“Are you fucking kidding me?!” I exclaimed springing from my chair in an instant, my parents watching as I paced the kitchen, anger in my step. “Mind your language in my house.” My father warned me with a pointed look, but I could only scoff a little turning to look at him with such annoyance. “Who cares about my fucking language, you want to throw me out anyway and into some pack with an Alpha and his son who I’ve never even met before miles away from here!” I shout throwing my arm in the air in hopes of presenting the distance, my mother only sighed looking down at the table while my father shook his head. “That is not what’s happening Iris, do you believe I want to send my sixteen-year-old daughter to a pack miles away from here, I most certainly, do not but we don’t have any other choice, you’re the only one we can send!” My father said trying to make it seem as though his hands were tied and there was nothing else we could do, but I knew that was far from being the case.
Not even a week later, my brother was helping me move some of my boxes from my room and down to the car which was waiting to take me away. The Alpha of The Full Moon Pack apparently, was overjoyed that I was being sent over and proceeded to get all the relevant balls rolling to have me arrive at his pack quicker than I would have hoped. “Is this the last one?” Lincoln asked as he placed my final box to join my others in the boot, I was only taking three boxes with me, one with my clothes, the other with my other essentials and the last with some keepsakes things which I was planning to keep in case I get homesick. “Yep, seems as though I’m all set to begin my next terrifying journey.” I sighed holding my bag in my hands looking down at the ground, but he only smiled as he closed the boot. “Don’t look at this as terrifying, but one big adventure you’re about to undertake. Iris, you’re much stronger and tougher than you allow yourself to feel, you are going to ace this and make us
~ 5 years later~“I think this is everything.” I say pushing at the brown cardboard box in front of me, the other boxes I had squeezed into my car seeming to add resistance allowing my feet to skid along the floor as I pushed.“Not everything.” Max smiles arriving at the steps of the pack house with another box in his hands, my mouth hung open as I looked to the box and over to my car which was already bursting at the seams! “There is no way I’m getting that last box in, I have a feeling the boot is going to fly open mid-drive anyway, with that I’ll just be tempting fate!” I exclaimed walking around to the passenger door in hopes I could squeeze more in, but the full box looked back at me smugly riding shotgun. “How did I arrive here with three boxes, just to leave with seven?!” I asked slamming the door in a huff as though it was the box's fault, I was the one that packed them and allowed myself to accumulate all of this junk. “I mean you have been rather busy these past five
The drive back to The Blood Wolf Pack was odd, I knew I was heading “home”, but it truly didn’t feel that way anymore. I had been staying with Max and The Full Moon Pack for five years now, I was essentially, still a child when I was sent away but to return when I’m twenty-one, it feels as though I’m a different person now so I couldn’t help but worry that this place was no longer mine anymore. But my wolf on the other hand, seemed to be giddy about the prospect of returning, she bounced around happily in my head and even said numerous times that I should ditch my belongings and this car and head back in wolf form which would be much faster. Her reaction did confuse me for a moment, I had never shifted in this pack before, I had turned eighteen at The Full Moon pack and know it’s all my wolf knows, but still she couldn’t wait for me to return home and refused to tell me why the many times that I would ask. When I finally, drove through the borders of The Blood Wolf Pack, it was gr
The thought of Alban and the unfortunate situation I had found myself in clouded my mind, the way his eyes looked into mine caused me to want to shrink but at the same time, run into his arms. That man was awful to me the last few years I was staying at this pack, each time he would see me, the look on his face was as though I had betrayed him in such an outrageous way, and I was his worst enemy. But the awful mixed with confusing thing, I had never done a single thing which would grant being treated the way he treated me. It wasn’t only me that he’d do it to, but almost to every friend that I had. It was as though he thought I was such a repulsive person that I didn’t deserve to have friends, so he did everything in his power to force them to leave me. I even recall around a month before I left, my best friend Malcolm and I were walking home from a little get together deep in the woods when Alban appeared out of nowhere. I knew what he was like, so I grabbed Malcolm by the hand and
Waking up the next morning back at home in my own bed, I truly felt more lost than I ever did back at The Full Moon pack. Leading up to this point when I knew I would need to head home, I did worry that I’d get like this. I felt so at home there and knew everyone and knew I had a place in the world, but now being in this pack again, it was as though everyone had moved on with their lives and here I was, seeming to go back to where I was when I left, I didn’t have a place anymore. As I sat up in bed looking out of the window with such sadness in the pit of my stomach, I realised I hadn’t messaged Max after returning home and worried he’d either get worried himself or feel as though I had simply forgotten about him because I was back home. Throwing my blankets off and grabbing my phone which sat on charge beside me, I write: “Sorry I didn’t text last night, once I returned home, I hadn’t stopped. I’m back safe but I miss you so much.” Once I hit send, all I could do was sigh and l
