Chapter 12: Two Steps Backward
Mikalya's P.O.V:
I was fuming as I stormed out of the kitchen.
The nerve of that man!
How dare he roam around my house like he belongs here! How dare he talk to my people like he has the right to? How dare he! Does he think I’m joking with him? I turn my back on the man once and he goes around exploring my pack house like it’s an amusement park with a ‘free exploration’ tag.
I needed a run. That arrogant, dominating, stupid, selfish, ALPHA was getting on my last nerves and I needed to sweat him out of my system for good. I know I’ll have to bear with him sticking around for a couple days and I also knew that his reasons for staying were entirely personal no matter how much bullshits about it being a ‘mission to find out if the pack is a violent one’, that doesn’t mean I’m liking it one bit. I want him go
Chapter 13: Trouble in Paradise Rhys’s P.O.V: A vicious growl tore through me as I watched Zyane about to do the unthinkable. The growl distracted Zyane enough to snap his attention towards me, but all he did was growl at me in rage before turning back towards the cowering girl he had trapped under him by force. Knowing that I was the closest one to him, I jumped up on top of one of the rocks and in one swift motion, landed right behind Zyane and sank my teeth into his shoulders to rip him off of the girl and throw Zyane away from her. I turned towards Zyane as he recovered from his shock. I saw Mikalya take a protective stance in front of the girl, but she didn’t interfere. She knew that this fight was between me and my packmate and her interference could only cause trouble. But damn she had every right to pound Zyane to the ground for the little stunt he was about to pull off. The girl was clearly not feelin
Chapter 14: Secrets Rhys’s P.O.V: I stood behind and watched as two female soldiers pushed Zyane into the same dungeon cell we were first put into and shut the gate in his face but not before strapping on the silver handcuffs. He was still growling and struggling against them, but the soldiers seemed to be unaffected by it. They simply dragged and shoved him into the cell like he was a ragdoll and not 200 pounds of muscle, clawing and scratching at anything he could get his hands on. After they had secured the lock and left, I came forward and stood in front of his cell. "Are you really that desperate, Zyane?" I asked, crossing my arms across my chest. “Do you have any idea what you were about to do? That girl, your mate, is a child! She’s not even eighteen yet and you’re thirty two. Not only is she underaged and un-transformed, her wolf doesn’t recognize you at her mate! What you were trying to do w
Chapter 15: Heart to Heart Mikalya’s P.O.V: It was afternoon, the day after the event with Aya and Zyane and I was feeling the need to see someone and sort things out with him. I wasn’t complete heartless bitch like some people assumed I was, so I knew when a ‘thank you’ was due. And Rhys definitely deserved a ‘thank you’ from me. If Rhys hadn’t done what he had yesterday, Aya would have been bound in a relationship that she didn’t desire and Zyane would be dead. There was no other option for whoever forces a mating on a female. It was one of our most absolute rules. Mating bonds were taken seriously. Which was also why my wolf was getting used to being close to Rhys the more time he spent being near me. It wasn’t right, my heart kept telling me. But my wolf was already feeling the pull of the mating bond. It’s difficult for a wolf to get their mate out of their mind once the mating bond had been sensed by bo
Chapter 16: Calm Before the storm Mikalya’s P.O.V I remembered those days, those dreadful nights like it was yesterday. An everlasting nightmare. A wolf, whose cruelty and dread had, shook the Earth to the very core. Destroyed all bonds of Kinship. Tore every fabric of nature. "Mouri had been a hidden village for over 400 years. No one knows when that hidden village came into existence but it became the safe haven for the warriors of the BloodPledge pack. Almost all of the male warrior's born there were viciously strong and ruthless in battle. It helped them conquer the whole of the Gulf of Kutch by killing any other packs that lived there and slowly, they had killed all other wolf pack in India, becoming the sole pack that had the strongest of warriors from all over India." Beside me Rhys was silent. The calm before the storm. His expressions were neural but his eyes held lighting. Lightning t
Chapter 17: Bared Hearts Mink's P.O.V: Every nerve, every cell seemed to buzz to life in that one single kiss. Every sense was on overdrive. I don't know when I was laid on my back on top of the boulder but the coolness of the stone felt like a stark relief in contrast to the heat that was smoldering my every sense. Too long. I'd gone without touch for too long. The memories of my past flashed before my eyes, snapping me away from the pleasures of the present. Only one person before this had incited such feelings in me, given me hope and comfort only for it to be taken away from me in the cruelest way possible. I didn't want to relive that pain ever again. That's why I had kept my distance. But this kiss, right here, right now, felt too right, too real. I didn't want to, but my wolf was lonely. I was a strong Alpha who didn’t need a mate’s comfort but sometimes even I couldn’t help but feel that maybe e
