The following day we stood at the gates of Lundberg as the guards opened them for us, alpha Wayne was already waiting anxiously to hear the reason for our sudden arrival.
“Raven, how have you all been? I really do hope you haven’t come bearing bad news”. He said as he held my hand in both of his.
“No, alpha Wayne, you can relax”. I chuckled and I breathed out a sigh of relief.
“Well, that is very good to hear, so, in that case, I’m guessing you’re here to check in on Leo?”
“Yes I am”. I nodded with a nervous smile. “Is… is he better?”
“He’s still not awake unfortunately. But we do think it won’t be long until he does. Come on, let me take you to him”. He suggested as Dante and Izzy gave me a
Once again I had to leave Leo’s side and return back to camp. With Zach still out there, it uneased me to leave the nightwolves under little protection. When we left the gates of Lundberg, I could only hope that soon we would hear news of Caleb and my father’s return and success at finding and catching Zach, and that Leo would wake up and we could all start to move forward with our lives, no longer in fear of what hellish treachery would happen next. I had also been told by alpha Wayne that Violet had been taken back to Whitlock prison with the few guards and Whitlock men that had been instructed to start the build of the border wall. According to Wayne, Caleb still hadn’t decided whether to let Violet rot in a cell for the rest of her life or sentence her to treason by death or banishment. “What is it, Raven. You look as though you’re a million miles away in your thoughts?” Izzy asked as we slowed down our pace to a slow jog. “It’s nothing, I’m just thinking over a lot of things,
After our encounter with the rogues, we’d hurried our journey to the Whitlock border, even more concerned that the guards may have been attacked now that we knew Zach still had followers out there willing to obey his orders. We were relieved to see men starting the build of the wall, all untouched as the guards patrolled and kept the men protected. Seeing them all alive and safe with my own eyes assured me that Violet was locked away in the damp and darkened prison tower. We headed back to camp, keeping a watch at our backs for any rogues attempting to follow us, but when we reached the grounds of camp, I was astonished to see all the night wolves happily walking around, tending to the chores and gathering more wood for the camp fire. “You’re all back!” Grams gushed as she came bounding over toward us with a welcoming smile. “How was Leo, was he awake?” She asked after kissing me on the cheek. “No, but I did put my letter in his room”. “Oh”. She replied, with a sympathetic look.
Over the next few days we all worked together to keep the camp running smoothly and I started to slowly reintroduce the night wolves into hunting again. I took the lead but encouraged them to use their senses. To allow the earth beneath their feet feel the movement of their pray and to breathe in the air that would lead them the way of their next meal. For so long all of their senses had been weakened and almost completely diminished, it made them feel confused and frustrated to feel as though they were learning the advanced skills of a night wolf all over again.I had still avoided telling them of Zach’s rogues still lurking in the forest, and whilst they slept at night in the cabins, I’d secretly patrol the grounds with some of the guards, then come up with all different kinds of excuses to retreat to my cabin during the day to catch up on my rest. I could see how hard they were all trying to adjust being back on forest grounds after so many years of hiding away in the mountains, an
“Stop thinking so much about it and just feel it. Relax into the earth, you need to stop letting the fear control you!” I instructed the night wolves as they all sat crossed-legged on the forest floor. This was the third time over the last three days I had been trying to help them voluntarily shift into their wolf forms. With grams’s help we were trying to use the same techniques she had used on me, to rid me of my self doubt. But for them it was fear… fear that both their human and wolf forms felt. They were feeling so much mistrust with our world, scared to let their wolves come forward, only to be left vulnerable again, to be trapped, hunted down and used for someone’s own gain.I had taken the time to sit down with each of them, trying to reassure them that the world wasn’t the way they remembered it. No alpha was coming to claim them, and Zach wouldn’t make it past me, Dante and our guards to get to them. So long they had lived without connection to the world outside of the mount
“Damn you look amazing!” Leo panted as our lips crushed against each other’s mouths the moment we stepped inside the cabin. “Fuck I’ve missed you”. “I’ve missed you too. I love you so much”. I mumbled as we fervently kissed each other’s faces and lips, wanting to savour and soak in one another’s touch, smell and presence.“I love you! I never want to be apart from you again”. He growled as he stumbled into the bedroom, his hands wandering all over my back, the nape of my neck and my buttocks as my thighs tightened around his waist, immediately feeling the arousal of finally having him so close to me.We fell onto the bed with his body on top of mine as I fumbled with his shirt, vigorously trying to remove it from his chest that I so desperately wanted to feel with my own hands. We impatiently ripped away each other’s clothes, revealing our bear and heated skin to caress and grasp onto as our lips and tongues devoured each other’s mouths and necks in an inflamed frenzy. My hands trail