My eyes began to flutter closed the longer I sat on the sofa, I had only been awake for some hours but due to the amount of crying I had done in that short amount of time, my eyes stung and begged me to rest them. Feeling as though I didn’t have much else to do, I was ready to oblige and take my first nap in my parent's house, but the front door beginning to knock three booming times jolted me forward. My heart pounded in my chest from the shock of this sudden visitor, my hands seeming to grip the armrests of the sofa as though that was going to aid me in anyway. The repeated knocks on the door once I hadn’t even rose from the sofa yet to get the door snaps me from my delirious state, I believe that is what led me to get up from the chair and quickly walk towards the door without taking much thought as to who could be waiting on the other side. But that seemed to all change when I reached for the handle and pulled open the door, only to reveal the very same Alpha I had locked ey
The longer Alban’s body lay pressed against mine, the more those burning desire feelings took over my senses but also, the less air I was able to take in due to my whole body getting pressed against the hardwood flooring. “Do not get me wrong little mate, I do enjoy a little fight, it simply excites me for the punishments I can bestow upon you with my own special weapon.” He whispered right by my ear which only allowed my wolf to howl in excitement and me to attempt to move myself but due to the position, I couldn’t get very far. “You’re…. such a… dick.” I manage to reply not able to get a full breath of air in my lungs due to his body weight and the floor sandwiching me in place, but even with this I wasn’t going to allow him to win. “That is exactly right little mate, one you will greatly enjoy when the time comes, I wonder if it will be now.” He whispered even closer to my ear but this time, a little piece of his saliva falls from his lips and lands on my cheek, this sending
Russell soon holds my eye contact seeming to know instinctively, what was going around my head in that moment. Russell and I spent everyday with each other at The Full Moon Pack, learning from Bennett what he wanted from us and the tasks that we were given. I was not the only person from another pack which Bennett was training, when I first arrived at The Full Moon Pack, there were around twenty others who had been sent away by their Alpha’s in hopes of receiving life changing training. But one by one, each begin to leave and head home, the training was not for the faint of heart and after begging their Alpha’s, they were given the green light to leave. Something at the time I wished Richard would have allowed but he never did, by the end of that first year, it was only Russell, and I left in the program. This meant we were forced to lean on each other whenever the training became too demanding, I would try and speak to Max, but he’d never understand where I was coming from as his
Now I knew Russell was on his way and he may understand what I was trying to say more than anyone, I lay in my state a lot calmer than before. My parents had moved over to Richard to check his injures, he hadn’t moved since he fell through the table, and I think they worried he was dead. Lincoln did what he always does when he’s nervous, he paced up and down the room with his hands on his hips waiting impatiently, for the guards to bring Russell. Whilst Alban remained with me on the floor, my head still in his lap as his hand ran through my hair, I knew he wanted to keep a brave face as he was the Alpha and he’d chosen for all this to happen, but I could see in his eyes how upset he was about to become if we couldn’t stop Samual in time. Breaking the worried silence which seemed to cling to each wall, the doors open once again but this time instead of me getting held by people, it was Russel who was dragged in, chains around his hands and feet as two guards held onto him. “The p
The room grew silent as all eyes sat on Alban, whatever was to happen next, it was truly down to what he decided. My head continued to fall a little with my eyes opening, instantly locking with my mates. Who looked over at his brother with such a deep rooted anger and hatred that it spurred from his body like a foul odour, it was clear if he saw the chance, it would be Samual who would be dead on the floor. “Hunny, you don’t have to make the decision.” Polly said from across the room, her voice shaking with uncontrollable fear, no one was to know what Samual would do to her if he had the chance. “You’re such a selfish bitch! You’d try and make him push his mate to the side for you! You care about no one but yourself!” Samual screams over to Polly with such anger, the sheer volume hurting my ears and allowing a painful moan to leave my lips. “We can talk this out, I’m sure we could resolve whatever issue this is about.” My mother spoke again trying to dissolve the issue not knowi
