Raven POV
It's been a few months since my mother collapsed and I'm not sure how I should be taking things. I feel numb. A part of me should be happy about this because of the way she has been treating me the last 6 years, but she's my mother. I have been going through the motions of my days and putting all my effort into becoming the best warrior this pack has ever seen especially after all the rogue attacks we have been experiencing. I would love to be on the battlefield helping out my fellow warriors, but the Alpha doesn't deem females to be worthy of fighting alongside him even if I am the best female warrior we have here. The Alpha announced we have the Top Warrior and future Alpha of the Opal River Pack coming today to assist with training and appoint a new Top Warrior for us so that we are more prepared for the next attack. My only focus is hoping they notice my skills as a warrior and either help me improve or report my skil
Raven POVI got pushed out of my thoughts by Maximus, the Beta's son, who bumped into me on the walk back to my house. I'm not sure what his problem is, but since he turned 18 he has been an absolute dick to me. Maybe he's upset because Heather didn't turn out to be his mate, but that doesn't explain why he's so cruel to me. I've never done aything to him."Move out of my way slut." he sneers in my face. Why he calls me a slut and all other derogatory remarks is beyond me. Last I checked I'm a virgin who hasn't even been kissed before, but not like I'm gonna tell him.I've learned the best way to get through this is to stay quiet and that way he will get bored and leave me alone. I have Penelope with me and I know he won't do anything to her, but she will definitely do something to him or say something that could get her in trouble so I give her the 'don't do anything' look and hope she listens.I dropped my he
Allistar POVI,ve been walking the packgrounds in search of my mate for the last couple hours and haven't been able to catch her scent yet. Right as I was about to give up I'm able to catch that amazing scent of Peaches and Honerysuckle. I don't think I could ever grow tired of that smell. It smells like love and comfort. I'm practically jogging at this point following her scent. I can't wait to meet her and spend every moment of my life making her happy. All the waiting is finally worth it because I found my mate. Nothing could ruin this moment.Weird, I'm going towards the packhouse, but I was told no one lives here except the Alpha and Beta families. That doesn't make sense, I already met everyone in the Beta and Alpha families and there weren't any daughters. Maybe it's the Gamma's daughter, but why is she at the packhouse when they don't live there. If I had taken the time to really think then I would've remembered that
Allistar POV I jolt awake after hearing my alarm. I had a few moments of peace before the memories of what happened yesterday came rushing back. I sit up in bed and take just a minute to prepare myself for today. We came here for a reason and that's what I need to focus on, I can't let my personal issues effect our mission. All I can do at this point is try and get this over with as soon as possible and hopefully leave earlier than expected. Leave this pack and the pain of the rejection behind. I'll never have to see Heather again which is the best I can pray for at this point. I finally get out of bed and throw on some grey work out shorts, no need to shower since I'll be sweating all day and I already showered last night. Let's get the first day over with. I have a feeling the warriors are gonna test my authority all day and strong chance they won't respect me, but I'm not here to earn respect. I'm here to do my job an
Raven POVSo, this is the Top Warrior from the Opal River pack. I don't even know his name and yet he calls me to the front to show me "basic moves'. If only he knew how well trained I actually am then he wouldn't be choosing to embarass himself right now. As far as I'm concerned his ignorance needs to be taught a lesson. This is going to be the most fun I've had in awhile. It is taking everything in me to keep a straight face instead of smirking like I would love to do."You know my name, but I don't know yours. I don't think that's very fair, do you?" I ask with the most innocent voice I can muster."You're right. It's not fair. My name is Allistar, I am the Top Warrior of the Opal River pack." No shit Sherlock. Goddess, men are so aggravating. "I was told she-wolves don't train in this pack so I'm wondering why you are here. I personally think all she-wolves should be trained and I'm hoping you can help me change t
Raven POV Today is the day I turn 18 and am able to find my mate. I'm not sure how to feel about the whole mate thing. It would be amazing to find my mate and be loved for the rest of my life, but at the same time I don't want a mate becasue he might be a bad person. I know that the Moon Goddess makes our mate the perfect other half of us so it would be crazy to think I'd have a horrible mate, but looking back on my life I don't seem to have the best luck. All I can do at this point is hope for the best and prepare for the worst. Penelope slept in my bed last night with me because she didn't think I should sleep alone the night before my birthday. She assumes my mate will be the one sleeping in my bed with me. She is so optomistic when it comes to love, but she doesn't realize how bad some mates can treat eachother. It's not all happily ever after all the time. She is so innocent and I hope for her sake that she gets a c
