluntarily gets taken."More questions grow on my mind as much as I thought it over, but I had been too dazed earlier to form any of those questions to him.Conspiracy theories began swirling in my head as I lay still. On one hand is the implanting the chip, on another is getting captured. It didn't seem right. I don't want to think of the possibility that this might have been his plan all along, attack our pack, kill our Alpha and Beta force us into soldiers for him with the chip in the pretense of ending Black Lotus. And we all foolishly think that he's some kind of savior. I can't remember when or how I fall asleep, but I wake like a clock work the next morning for training. During training I make sure I stay far away from Alpha Henry as possible. But his glares and frowns almost getting deadlier as we begin.There are many things I'm scared of, Black Lotus attacking once more. If Alpha He
AZALEA'S POV"Why me?." I ask him. His eyes linger on my face for a second too long before he gives me a reply."Because your wolf is less present." He says. I nod.'He means weak' "You mean weak." I hiss."No, flower, You are not weak, but your wolf, she's far, so the chip would be safe from her strength." He tries to explain.It made a little sense, but I still couldn't bring myself to say yes right away."Is it dangerous?." I ask and he lets out a laugh."Danger is inevitable, this is war.""Still….." I would not be doing anything that would further endanger myself, Lexa and Justin needed me."It has, risks. And I know, your siblings come first, but this can change the entire course of the war.""I'm sorry, I -."I didn't know who or what to trust at the moment even if I wanted to end Black Lotus. I knew so little about this device that would be implanted in my body, I knew even more little about the man who was suggesting it to me.I watch as his eyes mist over for a small second
AZALEA'S POV"Flower, I need to hear you say it." He calls out to me, caressing my hand softly. Its then I realize we were back in his tent. I just stare at him with wide eyes, trying to focus on breathing."You understand the risks." He adds.Do I? Will I die from being implanted?, I don't know. He and Beta Ryder had multiple implants and were still alive, so that counts for something right?"Getting captured by Black Lotus, they will use torture, worse than you can imagine, do you understand?."Oh Lord, how did my life become this?.As much as I want to resist, I think I made my decision the moment he told me about the chip. If a small fraction of me didn't want to do this, I would have said no right away. But I didn't. I knew all along, but I was too scared to admit it myself.There was no way, I would sit back and let a chance to end the people who killed my parents go, even if it meant my own end. Even if I didn't trust Alpha Henry all the way, I could trust Ryder and Cedric to ta
AZALEA'S POVAs in Ray - Alpha of the Black Lotus pack? The evil man that we have been warned about for years, that just attacked and killed my family and almost everyone in my pack.The man who tormented packs all over the world. The one we were being trained against in the middle of the forest with poor feeding and horible sleeping conditions. The one who I was supposed to be voluntarily captured by.He doesn't answer me. My head spins a little at the new information. My hands turn to jelly by my side, I almost fall back flat, but he is faster, he catches me with his right hand, pulling me impossibly closer, a million sparks explode on my back at the impact. My body reacts like this is normal, like we have done this a million times over. I try to speak, but he doesn't seem interested in my worries. Instead he's leaning in."You're too close" I point between us, he lips twitches and I know I had just caused problems for myself."Why?." His breathy voice making me shiver. His eyes are
FUCKFuckFuckI kissed Azalea.FuckAnd I fucking ran away like a pussy. I hate myself for runnnig away the way I did. But I didn't need anyone telling me that kissing a young girl you are supposed to be training is bad. I still can not explain what came over me. One moment we were speaking and another I was fucking entranced in her siren eyes. My hands are shaking, my heart is beating fast. I have never reacted this way to woman before."Is it done?." Cedric asks me breaking my train of thoughts."What?." I ask like he had just spoken Chinese."Is it done?, the implants no side effect?." He urges. I swallow and nod."None for now, she was a bit dizzy so she's staying in there for a while." I answer."She will be fine." Cedric tells me under the impression that I am worried for her thus my current shaken state.I thought I had more self control, but all it took was for her to look at me with those siren eyes, her plump lips begging to be kissed the more I stared at her. I should stay
