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"Do you want to come and stay here?" I asked her."You're joking," she said slowly."I'm being one-hundred percent serious. I could leave right now and you would be here by tomorrow morning.""I don't think that would help," she said."My dad is already losing it. I doubt me disappearing suddenly would aid the situation."But if you don't feel safe there-""I'm okay, Carrie. Really. Besides, I can't imagine Luca's pack would be any safer. Especially if my dad agrees to the raid.""What do you mean if?" I asked."He's not going to, right?""I don't know anymore. I see his resolve diminishing a little more every day. I'm not sure what your dad is telling him, but he seems to be convincing," she said."Mady, that's a bad idea," I warned."They can't do that. Luca's wolves here... they're not like our wolves at home. They actively train for things like this. They're prepared.""I know that. My dad knows that. He's tried to tell your dad, he's just not getting through to him. I guess your
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I wiped my tears with my t-shirt after I'd pulled into the garage that evening.Taking a few deep breaths, I composed myself outside in the breeze way before I opened the door to go inside.As soon as I walked in, I was immediately overwhelmed by the smell of something delicious.I walked into the kitchen to see Luca standing over the stove, stirring something in a pot."Are you making... actual food?" I asked, eyes wide.He laughed at this."This is a recipe my mom used to make for us; reserved only for special occasions. Her grandmother, who was from Sorrento, used to make it for her!"He looked down anxiously at whatever was simmering in the pot."I feel like I've probably fucked it up.," he admitted, laughing."It smells amazing," I said assuring."It should be almost done. I figured we could eat out on the deck, if that's okay."I turned to look outside and my jaw dropped.I slowly walked towards the open deck doors, seeing the table laid out with a white table cloth, candles, si
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"How about this one?"I held up the hanger to my neck, the dress it held splaying across my body."It's too Laura Ingalls," Norah commented, waving her hand.I put it back on the rack, continuing to sort through the dresses. Letting out a long, exasperated sigh, I pulled out another dress."This one?""Too J-Lo," she said, shaking her head."Is that a bad thing?""Not if you're looking to be Carrie from the Pack, but I thought we were looking for dresses appropriate for Luna to be inducted in."I rolled my eyes, laughing, as I put the dress back on the rack. We had been looking all day for something I could wear to the induction ceremony the next night. We had been to five different stores and still had no luck. We were digging through racks at a high-end store in a last resort to find something."What about this one?"I turned to see Hanna standing a few rows down in the store, holding up a long, mint green satin dress."That one's pretty," Norah said.I nodded, walking over to her.
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Norah and Hanna were on their feet before I could say anything else.We sprinted out of the diner, passing the waitress who was on her way to our table with our food as we were on our way out the door. Running to Luca's Jeep, which was parked on the curb, I got into the driver's seat and started the engine. I nearly hit the car that was parked in front of us as I slammed my foot down on the gas pedal, swerving from the parking lane into the street. I heard several cars honking behind us as I drove away quickly.Looking in the rearview mirror, I glanced back at the bus stop to see Alpha Reid was gone.Had I just imagined it?"Carrie, watch out!" Norah screamed from the passenger seat.My eyes returned to the road in front of me to see Alpha Reid standing in the middle of the street. I slammed on the breaks and the Jeep skidded across the pavement, stopping right in front of him. I gulped, noticing the dark circles around his brown eyes and the way his once tan-complected face was now p
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We drove for a few more minutes until we reached the tower, parking in the road behind Bates's Jeep.I followed Luca up to the door, Lincoln waiting for us there."Everything is set up. We're just waiting for Blaine," he said as we walked inside.We walked up the staircase to the top floor where Bates was shooting wad of notebook paper into a trash bin."Heard you had an interesting day," he said to me, smiling as he turned to see us walk in.I just nodded, taking a deep breath as I sat down.A few minutes later, Blaine and Lincoln walked up the staircase together.Lincoln looked at Bates."Is she ready?" He asked.Bates nodded.Lincoln opened his laptop and began to set up the video call. It rang a few times before she answered.Her face appeared on the screen and I raised an eyebrow. She looked nothing like Bates.She had dark, straight hair that was cut to her chin with blunt bangs that nearly covered her eyebrows. She was pale and extremely thin, her ultra-defined collarbones expo
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After Clara disconnected the call, we all sat in silence for a few moments, letting her information settle in."I'll go ahead and connect with Ben so we can get the remainder of the infrared cameras set up along the gates," Lincoln said."I'll order more motion sensors," Blaine added."We can get those up and running by tomorrow evening, at the latest. I've got a guy in town who can get them to me by morning."Luca nodded before turning to Bates."Call an Elders meeting for tomorrow morning at five," he said."We're going to figure out a way to get everyone within the gates. Let them know we're going to start daily temperature checks and to be brainstorming ideas to acquire and log the information."Bates nodded."Keep everyone on high alert for the next twenty-four hours,'' Luca continued, speaking to all three of them."We'll convene again tomorrow before the elders meeting."They all nodded, pulling out their phones to contact the necessary people.Luca stood up, turning to me."Le