Allistar POVAfter finishing training I decided to just head back to the guest house and just take some time by myself. i know I put on a good front today looking like everything was ok. Like I wasn't being ripped apart from the inside, but you can only pretend for so long before you get tired. I wanted a chance to break down before Dimitri got back. I know I have to tell him when he gets back so for now I decide to shut my door and lock it. I take my workout shorts off and hop in a cold shower to cool down from the exhausting day I had. After probably only a couple minutes my first tear slides down my cheek, at this point I just let it all out. I'm not the only one feeling the lost hope, my wolf has been howling in my head since the rejection yesterday. He is more effected by the rejection than I am because the mate bond is through our wolves so they feel things 10 times worse than their human counterpart. Considering the pain I'm
Raven POVThe second I step out the front door, I freeze. All I can smell is mint and chocolate which I know belongs to my mate, but if I'm beeing honest it's not as appealing as I thought it would be. Isn't your mate's scent supposed to be irresistable? There's only a moment where I question why he doesn't smell as good as I thought he would, but once I look up I understand why. Why he doesn't smell amazing to me, why he's been an asshole, why for some reason it hurt more when he would call me names like whore and slut. I get it now and I'm prepared for what's about to come. A part of me is still sad about it, but I'm sure that's my wolf or maybe it's because of what the future holds. Once my eyes meet his blue ones I hear my wolf yelling 'Mate'. Fuck."Well well well, I was told you turn 18 today so I thought I would come over and wish you a Happy Birthday." He has a sinister smirk on his face. He's known all along and sti
Allistar POVI wake up even more exhausted than the night before. I need to figure out a way to get some sleep or this is just going to get worse and I won't be any help in training the warriors. Waking up after a night plagued with dreams about the black wolf and its piercing green eyes is a nice change from the dreams about Heather. I'm not sure what to make of my new dreams or this wolf. I've never come across a wolf that looks like it so I'm assuming it's not someone I know or atleast not someone from my pack. I wonder who it is and why I'm dreaming about it. Usually an unknown wolf would put me on high alert, however this one almost makes me feel at peace. Like I've known it my whole life.I'll have to think about this later because right now I have training to get ready for. I focus back on reality and quickly throw on some black shorts and head to Dimitri's room to wake him up. He is almost always late waking up, neve
Raven POVThe second I open my eyes I realize where I am. I'm standing in the most stunning field I have ever seen. The smell of wildflowers is almost too much. I take a deep breath to relish in the peace I feel here. I know I died, but I can't help the calm I'm feeling right now. The only thing that would make it better is if Allistar and Penelope were here. Like they can hear my thoughts, I hear my name being called. Looking over to my right, I see Allistar, Penelope, and some woman standing by the Goddess. I can't help the smile from spreading across my face. I'm so happy that I almost start crying. I run to them and give them the biggest hug."Did we win?" Is the first thing that comes out of my mouth. I need to know I didn't leave everyone with a war to fight without us."Yes my darling daughter, you won. I am so sorry you three had to lose your lives to win this war. That was never my intention, but I am so prou
Raven POVThey may have arrived sooner than anticipated, but we've spent the last two days planning and training. We are as ready as we will ever be. The plan is for Dimitri, Penelope, Allistar, and I to lead a group that attacks from the front with the wolves from the Dark Moon pack while Alpha White heads off to the left with his pack and Alpha Samuel goes to the right with his. The idea is to attack from all sides to then eventually circle them completely. We have to do that without them noticing our strategy too soon. If they catch on before we can surround them then we are screwed. The scouts informed us that there were about 200 wolves in their army, but looking now it seems they have over 400. 400 outnumbers us 2 to 1 and I have to say those are not good odds for us to win. I look around to gauge everyones reaction to this new discovering. I'm not surprised to see worry on everyones face, but their determination is stronger
Allistar POVHearing everything that Raven went though makes me feel sick. I can't believe he did all that to her just to make her agree to mate with her. That's still more believable than Cassius helping her excape. He fought our father to help her escape instead of just trying to take her for himself like he's been wanting. It doesn't make him a good person, but it makes me wonder why he went out of his way to help both Raven and I. What is his end game in allowing us to live. Multiple growls going off around in the car pulls me from my thoughts. Focusing back on the conversation I realize everyone in the car is growling, including me. I think we are all pissed at what he did to her for no reason other than to break her so he could use her as a breeding mare. The nerve of that man. I hope Cassius killed him."Also, Allistar and I are eachothers second chance mates and we completed the mating. Which is also why he missed hi
