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2024-10-29 19:42:56ALPHA MICHAEL POV
“Tell me again how long you are staying?” Alpha Callan asked, a clear look of annoyance across his face.
I laugh, amused that was annoying him so much. “I am leaving tomorrow to get Elder Rosemarie. But, I will be back, we need to figure out what is going on with these rogue attacks and the threats against Raina.” I smiled, just briefly, as I said her name. The bewitching red-head had completely mesmerized me. Even after discovering what happened at the club, I was still beguiled. Going on the run after leaving Callan’s office had helped to clear my head. I had used the time to attempt to regain control. At the end of the run, I had decided that I would still love to have a chance to taste Raina’s sweet lips and touch her skin. Allured from Raina or not, she was still one of the most stunning women I had ever seen. I could only hope that my mate was half as beautiful as Raina.
“I see what you are thinking, Michael. I have known you a l
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Curiosity has gotten the better of me. “And how about you?”A small chuckle escaped his lips and he smirked. “I stopped doing that a long time ago.”I smirked in response, pulling the sweatshirt tighter around me.“As a red wolf, I am sure that you have had plenty of…experiences.” Alpha Callan stated, and I couldn’t tell if he is curious, jealous, just making small talk, or being an ass. He didn’t show many emotions in his face. He looked at me with a fairly flat affect, but his eyes seem to burn through me. His jaw appeared to be clenched, almost in anticipation.I pulled his sweatshirt up against my chest, again fighting another chill. I could feel Lela in my head, moving around. It was almost as if she was trying to understand why I was acting the way that I was, and I believed that was causing the chills I was feeling. I smiled, appreciating her effort.I contemplated his question. It
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Xavier looked over at me and rubbed his hands together. “Of course. Why don’t we go to my office to discuss this further?” He stood and motioned for me to follow him. We entered the house, and it was clear that some sort of struggle took place within the house, as many of the walls were damaged and furniture was broken. “I hope to one day to fix up this house. It is a shame how damaged it is.” He led me to an office, located not too far from the front entrance.As I entered the office, I noticed that there was a woman already in the office. She was not a wolf but there was definitely something supernatural about her. Perhaps she was a witch? She was breathtakingly beautiful. She had long, wavy hair that fell nearly to her waist. Her skin was a tanned canvas. Her eyes were so light blue they almost appeared to be white.“Raina, please sit.” He motioned to the chair in front of the desk. The woman was standing next to the desk, c
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“Xavier, I am parched. Can you please get me some water?” I spoke low, trying to be sultry but not even sure what that sounded like. I felt ridiculous but decided to add some touch and I placed my hand on his shoulder as I spoke.“Of course.” He got up quickly and went to the house. He came back out and handed me a bottle of water.“Thank you.” I turned to Xavier as he sat back down. “Will you walk with me?” I stood and extended my hand to him, encouraging him to get back up. He rose quickly and grabbed my hand. I pulled him across the training field, toward the tree line. I didn’t intend to walk into the trees, but rather along the line.I looked back as I walk with Xavier and saw Damien, standing wide eyed, clearly uncertain as to what to make out of what was happening.I don’t say anything as I turned and looked at Xavier as we have approached the tree line. As I had been walking with Xa
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The sound of birds chirping outside made me almost forget where I was. The sounds were peaceful, but I was anywhere but someplace peaceful. I would be remiss to say that I wasn’t disappointed that Alpha Callan hadn’t arrived. Deep in my heart I was hoping that they would have arrived sometime overnight.I laid in bed, contemplating the situation that I was in. I knew that I had demonstrated too many abilities yesterday and Xavier would be expecting more. I filled with dread as I thought about what Xavier had planned. I also wondered how he planned to force me to engage these abilities. I clearly was capable of not using the abilities. As a gained more knowledge about the abilities and skills, it was clear that I would be able to control the use of the abilities. I already did that in many ways. I wasn’t constantly emoting or causing emoting in others.I pondered my plan for today. There was no way that I was going to give Xavier the demons
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