I sat in a chair on one side of Sebastian on the day we would find out who would be helping him run his pack from now on. Despite the somewhat passionate moment Sebastain and I had yesterday, there was still a large part of me that wondered if it would be me or Camilla who was chosen. Sebastain might disagree, but I had a sneaking suspicion his feelings weren't the only factors going into this decision. Camilla was on the other side of him, talking to one of the committee members who had approached her and started going on about something they were previously discussing the other night. Sebastian had joined in, so I was just kind of awkwardly sitting here, waiting to get this thing over with. Serena hadn’t yet arrived yet, and so far it seems like she was the only reason we're waiting around.I fiddle with my hands a little in my lap. Camilla seemed quite close to all of the committee members, I had to say that much. They seemed to have inside jokes and banter that I wasn’t includ
“Killian!” I hiss as I approach him once the meeting has been called to an end. The committee members are all already talking in excited tones about what just happened, arguing over who they think will come out on top. I ignore Sebastain’s eyes on me as I grab Killian’s arm and drag him into a corner. “What the hell do you think you’re doing?” I ask him with panic in my voice. Killian’s eyes flick over me, and his nostrils flare a little. “I can smell it, you’ve been with him more and more.” He says, ignoring my question. “What are you talking about?” I growl, crossing my arms across my chest in embarrassment. He couldn’t actually smell something like that, could he?He clenches his jaw a couple times and looks away from me. “I’m not an idiot, Everly. And I’m also not just going to let that sociopathic creep take you away from me without a fight.” His gaze fixes back on me then, and it’s intense and a little angry looking. “Killian, come on. You said yourself not that long ago you
I stumble into my bedroom, collapsing against the door and gasping for air. Had that really just happened? I hold my hand against my still slightly bleeding neck, swallowing thickly and shaking my head in pointless denial.Sebastian had just marked me, so I now bore two marks, which was not what I would call a good look. I rush over to my mirror, grimacing at the state of my neck. He had really tore into me, I’m assuming to make sure it was more prominent than Killian’s on the opposite side of my neck.Tears fill my eyes as I grab a tissue and try and wipe the remaining blood off of me. I hear a knock at my door and I curse under my breath. “What?!” I call, an edge of irritation in my voice. I turn around with a glare as my door opens. I’m surprised when it’s Camilla who enters my room. I softened my face a little, because at least it wasn’t who I had thought it was, Sebastian. I was ready to strangle him right now, so he’s lucky it wasn’t him knocking on my door.“Everything oka
I sigh as I’m dragged away from where Camilla and Lucas are now talking to be apprehended by Killian. I had thought about wearing a scarf or something until I had the mental capacity to deal with Killian’s reaction to my new, very permanent mark, but had decided against it. Now I was regretting that choice a little.“What is this?” He demands again when we stop, and he shoves my hair out of the way to glare at the new mark on my neck. I had cleaned all the blood off, but it was still brand new, so there was plenty of bruising around the bite marks.“Sebastian marked me.” I say evenly, crossing my arms and watching his face for a reaction. Saying anything different would just make him think I thought he was stupid. Might as well rip this bandaid off, I guess.“I can see that.” He growls, his eyes flashing with anger. “And you let him?” “He didn’t really ask me, but it’s not like he forced me either.” I say a bit lamely. While it was true that Sebstain didn’t talk to me before sinking
The next day was set to be an awkward one. The remaining members of Killian’s pack were traveling over from his land and would be here by tonight. When the official challenge ceremony for Killian and Sebastain did happen, all members of both packs involved were meant to be present. And who would want to miss something like this, anyways? It wasn’t every day two Alpha’s went head to head, with their packs as the collateral. I wake up early, earlier than Sebastian. I sneak out from under his arm and head downstairs, rubbing at my arms and trying to wake up. I hadn’t slept well, my mind was too busy feeling guilty over everything that was happening. It was hard not to feel like this was all my fault, considering the beef was over me. Denying it just felt… tacky. I sit in the kitchen, not even moving to get breakfast, just thinking about the day ahead for a few minutes/I get up and start making myself a bowl of oatmeal when I hear a door from upstairs, followed by footsteps coming dow
“What if he’s annoyed to see me again so soon?” Camilla asks in a worried tone from beside me as we make our way to where Killian and Lucas were staying. “I’m sure he won’t be. Why would he be?” I ask, trying to reassure her. She’d been peppering me with anxious questions about Lucas the entire walk over here. Has he ever said anything about his mate? Has he had a lot of girlfriends in the past? What does his type usually look like?I answered all of her questions to the best of my ability, but to be honest, I didn’t know much about Lucas and his mate. Killian had told me he knew who she was, and she was even still alive. Apparently she just wasn’t interested in being with someone who wasn’t an Alpha though. Which was ridiculous, because Lucas was a perfectly fine mate to end up with. I don’t have the burning attraction for him that mates too so I don’t have too much gushing to do over him, I just know he’s a good guy. I didn’t tell Camilla all his business, just that he wasn't wit
