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MADDIE POV“Oh, baby girl, no. I’m not doing this to trick you.” He gets up and joins me in the other chair at the front of his desk and holds my small hands in his large ones. “I legitimately want you on the council. I think you’d bring something new and fresh to the group. Intelligent and logical thinking are your forte. Those are qualities many on the council lack.“However, I know that taking a chosen mate isn’t really what you want. I know that you’d reject coming to the council if it meant you HAD to take a chosen mate by a deadline. Council seat or not, either way, I’m going to do everything within my power to help you find your fated or someone who is worthy of you to take as a chosen.“You mean the world to me Maddie! What kind of father would I be if I didn’t fight tooth and nail to keep you with us forever? It is my job to look out for you, no matter how old you are. Not because I have to, but because I choose to, I want to. I love you with my whole heart.” Daddy pulls me in
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MADDIE POVI school my expression as I turn to look at the elderly male approaching me. He stands at exactly six feet, with white hair cropped short and a thick white moustache, emerald green eyes sparkle out from under equally thick and bushy white eyebrows. He’s wearing an expensive suit that does nothing to hide his beer gut and overall smarminess. His smile is smug, like he’s happy he finally won something.“Not going to greet your gramps?” Armaros asks me as he gets up into my personal space. He smells like a combination of black licorice and cilantro, not a pleasant pairing, I assure you. I can also smell the cheap cigar and stale whiskey on his breath. I take several steps back to try and redefine my personal bubble.“You aren’t my grandfather.” I say simply as I move to go around him and to head back to Daddy’s office.“Don’t you turn away from me, runt. You will do as you’re told for once,” he sneers as he pulls me back toward him by my elbow, claws digging in, piercing my ski
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JOSH POV I check my appearance in the hotel’s floor length mirror one last time. I just had a haircut in preparation for tonight’s date… hopeful date, anyway. I have it styled short on the sides and back with a little longer on top. Several of the guys on the team say it is a soft, modified version of a high and tight and I can’t disagree. I don’t like my hair long. Never have. It makes my helmet sit weird if it’s too long. That’s a distraction on the field that I don’t need. So, I’ve set a haircut schedule to every three weeks and that seems to be the perfect interval to keep it manageable. I dressed in all black for tonight. Not that I dislike colors on myself. Hell, I even own a pink button down and I know I rock the shit outa that shirt! But all black elevates the semi-casual clothing I picked. The black, long-sleeved button down is open at the top four buttons, showing off just a bit of my tanned chest. It is tight across my biceps and pecs, accentuating my
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JOSH POV Dozens upon dozens of muscular men and women are racing toward the main house, all eyes trained on me. As they get closer, I think I’ve lost my damn mind when many of them shred through their clothing and begin running on four legs. They even have fur. Oh God!! Holy fuck!!! They just turned into animals!! I’m dreaming, right? I’m having a nightmare. That must be it, because there’s no way, IN REAL LIFE, that people suddenly turn into animals! I really don’t have time to contemplate it all right in this exact moment. These people and creatures are coming for me. My fight or flight kicks into high gear. I drop the flowers and take off running for the trees that flank the house. Maybe I can use the trees as cover and hide. Hide? Really dumbass? They’re animals… THEY CAN SMELL ME!! And did I seriously just act like a dumb blonde in a horror movie? Running away from the axe murderer by going UP the stairs kind
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MADISON POV I didn’t sleep for shit! Worrying about what was happening on my territory. Wondering how this Joshua Logan got on to where our pack is located. Concerned about who could know his whereabouts. It was all a swirling, jumbled mess. And to make matters worse, the moment Greta uttered his name last night, Infinity began pacing and snarling in my head. Unfortunately, she hasn’t stopped. I can’t tell if she’s pissed that some rando human got onto our territory or if it’s something else. She’s given me a huge, painful headache due to how agitated she has been all night long. I can tell she’s ready to be home so we can investigate this incident. I was ready and packed by 7am when I met Daddy for breakfast in the hotel restaurant. Informing him of the border breach and who it was, let’s just say his face gave me a chuckle. He is determined to accompany me into interrogation today, although I think I will at least start without him. He may be the o
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MADDIE POV I head outside via the East wing exit and make my way through the small section of forest to get to our dungeon. Originally, the basement of the packhouse was where the prisoners were kept. However, about a hundred years ago, when my great-grandfather was the Alpha, the dungeon was moved off site as a safety precaution to the members residing at the packhouse. At least, that is the official story he gave, and it made sense to have it located elsewhere. So no one in the pack questioned him about moving it. He was their alpha and he was just looking out for their safety, right? Wrong. What he didn’t tell anyone is that he caught a witch on territory and instead of interrogating her or killing her, the Alpha-whore used the witch for personal means. Which included having an affair. She magically created the new off-site dungeon for prisoners and then she turned the packhouse basement into a mistress suite for herself. She also created a tunne
