Penelope When I wake up, Donovan has already left our room. I shouldn’t be surprised; he probably has a bunch of Alpha duties to keep him busy. Even if I'm not surprised, I can't help the sadness that works its way into my body and my mind. He has made such a big deal about today being my birthday. I thought I would’ve at least gotten to see him this morning. I breathe out as I drag myself out of bed. I still feel extremely hot, but at least it wasn’t as bad as last night was. I grab out a sundress and some sandals and walk out of my room. Maybe we can go by the lake or some body of water today and swim. It would be nice to cool off in the water. As I walk out the door, I notice at Vince and Simon outside my door. I smile as I ask, “Morning, guys. Do you know where Alpha Stone is?”I notice Simon seems to sniff the air as he answers, “In a meeting.” I nod, “Okay, have you guys had breakfast yet? Would you want to join me?”Vince answers, “Miss, it’s our job to follow you no matter
Penelope My body seems to ache from missing Donovan. All day long, I’ve only seen him from a distance. And the moment from this morning continues to play in my head on repeat, making my knees weak every time I catch a glimpse of him. He’s yet to wish me a happy birthday, and it makes me wonder if he forgot about it. I know that I’ve said that birthdays aren’t a big deal, and they aren’t. But… it’s disappointing when Donovan acted like it was a huge thing. Every time that I thought I’d have a chance to be around him, he ended up getting distracted by Pete and Alpha Fletcher. He forces a polite smile, but I can see in his eyes that he wants to get away from them. It makes me wonder how these meetings have been. Have they said or done something to upset him? Or does he just not like them? I know that this has something to do with their alliance, but honestly, if it were up to me, I wouldn't want an alliance with them. Pete is downright creepy and Alpha Fletcher seems... strict. Dinn
Donovan Being with Penelope is magical, and she is absolutely irresistible. I wasn’t planning on marking Penelope like that. But I couldn’t take it anymore, the tingles, her scent, the way she would moan or grind against me. It was driving me crazy, and I had to make her mine. What surprised me, though, was the way she was yelling at me. I didn’t realize she had the balls to stand up to me and I couldn’t help but watch her with an amused smile.This girl hasn't raised her voice to me once since she came to the pack. Seeing her like this was amusing, but when she fell to her knees because of the pain, I knew that the combination of me marking her, it being a Lunar Eclipse, and her getting so angry has caused her shift to happen abruptly. I do what I can to calm her down, but my heart breaks seeing how much pain she is in. She suddenly shifted, and her body fell, and her head fell into my lap. I pet her fur as I tell her, “You did it, Penelope. You did it.”I take a moment to admire
Penelope What has happened to me? My senses are heightened. My vision is sharper. I feel like I could smell something a mile away, but fear overtook my body over anything else. I scrambled from Donovan’s lap and stared at him with wide eyes. I don’t understand what’s happening. My wolf was in charge, and she seemed spooked, too. So, when the opportunity occurred for her to run, that’s what she did. She was trying to get us outside. She wanted to smell the fresh air and feel the breeze in our fur. All she wanted was to get outside and grounded in nature, so it would stop the panic that causes our heart to race. But as soon as we left Donovan, we got surrounded by tons of unknown people. Donovan came to my rescue as fast as he could, and he blocked me from Pete’s gaze. My heart swells with love and pride for this man and I wish I had stayed in the room with him. I hate the way that everyone else is looking at me like I'm some spectacle to gawk at. I don’t like Pete and when he said
Donovan I’m not tired. After everything we went through today, you'd think I would be ready to crash and enjoy this moment where we don't have to run. But... I'm not tired anymore. After Penelope’s wolf, Galena, licked my wounds, the exhaustion seemed to disappear. I felt rejuvenated and like I could run forever. Is this what it meant by healing from the white wolf? As much as I want to keep going, I have to keep my mate and her needs in mind. The first shift is taxing on anyone’s body. Add in the fact that I marked her, and we had to run for so long from people trying to capture her and claim her as theirs… I’m sure she’s exhausted. It’s cute how nervous she acts. She has tried not to look at me since shifting back into her human form. She looks over at me and sees that I’m only focused on her face. Although I’d love to admire her body, I’m not going to do something that would make her even more uncomfortable right now. I won’t take advantage of her like that. Her eyes flicker
Penelope It took another few hours for us to finally get back to the Moon Stone Pack and by the time we got there; the sun was rising. I feel like I'm dragging my feet from exhaustion as we walk toward the pack house, Donovan notices and mind links me offering, "I can carry you."I smile inwardly as I respond, "I'm okay. We're almost there." Violet and Jack come running out. Violet is holding a robe for me while Jack has stuff for Donovan. We both shift back into our human forms, and Violet wraps the robe around me. I breathe a breath of relief just because I know we are home; we are safe; we made it. I can’t help but wonder what happened to all the warriors that we left behind. Violet rubs my shoulders once I’m clothed and says, “Gosh, your wolf is gorgeous. But are you okay? Why did y’all come back in wolf form? Donny, where are the rest of the warriors?”He breathes out and shakes his head, “I don’t know. They might be dead. Penelope shifted and Alpha Fletcher and his son found