“Here they come…” I hear Killian mutter from behind me as we stand at Sebastain’s pack’s border. I nod a little as I start to see wolves slipping out of the trees. “Who’s bringing Eli and Ella?” I ask him as the few wolves sit in front of us, waiting for the rest of the pack members to catch up. “Ashton and his ducklings.” He replies, his eyes flicking over who had gotten there first. “They’re in human form though, since they had to carry the twins. So it might take them a little longer.” He shrugs a little and I nod. If nothing else, I was looking forward to seeing my kids. And, I was looking forward to the fact that no matter what happened today, no matter who I ended up being with, this would be the end of me not getting to live with the twins and raise them like I wanted to. If I had to stay with Sebastain, there was no way I could continue to let Killian keep them, only seeing them a couple times a month if I was lucky. I don’t know how Killian would feel about that, but hones
I hurry across the pack lands, my mind whirling with thoughts of why the hell rouges would be heading this way for a challenge ceremony.How did they know Killian had challenged Sebastain? And what was their interest in it? Did they want to watch? If so, why? So they could take advantage of whoever lost? Or were they interested in being a part of the challenge? It wasn’t common, but more than two parties could participate, as long as the numbers from each pack were even. Typically it was a card pulled to save pack lives over a personal matter, because let's be honest, these types of things usually happened over something like what was happening now. Very rarely were these ceremonies held for something political or actually important. As I approach Sebastain’s house, the bad feeling in my gut intensifies. Especially when I get close to the front door and can already hear loud, angry sounding voices. “What right do you even have to challenge me?” I hear Sebastain asking someone in an
The ride back to Killian’s pack was mostly quiet; he’d ask me something every once in a while, about the twins or his pack. But I think we both had a lot on our minds. I know I did. The car had dropped us as close to the pack lands as it could, and we walked the rest of the way. “God, I’m glad to be back in these woods.” Killian said as we walked along. He had his face tilted to look at the tops of the trees, and was smiling a little for the first time in what felt like forever. It was kind of cute, the way he was acting like he was literally being recharged just by being in his woods again. “What are you smiling at?” He asks me, bumping his shoulder against mine a little. I shake my head, and look up at him. “Just… happy we both got to come back here together.” I say. “Did you miss this place at all?” He asks, looking down at me. I nod a little. “Yeah, I guess I did. Or really I missed the good memories I had attached to it.” He nods along. “Like… Do you remember that one nigh
A lot had happened since I had beaten both Sebastain and Felix. Most of which I wasn’t currently letting Killian in on. It’s not that I didn’t trust him or think he wasn’t capable anymore, but I knew he was hurt. And I knew only half of the pain he was feeling right now was physical. First of all, May reared her annoying ass in again. It makes sense, as she had been spotted previously hanging out with Felix, and had been acting suspiciously close with him before. But I was a bit surprised when his body was taken away by his pack members, and she surfaced through the crowd, like she’d been there the entire time. “Look who’s leveled up in the world.” she had sneered at me as she glared down at the unconscious Felix. She looked at me bitterly, like I had taken something from her. She had gone on about how this and this were supposed to happen, but now everything was ruined since I’d stuck my nose into everything. She said I was in the way, like always, and should’ve just learned my
I always thought Everly had such a pretty side profile. I remember when I first started getting to know her, I would stare at her across the courtyard at our college, just watching her read or talk to someone. I liked the curve of her lips, the way her lashes brush the tops of her cheeks when she blinked.That’s what I was thinking about as I watched her talk to the doctor who had been taking care of me for the past couple of days. I was being released. My injuries weren’t all the way healed, but I was good enough. The doctor had actually said that. I wasn’t upset about it or anything, I was ready to get out of here as it was. I was still in Sebastain’s pack. Or I guess, Everly’s pack. We hadn’t actually talked too much about that little fact yet. I’d tried to bring it up a couple times, to find out what exactly happened. I knew the outcome of everything, but I still felt like I was missing a lot of important details. But whenever I did bring it up, suddenly Everly had to pee so
Failure. You lost. Pathetic. You don’t deserve to be Alpha. These words are the only ones that fill my head as someone carried my unconscious body like a sack of potatoes. I didn’t know who it was, if they were taking me to finish me off or help me, but I didn’t care. I can’t believe I lost. My mind can’t quite put everything that happened in order, not yet at least. I remember the beginning of the fight, flashes of Everly’s anxious face watching me get my ass kicked. I remember… getting knocked down. Lots of yelling. But I’m not sure why… I couldn’t pick out what they had been saying. Sounded like a woman, calling someone a monster. But who would be yelling that, and why? And I remember opening my eyes for a moment, and seeing Everly kneeling above me, blood on her chin, and her eyes so, so worried for me. Why was there blood on her chin? “...you gotta open your eyes buddy.” Whoever that is sounds familiar. Lucas? He was the only one who would call me something like “buddy.”
