Red Wood:Within minutes the truck was surrounded. He had no way to go. He could reverse and slam into the truck behind him but that wouldn't give him out. He was worried about trying to push through the truck in front of him but he didn't know if he could push it far enough to get out. Aldric was also trying to avoid any damage to Luke’s truck. He gritted his teeth, annoyed at his current situation. Before long Someone was pounding on the driver side window, slamming their fist over and over again into the glass. The word fuck radaited in Aldric’s brain. Why didn't he think this through? This could not even be Satine’s pack. He cracked the window and decided he would just ask for her. The window cracked open as the people around the truck proceeded to pull on door handles and bang on windows.“Woah, chill out!” Aldric yelled, making his voice sound steady and strong.“Who the fuck are you and why the fuck are you on our turff!” Voice yelled back into the small crack in the window.“
Myth:Satine took a long sip of her coffee as she leaned back in her chair. There was something entitled about her. Her whole presence projected that she was someone important, even in her red bathrobe. A man who Aldric assumed was Carlos came out holding scrolls and not books. The man was rushing, sweat beading across his forehead as frazzled black hair fell into his eyes. He fumblingly paced the scrolls down on the counter top in front of her. Aldric raised an eyebrow as he fidgeted in his spot. Xyler being annoyed that they were there was taking a toll on him. “Here Alpha.” Carlos said out of breath as he stepped back away from the counter bowing his head. “Thank you. That is all.” Satine said, waving him off with her hand.She glanced at Aldric, curiosity on her face as her eyes ran over him. She was trying to figure him out. She had seen him in battle and he was a force to be reckoned with. She saw his loyalty to his pack members and the ones he loved. And that alone helded st
Breaking Trust: Aldric stiffened trying to process that everything Satine might be saying was true. He wanted to deny it and go home but the second scroll was commanding him. He glanced over the wall. He had been here too long. Rhett would be waking up soon and he needed to leave. “I need to leave.” Adlric said quietly. “Ok.” Satine said not looking up from the scroll. “Carlos!” Satine shouted loudly into the darkness that surrounded the kitchen. Within seconds the same man that carried the scrolls in, appeared in the doorway of the kitchen. He looked nervous as if he was expecting to get in trouble. “Carlos, will you show Aldric out? Let the others know we have one departing, have someone escort him to the gates so he doesnt get lost” Satine smiled pleasantly while she was talking. “That's it?” Aldric asked out loud confused. He had been expecting a fight or an argument, something; not just ok. “What am i to do, keep you here? Lock you up in my basement or something. No. You
Cinnamon:Aldric shoved the comment down, he coulndt think about that right now. He needed to seal it away and not think about that. He looked down at his toe, small droplets of blood were on the floor. It was swollen and had been bleeding but had already begun to heal. He walked over to the island placing both hands flat down on the top of it. He braced himself taking a deep breath in. He shut his eyes as he blew it out.“The sight of you in nothing but your underwear bent slightly over the kitchen counter makes me….mhmm.. God damn.” Rhett’s deep voice came from the doorway Aldric heard Rhett’s voie, his deep husky voice normally sent chills through him but this time it caused panic. Aldric opened his eyes and saw Rhett leaning against the door jam. his eyes sweeping over Aldric’s body. Aldric clenched his jaw and smiled weakly at him. He was hoping to go upstairs and shower just in case there were any scent of Satine lingering on his skin or hair. There shouldn't be he wasn't even
Crisis: It didn't even phase Luke walking into the kitchen and seeing Rhett on top of an almost naked Aldric. A puddle formed beneath Aldric's dripping wet body. Rhett's eyes glowed with anger as he saw Luke interrupting them. Luke didn't care, He was anxious and almost twitching from lack of sleep. He ran his hands over his face trying to make his eyes stop burning. “This better be fucking good Luke.” Rhett growled from the kitchen floor as he shifted slightly, putting weight on his forearm. “Aldric, I'm glad you're here too.” Luke said, shifting his gaze away from them.“Morning Luke.” Aldric laughed. “Well I wish I could say the same, we were in the middle of…breakfast.” Aldric smirked, and moved him slightly, brushing himself against Rhett.“What the fuck do you want Luke?” Rhett growled, the way Aldric said breakfast made him want to have his way with him right then and there.If Aldirc moved, wiggled or twitched one more time he wasn't going to care if Luke was standing ther
Cold:Aldric stared at the door as if what just happened didn't. As if staring at the doorway of the kitchen would make it not real. The pain Waverley was going through and the fact that he just stood there. She was right to hate him right now. Anger flooded through him. “Hey.’ Rhett whispered, walking up to him and kissing his shoulder slightly. Rhett’s prescned normally calmed him but Xyler’s statement about him betraying everyone snuck back into his head. “I can’t imagine what she’s going through. I know that i would murder and destroy anyone who did anything like that to you. We need to help her, she needs to be closer.” Rhett said ignoring Aldric’s reaction, trying to “I'm going to get dressed and then maybe we can come up with a plan.” Aldric said shortly to Rhett. Rhett watched Aldric move away from him and walk out of the kitchen with not a second glance in his direction. Hendrix grumbled inside of him, telling Rhett he was right. Rhett tried to reassure him that it was
