I sauntered down the hallway heading to Cassar's office.My limp from the previous night, barely noticeable.The same two guards still watching the door. When they heard me coming, their backs stiffened and they stood up straighter. They each moved a step closer to the door.I stood in front of the identical males, sizing them both up. They looked like the perfect guard dogs. More Doberman, then wolf.The one kept looking straight ignoring me, while the other quickly took in my bruised face, flinched, then looked away.It had only been a couple of hours since my fight with the Alpha. Thanks to my shifter healing, the damage wasn't too noticeable.Though Cassar had never actually hit me, which had only angered me more, tumbling down stairs and bashing into furniture still did a number on me.We were both black and blue with scratches all over our faces. Nothing worth scaring, especially since the wolfs-bane on my ring had worn off. Why they called it wolfs-bane when it affected every k
I couldn't help but glance at the wall full of weapons, guessing which one Harlen would use to skin the annoying wolves alive with.Harlen saw my glance, smirking. She had probably already made that decision.Before I could respond, the same sneering voice from the last time spoke up from one of the couches."Why are you here?" He hissed. This time I did turn to see who the voice belonged to.He looked the same as he sounded. He was tall, all skin and bone. Everything about him looked scrawny and sharp. His face especially.He reminded me of a sneering weasel. He had small beady eyes, a small pointy nose, a small sharp chin. Graying thin hair at the top of his head. He looked a bit like my own father. Acted like him too."I came for the meeting," I told him with an innocent smile on my face."This meeting does not concern you." He seethed."Considering this meeting is about her. I would have to say it concerns her, Alf." Harlen scowled at him from the chair in front of Cassar's desk.
Before his sentence was even out of his mouth, Cassar was on him.Cassar shoved Alfred up against the bookcase, holding him by the neck. Alf squirmed in fear, his feet not even touching the ground.In a terrifyingly calm voice that held utter rage behind it, Cassar whispered. "I am tired of you disrespecting my mate, and your future Luna. Do it again, and you will find yourself hanging in the gallows by your organs. And that is a promise."With one more shove, Cassar let go of the male. Alf dropped to his knees, trying to make up for all the lost breaths Cassar had taken from him.Cassar just strode back to his chair like nothing had happened. Like that was normal.A thick silence hung in the air.When he was sitting comfortably, he looked directly in the eyes of every wolf in the room. Anger simmering behind his lids.A few of the pack members who wanted to feed me to the lions sat back nervously. Harlen sat down in her own chair smiling smugly. Nora shook her head at the whimpering
"I thought finding out you were a fox meant no more secrets." Cassar frowned at me.I belted out a laugh. When I calmed down enough to speak I looked back at him. I wiped a fake tear from my eye. "Oh honey, you know nothing."He frowned but didn't comment, not pressing me for more details. Which I appreciated. He brought the conversation back to our initial topic. "Now some of the council are pissed that you are a fox.""Why tell them at all?"Cassar walked to the window, contemplating. "The sooner they know, the sooner they will get over it.""Wow, your pack really has a thing against foxes." I mused. "It's not surprising, but still.""Only some," Cassar explained. "A lot of them are old school. They still believe that wolves are the dominant creature."The way Cassar said it, it was clear that he did not agree. That he was almost embarrassed by them."Your pack is known for that opinion," I remarked. A few years ago they some members of the Viribus Pack had murdered hundreds of crea
She shook her head. "It all depends on the Alpha. Cassar gives us the option of what we want to call him. Some call him Alpha, others call him Cassar. It's our decision.""Well," I started. "in that case I think I'll call him-""We have the option between Alpha and Cassar. That's it." She clarified, following me deeper into the forest."So I shouldn't call him scum of the earth bacteria? Or Barbarous Bastard? Heartless jerk tard? An inbred Mutt?""I dare you to try and see what happens."I gave her a mischievous grin. "Oh I will."She rolled her eyes. "I bet he'll love the inbred comment.""You think so?" My eyes filled with hope. "It really describes his roots. Where he comes from. His heritage, you know?"She realised I had started walking again. "I know what you're doing. If you keep going I will have to alert Cassar.""Then I'll be able to try my new nicknames on him." I beamed.Harlen wasn't impressed.Then I smelt him. The musky dirt smell became stronger and stronger. I was clo
I also ignored the fact that he was buck naked. Some shifters preferred to stay in their animal form full time. I heard he was one of them. For him clothing would be nothing but a pain.I had met many shifters who preferred no clothes. At this point, I was used to it. A body was just a body. It made no difference to me if they were wearing a snowsuit or birthday suit. I just kept my eyes trained on his.He stood five steps away from me. He crossed his arms over his chest. Still glaring at me for disturbing his slumber, or meal. Who knew, maybe I was the meal."I have a deal with the Alpha that his pack members would not bother me." The giant bear seethed. His voice gruff, as if he hadn't used it in a long time. "How did you get here?""Well it's a good thing I'm not a pack member then.""You walk on his land. You keep with his warrior." He nodded towards a pissed off Harlen through the trees, growling at the both of us. Close enough for her to see us, but far enough that she couldn't