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JOSH POV I finally got semi-comfortable on this unsupportive cot. It took forever and it didn’t seem to matter what I tried, everything hurt my shoulder. Still does, but I was finally able to fall into a bit of a fitful and uncomfortable sleep. I decided to try and sleep when the sun came up and no one other than the guard had come to see me. And he didn’t speak to me, only brought food and water. I really hope they don’t forget about me in here. Despite my hunger, not to mention how fantastic the food smelled, I didn’t eat any of it. I am anxious as fuck, not knowing what they plan to do with me, so I figured the food would just make a reappearance later. Not something I want to happen where I am. But I definitely need the water since I’m still healing from my surgery. Getting dehydrated won’t help anything so I took my chances with the water, just hoping it’s not laced with anything. I don’t know how long I’ve slept. Honestly, it didn’t feel like v
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JOSH POV I think about that for a minute. What will I do with this information? The way that they have reacted to me being here and on their territory, reiterates that their existence is a big secret. Humans are not known for their understanding and equal rights, especially with people who are different. Just look at the Salem witch trials, the crusades goal of forcing religious belief upon others, theft of land from Native Americans, slavery of numerous races and cultures, and denial of women’s rights, just to name a few atrocities. I can see why wolf shifters would want to keep their existence a secret. It is survival instinct. “I know I might not be able to convince you of my sincerity, but… I won’t do anything with it. You all have a right to your lives, just as I do mine. If humans were to find out about your existence, globally speaking, then you’d all be hunted and probably killed. That is not something I desire nor want on my conscience. No o
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JOSH POV “Fuck!” I exclaim while I run my hands through my hair in frustration. “All we’ve done is talk! At least, that was what we were doing until I watched her catapult herself off a balcony to go fight a rogue army! You know what? Fuck this! I need to see her. I don’t care if they’re still working on her, I need to see her. Right now!” I demand, getting frustrated again. I begin to storm over to a nurse’s desk when a short dark-headed man emerges from the back area wearing a white doctor’s coat. “Tyson,” he begins approaching Tyson where he and Rose are sitting. He takes in the sight of Rose passed out on Tyson’s lap and I can see the panic on his face. “Is Rose okay?” He hustles over and begins taking Rose’s pulse. His concern is clear in his tone. “Adam. I didn’t know you were here. She’ll be okay, just wore herself out trying to help Maddie. You know how Rose is. Can we see Mads now?” Tyson calmly addresses the doctor as he stands with Rose in
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JOSH POV It is nighttime, so visibility isn’t great, but I see the large Ferrari man, Alpha Tyson, exiting the forest with an unconscious Maddie in his arms. Both of them are naked and splattered with blood. What I can see is that he is holding her neck with one hand while he is running. The blood oozing and dripping through his fingers increases my panic. I begin sprinting in his direction, needing to get to Maddie as quick as I can. I notice that the woman who was with him, Luna Rose, is running toward them too. She’s quite a distance in front of me, but I’m fast so I know I’ll catch up to her quickly. When she sees Tyson and Maddie coming out of the trees, she stops for a moment and then, in the blink of an eye, she is gone. It’s like she disappears into thin air. I look back to Maddie and see Luna Rose is right next to her. Before I can process what I just saw, she is reaching out and touching the two of them and then all three of them vanish into thin air,
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JOSH POV He sets me down inside and I glare at him as he closes the door and locks it behind us. I can’t remember the last time I was manhandled off the field and certainly, never like that! He shrugs his shoulders at me, not at all intimidated by my glare. “Mr. Logan, nice to see you again.” I hear. I turn and see Bette among the people within the bunker. There are quite a few more here than I thought there would be. Maybe all the packhouse workers? Lots of kids are in here too. One little girl runs up to the man who carried me in here. “Daddy is Mommy okay?” she asks as she jumps into his arms. “Yes baby. She’s with Alpha and your uncles, fighting off the rogues.” He replies, soothing the little one by rubbing circles on her back and kissing her hair. I look at him again and realize he is most likely Devon, Beta Greta’s mate. He’s a handsome male, with short tousled dirty blonde hair, light brown eyes, and sharp jawline. He has a Roman
