I knocked and entered the room. Isla was laying unconscious on the bed. She was beautiful, with long black hair and bright green eyes (when they were open). Her petite frame, with perfect curves. Looking small and frail with her wounds and deathly pale, I silently wished for her recovery. She had a black eye and cut on her temple. Lacerations covered her back and stab wounds covered her torso. The tiny pin pricks covered her body from the Iron Maiden, already healed. I watched as Cumina stitched up her wounds. Cumina is a respected healer in our pack. She has long brown hair, usually pulled into a bun; she is short with a slim frame, her eyes are deep brown. Her mate is one of my brother's most trusted sentinels and he is usually called upon for priority missions. Cumina looked at me. “I’ve done what I can. I’ve healed or at least repaired the damage to her internal organs, and I’ve stitched up the deeper wounds. You can help me clean and bandage her back.” She sighed. I walked over
Darkness took over, and I could feel my body going limp. Thinking to myself self I mused, “Maybe I’m dead.” “You’re not dead.” A voice echoed in the darkness.. "Who are you? Where are you?" “Daciana… your wolf.” It snapped dryly. “About time you let me out. Really, locking me up was just mean.” “I didn’t lock you up.” I defended. “You did along with your other selves. Don’t you remember your parents taking you to the witch five years ago?” “A little.” I frowned. “What do you mean other selves?” “Aside from locking up me, along with your accelerated healing. Which is why you've been healing slower than you should and your witch abilities; you locked up the parts of your past lives you needed to remember. That resulted in how you ended up here. You made yourself weak and an easy target.” She bit out. “Luckily, I have been with you in every life, and I can return your memories and your abilities as you need them so you can be who you are destined to be.” "Who am I destined to be
I was furious. I followed my brother out of the room and to his office. He had barely sat down when I scolded him. "How could you do that to her? She’s been through hell!" Not to mention he obviously liked her. Why is he being so stubborn? “She is a hybrid. You should be happy I didn’t just let her die.” Alpha Anders warned. “Once we meet with the elders, we will figure out what to do with her.” “The elders will just order her killed like every other hybrid or non-wolf mate.” I argued. Remembering how just two months ago my father had executed a wolf and her human mate just because they wouldn’t reject each other. That wolf had been my best friend, and I was still bitter about it. My father could be a cruel and uncaring man. I believed when he lost my mother, it broke something in him. “It is the way things are done. Are you ready to face the elders and break the law?” “Yes, it’s a shite law and should’ve changed years ago. We aren’t living in the dark ages anymore. We should know
Frustrated, I stood up shakily ignoring the pain that shot through me with a jolt and walked around the room stretching the chain as far as I could, curiously it seemed to lengthen so I could reach every corner of the room and even into the bathroom and closet; but wouldn’t reach the door exiting the room. Guess it’s a magical, and magic preventing chain, I laughed to myself. Hell, I’ll take whatever victories I can get. I rummaged through the drawers and closets to find clothes. There wasn’t much in the empty room. Finding a black t-shirt, sweatpants, and a pair of socks hidden in the back of a drawer. I turned with my haul and headed to the bathroom, turning on the shower. I gingerly stripped off my soiled jeans, leaving them attached to the chain. I didn't want to rip what's left of my already ruined clothes, Taking off my panties and ripped sad looking bra, I hopped into the hot steamy water. The water stung my wounds, but it was a welcome pain. I hated being dirty and being loc
Feeling eyes on me. I looked up, glaring when I saw my prisoner was watching me from her window. “Enjoying the show.” I thought to myself. As she ducked out of view. My wolf Vilkas chiding in “Teaching your brother a lesson, or showing off to the prisoner?” "What do you think?" "You don't want me to answer that." I growled angrily in response as he laughed. “The guards caught my brother spying on her while she was showering, and I taught him a lesson. He needs to stop this womanizing business. He shouldn't have invaded her privacy like that.” I finished as Vilkas growled angrily. Alec had been caught multiple times, peeking at the female wolves in the pack. Wolves may not be shy about their bodies, but I will not tolerate these disrespectful actions. Everyone deserves their privacy. Not to mention the angry mates it brings out. I had gotten him out of a few scrapes already, and it was exhausting. “Is it that, or are you jealous? Maybe she’s ours.” Vilkas teased. I growled low,
I heard a knock at the door and thought, "well I know it’s not Alec because whomever this was actually knocked." I got up from the couch and walked as close to the door as possible. A man I didn’t recognize walked in carrying a plate of food which looked delicious. The plate was piled with steak, potatoes, and vegetables. I squinted, my eyes growing suspicious. “Who are you?” “Your guard ma’am.” He replied without looking at me. “Alpha Anders asked me to bring you food.” I'm not old enough to be a ma'am, I thought bitterly as Daciana cackled. Cautiously, I took it from the man after he entered the room enough for me to reach him. I sniffed the food; it smelled good, and I was hungry. The guard was looking at me expectantly. “Poison!” Daciana boomed in my head as anger radiated through my body in response. “Do you think I am an idiot?” I yelled at the guard. "Take your poison food and eat it yourself!" I bellowed. Throwing the plate back at him. His eyes growing wide and backing u
