I stared at the tiny little pill no larger than a pin head. This little thing was going to help me? Samantha brought out a bottle of water and sat it on the side table beside the couch. I swallowed the pill and drank half the bottle in one gulp.
“You may want to change into your pajamas.” She mentioned as she had already changed into a tank and shorts. “I’ll leave the window open but if you get cold here’s a blanket.” She flipped it over the back of the couch. “So, get comfortable and I’ll start the movie.” She smiled as I stretched out on the couch, she hit play and cuddled in with me. I put my arms around her waist and pulled her closer, her flowery scent calming me.
It was around the time that Tony Stark emerged from the cave that something started to feel wrong. It started with a feeling of being cold and numb. My arms went numb and then my legs fell asleep. I started to shiver involu
I went downstairs and joined the table with Daren, Lily, and Violet. They all looked at me with interest. “Good morning, Benjamin. Feeling okay?" Violet asked.I frowned. “Well, it's weird, when I woke up, I was feeling great! I guess that walk down the steps did more than I thought.” I mused as I sat.Daren nodded as Lily looked on worriedly. “Yeah, you look pale. No training for you today.” He said as he took a mouthful of hash browns. “When you start to get more used to the pills then we will set up a one on one training schedule.”I nodded and picked at my eggs. Something wasn’t feeling right; maybe I should have stayed upstairs. Lily also looked a little nervous. “Is it painful, Ben? I don’t start until a couple of weeks.”I put on a brave smile as I felt my heart flutter. “You’ll be alright Lil. It's not as bad as....
“Her....mother....” I stood there in shock, if it was hard for me to believe a father could do that to his daughter then it was even harder for me to believe it was her mother. I didn’t even realize I was trembling and growling until Violet broke me from my thoughts. “Benjamin, get your anger in control.” She said calmly. But I couldn’t, just the fear and pain she must have felt just accelerated my thoughts. Just looking at those ice blue eyes just angered me even more, I wanted to rip them out. I felt myself get spun around and slammed to the ground. “Benjamin!” She said with more force. “Calm down!” Her voice was sharper now, held more authority. Slowly I calmed down, I didn’t realize I had started to shift until my teeth and claws shrank back to normal. After a minute Violet released me and sat back, waiting for me to get up. “I’m sorry, Beta.” I said as I started to get up. “I shouldn’t have let my emotions get the better of me.” I w
I whistle as I leave Dr Banner’s office, my next step in my treatment starts today. I’ve gone from one little pill that knocks me on my ass for 10 hours to one little pill every 12 hours. Next up is 2 pills at noon and 2 at midnight. Yesterday I barely felt bad after 3 in the afternoon.Doc says I’m getting stronger, and I can feel it, I’ve started working with Violet on how to hold in my aura and how to hide in plain sight. I’ve gotten most of my strength back also with help from Daren and Greg. Turns out as slow as he is Greg is physically stronger than almost everyone here and has better endurance. Speed isn’t everything he says if you tire out easily.Lily started her treatments last week and she is doing better than I was, although she is not expected to become fully immune like I am she insisted on it, when we learned more of the basic fighting techniques of the pack, she got very excited about train
Buck smirked. “I have my answer.”“Let’s hear it!” Daren stated, a little impatient.“I want to spar with the Alpha!”The elite and advanced classes cheer as the back door to the pack house opens. “Finally! Someone gets the right answer on the first try!” I look back as my mate walks over. “You are brave though, asking for me after you touched what is mine.” She hands a case to Violet who holds it up as Samantha opens it. She carefully removes her ribbon and lays it inside. She then takes her gloves off and replaces them with a pair of longer gloves that reach halfway up her forearm and secures them with a strap.She walked to the center of the ring. “Now, because I am in a good mood, everyone pay attention! Maybe I can teach more than one wolf today!” She walked over to Buck and spoke in a lowered voice that we couldn&rsqu
We made our way outside and Samantha led us to the Northern side of the territory. She looked at me and smiled. “Want to try shifting in your uniform again?”I swallowed and nodded, at first it was difficult to do so as I had to time the expansion of my body with the natural elasticity of the deer hide, once the hide stretched to almost bursting, I had to start imagining the hide as a sort of second skin which would meld into me and grow with me. At first it felt really weird but after doing it a few times I got it down. Still, sometimes I miss judge it and end up shredding my uniform. As many times as I do it correctly in practice, every time I try in front of anyone I fudge it up. I feel my heart beat speed up as Samantha stood there waiting for me.“Would it help if I turned around?” She offered. When I didn’t answer she smiled and turned around anyway. She slipped on the backpack and fastened it securely aro
