Azreal lowered his arm and Mj’s feet again found the floor, Dante skirted across the floor on his knees and desperately grasped his mate by the leg burying his face in her thigh as she kept her eyes set on the man who still had her by the throat, although he was now allowing her to breath. As soon as Mj’s feet touched the floor she let her hands fall away from Azreal’s wrist and settle at her own sides, she kept her eyes locked on his and noticed that the gold swirl was fading into that deep intimidating color the Alpha’s eyes usually kept. “Explain” was the only word Azreal uttered before he released his hold on Mj, she open
Mj grabbed the now half empty bottle and poured once more, “to Julie'' she said and raised her glass but this time Azreal grabbed his glass and poured the lush drink onto the floor between them, Mj raised her eyebrow and drained her glass “want to talk about it,” she mumbled through her glass and Azreal chuckled. “I tried to choke the life from you not too long ago and you want to play
Mj almost jumped when Azreal and Lila each put a hand on one of her shoulders. “He really cares for you a lot” Lila began “although it may not seem that way now, Dante has a hard time expressing emotions that don't involve violence” Lila’s observation made Azreal drop his hand and walk back into the kitchen. “That is somewhat my doing, allowing him to swallow himself in the duties of an assassin was smart for me as an Alpha but careless of me as a friend, I should have helped protect him from himself” Mj and Lila both turned to look at Azreal. “Dante lost both of his parents in a
The walk was quiet and peaceful between the two, Mj let her mind wander as she thought about how much her life had changed and yet it still somewhat felt the same, she still felt surrounded by the hustle and bustle of other people and their various messy lives while she silently felt more at home surrounded by trees . The sound of her companions grumbled laughter brought Mj out of her own mind and she glanced over to see Mark was smiling at her “sorry” she mumbled and the guard simply hummed in reply, “you do not have to speak if you do not wish...but I do ask you not to apologize for things you have not done” the stoick
Lou took the photo and the moment his eyes focused on it he grabbed Mj by the arm and started to squeeze it fairly hard, “where did you get this?” Lou snapped and Mj’s eyes grew wide as his demeanor changed instantly and Mj recognized the frenzy of anger bubbling up in the old butcher. “What the fuck Lou you are hurting my arm” she said pulling her arm out of Lou’s feverd grasp and the old man grabbed a handful of her shirt and pulled her off her feet until she was eye to eye with him, “is this supposed to be a joke, who gave you this?” Mj could feel Theron pounding against her mind like
The sound of the door closing echoed around the refrigerated room but it was not the cold that made Lou shiver as he pulled himself off the floor and grabbed the telephone that hung on the wall. “Bethie,” Lou said after a few rings, “hold on Dr. Pearl… Lou whats wrong?” Beth asked from the other end of the line, Lou could hear her clearly but from the noise in the background he wasn't sur
As Lou watched the two hunters disappear around the corner he ushered himself toward his sisters room, he had many questions for Beth, afterall she met Mj years before Lou had and even if Beth had never seen Mj as a small child he thought she should have at least been able to see the resemblance. Lou was almost running now, he had worked himself up to the point he was sure his sister had been hiding Mj all along. Beth’s door was closed and
The almost haunted tone behind Dante’s voice had Mj wondering what the hell kind of shower he had taken, but she tucked the thought away and headed for the bathroom once more. As she looked at herself in the mirror and almost ritualistically grabbed for the hair tie she had on her wrist she paused and thought about what Dante had said, about wanting to see it free, Mj combed her fingers through her hair mindlessly as she thought about what to do.She shook her head out and inspected the way her hair fell in lazy twisted tendrils, like deep red seaweed drifting on the ocean’s surface. “Beautiful” the word tenderly drifted into her mind and Mj smiled when she felt the wolf’s warmth invade her body like a warm blanket. She hummed in satisfaction and closed her eyes to soak up the feeling “welcome back” she whispered out loud and Theron
Lou came rushing up to Mj and seized her by both arms, “MollyJay please,” both Sam and Mara began to growl and Lou looked at all three women who were scowling at him before he released Mj and slumped his shoulders forward, “I haven’t gone off the deep end and I swear to you if I had known who you were before I would have-” Lou stopped talking when Mj folded her arms and leaned back on one hip. “What the fuck are you talking about Lou please for the love of cold cuts on Saturday will you slow down and just fucking talk to me, you know me, Mj, MollyJay Bijou the girl who is almost always late for work and you dont fire her because your sister asked you to hire a screw up nobody with no family she took under her wing.” Mara jabbed Sam in the ribs and motioned toward the dining hall with her head, Sam simply nodded and the tw
******* I will upload Chapter 1 under Legacy of the wolf but it will be a seperate book, Legacy of the wolf: War of the Wolves******** The haunted sounds of a wolf's broken-hearted song lit up the darkness inside Danteâs mind, just like it had done every night since he left his mate asleep in their bed almost a year ago. Dante turned his head on a swivel in the obscurity, even though he knew he was still asleep. âWhy do you do this to me every night, Theo! Do you enjoy torturing me?â Dante spat the words into the darkness and was only answered by the forlorn echo of a pathetic whimper as Theronâs vast body sulked into view. The normally large majestic beast now looked ragged and old, his head hung low between his shoulders and the wolf walked with such an exaggerated bow in his back that his knuckles drug the ground like lifeless attachments, âyou torture us all, ignorant boy.â Dante scowl
In the months following Dante’s leaving the pack Mj learned he surrendered himself to Alpha Talia as a peace offering for the pack member Mj killed in the challenge, and that she had not only accepted his offer but had agreed to make him the Alpha after their mating bond.Mj had kept herself busy in the kitchens, pulling every shift she could to fill her days. She tried several times to pack her clothes and ask Azreal to move to a different room but she just couldn't tear herself away from the fading scent that still lingered, and as much as it broke her heart to be near him she couldn't make herself leave him the way he left her.Mj no longer sat at the Alpha’s table for meals she simply ate between kitchen shifts, the only time she saw any of the other hunters was during training and even then she would be cordial dur
