April I face the two huge men as they glare down at me with my hands clenched at my sides. I fail to keep them from shaking as I gulp, preparing to talk, even if I don’t even know how I should start. “Hi, I am April. Can I talk to you in private real quick?” The Alpha and the doctor lifts their brows practically simultaneously as Daniel looks down at me with a saddened expression which breaks my heart. Clearing my throat, I put a bit more confidence in my voice as I wouldn’t trust myself as well in such a situation. “Please, I know that it might sound strange, but I need you to trust me.” This is incredibly stupid of me, but I have to take the risk as I know that I will feel guilty all my life if I don’t try to save these two lives. Their eyes glaze over as they must be sharing their thoughts of me through their mind link while the doctor looks between us confused. Poor human, he must think of this situation as being incredibly insane. As the Alpha clicks his tongue, I nearly
AprilThe air gets knocked out of my lungs as the she-wolf runs into me, hugging me happily.She lets go with a smooch on my cheek and a giggle while I stare at her dumbfounded.“Hello to you too.”She giggles again, squeezing my arms as she greets me with a melodic voice. “Hi, I’m Daisy. It’s so nice to meet you.”“Hi, I’ m April,” I say, dumbfounded and turn around to look at the Alpha. He chuckles, shaking his head. “That’s Daniel’s sister. Don’t mind her, she is just very extroverted.” Daisy blows her cheek, pouting cutely. “Well, sorry for being extra. But I just wanted to be kind to the savior of my sister-in-law’s and nephew’s life.” “Still too much, Daisy. People might feel uncomfortable because of your extra.” They start bickering while I think about how fast good news spreads. I guess that her brother must have mind linked her and as I continue along my string of thoughts, I suddenly jerk up, gasping. “Oh, no!” Alpha Noah and Daisy look at me with a confused expression.
April“How do you like it?” Alpha Noah asks me as soon as he has closed the door behind him. I just sit down in a large armchair in what seems to be Daniel’s office, my hands pressed together between my knees. “It’s very beautiful here, thank you again for bringing us here and accepting us as new pack members. We really wouldn’t have known where to go next.” My stutter doesn’t actually help my case as I watch him take leisure steps to sit down in the armchair standing in front of mine. He flashes me a smile, my heartbeat accelerating as fear expands in my chest. “I’m glad.” My wolf paces up and down in my mind, admonishing me to stay calm and not say anything that could bring us in trouble as he shifts in his seat, making me flinch. “Your mother said your last name was Angel. Is that correct?”“Yes,” I answer lowly, my throat turning dry. He nods, letting his eyes roam along the pictures hanging on the walls. “We have a nice school here, and I guess your mother will find a good
April “Ms. Angel, my name is Doctor Koppler. I’m the head physician of the pack hospital. I will be leading the testing because of your amazing skill at curing even the complicated disease of the Beta Female if you are okay with it.”I cringe as I’m still not used to being the false surname we gave them.“Please, call me April, and yes, I’m okay with that,” I say with a smile as the doctor sits down on a round chair with wheels.He pushes himself off the table, rolling towards me as I sit on the bed watching him.As he has just started taking my vitals and listening to my breathing and my heartbeat as Alpha Noah comes in.Doctor Koppler rolls to a sideboard to take his appliances to take a sample of my blood while the Alpha just stands there, watching us with crossed arms.He wears a frown as he observes every one of Doctor Koppler starts filling small vials with my blood.I try to keep calm, ignoring his intense gaze, fighting the urge to squirm in my seat.Doctor Koppler pushes him
ScottFive Years LaterMy eyes scan the training camps as I watch my higher-ranked warriors training with the newly shifted wolves.Their shouting rebooms in the valley-like camps, the coldness of the air blowing against my skin and leaving a piercing pain on it.Otherwise, it is really silent, and I like this.The concentration, the devotement, the raw power they are trying to set free.“Alpha Scott?” A feeble voice disrupt my train of thought, making me look down at the petite she-wolf who appeared at my side.I redirect my gaze onto the training warriors with my arms still crossed as I grunt, “Can I help you, Ana?”“Erm…” she says shyly, making me roll my eyes. “Doctor Simmeons asked me to monitor the training and how the injured wolves, who are already able to participate in the training again, are recovering.Whatever, I think to myself and nod without taking my gaze from the training wolves. “That’s alright, Ana. Thank you.”She giggles stupidly, caressing a strand of hair behin
ScottAs the training is over, I start walking back to my office, taking fast and long steps.Luckily, I get to avoid another interaction with Ana, who is already charging towards me to chat with me casually as the training ends.She shouldn’t feel so comfortable around me anyway.It gives me the ick.But as she is the assistant of the pack doctor, there isn’t much I can do about this. I have to work with her on a daily basis, so I try to keep it friendly.And not to make it more awkward as it already is.Nearly reaching my office, I find my Scarlett in the hallway that leads to it. My sister is hanging a photo of my father with puffy eyes, and I halt in my tracks to help her.She sighs as she lets go of the heavy frame, allowing me to find the hooks that were applied to the wall to hold the picture.I hang the picture with a heavy feeling in my heart, pushing out a deep breath as I wrap my arm around her shoulders, looking up at the picture.“It’s a nice picture of him. Don’t you thi