Chapter 18: Secret Basement Rhys's P.O.V: "What's wrong?" I asked as Mikalya jumped up a boulder with such grace that it made her seem like a panther rather than a wolf. She had the grace and agility of a cat but the strength and nature of a wolf. It was indeed magnificent to watch her in action. I sprang to my feet as several howls joined in one by one, in complete synchronization. If I didn't have wild wolves of the Wahiba Sands under my command, I wouldn't have known the difference between the wild ones and the sentinels. But these were wild wolves and they were responding to Mikalya as if she was their Alpha too. Then, I watched in wonder as Mikalya threw her head back and a wolf's howl left her throat, higher, sharper than those around us. I had never seen a shifter so in tune with her wolf like Mikalya was and the sound that came out of her throat was completely animalistic. The sound of her cry drowned the soun
Chapter 19: Knell Rhys's P.O.V: Well...cobwebs were the first thing in my 'what-you-find-in-your-potential-mate's-basement' list. A lot of them. Now I'm not one of those people that get all whimpery and panicky at sight of tiny microscopic bugs that can hardly cause any trouble for an almost immortal shifter, but..., "Is it me or do these spiders look a hell lot like Tarantula's?" Mikalya's voice, when it came, seemed to be miles ahead of me in this dark, deserted basement with the only source of light that of the open trapdoor and stairs that seemed to lead straight to hell. "They don't look like tarantulas", she said, the sound of water dripping from the ceiling prominent in the background. "They are...tarantulas." Holy shit! Not caring where the stairs ended, I jumped down the remaining stairs, but found the jump relatively short and thankfully, not leading to the fiery pits of Hell.
Chapter 20: Wolf’s Rain Rhys's P.O.V: My fighters were let out of whatever dungeon they had been put into to prepare for the fight. In the end, the only preparation we could be doing at such short notice was getting used to everyone’s fighting techniques and learn about the snipers positions so we stay out of their firing range. Since contact with my third, Adrian, seemed impossible for some reason even without the static of the Jharna and even via a sat phone, I was forced to train with Mikalya's....women....and men, and as much as it wounded my pride to admit it, but I have to say that her warriors are pretty good. While I have only a handful of wolves heavily trained in military techniques, she had all of her wolves’ trained military style. Zyane had been right about what he said back in Shiwalik village, my mate is a hell lot stronger than me. And for once, I feel damn proud to admit that.
Against the Odds Aya’s P.O.V: It’s been two days since the battle ended. Two days since we won the battle and saved our lands from being tainted by those evil bastards. Two days since my mother nearly had her head ripped off by a wolf and still survived the attack. Two days since I first transformed into my wolf. Never in my life had I imagined that I would ever transform before my eighteenth birthday. Several members of the pack even had their doubts that I’d ever transform into a wolf at all, considering the fact that I was only a half-breed, a half-human, half-wolf hybrid. And there had been instances in history where the child born from such parents had never been able to transform even though tests had shown that the wolf genes had been the dominant factor in them. But something had happened that day. When I’d seen that wolf jump on to my mother’s back like a coward from behind her, I had lost it. A red ha
The Checklist Rhys’s P.O.V: The battle had finally ended, with the minimum amount of fatalities that I never thought was possible and tonight Mikalya’s and my pack would be celebrating our victory. A huge feast has been arranged in honour of the wolves that had fought so hard and led us to victory and everyone was super pumped about the event. Belle was preparing a huge meal for the feast and most of submissives along with a few dominants had readily volunteered for helping her out in the kitchen. I had been surprised to find out that even Zyane had readily volunteered for decorating duty and I think I briefly saw Jakia, one of my female soldiers, carrying a stack of potatoes on her back and walking towards the kitchen. Although I wouldn’t be that surprised about Zyane’s decision considering the fact that Aya was in charge of the decoration duty, but I was pleasantly surprised to find some of my male warriors l
Epilogue: Rhys’s P.O.V “We have a female Alpha amongst us.” I watched unsurprisingly as a group of tough, macho Alpha’s from all over Asia, fell to the floor laughing with their hands clutching their bellies. “And she’s the one who killed Aiden and Devon.” This time however, their reaction was less than hilarious. “So, you’re telling us, or rather, you actually want us to believe that a chick living up in the Himalayas was not only able to defeat an entire army of wolves from three of the best packs in Asia but was able to kill two strong Alpha’s without breaking a sweat?” It was Alpha Dong-Ju of South Korea who spoke up for the rest of them. “Do you see Devon and Aiden amongst us?” I questioned him instead. “We all know they’re dead, Rhys,” Salim, the Iranian Alpha, being the gentleman that he was, tried to control the situation. “After all, we are here so we can let their packs decid
