Chuckling, I fold my arms and say, “You’re quite fit for the job, at least he acknowledges that”. My little tease releases another groan from the wolf as I laugh at him who huffs through the link.‘About the nomads…’ He begins to say, his voice turning serious and I quit my merriment to pay rapt attention to what he has to tell me. ‘Uncle Henry spoke to his mother about it- just to enlighten you on something, she’s one of them as you already know. A daughter to the Beta of her time whose mate was an omega. So after she left her park for ours to be with her mate, her younger brother succeeded after their dad…’Now I know they share strong ties with Black Forest Pack and it would be outrageous to accuse them of betrayal to the pack. Still, it doesn’t overrule the suspicions on ground. ‘So we’re stuck at a dead end, unable to decipher why Asher’s family would be in cohorts with them to come after you, turning against us, one of their closest allies. Its all so sketchy and shrouded…a
Caught, she laughs out loud and I frown, hating myself for my inefficiency to control my rioting emotions. “Woah! You look as red a tomato. Aww…he’s so cute” And she holds my face up so she can look into it after she gushes at me. I bet she’s with a mischievous grin right now and I pout.“Don’t try to bully me Heather. I have feelings too” I say, my voice marred from how much I’m pouting and her forehead comes touching mine. I can hear my amplified heartbeat pounding in my ears.About to say something else to zip that teasing mouth of hers when she seals my words back with the tender caress of her lips over mine. I stomach my words back immediately to permit the soft kiss she engages me in, bringing my arms to wrap around her torso as I bring her body yielding into my will to have her on my thighs. ***I read her moves with such accurate clarity as if her body is mine and seeing the incoming fist diving towards her torso, I manipulate her body
‘Dad is still far behind. When you linked Heather she was out at a mall and didn’t know we had been searching for mom even before you alerted her’ He tells me throughout the link and I growl angrily towards myself. I should’ve just linked him like she told me earlier.No time to dwell on that. I have to find a way to get us out of here. Lowering my gaze to the ground, a sudden panic wells in me, threatening to destabilize my focus. The ground won’t hold much longer…I accidentally channeled the negative energy inside me into my surroundings and forgot this is only a ridge. It might break off and we will…fall. Shit! I can’t let her take that fall. The nomads, now realizing they’re getting surrounded, begin to get agitated for a fight but I let out a thunderous howl and all wolves present look my way. ‘You dare try to hurt any of my own and I won’t hesitate to devour you right here and right now!’ I threaten furiously and they meet my snarling intent, showing me their dentition and
That's why it had to be there, a territory they had secretly invaded enough to memorize the landscape and escape routes Asher and his brother must’ve assured for them. “…I know you aren’t ordinary wolves, not from the day I found that inquisitive white wolf loitering around my ship. Those breed were thought to have gone extinct over the last century and there was one, right before my eyes. There was no way I’d miss the opportunity to snag her and the companion she came with”.Is he…I look over to her who’s already looking at me with pain in her eyes, letting me know he’s talking about my mother. Averting my gaze back at him who’s drawn a wooden short stood to sit on, he smugly continues to tell the story of how he met my mother.“There was something peculiar about her, she just seemed off. Too bad the other one died from the injuries though…he would’ve made a nice specimen-I bark loudly at him, suddenly charging towards as my wolf’s rage consumes me. Mourning for a family we nev
“Jan wants to re-run for the position but there’s a threat from one of his councilors who’s risen up to the challenge. That’s where I come in, to ascertain his victory…” He begins to tell, his gaze averting to the Luna, his lips stretching into a devious smirk. “…using the nomads to eliminate the opponent on the night of his wedding anniversary. Sacrifices will be made, we need it to look like some rogues went on a rampage and killed almost everyone who attended and then my wolves step in to dispatch the rogues off. A brilliant plan, don’t you think?”Mother’s rage burns indignantly as she raises her voice, “You twisted bastard! You won’t get away with this I promise you! Henry won’t let that happen!”At the mention of that name, his face goes dark and his lips straighten into a thin line. Evident how much he loathes the other man as his eyes reel in, a malicious aura of hatred floating around his shoulders.And a rustic scoff rattles out of him, his voice going steep and grave, “
I look away from her to see he’s stepping into the cell again and before I know it, he yanks her by the hair, dragging her away from me as she fights with her nails to get his hands off when he throws her to the floor and rams his foot into her abdomen.‘Mother!’ I charge onto my feet and grit regretfully, knowing I can’t do much as I’m exhausting all the strength I have left to fight the weakness off. She winces, her body trembling into a curl on the floor as she coughs repeatedly. He squats to the floor, gripping fist-full of her messy hair to lift her off the floor and forced to sit.Izayah chuckles, handing the crown- the crown?! It’s one my mother wore, carved from no normal rigid ice…my greatest memento of her that I’ve kept hidden since the day it was given to me. I was told she often had it on her head at all times, giving the impression she was from some royal wolf kingdom hidden somewhere.I watch Kieren collect the tray with the crown on it while laughing, “That bitch oft
