“...I thought I’d surprise you,” he smirked, “but it looks like you couldn’t wait.”
My eyes couldn’t believe it, my ears couldn’t believe it, Ryan was here.
His blonde hair swooped in the same way as his familiar blue eyes were staring back at me. My whole body just stood there frozen and unable to compute what was going on as he grabbed my elbow and led me into the alley around the side of the flower shop.
“I’ve missed you so much Brianna, I tried and tried to call and message you but people kept getting in the way,” he set the roses he was carrying down on a small ledge by us and picked my hands up with his own. “I was hoping when I found you you’d be alone so we could talk for a minute, I know I messed up, I know I said things that you shouldn’t forgive me for, but please Baby, forgive me. I love you so
“Of course not,” my reply was instant, and a sick feeling rose up in my throat, “I never really loved him to begin with, I love you more than I could imagine ever being able to love anyone, I am yours.”Wyatt claimed my lips aggressively before he walked back over to Ryan and delivered a solid blow to the side of his face. The punch itself sounded on contact, a solid thud that sounded like it cracked multiple things, smashing Ryan’s face against the brick wall as it flew into it and blood spewed from his mouth. Alaric was studying my face for any reaction, but he wouldn’t get one. Ryan deserved a few solid punches and I hoped that they would stop there, but if I reacted, they most certainly wouldn’t.Alaric dragged Ryan a bit down the alley, more out of sight, and Xander left my side to join him and Wyatt. Xander
“I did,” I pressed my face back into Alaric's chest as I confirmed that I received Orion's mind-link from earlier, “I really appreciate everything you guys do for me, I’m sorry you guys had to deal with that today.”“We would have dealt with it permanently Brianna,” Alaric lifted my chin to meet his eyes, “you shouldn’t have had to deal with his harassment, whether he thought you had mates or not.”“I don’t want people being killed Alaric, not unless it’s the last resort,” he looked at me and was trying to study my face as he listened, “he has parents, people who would miss him, besides,” I smirked and slid myself onto his lap backwards as we pulled up to the house, pressing my forehead to his, “it’s not his fault that I’m so irresistible.”&nb
UNKNOWN POV CON’T “Come in,” my brother’s voice boomed through his office door when I knocked, “sit Emma, we don’t have much time to discuss this.” He seemed more stressed out than normal when I sat in a chair across from his desk, but his Beta and my father were standing off to the side discussing something else in hushed whispers, stopping only when my brother began to explain things to me. “We had a visitor late last night, he informed us of some troubling information about the pack you are betrothed to,” he paused and glanced towards our father who was still hovering over my brother’s decision’s since he took over as Alpha, “it seems as though they have found and marked their mate, regardless of their promise to you, to us.” I sat with a face bereft of emotion, but truly inside I was happier than I ever
BRIANNA’S POV‘There are two Alpha’s, their Beta’s and a Gamma and a Luna at the border requesting entry,’ I was sitting on Wyatt’s lap finishing breakfast when Orion linked us. The boys all stiffened in their seats, exchanging a look of worry, ‘Alpha Kallan, and Alpha Theodore want to stress the importance of their visit.’‘Let them pass, escort them to the house,’ Alaric answered him back for all of us to hear before they ended breakfast abruptly and took me upstairs to get changed into something more appropriate for greeting them in.“Do you think it’s bad that Octavia is back?” I asked th
“We’ll fix this,” Xander broke the silence. “I hope Octavia can help,” my voice was timid, “I don’t want to put the pack or any of us in danger.” “We knew this was coming Brianna,” Alaric lifted my chin to look at him, “we just thought we’d have more time.” “The pack is ready Sugar,” Wyatt snugged up behind me, “they wouldn’t think twice about protecting you with their life, and neither would we. If they force our hand, their Alpha will fall and their pack will become ours.” “We have to go soon, the guards will all be gathering and waiting on us,” Alaric kissed me gently. “Ok, let’s just go,” I sighed, “I don’t want to just sit around here,” the boys looked at me like they were holding something back, “tell me.”
ALARIC’S POV We were finishing up walking Kallan and Theodore around the area that Moon Valley would most likely enter, plotting out where it would be best to have everyone positioned, when I could feel Brianna’s pain building. Xander was with her, but I knew she would be worrying and stressing over what tomorrow would bring. "We have to get back to our Luna," Wyatt interrupted, he was almost in as much pain being away from her, which he was going to have to get a hold of for tomorrow. "Octavia has requested to talk with you in private Alpha Alaric," Alpha Kallan's voice was still so monotone, "I understand, however, if you'd like to get back to your Luna first but she's insisting its important before tomorrow." "I'll come now," I went with him as Wyatt headed
WYATT’S POV As soon as I walked in the door her scent hit me. She was standing with Xander but once she saw me her eyes lit up and she came to me, slamming into me with a force that had Narvi practically jumping for joy. “I missed you too Sugar,” I smirked at her as I pushed her up against the wall and claimed her perfect lips as mine. My chest rumbled as her jasmine scent drove me wild, it pumped me full of energy as her sexy sandalwood scent made me want to rip her clothes off and taste that sweet honey-filled arousal. “Where’s Alaric,” she pouted as I kissed down her neck. “We’ll get you warmed up,” I slipped my hand up her shirt and massaged her perfect breast. “No,” she surprised me as she pushed my hand
BRIANNA'S POVThe coldness on my skin was making me uncomfortable, and when I went to roll over into one of the boys I was met with a cold floor. My eyes shot open and I quickly realized that I wasn't in our room. The floor was a rough concrete that was tinged with different colours, the bed was made of pillows, and the boys were nowhere to be found.My shirt had twisted around my body in the short descent to the floor, which meant someone had dressed me, but more importantly, I was in a cell of sorts with metal bars. So many questions were rolling through my head, but all I could think about was getting out of this cell as fast as possible.My body was at the bars before I could even think about it and when I grasped them to try and bend them to my will, it burnt my hand. It felt like a hot pan had been