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I turned him around and placed a hand on either side of his face."I'm sorry you've had to deal with this all night," I said."But this could have been resolved if you had told me sooner.""And what? Cause a scene in front of my sisters or Lincoln, Bates, and Blaine?""We had plenty of time to talk about it in the car after we dropped Norah off," I pointed out."What were you going to do about it? You can't shower yet, you didn't have a change of clothes..." he countered.I stopped for a moment to think about it."I know I'm new to this whole Alpha's-mate-scent-thing," I admitted."But if he just hugged me and his scent was all over me, wouldn't you fucking me in the backseat of your truck have covered it up?"He gave me a stern look at the turn of conversation.I held up my hands in surrender."I mean, I would've gladly done that even if you hadn't offered an explanation. I've been wanting to since you drove me here from Oregon," I continued.He rolled his eyes but I could tell he wa
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I needed a nap.After a full day, filled with training with Fallon and babysitting with Cristina, I had just enough time to get home to make myself dinner before Norah came over that evening to help me get ready for the induction ceremony.She had Hanna and Aubrey in tow, who immediately went into the pantry for snacks."You couldn't at least say 'hi' first?" Norah asked them, pointing to me.I just laughed."Where's Torrey?" I asked.Norah rolled her eyes."Still up Nathan's ass... or, rather, he's up hers," she laughed.Luca, who was sitting on the couch with his iPad, gave her a perturbed look, putting his hands over his ears."I didn't want to hear that." he said sternly."She's my sister.""She's mine too," Norah argued."You just need to come to terms with reality."He just shook his head and got up to scroll on the tablet elsewhere."So," Norah said, turning back to me."Where's the dress?"I led her into our bedroom where the mint green dress was hanging on the back of the clo
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You can do this, you can do this.My heart felt like it was going to beat out of my chest.Sweat dripped from every pore, making my hands sweaty as they reached out for the next bar in front of me.You can do this.As my feet landed on the wooden platform, I lowered shaking arms to look at the timer on my wrist.Four and a half minutes left.Chest heaving for air, I reached out and grabbed the salmon ladder bar and shifted my body weight to thrust it into the divider above it-continuing this movement until I was four feet higher and could reach the platform above it.I pulled myself onto the platform, trying not to think about how high I was in the trees.Swallowing my fear, I grabbed the rope in front of me and swung to the next platform that was a few yards away.When I landed, I saw Luca standing on the ground a little more than a hundred feet away.'"Go! Go! Go!" He yelled enthusiastically, hands pumping in the air.I smiled."Let's go! Move it! Hurry!" Fallon screamed next to him,
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Luca and I arrived back home later that evening after a long day of meetings, calls, and wellness check-ins with those who had been injured.Even though I was physically drained, it had been good to get out of the house for the first time in two weeks.It had forced me to shower and put on clean clothes that morning, something that I hadn't realized would mentally help me as much as it had. I made a promise to myself I would do those two things every morning moving forward.As we walked through the door, I noticed Luca was carrying the laptop Lincoln had brought to him earlier that day."What's that for?" I asked him.He looked down at the laptop before sighing."There's something we need to talk about and I've been avoiding it for the past few days," he admitted.I followed him into the kitchen and watched as he placed the laptop on the counter, feeling my stomach twist."What's wrong?" I asked."Nothing's wrong," he clarified."It's just heavy stuff."Luca opened the laptop and I sa
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The meeting room was cold.The air conditioning was on full blast as the summer had officially begun a week prior with high temperatures virtually unknown by northwestern Montana.That room was the last place I wanted to be, but it wasn't because of the chilled air that came through the vents overhead.I could still see where the pool of blood had blemished the concrete floor where an unconscious Bates had laid two weeks earlier. It looked like someone had tried to scrub it with bleach, but a deep maroon stain was still visible.Bates sat silently in the chair beside me, Dr. Witt standing behind him sterilizing the tool she was about to use to remove the medical staples from his scalp.There were five of the small, silver staples running vertically up the back of his head where it had split into a deep gash.He stared at the table as she gently pushed his head forward."You should just feel a little tug," she warned him.He closed his eyes tight, wincing as she wiggled the first one l
