Flashes of an all too familiar room. The smell of earth and sweat. The feeling of hands roaming across my skin. Everything began to become increasingly clear. Flinching, I tried to make it go away.
I could hear the disgusting sounds of his heavy breathing as he tried his best to get exactly what he wanted.
"No." I whimpered trying to break free. "I don't want this!"
"Come on Marissa." Lifting his head, he locked his golden gaze with mine. "You've made me wait how long?"
At his words, my heart constricted painfully. How many months had we been together? How long had he chased me? I knew that he deserved to get
"Calm down." I said slowly, reaching out a hand to touch Travis' cheek. "It isn't that big of a deal."As my skin grazed his, Travis let out a growl of warning to escape. Pulling back my hand, I couldn't stop the sudden hurt that I felt towards his reaction. He was so mad that he didn't even want me to touch him."This really doesn't have anything to do with you." I spoke slowly, trying to keep my emotions in check. "I don't see why you're so upset."Eyes flashing, Travis' face fell into a look of disbelief at what I had just said."Has nothing to do with me?" Travis repeated slowly, trying to reign in his rage. "Tell me
Davison, Gregory, and Travis took their places at the head of the table that everyone was instructed to sit at. They remained silent, watching while the congregation situated themselves. It was only when everyone was seated that Davison stood up and squared his shoulders. "As you all know, you are here today because the rogues have begun to attack more frequently." He began looking around the table. "Usually, this wouldn't be that big of an issue, but they've begun to grow bold and even attack pack lands." Looking around, he waited to see if anyone would speak. When they didn't, he took a long breath, ready to continue. "You've all been called here today because you are the best warriors this pac
"Care to explain?" I asked, raising my brow."Explain what?" Travis responded, already seeming uncomfortable. You can't possibly believe what he said. ""Sure I can."Just by Travis' discomfort, it was easy enough to see that there was truth to Gregory's words. If not, why was he squirming?"Marissa, could you please just pretend he said nothing?" Travis sighed while running a hand through his hair. "Even if it is true, that was the past, okay?"Honestly, I wanted to pretend nothing was said. I also wanted to pretend that it didn't bother me. The r
Lost and confused I continued to walk around the area, taking in everything that was going on around me. It was foreign territory and I didn't know where anything was. All I could do was move until I found something familiar."Marissa!"Turning around I let out a long breath of relief. Kim and Max were quickly making their way towards me with confused looks on their faces."What are you doing alone? Where's Travis?" Kim asked the minute she reached me. "Don't tell me he left you to find your way around by yourself."A growl escaped Kim's throat as she spoke, her anger at Travis abandoning me evident.
"ENOUGH!" I growled, shutting Kim and Max up instantly."But, he is trying to protect that piece of shit." Kim grumbled."I don't really care what he is doing." I pointed out. "I will take care of Travis myself. I don't need you to dirty your hands, Kim.""But I WANT TO!" Kim wailed as an excited gleam formed in her eyes. "Do you know how much fun it is to chop off a man's most precious of things? "To transform him into Eunoch?"As Kim spoke, she developed a faraway look. I didn't know if she had watched something on castrating a male, or if she did it once herself, but I wasn't about to ask.
Travis continued to watch me as if he expected me to change my mind. It was only when he realized that I wasn't backing down that he let out a breath."Where to begin?" Travis sighed, rubbing his head. "Trinity, Chris, and I grew up together. As the alpha heir, my father made sure I was close to Chris, since he was to become beta. That led to me meeting Trinity as well.''Chris and I spent a lot of time together when I wasn't being forced to train or locked up by my piece of shit father. Naturally, Trinity would follow Chris around like a shadow. Being that their parents were very similar to mine, we spent a lot of time together. Chris was really all that Tr
"Just like you made me open up to you about my past, I want you to do the same with me." Travis said as I tried to push away my emotions. "It is only fair.""Right." I sighed, running a hand through my hair. "Yeah, it is only fair when feelings are mutual, right?""What did you say?" Travis asked, his eyes growing wide. "Repeat that.""I'm not repeating myself." I growled, my gaze narrowing. "You heard me the first time.""Are you serious?" He asked, surging forward and grabbing my hands. "Tell me this isn't some joke.""Why would I joke?" I
"You're back?" Kim asked, eyeing me as I stormed into the room.Huffing, I ignored her question and plopped down on the bed beside her. Laying down, I let a loud growl escape me.Saying that I was frustrated was an understatement. I was pissed, I was annoyed, I was ready to guage that woman's eyes out. All these emotions swirled through me and they were really starting to get on my nerves.If this was what it felt like to care about someone, then I didn't want to do it anymore."What has your panties in a twist?" Kim asked, leaning back beside me.
