Promised to the Alpha

"Nicole, did you hear?" Shelby asks me."Hear what?" I ask."About the new alpha," she says. I stare at her, confused."What do you mean 'new alpha'?" I ask."There's a new alpha coming to visit," Shelby says. "One from a neighboring pack.""That's odd," I say. I'm not sure we've ever had a visit from another pack's alpha."I don't know what to make of it," Shelby says."Me either," I reply."I have to go help my mom," Shelby says. "See you tonight?""Of course," I say."I'll let you know if I hear anything else," she says, and then she turns and walks down the path toward her house.I stare after her. I'm not sure why, but this news about the new alphas visit makes me feel very uneasy. I don't have to be anywhere for hours, so I decide to go for a walk to clear my head. I walk through the woods behind my house, admiring the tall, strong trees. It's a sunny day, so the sun shines through the trees, making the leaves sparkle with life.I reach the clearing near the o

The rest of the dinner party is uneventful. The guests do their best to try to engage me in conversation, but I keep to myself as much as possible. I'm worried that I might say something that reveals the secrets I'm holding inside.I'm also worried that I might slip and just lose it. If my emotions were ever going to come back to the surface, I'm sure it would be tonight. I'm on edge, more than I can remember ever being.I'm barely able to keep it together around the guests. I'm sure other members of the pack have noticed. But they don't know what to say to me. Nobody does.After a couple of hours, everyone leaves, and I excuse myself to go upstairs to bed. Falling asleep is a struggle. I cannot stop thinking about the prophecy.When I do finally manage to drift off, I dream of the new alpha.He's walking toward me with a look of kindness on his face. He extends his hand and helps me off the ground. But as I get to my feet, I realize that I'm standing on the edge of a cliff. I'm

No matter how hard I try to get answers, my mother won't tell me anything else. She's just as determined as everyone else is to keep me from the truth it seems. And I feel betrayed by her. I feel betrayed by my best friend. I feel betrayed by everyone. Eventually, she leaves and I'm on my own. I take some time to read and I watch some TV. I try to do everything I can to distract myself.Then, I walk around the room. I try to look for an escape. I look for any possible way out or any explanation.As expected, I find nothing. They're too smart to make it easy for me to escape or find information. There's no way I'm fighting my way out of here. I'm stuck until someone tells me the truth or until they finally believe that I'm loyal.I don't understand it at all. I have always been nothing but loyal to the alpha of my pack. I've never even thought of going against him until now. I don't know what they're seeing in me, but it's not true. I am loyal. They have no reason to do this to m

It's wild how once everything fades to black, the world seems so much brighter when my eyes finally open. It doesn't seem like I've been out for long, but my body is sore. The ground underneath me feels wet. It feels like my whole world has changed.Even though it's night, I have no trouble seeing. But I’m terrified by what I see, so I quickly reclose my eyes.Of course, I can’t keep my eyes closed forever. What I'm seeing is horrific. There are bodies all around me, covered in blood. Their limbs are ripped off at unnatural angles. Their life coats the forest floor.All of the wolves who were chasing me are dead. These are wolves from my pack. These are wolves who I grew up with. They are wolves who I've loved.I wonder what happened. I wonder why I'm still alive. I wonder...I look down at my hands and see that they're covered in blood. But I don't have very many marks on me. This blood is someone else’s blood.I look back at my pack members who look like something powerful ha

All I want is to be able to see what's going on outside. But I don't think it'll be that easy. The guards don't look like they’re willing to let me out of here. But I can at least try.“Excuse me,” I say, as politely as possible. “I'd like to leave my room. I have something I'd like to tell Gavin.”“I'm truly sorry,” a bulky, blonde guard says, fixing his blue eyes upon me with a stern gaze. “We’re supposed to keep you here. Especially right now. “I hope you understand that you're not a prisoner. You haven't done anything wrong. But we're just trying to keep you safe. It's essential that we keep you safe.”I'm so tired of everyone not telling me things. I'm so tired of people trying to keep me safe. I don't understand why. It's so frustrating. I don’t want any part of this. “Can you at least tell me what this is about?” I ask. “I know something's going on outside. I deserve to know what it is.”The two men look at each other with the uneasy gaze. At least uneasy means that mayb