in enemy territory

savannah pov

as I sat there on the rock beside a sleeping Sarah i waited for Brandon to reemerge. this all felt so taboo. meeting with the future alpha of Cresent moon, our enemy, hell they were everyone's enemy even their own allies, it just feels very wrong but the mate bond keeps me there even tho I truly doubt his intentions. I hear rustling as Brandon steps out from behind the tree he used to get dressed wearing basketball shorts and a plain tshirt and barefoot. he takes a seat on the rock on other side of me and exhales deeply looking deep in my eyes. this is the first time I've ever seen Brandon this lost for words you can tell he is talking to his wolf. "what is he saying?" I ask Brandon quietly. "he's telling me not to screw this up" he replies with a chuckle. "I really don't think it's funny" I say frown lines spreading across my face. Brandon lifts his hand to my face stroking the frown lines with one finger sending the electric tingles of the mate bond coursing thru my whole body with one touch, "you're way to beautiful to frown" he says sadness in his eyes. "I know what everyone thinks of me, my father and our pack, the way we are is necessary. It's how we survive it's how we stay strong. Come with me and see for yourself my pack, our pack my Luna isn't as bad as they say. I'm getting lost in his eyes and I realize it and snap back to reality, "so" I say my voice dripping with sarcasm "your father, a long with you, the future alpha of Cresent moon, and the rest of your pack do not kill and take any pack they believe weak, killing woman and children who don't submit and swear loyalty letting your warriors rape the woman and pillage their packs?, and you are the future alpha, Have you not been trained by your father to be the same ruthless heartless leader that he is?" I end my.rant with a huff glaring at him, as You don't understand he begins. I believe I understand quiet well this is all about power and status for you and your whole pack. You attack the weak, you kill their alpha's and anyone who does not align themselves to your warped ideas and hungry for power ways is also killed. So what are you to do with me because the way things are now I will not be aligning myself with the likes of you or your pack. I have no need for power and I am not bloodthirsty the way you are Sadie pushes forward and growls out I know your wolf doesn't agree with you human as he is my mate, I have spoken with him so now you must prove yourself to my human if you want her to be your mate and her not reject you. I believe you can make the changes she needs to trust and believe in you but I cannot tell you how to do this, that is your job to figure out and she recedes back into the corner of my mind. So then, Brandon asks quietly you will give me a chance to prove myself to you? I give you this one chance Brandon grey don't fuck it up. I won't be squeals like a happy school girl and crashes his lips on mine. My lips are on fire from his touch it causes a sensation pooling with desire between my legs. As his eyes swirl between blue and black I know his wolf smells my arousal and is fighting to not claim me here and now. Prove yourself first alpha, I tell him and I can hear his wolf whimper but he does give full control back to Brandon.

Suddenly Sarah's snoring stops and she begins to stir, you'd better go back to your territory before she wakes up. I have to go talk to my parents see how things will go with my family if you prove to me you are not the monster I think you are and I happen to accept you. Thank you savannah thank you for giving me this chance he says as he turns and walks away.

Once Brandon is far enough away I wake Sarah, we have to go it's 4 am. Our parents will worry I tell her and we gather our belongings and head thru the forest to the pack house. Just as we are about to step out of the woods I smell something that reaks like raw sewage right before I get a pack wide mind link from beta Harvey, rogues in territory, all those who can't fight get to the shelter and has anyone seen savannah or my daughter Sarah they have been gone for hours, shit I say out loud. There are about five rogues about 20 ft away in human form I hear them talking to each other. They say she is a special wolf unlike we have ever seen, she will have powers. Alpha wants her for himself so do not touch the goods the other replies. the first rogue replies boss why don't we get any of the fun, I mean he just wants her to produce powerful heirs, she doesn't.have her I be pure. hell how do we.know she's.not.tue pack slut. Sarah and I crouch down and I send a mindlink to my father and beta Harvey, Sarah and I fell asleep by the river, we are trapped by rogues in the north quadrant , they haven't noticed us yet.i think .. I think they are looking for me dad they said their alpha wants the special wolf with special powers . Stay put and stay hidden we are on our way with warriors he replies and I can tell he is running by the sound of his voice.

