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2025-03-25 05:00:14“In that case, share some of mine. If we lessen Gravan’s portion, he may well eat the both of us!” Corien commented lightly.
Byron smiled, his clouded expression clearing.
Gravan laughed heartily and stood, approaching Corien where he stood, two large bowls of delicious smelling food, one in each hand.
“You got that right!” He tossed lightly at his former Alpha as he took the offered bowl and kept walking, moving to the opposite end of the room.
A reading table was on that side of the room, as well as a large window that opened onto the garden that surrounded the front of Marian’s dorm.
Gravan opened the window, letting in the fresh pine scent that surrounded the pack grounds and letting out the mouthwatering smell of roasted meat, broth, and grilled vegetables.
Gravan noticed someone approaching. This time, he went out to meet them, allowing Corien to remain with Marian.
As Corien shared his meal w
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Reyland’s lips pursed as a sheen of sweat appeared on his forehead.Dax immediately crossed the room, from the wide window he had been standing in front of, to his son’s side, kneeling beside him.“I’m not angry. I’m not. I understand how you feel, but Corien is willing to help us keep the pack alive.” He placated his firstborn, gently placing a hand against Reyland’s cheek, moving his face to his.“Alive and strong. You shouldn’t feel bad about that.” He concluded firmly.Reyland’s eyes searched his father’s face.Reyland understood the ways of the wolf. He might be a failure at actually living like one, but he understood the life.He bit his inner lip as his father’s warm palm rested against his face.He sighed, shifting his eyes downward.His long lashes hiding his eyes.His father’s thumb rubbed his cheek, and he gazed back up.
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Reyland smiled gently.For all his actions, Dorien was still a kid in Reyland’s eyes.Though only a year apart in age, their life circumstances and personalities made their age difference far wider.Reyland was not only Dorien’s older brother; he was his big brother in every sense of the word.He looked out for Dorien, spoke up for him, gave advice to him – which Dorien listened to most of the time.Though the young alpha could be mean and hurtful, Reyland knew that deep down, he was his little brother. He just had…some bad habits.“Didn’t want to interrupt family time.” Dorien retorted sourly.“Come on, Dorien, they are your family too.” Reyland coaxed, for the millionth time since the day the two of them first met. The day his father had brought the bloodied pup home.“Yeah…,” Dorien replied distractedly, his shoulders slouched as he sat on a high chair
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“That’s not our problem! Forget all that! Let’s go two rounds.” Dorien replied dismissively, waving a hand as if driving away his brother’s words.“You want to spar? Right now? After what you just did?!” Reyland retorted, his sapphire eyes wide, spit spraying from his lips as he fought to control his anger that now had a real possibility of being shared through physical action.“You're angry. That’s good. We can use it –” Dorien continued arrogantly as if Reyland’s remarks were irrelevant.“This is not how to get stronger!” Reyland retorted, taking a step toward Dorien, his large, soft hands folded into fists, “Once it wears off, I can’t even hold a kitchen knife!” He growled, his eyes ablaze.“But the skills remain! Why does everything have to be so difficult with you!” Dorien retorted, now matching his brother’s volume.“Difficult? You take another wolf’s lifeblood – his lifeblood – to make yourself stronger, for what? Three hours? And the more y
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No one knew about the secrets of the lake. Not even Reyland’s father, Alpha Dax.Reyland had kept it to himself, as he did most things that could cause people to ask questions or take an interest in him.With Alpha Corien’s blood running in his system, he could hear and feel every sound, every movement of the breeze above the trees.I hate this feeling.It’s so…alien.It’s not my power.It’s fake.I don’t want it.I don’t want to use it.He mused, as his heart raced, pushing the alpha’s blood to every cell in his body.But he could not get in his precious lake. Not yet. He had tried it once, when he had first ingested Corien’s blood, not long after the battle where Corien lost his position.It had felt as if the lake waters were ripping off his skin, pulling out the hairs on his body, few as th
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Marian woke up in her room. Alone.She sat up slowly, reaching into her mind space for Dinka.Still nothing. She mused, her heart heavy.She recalled her father's face just before she fell asleep for the second time and immediately straightened her shoulders.She closed her eyes, reminding herself of why she had returned.Regaining the feeling of the night before, at the mistletoe party.I am my father's daughter.I am not bound to or by anyone in this place.I am my own wolf.Her shoulders drooped as she thought the word ‘wolf’.She hung her head, shaking it slowly, fighting back tears.She swallowed and licked her dry lips.Her head snapped up as her mind carried her through everything that had happened since her return.“Reyland,” she whispered, jumping out of bed.Marian stretched and glanced down at her body.&ldquo
