EmilyOnce Emily was up and dressed and had eaten breakfast she left to go to Charlotte’s. In no time at all they were on their way to the human towns close to their pack. By close she meant a two hour drive, so they were leaving pretty early. They had to go to a couple different towns to get everything they needed. Plus they wanted to have time to explore. The girls were giddy with excitement. They both needed this outing. Plus it had been ages since the two of them got to do anything on their own. Before she could relax and have fun though, Emily had to fill Charlotte in on everything. She told her about her visit home and seeing everyone, and what Lo had told them about the trip east and the rogue pack there. Then she told her about what happened last night…. between Nick and Lorenzo. “And you haven’t heard from either of them since?” Charlotte asked her. “Nope. I tried to go after both of them but my brothers pretty much threatened to tie me to a chair.” Emily said. “Plus Lo
Emily They finally made it into the first town they were visiting. The second town they would be going to that day was bigger and busier than this somewhat quaint one. But Charlotte’s family had long bought from the little stores they had here and resold the items. They could get a few things in bulk, and this is where they would find the more original and personable items. For example, one of the little stores there sold tons of homemade goods like jellies and jams and other canned and jarred foods. They had homemade items like signs and decorations made from metals, they had homegrown vegetables and fruits. Even though they grew nearly all their food on the pack lands- every pack had a couple of farmers that got large chucks of land to plant on- they still liked to get the occasional things they didn’t grow. Like squash for instance. Wolves didn’t grow squash. But they all loved to eat it. They also didn’t grow okra, or strawberries or cantaloupe. So Charlotte would always get
Emily The next stop they went to was a large wholesale building. They drove around the back and pulled in a parking spot. Charlotte called a phone number and told someone they were there. “Okay they’ll bring it out in a second.” Charlotte said. Emily smiled and nodded and then she looked around. There were a few of those big trucks there. The humans called them ‘eighteen wheelers’ or something like that. They didn’t have those sorts of things obviously. Then a couple cars and a few trucks and vans. She felt pretty relaxed in the moment. Emily really wanted to tell Charlotte about her plan she had came up with and some of the theories she had on certain things. But right when she started to tell her another truck pulled up right beside them. The windows were down and two men were inside. Emily frowned. Didn’t she just see that truck parked at the other end of the parking lot? It was a sleek black double cab truck. Surely it was brand new the way it shined. And why did they par
EmilyA while later they were headed back to the pack. They didn’t see any more of the black truck and their run in with the guys was almost forgotten. They’d gone back through the first town and we’re headed up the mountain roads toward their land. They were getting fairly close now as they turned down the last road. It was the only road that led into and out of their territory. The sun was getting low and Emily was finally getting relaxed. They’d had the best day and she was excited about eating some more of the pizza they’d brought home. That is if Alan didn’t cram it all down first. She couldn’t wait to show her brothers her hair and new tattoo. She had also bought little souvenirs for her brothers and Maeve. And she was excited to give the kids their books and gifts. All in all the past week had been one of the best ones she had in years. She got to see her family and then she got to go to the towns. She was telling Charlotte she bet Brian and Alan would be excited becau
Emily THE PASTEmily sat at the doorway not moving as she stared at Susan and some man - who was not Caron that she had just married a few minutes ago. She must’ve been in shock as she couldn’t seem to move. Finally her senses came back and she lowered her eyes. “Sor- Sorry.” She said and quickly shut the door. She stood there a moment trying to recover from what she had just seen. She finally was able to move and started back toward the stairs when the door flew open. “Emily! Wait!” A panicked voice she had never heard from Susan was yelling at her. Emily turned but didn’t look at Susan she kept her focus on the ground. “You cannot tell anyone!” Susan told her.. Emily popped her head up looking at her in the face then and frowned. “Emily.. you can’t tell anyone. Do you understand?? Caron will divorce me… we haven’t even mated yet.”“He will smell another wolf on you.” Emily said matter of factly. “Not by the time we’re together. These weddings go on all night long - y
EmilyEmily couldn’t hear. She couldn’t see. Her vision blurry and the ringing in her ears was getting louder and louder and louder. She could faintly make bright lights that were shining on her but then that disappeared. What happened? Where was she? A searing pain was in her shoulder. Ah fuck that hurt. What the hell was going on… she couldn’t remember. Why were her ears ringing so bad?? Then it all started to come back. They road home, the truck.. the guy.. the gun. Oh goddess. The gun. He had shot at them! Charlotte. Charlotte. Charlotte. He shot Charlotte. Darkness was pulling her under. But she had to help Charlotte. She tried but she couldn’t stay awake. The dark took over. ~~~~~~~~~~~Emily woke with a start. She was in Charlottes truck, the radio was playing. She looked over at her best friend who was slumped in the seat beside her. She jumped suddenly trying to raise up but dizziness and a pounding in her head slammed into her. She tried again, going slowe