It wasn’t long after the movie started that I felt my mate lay her head on my shoulder. Beta Violet sat on the couch with us as Daren and Lily took the loveseat. Greg and Jess sat on the floor with their daughter as she and her friends started singing about building snowmen. By the time they started to let it go I realized my love was sound asleep. It seemed that Violet was close behind her as her head started to nod up and down. I was about to suggest for her to go to bed when suddenly my mate shot awake, her eyes wide.“Everyone. Get the pups to the shelter.” She said in a hushed voice, as to not scare the little ones.Daren looked at her. “What do you mean?”She stood and turned to us again. “I just got a mind link from the east border. Rogues in the territory. I’m evacuating the packhouse. Get the pups to safety.”Violet and Jess jumped up, Greg gra
I gripped my mate, fear washed over me. “Is...is he?” I couldn’t even finish the sentence as I sobbed. Even though me and Jake didn’t get along well growing up he was still my brother and I loved him.Samantha rubbed my back. “The doctors have him, they are doing the best they can.” She stifled a sob also, “It turns out Vi is his mate, damn Goddess and her curveballs.” She leaned back and looked me in the eyes. “But this is great news! Their mate bond will help his healing.” She wiped the tears from my face. “Daren is getting Lily and letting her know, I’m going to go and call your parents. You want to wait down here?”I nodded. I need to be here in case something happens. Samantha smiled at me. “It's going to be okay, Sweetie.” She brought my forehead to hers and I could feel her love for me flood our bond. “I’ll be back soon, I promise.&rd
I stood in the hallway and called my Dad; my Mom’s phone was going right to voicemail, and they were too far away for me to send them a link. He picked up on the first ring and I told him that Jake was awake. I then called Chris and told him the same. I felt such relief as a nurse went in to check on him and heard him talking and answering basic questions.Samantha came hurrying down the hall, she had a duffel bag on her arm. “The nurse sent me a link, he’s awake?” I nodded and leaned on her shoulder and let her hair fall over my nose, I pulled her into me just needing to hold her again. I felt her nuzzle into my neck, “You okay?” She whispered and finally I nodded.The nurse quietly left the room and smiled as us as she walked past. “The Doctor will be here soon.” She said before handing my mate a small vial of medicine. “The beta refused again, Alpha.” Samantha looked at the conte
*Five Years Later**Ben’s POV*“That’s enough for today.” I glared as the rogue breathed his last and the others in the cells shrank away from me. “You.” I pointed at the one trying to hide in the back. “See you tomorrow.” I growled and made my way out of the cells.“Good job, Alpha.” One of the guards said. “We got a lot more out of them today than we did yesterday.”I nodded. “Yes, another slave trading rogue cell. Give the notes to Beta Violet, she will email the Council with the names of the packs who have been dealing with them.” I said as I wiped my hands on a nearby towel.“Yes, Alpha.” Hesaid. “The portable shower is ready for you as well. You knowMs.Amy will throw a fit if you get blood in the packho
The next few months bounded by, on June 2ndwe went to my parents’ pack and celebrated Chris and Lauraascendingto the Alpha and Luna titles. Even though itwasn’ta full moon it was the same day our parents ascended yearsago,and Chris wanted to keep it. Ron and Orla also ascended that night, and Orla’s mating ceremony was done under the full moon on the 12th. Jake was finallyinitiatedas Violet’s mate and second Beta in July and life was starting to settle down comfortably.We ended up buying that land in Vermont, and construction was starting in the hopes we could be operational by the start of the season. We got a lot ofpushbackfrom existing slopes but Samantha just powered through, adding moreamenitiesto make our property more cost effective. The real problem she is facing now is staffing. Sheisn’tagainst using localhumans,&nbs