Do you smell that one of the rogues ask the other, there are she wolves here he says they are close we will find them, spread out use your senses and find them now he growls loudly and all of a sudden I feel a hand over my mouth. I try to scream but it comes out muffled I smell that cedar woodsy smell and instantly I begin to calm down it's me he whispers in my ear be quiet. It's my father, he sent them, I ran all the way here. there is word from a witch that serves my father she tells of a special wolf In your pack and he wants her,but we won't let him have her I promise. He says quietly, I'm going to remove my hand from you mouth, okay? he asks, don't scream Okay? I nod my head and he removes his hand I see Sarah eyes wide with panic. I hold a finger to my lips signaling to be silent and she nods in response. We both have trained but these rogues have wolves and Sarah does not. we have to move, if we don't they will find you and torture you until you tell them who she is. We begin to quietly crawl on the ground making sure to stay low, hidden by the brush as we come to where the bushes end one of the rogues step in our path, looky what I found boys, he says with a sinister smile playing on his lips. he pulls me up by my hair but before he can even get me to my feet Brandon shifts and lunges at him causing him to drop me, the rogues also shift and I know Brandon can't take them all in but I have to get Sarah to safety, b shift ripping my clothes and nod at Sarah to get on my back, she can't shift and needs to be somewhere safe. I can't link Brandon so I just send him a look trying to tell him I'll be right back and I take off with Sarah riding me I drop her close to the pack house and I see my mom come and grab Sarah I nod to her and turn to run back to Brandon where are you going it's not safe my mother pleads but I do not stop, I don't even turn around,I must help Brandon, I must help my mate.

as I get to the edge of the north quadrant I hear snarling and growling, jaws snapping ferociously and I smell a lot of blood I can't smell if it's Brandon as their are alot of different scents mixed together Sadie whimpers at the thought of her mate hurt or dead but I reassure her we would have felt it thru the bond. even if we weren't mater and marked since we have not rejected the other we will still feel it just not as intense as fully mated couples . I see two wolves laying on the ground covered in blood one with it's throat ripped out and the other looks like his throat was crashed by powerful jaws, but neither of them are atlas, sadi sighs in relief and begins pushing her legs as fast as they will go. she reaches they edge of the forest and she sees atlas fending off 3 rogues. he is holding his own dodging and throwing rogues as the lunge at him. as I get closer Sadie lunges and lands on one of the remaining rogues backs and begins to bite at his neck as I get a good grasp of his neck I snap my jaws shut and bite down crushing his wind pipe and I do t let go, he struggles to take a breath I clamp down even harder and proceed to rip his throat out that draws the focus of the other two rogues. they stalk towards me now, rage buring thru their eyes and I can tell if they have their way about it they will kill me. before I know it Brandon is at my side ready to fight with me and I smell members of my.pack coming up behind me. I recognize my father's scent along with the betas and a few warrior ranked wolves. upon seeing reinforcements the two remaining rogues run off. I hear my father tell the warriors to follow them and that he wants them alive. the warriors take off as fast as they can. my fathers wolf Zeus turns and begins growling at atlas and bares his teeth looking almost ready to attack and atlas sensing the threat returns the aggression growling and barking his teeth preparing to fight. STOP DAD, he's my mate I send in the mind link looking down at my paws showing submission. no, my daughter you are of alpha blood, we do not submit I hear Zeus in my mind as he backs down a little bit, he is still ready to attack atlas if need be and atlas is also ready. I shift back and tell them to shift back as well and go behind a tree as I grab a long Tshirt and a pair of shorts throwing them on hastily when I step out from the tree my father and Brandon are both shifted and have a pair of shorts on they are still giving each other looks that could kill.....we need to have a very serious talk, all of us so let's go talk I say and I turn and begin walking towards the pack house knowing that both my dad and Brandon would follow me.

