DAHLIA
“Guilty,” Miah raised her hand swallowing the last of the pastry, "I already warned her once and-"
"Miah!" Octavia scolded, "YOU already warned her once? YOU left a gash in her face?"
"She should be grateful, I threatened to take her eye… and I left it for her. What did you want me to do? Tell Mylo? This was when," she motioned circles in the air between her and Octavia and made a face that said 'you know', "Mylo would have killed her for sure."
I could feel the tension building in my chest as I tried to take in Nora's scent for comfort. I've always known Mylo was dangerous but hearing his sister casually talk about how a flair in his temper could end in someone's death wasn't easy to hear.
MARIEGoddess my parents were still disgusting. They truly didn’t care who was all around them, and normally I’d be ignoring them, like my entire childhood, but Kalia was still easily riled up. It hasn’t been easy, and even sitting here with my new sister-in-law's played with my emotions. Dahlia might be trying to fight it, but I could see all over her face when she arrived with Mylo how much she adores him, and Mylo wasn’t hiding his intentions at all, making sure everyone knew she was his. He looked at her with a deep longing that I ached for, but all I was met with was a cocky jokester who let me leave.“I came to talk to two of you,” my dad’s voice snapped me back to reality, “but it seems I need to talk to three,” he looked at Miah, and no matter how good she was at covering her emotions, I could see the
ALDERIC For advance training today I brought in my dad. The guards would forever have the utmost respect for him and Kallan, not to mention that they could still outmuscle ninety-five percent of our elite guards. Today was to give our existing guards some more advanced training, and Goddess knows my dad always had some random shit to teach them. 'Master your best talent but never stop training in others.' That was the line he gave to them. The line he gave to me growing up, however, was to be the best at ALL talents and not to stop until I was. I was the Beta of Timber, and though I could never fight a battle for Mylo, I had to be capable of defending against any other Alpha. Worst-case scenario training became a regular thing here after Octavia w
MYLO Dragons. Was I really entertaining the dragon theory, and if I was, what then? Dragons were unheard of, whispers in the night and rumours among children. How would I protect the pack from something like that? I wanted to see the clearing firsthand before anything was disturbed to get a better understanding of what we were dealing with and try to scent whatever it was that was causing it, but there was no new information to be had from it. I'm not wasting more time on it, so back to my mate immediately we go. My mate. I would have never expected the morning to go so well, and yet so frustratingly. Spending time with Nora helped me feel closer to Dahlia, and as much as she was nervous about me holding her, I wasn't will
MARIE"Mylo wants me, why?" I asked dad as he led us away."You're not questioning your Alpha I hope," he looked at me with his expressionless look and I resisted the urge to roll my eyes."I can't wonder?" My question warranted a look from him with a hint of disapproval as he continued to not answer me. I should have known better. I mean why would he tell me when he knew the answer?We were getting closer to our borders when my stomach started to flip. Kalia was pacing, unsure if she should be on alert for whatever Mylo requested us for, but I hoped it had nothing to do with my abilities.My dad was giving nothing away as usual, but I was saved from a conversation with him today that I'm sure would be mate-based, so there was a blessi
MARIE I stood there and stared at him and his perfect face for a minute. Why was he so impossibly handsome? I wanted to hate whatever mate I got, to reject him and never look back, but now that he was here, in front of me? No, now I wanted to leap into his arms and never let go, feel his orange scent wrap around me and take care of me until I die. I could feel my pulse coursing roughly through me with every strong thud of my heartbeat. My palms were starting to feel clammy as I tried to remain calm enough to answer him, to ask him a question I'm not sure I wanted the answer to. “Is that what you want? For me to walk away? I don’t even know your name, but I understand that Fae don’t feel the bond or the pull.” “We’re not supposed to,” he cupped the back of his neck wi
MYLOJeff had explicit instructions to keep a close eye on Terran. He'd be relieved by Mazin because I couldn't trust Marek's temper, but hopefully, there would be no more bullshit from Terran now that he was with Marie.I refuse to be bothered by him, Kai on the other hand was threatening to make Marie mate-less. The way he brazenly stood up to us, tried to sidestep US... the Alpha, he wasn't having it. The only thing that saved him was that he wasn't a wolf or part of this pack, there was a certain tolerance I could allow until he realized how things worked. They'd have a few days to sort out their shit and then my tolerance for his insubordination would be gone.The moment I heard Dahlia's laughter, every problem or worry I’d had seemed to melt away. Just the sound of her happiness sparked a joy i
MYLO“No one,” Dahlia's voice was steady, “just another wolf from Langdale.”“Another wolf you’ve been involved with?” I tilted my head slightly as I found myself bulking, pressing more into her, “What about Troy?”“No,” she wrinkled her nose, “and same thing. There were only a handful of wolves in Langdale.”“It wasn’t a wolf,” I backed up a bit but remained caging her in, “his name is Terran.”“I thought Fae-”“So did we,” I interrupted her, “imagine little Marie’s surprise.” Dahlia looked like she had something on the tip of her tongue, b
DAHLIAMy fork hit the plate with a loud bang, plopping ninety percent of it right in the middle of my food as I leant back in my chair and crossed my arms over my chest.He didn’t even react. A simple glance at my plate before he went back to eating his own, which only fueled the rage I felt. I tried to let it go earlier, take a shower and calm down, but fuck, him. I took shit from everyone when I got pregnant, I was belittled and dragged through the proverbial mud because of it. I tried not to let the things people would say about an unmated single pregnant wolf bother me, but I’m only so strong, and some of it hurt to the point of tears. They would never be in my life so I tried not to let their comments keep me up at night, but Mylo, no… I wasn’t about to take it from him either.