Ella's POV"What do you mean by we are always home?" Kevin turned to me and asked.He looked confused as he looked at the road and I knew that he must feel more confused by what I had said and the excitement on my face. The men also mirrored the expression on his face. I tried to wipe away the smile on my face for their benefit but it just wouldn't come off."This isn't the way home." Damien argued, shaking his head.I smiled. I wasn't crazy. He was trying to be polite about it but I had no doubt that was what was on his mind. He didn't really know how to hide his emotions well.I cleared my throat before I began talking because I knew that I was going to talk a lot if I wanted to convince the men that I knew what I was saying."You see this place—" I said, pointing at the road. "—leads to the land of the blue river pack but it also leads home. If we turn left, we get to the blue river pack and if we go to the right, it leads to the blood moon pack. It is a route that connects both pa
Ella's POV"We go this way." I say to them, after we had walked for about an hour."Finally," Loki breathed and I could hear the relief in his voice.I was also relieved but it was for a different reason. The wolves of the blood moon pack might have no idea that there is a road like this that werewolves of the other clan could use to infiltrate their land but I doubted that it was the same for the wolves of the blue river pack.My heart was heavy since the beginning of this journey and it wasn't until I noticed that we were getting closer to home that I felt a bit of relief. What was I doing? I wasn't doing anything bad except going home but I hoped that no one from the blue river pack sees me or us.I didn't want to explain why Anna, the granddaughter of the mad granny of the blue river pack was traveling on a route that didn't lead to the pack's home and was with unidentified men that were not of the pack.It wasn't everyone in the pack that knew of my travel and where I had to go.
Ella's POV"Isn't that the second son of the alpha of the blue river pack?" Loki asked, his eyes peering into distance."I think that is him." Damien nodded as the men moved closer to us.I groaned. Of all the luck in the world, we had to have the shittiest one. Why did we have to run into Caleb of all the men that we could run into here? I wondered what he would do. Caleb was friendly and wasn't as agressive as his other two brothers but that didn't mean that I had to take his temperament for granted.He was a werewolf of the blue river pack and his father's blood ran in his veins. I didn't think that he would take lightly to people trespassing on their land but I hoped he wouldn't mind.I wondered who the other man with him was. He was older than Caleb for him to be a friend and I knew all of his uncles that I was sure this man wasn't family. They seemed to be comfortable with each other in a way and I didn't doubt that he was of the blue river pack.That made me more confused thoug
Ella's POVMy father? He was my father? I couldn't believe how easy it was to find him when I had thought that it was going to be hard and I was going to have to dig and do research but here he was in flesh and blood and I was amazed.For a while, I was stunned and couldn't talk. I didn't know what I could say and the words I wanted to say, I couldn't get them out of my throat.Actually, I didn't think I had actually thought what I would say to my dad if I find him. All that had been on my mind was finding him and now that I've done that, my brain seemed to gone down to freeze mode."My dad?" I asked, echoing his words.He moved closer to me, his arms widespread like he was ready to embrace me. His voice was thick and clogged with emotions when he spoke. "My daughter."I knew it was the truth. I could feel it in my veins as if his blood and the truth ran through them. My father was of the Blue River pack. The man before me was. I had sensed ever since I saw him that there was somethin
Kevin's POVI watched as Zeke's expression change at the news of Ariana's death and I felt partly guilty about it. After all, she had been working to protect me. Sadness crept into my heart and I felt pity for Zeke. He must have been looking forward to see his woman again.I wasn't sure he could still call her his woman though as they were never mated and it had been over two decades that they saw each other but she was his mate, regardless of the circumstances that they were in and I wondered how Ariana would react if she was alive and he called her his woman.I was curious about what broke them up but something told me that I had an idea of what it was. It must have been the difference in our packs. I had always thought that Ariana was bold but knowing that she fell in love with a wolf from the rival pack shone a different light on that. She was exceptional. Her father was as well. It wasn't a surprise that Ella was as tough as a nail. She had the blood of two courageous people runn
Ella's POV"How well can you fight?"I looked at my dad, wondering what had suddenly prompt the strange question and how we had moved from there.I racked my brain for the answer as I stared at him, wondering what he was expecting from me. I didn't want to say the wrong answer and disappoint him.I huffed, blowing out a gust of exasperated breath. I had met my father not up to five hours and I was already worried about disappointing him and trying to impress him.What was wrong with me?How did we get here so fast? We had talked about the rogues, how mum had died, how I left the land of the blood moon pack because I couldn't deal with her death and didn't want to stay where memories of her would bury me alive in grief and I told him of how the last five years with the blue river pack had been.I kept the embarrassing details to myself. There was really no need to tell him everything especially the ones that weren't necessary.I didn't tell him of how Kevin had rejected me as his mate
Ella's POV"Oh!" I groaned as I collapsed on the ground.My feet were weak and I was tired. I wanted to give up so many times during the training but dad wouldn't let me. He wouldn't even listen that I could summon black spiders to protect myself if the opponent I was fighting with was stronger than I was.He wouldn't listen and was only determined to train me as hard as he could. I suspected that he felt guilty about mum's death and blamed himself for not being there with her when she died. It seemed like he was trying to alleviate the guilt he felt by letting me know of all the fighting stances that he knew so I wouldn't die early as mum did.It would have been better if he could be with me but we both knew that he couldn't. I sighed, knowing that he was hurting and training me and telling himself that he was helping me to not die early was his own way of coping with his grief.Because I knew that, I found it hard to complain to him even though my eyes were turning and my insides we
Ella's POVDang. I was drained and felt like my soul was moving out of me. I collapsed on the ground with a hard thud after my training. I hadn't bene able to break out of dad's hold and he had been the one to take pity on me and let me go eventually.I felt horrible about being spared this time again than at the aches plaguing my body all over. He had let me go telling me to prepare for the training the next day.I let out a sigh as I turned on my side on the mat and groaned at the pain that went through all my body. At this rate, I wouldn't be surprised if I died within the next few weeks. Dad didn't have to worry about someone else killing me and cutting my life span short. With the way he was drilling me hard, he was more than enough to kill me.Kevin walked up to me and sat down beside me. "You did well today."I snorted. "You don't have to lie to me. I didn't. I'm not better off than yesterday.""Do you need a massage?" He asked rather than argue that I had actually done well.I