An instant smile spread across my face as I looked adoringly at Leo. In the three days since he’s been here, the night wolves have really taken a liking to him, but I could clearly see why. After our first night back together, me and Leo had woken up early to go hunting and he personally cooked the meat and sat around the fire with the night wolves and could see just how intimidated and sceptical they were of him, especially because they could sense his alpha blood, but instead of just ignoring them, or probing them with a million questions, he just sat there telling us all stories that his father used to tell him. He also told them about the times he used to train on Blue mountain and felt him and his father weren’t alone. The night wolves instantly became intrigued by that story and started to remember seeing a young teenage boy running and playing with his father, and they began to warm to him. Since that first morning, he has purposefully made time to get to know them, he’s helped
I led on the cool grass, calmly breathing the gentle breeze as I stared at the clear blue sky thinking about the fact that it had been tow weeks and three days since I put more focus onto Jocelyn and Frida but there was still no shifting from either of them. After our many attempts every single day, I’d take them somewhere quiet to relax, we’d all constantly shift and train in front of them, we’d encourage and optimistically tell them that they’d soon get it, but every time they closed their eyes and focused, it was as if they’d suddenly get stage fright or something, and the more they failed, the more they lost belief in themselves. I could personally understand a whole lot about not having that own self assurance and confidence in the abilities and strengths you can possess in just one claw. They both reminded me of myself and how I once was, and it made me count my blessings for how far I’d come and how different I was now. Once the wolfless pack girl, feeling like she had to hang
“You did well on your hunt today”. I complimented Patrick, Brandon and Gordon as we put away the leftovers from dinner. Today was their first time to hunt together without me supervising and they had come back with a deer and three rabbits. But with the guards, mother and grams leaving five days ago, there wasn’t so many of us to feed, so we had a lot of meat left over for the following mornings.“It felt so good to finally let our wolves hunt. Just to be out there enjoying the chase again”. Patrick commented looking pleased with himself.“Yes, we want to hunt for tomorrows dinner too. In fact, I think we’re going to want to do it every day!” Brandon chuckled as he put out the fire. “Our wolves picked up the scent so quickly, and we pounced on them before they got away. It was….”“Exciting?” I chimed, seeing the thrilling spark in his eyes.“Yes, exactly! And with all the training we’ve been doing too, my wolf has really been stretching it’s legs… it feels exhilarating”. “Well then,
“I have something for you all”. I grinned mysteriously at the women. We had just finished another training session, which I had kept up with for the last six weeks of becoming Luna to reassure them that my dedication to them wouldn’t change.“You have something… what?” Abigail asked curiously as they all grouped together in front of me.I walked over to my bag that I always stuffed a towel and change of shirt into, but today I had something else… something I knew they had been wanting since we first started our sessions.I took out the document and held it out for them to see. Their eyes all wandered along it, but I could see the puzzlement in their faces.“What is it?” Clarissa questioned as they all looked at me.“Its what you all wanted”. I smiled. “As Luna, I gave the proposal to your new alpha, and…. “ I paused to build up their anticipation. “And your alpha, was more than happy to sign it off. So, from now on, any female of Whitlock that does the appropriate training can become
“Wow look at our little girl”. Mother cooed as she and my father beamed at me in my wedding dress. “Soon to be a Luna”. She sniffled as father subtly wiped a tear that was about to escape his eye.“She’s not so little now, is she?” Father commented as he let out a heavy bittersweet exhale. “Our little girl… going to be the Luna”. He said as he shook his head trying to accept how much had changed. “You have come so far, my girl, all on your own strength”. “She really has, hasn’t she”. Mother agreed with a watery smile as I grinned bashfully at them, swaying my dress side to side, listening to the sound of the material swooshing.On the surface I looked confident and excited, but in reality my hands were sweating and so were my legs. I couldn’t wait to marry Leo, but every member of our pack were going to be at the ceremony today and to celebrate with us afterward. Having all of that kind of attention and eyes on me was something I still wasn’t used to, and in a way, I kind of missed t
I stepped out of the bathroom with a towel secured around my chest as I dried my hair with another. I inwardly smiled as through the balcony glass doors, I could see the sun was beginning to set, so I walked out to the edge and rested my arms on the balcony wall looking out at Whitlock. Apart from a few children running and laughing on their way home from the lake, it all felt so warm, peaceful and safe. I closed my eyes and took in a deep breath, savouring the cool spring air and my heart thumped cheerfully at how happy I was to finally be back home.I had arrived back late last night, and the first thing I did as rush to Leo’s room and woke him up with a kiss on his cheek, and the moment he opened his eyes, he wrapped his arms around me, pulled me onto the bed and frantically tore each other’s clothes off from the yearning arousal we had the moment we were back in each other’s arms. The next morning, I surprised my parents for breakfast and told them all about how Clemonte was comin