Finally deciding Baras had done nothing to hurt me, Cassar let go of his throat and took a small step away from the bear. Unfortunately it was closer to me. Keeping a barrier between Baras and I."Wait. You mean, your mate refuses your mating bond, and you have to imprison her to stay with you?" Baras asked, eyes wide.At the same time, I said yes, Cassar said no. We both took a moment to glare at each other.Then for the first time I met Baras, his mouth turned into a smile. A laugh boomed from his chest as he doubled over, clutching his gut.I couldn't help but laugh with him. Cassar just glared at us both, his back straightening from his predatory stance."It is kind of funny if you think about it." I giggled.Baras wipes a tear from his eye. "It's not funny, it is sad."Cassar rolled his eyes, glaring at the two of us."I needed that." I sighed with a smile on my face, after calming down. "On that note, I'm going to go."I turned around heading for the mouth of the cave, rememberi
There was a soft knock on the bedroom door. I ignored it.After the hundredth time it seemed like I was finally operated enough to open it.Stomping to the door I swung it open full speed. Instead of seeing an irritated Alpha. I saw two wide eyed little girls.They were two little girls. One of them was the little girl that had dropped off her Geronimo Stilton books for me to read. The other seemed to be her little sister.I swooped down to the height of the little girls. It wasn't hard considering the older one was almost as tall as me. One seemed to be around ten while the other was half her age."Hello." I said sweetly to them, giving them a small wave.They both looked at me bashfully, small smiles tugging at their lips."Hi." The older one whispered.I stuck my hand out for them to shake. "I'm Vienna. What are your names?"The little one raised her head first, grabbing my hand. I smiled at the girls sticky hand."I'm Remy." She said confidently."Nice to meet you Remy." I smiled.
It took three days for Baras to disappear. I had left the pack house to annoy him to death when I found an empty cave.The man-eating bear had run in the middle of the night to get away from me and the three days of hell according to him.I couldn’t help the smile on my face as I ran back to the pack house.For the next couple of weeks, I forced myself to go slow. I needed full health for my next plan.It wasn’t even noon yet when Cassar came strolling through the apartments front door. Perfectly tousled hair, dark scruff against his jaw, and a smirk on his lips.It was actually an awkward moment since I was right in the middle of going through all the classified documents he kept in a locked drawer beside his desk.He raised a brow and smirked, catching me red handed.I smiled innocently as I causally stood up, folding pages and putting them back inside.“I just thought I would be helpful by reorganizing.” I batted my eyelashes.Cassar wasn’t having it as he closed the door behind hi
It took three days for Baras to disappear. I had left the pack house to annoy him to death when I found an empty cave.The man-eating bear had run in the middle of the night to get away from me and the three days of hell according to him.I couldn’t help the smile on my face as I ran back to the pack house.For the next couple of weeks, I forced myself to go slow. I needed full health for my next plan.It wasn’t even noon yet when Cassar came strolling through the apartments front door. Perfectly tousled hair, dark scruff against his jaw, and a smirk on his lips.It was actually an awkward moment since I was right in the middle of going through all the classified documents he kept in a locked drawer beside his desk.He raised a brow and smirked, catching me red handed.I smiled innocently as I causally stood up, folding pages and putting them back inside.“I just thought I would be helpful by reorganizing.” I batted my eyelashes.Cassar wasn’t having it as he closed the door behind hi
“So.” I smirked, looking at them expectantly. “You gonna kick me out now?”The six wolves just started laughing. And wouldn’t shut up.I looked at them expectantly. “Any day now.”“Of course not.” Vita smiled softly at me. “The longer you are here, the more you prove how much you deserve to be our Luna.”The others nodded their heads, agreeing with her.My jaw dropped.“What is wrong with you wolves?” I cried. “I mean I get Cassar still being obsessed with me. He’s a freak.”Cassar shrugged his shoulders.“But you guys? You’re supposed to be the smart ones.”The wolves just smiled softly at me.“To be honest, I didn’t want you to be our Luna.” Rose spoke up. The words surprising coming from such a sweet female. “I grew up hearing horror stories about foxes. Everyone has heard the stories of the Queen of Tricks who is driven by selfish greed.”She stared at me intensely. Her words were soft. She apologizing to me.“But then you risked your life to save those pups. You stood up to the F