HENRY'S POVI need to keep my distance and this might just help, but I also need to keep an eye on her for any side effects of the chip. I knew nothing about her medical history other than she was adopted and her parents were never found, the implant could bring out any underlying issues and I don't want that.I am angry at my self for taking advantage of her, when she was so vulnerable. I am also angry that instead of being a responsible adult in the situation, I ran away like a fucking coward. I know she will avoid me, she has done it before but some how it made me angrier instead of content like I thought. We have one more full day before veering out of the woods back to the main road to have Eli pick us up. He had transmitted earlier that the choppers and busses were on standby to evacuate us as soon as we appear to the road.Another sigh leaves my lips at the thought that this will be over soon and if I stop seeing her as much, maybe I would not be this affected by her anymore. B
HENRY'S POV Shaking my head with amusement. "Still the same hotheaded bastard, I see." I smirked and clasped Gray’s forearm in an elongated weird handshake I didn't think I remembered that we made up when we were kids. "Still the same arrogant prick." I looked around quickly for Eli, its best I keep these two apart for a while. Gray chuckled before my eyes landed on the woman beside him. She had bright brown eyes and an air of quiet confidence. My brows lifted. "Your mate?" Gray in a manner I've never seem him before stammered, avoiding eye contact and the girl—Emma, I assumed—cleared her throat. I crossed my arms. "Oh, this is interesting." They have definitely fucked. I arch an eyebrow at Gray laughing. He sighed as she gagged at my eyebrow, pulling me aside. "It’s…..Uh complicated. But listen, Emma has rare abilities. She saved my life, Henry. And she might be able to help us." "Help how?" Gray’s expression darkened. "She gets visions. She sees things others can’t." Emma gi
HENRY'S POVI sat at the edge of my desk, my fingers pressing into my temples as I stared at the glowing map and countless computer screens before me. My eyes burned from lack of sleep, but I couldn't stop. I wouldn't stop.Azalea was out there, suffering, and I was stuck here, unable to do anything.I used to take huge pride in my collection of super computers with accuracy of 0.00001 to trace even the tiniest signals. I personally designed the tech lab myself, I gathered only the best from all around the world, Eli and the rest of the tech team are the very best among werewolves.Yet when it truly matters, the best computers and the best tech team can't seem to trace one person. Right now, as I stared and listened for the continuous chime and beeping from over 50 computers in every corner of the 1500 square feet lab I wanted to smash everything into tiny balls and set it all on fire.My frustration boiled over, and I slammed my fist against the table, the sound echoing through the ro
AZALEA'S POVMy breath hitched, my heart hammering violently against my ribs as I tried to process the impossible. Kai. My brother.And yet, he stood there, grinning like a madman, his red eyes gleaming under the dim lights. The once familiar warmth in his gaze had been replaced by something dark, twisted, malevolent."K-Kai?" My voice was hoarse, cracking under the weight of my disbelief. "How are you.....alive?." I puased to ask. Till now, I had thought he was in the fight that night of the attack. I remember dad saying something about calling him. I didn't know if he died or survived, but Ryder had assured me that no one alive was left behind in the pack. His sinister smirk only widened as he stepped closer. "Oh, sister, don't look so surprised, I was never truly gone," he taunts, stepping closer. "Did you really think you were the only one who survived?"."Something was deeply wrong. My instincts screamed at me to get away, to fight, to do anything but remain vulnerable before him
AZALEA'S POVMy eyes snap open with a start, and pain shoots through my entire body immediately. My vision is blurred at first, I could only see white light for a long second, my ears instantly ringing till the ceiling above starts to clear.My whole body feels heavy and battered, like I just survived a trainwreck, but I wouldn't even know what that feels like. The cold attacks my body, from my feet as I become aware of the feeling in the rest of my body, I lay flat, grimacing at the light, grunting at my dry throat, wincing at the pain and soreness and finally shivering from the cold. Makes me wonder how long I was unconscious.'Unconscious?'Looking around the large barely lit space I'm kept captive in. From what I can tell, I'm bound to a hospital bed of some sorts, beside the bed seems to be a heart machine that is not on, nor am I hooked up to it in any way.The rest of the room sure didn't look or smell like a hospital, the air was rather stale and dusty. It looked old, like an o