Marissa's POV"Are you ready?" Travis asked, continuing to gaze into my eyes. "Just say the word, and I will tell them to forget it.""No..." I managed to squeak out as everyone began to move towards the stage to get a place to watch. "I won't go back on my word. Not anymore. "Even if I was fucking terrified, it didn't mean that I was going to leave Travis hanging like I always did in the past. I owed him this and so much more."I'm okay." I said more strongly. "Just some nervous butterflies.""Are you sure?" Travis continued to push, not se
"You look beautiful." Travis murmured, coming up behind me. "I almost don't want to share you with the world."Through the mirror in front of me, I caught Travis' eyes turning a dangerous shade of gold. It was clear that his mind was quickly heading to the gutter, and if this continued, we would never leave the room."Party and marking." I reminded him while wriggling free enough to turn and look into his eyes. "After that, you can do whatever you want to me.""Fine." Travis huffed in frustration. "I'm wishing we hadn't promised to do the marking in front of the world.""Too late for that." I whispered, snaking my ar
"How about this one?" Kim beamed, holding up a short red dress with a dipping neckline.This was probably the tenth or eleventh dress that she had shown to me. However, each one was way too revealing, and Kim wasn't accepting that I didn't want to show a ton of skin."Maybe something a bit more conservative." I tried, standing and heading towards the rack that she was rummaging through.While busying myself, I searched until I found a black lace dress with a dark blue underlay. The neckline was a v-neck, but it didn't dip anywhere near as much as the ones Kim was trying to force me into."How about this?" I said, pul
"Timothy and I grew up in a small village just on the outskirts of a small town called Washua." Thomas began keeping his voice neutral. "We were a small pack of wolves that specialized in raising the ultimate trackers."Just from those simple words, I could already understand where this story was going to go. No one liked trackers. They were looked down on in the wolf community, because they didn't take sides with anyone and provided their skills to the highest bidders."If memory serves me correctly, it happened late one winter night, right after my parents received a large sum of money to track down this big-shot alpha that was beginning to dwell in corrupt deeds."
After the meeting, Travis and I waited with Thomas as everyone left the room. For the most part, all involved were onboard with the mission to scout the areas that were marked on the maps, while Thomas and Travis personally worked towards tracking the dark mage.One thing that I found odd was that Travis didn't openly discuss in detail the plans for the tracking. From the way he spoke and his expression, I had a feeling that there was quite a bit he was hiding.Making mental note to ask him later, I tensed as Gregory and Davison made their way towards us."Uncle." Travis said stifflyas Davison narrowed his gaze on him. "Is there something you'd like to say that you couldn't say during
"Are you sure I should be present for this?" I asked Travis as we stopped in front of the door of the meeting room."You're my future Luna; of course you should." Travis assured me, kissing the top of my head. "Now come on, we've made them wait long enough.""Right."Sucking in a deep breath, I waited as Travis opened the door that was separating us from the rest of Travis' pack higher ups.Squaring my shoulders, I walked in and waited, taking in all the gazes that instantly fell on me. Though I fully expected hostility from Travis' beta Chris, I didn't expect it from almost everyone sitting at the table, aside from
Too bright of sun disturbed my dreamless sleep, drawing me to reality where my entire body was aching.Wincing, I opened my eyes and glared at the damned sun. I wanted to sleep a little longer, but the damn thing decided that it wasn't in the cards.Grumbling to myself, I turned over to find Travis still fast asleep."Lazy." I mumbled, lifting a hand and poking the tip of his nose, earning myself a low growl.Reaching out, Travis wrapped his arms around me, pulling me close against him as he nuzzled my neck, nipping it lightly.Shiverin
Lifting a hand, I wiped steam away from the mirror in front of me so that I could see my reflection. The woman staring back at me wasn't the girl that I remembered before my life turned totally upside down from meeting Travis.Her blue eyes stared back into mine with less hatred, and her features were softer. She seemed more open and more friendly. Nothing like the Marissa I'd been only three weeks before.Letting out a breath, I tossed my hair behind my shoulder and tilted my head to the side so I could see my neck better. Fixing my eyes on my mark spot, I couldn't help but wonder what Travis' mark would look like there.Immediately, I could feel a tingle between my thighs just from the tho
From behind me, I could feel the shock roll through Travis. It was clear that he didn't expect me to say those words and from the tension I could feel building within him, I knew that I was going to get jumped once we were alone.I didn't know where that came from or why I actually didn't feel opposed to it at all anymore, but I would figure that out later. For now I needed to appease my parents."Are both of you telling the truth?" My father asked remaining unconvinced. "I don't want to hear spouted bullshit.""Do you think I would joke about something like this?" I asked, my annoyance beginning to rise. "Me of all people."