I lead both my father and my mate up the staircase and the amount of tension in the air is suffocating to say the least. I can feel both the alpha males pushing their aura forward both unwilling to submit to the other. I scoff and shake my head. as we round the top of the staircase to the second floor to my father's office I stop, moving to the side and motion for my father to unlock it. he does and he goes to take his place I'm his desk chair. my fathers desk is huge and cedar and , well it has to be huge because he is huge. I take one of the two chairs that are across from my father at the desk and signal Brandon to sit beside me and he does without a word. you can tell he is nervous, it's no secret my father hates his pack along with him and his father. I know my touch will calm him so I reach over almost instinctively and grab his hand and give him a small smile. my father clears his throat regaining Brandon and my attention. "so daughter", he begins, you found your mate?" I smile sadly, "yes daddy. I've known since I skipped out on school this morning. I was upset and didn't want to deal with Brandon grey being my mate. to be honest daddy I was scared. we all know his reputation and that of his father and his pack. I thought he was dangerous, that he would hurt me" I say as Brandon emits a low growl making me jump a little. " I scare you?" Brandon asks sadly, and then without waiting for an answer he looks to the ground as he realizes out loud, "I scare my mate." I feel despair coming from him and atlas through the mate bond and I reply " I said was scared not am scared and thought not think. I saw you fight your father's men out there to save someone from my pack. someone you don't even know who it is. that isn't the Brandon grey I'm scared of. that isn't the Brandon grey I thought I knew all these years you surprised me and I told you I will give you a chance to prove yourself and you have a nice start on your side." I tell him with a smile and look to my father to see his reaction. he is sitting in his oversized desk chair looking between Brandon and myself. he seemed to be thinking but his face was no longer angry and I was taking that as a good sign he took would give Brandon a chance. finally he opens his mouth to speak and pauses a second before he looks Brandon directly in the eyes and threatens Brandon, if you hurt as much as a hair on my baby girls hair it will be war. I will make sure you and your whole family suffers do you under stand me? I grew up with your father. we were friends all our lives so I know how fast a grey can turn on their friends and neighbors I'm hoping you have the sense to change your packs future for the better with my daughter by your side but I'll not hesitate to end you if I need to." Brandon shakes his head "yes" he stammers excitedly. "now back to the issue of your father sending rogues here to kidnap one of my pack members, did you know this was going to happen?" my father questions. Brandon looks at my father with certainty absolutely not sir, I only found out after returning home from my run where I ran into savannah at the river that divides our territories. we talked for about an hour while Sarah slept near-by and then she said she had to come home that you were worried and we went out separate ways when I got back one of the patrol men told me what my father had done and I rushed here to help savannah and you sir. my father believes he needs to be the strongest since well, my mother." Brandons eyes water for a minute and just for a second he looks like he might cry. he blinks and it's like a switch was flipped and his face is again indifferent not happy not sad and it makes me feel bad for him. I was little when his mom died so I don't know exactly what happened but if it was bad enough to make his father a monster. "I know all about your mother, Brandon she was a lovely woman and your father loved her very much, you were young, I know you have dealt with a lot and I know that is why your father believes he has to have and be the best and strongest. he wants to protect his pack and his family but there are other ways. my pack thrives without hurting others yes we lose people sometimes we too have rogue attacks, and troubles with other packs we handle it when we need to. I hope you will learn to do the same. I have contacted the council they will be arriving in the morning you are welcome to stay in a guest room if you'd like. and savannah your mother is going to kill us when she finds out you have your mate and I know before she did. your going to have some explaining to do. get to bed kids savannah show him to a guest room then get up to your suite. alone, without Brandon young lady. yes father I rely gulping with fear when I think about talking to my mother in the morning.