DonovanI'm worried about this new threat we have with the Red River Pack, but I hope our alliances are strong enough that it won't be a big deal. I appreciate Jack more than I can explain, he already knows exactly what to do as we start getting to work.But the sound of Violet and Xavier’s screaming voices causes both of us to freeze. Both Jack and I rush to figure out what’s going on. The moment we see them, Violet is pushing Xavier back as she yells in his face and you can see that he is resisting the urge to retaliate. Jack runs to her as he tries to pull Violet away from Xavier, but I’ve never seen her this angry. She’s thrashing around, fighting Jack’s pull, trying to get her hands on Xavier.I quickly recognize I’ll have to use my Alpha voice and I yell, “SILENCE!”I walk down the stairs slowly as I look between the two of them. At least they both have the decency to look down and at least pretend they're ashamed. I walk over to Xavier; I have a feeling he’s the instigator in al
Donovan Word spread like wildfire. Everything that happened at the Red River Pack, people already knew about it. We would finally get in touch with a pack and they would make up terms for them to assist us because they knew we needed them more than they needed to be aligned with us. Surprisingly, not many were putting stipulations around Penelope being the white wolf. Most of the packs I had good relationships, and they didn’t want to jeopardize that in case they ever needed something from me. I breathe out, finally taking a break from the phone after being on it all morning. When I hear it ring, I can’t help the groan the slips through my lips. I want to rest. I want to go lay down with my beautiful mate and feel rejuvenated from her presence. As another ring radiates through the room, I pick up the phone and answer, “This is Alpha Stone.”“Alpha Stone, this is Mr. Ramírez with the Supernatural Academy.” My eyebrows furrow. What could he want? We never hear from the Academy un
15 years since Violet was born. Penelope The years have been good to us. I have seen so much of the world and felt more free than I ever could've imagined. It's just the three of us, we never had another kid. We talked about it... more than once, but ultimately we were fearful of how it could affect our safety. Nothing was worth the chance of putting Violet in even more danger than she already is. I lie in bed with Donovan snuggled up beside me. Uneasiness churns in my stomach and I know that something is going on that we don't know yet. Call it my 6th sense or mother's intuition, I just know something's off. Donovan kisses my head and mumbles, "Turn off your thoughts, Pen. Everything is fine."I let out a breath, hoping that he's right. He pushes himself up and looks me in the eye as he asks, "We're fine, we're safe, we'll be at Cora's in the morning."We haven't seen Cora for over 6 months now. We've been in Asia for the last half of the year and although we have enjoyed our tra
Five years later.PenelopeI sit across from Amelia at the table as we each sip on our coffee and watch our girls play together. A few months after I had Violet, Amelia had a little girl that they named Magnolia. It's fun watching our daughters play together, but the interesting thing is how similar they look to me and Amelia.Violet looks almost exactly like me except that her hair was curly like her dad's and her blue eyes had a green circle around the pupil. Magnolia looks just like Amelia, with her blonde hair and jade green eyes. The two of them together like this makes me wonder how mine and Amelia's childhood could've been different if our mom hadn't put me in the Academy and if our dad hadn't been a monster.Amelia brings the cup to her lips before setting it down and asking, "So, where are you headed this time?"Donovan, Violet, and I are constantly moving around. The longest we stay at a place is 1 month before we're going somewhere new. Traveling has become one of my favori
PenelopeI hate waiting. I know that Cora and Donovan are both safe and they are working out a way to get him home, but it’s hard not to feel anxious about the entire thing. It’s been five days. It’s weird getting used to taking care of a newborn and going through this healing process on my own. But because I’m a werewolf, I heal faster than a human would, so I mean, that’s a good thing.It’s harder getting used to take care of a baby. I’ve never been around them much so tending to all of her needs all of the time is very taxing, physically, mentally, and emotionally! Add in all of the drama with Donovan and it’s surprising I haven’t had a complete mental break down from all of the stress.I breathe out as I cook dinner, eager to hear if there was any progress today. I need them back home… it’s hard not to feel depressed when all I have is myself and my racing thoughts.There’s a loud bang and for a moment, I freeze. Is someone breaking in?I think of the fastest way to get to Violet
