"But Four you don't understand, I don't want to be here I just have a cold I've had a cold a million times before" I argued with him."You wouldn't wake up! You were sleep for hours, wouldn't eat wouldn't drink what do you expect me to do?" He snapped his hands pushing on my shoulders forcing me to retort to a lying down position."I want to leave, I'm not staying here" I refused pushing his hands of me sitting up once again, I felt like I had been lying down for years my whole body felt stiff.His jaw clenched tightly and his hand that was wrapped around the bar of the bed began to turn white as he was squeezing so hard."I try help you and you still argue with me, your sick and that's why you are here get that into your thick skull" He gritted out his voice dangerously low."No get this into your thick skull, I am bloody fine I feel find now. if vou'd iust let me sleep it off do something without u having control of the situation then we wouldn't be here right now. Your a controllin
I rolled over in the uncomfortable bed attempting to find a comfortable enough spot which I had been trying to do for the past twenty minutes.It was 1AM now and four hasn't came back, he said he would only be an hour but one hour turned into two and then three and now I'm here, in a cold dark room. Usually I'm used to Fours body heat keeping me warm but all I had was a thin sheet.I never realised how much I relied on him until know, although I hated to admit it. I liked when I instantly got warmer when he pulls me in his arms every night. I liked when he made food, even though it was vile.I sighed pulling myself of the bed accepting that sleep wasn't going to come to me. I made my way over to the door slightly twisting the handle pulling it open squinting at the bright light that lit up the halls.Two men stood on either side of the door and on instant they snapped their head towards me their eyes widening slightly as if they didn't know what to do."Ugh Emily? What can we do for y
"Dylan" I screeched my hands coming up and pushing on his chest so I could fully examine him to make sure I wasn't just imagining him here.He was alive, he was actually still breathing. I was almost certain Four had killed his own brother, now he seemed a little more less like the serial kidnapper person type."Pop my ear drums then love" He smiled grabbing ahold of my arms pushing me towards him before squeezing me like I felt my organs were going to come out of my mouth.Fours breath quickened behind me as I felt his warm hand land on my shoulder "Here take this down to the first room on the left" He instructed as I turned to face him and grab the suitcase that was in his hand.I sighed making my way out of the kitchen quickly flashing my head over my shoulder to see that they were talking but I couldn't hear a word they were saying, they always talked in such low voices when they didn't want me to hear what they were saying.I pushed open the door once I reached it to reveal a bed
"Are you sure she's Maddie Emily? If we got got the wrong girl he will be pissed.""It's her, she was exactly where the mole to,d us she would be, she's exactly like she is in the picture stop worrying, we've did our job""What is the exact plan? What does Alpha Tom want with her? Yes I know it's revenge on Four but how exactly is he going to do that. Surely he won't harm the girl.""Stop asking so many questions Damon! For what he did to our Luna I'm sure Aloha Tom has a lot in store for her".......I groaned as a dull pain erupted from my head my hand went up to attempt to try soothe it only before I felt a bandage wrapped around it. Then it hit me.My eyes shot open the bright light taking me a few seconds to adjust before I could get a glimpse around me. Grey walls, wooden furniture, large windows, this wasn't the room at the cabin or Fours room.Shit, where was Dylan? Was he here to? The questions and panic that overcame me only made my head pound worse. I pulled the sheets from
MADDIE'S P.O.VI pulled the shorts that covered my legs lower down as I kept my eyes trained on the man. He was only a few feet away from me busy doing something in the kitchen.After Damon and Alli left he brought me into one of the rooms I had passed in the hallway, I didn't scream or kick this time I just observed. If there's anything I learned from getting kidnapped the first time that screaming isn't going to get you anything other than a sore throat.My eyes gazed over to the window where a bright light was streaming through, I slowly made my way over to it gazing back at the man every couple of steps as if I was waiting for him to shout at me.But the room remained silent the only noise my heavy breathing. My eyes gazed out to see green, a large lawn where multiple people were around. Just like the living space I seen there was children running around, adults talking and even a few people in the lake.Where exactly was I"You can go outside if you like later, I'm sure Alli or D
I felt my heart pace speed up as I felt like my head was spinning, it felt as though what I had just witness was fake, out of a movie but it happened clear as day.A boy turned into a beast, it couldn't be possible? That only happened in bloody twilight not in real life. It had to be staged, they were trying to mess with me, play a sick cruel joke on me just to get me scared and get a reaction."Maddie what you just seen it's normal alright? Well not normal for you, normal for us. Just take a minute and calm down, I will explain everything" Tom mumbled as I felt his hand on my shoulder attempting to calm me down.Normal? What did he mean it was normal for him? Last time I looked humans were humans and that was that. There was no bloody breaking bones and turning into a werewolf all of a sudden.I quickly jumped back out of his grasp, if that boy had just turned into that monster was he one as well? Is that what Four had been hiding from me? Was he one of these beasts as well."Calm do
