VALENTINA[UNKNOWN]All around us was chaos, wolves against wolves, most of which seemed to be on Lucean’s side. I spotted a specially large reddish-brown wolf, the fur on its front left leg up to the left side of its face was uniquely covered in black fur. The wolves easily tackled three enemy wolves, his superior size and ire making the fight unfair for his opponents.“Is that—”“Khan, yeah.”“But-but how?”“Your friend followed you, she saw Jafarr knock you out and knew you were definitely in grave danger…”“Sara?” I asked as Lucean carried me in his arms, walking around the ensuing battle and I could barely hear his voice over the growling from the fighting wolves.“Yup, she shifted, running away from the Revolt Pack until she was far away enough. She then mind linked with her mate, Jack, who then brought the information of your danger straight to us… from there it wasn’t hard to track you by scent, and giving the fact they actually wanted us to find you Jayme came up with the ide
VALENTINAPACK OF LOREMy fingers trailed along what was left of the bars before the window sill, feeling it's rough broken edges and the grains of dust that remained on my fingertips until I wiped them away with a cloth. The windows were open, and wind floated through smoothly, grazing my face and tickling my neck as I peered outside.My eyes followed the movement of Sara, who had recently returned and was sought after by Jack. I watched them from the windows not able to make out the words that they were saying but seeing Sara break down into tears at a point and Jack pull her close into a tught hug.Jayme paused to watch from a distance, arms folded across his chest and back facing me. He only turned at the appearance of his Alpha and several other sentries. Lucean stopped to speak to his cousin, whilst the sentries went on their way, his handsome features making me ovulate just watching him speak.My fingers wrapped around the delicate cloth I'd used to clean them, twisting and tur
VALENTINAPACK OF LOREMy eyes found Lucean’s again. He watched silently, arms folded behind his back, expression carefully vacant of any emotion as he refused to allow me to comprehend what he thought of my hesitance to answer.My choice….I felt T'maras’ cloak brush my pants as she walked by me to stand at her nephew's side, squaring her shoulders and inhaling deeply as she looked at me. My mind swirled as I quietly contemplated. Leaving this pack and going in with Khan now could still leave me to certain vulnerabilities as Jafarr’s escape meant the turncoat would mostly likely disclose certain information about the Revolt Pack and about me to Ryker. But it was still obvious that staying in the Pack of Lore was directly staying with the ones related to Ryker.I could feel the councilmen penetrating stares on me as my lips parted and closed as I eventually made my decision. An ache began to form on my head, and I lifted a hand, to rub at my temple, but jolted at the sound of Lucean’s
VALENTINAPACK OF LOREI relaxed into my large bed, the meeting having being concluded shortly after Khan left with Kent and I had thanked Jack gratefully for his help in saving my life before retiring to my bedroom.I lay down for several hours but oddly sleep never came and I could guess I was still recovering from the trauma of having being imprisoned, in that stone cellar with Jhamal, for days. Neither of us had actually slept but most of our time was spent in forced conversations and acceptances of death.Sooner I left the room, walking down to very large parlour below before heading to kitchen where I grabbed a mug, hoping that a good cup of tea would fix my psych."Could not sleep?" Teira's voice startled me, and the cup filled with my tea that I held wavered as I swiftly turned in the window seat of the living room.She wore a long white gown, and her dark long hair fell down her back, out of the tight pony-tail that I had seen it in earlier. Her eyes appeared tired yet alert
ALPHA LUCEANPACK OF LORE"Jayme."My Beta's head turned at my voice, the folder in his hands lowering as he gave me his full attention whilst I stepped into his home office. The scent of peppermint was heavy in the air, and became even stronger when I approached his desk, surveying the mess on it.Various opened folders and documents could be seen, and I eyed the three bowls filled with various mints resting amongst them. A smile twitched my lips as I glanced at Jayme, reminded once again of his extreme delight for mints, something which he worryingly enjoyed since we were children."Good morning." Jayme greeted me and placed the folder onto the desk, circling it to get a coffee pot and lift it in question. I raised a hand, declining, my attention becoming focused on the folder he once held.“So Ryker is alive…” He said for the hundredth time.“Yeah and he’s pissed— what is this about?" I asked, sliding the folder closer to me so I could see it properly. Several curses erupted from J
VALENTINAPACK OF LORE“What were the questions?” I asked and Sara stuffed the last piece of steak, I had been gluttonously eyeing, into her mouth before she answered.“Bunch of everything regarding your capture, what I knew about it and all.”“What you tell them?”“Nothing they didn’t already know… truth is it’s not very clear how Jafarr managed to get you and Jhamal— the wretch out without detection. I mean of course he had some inside her but still, Khan’s sentries and his security up there. It’s right.”“UP there?”“Damn.” She cursed.“Hope you didn’t slip out that information in Jayme’s investigation.”“Nah… I was very selective with of my works, I guess I feel a lot more safe when talking to you.”I nodded, remembering sketchily Harnold’s voice during the drive as muttered something about an ascending hidden road on the steep mountain side.“You won’t tell Lucean the Revolt Packs up on the mountains right?”I shook my head. “That’d be betraying Khan and I can’t even think about
VALENTINAPACK OF LOREUpon awakening, I almost immediately knew that I was no longer outside of Lucean’s door. Instead, I found myself on his couch, covered with an unfamiliar blanket. A quick look across Lucean’s room revealed that the one which I'd brought with me was folded on the edge of his bed, and the dark one that was on me held his scent.I slowly sat up on the couch, taking notice of what I at first thought to be the Alpha's absence. But then I heard his voice from a nearby room, low and deep as he spoke. As I eventually stood, I left the dark blanket on the couch and quickly gathered my own, intent on leaving the room before Lucean entered.But just as my fingers wrapped around the handle of the door and it began to open, a large hand slammed it closed. The sound of it slamming rang in my ears loudly and I sighed quietly as I glanced over my shoulder to meet Lucean’s gleaming eyes, the corner of his lips lifted in a half-grin.His other hand held a phone to his ear, but no
VALENTINAPACK OF LOREBoth Jack and Sara practically hand wrestled themselves a few feet away and only stopped when I said. “Hey, trouble in paradise?”“No! Jack wants to go kill himself!” Sara said, exasperated and Jack only shook his head.“I’ve told you love, I’ll be fine! It’s just a recon mission.”“What mission, what’s going on?” I was now very confused."The head of army command has ordered that all pack members excluding the sentries return to their homes."I frowned, confused. "Why?"Impatience and worry flared in Sara’s gaze as her mate spoke on. "A neighboring pack has been attacked and calls for the Lorean pack's assistance has reached us. Some of the sentries and The Alpha will be travelling there, and although the attack isn't happening in this pack, it is possible that violence may come this way and it's important that everyone is kept safe."“I’m not going without you Jack!” Sara said stomping her boot.“I know you’re worried but trust me, I’ll be okay.”“Come on Sar