Nine weeks had come and gone… Nine weeks I had once again been away from home, and I was missing it more and more each day. Me and Leo had been able to speak twice a week on the phone, and I knew by his voice he was feeling the same as I was about us being apart for so long. But with his own duties, his training and taking over my classes with the she-wolves, there was just no time for him to visit.I had many conversations with Caleb and Wayne, and it was decided that Jonah would come to Clemonte with Wayne’s sister, Diana and her mate Corbin in just another weeks time. According to Wayne, most of Corbin’s family had since moved on to other packs and they had already been contemplating a new chapter in their lives, so it didn’t take as much persuasion as Wayne had thought. Jonah would help them for six months to settle in and learn their new roles as alpha and Luna to Clemonte, and with a son and daughter of their own, if they chose to mate with one of Clemonte’s members, that would
For the following week, me and my night wolves had taken over the rule of Clemonte. When Robert had killed James and we locked up his people, I spoke to both Caleb and Wayne about what had happened, and I was surprised by how relieved they sounded of his demise. But with no heirs, they had both asked that we begin to lead Clemonte back into shape until they could find someone to be its next ruler.We had no intentions of being cruel to them, neglect them or bully them whilst we were here, but from the way James and his pack house lived, there were clearly no strict rules, authority or structure. James always lived behind his wall that surrounded the pack house with his guards, their wives and whatever women they had become fond of and made the cut to living within his home.It baffled us at how little the rest of his people ever saw him or had protection from him or his guards. Every day, we let his people come out three times a day for fresh air, food and water, but we always kept th
We stormed all the way through the forest, until our tongues were hanging out of our mouths, and we were panting for breath. Luckily for our breed, the desire to protect and hunt down anyone targeting our own was stronger than the ache in our legs and the hunger in our stomach’s.As soon as we had Clemonte in sight, it gave us even more of a push to run faster. We sped along, growling deep in our chests as we stormed through his broken fence and across the field. Foolish James thought his mere wall would stop any intrusions but together as a pack we all rushed to it as a unit and smashed our bodies into it, smashing it to the floor, causing everyone outside of the pack house to scream and shout in alarm. We quickly rolled back onto our feet and began chasing all the men and women as they tried to flee or shift into their wolves. We’d grab them in our mouths, piercing their skin with our teeth, enough to cause them pain and submission but not to kill, and knocking them off their feet a
One month later:“Another successful session everyone!” I chimed to all the women as they wiped the sweat from their foreheads and walked toward me, panting with breaths.“Are we always going to be able to train? Because I don’t think I can go back to how things were before”. Clarissa asked as the other women nodded in agreement.“Of course. We’ll continue our sessions for as long as you all want to”. I responded, noticing the hopefulness in their eyes.“Oh, good, cause I haven’t had this much fun in a long time, and now I feel like I’m… I’m”. “Powerful?” Laura finished her sentence as Clarissa tried to find the right word.“Yes! Yes, that’s it”. She exclaimed. “I feel like I don’t have to be so scared now if any threat comes to our border again”. “Yea, me too”. All the other women agreed in unison“That’s amazing! That’s exactly why we’re doing these classes, it’s what I want you all to feel”. I smiled, seeing the passion in their eagerness to train.“But is there more?” Jodie quiz
You really think they could handle training alongside men?” Caleb asked with a doubtful frown as I filled out the progress of each she-wolf on their training forms.“Yes, I do”. I answered adamantly as I glanced up from the paperwork, but his frown didn’t shift.“But they’ve only been training for three weeks”. “Yes, but you should see them! They’re so determined to improve. They bring their A – game to every session. They’re honestly so skilled already”. “I don’t know”. Caleb sighed as he signed off the schedule sheets for the patrol shifts.I slumped my shoulders in annoyance that he wouldn’t even attend one session to see just how incredible the women of our pack were. For once they were given the opportunity to show their capability, and I was the first to say how impressed I was. “Could you at least consider it? Just think of all the new opportunities it would open up for them. They could help patrol the borders or become palace guards! They’d be so good at it, and I can see ho
I dragged him through the dirt, along the sharp stones, branches and thorns as he winged as my teeth still dug into his flesh and begged for me to let him go, but I knew a man like James and his pack needed a strong enough warning so that me and the other night wolves could be free to roam.The rest of the men all whimpered and didn’t try to retaliate as we led them all back to their land. We finally reached the border at first light as the ground beneath us now lay frosty and the grass was damp but the forest around us smelt fresh and earthly rich.We stopped at their dilapidated fence, and I glanced back at the night wolves to make some noise and they all howled together to alert Clemonte of our arrival. Moments later, James and a gathering of his men came out from his pack house walls and stopped at the top of the field, looking at us with apprehension. I dropped the man from my mouth and growled and he didn’t hesitate to try and scramble to his feet as he clutched his shoulder. He