My eyes furiously scanned the pages as each page I read shocked me even more. In the werwolf community there are different packs, each pack has an Alpha who is the leader, a Beta who helps the Alpha and steps in when he's gone and a gamma who also helps. They are all in packs, like a pack of wolves only they are people.Another thing that shocked me that I had to read the page twice to see if I was imagining it was that these wolves can community through their minds, they can mind link each other. Also majority of the people are born into it, they have their first shift at the age of eighteen.If I didn't know any better it was like I reading a fiction book not a proper textbook with accurate information. The thing I was currently reading was about mates. Each werwolf had one somewhere, mates are paired together by the moon goddess whoever that was. Basically whoever your mate was you had to be with them weather you liked it or not.I felt my eyes become heavy as I peered out the wind
I was a mate, I had a mate and not the friend type of mate i had the type of one who you were destined to be with for the rest of your life paired together by some sort of fate that you had no choice to take part it.Human or not if you had a mate then you could say goodbye to your family, your plans for the rest of your life and really having any sort of control over any decision you now made.That's what Four did to me, he took me away from everyone I knew and loved, he kept me locked up in his room for months without even mentioning the fact that by the way I'm a werewolf. He ruined all my plans I had for my future, finishing school applying to university I will never get to experience. Driving for the first time, crashing my parents car for the first time, getting rejected from the university I will never get to do. I'm stuck with him and it's not the case anymore where in my brain I thought that he had mental problems and had kidnapped me out of spite, still questioning that. But
EMILYThat evening, I returned to work, going about my shift at the hospital as though nothing had happened the night before, answering my coworkers' questions about the time I'd spent with my sister but not mentioning to them that I had stolen her identity and ended up at a party that was more amazing than any- thing I had ever experienced before.I ran through my list of patients, taking care of each one as needed. Each person I took care of only served as a reminder of the path I had chosen in life. Sure, I was pleased with my career, and I found it incredibly fulfilling what I could do in the lives of others.But, when it came down to it, I was feeling incredibly envious of my sister. I wanted her life. I wanted to be invited to those parties and to meet those men. I wanted to be the one everyone knew from the cover of a magazine. I wanted to be wanted once again. Try as I may, there was no way I could get Kyle Cun- ningham out of my mind, and each time his face appeared in the ba
KYLEI left early that morning, letting Emily sleep in. I didn't know much about her, and I didn't want to break the spell of the night we'd spent together by talking about things that we didn't need to talk about. All too often, I would wake up next to a woman only to hear how she was getting back at her ex-boyfriend, or that she was doing something to bring drama into some relationship she was having.There were those who were lonely, and those who merely wanted to get a taste of what it would be like to be with a man like me. Sure, they were all intended to be one-night stands on my end, too, and I hadn't ever formed any real opinion about any one of them. But, at the same time, I didn't want the woman cur- rently in my bed to wake up and tell me something about herself that would change the way I felt about her.That thought filled me with confusion.I liked doing what I did and splitting the next day. It was the ego boost I needed; a modicum of fulfillment in a life that I wasn't
."Maddie please, don't do this." He sighed raising his hands in the air in a defence position taking another step forward.I opened my mouth and met out a piercing scream, it lasted for around twenty seconds. Long enough for Dylan to back away from me and the lady around the till to come rushing around.It felt as if the next few moments were played out in slow motion the women had barley reached me when I heard the door of the cafe slam open the impact a lot larger than mine that it caused the glass on the door to shatter.My eyes shot to the doorway which was being took up by Fours large stance who's whole body was clenched his chest heaving up and down his golden eyes set on me before flickering to Dylan.My eyes widened as he took no time before he stalked over his long legs carrying him to my side where he reached out grabbing ahold of my arm pulling my into his large chest blocking my view from the rest of the cafe.I felt heat radiating of his body as his chest huffed and puff
