(Ryker)It's been a while since I've seen Elias so angry, and even Sally was shocked by the way he has spoken to her. I get that her question was a bit out of hand, and even though I was angry at the fact that she thought Elias should have chosen Ryland instead, I kept my anger to myself, which was a first. But Elias's outburst is one way to say that I won't be doing anything to be on the receiving end of it. No, I wasn't scared of him, but he was much more powerful than I, so it was best to tread carefully around him. Deciding to finish the hour with Sally, I turned to her, and we continued our session. She wanted to know if it made me angry by asking that question, and I might have figured out why she asked me that. She was a bit skeptical of me since she thought that I was still this raging lunatic, who wanted to end everyone's life. I admit that there was a time when Sally wouldn't be breathing any longer, for asking that question, but I decided to let it go for now. “Not eno
(Ryker) I couldn't believe that I had been tricked by Andrea. I was still fuming by the time I got to the pack house. Not knowing what else to do, I originally planned on going to my room, but I was stopped by a crowd that had formed in the living room. What could they possibly want now?“Alpha Ryker, everyone here wishes to talk to you about something important.” Damian said, and I nodded my head. I walked over to where Miles was standing and told them to go on. An elderly woman by the name of Dianne stepped forward, and what she said next had me shitting myself. I should have seen this coming. “Alpha Ryker, I know that we hated Sheila and wanted her out of the pack, but we can't help but think that something is wrong. Earlier, Alfred, my dear husband, went to her room to check it out because he felt like something was wrong, and he told me that all of her clothes were still there, but she has been missing for a long time now. Do you have any idea where she might be?” Gloria asked
(Elias) 'Why did you come back here?' Forest asked as he began to whimper. I stood there looking at the view in front of me, I had gotten so comfortable with the idea of having a family and a mate that I had forgotten about this place. 'I only needed to see it again, to be reminded of what we went through.' I replied. Ryker was right. There was something going on with me. I just couldn't put my finger on it. The darkness that was slowly creeping its way through my veins was ready to surface. I didn't want anyone to hate me. That wasn't my intention. But, if I kept this up, then I'm sure that's exactly where this will lead. 'The cave is over there.' Forest said after he calmed down. I made my way towards the cave, a home I once had for two years. I had no idea what Forest went through during those times I was blocked. But, I could tell that it was devastating. He kept things from me, and when I asked, he would avoid the topic altogether. I walked towards the cave and went insid
(Elias) Deciding that I didn't want to go home right now, I went to the Shadow Stone Pack to check on things there. Once I appeared on the land, that was my home. I smiled happily as a couple of pack members greeted me. “Elias!” I heard a voice say, I turned around and saw Raina running up to me. Her magic took hold of my body, instantly, as I felt my body drifting towards her. Once I was in front of her, she hugged me as tightly as she could, and I returned it, of course. “Hey there, best friend.” I replied while chuckling. She pulled away from me and slapped me on my arm. I barely felt it, though, since it was gentle. “Hey there? Is that the best you can do?” She started to pout, which had me laughing. “Don't do that. You look like a walking duck.” I joked. She rolled her eyes and took my hands in hers. “Ever since Sally relocated to Ryker's pack, we haven't been seeing you. It's been what? Two months?” I felt guilty that I hadn't visited them before, but now that I had to tal
(Elias)Jason and I walked outside so that we could have some privacy, I wanted to talk to him about this weird feeling that I have whenever I'm around him. Looking back at the day when I went to his room, I didn't want to leave because my mind and body were finally at peace. Knowing that Samuel had to take me back to Ryker made me a bit frustrated, since I wanted to stay with Jason. What Aamon said, I needed to get this over with. “You can say what you want.” Jason said once we were a distance away from the prying ears and eyes of the pack members who were walking around aimlessly. “First of all, I would like to apologize for the way that I had acted before. I had no reason to do that when you're like an uncle to me. After all, you're Samuel's brother.” I started to say. He nodded his head and folded his arms. “But, you can't deny that there is something weird going on with us. I already apologized to Ryland for what I did, I accepted Ryker as my mate, and my soul isn't wandering a
(Forest) “I was planning on visiting that treehouse with Raina, now I feel bad for not going.” I said as Max took my hand in his. We arrived back at our room at the pack house. He was yet to give Ryker control since he wanted us to spend time together, something that I couldn't pass on. “That's too bad, maybe another time.” Max replied with a laugh. He stopped and sighed when he saw the look on my face. “Come here, love.” I felt my body moving towards him after he said that. It's like I had to do what he wanted just to please him. His arms circled my waist as he pulled me tighter to him. I shivered a bit from the contact, but I'm still not used to this mate thing as yet. “You know how much I love you, right?” I nodded my head at his question and pulled back so that I could focus on him. He smirked a little before getting serious. “I had to fight for you when Ryker was acting like an asshole back then. He knew how much I needed my mate but chose to ignore that so that he could do
(Ryker) Was I wrong for blowing up on Elias like I did? I don't even know right now. It's like he disregarded my feelings whenever it came to him. He kissed Jason and expected me to just be ok with it? Right now, I was still a bit angry. But thanks to Max, I was able to calm down before I did something that I would regret. Those days are behind me. The anger, I haven't felt it in a while now, and I didn't want to have a repeat of that. I did say that I was going to change, and this time, I wasn't faking it. Sighing, I kept on looking around the room that was somehow destroyed by Max and Forest. I had no idea what those two were up to since I was blocked by my ever-loving wolf. He hated the way that I had spoken to Elias. Max had always been the sensible one, me? Not so much. Now, here I am, looking at the bed and shaking my head. They made the mess, and I had to be the one to clean it for them. Is this what my Alpha title had led me to be? Downgraded to a fucking Omega.'Stop whin
(Ryker's POV) It wasn't the scent that I came to know and love that woke me up, it sure as fuck wasn't the dip in the bed as Elias got in next to me. It was the way he wrapped his arms around my waist, his head resting on my shoulder. My heart skipped a beat at the closeness, I still had no idea what was going through my mind about hating the thought of being paired with a male. This was one of the best gifts that I could ever receive. Knowing that, he had forgiven me enough to do this made me thankful that he had given me a chance to be with him. Turning around, I frowned when I noticed that he had tears in his eyes. I was confused as to why he was crying, and before I could voice my concern, he started talking. “Something happened while you were sleeping, I could feel it. Max, he needs me. Please, could you give him control?” Shit. I forgot that we could feel each other's emotions, through the bond that we shared. I was also worried about Max, that dream that I had seems to be a