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81 - Ryker“What made you ask for my wolf?”“I don’t know, I just had an urge to see him. Ryker, you’re hurt, does that really matter right now?” She’s pulling away from me to try and look at my shoulder. I’m almost completely healed. The only thing that doesn’t go away is the blood spilled. That’s all she sees.“I’m fine, really….”“Oh! Ryker…It was so scary. I’m so glad you’re alright. You’re so brave to take on those rogues all by yourself!”Amy throws herself at my back, ultimately shoving Kennedy away from me. I’m not sure if she didn’t see her or if, most likely, she doesn’t care. But I am naked and not in the mood to put up with her stupid behavior. The only person who should see or touch me like this is Kennedy.“Amy. Off. Now!” I growl out.“But… I just wanted to make sure you’re alright. You never minded before.” She coos at me. “I know how to comfort you.”“Amy,” I grab Kennedy, who looks close to angry tears, and pull her to my chest, resting her cheek over my heart and tu
82 - KennedyI am very proud of myself. I don’t throw a fit or storm out of the room, even though that is exactly what my gut wants me too. I don’t want to be locked in the house again. Especially when I know Amy is back and trying to start sh*t. She definitely doesn’t care about Ryker having a mate now. I could see her issue with me before, when I first got here. I thought maybe he had a deeper connection with her or maybe he made her promises considering how old he is. To be twenty six and still not have a mate is not unheard of, but it is closer to rare than normal. Now that I have been around a while and the way Ryker is with me, the way he held me close to him when she was right there in front of us tells me the obsession is completely on her side.That’s a whole other thing to wrap my head around. The way he held me. Even something so simple as using me to cover up his fabulous naked body. I felt…I don’t want to think about it in case I jinx it, but he held me. Then aga
83 - KennedyI wake up again, draped across Ryker’s massively chiseled chest. I take a deep breath in, reveling in his Rosemary mint scent, then roll out of bed trying not to disturb him. I look around to see where we ended up. Surprisingly we are back in my room. He didn’t bother fixing the door, it’s pushed off to the side. I look around and nothing has been touched aside from the things he had moved into his bedroom. It feels like forever since I have been in here. I do notice the statue that looks like Alpha has been propped on my bedside table, but there is an addition. There is a lamb statue carved with the same amount of detail standing next to Alpha. They way they are standing though, it’s as if they are puzzle pieces that fit together perfectly. I wonder if the same shopkeeper made it. The curve of the wolf’s body is just enough for the lamb to curl in, the lamb’s front leg crosses over the wolf’s in a possessive and protective way. The underside of the wolf’s muzzle fits
84 - Ryker“Ken.” I shout, not even getting her full name out before she’s out of the breakfast room.“Luna.” Bennet chases after her.“Hey!” Danny and Greta both call out behind me as I follow.I can’t tell if she’s ignoring us or if Todd has her full attention and she can’t hear us. But, she is fast. I can feel her worry for this girl. It’s palpable through our bond. “Where was she last? Or I guess the better question is where did you lose her scent?” I hear her ask Todd.He’s breathing hard. He must have sprinted all the way to the packhouse. “We weren’t too far from the soccer field. Our house is close. She wanted to play hide and seek and we were all having fun, but it’s been too long and we have all been calling her. She doesn’t play tricks like that, something’s wrong.”“Kennedy, slow down. We don’t know what we are getting into. You can’t just rush in blind.” I grab her arm and spin her around. Her eyes are wild and she isn’t thinking clearly. Her emotions are going
85 - KennedyI can hear Ryker grumbling something above me, but he must know that I’m right or he at least agrees with me because he isn’t following. I can’t think about how hot it is that he is so protective of me or the way that Alpha stayed in contact the whole walk through the woods, even if it was just his tail brushing my leg.I scramble the best I can down the side of this hill. It is further than I thought and I will admit to myself that maybe Ryker had a point about looking before I jump. I won’t stop now, she needs help and I am the only person who won’t get hurt being down here. I couldn’t see her tiny body very well from where we were standing on the edge. I hope that she is like most werewolf kids and is fairly indestructible. I remember playing with Jeremiah and the guys when we were little and being so jealous that they rarely got hurt and when they did they healed in hours or days. And I fell down a hill, just rolling, and broke my arm. I was in a cast for month