The morning sun shone through the window and across my face, waking me. “Morning.” Thane spoke from the couch. I jumped. "What is it with you guys? Do you not know how to knock, or do you like being creepy?” “Sorry. I didn’t mean to scare you, and you are a captive, I might add.” as he pointed to the chain. "So, you don’t really get privacy." “My knight in shining armor, come to rescue me?” I joked. He looked serious then. “Alpha Anders is planning on moving you to the dungeon this afternoon. I’m sorry, but there is no swaying him.” “That’s our time limit, then.” Daciana put in. "Do you know what he is planning to do with me?" I inquired. Thane looked away with a guilty expression and replied, "He has summoned the Elders back. They will have a meeting to decide what your fate will be." he paused. "They will want your death. You don't have a lot of time left, I'm afraid." “Thanks for the heads up.” I replied to Thane as I moved to sit beside him on the couch. He nodded, gettin
The castle was busy. Omegas prepared food for the feast tonight which would take place after the pack meeting. I put training on hold for the day as everyone prepared doing various duties. Large tables were being set up in the dining hall for the meeting. The dining hall was enormous, with vast windows facing the training grounds. Wolves brought barrels of whiskey up from the cellar. Being immortal, it took a lot of alcohol for wolves to get drunk, our metabolisms burnt it off quickly. Whiskey was the drink of choice for most of the pack. Pack meetings were usually held once a month on the full moon, normally followed by a hunt. This month, however, there would be two, although this one was less formal, more about sharing information, and no hunt was planned afterwards. The pack was abuzz with gossip about my father's death and the capture of Thane and me, as well as Alec's daring rescue. It was impossible to keep any information secret. There was also talk of a prisoner and specul
Something brushed against my cheek rousing me, I opened my eyes as I moved closer to Anders, resting my head on his chest, breathing in his scent. “Morning love.” “mmm” I mumbled as I reached my hand up, rubbing his neck and shoulder. He chuckled, “We can’t stay in bed all day.” I sighed, moving to stretch, “Actually, we can because you are the Alpha and can boss everyone around.” I teased. He sat up, grabbing me by the waist pulling me to him, “You know it don’t work that way, love.” “Well, it should.” I pouted as he kissed me. “If you want me up so bad then let me go, so I can get dressed.” I laughed as I pushed him away, heading to the closet and grabbing clothes. “What are the plans for today, anyway?” I asked as I pulled my jeans on. “We have to come up with a game plan. The stuff with the Shadow Moon Pack is not finished and we need to find somewhere to hide your new weapon.” I forgot I had the immortal scythe in my possession now, I barely recalled grabbing it before he
Something took over my body. Power erupted from me as the scythe flew from Elder Zeebs hand into my own, my arm swung out as Alpha Kylen seemed to appear out of nowhere stepping in front of his father, the blade sliced through his neck. He fell to the ground as Elder Zeeb stood in shock, then screamed “My son, you little bitch, you murdered my son, as he knelt holding his son's head, his Luna ran to Alpha Kylens body sobbing throwing herself at him. Behind Zeeb, the army moved to attack me. The scythe was poised again as power continued to spill out. "Leave!" an unfamiliar voice ordered as the wolves' heads snapped up and Elder Zeeb and the Luna looked at me and the others in shock. "What the hell is going on?" one of the Shadow Moon Packs wolves asked confused, "What is she?" Instead of an answer, Zeeb looked around at the wolves behind me as if gauging the situation. “This isn’t over, we will get revenge for what you have done!!” Elder Zeeb yelled as the Luna and the Shadow Moons
Once the battle started, everything became a blur as blades slashed through the air, growls and cries rang throughout the field. Isla and my brothers beside me we blocked and defended heading towards Alpha Kylen and his father, I glanced over as Isla was being pushed away by three wolves, attacking her in unison she blocked and defended moving farther from me. I turned to follow as an onslaught of wolves surrounded my brothers and me, biting back the worry about her safety. I focused my attention on the enemies in front of me, blocking blows and swinging quickly, bringing down the lower ranked warriors. Looking around, I realized my brothers and Isla were nowhere to be found. I worked my way through the army blocking and dealing blows as I weaved my way through the carnage, bodies scattered the ground, some wounded, some dead, blood marked the once green field as the fighting continued. An enormous man charged at me, his lance poised to impale me, I dodged at the last second and sna