HENRY'S POV 'That's the last set.' Ryder links me as the final glider rises to the air."Go round one more time." I tell the pilot, Sam instead of replying him. I see the looks they gave each other at my words, but I don't care. They know better than to defy me.I must find her tonight.I walk away from the cock pit turning to the two dudes on computers. I try to know most of the members of Eli's tech team by name but they keep changing. They continue yapping some geographical nonsense to each other typing away rapidly to the giant screens before them."How hard is it to fucking find a giant gold wolf?!."They all flinch, fear washing over their face.How fucking hard is it to trace her chip, how hard could it fucking be?"Still no sign alpha." I hear the pilot call out."Go around once more!.""We're low on jet fuel, Alpha." This time, its Ryder speaking. I shoot him a death glare and he holds my gaze instead of backing down.'Its been hours, I think its been established that we won'
AZALEA'S POVI join the rest of the crowd and split up into our assigned groups as we have been trained. All the while Alpha Henry was repeating instructions and all the cheering around me, I literally keep zonning out. My head is foggy and unable to concentrate. We make eye contact one more time, I guess his way of trying to calm me down which makes me wonder if he can sense that I am clearly disturbed. The last thign I would want is to cause a scene or delay this whole move because I am feeling a bit poorly or foggy. "Are you okay?" Casper whispers to me. I nod, before shaking my head.He cups my face and jerks his hand away quickly as if he had been burned."Fuck, you're boiling!.""Yeah." I laugh.He looks around to call someone but I stop him. I would die of embarrassment if he called any more attention to me. And I really don't want to be a reason we would delay the run this night. We are just minutes away from leaving this forest. I probably ate a wild berry and I'm having an
AZALEA'S POVI still dread these new found abilities, but Alpha Henry seems rather happy about it. Maybe because it made us similar in a way or because he always wanted to teach someone things he had learnt with his abilities, but until now it was not heard of.Even after so much practice, the only thing I am capable of is blooming flowers. That doesn't seem like a very useful ability unless Black Lotus were deathly allergic. He says he can see my powers swirl around me every time we try, that if I just concentrate more I would be able to unlock other parts of my abilities.What if the 'other parts' of my abilities are not as extra ordinary or are too dangerous?. We spent a few more minutes before having to return to camp separately."Where have you been?." Lexi asks me immediately I reach the clearing."Isn't it obvious, she smells like him." Justin replies looking over to Alpha Henry whose attention was on us, definitely not in the words Cedric was speaking, Lexi rolls her eyes and m
HENRY'S POVWe charge at each other, unleashing power aiming for each other's throats. I deliver the first blow to his side, peeling off a good chunk of his skin. He counters my attack however with a slash to my face, digging through my eyes.Without a second I recover, sending him to a near by tree. He comes at me again with full force, we tussle over reach other, biting and scratching at every turn. I make sure to target his neck multiple times.While I am a larger wolf in this fight, he has years of skill and training older than myself under his belt as well as the odds in his favor.'What’s wrong fire boy?.' He chimes prancing around me as I struggle to regain my footing. The earth is spinning under my paws. I can feel consciousness seep out of me.'Is that all you've got?.'Anger bubbles through me again as I let out a growl. He is baiting me to use my abilities knowing fully well that it would do more harm to the survivors of Blue Ivy than more harm to himself and his army. I sha
HENRY'S POVThe sun began to set and the entire camp gathered for what would be the last time in the deep of the forest. Eli confirmed the vehicles waiting at the other end of the forest to take us into Red Fire territory.As they all gathered, I let out a breath counting relieved that no one died and no one was missing.Yet I could not rejoice, because I knew at the back of my mind that, I had known all along, the feeling of dread that I could not shake since I arrived in Blue Ivy. Some thing would go terribly wrong.We split off into teams as usual, the children with the adults and a trained survivor in their group. This part of the journey was to be done in wolf. It is a tricky situation.Since the death of their Alpha, their link has been broken, and since the current situation didn't exactly favor a pack run, their bond as a pack has deeply weakened. It would be very difficult to keep everyone on track when they shift into wolf form.It would be hard to keep their wolves from goin