PenelopeDonovan’s okay? He’s okay!The smile on my face hurts my cheeks, but I don’t care because I could cry from relief. He’s okay. I can’t believe he’s okay and away from Xavier.But then Cora pops my bubble as she says, “You have to stay here, Penelope.”My eyebrows knit together as I question, “What are you talking about? I need to go see him. He’s my mate.”“I know that and trust me, Penelope, he wants to see you and Violet more than anything else in this world, but you won’t be going to see him right now.”I cross my arms defiantly as I ask, “And why not?”She breathes out, exasperated with my attitude, before saying, “Because I’m trying to keep you safe and Donovan specifically requested for you not to come.”Her words hurt and I can’t help the pain I felt in my heart from hearing that my mate didn’t want me. Instantly, Cora’s eyes soften and she says, “I didn’t mean it like that, Penelope. Xavier let Donovan go. Donovan knows he must have a tracker on him or something! Why el
DonovanHatred fuels my blood.Anger fills my mind.All I can think of is how to get out of here and end Xavier's life.I don’t know how long I’ve been here. Xavier is strong, and he is growing more powerful. He brought me back to the Moon Stone pack lands and I know now that he plans to rebuild here and to become an Alpha. But right now, there are days that go by that no one is coming to check on me. I’m learning their patterns and when they’re vulnerable. I need to get home and I would do anything to make sure that I can escape Xavier’s clutches.When I leave here, I can’t go straight to Cora’s, even though I want to see Penelope more than anything in the world. No, I need to go somewhere else. Perhaps to the Renegade Pack. I need to make sure that there is no tracker on me so that I don’t put Penelope and our daughter in danger.I think one of the big reasons that Xavier isn’t worried about me being watched at all times is because he already has a plan in motion. He knows that I wo
PenelopeIt’s been two weeks since Cora came home and Donovan never returned. Life feels like it has lost all meaning without Donovan around.I feel like my baby bump doubled and size and like Violet is moving around more. I think that she’s antsy because she knows that her daddy isn’t home. Or maybe I’m crazy and this is normal for this point in a pregnancy.Cora caters to me constantly. Honestly, she’s going a bit overboard and I’ve tried to get her to settle down, but I think that the guilt is eating her alive and she’s doing the best that she can to get through everything. I still have roughly a month left to get through this pregnancy. That means that Donovan has no help coming for him for over a month. He’ll have to figure out how to escape alone or he’ll have to hold on until I get there.Cora sets a cup of tea down beside me, and she watches me. I can feel her eyes on me and she sighs, “He wouldn’t want you to come after him.’I bite my tongue so hard that tears prickle in my
DonovanMy ears ring from the sound of the cars crashing together. As our car spins out, Cora wakes up and screams. I grit my teeth together as I try to figure out what just happened. Before even getting out of the car to investigate, I know in my gut that this crash was intentional.My wolf is on high alert, knowing that the threat is somewhere we can't see. I huff as I turn to look at Cora and say, “When I get out of the car, I want you to drive off. Head home as fast as you can and make sure no one is following you.”She looks disoriented, but she nods her head and says, “Okay.”I breathe out, trying to steady myself before getting out where I know for a fact that I will be attacked. I open the door and as the dust from the wreck clears; I watch as I see Xavier appear across from me. He stands tall with his arms crossed as he smirks at me. I shut the door behind me and turn my head to the side as I say to Cora, “Go! And keep her safe.”To my relief, Cora doesn’t hesitate to drive of
PenelopeI didn't realize how incredibly boring it would be to be completely by myself. There’s nothing to do. I’ve already cleaned everything, I’ve tended to the garden, I’ve cooked dinner, I’ve scoured the internet for ideas for Violet’s nursery, and now I’m just sitting on the couch, bored.I tried to read a book but I find myself unable to focus. My wolf feels anxious, which is an odd behavior for her. I would let her go out for a run, but I’m pretty sure Donovan would have my head if he knew I went running without him to protect me.I breathe out as I lay my head back. I wish he would call me or mind link me. I would try to link him, but I don’t want to distract him in case he is in danger. Eventually… I fall asleep. I don’t know how long I’ve been asleep, but when I wake up, it’s from the back door slamming shut. I jump and I’m wide awake and ready to attack until I hear Cora’s voice yell, “Penelope! Are you okay?”I rush towards her and I say, “I’m fine.” I notice a cut on her
DonovanIt was only a one-day trip to get to the White Fang Pack. Cora and I sit on the outskirts of it and observe to see how hard it would be to break inside. The patrol here sucks. They’re slow, they talk a lot, they are never quiet enough to listen to their surroundings to see if a threat could be present, and they leave their post without waiting for someone to take their place. It’s like they’re begging for someone to attack their pack and take advantage of their vulnerabilities.I grind my teeth in frustration. If my pack was like this, then I could understand how we were overthrown. My pack was ready. We just couldn’t handle how powerful the threat was. But this pack… I feel like I could overthrow them by myself. I wouldn’t. That’s not the kind of man I am and I don’t want to draw attention to myself. I know that Xavier is still out looking for me and because of that, I need to stay down low as long as possible. Cora asks, “What do you think?”“I think I could easily get you