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JOSH POV Madison’s lips are on mine. Kissing me, searing my heart with electricity. There isn’t even tongue involved, and it is by far, the very best kiss I’ve ever had in my life. I hold her to me, as tightly as I can, but she pulls away. I know she is strong. Stronger than me, but I still try to hold on. It’s no use though. She turns away from me and I call her name as she runs toward a balcony door, one I hadn’t noticed before, just at the edge of the wall of windows. But she doesn’t turn back to me when I call out to her. Instead, she strips the dress off and my GOD this woman has an amazing body! My lizard brain stops mid-thought though when she launches herself off of the balcony’s edge. I run to the railing; afraid I’ll see her crumpled in a bloody heap, only to see her land safely on the ground. Not as a person, but as a wolf. She is black, well, mostly black. Her paws and the tip of her tail are a light blonde color that look almost like they are glowin
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MADDIE POV I am almost relieved when I hear the howl from my border patrol, indicating a rogue attack. I immediately feel guilty that I’m more comfortable dealing with a rogue attack than telling Josh how to reject me. I feel a pack link sever just as another howl goes up and the siren blares to life. I turn to Josh. I see his concern and the fear in his eyes. “I have to go. Rogues are attacking. Stay here. Devon will come get you and get you into the shelter.” I say quickly. I turn toward the balcony door and run. I get halfway there, when I turn around, and I run back to Josh. I slam my lips to his, wanting to feel a kiss from him, at least one kiss from my fated mate, before he rejects me. I feel his arms engulf me and hold me to him. He kisses me back. I don’t want to leave his embrace, knowing I’ll never get to have it again. I pull away, much sooner than I’d like. “I needed to kiss you, at least once.” I tell him, saying goodbye wit
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JOSH POV “Wait! Are you going to force this on me? Am I even allowed to leave? Am I a prisoner? And if I wasn’t your mate, what would have happened to me when I first got here? What would you have chosen to do with me, oh mighty Alpha?!” I begin to panic again, and my words are tumbling over each other in a rush to get them out. “Josh, please calm down. Your heart rate is insanely high, and you’ll hyperventilate if you don’t regulate your breathing. I’ll answer each question that you have. “I don’t need a wolf for a mate. I’ll admit, I wasn’t expecting to have a human for a mate, but it doesn’t bother me that you are one. Am I surprised by it? Yes. But I won’t be rejecting you for a reason as frivolous as you being human. “There are no rules about humans being mated to wolves or any issues with them living with the pack. At least, not in my pack. There are several dozen humans who are mated to members of Blue Meadow right now.
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JOSH POV What the hell is a mate? Is it what it sounds like it is? Maybe they just call it different things than a human? I watch Maddie take a deep breath and I can see real distress in her expression. This is important. More important than everything else she’s told me. I can see it. I can feel it. This is monumental. “Wolves don’t worship Jesus or Allah or any of the other human religious deities.” Okay, not where I thought this was going. I don’t interrupt though, I just listen and watch her incredibly expressive face as she talks. “We worship our own Goddess. The Moon Goddess, Selene. Unlike humans, who have to pick a person to date, fall in love with and hope that the person they pick will be all they need in life. Werewolves are different. Selene gifts us a mate. Our soulmate. The one perfect, unique being out there destined for us, who completes us. Fully. Totally. We are legitimately half a person, half a soul, until we meet our mate. “We ar
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MADDIE POV The Luna is magically designed to be able to absorb the grief and turmoil from the Alpha without it heavying their own heart. They convert the negative energies into peace, love, and acceptance then give that back, positively to both the alpha and the pack, strengthening all that it reaches. Without the ability to let the emotions go, the Alpha spirit tries to absorb it all, but over long periods of time, it makes them go feral. They lose their connection to humanity because the negative energy eats away at the bond between human and wolf. With just three sentences of comfort and empathy, along with one touch, Josh has just removed years of the weight that sits upon my chest. And he doesn’t even know he’s done it. I even feel Infinity sigh in my mind. Just as I feel lighter, so does she. ~Better,~ I hear Infinity say and I almost weep hearing words from her again. ~Hi Fin. Yes, that does feel better,~ I agree with h
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MADDIE POV “Yes.” I take a few calming breaths as I load up my plate to overfull and take a big bowl of ramen to my place setting. I smile at Josh’s facial expression of shock as he watches me before he fills his own plate. I may be small, but I can put away the food better than most of my warriors. “It’s the alpha blood in me.” “What’s the alpha blood?” Josh asks as he picks up a tuna roll. Ah, I’m peaking his curiosity again. Good. “My metabolism.” I begin to explain as I pour us both saki. “I can probably eat half of this food, by myself. As wolves we eat an exorbitant about. To shift between human and wolf forms is extremely taxing, on both bodies; it uses a lot of energy. So, we eat many, many, many more calories in a day than a human does. Even more than a professional athlete, such as yourself. But alphas eat even more than the average wolf, because our wolves are so much bigger, so you’ll rarely see me skip meals. I always have a large plate
