I was not even able to process the entire ordeal when I felt the red wolf taking over me again.Almost immediately, I stood upright and just concentrated on her hands around my neck, taking over the woman's mind, able to get her hand away from my neck. I was fighting for my body at this point.She put her hands around her neck On the Red Wolf's control, I knew that I was going to kill her if I didn't stop now.I tried my hardest to be aware of my surroundings.I closed my eyes and peeled away from her. I immediately decided to run before the red wolf took control again. I could feel her taking over my body once more. I continued to run until I was sure that I was alone."What do you want from me? Why do you keep coming back? I thought you were gone forever. Thought you were gone for good. Riggs took you. I know he did. I remember so why have you come back?" It felt like a deep internal battle with myself the whole time. "Talie, where did you go?” I could hear Alpha's voice in the min
All of a sudden, I could smell alpha bearing me, the red wolf sensed it too because she immediately vanished. “Talie, what are you doing?” Alpha sounded genuinely confused. “I was so worried when you shut the link out.”I decided that I had enough of these. This was something I needed to figure out on my own. I got to my feet and frowned, “I’m sorry alpha but we need to head back to the pack house.”Alpha stared at me, evidently confused. “What?!”“I can’t explain it now but there’s something I have to deal with.”“Talie, I knew it this whole time,” he held my shoulders tight, “I could tell something was wrong, whatever it is you have to tell me.”“No, I’m sorry,” I couldn’t keep his gaze, “but this is something I have to fix in my own. I was so done with not having the choice to be happy. “Even after all the surprise I set up?” I could hear the sadness in his voice and it genuinely broke my heart. “I’m so sorry,” I sighed. He wrapped his arms around me tightly, “I trust you, bu
"Talie, do you need help with anything? I have to unravel the gifts and put them inside the house with Jake. You can go ahead and wait inside, and then we can talk."Alpha said and proceeded to do just as he had told me."I want to take a quick run around the place to clear my mind. I'll see you later," the red wolf said, taking over my mind completely.Alpha nodded, he had an emotion in his eyes, but I could not explain what it was. He held my wrist to stop me from moving. He pulled me closer to him, holding my neck, and then he kissed my forehead gently. "I'll see you soon, okay? I love you so much.""I love you too." The Red Wolf knew very well how to adopt my mannerisms. She turned around to leave. I wished I could yell the way I wanted to. Internally, I was going crazy, screaming at him, to please notice that I was not myself. But then I brought this upon me because I chose not to explain things to him. I just wanted to deal with it on my own.The red wolf continued to walk towar
Alpha inched closer to me in his crouched position and cupped my cheeks, "it's okay," he said in a whisper, "I'm so sorry I'm left you by yourself, I shouldn't have, it's all my fault," he kissed my forehead and then proceeded to break me free from the bond they had put me in.He stared at my face and softly took my lips in his, and in that instant, I gained complete contr of my body once more. I felt myself go limp. Alpha lifted me in his arms bridal style and turned around to leave with my mum trailing behind him in panic, "alpha what happened? How did this happen?!"The murmurs from the pack as they went into panic was completely ignored by alpha as he kept his gaze on me, "hang in there Take, okay, please."I felt myself slip into complete unconscious, the noise and panic swirling around in my head.*I woke up to the smell of something herbal. Alpha was sitting cross-legged in front of a fire he must have made, sweat trickling down his face and body as he plucked leaves off a st
Alpha kept his arms wrapped around me from behind, squeezing me closer to him. “It's fine. I'm just glad that you're here with me." I nodded at him as he continued to stare at the sky. "Are we going to stay here forever?""No. As long as we find a solution for you, I think it's better for your healing. I'm going to get to the bottom of this. I’ll go back to this man that helped us with Riggs," I immediately shook my head, looking back at him. "Please, no, let's not do that. I don't want him to say something about having to sacrifice someone close to me. Please, let's figure this out on our own. There is this woman I met the other time. She was one of the people you brought for these surprises, and she was someone I met in the wolf from when I was back with Mint. She said that I killed her child.” I told him, “but I don't remember any of that happening. I mean, I didn't at the moment, but now memories of this kind of slotted back, and I think it had something to do with..." I trailed o
I stared at the cup in his hand in shock. I was expecting him to offer it to me, but a part of me was still hoping that he didn't come here to deceive my mum again.I tried my best to hide my emotions with the Red Wolf wondering to show up. This was the best time. Instead, I decided to break into a smile."You know, I don't think we ever spoke properly after that incident," I told him, taking the cup from him and putting it beside me.He bowed his head at me. "No, Luna. I don't think we did.”“Oh you can drop the title." I waved one hand in front of him. You and I both know that I am no longer the leader of the pack. And that is really after how everyone treated me. It's just you and I here. Let's drop the honorary titles."He kept his head bowed. "I can't do such things with disrespect to you. I'll always be loyal to the Alpha and his luna."He bowed my head back at me. He looked up at me and after a moment of silence and. There was a hint of relaxation."So how did you and my mom ma
We got back inside. Clarion was sitting on the floor, lost in thought, and he literally flinched. He got to his feet and bowed his head at us. "You're back." He noticed the cup in our first hands this time. And I could see the discomfort that settled on his face. Alpha Was going to say something when my mom walked in. He turned to look at her and nodded. “Perfect. I was just waiting for you to show up to have this discussion.”Alpha lifted the cup in his hands to Clarion’s face and raised one eyebrow at him. "Can you tell me exactly what this drink is supposed to be?""Oh, I already explained it to Luna, but it's supposed to help her ease her stress."Alpha nodded, staring at him a little."What's going on?" My mum came to whisper in my ear. But I couldn't respond to her. I was focused on the conversation that Alpha was having with Clarion.Alpha's eyes first fluttered to Clarion's hands and then back to his face with one raised eyebrow before adding, "You seem pretty stressed yours
I watched from a long distance as everyone began to gather in the courtyard as Alpha's others and a lot of people were definitely confused. Mumbles could be heard miles away from the pack house. Alpha had Clarion in his hand, without caring about what they would say, he dumped his unconscious body to the floor, earning a few gasps from everyone."Hello," as soon as he began to speak, they all went dead silent. "I know you are all surprised to see your Alpha here after he renounced the pack, but I wanted to say something to you all and take this as a learning point. You see this man here, Clarion, has been one of my trusted workers. A lot of you witnessed what went wrong with the Luna, and you turned your backs against her and saw how easy it was for me to give up on the pack for her. You know how much I cherish my position as the alpha."His eyes wandered through the crowd, and somehow they found me. And they stayed on me for a second before he continued his speech again. "But I want