Heather's POV‘Silver! Mom!’ Right in front of my expanded eyes, playing out in a slow motion, my mate and my mother…I watch with appalling horror, how they fall off the edge. The electrifying shock leaves my body nimble, eyes wide and staring beneath the heavily pouring rain. Nothing…I feel nothing around me. Not registering the amok movements around me nor when someone comes calling out to me repeatedly. Nothing…the fear crippling my senses with such speed that the next I know it, darkness consumes me the next my lids glide over my eyes. “Mom!” With a start, my body jerks off- where am I? I wince from the faint throbs in my head, a comforting palm to my temple as I squint my eyes beneath to look around the familiar space, seeing I’ve been brought back to uncle Liam’s. Back in my room. Swinging my legs to the edge, I drag my weakened body down until the sole of my feet touches the cold surface of the wooden floor. With that motion, my mind is stung by the agonizing memory of mom
“It seems while I’ve been busy watching over the pack, you got busy maturing huh? You’re no longer that cute little cry baby” He suddenly says with a tease and I flush, embarrassed and ready to protest.But the warm smile he shows me, has me retreating and revealing a haughty smile, pride sprouting from the truth in his words. “I can become even better than this and surprise you in the future” I boast, receiving a bonk on the head.“Nah, I don’t think you need any more dose of maturity after this. We need you to remain our precious little girl forever, that’s much better and safe”.The hell? I fume, glaring at Harrison who wiggles his brows at me. “Safe- what the hell are you talking about?! You can’t keep me this way like this forever- I’m not some pampered pet!”But my protest only has my brothers laughing at me as I look down, boiling in anger and a red face from shame. Ugh, I’ll forever remain a little kid in their eyes…but then, I don’t feel bad at all.
“I’m done packing up!- Zach come help me out will you?” Ugh, why do I have so much to drag down? I frown and put my hands akimbo, staring at my luggage when my bedroom door comes open and a nineteen year-old Zachery steps in, chuckling into his fist when he sees my things.“Don’t let that laughter sip out. Help me get this down” I order and pick up my phone from my table as I join him to take them all down. Before I knew it, six years already sped by. A lot has happened, the family especially became much larger than it was back then. Harrison’s boys are as disastrous as he was and love to raise trouble all the time. Even the last of them who's only a year old, already knows how to manipulate the adults around him.Harlow has a son and a daughter, full of mischief but are quite cool. The girl loves to get into fights…must have inherited a little of me there.“Auntie you’re leaving already? When will you come visit us again?” Little Abby asks me, tugging against the leg of my jeans
A large hand comes over my back and begins to rub gently. “You know, when you keep breaking down like this, you make it hard for us to watch you. We decided we wouldn’t cry anymore and hold it up in our hearts instead…to honor her and remember her for as long as we live…” Harrison begins to say in a soft voice.“…so can’t you do us just this little favor and not cry like this?” I gently begin to detach my face from my palms and see Harlow with a painful look on his face and my breath catches. I lower my hands, bringing them down to my thighs in fists. Sniffing, “I’m sorry. I won’t cry anymore…I promise”. I’m sorry I’m still a child and still so weak. There’s still so much I have to prepare for and so much to learn. I couldn’t be useful this time…but I won’t give up.“About what I said that night, I didn’t mean to say those hurtful words and hurt your feelings like that. I was insensitive and selfishly caught up in my own spurt, I’m sorry” I keep my gaze on my fists, glad I came o
‘Isn’t there a way to still rouse her up so she can at least communicate with her mate?’ Alpha Marcus asks and is replied by the alpha, “We will count on a minute. That’s the only opening we get to rouse her up and get the task done. The pressure on her soul is immense, we cannot afford to keep waking her from that necessary slumber”.He’s speaking in things I don’t understand again. I fall back, watching them charge towards Talon who sends Hector and Hex flying and colliding into Silver as they fall into a roll. He then sees them from the rear and he turns, ready to attack when the white wolf and Uncle Gabriel both combine a barrage of attacks into his side and kick him away from where mom lies.Talon remains resilient, refusing to be pushed over, baring his dentition ferociously and making a leap, descending with his head first. The white wolf leaps too, their heads colliding in a massive headbutt.'What the hell...' I blink, reluctant to believe they're both still agile after tha