Chapter 29: Coming Home Mink's P.O.V: "Is it repaired?" I asked Varun, the main mechanic/technician of my pack. The guy could repair a space ship for all I knew. I was lucky indeed to have him by my side. "I had to sneak in some parts from a nearby camp," he said with a charming smile and not a single drop of remorse. "They're probably going to have a defective tank for a few days but we have a complete chopper." "Good. Clear air traffic so they're not shot down by the Army." I ordered. "Yes ma'am!" Varun gave me a mock salute before sprinting out of my room. "So...we're all set to go?" I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, leaning my head against the headboard. "Come to walk out on me again?" "No. I've come to convince you that we can work things out...eventually." He entered the room and shut the door behind him, clicking the lock in place. "Twenty years ago, I met a man wh
Chapter 28: Finding a Way Mink's P.O.V: "You're trying to get rid of me?" He asked looking stunned. "That's beside the point; you're an Alpha and your Pack needs you now, more than ever. WildRain needs you to make them feel safe and protected and you’ve already been away from your pack for nearly three weeks now." It wasn't easy accepting the fact that I’d gotten used to having him around but it was time to be practical. Rhys had earned my respect when he had stood with me in the front line, fighting against his own pack when they had been led astray by Aiden and Devon, but that doesn't mean that I'm about to declare my undying love for him to the whole world from my rooftop. Love takes a long time to develop. He may have my trust but he was far from acquiring my love. "We still have a lot to discuss, Mikalya. You've accepted me as your mate in front of not only your pack but mine too. There's no running from it now."
Chapter 27: Pack Mink's P.O.V: "Ugh!" I groaned as I awoke. My shoulder was killing me and I couldn’t even move my arm because of it. "Hey," Rhys's voice came from next to me. "Are you in pain? I'll go get Belle!" I caught his hand when he would have gotten up. "Stop, Rhys." I groaned again as the movement caused my shoulder muscles to flex. "I'm fine. Just...extremely sore." "Damn wolf! Biting you is supposed to be my job!" Rhys joked. "Shut up!" I let go of his hand once he sat back down on...whatever he'd been sitting on and rubbed the sleep off my eyes before opening them. "What the-back off, what the hell are you hovering over me for?" "Well, I was just checking to see if you were comfortable,” he told me. “There’s no need to be rube, I did have your back when you were down.” "I could've gorged your eyeballs out for being so close to me with my eyes shut, that's usually what I do t
Chapter 26: A Brief Reunion Mink's P.O.V: Laughter. I could hear it from here. Coming closer...so close now. He was right behind me, chasing after me through the golden hued mountain meadows into the twilight. I kept my pace light, running at a slower pace, because I wanted him to catch me, to sweep me off my feet. His dark brown hair was swept back by the breeze and kissed by the golden hues of the setting sun. His topaz eyes were filled with laughter as he chased after me. His face was forever etched into my mind, my heart and my soul. He looked like a prince from a faraway land who had left behind the confinements of his castle and come to chase after his little nomad princess. I couldn’t believe I’d been so lucky to have found him, in a land that had once been the cause of my nightmares, but now that land was a pleasant memory. A memory where a lone wolf found her other half. “Stop! You know yo
Chapter 25: A Battle Won Rhys's P.O.V: A prior warning, Mikalya, before you nearly give me a heart attack. All I got in return was a smug look. And why didn't you tell me your pack had invaded theirs? And why didn't you tell me you knew about Devon and Aiden? Are there any- One question at a time, Rhys.Mink gave me a pointed look from the corner of her eyes.I didn't tell you before about my pack because if you knew you'd challenge me straight away and try to capture my people. And I didn't tell you about these losers because this was my pack’s secret. My spies are the ones who warned me when they saw you coming and confirmed my hunch that these two had finally made their move. As for your final question, no. I don't have spies in your pack. You stayed away from me and so did I. We turned our attention back to the disaster twins to find both
Chapter 24: All part of the plan Mikalya’s P.O.V: "Noooo!" Rhys roared, wolf in his eyes. "How could you? My men have their family in Jever!There are cubs!Call off the attack Devon and challenge me like a man if you have the guts to do so!" Devon and Aiden roared with laughter instead. "We both know we can't beat you in a fight that easily even if we team up." Devon admitted, still smirking. "So we planned to get you out of our way with a different approach." "What?" Rhys and I looked at each other frowning and then back at Devon and Aiden while the rest of the world stood still around us. "We'd heard about the White Alpha for quite some time now." Aiden said. "We knew what happens to every trespasser that dares to enter these lands without permission. We know how ruthless this pack is. It was your fault for not gathering enough information before you came here, wagging yo