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Marian spun around in the water, using her arms to turn her body. She opened her eyes wide to see further into the dark water, but it seemed as if a light had been switched off. Instead of a clearer view, things became hazy.It was dim in the lake. But the lake was not murky.As she spun and strained her eyes, she was tempted to call out to him, but they were underwater.She wanted to link with him, but he did not have the power to share the pack link.Her mind and heart started racing.Where is he?Have I lost him?No! He just fell in! He’s in here!What if I can't find him?What do I do?Should I link Dax? She pushed that thought away immediately.No. Never. Not after what happened earlier. I’ll call Uncle Gravan.Yes, I’ll – as she started to reach for her uncle in her mind, a pale object caught her eye.She twisted around, holding herself in the same spot, kicking her feet and moving her arms.Her green eyes shone in the dimness of the frigid water.The first thing she noticed once
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“Marian!” Reyland choked, his pitch an octave higher than he expected, making him flush. The tips of his ears turned the same color as Marian’s cheeks.“What?” She whispered sultry against his lips as he held his face above the water, balancing her up, away from his increasingly hardening member, which seemed to be reaching for her.“Marian, what…look…I’m…you…” he complained, his voice gruff as his eyes fixed on her soft, pale lips.“Hmmm? I can't hear you,” she breathed, her right hand sliding down his left arm under the water.Pale lips? Reyland thought. Alarm bells went off in his head.He released his grip on her waist and pulled himself higher out of the water, pulling her flat against the side of his body, keeping her away from his front.Her eyes widened, moving from his lips to take in his full face. He was staring down at her, holding he
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Reyland leaned Marian backward, into the crook of his shoulder, and her head lolled back. Her eyes were closed. Reyland pursed his lips.Fainted?An alpha she-wolf?How come?Why?Is it the lake?No. It can't be.She was shaken up by my father, but that was hours ago.And…why is she so…light?Is it the cold?Other bodies of water are frozen right now. Could it be the chill?I should get her warm…and dry.He thought, his heart now pounding for a different reason.Dry! Gotta get out of the water!With that thought, he pushed for the bank of the lake, holding Marian in his arms, keeping her head above water.==========Reyland’s feet found the lake floor and he trudged forward, quickly at first, but as he left the water, his body began to drag.He ended up dragging Marian’s soaked, heavy, limp body out of the water and falling with her on the lake’s edge.He was the long way around from his clothes so he lay Marian on her back, quickly checked her pulse and breathing, and lumbered over
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Any concerns or requests could be brought to the Elders; however, they would never actively involve themselves in resolving any issues.Their presence was intimidating and could be hard to bear.Many meetings were not done face-to-face, but rather, through intermediaries – younger, but still elderly, shifters who lived with the Elders and presented cases to them for their input.Their rule was simple – they did not interfere in pack politics or battles. They had all had enough of these during their individual reigns and had no taste for such things in their old age.All of them had been around during the time of the previous Alpha, the one before Corien, the one who loved wars, battles, and blood, the one who used his people as objects and pawns for his schemes and conquests.And they had done nothing.They had been there when Corien had taken over from that Alpha, by force of arms, and they had done nothing.
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Corien was in Dax’s office. He had been with him for the past hour, letting the Alpha seethe and rage.Dorien and the Luna had been present as well, but they had left earlier, leaving only the two brothers, the two enemies, together.Dax sat in his chair, his back to Corien, staring out the large window behind his desk.“Once the Alpha King hears of this from Anna, he will come for her,” Dax droned. Finally calm after his last outbursts with his family.“Not if we claim her,” Corien replied calmly.Dax did not respond.Corien continued.“We don’t have to do so immediately. We can plan for it, as we do for everything,” he stated firmly as he approached the large desk and stopped at the edge, adjacent to Dax’s wide shoulders.“If you put everything aside, you will know that what Dorien has suggested is the best solution,” he continued carefully.Silence.