Once he had fully injected me with the liquid, it was as though I had lost most of the control of my body, the chains around me were the only thing holding me up as my head fell around. Samual was right, I was aware of each and everything that was happening around me, but it was as though I had sat on a fairground ride for hours spinning me round and around. My entire view was distorted as my eyes closed and fluttered opened every few seconds, while Samual began to move around the lobby rounding his things up to get ready. “Alright that’s everything set, let’s get you out.” He said throwing the black bag with all his terrifying tools over his shoulder and walking towards me, the chains soon becoming looser where I couldn’t help my body falling forward. Thankfully, before I could hit the marble floor for a second time tonight, arms wrap around my body allowing me to dangle in the air for a moment. I couldn’t help the fear which pulsed through my veins, it wasn’t as though my mind
Intense ringing in my ears begins to pull me out of my unconscious state, my body felt as though it was slummed forward but held back by something wrapped around my body. Opening up my eyes slowly, throbbing from the side of my head brought me out even quicker, the vision of the marble flooring from Alban’s lobby filled my vision first before my body, chained to one of his dinning chairs registers in my head. Panicking a little, I sit up and begin to attempt to fight against the chains to free my hands, but whoever had chained them around me, knew what they were doing and prevented me from getting very far. “I would advise you against pulling at the chains, I located the best pair money could buy so your attempts will only lead do an injury.” A familiar voice tells me from somewhere around the room, lifting my head up higher I spot Samual, sitting on the bottom step of the marble staircase watching me as I sat on the chair. “I know my statements may sound contradictory, but I
After the little blood bath that had unfolded in the middle of the party, I believe everyone knew it was time to head back and reciprocate from what we’d all just seen. Getting home and washing all the blood from me sounded perfect, but due to the players involved and everyone having so many questions, I was led into the pack house instead, Alban’s suit jacket over my body to offer me some comfort. Sitting in his office on his lap, everyone seemed to begin to talk over each other, my parents were amazed at what I could do but also, worried for my safety due to Max. Albans parents began to ask so many questions and if an attack on The Full Moon Pack would be wise whilst Lincoln, mind-linked back and forth with the border guards in order to ensure not a thing such as this could happen again. All I could do in that moment was sit silently, watching the world go by as my mind raced with so many conflicting thoughts. Flashes of the battle I’d just fought in filled my head, the way he k
The screams and cries only continue as more blades are pelted our way, but now with the sudden realisation at who the intended target was, Alban, who hadn’t released my hand, slides me across the floor until I landed under him, his body shielding mine from any attacks. Watching as many of our fighters attempted to defend our pack but were soon hit with those awful blades, each fell to the floor in heaps of blood, those blades are no joke. The longer I watched the more I realised, I have the specialist knowledge and training to deal with these blades and any person using them against us but I’m allowing my mate to cuddle me as though I’m some scared child, I need to fight this. “I am not allowing you out into the open, I do not care if you may have the training, now you are home with me, it’s my job to protect you. I will have our men continue forward, they are outnumbered by us, they’ll grow tired.” Alban informs me with a dead look after hearing my thoughts, but I shake my head r
After slipping into my second dress for the night, I allow Alban to lead me back out of the pack house and towards where the party was still raging and since we left, it had gotten a lot more chaotic. The sky transformed into a mixture of orange and red as the sun slowly began to set, many of the pack children sending me waves as they were led away by nannies for bed to allow their parents a break to party. This meant the drinks began to flow even faster with each person around seeming to dip deeper into an intoxicated daze, its clear this party was heading in to lasting all night. With a smile, Alban leads me down the steps and towards the dance floor, most people breaking it down a little or couples seeming to sway back and forth enjoying the moment. “Is it a bad time to tell you I can’t dance?” I asked with a little chuckle as I’m led right into the middle of the dance floor, many pack members moving to the side to allow Alban and I some room. “Just lean into me and follow my
Once I was safely in Alban’s office with the blinds drawn, I allow the worried thoughts that been swirling around my brain to fully showcase on my face and mannerisms as I paced up and down, the dress seeing this as the perfect time to drop to the floor. Due to how large Alban was, his jacket had managed to cover my most sensitive parts as my dress lay on the floor at my feet. Alban who hadn’t noticed as he was covering the blinds soon turns and spots me standing only in his jacket, where he took a deep breath in biting his fists a little. “You better begin to talk baby, or you’ll be over that desk in a matter of seconds.” He growled out seeming to be fighting with his emotions whilst I stepped out of my ruined dress that lay on the floor, which sucked as I really liked that dress. “I appreciate that you thought on your feet to get us out of eyeshot but did you seriously, have to rip the dress, I liked it?!” I asked looking down at the once beautiful gown that lay in a heap on t