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95 - KennedyI tense and my breath halts. I am frozen in time, staring at this older version of Ryker. His eyes are a darker shade, but no less piercing. If Ryker wasn’t holding me up, I would probably be in a heap on the floor.“What?” I whisper out. Ryker wraps his arms around me tighter and I hold his forearms like my life depends on it. I’m probably leaving marks, but only a tiny portion of my brain is registering that it might be a bad thing.He gives me a look of sympathy, but asks again. “What do you remember from that night? I need to know where to start my story.”My lungs are trying to take in breaths, but I can seem to get any air in. I can’t look away from the eyes that are so like my mate’s. He knows what happened. He might know why. He knows me, but I have never met him before in my life.I feel hands on my face, I try to blink but my whole body is slow and foggy. Then warmth spreads from my lips through my whole body, lighting me on fire. I breathe in deeply, my eye
96 - Kennedy“Kennedy! What the hell are you doing? You need to stay where you are safe. We don;t know what these rogues want.” Ryker growls in my head.“Is he talking to you too, Bennet? Or is he saving his irritation for me?” I side eye my gamma.“Oh, no, Luna. He’s probably more pissed at me than you. I might need you to intervene when this is all over. Otherwise you will be looking for a new bodyguard.” He laughs, clearly unphased by whatever Ryker is saying to him. “It is times like these when I really think finding my mate and having a son should be a bigger priority for me.” I laugh with him this time. At least he seems like he’s not scared of what his alpha will do to him for siding with me.“I just wish I could mindlink him back. This way we could get the fight over with and I could tell him that I am alright myself. THat would probably help a little bit.”“A very little bit.” He mumbles out as I hear a growl next to us.“Who…?” I look around but I can’t see much in the
97 - KennedyI grab at everything I can as Dirk continues to walk. They think I am just putting up a fight. It’s fine they can continue to be stupid. This is where their underestimation of me because I am human works in my favor.“Ryker! Come find me, baby.” I keep chanting in my head as I leave a trail of blood on everything I can. I’m just hoping it’s enough. It has to be enough. I know he can sense me when I am near, but I don’t know how that works out here. Does his Kennedy compass work outside the packhouse? Or is that just a home thing? I can’t be sure, so my injuries need to work for me now.I have no idea how long we walk, but my stomach hurts where Dirk the D*ck’s shoulder is digging in. I know he’s bouncing harder on purpose. I am going to enjoy watching him go down slowly and hopefully with a lot of pain. I am starting to get tired with the blood loss and being hung upside down for who knows how long and I can’t afford to fall asleep with these assholes around. Wh
98 - Ryker“Just take a breath.”“I WILL NOT CALM DOWN AND NO ONE LEAVES THIS FOREST UNTIL SHE IS FOUND!” I roar into the blackness.I am surrounded by every warrior that can be spared and every pack member that she has impacted. They are all here for her, to save her, when I couldn’t.“I didn't tell you to calm down, I’m not that stupid and none of us are calm. But, you are our best link to her and we can’t use that skill with you acting like a lunatic. Now snap out of it and tell us what she said.” Josh is doing his best to keep me level headed, I can feel it and see it and yet, I don’t give a sh*t. My mate has been taken right from under our noses.I wanted her home and safe, but she’s too stubborn to listen and this is what we get. I was right and now who knows what is happening to her. I can feel her, but it’s muddled. Like a frequency jam in my head. Add to that the fact that she figured out how to mindlink us. She doesn’t have a wolf, how the f*ck does that happen? She war
99 - Kennedy“I’m not sure how I am going to help you get your mate, but I don’t see why you need both Ryker and I.” Maybe if I keep him talking I can give my guys time to find the trail. “D*ck…I mean Dirk here hasn’t even told me your name. Your servants are trained poorly in the art of formal introduction etiquette.”That earns me a hard slap to the face. It comes out of nowhere and I topple sideways seeing flashes of white in my vision. My cheekbone might be broken with the amount of pain searing my face. I slowly crawl back up to a seated position, holding my left cheek in my hand.“I’m no f*cking servant, you little b*tch. I am a warrior.” Dirk spits at me.“Debatable.” I mumble out of the right side of my mouth. “You will lose your arm for that, just so you know.” I hope I sound as calm and unaffected as I think I do. I can see Dirk getting more angry. He looks like a cartoon with his head about to explode.As he winds up to hit me again, the unknown alpha grabs his arm an
100 - KennedyThis f*cking b*tch had something to do with Alpha Ryan’s attack?! All of my weariness and exhaustion melts instantly. She was behind Ryker almost losing his father and mother all to have a pack.I can feel my heart rate rise, my breathing is deep, but quick. She smiles at me like the crazy lunatic she is. She thinks I am scared of her. She couldn’t be more wrong. I am vibrating with anger and hatred towards her. My hands are bound in my lap. It’s the only thing keeping me from wrapping them around her neck.The one puzzle piece I don’t understand is the ‘we’ she kept saying. I don’t think she meant her mate. There’s no way he would have let her string him along for a decade. What did she mean by ‘we’?I rub my hands on my face, probably smearing blood in the process. I don’t care at this point, I just want to know what she knows so I can pass on the information when Ryker gets to me.“How was Ryker’s pack going to belong to you if his father died? He just would
