“I reject you Marian Storm!” Those were the words she could never have dreamed to hear from the Alpha heir to her father’s pack. And certainly not at the New Year’s Moon celebration, in front of the whole pack. Leaving the pack compound that had been her prison for three years, Marian was heartbroken and determined never to return. But she knew she would, she must. After her rejection, the only desire left in her life was to kill the Alpha who had taken over her father’s pack, failing that, she would leave the pack and become a rouge wolf. She returns home for Christmas to attend her fallen family’s memorial service. On Christmas Eve, during the pack’s mistletoe ceremony, she receives a gift she never expected, a gift no one wanted – Reyland, the biological son of the Alpha she has sworn to kill. Would this gift given to her by the moon goddess help Marian fulfill her desire to reclaim her pack, or would it stir up new passions within her broken heart and consume her instead?
View MoreCorien did not pause.“When he arrived on the Gamma’s back, his eyes were fixed on you.”“It felt like…like he knew it was you. Either that or that pup has too much empathy.”“Most wolves have only one reaction to a rabid wolf,” Corien explained matter-of-factly.“Put it down,” Marian commented casually.“Exactly. But not that young one,” Corien continued, his voice heavy with something Marian could not quite place.“His gaze shifted to me almost as soon as he set eyes on you. I don't know what he saw on my face, or whether I said anything to him, but he immediately turned back to you and his father.”“At this time, all pack members were gone; only Dax’s strongest warriors, those still standing, remained. You had taken down his Beta for doing his job – protecting his Alpha – nearly ripping him in half for it.”&ldq
Corien dived in, speaking in a swift but steady tone. He did not rush, but his pace was swift.“When you lost control, you attacked Dax at Christmas Lunch. The Luna barely got the pups out of the way, and Zara twisted her arm when she fell, to get out of your and Dax’s path.”“I had to contain Dorien. He had started to shift once he sighted you; he didn't know who or what was attacking, but you came straight for the high table, in full shift.”“On sight, I immediately knew it was you. Your scent had changed, Dinka’s size had nearly doubled, but I knew who it was, for two reasons.”“First, a random rabid wolf could not have crossed our borders; whoever it was had to be inside already.”“Second, the redness of your eyes. Such a sight had been described to me before, and I recognized it immediately. The redness was…mystical. It was like your very eyeballs had become red smoke.”“Only a wolf of ancient blood has that kind of miasma, and what were the odds there being another ancient-blood
A reward for which Marian had no regrets. Especially when that particular brand of bullying stopped completely afterward.She had even cursed the goddess herself when she had been made to clean and wash equipment, clothes, beds, and even toilets at the barracks.Using water that had blocks of ice in the buckets during winter, and that had been polluted with powders that caused burns or swelling on her hands, during other months.She had been bitter about being punished for the slightest thing. Sometimes being made to go without food or water for days, other times being given hard labor to do with poor equipment or none at all.A princess. Being treated worse than a slave.She had thought her life was terrible, without any idea what her father had been made to do.What he had endured.Him, the pack Alpha, being treated like…what exactly?Her guilt had fueled her rage and her tears at those times she had wept before her fa
After a moment, Reyland turned to the pack Gamma.“If anything happens, you have to tell me. Even if you are uncertain, you MUST let me know,” Reyland pressed with thinly veiled apprehension.Jackson stared at his Alpha’s son.A child he had been put in charge of since the boy had wandered off many years ago and had disappeared for five whole days.He had watched the young giant grow.He knew things about the boy that even the father did not.Though he had told Dax most everything he witnessed, and most of what his men reported as they guarded the young prince, which is what Reyland was, in every sense of the word – the grandson of the Alpha King in Whitehall pack.Some private things, he had kept to himself.The boy knew it, but neither wolf ever spoke about this shared knowledge.This shared secret – that Jackson never told Dax EVERYTHING he knew about Reyland.It was why Reyland co