The wolves jaws loosened too. No one was expecting me to offer them that kind of information.“Why would you want to help him?” Harlen scoffed icily. “He’s bottom of the barrel.”I held up a figure, stopping her. “No, that’s Cassar.”“Why?” Cassar asked. His face was serious as he considered my offer.I shrugged a shoulder. “I have my reasons.”“Not unless I know.”I clicked my tongue. “I guess you’re never going to know my secrets then.”I needed to let Baras free, but I knew it would take a lot for Cassar to agree. So I was willing to give him the second thing he wanted most. My story.Sometimes, sacrificing a little bit of yourself for someone else was necessary.But only once in a while.“Answer one question.” Cassar crossed his arms.I raised a brow, urging him on.“Is he a danger?” He asked. His question was heavy but a good one.I thought about it. “Probably.”“Then I cannot let him go.” Cassar said.“Cass, we’re shifters. We’re all dangerous.” I replied. “But if you meant to a
Days had passed and Cassar had refused to let me out of his sight. Apparently I was hazardous to and by myself. Jokes on him, I was hazardous either way.But that just meant days of staying in bed with an overprotective alpha threatening anyone who dared get close. He was more beast then man at this point.Apparently it was normal for wolves in these types of circumstances. Their instincts went way out of wack for the need to protect.I just found it annoying.The only creatures brave enough to face him was Harlen and the doctor. Aiden tried but Cassar almost bit his head off when I said I would love for Aiden to warm my bed with me.Cassar said I wasn’t as funny as I thought.It didn’t matter too much though considering the amount of drugs the doctor had me on. I could only stay awake for an hour at a time and even that was a sketchy hour.The doctor had done some serious damage, or he had fixed some serious damage according to Cassar.Either way I was out of it.Slowly I raised my a
In no time Cassar entered the pack village.Wolves lived throughout the whole territory, but the majority of the wolf families lived in the small town. Every pack had one, though Viribus’s town was bigger than others.The village looked like a normal cluster of homes. Though it was designed to give wolves privacy away from prying human eyes.If any wolf needed something they would have to travel to the closest human town for food, schooling, and more. Though every pack had a doctor who specialized in shifters.Cassar neared an old house in the pack village, not far from the pack house. It was well taken care of with white siding and blue shutters.The front door swung open, the wolves inside waiting for our arrival.A male with grey curly hair rushed forward.Cassar knelt down so the doctor could carefully pull me off of his back.His hands were solid, yet gentle. He smelt like disinfectant and evergreen. Signs of a true wolf doctor.The doctor held me up as we walked towards the pack
The female was just trying to protect her pack. She saw me as the enemy and she had the guts to do something about it. I could respect that. Even if she was all wrong about it.He didn’t say anything, an angry scowl lined his face. His eyes glazing over. Mind linking the rest of the pack.I only sat there for a moment before my brain started working again. “You’re naked.”I attempted pushing myself away from his grasp. “I’m wearing pants.”“Well do you own a shirt?”His one hand held onto my wrists, not letting me get very far. Cassar’s eyes grew twice the size as he saw all of my blood.“Where is the pack doctor?” He barked.I rolled my eyes at him, wiggling out of his grip. “I’m fine.”“No. You’re not.” He growled, running his arms along my own. Checking all of my injuries.“Yes. I am.” I told him slapping his hands away.I rolled on my ankles falling on my butt. I did my best to hide the pain.“You have to stop this.” He growled shaking his head, assessing how bad my injuries were.
Teddy was bigger and younger then her, but he was still new. They were both trained fighters, but Teddy was not as experienced. His movements weren’t sure. His attacks were not powerful enough. The older wolf used that to her advantage.I lunged my broken body forward, reaching for a piece of metal. It was jagged, thin and long. I didn’t know what part of the car it came from, but it would do.It was the only source of weapon I could find on such short notice. I cursed myself for not grabbing my gun earlier. I never learned.I almost cried in pain as I rolled to my hurt shoulder. Freeing my good arm, I took aim.The female pushed Teddy off of her. She scratched at his underbelly. Fur flew all over the place as they wrestled.“Teddy, down.” I screamed at him.In one fluid motion he dropped to the ground. The female was shocked as I sent the metal flying towards her rib cage.This time, it didn’t go through the target. The piece of metal lodged itself between two of her ribs.She howled
A weak smile spread across my cracked lips at the realization. I no longer had dark spots lining my vision. Vile wasn’t rising from my throat. My body didn’t feel like it was being pulled back to a certain asshole alpha.I had broken the blood-tie. It must have snapped during the crash. It’s only unfortunate that I crashed the car before I could get even further.I would have done a maniacal laugh if my rib cage wasn’t in my throat.The forest was now deadly calm. Any animals around would have already run for the hills from the Ferrari loosing control.I shuddered at the scene in front of me. Fallen trees littered the ground. The fast car had been pulverized into nothing. Pieces of the vehicle flown about the crash site. Glass littered the forest floor.I had to get out of here before Cassar killed me just for hurting his trees.I struggled to sit up. My muscles screamed at me to stay where I was. I spit out some blood that pooled in my mouth.I almost vomited at the sight of myself.