101 - RykerShe’s alive. I have her in my arms. The sheer panic is starting to fade, but my whole body is shaking with the release. I never understood what drove my dad to the point of being permanently injured when my mom was taken until right now. Kennedy isn’t even marked yet, but my entire being shut down. I had no other thoughts than her, no other feeling than fear. My only desire was to search to the ends of the earth to find her and bring her home after burning every last wolf that’s responsible for her capture.I take another deep breath of her warm honey scent. I don’t even care who is around. My guys won’t let a single person anywhere near us. She tries to pull back, but I can’t let her, not yet. I need this, her, close. My wolf needs her to stay focused. He’s tracking the area surrounding our spot. Listening for sudden movements or a change in the wind.“Ryker…Please… I need you to listen. Can you do that? There are innocent people here. We can’t harm everyone. No
102 - Kennedy“We can use the arena to hold everyone. No offense Finn, but we need to watch all your followers. We have no idea who is working with Amy.”“No offense, Luna. I understand. So will they.”“Can I ask you something?” Bennet steps around Ryker and I. “Why are you using her title?”Finn scoffs and crosses his arms. He still hasn’t risen from his kneeling position on the ground. He is purposely keeping himself at a disadvantage to show his compliance. “She’s a Luna, have you not noticed? Being her gamma and all, I thought you would have that basic information.”Bennet growls and moves to step forward. I stop him with my hand wrapped in the waistband of his shorts. “Bennet, please. I want to go home and we have to figure out where Amy is and what she’s up to. Now that I know all the attacks and crazy sh*t that has been happening recently is her fault. We need to take care of these people that she has abused, figure out who is actually loyal to her and, I guess, her dad
19 - GretaFinn jumps in the back seat, tilts his head back and closes his eyes. Welp, I guess we aren't talking on the ride home.“Greta, you can rest too. It’s been a long week for you and the drive is going to be…”“Don’t you dare finish that sentence.” I side eye Grant. “If you jinx us, I will harm you.”Grant rolls his eyes. “Yes, ma’am.”“Seriously? You too!”“What?!” He asks, not trying to hide his laugh.“You are not allowed to call me that, so knock it off.” I look out my window to hide my smirk. I don’t hate the title. I hate that Finn says it like it’s an insult.“You let Finn call you that.” My head whips over my left shoulder to make sure Finn is still sleeping.“Shh! I do not. He just doesn’t listen and it isn’t worth the fight.”“Sure, that’s what we’re gonna go with.”I smack his chest. “Since when are you so talkative? Don’t you normally just sit here all stoic and sh*t chauffeuring us around.”“I like to refer to it as defensive driving, ma’am. And, for your in,
18 - GretaI can’t help looking over at Finn every few minutes. The last two days were scary and not much scares me anymore. My wolf was right and he needed me to heal and deal with the poison that was flowing in his body. My wolf took her time cleaning each and every wound on his body. There were over a hundred cuts and scrapes to take care of and we had to shift every twelve hours for her to lick them clean. The saliva would stop the bleeding for a while, but they would become a slow leak to handle again. Once we got the wounds to close completely we found that he would have a seizure if I stepped away from him. I was afraid to even go to the bathroom and neither of us ate much and I had to dribble water into his mouth to try to keep him hydrated.“Just ask, Princess. Stop staring at me like that.” His walk looks strong, but I have been around him long enough to see the small struggles he has moving.“You said you are not wanted, that no one wants or trusts you but Kennedy. Why do
17 - FinnI take a deep breath in, my ribs are sore, but I can breathe. I can feel my legs and arms. I swear the toxin was taking over before I passed out from the blinding pain. I know I have a resistance to Claude’s toxin, but I also know how badly I was injured by Janelle and Justin’s guys. I shouldn’t be able to think let alone feel. I shouldn’t be alive. Assessing the rest of my body, there isn’t any more pain. I am aware of my body laying on something soft and I am very warm, but can’t seem to force my body to move.My eyes are glued shut for some reason, maybe I am still fighting off the toxin. Another deep breath and a sweet soft fragrance lulls me back into the darkness. Maybe I am dead or dying and the Goddess is making the trip back to her more comfortable. I let the sweet smell engulf me and allow the soft darkness to take over.“Should we wake them?” A deep voice stage whispers.“Nah, but make sure she knows that we know she’s a cuddler. That…she will never live down.”
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 o
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.