EMILY"Now, tell me absolutely everything. I'm shocked that you even went, and I want to hear how you held up with the rest of the crowd." Maddy said as she walked in through the door.I smiled and shook my head, also unsure of how I had managed to do so well with the situation I had put myself in. I wouldn't have said that I'd handled things perfectly, but I had certainly held my own in the club. "You're not mad at me, are you?" I asked as the two of us walked into the kitchen.Maddy laughed."I have to admit, I thought it was a little strange when you hopped into myride but when you didn't answer my call, I figured you knew what you were doing." She shook her head with a mischievous grin and I smiled, too. I still felt the ex-citement in my chest, and I was eager to relate to her what had happened.Maddy took a seat at the counter and I handed her a glass of iced tea beforegrabbing my own glass and settling in to begin."Well, as you know, we arrived at that mansion up on the hil
EMILYlopened my eyes, slowly blinking as I looked around the room. I had a headache from the champagne the night before, and it took me a moment to remember where I was exactly. Slowly, the events of the previous day came to mind, and I began to piece together what today would hold.I remembered having the disagreement with my sister, and began searching for my phone. I then remembered that I had dropped my clutch out in the living room, and figured my phone must be inside. Looking around the room, I could see that Kyle was already gone, having gotten dressed while I was still asleep.I hurried out to the living room in nothing but my underwear and, sure enough, found my phone inside my clutch. Kyle had been kind enough to pick it up off the floor and leave it sitting on the coffee table for me, and I ignored the feeling of embarrassment that threatened to swell up in me.I was a grown woman, and I was allowed to do anything I wanted-includinghaving a one-night stand with a person t
KYLEIhad to admit, I wasn't entirely sure what had come over me. I'd had many one- night stands in my life. In fact, it was my preferred way of doing things— get the girl in bed, have fun, then get away from her as fast as possible. Miss Shadows, on the other hand, had piqued my interest.I hadn't had any real expectations when I'd taken her up to the party upstairs, but seeing her reaction first to those who were enjoying each other, then seeing her in bed with me, sparked an interest in me that I had never experienced be- fore. I had no intention of committing to her or making any kind of promises that I would ever see her again, but I did wish to get to know her body a littlebetter and that wouldn't be possible if we stayed at the Gathering. There was a little voice inside my head that warned me to be careful taking any woman home, especially one like Emily. Not only did I feel a connection to her, but I could sense that she was feeling a connection to me.It had become easy for
EMILYIwalked quickly and silently next to Kyle as we made our way through the hall. I wasn't sure how he knew the rooms in the house, but I trusted he knew what he was doing, and he wasn't going to take me anywhere I wouldn't feel safe. The rooms were all dark, with some dim lights lining the hallway.It was clear that, though there were many people in the room behind us, it wasn't entirely encouraged for people to be in these back rooms. I didn't even know for sure who owned the house, nor what their connection was to my sis- ter. For a moment, I hoped I wasn't doing anything that was going to get her in trouble. The feeling was a brief one, however, as Kyle kept his hand on my back, guiding me past room after room.The sounds that came from inside several dark corners revealed that we weren't the only two people to have this idea, but it was clear that Kyle didn't have any intention of exploring my body in the shadows of a doorway like some high- schooler. He wanted to take me some
KYLEIkept my palm on the small of Emily's back as we headed for the staircase, fresh drinks in hand. There were a few men and women scattered along the way- some engrossed in conversation, some busy watching the events on the dance floor.As for me, I had come to the conclusion that if you've seen the dance floor once, you've seen it a thousand times, and I felt I wasn't missing out on anything tak- ing her away from itI knew this was her first time at the Gathering, but Emily seemed to be enjoyingherself, in spite of the nerves she must be feeling. I had to hand it to her, shedid manage to fit in with the rest of the guests, though it was evident she hadn't done anything of this sort before. I could feel a slight tremble in each step she took as we mounted the stairs, and I added gentle pressure to my palm on her back. There was no doubt in my mind that she was going to be fun in bed, but Ididn't want her to feel nervous taking this next step in her night. She was sobeautiful,
EMILY"Please, call me Kyle."The man they'd introduced as Mr. Cunningham sat at the bar next to me, sip- ping on his whiskey and smiling at me as though I were the only girl in the room. Every now and then, he would turn his attention to the other guests, but I never felt like he was focusing on anything but our conversation."But that really is enough about me. I'd love to hear about you; I don't recall see-ing you here—or in any other club around here for that matter," he said, look-ing down at me as he lifted his glass to his lips and took a drink.I immediately felt flustered and began stumbling over my words. I had kept upmy sister's identity throughout the entire evening, but now that I was with aman who not only found me attractive, but didn't recognize me as my sister, I felt I had the opportunity to drop the act and tell him the truth."My name is Emily Shadows. I'm a model." So much for telling him the truth.Kyle looked at me for a moment with raised eyebrows, as thoug