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The doorbell startled me awake.My arms immediately reached out to find Luca's empty side of the bed.I sat up quickly, seeing the late morning sunshine streaming into the room through the cracks in the curtains covering the window behind his bed.Hearing the murmuring of voices in the living room, I got off the bed and walked over to the ajar door to listen.I heard Luca's mother's voice as she spoke to him, her gentle tone carrying down the hallway."How is she?" Ana asked."Traumatized." Luca answered.She hummed."Poor girl," she said, her voice laced with genuine sympathy."I can't imagine what's going through her head.""Death," Luca told her."She said something last night about wanting to die. It made me so nauseous I could've puked.""After what she witnessed, I'm sure she's confused as to how she's still alive," Ana said."Just give her some time and assurance.""It worries me." he admitted."It's enough to be concerned, but trust the mourning process," she encouraged him.T
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I felt a wave of relief wash over me, bringing tears to my eyes I'd thought about him frequently in the past two days. Knowing he was okay eased the heartache slightly."That's good," I whispered.Luca looked at me solemnly."It wasn't your fault," he told me, moving a hand up to my jaw to tilt it towards him.I swallowed the massive knot in the back of my throat as I felt more tears rush to my eyes, blurring my vision. Shaking my head slowly, I began to back away from him but he stepped forward, preventing me from getting too far outside his reach."This was not your fault," he repeated, his voice firmer this time.I felt my bottom lip begin to quiver as a tear rolled down my cheek."He came looking for me," I whispered."If Bates hadn't been there, he wouldn't have gotten hurt-""You don't know that," Luca said."Bates could have easily been caught in the crossfire at the gate if he weren't with you."The intensity behind his eyes made me press back into the doorframe."With everyon
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The first conscious thought I remember having was in the upstairs loft.It was dark outside.The moon was hidden by storm clouds, the occasional flash of lightning illuminating the room briefly. I could hear the strong gusts of wind, the rumbling of thunder, and the sheets of rain that pounded into the roof above me.I smelt like paint and misery.The canvas I'd dedicated months to laid in front of me, it's frame mangled and bent. The once carefully detailed collage of colors making up a portrait had been smeared haphazardly with black paint that also coated my hands.Sitting with my back in a corner, knees pulled into my chest, I felt a like a shell of a human.All the emotional energy I owned had been completely spent. I had cried until I couldn't cry anymore. My throat felt like l'd swallowed acid, raw with the screaming that came alongside mourning two traumatic deaths.The only thing I had left was a broken, beating heart.And all I could do was sleep.I didn't want to be awake.
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My knees gave out from under me as I fell into the tree I stood next to, leaning on it with my entire body weight.His eyes were open, lifelessly staring into the abyss above him while blood flowed freely from the corner of his mouth into the hands of his daughter who held him.I felt my bottom lip begin to quiver, a feeling washing over me that wavered between grief and shock. Mady looked down at him, tears falling uncontrollably from her eyes, rolling down her chin and neck.Her cry could be heard throughout the forest, making Luca visibly nervous as he looked around us to see who was listening."Mady, we need to get you and Carrie out of here, okay?" He said gently.She fisted her father's flannel shirt in her hands as Luca touched her shoulders, urging her to stand."You can come back to him when it's safe," Luca told her."But right now you need to leave."Mady shook her head, struggling to breathe through her convulsive sobs. I could tell Luca was growing more and more anxious,
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My paws bounded out in front of me.Haunches driving into the soil and propelling me forward, I was running quicker than I ever could on two feet.I had Bates's clothes in my mouth, holding them tight against the wind that blew in my face.Thankfully, the oversized clothing hadn't ripped the first time l'd shifted, but I wasn't taking any chances the second time.I bolted through the trees, following the metallic odor of blood that wafted through the pack land. I could only hope I wasn't following the smell of my own injuries.Hearing a deep growl, I skidded to a stop, coming up a portion of the densely wooded area where a large wolf stood in my path.The dark gray wolf stared me down, the fur on his neck standing at attention.I dropped the clothing from my mouth and snarled as a warning for him to move.He stood his ground, maintaining his gaze.Snapping my teeth, I took a few quick steps forward. But his stance remained solid, still blocking the path.A vision of Bates's bloody sku
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Before my lungs could fill with air to scream, he lunged at Bates and I, jumping over the table.With a quick shove, Bates pushed against my shoulders and the chair rolled backwards in just enough time to separate us before my dad tackled him to the ground.My bare feet slid across the floor as I rolled backwards, unable to gain enough traction to stop myself before the chair came to an abrupt halt as it hit the wall.The sound of shredding fabric bounced between the concrete walls as Bates shifted into his wolf.I sprinted towards the two of them, watching as my father pinned Bates to the ground with strength that surprised me seeing as Bates had shifted and my father had not.I leapt onto my father's back, arms wrapping around his neck as my weight threw him off balance and we both fell to the floor."Stop!" I screamed, holding onto him as tight as I could while he stood back to his feet.I gasped as he pulled me over his shoulder by my elbow, my arm popping as it was jerked out of