Liar:“Mason, I need you at the pack house.” Rhett sent out his voice flat, not emotion to it.He had to shut out Hendrix, if he could know what he was feeling in that moment he might lose himself. He didn't know how Hendrix would react to what Aldric had just said.“Coming Alpha.” Mason responded quickly back.He needed to focus on helping Waverly, that would be something to keep his mind off it. He turned walking out of the bedroom. Ignoring the scent of Aldric that hung in the air from last night, last night when everything had been perfect. He ignored the messed up bedding and the urge to run after him. The urge to sne dhim a mindlink. The dark thought creeping in his mind that he could just order him to stay here and he would have to. Rhett shook his head and made his way down stairs to the kitchen. He would become who he once was, in control. Complete control. He stood over his map pack safety first and Waverly was part of the pack. He felt his body move to go look out the windo
Mistake:Luke’s tires came screeching to a halt in front of the gate. The tires left a long black streak on the pavement. Smoke coming up around the tires. Rhett had already hopped out of the truck as soon as the gate was in sight Rhett.“Damn it.” Luke grumbled under his breath as he watched Rhett nearly run to the guard shack.Rhett took long strides marching up to the guard shack. He felt like he wasn't in control of his body. Rhett's heart was pounding so loud in his chest he could feel the vibrations of it in his ears. Jaw clenched shut he pounded on the guard door. The guard slowly opened the door as if he was scared and looked at his Alpha. “Phone, now.” Rhett said bitterly. “Yes Alpha. Here.” The man said, fumbling the phone in his hand, the waves of intense emotions coming off of Rhett was making him nervous. Rhett growled as he waited for him to quit fumbling the phone around. Rhett snatched it from his hand. He took a step out of the guard shack, staring down at the ph
Forever: “He’s not waking up.” Rhett’s voice cracked as he stared at Aldric, his eyes for a brief moment flickering to Luke before looking back at Aldric. “It says wolf baine ash reverse wolfe bane. I don't know.” Luke said, his voice a little defeated. “Maybe it wasn’t enough, maybe it has to equal out what she gave him. He drank it so it was liquid. I'll just do it again.” Luke said the words falling out of his mouth in a hurry. ‘You need to wake up.” Rhett said, putting his hand on Aldric’s chest. “He’’l wake up, we will figure this out.” Luke said firmly and began flipping through Satine’s book at the same time as throwing more wolfsbane into the bowl. He felt a warmth coming from his hand as he touched Aldric. He remembered a time before when he was hurt and Aldric healed him. He said something about fated mates. Aldric placed both hands on Aldric’s chest and closed his eyes, focusing on healing thoughts. He pretends he is pulling the poison out of Aldric’s body with his h
RitualSatine watched his body twitch as she glanced nervously at the sky light. The moonlight was touching the outer rim. She could see it starting to trickle in through it. Any minute now she would be able to complete the ritual. The moon light was tinted a blood red representing the blood moon. Aldric had begun to act aggressively, his body twitching and flexing like he was trying to fight something. His skin sizzled against the wolf bane soaked ropes holding him in place. Satine's stomach curled into itself as she began fidgeting in her spot, her brain trying to come up with what she would do if he woke up. She was nervous that the wolf bane ropes wouldn't hold him. The liquid should have kept him completely under and separate from his wolf. She watched as his wolf claws emerged from the tips of his fingers. Her mind yelling no, his fangs began to descend how was this happening. Then all at once his body slumped as if something had happened. She watched his body respond like a su
Hollow Ache: Satine was pacing nervously across the basement floor waiting for Bronx to come back. She needs more Wolfs bane to ensure if he did wake up he wouldn't be coming up fighting. He was taking far too long; she was going to have to speed this up. She grabbed the vials of liquid wolfsbane and mistletoe and brought it over to Aldric. Satine debated for a second how she was going to do this as she watched his chest rise and fall. She leaned over him and pinched his nose shut. She waited several seconds which felt like minutes and finally his mouth fell open. Easy enough she thought. She unplugged the amber vital and began to slowly pour the liquid into his mouth. Lucky for her his body reacted and began swallowing. She could hear the sizzle of it as it hit his tongue. She cringed thinking of what the liquid must be doing to his insides as it made his way down to his stomach. He still didn't react . He was completely numb and in a coma state still. It was the most confusing
