I inhaled a long relaxed breath as my head rested on Leo’s chest, with my eyes closed I gratefully basked under the hot sun. We’d been coming here every evening for the last week since we took Zach to his death, just to remind ourselves why we bestowed him such a vicious death. It was for this… for everything we were so close to never experiencing again. Of course, the night he died, it did plague me, Leo, Izzy and Dante at first, we had barely spoken a word to each other when we walked away. We felt a slight sense of guilt, almost convincing ourselves that we must be monsters to allow him to die such a painful death, but when me and Leo woke up the next morning safely in each other’s arms and no longer a black cloud over our heads, we actually felt relief. We felt safe, calm and ready to move on with our lives, leaving the pain of what happened behind us, including the ones who caused it.Caleb had announced to the entire pack the following day after Zach’s death that they no longer
One week later:It was surprising and interesting to see how quickly everyone including myself and Leo were trying to readjust to pack life. Both of my parents had resumed their responsibilities almost the moment they set foot back into Whitlock, and the usual hustle and bustle of the village paths began every morning and evening just as it used to, and sometimes I’d look out my bedroom window and watch them all pass by. They’d causally greet each other, wave and smile and I’d sometimes feel this strange notion in my stomach from how normal and unaffected everything seemed to be, as if the last year never happened.Even though a wall was still being built right in front of their eyes, no one seemed to take any notice of it, or even of the shambled trees along the border that had been snapped and ripped apart during the battle. Of course, it was only natural that everyone wanted to get on with their lives, especially now that we all felt a lot safer and had finally destroyed our enemie
As I sat patiently whilst he wrote down the last part of his notes, he finally looked up at me with a warm smile.“Right, now that’s sorted, is there anything else you wanted to discuss, before I have to head off and be stuck in my office for the rest of the day?” “Actually, yes. There was one other thing?” I mentioned reservedly as I was unsure if he’d take to my second idea as well as he did with my first.“Ok, well, tell me”. He encouraged heartily, with a keenness to hear more.“Well, it’s actually about Zach and Luke”. I started and he instantly frowned with confusion.“What about them? Don’t tell me there is a fourth person they were working with…” He said with a hesitated look in his eyes.“Oh, no, it’s nothing like that”. I smiled with a dismissive wave of my hand.“Thank goodness for that!” He breathed out a sigh of relief with an amused grin.“No, it’s just about the pack they came from, Clemonte..”“Ok, and what about it?” He asked with a curious expression.“Well, I don’t
I left Caleb’s office whilst he spoke to his beta about our plans to visit Clemonte, so I decided to head straight to the training grounds and tell Leo. I walked toward the wired fence and smiled with adoration at how hard he was working to rebuild his strength. From the weeks we spent training the night wolves and the long sessions he’s been putting in this last week, I could see his muscles were a lot more visible now, especially his biceps and the arches along his neck and shoulders. It was a sight I could marvel at all day long. In fact, I could feel myself tingling at the thought of having him all to myself later tonight and running my hands down his bronzed, toned abs.He looked my way when he saw me approaching and flashed me a mischievous wink and a smile that had my stomach in flutters. He told his sparring partner to take a break and as I walked through the gate, he instantly wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me in for a kiss. Even with the sweat running down his fa
Here we stood, distastefully gawking at the rickety and dishevelled fencing that ran along Clemonte’s border. Caleb, Arnold and myself all passed each other the same judgemental and shocked glances. The wooden pillars and barbed wire was barely hanging on to each other, it looked as though it could barely keep a skunk off their land, let alone any vicious rogues. All I could think was, how easy pickings the members of this pack were to any savages passing by. There was even no sign of guards patrolling the area and checking their unprotected perimeter.Caleb took the lead and opened the dilapidated gates, and as they creaked open, Arnold and I followed closely behind, waiting for someone to approach and demand for us to reveal our names, but as we stood awkwardly waiting, we were in disbelief when no one came. No one had noticed that three strangers had walked right through their gate and onto their land.“But we could be anyone!” I exclaimed to Caleb and Arnold as we glanced around a
We all sat with our drinks as James mingled through the group of women and men that hung around the gathering pit as they chugged down drink after drink of wine and ale. There seemed to be no code of respect or boundaries, as he would flirt and grab the ass cheeks of most of the women whilst their mates stood close by. In fact, they all seemed extremely forward with one another. I noticed one man with a bonding ring on his finger kissing the lips of one woman, then moments later he was sitting with a different woman on his lap as they flirted and giggled to each other, with his hand running up and down her thigh, and her hand toying with the buttons on his shirt.I kept cringing and shivering from the way they were all collectively interacting with one another, but fortunately as they were all so distracted, me, Caleb and Arnold would sneakily pour away some of our drinks onto the ground after Caleb flashed us a look not to take a sip as soon as they were handed to us. We just watched
We all sat with our drinks as James mingled through the group of women and men that hung around the gathering pit as they chugged down drink after drink of wine and ale. There seemed to be no code of respect or boundaries, as he would flirt and grab the ass cheeks of most of the women whilst their mates stood close by. In fact, they all seemed extremely forward with one another. I noticed one man with a bonding ring on his finger kissing the lips of one woman, then moments later he was sitting with a different woman on his lap as they flirted and giggled to each other, with his hand running up and down her thigh, and her hand toying with the buttons on his shirt.I kept cringing and shivering from the way they were all collectively interacting with one another, but fortunately as they were all so distracted, me, Caleb and Arnold would sneakily pour away some of our drinks onto the ground after Caleb flashed us a look not to take a sip as soon as they were handed
“Be faster with your maneuvers. As soon as you see a weak point, you attack!” I advised my new group of trainees. With Caleb’s permission and him sending letters to every household, it was my first day teaching the first lot of female members. Some of them looked geared up and excited to begin, whereas others were a bit more timid. But watching them now in their wolf forms as they paired up and sparred with one another. They were panting as they fought, but I was amazed at how fast they took to my guidance and quickly they learned, but most of all, I felt such a sense of pride seeing our women learn to fight, not just for our pack but for themselves.I consistently shouted instructions to them with a smile on my face from seeing just how capable they all were, and that most of them were so willing to train and looked to be enjoying every minute. For five days a week I get to train all the women here, and I couldn’t wait to see just how strong
“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