I woke up early, it was still dark outside but the bed beside me was empty. I was startled at first and worried. Did something happen? Why didn’t Samantha wake me up?Pulling myself out of bed I notice my phone is lit up with an unread text message.Love: Hey, something came up! Had to check out something last minute. If you get this before I get back come find me! Love you! <3Ifurrowedmy brow and quickly got up and changed, what could have happened this early in the morning? Tiptoeing out of the packhouse I glanced up, the sun would soonrise,and the early spring animals were starting to wake up. A few pack members were moving around, some heading to the gym while others were yawning and walking towards the main gate to start their shift.Passing a few of the omegas whowere in charge ofbreakfast I nodded and smile
The rest of the week was somber, mass funerals were held at mydad’spack; entire families were buried together. The guilt that radiated from my mate wasstifling, and I have no idea how to get her through it.I’vetried everything I could think of, even watching the NCAA tournamentdidn’thelp. And when UNC lost in the Final Four it backfired on me.The new TV was already here and getting hooked up.As we entered our packhouse we heard the new sound system in the entertainmentroom,and Icouldn’thelp but smile as most of the omegas that stayed in the packhouse were in there. One of them looked up and waved at us. “Alpha! Luna! Quick! The King has announced a press release! The Head of the Council is there too!”My browfurrowedand my mate sighed. “What now?” She murmured
*Yep, Reader Discretion is still advised*“Different?” My browscreased. “Mine is different too?”“Too?”I sighed. “Yes, I meant to tell you last night,but you were passed out by the time I got out of the shower. You were sleeping so peacefully Ididn’twant to wake you. Butyourslooks a lot different.” I sighed and ran my finger over my markon her neck.“It looks like acrescentmoon.”“What, really?” She grabbed her phone and turned on the self-facing camera. “What? I don’t see it... it looks the same to me.” She bit her lip. “Here, look. Tell me yours looks different.”I lookedperplexedat the screen. It
*ReaderDiscretionis still very muchadvised*“So do we have any questions so far?” Samantha asked as she is wiping the blood from her two daggers. After Boni passed out she stopped slashing Kimmie and left her to cry.“Yes Alpha!” One of the youngalphasasked as she raised her hand. “Is this the best way to gather information? Aren’t you worried that any information you get from them is a lie?”“The simple answer is ‘no.’” Samantha said with a smile. “This is not the best way to gather information.”Most of the alpha’s kids gasped and someactually startedtaking notes. Even some of the alphas were surprised and listening intently. “However, this is the easiest way to gather information. But like you said any info
*ReaderDiscretionisadvised**Samantha Pov*I tried not to laugh as we walked the line of rogues towards the two stakes. Even more of the rogues were crying. The idiot she wolf kept looking around, andmore and moreof the pack members here call out in disbelief and hatred. “Take most of them to the dungeons, these twostaywith me.” I order as my adopted father andbrother in lawwalk over. “Get the hose out, they stink of piss.” Ismirkagain as my guards grab them in the usual way.Let’ssee, about 10 rogues, all male...mid-twentiesto late thirties...yeah.I’mgoing to be busy fora while. Hmm...maybe AlphaEric and Chris would like some time with them...A giant mud ball is thrown behind me and I tried andfailed to&
*Samantha POV*I’mgoing to fucking kill him. Behind me on my left is Ben, he is nervous and worried; I can tell. He is nervous and I am pissed. We are running through the woods, as soon as we got that mind link, we ran to the bunker. The bars I helped install last week were sawed clean through, the attack on Black Hill was just a distraction!And I am going to kill him. I am going to skin that bastard alive and make a trampoline from his hide! I am going to rip off his leg and kick his ass with it. I am going to hang him up by his other leg and let the pups use him as batting practice.I’mgoing to rip every one of his teeth out of his jaw andI’mgonna....I’mgonna.....<Grind them up and make him drink them with a straw.> Ben linked me.<Yes. Exactly.> I agreed before I growled.
“See. I told you so.” Helios smiled as he hugged his mate close. They looked up as more souls tried to join their haven on the moon.“Yes. You did.” She smiled as she only waved her hand and most of the incoming souls... the ones who committed unforgivable horrors in their life was repelled back.As Helios raised his hand towardsthem,they flew away, towards the giant chariot that his brother was driving. Apollo laughed as he lassoed them and snapped his whip. Soon they joined the multitude of otherdamned souls, they would be forced to run and pull for eternity. Never resting, never slowing down, and never again knowing happiness. A fitting punishment.“Things down there should change soon.” Helios smiled again as his brother waved at him.“Yes, some of my children have gone so far astray that t