Support System

      Jadie's trip finally ended after two separate flights and a long layover in Chicago. It was safe to say she was ready to be in bed for the night once she was finally able to stretch her legs from the crammed cabin seats.    Alpha Lincoln told Gerald the day before that he would send someone to pick her up and bring her to their pack house where she would be staying.    A sleek black town car was waiting just outside the main door with a man in a dark, finely-tailored suit and shaggy blonde hair that cascaded over the sunglasses he was wearing. Jadie laughed under her breath at the way he was dressed - he looked like he had just stepped off a Hollywood movie set.    "Jadie Spinx?" His cold, raspy voice spoke over the rush of people filing out of the airport as they flagged down taxis

Lincoln was in a state of shock. He just stood with wide eyes, staring down at Jadie on his office floor and not paying any more attention to his Beta who had just dismissed himself to find his casual fling.He moved cautiously towards the tense woman, trying to straighten his mind enough to figure out what to do. He dropped the angry look he had been giving her since she stepped into his office, instantly regretting the way he treated her.Lincoln and Wilson grew up together. They were raised by the same powerful women that taught them to cherish mates and look forward to their long lives together. This man that just rejected his other half in front of him was not the best friend he knew his whole life. He would never have made this kind of decision.Maybe Lincoln didn’t know him as well as he thought he did.The pain became to much for Jadie as she finally let out the piercing wail that echoed through the halls. Lincoln dropped to his knees at her

Jadie woke up in a cold sweat. She had managed to change into a pair of gym shorts and a t-shirt last night in the midst of her breakdown before she ended up asleep in the middle of her floor. The burn from the rejection was only becoming worse as the days progressed, and she didn’t know how much more of it she could take.The grumbling of her stomach woke her up the rest of the way. She once again didn’t eat dinner, so her body was struggling to hold her weight.‘You need to eat. We can’t live like this forever.’ Emerald interjected. Jadie rolled her eyes and peeled her sweaty hair off her face, tying it into a loose ponytail.Her bath yesterday was meant to be relaxing and calm her down, but instead she became lost in thought about the situation she had found herself in. She concluded that she was just meant to be alone, dragging her way through life without anyone there to help her.‘That’s just ridiculous. You

Lincoln helped Jadie slip her sweatshirt over her injured shoulder when they returned to the pack house. He was eerily silent the rest of the trip home, on guard from the slightest noises around them.“Lincoln?” Jadie tried to get his attention, but his mind was elsewhere. The two silently walked through the back door of the pack house, Jadie wincing in pain when she accidentally bumped into the door frame.Lincoln froze and looked over his shoulder at her with a foreign emotion. “I’m fine. Just clumsy.” She assured him. It was already starting to heal anyway, just not as quickly as she had hoped due to her situation.He just nodded and continued to walk deeper into the house. Jadie followed him to his final destination, his office, and stepped in so he could close the door behind them.It was almost like he was moving on auto pilot, his mind too focused on whatever he was thinking about to understand what he was doing or whe

The pack members in that area were just as friendly as the last. The last stop they had planned was a surprise that Lincoln had.The ground dropped off over a steep cliff, overlooking Lake Superior. The water crashed against the earth, carrying some of the dirt and sand with it.“This is part of your territory, too?” Jadie asked in amazement. The water was clear enough to see a sunken boat at the bottom of the lake, fading from the erosion of the water.“It is. And trust me, it is a lot deeper than it looks.” He nudged towards the edge of the cliff and sat with his legs dangling, his hands resting in his lap. Jadie carefully slid over next to him and looked out over the fading horizon.“It’s peaceful here. There aren’t many places like this back in California, and they’re definitely not within our borders.” Lincoln just nodded, listening to her as she spoke of her home. “We had trees and wild ani