Mj knew the guest house was code for a dungeon or prison but she had not expected it to actually be underground, Azreal had opened a door in the ground surrounded by bushes and guards with spot lights lining the perimeter. The hatch had led them down a stone staircase to a galley hallway that had singular cells lining it, the doors were metal with small slit windows and the entire place felt cold, as Mj reached out to touch a door Azreal grabbed her hand, “mercury and silver Mj...I wouldn't unless you wear gloves.” Mj pulled her hand back and Azreal motioned toward a room at the end of the galley, “she is behind the door on the end,” Mj took a few steps forward and Azreal touched her shoulder, causing her to turn her head to look at him. “She was part of this pack Mj, and she betrayed us all...her fate is upon you little sister, it was agreed by the pack as a whole.” Mj looked at Azreal and then be
Dante caught up to Mj quickly and although he could see the tears streaming from her face as they ran he didn't try to stop her, he could feel her desperate anger and hurt, the feeling surprised him a little because Mj had not been brought up on the stories of wolves but she still felt such an intense connection to her own ancestors she was grieving them now. After running for almost three miles Mj’s sprinting came to a slow stop and she turned around, burying her face into Dante’s chest. Mj wrapped her arms around his waist and cried silently into the hollow of Dante’s torso before she leaned back and let a blood curdling howl explode from her chest. Dante squeezed her tightly and they both looked toward the slumbering moon before releasing another cry to the listening sky above. Dante pulled Mj back into his chest and kissed the top of her head, “
**TRIGGER WARNING**Some of the events discussed in this chapter are NOT fictional and are extremely violent, reader beware Dante gingerly opened the door to his room and the crisp chirp of the first birds of the morning made it painfully clear he had been gone all night. After shutting the door he turned and his heart sank into his feet, Mj was asleep on his side of the bed with a book splayed open in one hand and his pillow clutched tightly to her chest with the other. Dante toed off his shoes and softly padded toward the bed with his prize held gingerly between his fingers, as Dante approached the bed he lifted his hand and began to stroke Mj’s face gingerly with a few white long stem lilies. The soft white curved flowers brushed across Mj’s cheek and she smiled slightly as a satisfied hum left her throat and she curled tighter Dante’s pillow, he
Briella did not need much time to corroborate the intruders story, they were also able to keep her identity a complete secret by simply blindfolding him while Dante and Lila rattled off questions they had already asked him twenty or so times and waiting for Briella to either nod her head yes that he was calm and truthful or shake it no that his thermal temperature gave away dishonesty or fear. After about half an hour of back and forth Lila began to sway on her feet and sigh with fatigue, Mj slid her hands underneath Lila’s elbows and leaned her chest into the Beta’s back. Lila hummed in appreciation as she leaned into her newest pack member to relieve some of the pressure on her feet, “would it be weird if I offered to be your chair.” Mj almost whispered in her ear and Lila pursed her lips as she hummed small giggles. “Normally I would say don't worry about me, bu
As Theron moved effortlessly through the trees he noticed that Mj’s body was trembling so he pulled her closer, wrapping both arms tightly around as much of her body as he could and tucking his head over his arms to warm her with his breath. The feel of the large beasts fur snaking around Mj’s body like a safety bubble had her skin alive and almost hypersensitive. The cold air was so intense it almost hurt as it blasted past her skin while they darted past trees moving toward the packhouse, Mj noticed that the pounding in her head seemed to ease as she snuggled in closer to Theron’s body and as she dug her fingers into his fur the electric feel of the skin beneath earned her a pacified grumbling pur from the enormous creature cradling her in its arms. The vibration from Theron’s satisfied purrs were causing more intensely sensitive sensations to wash over Mj and she began to almost
Mj was sleepy but she knew that danger was close, and as Theron set her on the ground she opened her eyes to a sight that drained all the color from her face. Walkers were laying dead and dismembered on the ground while the hunters advanced over their bodies like they were sandbags, Moxie had shifted and was hanging from a tree while Ace and Jay were still in human form but only barely. “You are not welcome to cause trouble during our full moon fire rouges...you will leave Quicksilver pack territory or you will be brought before the Alpha for judgment.” Mj watched Ace glance their way, “stay. Here.” Theron said to Mj before stalking closer to the still armed rouges, “You are not the only one who’s Alpha is an Original, you do not scare us and we are not rouge.” Theron growled and Mj felt the hair on her body stand on end as the wolf thrashed under her skin, she stro
Mj stood in front of the mirror for what seemed like an eternity, she had not noticed the continued bustling around her until the door opened again and a brush of cold air along with Lila’s tender touch brought her back to the room, “are you alright Mj?” Briella asked as Lila stood holding on to her elbow and looking at her like she expected an answer to a question Mj never heard. “Yea sorry...I’m just,” Briella cut her off “you are just so nervous I know...you could blot out the sun.” Lila rubbed Mj’s elbows soothingly and began to purr, “are you really that terrified of wearing a dress Mj...or is it the people?” Mj looked Lila in the eye and began to tremble, “I don't want him to see me like this,” she almost whispered and Lila squeezed her eyebrows together “who...Ace, the commander wont tease you and if he does then I will put him on bathroom clean up tonight