**ESTELLE**Walking from that room has to be the hardest thing I think I ever could have done. 'And the dumbest. We should just leave now and show up at his pack. That way nothing else happens to us.' Darra says with a whimper.'We can't just show up. I don't want to anger him. He said if anything happens to me, THEN we come to his pack. He said it is dangerous and that is something I should trust.' She sighs and lays down in my mind. Leaving me to my thoughts as I make it to my room in the basement. Hoping to not have to see him as he drives away from this pack, leaving me here.. I start stuffing just a few torn pieces of clothing into a bag to hide under my floorboards when I hear my door open and I quickly discard what I am doing. The creaking from the floorboards on the steps that lead to my room is getting louder and much heavier as they grow near. I know who it is. I don't want to face him right now. He will smell my mate on me. Oh my gods, my mate. I didn't even get his nam
**TORA** I can't shake the uneasy feeling as we start walking out of the pack house. The Alpha is weird. The way he answered our questions. He gave me an uneasy feeling but then again he ensured me that he hadn't had any people missing. The Beta seemed sure too.And then that deal I made. I made a sacred deal and asked for a Beta favor, which should never be taken lightly. I had to make it. I had to ask.But what is eating at me is what Estelle said right before she left me standing in the room. It plays over and over in my mind. The way her coffee brown hair was sort of dull but fell in the most beautiful waves against her back and shoulders. How her doe brown eyes filled with a sea of unshed tears for me, because of me. Or because of the past, she was trying to get away from.. But at least she trusted me. 'Okay, I will wait for you. But I am begging you.. Don't take too long.' That one sentence replays over and over in my head. The look in her eyes, longing for me not to leave h
**TORA**Something isn't right. Argos has never tried to push forward like this. He has never tried to take hold of my body without my permission. Not only that, it's supposed to be fucking impossible for any wolf to do this other than the Alphas. I can hear Cree and Jericho barking orders. I can mainly hear Cree talking to the Healer and telling Jericho that if Argos keeps trying to force his way to the forefront I could die. But in all honesty, I don't think that's right. Even the attempt should have killed me. But for whatever reason, I am still breathing. My wold is strong and wise and if he is trying to break through the surface it should be for a good reason.I hear Cree yell in my mind. 'God dammit, Tora. Push Argos back..'I can hear him yell something to Argos in my mind but it's so muffled I can't make it out. So I finally let go of the hold and let Argos gain control of my body. I either die, or I live. But fighting my wolf like this could be my demise quicker than it coul
*TORA* Her condition looks worse than I thought it was. That pool of blood I found her in was heavier than I thought. They brought in machines to take pictures of every wound inside and out. They have her almost naked on the bed and it is taking everything in me not to shift again. But I have to tell Argos and myself that this is for her health. This is what needs to be done to help her so she can live. But something is digging into my chest as I finally notice everything.She is bleeding from many gashes and wounds and none of it is stopping, which means her wolf is too weak. Her cheeks look broken, and both of her lips are split in several spots. My lip begins to quiver in pain and anger.Her eyes are swollen shut. She looks like she has been hit by a fucking truck. I see the doctors stitching up her back. Multiple stab wounds. Not by claws, but by knives. It can't be the creature that killed Julri. But someone with a grudge against Estelle. But who? She was so sweet and soft-spok
*ESTELLE*Dimming lights of the world surrounding me let me know that there is no where I belong. A mate that didn’t want to bring me to his pack in fear of upsetting a girlfriend. Leaving me alone in a pack with cruel Alpha as my master and wanna be chosen mate. ‘Estelle, baby. Please be okay.’ I hear the words ring in my mind. Baby? I am not his baby. His girlfriend is his baby. But as much as I want to deny it, those words give me strength. And something more. Hope.That is a word that someone like me should never hold onto. Something that is so beyond my reach, I wouldn’t even know which direction to go to obtain it.“That is because you think so lowly of yourself. It is disheartening, really.” Darra purrs in my head and through the bright white lights of my mind she walks into view. A whole new color I have never seen before. She was just a dirty brown wolf before. But now, she is a red wolf. And it looks like she is evolving. “That is because I am, Estelle. We may not be ble
*TORA* What the fuck is she talking about rejecting her? For what? Adrienne? Not in a million fucking years. I stand up quickly from the bed. I can feel the rage in me, but I don’t want to scare her. “I don’t understand, Estelle. Why would I reject you?” She looks shocked at my question. Did she want me to? She looked like she was hurt when I was leaving her in her pack. I am so confused. “You have a life here, and you barely know me. You have a rank, friends, and a girlfriend. And I can’t just come into your life and expect anything to change for you just because the Goddess decided to throw me on your doorstep. I appreciate you making sure I am okay. But you don’t have to choose me just because the Goddess told you to. I mean you DID leave me in my pack and then when I came to you are telling your girlfriend you can’t be with her because of your mate.” Her words are like knives to my chest. So she wants me to reject her? I guess it does look bad and stupid. I thought I would h
*TORA*“Is she okay?” Jericho asks from the doorway, trying to soothe the hospital. He needs a Luna, even when he is trying his hardest his aura is still so imitating. I look at my beautiful but timid mate. “She could be better, but that definitely didn’t help. I don’t understand. This type of thing happens all the time, why would he attack me like that?” I say to Jericho but my eyes never leave her. “Go get her fed, and you guys will need to meet me in the conference room to talk to Adrienne. I already have her waiting there. I will go talk to Cree and escort him there. This situation will hopefully be squashed today.” He sighs, and when I look at him he is rubbing his eyes. “He is very exhausted, you guys must really put him through the ringer.” I hear her angelic voice fill the room. I just chuckle. “Ms. Estelle, I appreciate you thinking of me. That is very kind.” He says with a smile. “Someone is going to have to, your Luna will be arriving here soon.” I say without another t
*ESTELLE*He carried me. The whole way to the packhouse. How does someone have enough strength to tote me? And I told him I could walk there but he insisted…“Do you have a favorite food?” He says, his deep voice tearing me away from the fact that I am still in his arms. Looking up to him, his perfect, yet exhausted eyes were fixated on me. “I don’t. I haven’t had my choice of foods.” I need to quit talking.. I can’t keep telling him the things I haven’t had. If I keep talking I will definitely slip up about what happened… Before he can ask any other questions, he tightens his grip on my body, making me wince in pain and a moan of discomfort escapes my lips. I guess I am still in a lot of pain. When he looks down at me, a small tear forms in his eyes. “What’s the matter? What’s wrong?” I say, as I wipe the tear as it falls. “I did not mean to hurt you. Please forgive me..” He says in a whisper as he places his forehead against mine. He’s crying… Because I winced?“I am okay. What