***Tamara***
'That was totally unwarranted Ryker. ' I massaged my temple a little aggressively.
'She asked for it Tamara.' He continued perusing a file that was on his desk, totally writing off my argument.
'Ryker you know you were a little too draconian on her. ' I sighed in defeat, his eyes remaining fixed on the file contents.
'Tamara, if you have nothing else to say then give me some peace to sort out these treaties. ' He didn't lift his face to look at me, no, he only waved his hands in a perfunctory manner.
'Fine. ' I sat there staring at him like a creep. His eyebrows would crease whenever he was in deep thoughts. I noticed how often he would lick his lower lip while he wrote something down. He would squint his eyes whenever something didn't appeal to him and once in a while he even scoffed at some stupid treaty I presumed.
'Will you s
***Ryker*** I should have done something the moment Tamara told me that she had a bad feeling something heinous would happen. Guilt, contrition, fright and anger crowded my conscious. My wolf was out the moment Tyron uttered those words. Paper, blood, monica, gone. The four main words in his statement swirled and occupied my mind. Had these occurred the first time Tamara informed me about her gut feeling? Would I have prevented anything had I done something about it then? Questions upon questions darted in my brain cells. Still rooted to the floor of my office, my mate attended to Tyron, helping him seat down on my office couch. She gave him a glass of water, whispering sweet somethings to coax him into calming down. I wanted to sprint into action instantaneously but a mind link from my father stopped me. After learning about the news, he had told me to stay where I was before going to both scene
***Tamara*** Jackpot, I felt like I had secured one the moment Mimi stated that we could catch the villain with Monica's scent. These bloodied papers had been tormenting me for weeks. Theylodged themselves deep in my brain and ate up my brain cells, forcing my systems to go overdrive. I couldn't contain my feet as they padded on the area rug in our sitting room, from one edge to another. The bond link was left open and even so, my pulse kept on spiking up with every minute that went by, without any update from Ryker. I had already groomed myself up for good news and nothing could have stopped me from smiling as I pictured it all. 'You're starting to piss me off with this pacing of yours. ' Janette was seated comfortably on our couch with no care in the world. A bowl of homemade double butter popcorn sat on her lap. She held a sizeable cup of white tea, chasing the popcorn bi
***Ryker***The enervating and enfeebling pain consumed me, throaty groans emanating from my voice box. Helpless, an alpha leading a group of warriors straight into a trap. Even through the excruciating affliction, I tried to sort out relentlessly for our mate.Everything was just okay until we walked right in to a perfect ambush. No one could have imagined that it was all a lure, one that had triumphed over our thinking game. The papers had been neatly arranged, dripping with flesh blood. With his muzzle raised in the air, Tyron led us deeper and deeper into the forest. He was the only one in wolf form, for now.The further we went the more Monica's blood scent became more hefty and overpowering on our sense of smell. We could also detect the aroma of the malodorous earth. I could hear rustling sounds of small animals scampering under widespread orchids and ferns. They must have felt the pres
***Tamara***Seething, I simmered with fury as it ran red through by brain. My face felt sticky with dried tears that had long ceased from coursing. My face remained neutral, only the twitching of my eyebrows and the corners of my mouth portrayed the anger that kept on swirling inside.His hand felt cold against my elbow, gripping it tightly with his filthy nails sinking into my skin. I could feel warm trails of my blood as it dripped and made small streams on my arm. As he dragged us through the forest, something kept on pushing and gnawing my mind. Pin pointing it in the midst of fury and pain however proved quite to be a strenuous task.I struggled to press down my rage for Janette. After Addanc had shared the news of her carrying a life inside her womb, I decided to control myself for her safety. I kept on distracting the wizard any time he tried hurting her more as we went through the forest.
***Ryker***'What's even more weird is that there hasn't been any scent of Theo on the entire pack lands. ' Tyron had exhaustively carried out a protracted scour all around and it ended up being futile.'Curt, did you find anything?' They had been combing out the borders, trying to see whether anything bizarre was going on.'No alpha, nothing stood out. ' My thoughts went back to what my mate had been telling me for the last couple of days. Deep down I knew she was making a lot of sense, but again, were kidnaps supposed to be coherent?'Jayson, how is the search for Addanc progressing? ' Only a disdainful taste filled my savory glands as the name made way past my tongue.' We traced a trail of blood we have a plausible reason to believe belongs to him at the northern boulder. ' That was by far the most promising news I had heard since he vanished 5 days ago.'He cros
***Tamara***I sat by the training grounds on a wooden teak bench, observing the teenagers as they underwent rigorous training. Their exposed upper bodies shimmered with globules of sweat, some forming little streams on the skin.The training grounds rested under the thick white sheets of clouds that looked like stretched cotton. They formed gaps, closing and opening as they moved over and under one another. The sky spotted parts of greys and blues, with streaks of silvers and golds.As the sun rose and opened it's light and made a promise of warmth, the instructors backed orders and instructions. They pushed the teen pups to their limits over and over again. As I watched their feet, hands and bodies move as one, my mind kept on replaying the former Luna's words.Something wasn't adding up at all. Her utterances came like a bolt from the blue. Ryker's reaction was stuck in the deepest part of my brain. As
***Ryker***Tamara humorously chuckled. ' Of course that was the only convenient excuse you could come up with.''It's not an excuse. ''You're right. ' She nodded, taking a few strides to where I stood.'It's not an excuse, it's a freaking lie. ' She whispered the last part in a shaky voice. Pain was potent in her words and it was all my culpability.'I'm telling the truth. ''The same truth you told when you said you were going to delve in searching for Addanc? ' Her hands were now stubbornly placed on her hips, legs apart and eyes affixed to me in a glare.'Tamara please, can you at least let me talk. ' Only equanimity could stop the situation from exacerbating. She had the absolute right to flip a wig, but disbelieving me? Now that hurt my beast and I.'No, I am not going to stand here and listen to one more cock and bull story. ' She
***Tamara***Mrs. Kagwe must have been operating under a goad, driving her into poisoning Theo. As I took in the pack members trickling into the pack grounds, my wolf insisted that Theo was partly telling the truth. The adult werewolves chattered amongst themselves, some in groups and others in pairs.I should have felt sheer unbridled abhorrence towards them for everything they had put me through. 5 years of name calling and unwarranted scornful insults, I stood on the raised podium, as their Luna. Following the threat from the alpha leader, they had no choice but to submit to the very witch they apparently loathed.My mate stood beside me, with his eye sight solely pinned on Monica's friend as she approached the grounds hastily. A low growl left his mouth, commanding silence from the unknowing group of the adults. Janette nudged me with her elbow, making me place my hand on his bicep to calm him do