Ismena led Wolfaraine out of the tower, towards the gates, her heart beating loudly in her chest that she could hear it like a beating drum in her ears. Her heart was in her throat, her hands cold and clammy.When they got to the gate, Wolfaraine turned towards her, his eyes regarding her carefully, "I can smell your fear, Ismena. While the predator in me is enjoying that scent, I am concerned. Is anything the matter?"Yes, I'm scared because I'm on a suicide mission! Once you leave, I will walk myself to the lion's den, hoping not to be devoured even though, there is a ninety-nine percent chance that I will be! Please, don't go! Your stay will save me from my crazy self, please don't go!Of course, she didn't say any of those things, instead, she plastered a smile on her face. "I'm just worried about you, that's all. You're chasing a psychopath who thinks it's okay to kill his own kind whenever and however he wants. It worries me that you are in harm's way."A smile ghosted his face
So, she turned back to the vegetables that needed her attention. It's best if she ignores him. Who knows? He might do her a favor and leave her alone.A pin drop could be heard in the heavy silence that followed.Then Alphose's voice filled the air, "All my life, I have always wanted a mate. I want to find the woman that was destined for me. I want to spend the rest of my life with her...I want to share my life with her and I wanted to share hers too.""The first few thoughts I had about you when I first met you was that you were easily the most attractive woman I have ever seen. So beautiful that I was entranced," A pause, "And then, for the first time in my life, the cougar took interest in a woman. That would mean that you are my lifemate. I was the happiest male in the entire world at that moment, the luckiest."Sandra turned and looked at him, tears in her eyes, but the shock was written all over her face.A sadness crossed his features then, "But then I walked closer to you and
Firstly, it all starts with a loud gasp of surprise. Then, whatever other reaction follows.That's what Ismena observed as she walked with the wolf beside her out of the tower. Okay, she didn't think well before doing this. Certainly didn't think about getting this kind of attention.Every living person in the tower came out to watch her and the white wolf as they passed—both servants and sentinels. The shock on their faces was unmistakable then for the servants, it was mostly followed by terror, but for the sentinels, it varies between concern and wariness.They got out of their way as they walked through, towards the gate. The sentinel in charge of the gate hesitated before throwing it open.Ismena walked out with her wolf companion, her palm sweaty from nerves, she wiped it again on her dress before looking around frantically for the route to take. She can certainly do with avoiding people right now, so, all this doesn't get out of hand. At the same time, she needed where people ar
A fierce battle wedged inside him to control and suppress the overwhelming sadness he'd drawn from the female. The mountain lion, the wolf, and the man were fighting it."Thank you so much," The gratitude on Tarden's face was visible for all to see. The male had tears in his eyes as he lifted his wife, cradling the sleepy woman in his arms, "Thank you so much, Alpha King.""You needn't thank me, Tarden. It's not as if I took her pain with me forever. The sorrow of her loss will always be with her, I just took the edge from her.""A very big portion of it." The male insisted, "Please, don't undermine what you just did for us, Alpha King, because we all know the magnitude of your sacrifice. I am most grateful for it."The male sniffled, "I was starting to get scared that my poor mate would never recover from this heavy loss of ours. She barely eats or sleeps, every night she soaks our pillow with her tears, I was starting to be scared that I might lose her too. It would be the end of ou
Ismena was in her happiest mood tonight. For her, it wasn't exactly a mystery how she went from being scared of her companion, to being completely relaxed and trusting, enough to play in such close proximity with the white wolf.She'd been scared of this forest and it turns out that her fear was apparently justified. The forest swarm with Wild Ones.Barely a few minutes after they'd entered, they'd been attacked by two. Ismena was very sure that she was going to die.Her clarity was instantly replaced by shock when the white wolf glided in front of her, shielding her with its body before it attacked the wild ones. Nalaila might be broken, but she was a strong survivor in every sense of the word.Indeed, this wolf is a sister to the strongest male she has ever seen in her entire life.Every fear in her had bled out of her in that moment, seeing that this wolf is truly not feral, contrary to what most people might think. This wolf does NOT see her as a threat. This wolf does NOT see her
"We apologize for that." Alpha Zane said aloud.Wolfaraine barely paid them any attention because it was all focused on his mate and his sister. His wild sister who'd refused adamantly, repeatedly, to leave her room.Emotions clouded his throat. No matter how hard he blinked, he could not stop his eyes from watering."Alright, that's enough for tonight. I think it's time we all leave." Alphose addressed the alphas. "Well, it's obvious we can't go back to the Rat Clan. I'm almost home already." Adanel muttered."Ours is far but way closer than the Rat's Clan." Rodarh said, and Onaries seconded with a nod."So, I think it's better we all just go back to our various homes, since we already came out this far." Alpha Morose agreed.Alpha Asissy stepped forward, "It's not all the time we get together like this. What do you say we all go running and hunting before we all separate?""That's a great idea," Rodarh nodded his head, followed by the rest of them.With that, all the Alpha took on
"Oh, damn. There was a 'caught'." She muttered in sheer horror while her dangerous actions in the last several hours flashed through her mind. He is gonna be so mad!As he walked closer, her nervous system took over, words started rushing out of her mouth. "I know you are so mad at me, I did something d-dangerous and stupid. You told me not to do anything dangerous and trust me, I listened to you really well. It's just that my brain kept sending signals to my body that we can do this. I truly wanted to help Nalaila, I had high hopes that I could reach her because I reached her before, you know. Yes, it was a dangerous thing to do but it was also worth a shot, I had to do it. I know what the next action would have been and I didn't want you to have to choose to do something like that to her because it would hurt you so bad...and hurt her too. I know you're mad, please, don't be mad—"The breath whooped out of her as he got too close and pulled her into a crushing hug. He was holding h
By dawn, Nalaila and Ismena have become very exhausted. "We will call it a night." Ismena looked around, "Or a morning."She was soaking wet as a result of playing in the lake and she was starting to feel cold too. But even at that, she was still grinning ear to ear, standing beside the wolf. It straightened and shook its big, white body to get rid of the excess water.Wolfaraine has a smile tugged on his lips when he saw the exhaustion dripping from both parties. He rose from the wood and made his way to them.He didn't get into their space, instead he stopped a few feet away. "I will walk you back home. You look exhausted. She does too.""Yeah, we are ready to go home now." She replied, beaming at him.Home. He feels...things when she uses that word.He removed his robe and walked quietly to her while gauging the reaction of the wolf beside her. Either it was already too exhausted or it simply did not care because the wolf paid them no heed.His eyes returned to Ismena, "Remove you