“The undisputed king of the Black Night Wolf Clan…” The white wolf alpha growls with cold reverence as he glares towards Talon who isn’t making a move yet, as if he’s taking in the new comers and trying to decipher according to his own sentiments what side they’re on. Friend or foe?‘W-what’s going on?’ Mustering the energy to link my mate and he snaps right in my direction, catching my gaze and getting alarmed to see the state I’m in. I try on a weak smile and look to my side to see a very tall woman, dressed in the same clothes as that white wolf and coming towards me.She crouches next to me, a beautiful smile on her face as she takes off her cloak and drape it over my nakedness. I blush and lower my head and she speaks, “It seems you’re his Luna, my cousin that is”.“Y-your cousin?” I look at her with wide eyes, noticing Silver’s running over as well. She glances at him and back at me, nodding, “His mother, Teresa, was my father’s younger sister. She was such a kind and lovin
I fall sick at heart, agony rattling around my being as they zip past, ganging up on Olyver. The piercing cry of shriek and terror plunges into the air as I shut my eyes…the pain and grief eating away at me faster that a lethal poison.‘Odelia….’ I feel so helpless, seeing Hogan approach us…crouching next to his mate who’s struggling to hold on for him.I feel so guilty…If I hadn’t been so obstinately bent on coming here…if I had obediently stayed back like Weslee did…this tragedy wouldn’t have happened. I feel so ashamed to even look at Hogan, guilt suffocating me as I begin to back away…I’m so sorry..I’m so sorry.Something stops me from digressing any further and I turn to see Hex. At this point, I just wish I was the one who got hit and not her…how do I face them all after the disaster I’ve caused?’Heather…hey, look at me…it’s not your fault. Please don’t blame yourself…Heather’Everyone will say it’s not your fault, trying to make the guilt go away but…this will never change
Glancing over at Odelia who’s talking to the pack’s beta’s mate, I wonder how I’m gonna shake her off so I can leave. Silver is so dead when I get him, how dare he leave me alone without even a word?‘Like you have an excuse yourself for what you did last night’ My wolf scoffs at me and my lips sew shut. Remorse funnels through my veins, making me feel sad for my insensitive action yesterday. I recall the look of utter shock and deep hurt in Harlow’s eyes and my heart convulses. How could I be so mean and thoughtless? I just let those hostile words flow from my mouth without thinking and now I’ve left them deeply hurt. Worst, I didn’t apologize for it. I have to leave this place. I get up from the barstool and Odelia looks my way instantly as if she’s been waiting for me to make a move. “Where are you going?”I don’t reply yet as I keep my gaze elsewhere, calculating how fast I can zip out of here, shift and sprint off before she’ll be able to chase after me. Sucking in a de
“He’s my mom’s older brother and the alpha of the pack she belonged to before she got together with dad” I give him my reply and quickly add, “He treasures mom like a gem and always flies over whenever she gets into any trouble”.“Oh…” He expels and I shrug, wondering what they must be talking about again. In our time of peril, it’s good to know we’ve got many allies willing to come to our help. In our time of need, we weren’t abandoned.And it turns out uncle Adams had been in company of alpha Charles, alpha Nyx, alpha Delano and alpha Caden. Together, they had taken their warriors with them to lend help to our pack in fending off the enemies' invasion.“In total, we got six traitors in cohorts with Kieran. Leon reached out to Ezra the moment they attacked so Nyx gave me a call and we got the others involved. We were already here in Canada when the call came through and those crazy nomads wouldn’t let us leave easily but Odelia and some warriors from your pack showed up and helped
Dad nods in support and says, “And Kieran’s gain in all this would be his heroic move to wipe out the perpetrators of the vicious act to gain favor from the masses. He wants the position of alpha representative of Canada. But….”“Why go as far as involve the nomads?” Hardin voices and they all look his way. True, Kieran could just get some unnamed rogues to do the work and get it over with. So why choose to get a whole pack involved as well? It makes no sense.“He’s not being reckless, he knows what he’s doing. Kieran wants to wage a war against me and to do that, he had to take out one of our strongest allies, the nomadic wolves. Tch, I should’ve seen this coming” He tusks at the end and steels his expression.“Yumi was most likely taken to cripple your resolve to fight against them, to keep you restrained while he crushes the whole pack” Uncle Gabriel adds, chagrined and dad only smirks effusively.“And then he’ll aim for even higher power…To stand at the apex of power, to rule
“It seems while I’ve been busy watching over the pack, you got busy maturing huh? You’re no longer that cute little cry baby” He suddenly says with a tease and I flush, embarrassed and ready to protest.But the warm smile he shows me, has me retreating and revealing a haughty smile, pride sprouting from the truth in his words. “I can become even better than this and surprise you in the future” I boast, receiving a bonk on the head.“Nah, I don’t think you need any more dose of maturity after this. We need you to remain our precious little girl forever, that’s much better and safe”.The hell? I fume, glaring at Harrison who wiggles his brows at me. “Safe- what the hell are you talking about?! You can’t keep me this way like this forever- I’m not some pampered pet!”But my protest only has my brothers laughing at me as I look down, boiling in anger and a red face from shame. Ugh, I’ll forever remain a little kid in their eyes…but then, I don’t feel bad at all.