By the time Lou and Mj had reached the corridor she had so much information crammed into her brain she couldn't even think, “holy fuck Lou...you and my mom….I mean holy fuck Lou!” The older man laughed deep in his belly and Mj noticed that the lines in his face almost seemed to turn upward like his entire body was smiling. Mj took a deep breath and looked at the closed door at the end of the hall, she knew Dante was on the other side and she sighed out loud, not meaning to. Lou chuckled and the sound was almost muffled behind his closed mouth, “stop worrying Molly, you defended more than your right to call him mate when you won that challenge girl...you won his respect.” Mj looked at Lou and although she knew he was trying to make her feel better, right now it did the opposite, as Mj tried to take several deep breaths to control herself
Mj backed up and allowed Dante to close the door, “Nova” Mj heard the whisper in her mind and she looked at Dante who simply nodded his head. Mj grabbed at her chest, “my heart hurts Dante” she whispered and Dante rushed forward, grabbing her in his arms and crushing her into his chest, “our heart” he whispered and winced at the pain he too could feel. “Mj” Dante said with a shaky breath and she looked up at him, noticing his eyes were glassed over with unshed tears she pulled away slightly, “what's wrong Dante” she asked and he fell to his knees just staring at his hands. When he didn't answer Mj slid to the floor and grabbed his hands, placing them in her lap. “Mates who talk to each other remember?”
Mj opened her eyes and tried to blink the sleep away but her sight would not clear, she tried to rub her eyes and noticed that she had no hands, “am I dreaming” she thought to herself and suddenly a soft low purring sound trickled in from behind her. Mj turned her head and could feel the electric strings playing their familiar song “Dante” she whispered but Theron’s body came into clear view. “Theron” she said in a slight whisper and he hung his head whimpering. “I’m asleep,”she said and he gave her a curt nod, Mj moved her body forward until she was in front of the defeated looking creature. “Did you know about us” she asked and he raised his head to meet her eyes.“Not the boy” he answered and Mj cocked her head
A sudden cold breeze had Mj lazily drifting out of the land of sleep, “cold” she mumbled and blindly felt around for something to cover herself with, as she grabbed a handful of nice warm blanket it was yanked from her hand, “up you get sunshine.” Mj grumbled when Dante’s voice rang through the room like a cheerful Christmas song during Halloween, she rolled over so her back was to him. Dante chuckled maliciously and climbed into the bed with her, he wrapped his arm around Mj’s waist and tucked himself around her body. She simply hummed “so warm” and snuggled into him, Dante leaned into her ear “rise and shine beautiful lady, the day is waiting and so am I.” Dante rolled out of the bed and swung his hand back a
Mj could feel Theron trying to console her wounded pride and she tried to be grateful, but she really just wanted to be in her emotions at the moment and was pleasantly surprised when the wolf backed off into her subconscious and she sighed in relief, as she approached Dante he was looking down at her with his arms crossed. “I’m sorry” she almost whispered and Dante reached forward and handed her a hair tie. “I’m not... you have spent this entire morning without your security blanket wrapped around your head, I'm proud of you...and I can’t wait to see you in a gold dress.” Mj blushed and snatched the hair tie from Dante before she thrust her hair into a messy bun at the base of her skull.Mj turned when Moxie and Jay came rushing up to her, “nice job Em, a few more sparring matches like that and you could give the comman
Mj made her way down to the entrance and her stomach did a few uneasy flips as Lila and Sam’s smiling faces met her in front of a large black SUV. “Hay there she is,” Sam chirped and Mj smiled. “Ok” Lila said checking her watch, “we are just waiting for Mara and then we have to make a quick stop by my place before we get this party started,” Mj nodded and climbed into the backseat of the SUV. She watched as Sam and Lila continued with their animated conversation, Mj could hear the humming of their voices but could not make out the actual words they were speaking. As she sat silently and observed the two women she thought about how much her and Beth used to talk and laugh like that. Suddenly the knot in Mj’s stomach returned as she started to recall her earlier interaction with Beth
The sun was setting by the time the door to the dress shop burst open again and the now rowdy group of chipping and chatting wolves were as animated as a theatrical group after a final performance and as the two larger males came up the rear Moxie deviously reached out and snatched the very intricately wrapped dress Mj was holding out of her hands, “Mox you shit...give it back” Mj laughed and Moxie held the garment up to himself and began to twirl, “I want to be the prettiest puppy under the full moon,” he sang with a higher pitch to his voice and Mj laughed as she shook her head. “Tell you what Mox we can trade...I will take the awful suit Jay says you always wear and you can wear my dress...better yet let’s trade dates, Jay looks like he would have more fun with me anyway.” Although the core of the group laughed, Mj noticed that Moxie’s mood had changed and Jay se
After finishing a mostly uneventful meal Dante whisked Mj away toward what looked like an almost abandoned part of the pack house, “is this the part of the story where you bring me to a secluded area to kill me because I know too much?” she asked and Dante laughed with such innocent joy the sound seemed to infect Mj’s entire body. Dante wrapped his arms around her and pulled her from her feet as their laughter bounced off the walls of the empty corridor. Mj slung her arms lazily around Dante’s neck and let her head fall back with laughter as he spun her around like they were dancing.“Can you dance little kitten?” Dante asked and Mj bit her lip as she tried to hide a blush, “I have never danced with anyone before,” she admitted and Dante stopped twirling to set her feet on the floor. “I want to kill whoever made y
Mj had finished helping Lou and Matt clean up after a chaotic day, the full moon fire meant more people than usual eating with the pack so the meat order had more than tripled. Matt had already excused himself and Mj was watching Lou try to busy himself waiting for her to leave. “Go Lou,” Mj groaned playfully and the sound of the butcher’s stomach cried out, “I can hear how hungry you are and I know everyone else is already down in the hall...just go I will be fine.” Mj hopped up on one of the stainless steel countertops and laid down on her back with her ankles and hands crossed.Lou chuckled “why don't you just come to dinner with me Moll...i’m sure your assassin will be there soon, he is head of an entire patrol unit right now so he is probably just busy.”
******* 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 Dante’s 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. “Why do you do this to me every night, Theo! Do you enjoy torturing me?” Dante spat the words into the darkness and was only answered by the forlorn echo of a pathetic whimper as Theron’s 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, “you torture us all, ignorant boy.” 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