“Oh! Shit! Almost forgot. The guys are coming over to the shop tonight. Giving me a farewell gift apparently. You guys are welcome to come. Emmett is coming. Stick up his ass here can’t make it, so it will just be all of us cool pups.”
“I take offense to that,” Caleb chimed in. After managing to finish his burger he had moved on to the extra burnt fries.
Vince shook his head. “Maybe you should quit walking funny then, Cuz.”
I laughed and Caleb looked at Vince with a smirk. “I’d be careful, Vince. That Gamma position is still open. You don’t want to screw up your chances too soon.”
His eyes went wide as he looked from me to Caleb and back to me. “You…you’re serious?”
“Work hard and we will talk about it in a couple years.”
“Oh shit.” Was all Vince could say as he tapped my foot with his under the table.
I shrugged
Jaxon let go and stumbled back. Waylin had pulled him back, shaking his head. “Chill, Jax. Seriously. We have all night to start crying.” Looking over to me, he smiled. “Hey, Kick-butt. Get your tests done?”I nodded. “I’m pretty sure I got it. Won’t know until later though.”“I’m sure you got it. The band coming?”As if they were summoned, the door opened up behind us and Vince, Steph and Henry walked in. They waved and laughed as the other guys walked out.Carl was part of the elite squad of warriors that had been a long-standing tradition in our pack. That was until our father became Alpha. Suddenly, his need for power made him paranoid that there was an elite squad of warriors who together could take down an Alpha. So, he fired the warriors and terminated the entire elite program. Carl had already been taken off duty due to injuries, but his platoon ended up being retired as well. It in
“Are you really sure?” I asked again before Paul put the needle to my skin. There would be no going back after that.Jaxson chuckled. “We are so sure, that if we didn’t set it as a graduation gift, we would have done it years ago.”“Yeah and pissed off every warrior in the whole pack.” Bernard added.I tried to stifle my laugh as to not mess up Paul. “I dunno if they could be. I mean, my father got rid of the elite status.”“Yeah, but our markings still mean something. Outside of Greg, most won’t mess with us. The warriors are still jealous, but even if they had a chance, the elite status is given from within. Not even the Alpha chooses.”Steph asked from the stool near the kitchen: “Why? Why doesn’t the Alpha choose the warriors?”“So you don’t have situations like Greg.” It was Carl who answered her. “The Alpha isn’t alwa
It wasn’t even a second that my new squad stepped in to shield me. Justin’s eyes went from shocked to livid. Surprisingly, Dante didn’t make an appearance.“Justin, relax.” Carl put his hand on Justin’s shoulder. “It was ours to offer, hers to accept.”“If anyone sees her with this! If her father sees her! Do you realize what danger you’ve put her in now?”Emmett growled and I whipped my head up to find him. He was stalking toward Justin and quickly maneuvered around Drake and Waylin, who had stepped closer to me, to grab him. Blocking his path to Justin, I put my arms around him.“Em, no. Leave it.”Looking up, it was Marrok, his wolf, who was forward now. He growled again, trying to push past me.“You stupid fuck. You mean what happens when that Alpha sees her. Did we ruin her for him? I fucking hope so! You’re supposed to protect her like we are! You
Justin’s eyes slipped shut and he wove his fingers between mine.“J, look at me.”When he didn’t, I brought his hands up to my face and kissed his knuckles. His eyes opened, surprised. I smiled.“There we go. Much better.”“Sky, I…”I raised my eyebrow and he sighed.“Sorry. I shouldn’t have been upset I just…”“You were jealous.”He growled. “I wasn’t…”“You were. You were jealous that I kissed him.”I watched Justin swallow hard and nod slowly. “I was. I shouldn’t have been. I know you guys have been friends forever. I knew he…fuck…you already told me…”“Stop, Justin. There isn’t anything between us. It was a goodbye. You know that. I never reciprocated his feelings.”He tore his hands out of mine. “And me? Is
My lips turned down. “How do I contact you? How long do I have to wait?”“Sky, you can’t. Not for a while. They will be watching me. Watching everyone. You know that.”“Em!”He shook his head. “No, Sky. You have to wait. At least a couple weeks.”Tears filled my eyes and I buried them in my knees. Goddess, this was going to be shit.‘I’ll be with you. If you get bored you can talk to me.’ Raine snickered.Snorting, I snuffled. ‘Great. Just great. Kick me when I’m down.’Her snickering turned into full blow cackling. Shaking my head, I looked up to see amusement in Emmett’s eyes.“Snarky comment from Raine?”“Yeah.”He reached out and pulled my knees down. “Work, Sky. Open up the shop. Try not to take on more than you can handle but we already have a foot in the door with t
Stepping on the gas, she easily jumped to life and we tore down the road. My body wracked with sobs and I watched in the review mirror as Emmett stood in the middle of the road. It was hard to see through my tears and I finally had to wipe my eyes. As I did, I looked back in the mirror, but he was gone. Choking on my own breath, I screamed, beating my hand against the wheel as I continued to drive. I rocked in the seat, staring at the road but not really focusing on it. Inhaling, my breath shuttered and didn’t come out much better.It would take thirty minutes to get to the edge of the territory. Fifteen of those I spent fighting tears back and trying to get ahold of myself.‘Don’t worry Sky, this isn’t goodbye. Not forever. It’s…’‘Shut up, Raine. I know you’re trying to help but it’s not. It’s really not.’Raine stepped back a bit allowing me to just focus on one
Lifting his limp body up onto my shoulder, I walked him to the tree line of the forest. There was a grouping of three trees that I softly set him down next to. My hand held his head as I leaned it against the bark of the tree. He looked peaceful now, his face slack as though he was asleep. I think the look on his face earlier would haunt me for a long time. I touched my forehead to his. “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry.” Tears pattered onto his partially ripped pants. It hurt so much more leaving him than I thought. I thought I would be able to leave easily without seeing everyone. Emmett was enough for my heart and soul to feel like it was breaking. Justin was too much. “Why? Why did you have to be here? Why couldn’t you just let me go?” I wiped some dirt from his cheek. ’Sky…’ ‘I…Raine…I can’t…’ She sighed. ‘We have to. We have to go. He needs to be here. Not just for Caleb but someone needs to protect Emmett while we aren’t here.’ I swallowed hard and cupped his cheeks. Pressing my l
*** Ethan’s POV ***As soon as Peter got off the phone, the relaxed feeling in the room dissipated. Heath was now up and pacing in front of the fireplace and at some point Lenard joined him, them going in opposite directions. Sam was sitting next to me still, her eyes staring at her phone. Putting my hand on her shoulder, I squeezed gently.“You couldn’t have known.”This jolted her out of whatever thoughts she was lost in because her eyes snapped to mine. “I knew…I…”I shook my head. “No, you didn’t. You felt something was wrong. You didn’t know. You couldn’t have.”From the brief conversation over the phone, the Silver Mountain pack was on shutdown. No one was supposed to leave. Apparently, a magic-made dome disappeared around the pack. Peter said he questioned other Alphas about it but they didn’t know what it was. I had the feeling my mom might but that would be a conversation for when we got back. It didn’t have any bearing now.Peter said a bunch of Alphas were trying to leave a