Lorenzo He had been back in his pack for just a few hours and already being away from Emily was grinding on his nerves. He knew it would take him a minute to get used to not being so close to her. But something about this day was making him on edge. Quite possibly the fact that he’d been up for two days straight with no sleep. He’d left Nick’s pack last night right after their run in. If he stayed there he was going to do something drastic. Then they’d be having a trial with him for murder. Had Emily not stepped in between them last night.. he would’ve ripped Nick’s head clean off his body. Nick didn’t stand a chance up against Lorenzo. The only thing he had going for him in that moment was his anger. Truthfully, he couldn’t really fault Nick. Emily IS his mate. And Lo WAS hugging her, which isn’t that big of a deal but they had a past and everyone knew how they felt about each other. If it had been the other way around he would’ve reacted the exact same. So, he got out of ther
LorenzoHe let out another long huff and put his head into his hands. Goddess she still isn’t getting it. But he didn’t know what else to do to make her understand. The only other thing he could do would be to fire her from her duties, or kick her out of the pack. But he wasn’t that vindictive. Not yet anyway. If she kept this shit up he’d have no other choice. Jarvis walked into his office then and Lo looked up at him. Jarvis smiled big and gave him two thumbs up. Lorenzo through a pen at him as Jarvis busted out laughing. They headed into the pack house kitchen to get a bite to eat. Lorenzo’s pack was so big he had several wolves that lived alone and didn’t cook much. Sure they could make a sandwich but that’s about as far as it went. So he had cooks in the pack house that made three meals a day. Anyone that wanted or needed to eat could come there and get a plate of food. He also had a small diner on his land. Which a few other packs did as well, but the sheer size of his pac
Lorenzo They were coming in the pack house for a break from the rigorous training they’d been doing for a few weeks now. Lorenzo was happy to help train. But at the same time he had other pack duties and responsibilities he needed to be working on. Not to mention his mind was miles and miles away with Emily still. After he’d heard about Charlotte, he wanted to go to her immediately. But because he had been back and forth so much he decided to wait and go for the funeral instead. He had people coming into his territory those days anyway. And he didn’t want to leave Jarvis by himself to deal with all that. He had agreed to house several of the guards from his region that were training for the group that was going to the east. Part of the council had already been to most of the packs in the north, and they needed somewhere to put everybody. So he took in some of them. But that meant housing and food for all these people as well. It was a big undertaking.. and he couldn’t leave and
Emily ……………….……………….It had been two weeks since that day in the hospital when Charlotte took her last breath holding Emily’s hand. Emily had sat there and cried until Dr. Pavarti came in and unhooked Charlotte from all the machines. Something hit Emily in that moment. And she couldn’t hold it in any longer. She screamed. A painful, heart wrenching sound came from her. She screamed some more. Then she screamed again. She got up and ran out of the hospital into the cold night air. And she screamed some more.People were coming outside that had heard her, she’d woken them up in the middle of the night but she didn’t care. Her brothers and Maeve had come to the hospital too. They must’ve been in the waiting room but she didn’t even see them. They stood behind her not saying anything. Alan was a mess… he really liked Charlotte and Emily had hoped they’d end up mates one day. Alice came outside then, tears running down her face as well. But she was holding it together. Emily d
Emily She walked back into Charlotte’s room slowly… not wanting to face what the doctor has told her. Pam walked by her on her way out and laid her hand on her arm. “Just in case it’s what we think it is, tell her goodbye Emily. Most people don’t get that chance. But you do. Tell her everything you want.” Pam whispered as she left the room. She repeated basically exactly what the doctor had told her mere seconds ago. She wondered if they’d practiced that. A way to soften the blow when telling people their lives would forever be changed, and not in a good way. Emily was practicality full on sobbing at this point as Alice turned to her and softly smiled. “A-Alice” Emily stuttered between her sobs. “I just can’t accept what they’re say-saying. It can’t be true.” Alice hugged her tightly and then said:“It happened with my mother when she passed. It seems like the same thing to me.”Emily cried harder. “We would need a miracle Emily and I don’t think it’s coming. I’ve said my