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“If he banishes me…” Marian whispered hoarsely, her voice catching. She shifted her eyes to Gravan, “Will you and Dad come with me?” she whispered, her eyes filling.“Just us? No one else?” Gravan replied with a soft smile, his bright eyes shining in his handsome face.Marian shifted her head against her pillow as she gazed up at her uncle.“I won’t have any hope there, if I’m banished,” she croaked.Gravan shook his head gently, stroking her forehead, the smile still on his face.“First of all, princess, we don’t dwell on ‘what-ifs’, hmmm? What’s done is done. All that matters is where we are now, and what we can do about it,” he stated matter-of-factly.“Your father will not let anything happen to you. Rest assured, nothing as drastic as banishment will happen,” he droned.“But, what if he – Alpha Dax &ndash
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Marian’s damp face was red as she lay on her bed, wrapped like a mummy.Her eyes were quivering, but they were clear.Gravan gazed steadily at her.“Twenty-four hours. That’s all we need. To cover up your healing.”“The day after tomorrow, you can move about, anyhow you please,” he commented flatly in his silk, comforting voice, addressing the other matter she had not raised – attending the Remembrance ceremony.That had been the sole reason she had returned.The only thing that had brought her back to the pack so soon after her departure.And now, she could not attend it.He knew this.He and her father had discussed it in less than three sentences the moment she was out of the woods after Dax had broken her body.It had been on the day after the attack. After he had woken up in the pack hospital.As soon as he had woken, he had linked his Alpha, his mentor, his fr
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Is he in heat?Am I?Marian mused.Dinka chuffed at her in their mind space.“What? I’m bored!” Marian tossed at her wolf, “If I can’t go out tomorrow, let me have a little fun today.”“It’s been too hard these past few days,” she complained to Dinka, “I need a distraction!”“This is not a distraction, Marian, this is torture,” Dinka replied, her teeth bared as if she were laughing.“We’ve seen torture, D. We’re just playing with him,” Marian replied with a smile.With her eyes directing Zepher and a few sounds chipped in here and there, she made the young omega feed her every bite of food and every drop of water and light wine that had been brought to her as she breathed him in.Thirty long minutes later, Gravan walked in to find a very distraught Zepher feeding a very contented Marian.========
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It had been infuriating and had felt like a personal attack to Marian.The girl beside Dorien, Risa, was two years older than him.Every part of her was soft and supple.She had never held anything close to a weapon, of any sort, in her life.She was fresh, and smooth, and as matronly as they came – just as her mother used to admonish her to be.While she, a princess, was rough and bullish and definitely not one anybody could imagine holding a pup.Her heart had broken in more ways than one at that moment.Not only had she been dumped, she had been dumped for the kind of girl her dead mother had wanted her to be.A mother she missed. A mother she wished she could apologize to for all the times she had been difficult.And all of it had happened in public.The thing she hated the most.As soon as the words had left his lips, Marian had felt her chest burn as if it were on fire. They had not been fated m
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At age eleven, Marian had started training to join the warriors rank, and Gravan had entered the picture.Only he, among the warrior class, ever sparred with her, and only he, outside of her father, ever gave her any guidance.With his support, she had developed fast. Her physical and critical thinking skills had grown in leaps and bounds, far beyond her peers.Gravan had used her alpha blood as a springboard in her training. Pushing her harder and farther than most young trainees.By the time she turned thirteen, she was leading physical training sessions for younger shifters and was no longer ignored by blooded warriors – those who were active in the protection and defense of Lightmoon pack.At fourteen, she became a full-fledged member of the warrior class, assigned to a unit.The unit leader had been Gravan. By this time, in her heart, her second uncle.As a member of his unit, he never gave her any less than he gave any oth
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At the mention of Reyland, Marian had sniffed and nodded lightly.Her father smiled as footsteps were heard in the sitting area.Before she could blink, Corien was out the door, closing it gently behind him as he began to speak with the Alpha of Lightmoon pack.Marian’s eyes narrowed. She pushed her senses to listen, but both men were warriors; she could not hear them unless they didn’t mind being heard.There was silence.She could not even feel them.Their presence had been blocked.A few minutes later, she heard footsteps leaving her dorm.Two sets.She rested her back on the bed and stared up at the ceiling, mulling over her conversation with her father.She went over everything one by one, step by step, with Dinka.As she recounted it, certain things stood out to her, but she kept her counsel.Instead, her mind turned to the past, before the darkest time in her life.==========The pack had been a home then.Her father, mother, and her younger brother had lived in the Alpha mansi
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“He ordered the rest of us out – me, Dax, Dorien,” Corien continued, maintaining his fluid pace.Marian smiled lightly, but remained focused, keeping the meld firmly intact.“Byron gave you pint after pint of blood from the blood bank. He would not let me give any because of the impending full moon.”Corien paused and smiled widely when the meld did not waver.My daughter is a true alpha warrior, he mused.Marian’s breathing remained steady. Her brow had twitched, but she had no other reaction.“We stayed in the sitting area of your dorm until you woke up the next day.”“You know the gist of things from there.”“Dax has been gone since the early hours of this morning. No one has seen him or heard from him. Physical or link-wise.”“We locked down the pack grounds. Some news might have gotten out, but no one will be able to understand things. Not for a while, not until more details come to light, and not…unless they are old enough or versed enough in wolf history to guess anything.”“An