One of many in the warrior camps who had looked up to and admired – and maybe even more – Dax, long before Dax or Corien became ranked leaders of Lightmoon pack, Jackson had proved his fearlessness and resourcefulness more than once.The traits Dax appreciated in anyone he entrusted with anything.Dax stared up at his man now. Knowing that he was being heavy-handed.His mind flashed to his former Alpha, the one he and Corien had called father, and he let his Gamma down – gently.He squeezed Jackson’s shoulder in silent apology, glancing away from him.“Alpha,” Jackson whispered, placing a hand on Dax’s.Dax’s eyes snapped to the Gamma with grey, soulful eyes.“If Reyland can –”“No,” Dax stated flatly, turning away from eyes that made his mind waver.This was part of the reason Dax had made Jackson his Gamma.He was not as fierce as Broc
About an hour later, it was nighttime at the Lightmoon pack grounds.Dax walked slowly through the trees, making his way back from where Bentax had taken them.The moon was bright. It shone through the thinning forest as he got closer to the pack compound, illuminating his shredded muscular form.Every inch of his body was tight, every line was defined.Dax’s form was glorious.And he hated it.His form was what had taken away from his pack, his family, Corien; even before that she-wolf his brother, his friend – now his prisoner and enemy – had married, had shown up.But that was not what was on pack Alpha’s mind as he made his way back to his people.His thoughts were fully focused on how Marian, the last person on earth who stood between him and his brother, had attacked him.Me! He railed in his mind and his heart.In front of the whole pack!And I had not be
“Nothing of this can be disclosed,” Tobias continued happily in the mind link with Misha.Tanner froze in his retreat, his back to his masters.“You, Tanner, will not speak of this to anyone,” Tobias continued in Tanner’s mind, pulling him into the secret conversation.“We will make all the plans, all the arrangements between us and a select few.”“Does the one who brought you the message understand the implications of his words?”“No, Alpha," Tanner responded in the link, his back still to the Alpha and his son in the physical realm, as he bowed to them in their mind space.“Keep it that way,” Tobias droned.“Yes, Alpha,” the Head of the runners replied respectfully.Tanner knew exactly what Tobias meant.The Head of the runners resumed his swift exit from the Alpha’s throne room before his Alpha said or did anything more.There was more than one reason his men dreaded their Alpha.He had creative ways of making anyone regret their mistakes, and sometimes, he didn’t even need a reason
About the same time, a runner entered the great hall of the Bloodrayne pack.He knelt before Alpha Tobias and spoke with his eyes on the ground.“Alpha, the Lightmoon pack has closed its borders. Since the incident two days ago, no one has been allowed in or out,” the runner reported formally, in a deep, steady voice.“Our people have not been able to give any new information. All guests from their party are still within the grounds,” he continued in a neutral tone.“And links?” Alpha Tobias droned, gazing lazily at the messenger.“None, Alpha. They have blocked all pathways,” he replied smoothly.Alpha Tobias paused, gazing darkly at the messenger.“So, why are you here?” Tobias tossed irritably at the man posed with one knee on the ground and a forearm resting on his raised knee, head deeply bowed.The runner raised his head slightly. His eyes flickered to Misha, the
The shock made Marian’s reddening vision clear.Dinka retreated.She stared open-mouthed at her father.“Alpha,” Marian breathed, her hand moving absently to her bruised cheek, which was already healing.He stared down at her imperiously.“Do you hear me, Marian?” he pressed.Marian closed her eyes tightly and breathed in deeply. She sat back down on the bed, her back straight, opened her eyes, and nodded at her father.Corien sat at the edge of the bed, beside her.“They took their blood, every red moon, every blood moon. About two or three times a year,” he continued neutrally, his voice back to being mechanical.“They used it sparingly, storing it for months until they could replenish it.”“Only very few of his closest men got to use it. They got what they wanted, enhanced strength, speed, healing.”He was speaking faster now, coldly, cutt
It was that time of the year again. The time of the year Marian hated the most – Christmas.Away from her pack for almost a year after her self-imposed exile, she had returned to fulfill her duties as the only surviving child and sibling of her late mother and brother.Goddess, how I hate this place, she mused, her lips tightening as she strode toward the pack hall.Her hips swayed as she walked purposefully toward the hall in her gold dress and strappy gold heels, all five feet eleven inches of her, as a light breeze pulled on her waist-length dark brown hair and silk gown.Her jaw clenched as she neared her destination, and she fought to keep her hands unclenched as she approached; her green eyes were narrowed and focused ahead as she moved with a steady gait.Marian had the lean, athletic build of a warrior she-wolf, and she moved like the alpha wolf that she was, with purpose and a commanding presence that demanded others move out of the way.Her back and head were straight and upr...
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