ScottI have my head buried in my hands as I sit in the hallway of the pack hospital, waiting for some good news.The doctors and nurses scurry around us while the rooms and even the hallways are filled with injured warriors.Even though we won, I couldn’t feel any joy about it, not even for a second.The destruction the attacking rogues and pack members of the White Opal Pack had left behind was much higher than we could have ever could have had predicted.It sadly looks like we underestimated them and they came to make us pay for that, taking advantage of our perception that we were more powerful than anyone.And we are surely the strongest, but they had the better plan.That’s for sure.I inhale a deep breath, straightening my spine to sit upright and stare down the hallway.My chest squeezes as I see the desperation on the faces of the hospital staff, who usually is known to remain calm and collected. They treat their patients with everything they can, but even I can see that most
Scott My brain is buzzing by the time we have finally gotten the most life-threateningly injured into the car for safe transport to the pack that should be able to help us out of this desperate situation. Liam and I drive two SUVs while Albert, Taylor, and Bryan take the limousines so that we are able to transport them all. There are two pack doctors who are accompanying us as well in case something bad happens. But I could feel that even Doctor Simmeons was convinced about them being able to actually do something about any inconvenience occurring during the long drive. I refocus on Doctor Simmeons who leads us through the most important points of the transport. As the lives of the men we are transporting are all hanging by a threat, there are a lot of things we have to take care of to make sure that they don’t die on our way there. My heart begins to race as I think of all the possibilities that could happen in the worst case and I take a deep breath while my wolf paces back and
Scott I can’t believe this. After everything that happened and after all the pain we had to go through, I reach the one person who could save us, and find April. I still can’t believe that she is the miracle doctor! My blood is boiling as I think of how long I had been looking for her, afraid that she would have been hurt or even worse. In the meantime, she was here. Living the best life as her doctor teacher’s favorite pet. What an idiot I had been! My wolf has retreated to the back of my mind and keeps growling as he tries to get over the pain. He seems to be angry at me for having rejected her right away. And as I think of it, I must admit that even if he was incredibly angry at her for hurting our mate, and still frustrated at my behavior as I kept looking for April, he fell quiet as soon as he recognized April as his mate. He might be angry at me for the rejection, but I couldn’t care less. April is responsible for Hailey’s death, and I don’t think that I could ever for
April “I, Scott Walker, Alpha of the Blue Amber Pack, reject you, April Foster, Daughter of Jax Foster, former Beta of the Blue Amber Pack, as my mate and future Luna.” His words pierce my heart like daggers, enhancing the pain of the rejection washing over me. I feel myself shaking as my wolf trembles at the stabbing pain, trying her best to cope with the painful rejection. After so many years, he hurts me deeply again. Holding my head high, I look him straight into his eyes, my body still yearning for him to inch even closer and press his lips on mine. The damn attraction of the mate bond. But it will soon disappear. “I, April Foster, cast out of the Blue Amber Pack and doctor of the Black Amethyst Pack, accept your rejection,” I say firmly, changing my attributes to underline my distance to the pack. I won’t take any disrespect anymore, so much has changed since I came here and was able to start a new life with people who loved me. So, if he wants to reject me then he glad
April “Tell me that they are lying.” Noah’s pleading words pierce through the fog in my mind, making me gulp as I look at him with glassy eyes. “I didn’t kill anyone,” I say, sadly not seeming that convincing as I gulp. “I didn’t kill their Luna. I was framed.” My old pack members scoff, as I keep my eyes on Noah, looking at him pleadingly. “You have to believe me that I’m innocent. Their Luna disappeared, but I had nothing to do with it, whatsoever.” “You are just the same deceiving, lying bitch that you always were,” Liam pushes out a dry laugh, making me turn to face them properly for the first time. My wolf roars in my head and lets her anger but also sadness stream through me as she suffers because of these accusations but also has to cope with the rage rolling off her newfound mate. And my childhood crush. “I know that you won’t believe me! You never did! Even if I was your friend, you just trusted everyone’s word around me instead of mine. I was tortured and cast out b