Rejection:The pain was overwhelming, it was almost making hsi vision blur. He reached for the door, his hand shaking as every small touch of his skin felt like needles piercing it. Even the night breeze stung. He grabbed the door handle wincing as he turned the knob forcing the door open and stepping into the house. “Luke!” Rhett’s voice yelled up the stairs, he was doubling over as pain coursed through his body. Rhett almost crashed to the floor as he screamed Luke’s name. He made his way over the railing of the stairwell and hung on for life. Waverly was about to say something snarky but she realized quickly that Rhett was in pain. Luke got up off the ground quickly and almost tripped hurrying down the stairs. Rhett was doubled over grabbing a hold of the stairs railing. ‘What? What’s going?'' Luke said, rushing to his side.“I don't there’s pains everywhere. My wrist, my ankles, my whole body is burning like acid.” Rhett said confused and in pain. Another wave of pain hit Rhe
Hurt:“Cabin.” was the only thing Rhett said the whole ride back. Luke kept looking over at him. How he was remaining completely calm and still worried about Luke. He hadn't even begun to think about what Waverly was doing.Waverly. Shit he thought the world was falling apart all around him and there was only one of him. He glanced back over to Rhett who then let out an annoyed side.``What are you waiting for me to explode?” Rhett asked him, annoyed.“Maybe..honestly i am surprised you didn't wolf out and let Hendrix go all claws and fangs….i am saying it as your best friend so don't go all claws and teeth on me k.” Luke said, making a defensive face at Rhett.Rhett let out a long sigh as he pressed his head against the window. Luke was right to worry. He was worried most of the time with Hendrix’s recent mood swings.“Hendrix is ….implusives sometimes especially when it comes to Aldric. But I can reason with him. For the most part.” Rhett said quietly.Luke nodded in silence filli
Preparation:The darkness was calming. It was comforting, there was nothing there, no pain, no problems. I was empty and the emptiness calmed him. He wasn't a stranger to this place. He had spent years in and out of the darkness. Day and nights when the cell he was kept in became too much, when xyler couldn't handle another blow. It was Aldric who normally sent them here, Xyler was always ready to fight. He was never the one who made them go into the darkness. He could feel him detached from him. He was there in the darkness but blocking their connection. It was usually the other way around. He remembered a night when he wanted to let it all go. He shut down and let himself slip in the blackness and hid there so well that Xyler couldn't find him. He remembered hearing his howls echo around the silence. It was days before Xyler found him. He remembered how Xyler buried his head into him, begging for Aldric not to give up. To try once more. Aldric let out a breath he knew he was going
Fracture:Aldric was still shaking long after Luke and Rhett left. He felt like he had just cut out a piece of himself. The hole he was feeling from being disconnected from Rhett was eating away at him. Not being connected to a pack was strangely numbing, and the look Waverly gave him before she left. The hurt in her eyes, the anger and hate completely shattered him. He was staring at the counter top of Satine’s kitchen. Xyler whimpering and howling inside of him was pushing him over the edge. “What did i do?”Aldric hadnt meant for it to be outloud but it slipped out in the smallest whispered“You stood up for yourself.” Satine said softly to him.“That's what I did?” Aldric said snorting some air out of his nose as he spoke.“Aldric you had to, otherwise you might as well be a prisoner. He does not treat you as a mate but more like an object.” Satine said quietly. Aldric growled in response to the way she spoke about Rhett. Yes he was being a complete ass and obsessive but he didn
Renounce: Xyler whimpers inside of Aldric wanting to go to Rhett. He was like some puppy that was so upset that Rhett was mad with him. He wanted to duck his head and cower with the amount of power and anger coming off of Rhett. Aldric watched Rhett’s chest rise and fall, his body tense as he stared at Aldric with betrayal. “Rhett.” Aldric said, finally forcing the word out of his mouth that had gone completely dry. “Don't Rhett me. Want to start explaining!” Rhett growled his eyes glowing, Hendrix was on the verge of pushing the shift, Rhett was fighting him back. “I-.” Aldric started to say but heard Satine let out a slow breath followed by her voice. “Evening Rhett. I am Satine Alpha of the RedWood pack. “ Satine said from the doorway of the kitchen, half in and half out of it. “I honestly dont give a fuck who you are. Aldric you better say something. For fuck sake your completely naked.” Rhett growled, his body beginning to twitch a little, he held up Aldric’s crushed cell
Mistake:Luke’s tires came screeching to a halt in front of the gate. The tires left a long black streak on the pavement. Smoke coming up around the tires. Rhett had already hopped out of the truck as soon as the gate was in sight Rhett.“Damn it.” Luke grumbled under his breath as he watched Rhett nearly run to the guard shack.Rhett took long strides marching up to the guard shack. He felt like he wasn't in control of his body. Rhett's heart was pounding so loud in his chest he could feel the vibrations of it in his ears. Jaw clenched shut he pounded on the guard door. The guard slowly opened the door as if he was scared and looked at his Alpha. “Phone, now.” Rhett said bitterly. “Yes Alpha. Here.” The man said, fumbling the phone in his hand, the waves of intense emotions coming off of Rhett was making him nervous. Rhett growled as he waited for him to quit fumbling the phone around. Rhett snatched it from his hand. He took a step out of the guard shack, staring down at the ph