86 - RykerI am locked into place. What did she just say? There’s no way I heard that right. She’s just focused on the little girl and letting words fall out of her mouth.“If that’s the case, then wouldn’t she be saying common phrases? Things she says all the time. That is not something she has said to either of us and I was kind of hoping she would tell me before she told you. She does like me better.” Alpha is joking, but I know he is just as shocked as I am. If he heard it then I wasn’t hallucinating.“Did you just get those special three words from a special Luna, Bossman? Danny taunts.“Uh, yeah. I think I did.”“Is she high? Like does the wolfsbane mess with humans differently or something?” My head snaps to him. He’s f*cking smiling like the cat that got the canary.“F*ck off.” I mutter, finally getting the use of my legs to follow where Kennedy went with Emily. He just follows, not trying very hard to contain his laugh.Being high ranking wolves, many women over the y
87 - RykerI become conscious of a tingling brush along my face. I don’t open my eyes though. I savor the feeling. “That’s nice, Little Lamb, but yesterday sucked. Give me another hour.”A small giggle interrupts my thoughts quickly. I turn my head to see a bright-eyed Emily looking at me from her bed in the middle of the room. “Why do you call her a lamb? She’s not a lamb, silly Alpha!” She covers her mouth and laughs again. I can see the delight in her mother’s and Kennedy’s eyes. All three of them want an answer, an honest answer. Copyright ©️ 2024 Miss L Writes and Ember Mantel Productions“Well, my little ninja,” She laughs at her own nickname. “Your Luna tried to run away from me once. She hid her scent just like you did. She was very sneaky. I had to use my wolf to find her and she had never seen him before.”“Oh my gosh! Your wolf is so big! Were you scared, Luna?” She turns her wides eyes to Kennedy.“A little at first, because I didn’t know who it was chasing me. But onc
88 - KennedyOh sh*t! I did say it. I was so caught up in getting Emily taken care of that when I was telling Ryker to keep his distance so the wolfsbane wouldn’t affect him, I told him I loved him. He didn’t say anything or react at all, so I thought maybe he doesn’t feel the same or I imagined saying it. I laid there last night, holding onto Emily, worried about what today would look like when he completely took me by surprise and kissed me goodnight then whispered I love you softly in my ear.He has a small smile on his face as he lets me process all the things that happened in the last couple days. I can’t believe it was just yesterday that I threw Amy out of the packhouse and Ryker let me break down a few more of his emotional walls.“How do you feel now? I know that the wolfsbane wasn’t as bad for you, but it did affect you.” He rubs my arms and goosebumps erupt with the tingles. He’s watching the reaction intently while I watch him.“I feel okay now.” I take a deep breath
16 - GretaThis is the biggest bunch of bullsh*t. I’m stuck in a f*cking net, hanging from a tree like a cartoon character. Who even uses a trap like this? “Finn! Stop playing with that asshole and get me down!”“Umpf.” Both guys hit the ground hard. Finn’s wolf just growls at me. It’s getting dark, but I can tell the difference between the two even though they are pretty evenly matched.I continue to scout. I can see others at the treeline waiting their turn, it’s too dark to count though. This is going to be a su*cide mission for Finn if I can’t get down. They are just going to wear him down, one fight at a time. I look up, there’s no way he’s going to be able to get me down like this. I’m going to have to climb the net, which was probably made to catch guys the size of Finn and Ryker. I’m swinging like a pendulum and tilted sideways. These assholes know what they are doing with this midevil trap, but I finally get to the closure of the net. My weight is too much for me to
I will never say this out loud to Greta, but she was right going back to the cabin and letting off some steam away from people who I thought would at least have my back. I had to get my head on straight to be able to deal with the problem. We let them into our quiet little rogue pack and they turned our world upside down. I think that’s what pissed me off the most. I don’t really care if they like me or would come after me, but Amy and Janelle came into our pack and found Justin and I almost immediately. Neither of them wanted to be marked right away. I don’t know what Janelle’s excuses were, but Amy’s were all about gaining power. It was the prize at the end of her grand plans. She put it off every time I accomplished what she wanted. There was always another task to complete.I will also never tell Greta it was her I thought about while I let my body release all the pent up tension. It took very little imagination and an embarrassingly short time, but it worked. My wolf is right
14- GretaI have never seen anyone look at me the way Finn was. It’s like he was hungry and he wanted me for his last meal.“Well, he’s a guy, a very, very hot guy and you are a woman.”“Shut up.” I scold my wolf. “I wonder if he was telling the truth about not having women catch his eye for a long time.”“Maybe he’s bi! I’ve always wanted to try a three way!”“You are ridiculous!” I laugh at my wolf. “Besides, maybe him and Amy had a different kind of mate bond. She was able to sleep with anyone. The bond didn’t seem to affect her. Maybe he was the same. He could be lying just to get a piece while he’s out here on this mission.” The thought makes me feel sh*tty.“Nah, he was definitely looking at you like a snack.”“Greta!” Finn’s voice stops our debate. I look and he’s standing about twenty yards back. He shifts fast. “You want to take a look at this or just run laps?” He whispers, raising an eyebrow.My wolf rolls her eyes and he laughs at us, but we trot back over then shift