April “Scott,” I breathe out in a whisper as I look at him in shock. I would like to pinch myself to see if I’m trapped in one of my nightmares, but I don’t seem to be able to move as I am frozen to the spot. As if in slow motion, I can see his expression morph. His initial shock slowly changes into desperation before it only shows pure hatred. Taking a step backward automatically, I gulp. “What happened?” He remains silent as he must be arguing with his wolf about tearing me apart on the spot and as my brain finally starts functioning again, I recognize the warrior that the medical staff are about to lift from the stretcher onto the hospital bed. I gasp at the condition Kane is in and walk to the bed as they connect the tubes to set up the intravenous infusion. My heart beats painfully into my throat as I try to ignore Scott’s burning gaze and concentrate on giving my staff the instruction to stabilize the patient. The patient. The man who I once used to call uncle, because
April I scroll through my feed while my mother hums, turning the page of the enormous Newspaper. “Daniel has invited us to their house to celebrate our fifth anniversary with the pack with a nice home-cooked dinner. What do you think?” my mother asks, making me look up at her. “Oh, I would absolutely love that. They are so nice thinking about that.” She smiles, without taking her eyes off the article that she is reading. “Perfect, I’ll tell them that we would love to celebrate the anniversary with them and accept their invitation.” “Can’t wait,” I say loudly, taking a spoon of my scrambled eggs, making her giggle. After having finished breakfast, I get up with a groan as it is too early for me to actually function. I have spent the night before in the lab, thinking I would be able to take it easy today but just as I was about to go to sleep, I remembered that I had an important meeting with Doctor Koppler and Doctor Jones. With a heavy heart, I set my alarm for a time that woul
Scott My heart beats painfully in my chest as I rip open the doors to my cars, enabling the warriors to lift the comatose bodies of my injured warriors out of the cars gently. I love how much care they put into their movements, being careful not to induce any further pain even if we barged into their territory uninvited, breaking the first rule of our race. Seeing the Alpha stepping out of the mansion again, I lift my head to see him opening the door with another man fully, while a group of people dressed in white coats storm out with stretchers. I push out a deep breath, happy about my pack members and friends getting the help they deserve. Praying to the Moon Goddess as I see the doctors approach, I ask for her mercy to save their lives. There will be a huge miracle needed, and I fear that I’m asking for too much. “Alpha Noah,” one of the doctors says as she meets him on the stairs, following the first two warriors of my pack who are being carried through the house as I suppo
Scott My brain is buzzing by the time we have finally gotten the most life-threateningly injured into the car for safe transport to the pack that should be able to help us out of this desperate situation. Liam and I drive two SUVs while Albert, Taylor, and Bryan take the limousines so that we are able to transport them all. There are two pack doctors who are accompanying us as well in case something bad happens. But I could feel that even Doctor Simmeons was convinced about them being able to actually do something about any inconvenience occurring during the long drive. I refocus on Doctor Simmeons who leads us through the most important points of the transport. As the lives of the men we are transporting are all hanging by a threat, there are a lot of things we have to take care of to make sure that they don’t die on our way there. My heart begins to race as I think of all the possibilities that could happen in the worst case and I take a deep breath while my wolf paces back and
ScottI have my head buried in my hands as I sit in the hallway of the pack hospital, waiting for some good news.The doctors and nurses scurry around us while the rooms and even the hallways are filled with injured warriors.Even though we won, I couldn’t feel any joy about it, not even for a second.The destruction the attacking rogues and pack members of the White Opal Pack had left behind was much higher than we could have ever could have had predicted.It sadly looks like we underestimated them and they came to make us pay for that, taking advantage of our perception that we were more powerful than anyone.And we are surely the strongest, but they had the better plan.That’s for sure.I inhale a deep breath, straightening my spine to sit upright and stare down the hallway.My chest squeezes as I see the desperation on the faces of the hospital staff, who usually is known to remain calm and collected. They treat their patients with everything they can, but even I can see that most
ScottAs the training is over, I start walking back to my office, taking fast and long steps.Luckily, I get to avoid another interaction with Ana, who is already charging towards me to chat with me casually as the training ends.She shouldn’t feel so comfortable around me anyway.It gives me the ick.But as she is the assistant of the pack doctor, there isn’t much I can do about this. I have to work with her on a daily basis, so I try to keep it friendly.And not to make it more awkward as it already is.Nearly reaching my office, I find my Scarlett in the hallway that leads to it. My sister is hanging a photo of my father with puffy eyes, and I halt in my tracks to help her.She sighs as she lets go of the heavy frame, allowing me to find the hooks that were applied to the wall to hold the picture.I hang the picture with a heavy feeling in my heart, pushing out a deep breath as I wrap my arm around her shoulders, looking up at the picture.“It’s a nice picture of him. Don’t you thi