I hadn’t utilized my wolf much since she’d come back to me, a few small conversations here and there, but she didn’t seem all that chatty, to be honest. Though it wasn’t like she was before, either. I had even asked her once if she wanted to be let out so she could go for a run, but she said no, she was fine watching. Which I thought was a little weird, just because of what I’d heard about your wolf’s nature inside when I was a kid, was that it could always be begging to be let out. Wolves loved to run and play, hunt and kill. But my wolf always seemed like she preferred to remain inside, silently watching my life play out. It was a little odd, to be honest. I guess one might assume she’d be weak, from all that time spent locked up. But she wasn’t. She ripped through my skin, making Felix laugh like an evil maniac, and grin with excitement. He tears off his own shirt, and begins turning into his wolf. I hope my wolf knew what she was doing. I hope we dont both die today. I want
There were more than a few problems that quickly became evident to me from the second Adam told us to begin. First of all, I don’t know Felix, like at all. I’d never met him before all this, so I certainly didn’t know anything about his fighting style. I guess I had assumed based on his personality, he would dance around me for a while, taunting me and maybe revealing some evil plan he’d been cooking up. Starting out easy and building up to more serious attacks. I was dead wrong, because the first thing he did was charge me at a lightning fast speed, barely giving me time to put my arms up and try to block my face from the barrage of punches he was throwing at me. His fists pounded into my arms, and I could already imagine the dark bruises I would be covered in if I survived long enough to see tomorrow. I could hear the packs booing him, except for his of course, and throwing suggestions at me. Even they could tell I was in over my head here. I wanted to take their advice, but a l
After a while, Adam and an older woman come back over to me, both with those same, almost mourning expressions on their faces. They were looking at me like they were about to tell me I had cancer or something.“Everly… I don’t know how to say this..” Adam begins, but is cut off by the over eager Felix, who throws his arm over my shoulder and hangs off me like a rag doll. “Oh, do tell us Adam. Tell us how she’s going to have to fight me now, because of your tragic pack rules.” He taunts, an impish grin plastered on his face. I narrow my eyes at him, but when I look back at Adam, I can tell that’s exactly what I’m going to have to do. I’d already had an inkling, but I guess there was still some small part of me that hoped the fates might have mercy on me for once. I mean, it makes sense. Sebastian fights Killian, whoever wins that fight, fights Felix. Except, I just had to butt my big head in, and now I was the one who had won that match, so according to the rules, I was up next again
“Killian?! Wake up!” I’m hovering over Killian now, gently holding either side of his face. There’s blood all over, his nose is definitely broken, and his eyes are swollen shut. Serena still hasn’t shut up about what a monster I am in the background, even though Sebastain had already been dragged off by a couple of his pack members. I wish she would’ve gone with him, because she was only adding to the chaos. A couple committee members were holding her back by the arms as she yelled at me what a manipulative piece of shit I was, and that if her son died, I was the reason. Adam was one of the guys holding her, and I could tell by the look on his face, he had no idea what to do right now.“Please.” I lean down to Killian’s ear, kissing it softly. My heart races in my chest when I hear him groan, and his head rolls to the side a little. That was proof, he was alive, and that’s all I needed right now.“Luna, we must help him.” I look up to the voice talking to me, my eyes wide and franti
“Ladies and Gentlemen!” I blink a little, trying to pull myself out of the whirlwind of thoughts going on inside my mind right now as Serena starts speaking to the gathered packs. “Today, we are witnessing the challenge of two Alphas-”I hear a voice clearing, and look up to Felix, who is standing in between Killian and Sebastain. Serena sighs, and rolls her eyes. “Two Alphas and a… him.” She waves her hand dismissively at Felix, but he just grins that evil smile of his and waves at the crowd. “For the right to rule over all attending packs.” I notice she left out the real reason this challenge was even happening, to see who would have me as their Luna. She was one of the ones I’d heard him talking shit about me to, so I don’t know why she even cared. She already knew how he really felt, right? I look up then at Sebastian, who is already looking at me. His dark gaze stares into mine, and I swallow thickly. He’s mouthing something at me, something I can’t quite make out. I tilt my h