Shortly after the first scream pierced through the air, Henry received a frantic message from Ethan through their mind-link. They were under attack by rogues!“What is going on?” Eleanor asked, her worried gaze set upon the building they had just left.“Come,” he said, taking her hand and rushing towards the building. Who had the guts to attack him in his house?They were near the door when it burst open and a werewolf came flying through. Henry instantly positioned himself in front of Eleanor, standing between her and the werewolf. It was a rogue. One of Darkfall’s warriors shot through the door right after and pounced on the rogue.Eleanor looked from the pair and through the broken door. The ballroom was total chaos. Werewolves were running all over the place, some screaming, the warriors engaged with the rogues. She started towards the door, but Henry’s arm stopped her.“Don’t go in there!” he ordered.“I’ve got this,” she said, pushing his arm out of the way and hurrying towards
The she-wolves were taken aback by Eleanor’s strength and powerful aura–it was almost like an Alpha’s!Eleanor turned away from the dead rogue and walked towards the door, wiping blood from her face. “I’ll take you somewhere safe on the second floor,” she told them. “Stay there and don’t leave until everything is clear.”They removed the couch and she led them out of the room, the broken chair leg still gripped in her hand. She led the group to a safer lounge on the second floor and instructed them to keep the door shut.“Where are you going?” the she-wolf who’d taken charge of encouraging the others earlier asked when Eleanor made to leave.“I have to go help the others,” she said.Close Advisor’s wife scoffed. “You were just lucky down there. Do you think you are a warrior or something? You’ll just be a burden to them.”Eleanor ignored her and smiled at the she-wolf who had asked where she was going. “Stay here, okay? You’ll be safe.”She nodded, and Eleanor walked out of the door a
Eleanor held her breath as Henry unfastened her dress’s zipper. His knuckles brushed against her back, the soft touch causing tingles all over her skin.She only sucked in a breath when he stepped away to get fresh gauze. When he touched it to her back, she felt a mild sting. “Is it bad?” she asked.“Just a few bruises,” he said.“See? I told you I was fine,” she told him. She was trying to act normal. Like all of this was normal. Like he wasn’t standing behind her in all his naked glory. Her voice didn’t sound as normal as she wanted it too–it was strained, betraying her unsteady breathing.“It could have been worse,” he told her. His touch disappeared. Was he done? “You should never get into a fight without your wolf. I almost went crazy with worry.”She bit down on her lip. Was he really that worried about her? Was it because she had saved him all those years ago?“I’m trained to fight without my wolf,” she said. “You didn’t have to worry so much.”Training in both their human and
Eleanor lifted her eyes to his. She did not know how to feel about this. Was there a special connection between them she didn’t know about? She wished her wolf would wake up. Maybe she’d be able to clear some things up.Henry’s hand moved from her face to the back of her head. His fingers toyed with her hair, massaging small circles into her scalp. “You have no idea what you do to me,” he said, his gaze roving all over her face. “You have no idea how much I want to claim you as mine.”Eleanor bit down on her lip, unable to come up with a response. There was no more denying her attraction to him. If he wanted her right then, she wouldn’t stop him.But being reckless enough to give in to her physical desires was not the same as what he was talking about.He sounded as if he wanted to keep her by his side, and not on a temporary basis.“I want to mark you as my mate,” he said, taking her by shock.What? He wanted her as his mate?Her heart beat heavily, overwhelmed by his announcement. S
When Eleanor woke up the next morning, her head was against Henry’s chest, his heavy arm around her waist. They were in his bed. They had gone upstairs to his room at some point–after having sex twice in the infirmary.She pulled back and looked up at him. His eyes were closed, his breathing even. He was still asleep. A smile curved her lips as a fluttery feeling took over her insides.She was having a tough time believing all of this was true. She had finally found her destined mate, and it turned out to be him.All this time, he had been so close to her, and yet their paths had never crossed. And when they did, she didn’t even recognise him. Sure, that was because her wolf had been hiding, but…she felt like she should have known.How could she not have known?His eyes opened while she stared at him. “Hey,” he mumbled, his voice thick with sleep.“Hey,” she said, pressing a kiss to his jaw. A day’s growth of beard pricked her cheek. “Mate.”He smiled, the expression making him look m
The next day after feeling the pain in his mating mark and the vanishing connection to Eleanor, Thomas’s anxiety and frustration kept rising. This was especially because she was not taking his calls.Had this been her plan all along? To abandon him and run away with the other male? Was she doing this because he had brought Mia back to their pack?He even started regretting bringing Mia to the pack. He had been so focused on how having his mate could help him that he had not spared a thought about Eleanor.Him being with Mia hurt her. After so many years together, why couldn’t he prioritise her feelings? Sure, having his mate could help him, but was it worth it? He and Eleanor had been doing well leading the pack without any of them having their fated mates with them. If he had never brought Mia back, they would have been okay.Or, he should have handled his relationship with Mia differently. Just because he had brought her to the pack did not mean he had to have an intimate relationsh
Upon seeing Miller’s message, Eleanor quickly dialed Sophia’s number, but there was no response. She tried a few times, hoping that her friend would pick up.Each time there was no response, her heart sank further. As she recalled what had happened to Sophia in her past life, her anxiety grew. In her previous life, Sophia had been framed by Mia and accused of spying on the pack for their enemies.As a result, she was exiled to the northern borderlands, where she had died in conflict. At that time, Eleanor had not realised it was Mia who had framed her friend. But after Mia revealed her true colours after having her imprisoned, she put the pieces together.Mia had been removing everyone around her, turning them to her loyal followers. Those she couldn’t convert to her side, she got rid of.Sophia was Eleanor’s biggest ally in the pack, and she would never have betrayed her to side with Mia. So Mia had worked on an elaborate plan to get rid of her so Eleanor had no one to rely on.As th
Why did this ‘witness’, she wondered, have the same scent as the rogue she had encountered in Darkfall? Was it just a coincidence, or were the two of them from the same pack? Did they follow orders from the same person?“Which pack are you from?” she asked him.He only looked at her, saying nothing.She stepped closer, a threatening look on her face. “I asked what pack you come from,” she repeated.“Beta Miller captured him at the western border,” Mia chimed in. “He might be from the West Lake Pack, which has always wanted to carve out a territory in the western forest. After Beta brought him to the dungeons, I saw your friend come to see him in secret. I was concerned, so I told Alpha. Alpha Thomas searched her room and found evidence that she was sharing sensitive information about our pack to another pack to plan an attack.”Eleanor turned around and faced her. “Since when did you know the pack’s affairs so clearly?”“Since I’m now a member of this pack, shouldn’t I–”“Do you have