WarrenWhile I had hoped that my invitation to come get her towel, and therefore me, would have worked, I didn’t expect it to. My mate isn’t the type of woman to jump on an Alpha just because she can. Actually, she’s pretty much the opposite, more likely to run from me because I’m an Alpha. And while I wouldn’t say no if she did offer herself to me, I’m kind of thankful that she isn’t. I’m exhausted and when I say we’re going to sleep when we get back, I truly mean it.I watch her eyes go wide when I say we’ll be sleeping in here, but I meant what I said about her sharing my bed. Besides wanting my mate, I also know that having her close will help me to heal and I need to heal fast.I grab the crutch with one hand and Yara’s hand with the other, before leading her back down the stairs. When we get to the dining hall, the room goes silent again. I can feel Yara getting nervous, the palm of her hand against mine gets sweaty. She doesn’t like being the center of so much attention.I know
YaraOh this man is so frustrating! Why the hell is he telling his pack that I’m their Luna. And now, they’re all calling me Luna. It’s infuriating!Warren walks me to the pack hospital, basically handing me off to Charlie.“Everything okay?” Charlie asks him.“Yeah, thanks. I need to get back and show my face. Can I leave Yara with you?”“I got your back, Alpha,” he says, and begins leading me to a room where I find Haynes already seated on a bed.“Okay, let’s take a closer look at what we’ve got,” I say to him, getting some scissors and cutting away the shirt.I wet the bandages that are covered in dried pus and blood. Then I carefully begin pulling them away to see the massive infection underneath.“UH!” Charlie says and I turn to see he’s covered his mouth and nose. “What the fuck, Haynes?”Haynes just looks down. There’s no way he’s not feeling terrible if the infection is this bad.“I’m going to have to debride this which means I have to scrub all the infection out of the wound.
Simon“Alpha, we found her,” my warriors say.I’d tracked Yara to the university where my father had been hiding her for years. He knew I wanted her and he helped her escape from me. And then, he’d lied to me about it. He told me she left, renounced him as her Alpha, and that no one had been able to find her.At first, I had believed him. I’d searched on my own, of course, needing to find that pretty little thing, that sweet-smelling, seductive little woman that I will take as my mate. She’s smart, I like that. And while she doesn’t say much, I can tell by the way she looks at me and others that she’s got a smart mouth. On the rare occasion that she actually opens her mouth, she proved me right. I love the idea of taming that mouth of hers, of wielding her to my will, of making her mine in all ways. When I’m done killing, I always need a sweet pussy to fuck, and I just know that hers will be sweet. And since I know she’s never been with any of my warriors, I know hers will be sweet an
WarrenAs much as I didn’t want to leave Yara, I knew I needed to pack to see me. Haynes and Eton aren’t the only warriors who will test me. However, rather than pushing me to show my strength, the pack surprises me. Everyone is interested in Yara.“Is she really your mate, Alpha?”“Yes, she’s my fated mate,” I say, sitting at a centrally located table, making sure everyone can see me eating and functioning. For now, my fatigue is pushed aside.“Where did you find her?”I chuckle. “She found me. I was caught in the bear trap, some of you found me there with Beta Charlie. She heard Arric rustling around, trying to find a way out of the trap. Or maybe Annika, her wolf, smelled us. I’m not sure, but she came and got me out.”“She’s a doctor?”“She is. A resident, but she’s majoring in human medicine, veterinary medicine, and zoology.”“Why zoology?”I explain what Yara told me and I’m happy that I know enough about my mate to be able to answer the pack’s questions.“Is she really taking
YaraIt’s been too long since I’ve let Annika out to run. With the number of classes that I’m taking and the heavy schedule I’m keeping at the university, there isn’t a lot of time to eat, much less let Annika run. But I have to let her out. She’s becoming more and more restless.‘School is boring. Humans are boring. I want to do something fun,’ she grumbles in my head.‘We’re going for a run, Annika. Calm down.’‘Next time, don’t wait so long.’It’s been a couple of months since I took her out. She’s right, it’s been too long. But I know how the packs fight, and I haven’t wanted to risk getting in the middle of a battle, or worse, getting caught by Simon.‘I’m too smart for him to catch us. Besides, he has no idea that we’re still so close to the pack.’By ‘so close’ she means two hours, but it is too close. A wolf can run nearly as fast as a car, and when that wolf is on the hunt? Goddess forbid anyone gets in their way.In the past, when I’ve taken Annika out to run, I’ve taken her
WarrenI can’t believe that Arric and I got caught in this bear trap. Fucking Brady! I know he’s the one who set this trap. He knew that he and his pack would retreat this way. I raced around, attempting to cut off their escape route, but I’d ended up caught in the trap.I know my pack will come back for me, but they’re in a battle and I’ve been waiting for them to find me for hours. When I wasn’t able to cut Brady off, they continued following his pack, hunting them down like the fucking dogs they are.I knew immediately that I couldn’t shift. While I could use my hands to spring the trap, it was too risky. I wasn’t willing to lose my leg and therefore my rank as Alpha. While the pain is significant, Arric and I are strong Alphas, and I know it's only a matter of time before the pack finds me and gets me out of here.We’d been struggling with a way to get the damn trap off when we’d smelled her. I’ve been looking for my mate for over ten years and now, here, in the middle of the fore
WarrenCharlie orders two wolves to flank my mate, keeping her safe, but also making sure she follows my order.‘Alpha?’ Charlie asks in the mind link.‘She’s my mate.’‘Oh shit.’‘Yeah.’‘Does she know? She doesn’t act like she recognizes you as her mate.’‘I’m not sure. She’s a lone wolf, but she’s going to school for human and veterinary medicine.’He turns and looks at her. “Wow. A smart one.’‘Apparently.’‘What did she say about your leg?’‘That I need surgery.’‘Well, no offense but I could have told you that.’‘Let’s see what she says when we get to the pack. And find her a shirt. I don’t like her walking around our warriors with no clothes on.’He takes off, rushing toward our pack lands. When he returns, his wolf carries a shirt to her in his mouth. I watch while she looks up at me.“We’re about to enter my pack. You’re an unmarked, unknown, young female. I thought you might like a shirt to put on to cover yourself,” I say.If she says no, I’ll insist, but I’m hoping she’ll
YaraI’m not sure if Alpha Warren brought me here because he recognized me as his mate and he didn’t have the strength to reject me in the woods, or if he knew that his pack doctor was well past his retirement years. Either way, I’m here and since I am, I’ll help this Alpha. This is the reason I chose medicine. He doesn't have to lose his leg. It will take a lot of effort on my part, but I'm excited to finally get to work on a werewolf, an Alpha no less.“I’m assuming you want to do this now, Alpha?” I ask him.“Yes, the sooner the better.”“Okay.” I give him the list of items that I’ll need to get his bones put back together properly. “Oh, and we’ll need to sedate you,” I say, looking around the room to see how they have their hospital rooms set up. “Is this where…”“No,” Alpha Warren says. I turn to look at him.“No?”“No sedation.”“Okay then, a nerve block, I’ll just need…”“No,” he says again.“Alpha, please, I’m going to have to wash the area, scrub it clean, I’m going to cut yo