As we need neared the border, the tension among the pack members increased, I could feel their emotions, their anxieties. Taking a big breath, I exhaled, the feelings clearing my mind. “Imagine what you will feel when you claim him as well.” Daciana laughed. “Bitch.” I scolded her. Unlike the males claiming bite, a female wolf claims her male by publicly claiming that he is hers and as a result a tattoo of his mates wolf appear on his bicep, if he were ever to betray her the tattoo would become poisonous and slowly kill the male wolf, just as a marked female who betrayed her mate would slowly bleed out from the bite she received from her mate. The only way to escape such a fate would be to publically reject each other and have both parties wanting the rejection. We approached the clearing from earlier along the border stood the shadow Moon Pack Alpha Kylen stood at the front facing us with his father Elder Zeeb by his side. Anders and I stood in front of our pack as they fanned out
“I’m on my way.” I yelled as we ran as fast as possible to the Northern border. "Be safe, there is one hell of a fight going on," she informed. "Don’t tell me you went to where the battle is happening?" I yelled back angrily. She wouldn’t dare get involved. “A wolf cried in pain. I can’t just ignore it.” She retorted. “Fuck, we need to go faster,” I ordered to Vilkas. “We are going as fast as we can, not to mention she isn’t some helpless she wolf she can handle herself.” “You don’t know which wolves are from which pack. Just wait for me!” I yelled, as panic and worry surged through me the dreams replaying in my head. In all of them, we had been separated, and she had been killed. “How far are you from here?” she asked. “Minutes away. just wait. Please.” I begged. “She’s not going to listen.” Vilkas shared as we jumped over some brush, “She won’t allow a pack member to be injured never has. It’s one of the things we love about her.” “I can’t lose her again.” I declared as we
I ran towards the direction the howl had come from, the sounds of battle were becoming louder and louder. “I’m on my way.” Anders yelled into my head as I continued in the noise's direction. "Be safe, there is one hell of a fight going on," I informed back as I exited the trees and emerged into a clearing. Ten wolves were fighting, blood sprayed the ground, multiple wolves were unconscious, all of them were injured in varying degrees. "Don’t tell me you went to where the battle is happening?" He yelled back angrily. “A wolf cried in pain. I can’t just ignore it.” I thought back as I descended upon the battle. “You don’t know which wolves are from which pack. Just wait for me!” he yelled, I could feel his urgency in his voice as he was trying to reach me and the panic and worry that radiated through him. “How far are you from here?” I asked as I stopped, turning around and retreating back into the treeline. “Minutes away. just wait. Please.” He begged. “I can tell which wolf bel
My brothers followed the sentinel into my office. “What’s happening at the border?” Thane asked before I could. "The Shadow Moon Pack is gathering at the northern border, we believe they are planning to attack soon, we saw their scouts and have followed their movements." “Thank you, we will need to prepare as well.” The sentinel bowed and left. I turned to my brothers, “Seems Zeeb has informed them of our plans. I bet he had Ashina take Isla as a way to distract me.” “I know you want to find Isla, but we need to know who is loyal to our pack first, we need to have the pack members swear an oath of fealty or we are putting ourselves at risk in this battle. We don’t know who Zeebs followers are.” Alec advised. “I agree, at least she is safe with Ashina. They are blood related after all.” Thane added. “Blood related or not, she is a threat. We don’t know what her plans are.” I sighed, knowing I had to focus on the upcoming battle. "Gather the pack in the dining hall. We will see wh
After looking out the window and making sure her henchmen were not guarding the door, I left the cabin, closing the door silently behind me. I headed back up the path, careful not to make too much noise; I searched for the door into the castle and could not find it. Maybe it was a portal. I thought. “Okay, so no door now what?” I spoke to myself. “Guess we get back the old way. We can’t be too far from the castle; I can sense it.” Daciana shared. “It still could be far away.” I noted. “We will run all night if we have to. The fact that Ashina took us now means the Shadow Moon Pack is planning their next move.” I nodded in agreement and shifted. We took off running through the trees, stopping to smell the air to get a sense of what direction we needed to go in. “If that door was a portal, it would make sense that it wouldn’t be there anymore, but at the same time, what witch or witches are helping her with this?” I thought as we continued to push forward into the thick forest. “We
“Maybe I’m paranoid, but Ashina and Isla are taking a long time, are they not?” Thane asked, looking at the clock on the wall. We had discussed a new battle strategy and were about to go over when to attack and decided that night was the best time to catch them off guard. “It has been too long. It's been over an hour.” I tried to mind-link with Isla, then Ashina, but was unable to. It was like they were being blocked from me. I rose and headed from office and down to the kitchen. Two men lay unconscious in the destroyed space, panic overwhelmed me as I looked for her, but she wasn’t here. I grabbed the closet man and shook him. “Where is she? Where is Isla?” I yelled at him. “She… is safe with Ashina.” In shock, I dropped him. Had she betrayed us? I looked at Shaw. “Where would your mother hide someone?” He looked at me and replied, “To be honest, I barely know her, she was never around, and I don’t even know where she stays when she’s here. I’m sorry.” He was right; he spent m