Raven POVAm I actually about to have sex with Allistar right now? I have to say that I am really glad I rinsed off in the waterfall before passing out in here. I can't imagine what he would have done if he had seen me covered in my own blood. Having him stare at my naked body is making me remember how many scars I have. I blush and reach up to cover myself with my arms. He stops me with a possessive growl. "Don't hide yourself from me. You are the most beautiful woman I have ever seen and I want to take my time to fully enjoy the view." Well damn.He gently glides his fingers from my throat and around my breasts. Taking his time to rub his thumbs over my nipples causing a jolt to go through my body from the pleasure that shot between my thighs. Continuing his hand further down pass my stomach, he hesitates just above that precious bundle of nerves I desperately want him to touch. I start squirming when he doesn't move his h
Allistar POVWe have been searching for Raven for three days now and I'm starting to really worry. About half a day after Dimitri and I headed out to search for her, the connection between Raven and us was restored. We followed the connection for the rest of the day until it all of a sudden cut off again. For about .5 seconds I was terrified that she might have died, but Jack reminded me that we can still feel her. It may have been too weak for us to use it to track her, yet it sat in the back of my soul reminding me we still had time to get to her before the worst could happen. Once the connection cut off, Dimitri and I split up to cover more ground until the connection came back on. Because the connection will come back on and we will find her. There is no other option. We will find her alive and bring her home.Penelope got in touch with us about a day into our searching to let us know she is healing slower than normal. I
Raven POV'Raven, waake up! Someone is coming!' I hear Iris yell at me. It takes me way too long to wake up enough to open my eyes. I'm not in as much pain, but I still feel like death is just waiting with her arms open to claim me. Fuck.Once my eyes are fully open I see someone I was not fully prepared to see. "What the fuck are you doing here?" My voice sounds like absolute shit after the screaming and having nothing to drink since before I got here, but I'm still able to put a bit of a bite to my words."What am I doing here? The question is what are you doing here strapped to a table?" He seems genuinely upset about his discovery. I guess it's not too weird since his dad is going behind his back to try and take me from his son."Your dad kidnapped me to try to force me to mate with him. He's been torturing me for hours to get me to give in. You didn't know?" I don't try to hide the confusion I'm feeling ri
Raven POVI wake up groaning. Fuck, it feels like I've been hit by a gods damn truck. I don't even remember going to bed last night. Must have been a rough training session with the women if I feel like this. I go to roll over to get up when I realize I can't move and what I thought was a bed is actually a cold metal table. What the fuck is going on? I take a second to try and remember how I ended up here, but the only memory that comes to me is training the women and then I blacked out. I hope to all that is holy that the guys decided to pull some fucked up prank on me because if they didn't then I'm for sure in danger. It takes a second for my eyes to adjust to being opened, but once they do I realize I'm in some sort of underground area. I'm surrounded by walls made of brick and covered in moss or something similar. It doesn't matter right now what kind of plant it is so I don't know why that was a focus of mine. Ok moving on, I
Allistar POVI get woken up by someone lightly shaking me. Opening my eyes, I notice that it's Jason shaking me so I give him a quick nod to let him know I'm fully awake. I go to sit up, but a weight on my chest stops me and that's when I remember. Looking down I see Raven still peacefully sleeping. She is practically wrapped around my body at this point and I can't help but to admire the peaceful look on her face. She is always so focused on whatever task we are busy with. Even going without sleep to make sure everything goes smoothly so it's nice to see her just be. Without much thought, I softly tuck a piece of her hair behind her ear to get it out of her face. The action ends up waking her up and I can't help being disappointed. I know she needed to wake up but I wanted her to be peaceful for just a bit longer. Once those beautiful green eyes lock on to mine, my hearts does a little skip. She is just so magnificent. I could loo
Raven POVAfter the shower incident last night, my brain has been a complete mess. Atleast it seems he is just as affected by me as I am by him. The tenting in his shorts was impressive to say the least. I wonder how long he was standing there watching me before I noticed him. Maybe after all this prophecy business is behind us I can look into exploring these feelings with him. Or not. There's no way the Goddess doesn't bless him with another mate. A better mate. He deserves someone to love him for the rest of his life. I wish I could hope for a happily ever after for all of us, but I know that is unrealistic."Does that sound good to everyone?" Dimitri's voice pulls me out of my thoughts. Shit, I wasn't listening. Everyone replies with sounds of agreement so I mimick them. I'll ask Penelope later when we are alone so I know what we are doing with this new developement we have to deal with. Guardians, ridiculous.Now