Maverick's PovIt's been three months since I rejected and had Ares thrown out, Two months since I forced my Dad into retirement and a month and half since I started searching for her.I have no idea if what the girl said was right, but since my Dad started acting strangely after that day, I suspect she was. She claimed to be a seer, yet she couldn't tell me where I would find her. Giving me vague clues and cryptic messages. I would have killed her if she wasn't necessary.“We've been at this for weeks now, Maverick. It's time we call it off” James said to me. He was against sending her away in the first place. “No one's calling anything off until I say so.” I said through clenched teeth.I needed to go talk to that seer again. If she wasn't going to. say anything meaningful, then perhaps her usefulness is overrated. Or maybe she needed a little motivation, something to get her moving.“Get up!” I shouted at her. Halting her meditation. No one will zen if I don't get what I want. “Tem
Ares PovWe all gathered in Jason's office to discuss yesterday's meeting with the Jade wolf pack. By we I meant Jason, Luke, Josh, Carlton and I.“How was it?” Luke asked, “it was okay. It went better than I expected” Jason answered. “Don't sugarcoat it Alpha. He was a total nut job. Everything you both worked on was tweaked in one way or another to suit his taste” Josh said“No blood was spilled, right?” I asked them both. “None of ours. Though I can't say the same to whoever was screaming at their dungeons.” Josh answered “We now have an ally. His main request is that we keep him in the loop of things.” Jason said, “Carlton, is two weeks enough to train the volunteers?” “It's not enough, but I can try,” Carlton said. “That's good enough for me. There's this thing I noticed at Killian's pack.” Jason saidWe all looked at him, waiting to hear what it was “Josh, do you remember how they walked stealthily?” He turned to Josh “yeah. It was almost as if they were walking on air. We coul
She brought along a cauldron and lit the logs underneath it that they had set up earlier.“The water, Luke” she said to Luke who passed her the fetcher he stored the water in. She put it in the cauldron and we all waited until it started boiling.“The sand to represent the earth” she stretched her hands to Jason. I haven't asked him where he went to pick it up from.“You did well Jason,” Lyla said after receiving the sand. I turned to him in question “it's from my parents grave. Since they couldn't be here. I wanted them to be a part of this” he explainedI smiled at him. I understood him, but I couldn't understand how she could tell. If the Powers hadn't supported Alpha Matt's decision to kick me out of the pack, I would have loved to have them here too. I know they didn't have a choice, but it doesn't make it hurt any less.The wind picked up, fueling the fire and blowing the rising steam from the cauldron to our faces, completing the final ingredient. It was a perfectly timed coinc
Jason's PovIt's been three days since the ritual and two days since Ares healed Adriana, who was now more clingy than ever to her. Even going as far as throwing tantrums to sleep on the same bed with Ares. I let it happen, but not anymore. I can't take the couch again.“How is it going?” I asked Carlton as I inspected the training. “Well, more than a few have dropped out. Now, it's just these twelve, but expect more to drop”I sighed. I guess I expected that, but hearing it still dampens the mood. “Increase the training hours so those that want to leave will leave now and we can cater for who's left.” “We're already doing five hours a day if I increase it for another two or three, they might all break”“It’s a necessary evil. Do it.” “okay”“Alpha, Alpha Cain's here. He's at the border right now” Luke informs me through the pack link.“Who is he with?” I ask him “just him and a guard”Either he's been too cautious or something's going on. He delayed the meeting all this while only f
Maverick's Pov I've sent James back to the pack to ease the minds of those I left behind. It wasn't really a hard decision. He was already working my last nerve. It was either that, maim him or kill him. I doubt the pack will trust me much if I killed my own beta. “You've been searching for days now rogue, is your sense of direction that bad?” I said, hitting his already bruised face. “I swear it was around here somewhere. I don't know why I can't find it anymore.” he spat out another loose tooth and blood and started looking around frantically. “You are becoming as useless as the seer. The only difference being you're disposable and she isn't. At least not yet” “I swear. It was around here.” He said again. “You have repeated that word one too many times. ‘I swear'. Your swear means nothing if you can't back it up with facts or evidence” I knelt down to his level “I'll give you one more chance. So think carefully about your answers before you say them. Are we in the right direct
Ares’ PovIt's nerve wracking as I watch the volunteers prepare to leave. With each gear they arrange, I feel muscles coil on itself. I've ingrained each face into my memory. Well, all but one.Carlton helps them with their gears while giving them advice. “Even if you're all going in at different points, put your safety first. If you feel like you're in danger, fall back and signal to the rest of the pack and if you can't signal them, then leave a clue so they can find you”“Your safety comes first. Remember all you need to do is get in and get out. Any information you find is enough. Don't die out there tryna prove something” Jason instructed.I have a really bad feeling about sending them out. Especially with Allison as one of them. She might actually kill them before Maverick gets the chance to. They are about to walk into an enemy camp. While I appreciate that they're doing this for me, having someone's death on my conscience isn't exactly giving peace of mind.“Whatever you do, m
Something that represents me. It was something I had to think long and hard on. How I wanted to represent myself. Josh is indirectly asking who I am and who I saw myself as.Who am I? Am I still the same girl that was rejected by her mate for her sister. Am I the girl whose parents stood by and did nothing as I was chased out or am I the girl whose parents died trying to protect me? Am I the girl who has grown to understand that it's okay to rely on people.How can I channel all of this into one bow?. I thought long and hard before I finally started to visualise it.I did it over and over again. It got easier the more I repeated the action. I carved something new in the bow with each materialisation, by the time I was done, I was drenched in sweat, but I felt good about what I'd created. “What would you name it?” Josh finally spoke when I was done.“Verdant heartstring” I whispered in awe.“Why did you choose it?”“It represents me. It represents my growth. It represents what I've be
Jason's PovI warmed up while I waited for Josh to meet me at the clearing. I tried to fill myself with as much adrenaline as I could before he came.I heard the sound of a car pulling up around the corner before I saw it. The gravel crunch under his weight as he walked towards me.“Alpha” he greeted. I know it was just a sign of courtesy. He was always different. Even before I found out he was the last surviving royal beta. His position was higher than mine before I became Ares’ mate.“Josh” I nodded back. “I saw what Ares did. Good work”“Thank you, but we are not here to discuss her progress. We are here to increase yours” he said “I know how you fight and I know you are good with almost all kinds of weapons. Tell me the one you're most comfortable with” he asked.“There are varieties I'm compatible with, it's gonna be hard to choose.” I said.“Okay. think about it while you shift and have Dax use your powers” he said and leaned against a tree.“You want me to burn my fur?” I asked