Now refocusing on the bitch beneath my paws, I snarl at her remembering her words moments ago."My mother," I snap, forcing a link with her in my anger and automatically connecting with Elias too. "Did you have anything to do with my mother's death? And what do you know about red wolves?" Pauline just snarls, trying to move beneath my weight. I push down harder on her, wanting to make her talk, to explain. "Tell me!" I bark, "what did you do? What do you know?"A cold shiver runs down my spine as her laugh rings out in my head coldly, I wasn't expecting that reaction. she bucks, throwing me off her back and to the side. As my side scrapes along the ground, I wince, cursing myself for losing my concentration, as I squeeze my eyes shut from the pain for a split second. I reopen them just in time to witness Pauline's mangy wolf pouncing, attacking Elias from behind. 'ELIAS!' I howl through the link, desperately trying to warn him as I lay on the ground helpless t
Chilli POV As she laughs triumphantly, distracting herself for a moment, I, feeling the pain and anger from her words and actions, plant my paws, centering myself, not wasting this opportunity to strike or enact my revenge. Before she knows what is happening, I push off from the ground and fly through the air at her, to land and connect with her side, riding her down to the ground with a hard thud as I lock my jaws around her neck. My sharp canines pierce her hairy skin as all she can do is howl out an all-mighty screech of pain, as her warm blood floods my mouth and trickles out the corners, staining my fur on its way down. I scream through the link into her mind, deafening her inner ears, and making her feel all my pain and wrath. Her blood pools on the ground around us as I feel her life force fade. She wails and struggles in my grip but to no evade, as I clench my jaw until I hear the snap!I have never taken a life before, I never thought I would, never
Elias POV Finally holding my Chilli in my arms, somehow gives me strength. Rising to my feet I offer her a hand to help her up,"Let's get out of here." She smiles and accepts my help by taking my hand. As she gets to her feet they seem to give out from under her and I just manage to catch her by wrapping an arm around her waist, pulling her close to me to steady her. She blushes at me, looking tired and suddenly weak, I can't help but growl ever so softly as I give her a look of concern, worry, and annoyance. I feared this, I feared she'd go too far and use up too much power and energy. My free hand instinctively rushes to her stomach again in a panic, but Chilli just holds my hand there and smiles weakly,"I'm okay, we are okay, promise," I grunt at her, unhappy she exhausted herself so much, but taking her word for it for now."Okay, but as soon as possible, we are going to the hospital to get you two checked out, just to be safe and sure," I tell her,
Chilli POV "Oh, fuck!" I murmur aloud, still in disbelief of where we are. I close my eyes and try opening a link with anyone from our pack, but I'm too weak and probably too far away from them, we must be deep into the other's territory. Glancing at Elias in the corner of my eye, I can tell by his facial expression he just tried and failed too.Fear begins to creep in as I recall the stories and bits of information I know about this place and it's people. I am now so glad Elias found these clothes for me and a cleaner set for himself, if anyone saw him in blooded clothes we'd be picked up and taken to one of their hospitals where they'd want to run tests and goddess knows what they'd discover, or he would be arrested, which isn't much better... Brrrr... a shiver runs down my spine at the mere thought of it. Even in our current state and appearance, we will attract too much unwanted attention. There are areas where our borders do blur and mix with the ot
Winter packhouseI kick against the bars, still unable to bear being down here in these cold, dank, ancient cells. To be honest, I forgot they were down here as we don't use them anymore, not for the last hundred-odd years anyway. Wrapping my hands around the black bars, gripping them with all the might I have left, still so angry, "Arrrrh!" I cry out kicking the metal again,"Oh, for goddess sake Erin! Will you stop!" "No!" I snap back."We've been down here for weeks now,""And for that reason, I should relax, take a nap and just wait around for something to happen?" "No, but it's better than pulling on those fucking bars every hour of every day! They are not going to BREAK!" "Sorry Luna," I bow my head as I let go and back away till I feel the stone wall behind my back, then slide down it till my ass hits the ground with a huff. "Better," my luna smiles, but only for a brief moment before the sorrow and heartache rushes back. I r
Erin POV (continued)I feel my emotions overflowing me, pushing me to and past my breaking point, but I will not cry, I refuse to let him make me cry. Closing my eyes, I take a deep breath in and ... out, "What have you done?" I look at my luna in confusion as she guestures at my hand,"Oh," I croke, looking down at my bleeding nuckles with bits of dirt and gravel in beded in them."Give it here," my luna says, holding out her hands to take my bleeding one. I watch her pick out the fragments of stones from my swollen hand, if it wasn't for my luna I think I would have given in by now or lost it completely, she has helped me through this so much, been so supportive, I can't help but well up ever so slightly. "Thank you," I whisper, barely audible. She looks up at my face and smiles,"Of course, although if you didn't keep hitting the walls and now the floor, I wouldn't have to keep doing this," she jests, not realising what I'm actually thanking he
"What?" I look up to see Leroy's face beaming at me, as if his words have solved everything. "I'll mark you," he says, "then he can't, well, no, he still can but not as easily plus, you'll be stronger against him and the call of the mates bond." I stare at him as I fill with humiliation and hurt at his idea. There was a time I wanted nothing more than to hear those words from him, well, not those exact words but the offer to be with him as his mate, as his partner for life. I remember when he turned eighteen, I hoped so much that he'd look at me and feel the mate bond with me, but when we didn't, my heart broke and splintered. So for the rest of the night my glass was never empty for long, as I tried to drown my sorrow and wash away the heartache. I drank and drank until I felt numb, not that it lasted long as I woke up the next morning with a wicked hangover and a still broken heart.I'd love to be his mate, I'd love to say yes to him, but not like this, not a pity of
Leroy POV A faint whisper travels up the steps as if following me, and I hear her words once I am on the landing above. "I love you too, Leroy, yes."I am frozen in place for a split second, overcome with joy at her answer to my question. I want nothing more than to run down those steps and tell her I heard her, to ... kiss her. But I can hear the guards on their rounds. My head and my heart argue of the right course of action, I glance left and right down the hallway until my heart wins."Fuck it," I whisper to myself and turn around, giving into my desires. I silence glide down the steps once more to find Erin exactly where I left her sitting on the floor. She seems in a daze as she stares off into nothing with a smile on her face, I don't think she even heard me come back down the steps as she jumps when I reappear in front of her again,"Leroy?" She panics at seeing me again so soon, fear flashes across her eyes. Without thinking or