Emily The look on Maeve and Brian’s faces were enough to know it was bad. She didn’t wait on any explanations, or to ask any questions. She just took off running. She ran and ran and ran all the way back into the middle of the territory. Up and down the streets, cutting through woods and peoples yards to get there as fast as she could. She finally saw the hospital up ahead. She slammed through the front door and ran through the waiting room. She kept going. Get to Charlotte. That’s all that mattered. Finally when she got to her room she skidded to a stop. She opened the door and went inside. Dr. Pavarti, Pam, and Alice stood around her bed. Emily closed her eyes, listening. Breaths. Faint but there. She was still alive. “What happened??” Charlotte demanded. At her voice Charlotte’s eyes opened just barely. She had woken up???“Oh goddess!” Emily cried as she ran to the bed. “Charlotte!” She cried and cried and thanked goddess her friend was waking up. “Emily….” Dr. Pavar
Lorenzo He had been pacing the better part of an hour. After he got a call from Brian, and found out about Emily’s hair-brained scheme… he immediately called her. She had the audacity to act like it wasn’t a big deal and then the little fucker hung up on him. He was so mad he through the lamp sitting on the table across the room. He’d forgotten all about Collins, she sat there wide eyed… as he threw his tantrum. He sighed, rubbed his hand through his hair making it stand every which way then down his face. “Fuck. I am so sorry Collins. You… you didn’t need to see that.” He said. “It’s okay….” She said shaking her head. But it wasn’t. He was her Alpha and she didn’t need to see him losing his shit. Even though he was most definitely losing all of his shit right now. “No. No it’s not okay. I haven’t been a very good Alpha recently. I’ve had a lot going on…..” he began. “Honestly. It’s perfectly fine. You’re frustrated. I get it. You have emotions, that’s normal. It’s good th
Emily A while later she and Alan were on their way back to the pack, laughing their asses off at how everything went down. It wasn’t what she had expected, that was for sure. But she couldn’t kill a man who had just been protecting his daughter. He was a human, approached by two werewolves that he had no idea even existed… that threatened his little girl. She could understand. Although he could’ve shot the other wolves with the silver bullets the rogues gave him… She did feel better … that was for certain. Now they just had to catch the two rogue wolves. Ellis was already on it… finding their location. She would have to wait a couple days before she could try to get them to let her take care of those two. “Poor mustache.” She said. “Who??” Alan asked. “The guy— mustache. We don’t know his real name.” She answered. “I think his name is pissed his pants”. Alan answered. They both started laughing. Because he did, indeed, piss his pants when she shifted and went up to him. S
Emily. “Stay back!” The man yelled. The other guy was keeping his eye on Alan who was staring at him so hard Emily half expected lasers to come out of his eyes. “You. Shot. My. Best. Friend.” She ground out. “And me., which I don’t even care about. But when you shot her? You made a big…..huge …. mistake.”“Listen… I didn’t..” the guy tried. But Emily growled again. Both guys watching her now looked like they were about to cry. They might know werewolves existed, but she didn’t think they’d ever seen one shift before. They were too scared. “Wait… please…..” he said. “Who hired you?” She asked him. “I … I don’t know! I never got a name!”“What did they give you? For murdering someone? What did they pay you for that?!” She spat out, her eyes started glowing … her anger getting the best of her. “Please … don’t hurt us. They threatened my daughter!!” The man said. Emily stopped. What did he just say? “What??” She asked him. “Two guys. They’d been coming into the bar where m
Emily “Alan. Did you catch that scent?” She asked him carefully. He looked at her, knowing exactly what she was saying. “Yes.” He said. “Same ones, right?” She asked. He nodded. In that moment her phone started ringing and the two wolves jerked their heads up. She and Alan crashed down in the seat out of sight while she quickly quieted her phone. She looked to see who was calling. It was Lorenzo. Why would he be calling her… unless….“Shit.” She said. “Brian blabbed to Lo”. She told Alan. “Well may as well call it off now he’ll be here in five minutes.”Of course he couldn’t actually get here that fast. But he would try. She needed to talk to him and calm him down. So as she and Alan were scrunched down in the car hiding she called him back. They rolled up the windows just in case it rang again. They couldn’t hear them talking… but a shrieking phone ring? They could easily hear that. He answered on the first ring. “Lo?” She said quietly. “Please tell me your brother has
Emily She and Alan had made it into the human town. Being there was making her feel sick, and making her think about the trip here with Charlotte. They’d passed the tattoo shop where they’d gotten matching tattoos… and the place where they got their hair cuts. She was getting angrier and angrier the more she remembered everything. Now they were in the next town. The one where the guys had first shown up. She knew the addresses that Ellis had given her, where the men had been seen… at least allegedly. But just as a precaution she wanted to go to the loading docks where she and Charlotte had gone. Alan argued they were probably only there to follow them, and she knew as much. But she wasn’t leaving a stone unturned. But they weren’t there. She even stopped and asked a few people if they’d seen the truck the guy drove. So they headed to the first address, which was a house. But when they got there no one was home. The next place was a bar type restaurant where Emily had planned to