13- FinnI switched out with Greta about two hours ago. It’s the middle of the night and she let me rest for a long time. It hit me too late, it’s because she’s a control freak. This girl cannot be more wound up. I am going to have to talk with Danny about ways to medicate her uptight ass. This is not the hard part. These rogues either aren’t who we are looking for and our information is bad, or they are onto the fact that Rory is looking into them and they are playing nice for now. I don’t know why she thinks we need a bulletpointed plan of every move we make before doing anything. She’s the definition of analysis paralysis. I don’t care how hot she is, she’s crazy and I have had enough of that to last me a lifetime.If it was just me, I would have done a sweep around the perimeter already to get a better idea of numbers. I know how to hide my scent and I’m not officially in a pack so even if they came across my scent they probably wouldn’t think anything of it. But, I can’t mid
12 - GretaDamn, this guy is annoying. We have been walking for about forty-five minutes and he hasn’t said a thing to me. He was supposed to be explaining the terrain to me, not taking a leisurely stroll.“Finn!” I whisper yell. “What are you doing? We need a plan and to scout properly. Talk to me. What are we doing?” I take a quiet jog to catch up to him.“I am taking you to the part of the stream we used to collect water. I didn’t think you needed a play by play. There hasn’t been anyone traveling through here. I can smell that much. You can smell that much. We don’t need to discuss it.” He shrugs his shoulders and continues walking. “As a trained warrior, I assume you can make basic observations on your own.”I hold back a growl. “How many people were housed in the area you cleared? Did you have any specific paths you followed? How long were you here? We need to plan what we will do if we get separated or if we end up in a fight.”“That is probably something you should hav
Sorry for the absence. My whole house got sick, but my son just couldn't kick the usual flu/cold/slime that flows through the public school system this time of year. After 2 weeks of tests and negative results for basically everything, but still spiking high fevers every couple of days we finally figured out he had pneumonia. It has been a wild couple of weeks, but I think we are back on track. This is the first time in two weeks I have touched my laptop. I'm going to take my free time the next couple days to get caught up with Finn and Greta's story. I have missed them.
11 - Greta“Sleeping arrangements don’t matter right now, Rookie. We have to get to work. I have a rough idea of where the attacking rogues are hiding out. Rory’s guys haven’t chased them too far past their borders out of fear of it being a trap. They aren’t equipped to handle an ambush right now.” I drop my bag by the tiny table in the kitchen area. As much as I will fight him on it, Finn was not too far off suggesting the cabin might have the toilet and the bed in the same space. It is tiny in here. I’m sure this cabin is built for one guy to stay overnight.I start digging for the map Gunner gave me. When I find it I dump my bag on the floor and spread the map out on the table. “You gonna join me or what?” I look over my shoulder and Finn is just watching. What he’s looking at is anyone’s guess, but he doesn’t seem to be in any hurry to help either. With all his talk about wanting to prove himself, he seems to not care now that he found a bed. Whatever.I look at the map G
10 - Finn“We made a path to get to the Dark Moon pack, Alpha Rory.” “Wait! You were a part of the group that attacked Ryker and Kennedy?!” The entire room erupts in low growls. I stand my ground. My only reaction is the tension in my muscles, ready for someone to attack. I try to keep my face calm, not uncaring or arrogant, just not hostile. This is why I have no idea why I am here. I am only ever going to be known as the leader of the pack that tried, and failed, to attack Ryker’s pack. I expect to be interrogated and not trusted.“Hey! Gunner. Kade. Knock it off. Ryker vetted him and he has been working with us for six months. It’s why he is here. That and he clearly got past all of you without being noticed.” She places herself between the beta, delta and me. I can’t help the shock I feel. Did Greta just defend me? “That’s where we should start then.” She looks at Rory, like nothing hostile was about to go down. He nods. “Is there any other info we need to get started?”
9 - Greta“What did he mean ‘it sounds like,’ Josh?” I look over at the Beta, knowing full well he gives Ryker a play by play of anything going on in the pack and he’s too damn observant for his own good.“Exactly what he said, Greta” He clips my name sarcastically. “You two need to get over whatever this,” He waves between Finn and I, “is, and learn how to work together. You both are very talented. Stop fighting each other and focus those efforts on something more productive. Now go pack up. You have a two hour drive to check in with Rory and then another hour out to the cabin. Grant has your SUV out front.”He turns and walks away after that, no other words. Just Finn and I here alone. “This should be fun.” Finn steps past me towards the car. “You wanna drive, control freak?” He smiles over his shoulder.Oh yeah, super fun. I jog around to the driver’s side. At least Finn has caught onto one thing. I am in charge of this mission. We hit my place first. “Just wait here. It wi