I awoke to Anders standing beside me, holding my hand. As soon as I opened my eyes, he released my hand and anger flared, turning to rage. I jumped up and punched him in the chest, then dropped to the floor, taking out his legs, before jumping on top of him, knocking him to his back. I sat on him as I punched him repeatedly. I screamed at him, “You bloody coward, how dare you do this to me!” as I fought back the tears that threatened to spill. He grabbed my hands and demanded, “Stop it.” My eyes widened as I realized what was happening and the position we were in, I jumped off him, backing up away and hissing? “Awe,” Daciana pouted, disappointed. “He enjoyed that… and so was I.” “I’m glad you're awake?” Ashina spoke as Anders picked himself up off the floor, wiping his bloody nose on his sleeve. “How do you feel?” I felt great. My wounds had healed, and there was no pain anywhere that I could tell. I shrugged. “Fine, no thanks to you.” I cringed, remembering the sound of the saw.
As I shook her, trying to get answers, her eyes became vacant and turned violet. What the hell? What’s wrong with her? “This is so cool; this has never happened before.” A voice that wasn’t Isla's spoke from her mouth. “What did the Moon Goddess say Isla?” I questioned again, ignoring the unfamiliar voice. “She doesn’t want to speak to you. You broke her.” The voice answered. “Broke her. How the hell did I break her? Where did she go?” I demanded. “Who are we speaking with?” Ashina questioned curiously, moving closer to us. “I’m Daciana Isla’s wolf.” My mouth dropped. “That’s not possible.” I argued. Disbelieving. “Oh, but it is. For an old man, you are quite dumb. Say hi to Vilkas for me,” she growled and winked. "It’s been a while.” “I love that wolf.” Vilkas sighed in my mind, admiring her. “Is this a hybrid ability or a wolf one?” Ashina questioned, unconcerned, as I shook my head. “Hmm, a bit of both. I told her to forgive you and she was willing to, but the fact that y
My consciousness had retreated within me, finding only darkness. “He had ordered my death.” I pulled my knees to my chest. Was I really to be executed? Daciana walked up to me, her fur shimmering as her coat created an aura of light around her. I could sense her anger as she stopped to stand in front of me. “I’ll talk to them, but first follow me.” I stood and followed the beautiful white wolf with violet eyes and shimmering purple fur. As she led me to a door, she shifted, revealing a woman that looked like me but with purple hair and violet eyes. She wore a white dress. She took out a key from her dress pocket and opened the door. Inside was a beautiful room with shelves of books lining the walls and a large comfy bed. She walked up to two windows where Anders’s face was visible and closed the curtains. “Rest here.” She said as she left the room and disappeared. Why did I feel so betrayed? He had said he was going to kill me just for being a hybrid. Deep down, did I hope he’d ch
We moved Isla back into the guest room after cleaning up the blood and gore she left behind. I searched the room to make sure there was nothing she could use to escape. I re-chained her ankle to the bed. Since they were done with the experiments on her and just wanted to study her abilities, they could do that on the training grounds. While Ashina studied her abilities, I’d be getting my brothers to do some research into the Packs achieves. I had a lot to make up for, and I refused to lock her back up in the dingy dungeon. At least here she could have some common comforts, like a bed and shower. I had sent an omega to buy clothes in her size as well as anything else she may need. She could, after all, one day be Luna if my plan worked. Daciana had a point. We needed to find the old research and see what it had said and where this law even came from. I sent my brothers to search the achieves for the information Daciana had suggested, hoping there was something I could use to save her
The door closing behind him; I slumped onto the couch. “How dare he do this?” I fumed, like I’m not already confused enough. I gently touched my lips, recalling the soft feeling of his lips on mine, and whispered, “how dare he…” I feared that if he had decided and tried to fix things with me as well as to accept me as his mate that I would be unable to turn away from him. To be completely honest, deep down, I wanted him to want to fix things. I had a feeling that under his cold exterior, was a kind and passionate man. My father had told me stories of the mate bond and how important it was to follow it because you only get one. Sure, there were rare occurrences of a second chance mate, but that didn’t happen often. “You know you want him. Why not have him?” Daciana questioned. “Because one moment he seems to care and the other he doesn’t.” You don’t think I want to be with him? He plays mind games and doesn’t know what he wants. Of course, I want him to want me and to choose me, b
I set the bag down on the dresser and looked inside. There was bottled water, prepackaged snacks, and sandwiches. Anders' solution to me not eating was to have someone go buy food that hadn’t been tampered with. Was there a gas station around here? I was surprised by the kind gesture. Seeing a pizza sub in the bag, I opened it and devoured it. I was hungry. I downed two bottles of water as well as eating some of the snacks. Full and as comfortable as I could be with a chain around my leg… again. I readied for bed, brushing my teeth and hair and, to my surprise, finding clothes in the closet and dresser. Instead of finding sparse men’s clothes, I found woman’s clothes in my size. Was Anders trying to make it more comfortable for me here? I was grateful for the clothes and food and would have to thank him later. I put on a tank top and shorts and crawled into the comfortable bed, falling asleep in minutes. … I was back in the c
I had the same dream as her? How the hell did this happen from just a dream? Her entire body had been burned, and her fingernails were completely gone. Her hands looked bloody and sore. “Has this happened before?” I asked her as she backed away from me and my brothers. Tripping over the chain and landing on her backside. I can’t believe they followed me in here and saw her naked. Anger flooded my mind. She shrugged, “don’t think so. Look, I’m sorry if I woke you up won’t happen again, promise.” She thinks I’m angry because she woke me up. If I hadn’t, could she have died from her dream? I could tell she felt outnumbered and threatened. She was looking back and forth between the three of us; her guard up. “Leave.” I told my brothers, who shared a concerned look, then nodded and left the room, the door closing behind them. I moved towards her. She looked guarded but let me pick her up from the ground, setting her on her feet. I would have to do something about that damn chain. Seem
I sat facing him. “If you wanted to make amends, why not let me go?” “I can’t, not until I can prove to the Elders you are not a threat.” Well, at least he’s being honest, I guess. Frowning, I replied, "There are people I need to find, and I can’t do that as a prisoner, can I?" It was frustrating there was a job I had to do, and he was preventing it. “Who do you want to find? I can help you after we get things here straightened out.” he asked as he moved closer rubbing my leg with his hand. “I won’t say, just people. I can’t just sit up here all the time. It’s boring and there are things I need to be doing.” “You won’t tell me who you have to find and what you have to do, but you want me to let you go? I don’t think so, besides we are supposed to be together isn’t that what our wolves have been trying to hammer into our heads with these nightmares?” “That’s only part of it. Did you not notice that anytime we were together, we both met our deaths merely weeks later? We don’t get