July 20The sun was setting by the time Able and I left the medical centre. Over the last few hours, Doc Barrett and I, with the assistance of Kora and Addison, had managed to get the case load under control, with six patients who would be staying in for monitoring, including Brody and only a handful left to be seen.Able had caught up with everything that was going on and formulated a plan with the assistance of his father and Beta. We received confirmation from a nearby pack that further reinforcements were being sent, along with one of their pack doctors and supplies.For now it looked like the fighting had come to a standstill, although shifters of all ages patrolled along the edge of the pack lands, waiting for an opening to invade.The general consensus right now was that they wanted something, and Able expected that Alpha Westley would be in contact with demands soon enough, in the meantime, the pack was using the down time to rest and recover and plan out additional defences.
July 8thThe sun was shining, the birds chirping, the leaves swaying slightly in the breeze. The smell of freshly cut grass and blooming flowers brought a small smile to my lips and filled me with a sense of peace. It was barely eight in the morning but already the sun had warmed the air.My eyes landed on a small bumble bee, flitting in and out of the perfect blooms and not for the first time I wondered what his life is like. Is it a simple life, carefree, or does he worry, do predators haunt his every waking moment, is he in a hurry, panicked, is that why his wings flutter so fast. It’s easy to lose myself in such thoughts, when my own reality is hidden behind the door to my back.The groundskeeper Kyle, had already done his rounds early this morning, avoiding the summer heat by starting at the crack of dawn, not that I could really blame him. It was the hottest summer we had seen in twenty years, or so Mrs H kept complaining.I sat down on the chipped and discoloured stone step, st
July 12My birthday was fast approaching, and with each day that passed it felt like I was moving one step closer to the guillotine of my fate. Each morning there was a sick feeling in my stomach, a nausea that grew stronger as the reality of my fate started to take hold, because while our lives here were not easy, not simple, not happy or free they were not the worst they could be either.Today I had been assigned to the library, a long and tedious but easy job. I climbed the ladder to the upper shelves and wiped the cloth along the shiny wood removing the thin layer of dust. Keira and I were on night duty tonight, yet another job I hated, although we all hated this one, so once I was finished in here, I would grab a quick lunch and retire to the slaves quarters to grab some sleep so that I would be up all night ready to answer the call of the Alpha and his family in case they needed anything.If we were ever to be on the receiving end of the Alphas anger it would be in the night hou
July 13Grace, Tara and I stood in the entry hall for what felt like a lifetime as our Alpha greeted his visitors, conversing in low tones that echoed around the room in a way that it was impossible to make out their words.Somehow, I had managed to regain my sanity, and now stood, as the other girls did, with my back straight and my head down, waiting for our orders, but my mind wouldn’t stop turning.Mate. What did this mean?Considering I hadn’t been called forward I assumed that the Alpha Williams hadn’t said anything. Did that mean he didn’t want me? Would he simply reject me and move on? Or would he take me with him. To a new pack, a pack that could be a whole hell of a lot worse than this one.I was starting to panic, there were too many unknowns, and the man scared the shit out of me. He had seemed angry enough to see me in the first place, but once I realised he was my mate I was so shocked that I couldn’t keep the horror off my face, his anger had transformed into rage at th
July 13I made my way quietly down to the kitchens, the whole time hoping that Grace and Tara were okay, only to walk in and find the two of them sat at the table.“Amara.” Grace jumped up to greet me, her face one of concern, a look that was going to stick if she didn’t stop.“Are you both okay?” I asked the two girls, neither looked like they had been crying, or that they were injured.“Yes, they didn’t touch us, we just showed them to their rooms, and they dismissed us.” Tara stated from her still seated position as she looked me over. “How badly are you hurt?” She asked me and I frowned for a moment before realising that they had assumed the worst, I had been in that room with him for over an hour.I thought about what actually had happened, but my wolf was begging me not to say anything, not to tell them the truth. I didn’t understand why but she had never led me wrong before.“I’m okay, no extra injuries. I’m just tired. I’m going to go back to bed.” I answered as I did just tha
July 13“Take off your dress.” He demanded, I felt my whole body shake with the fear and nerves that raced through me and suddenly I wasn’t so sure that I could survive this.I tugged at the hem of my dress lifting the material, avoiding his eyes the entire time as I tried to shimmy my injured body out of the stiff fabric. I hissed out a cry of pain as the fabric scraped across the bandages on my ribs. And gritted my teeth until it cleared my head, leaving me in nothing but the tube like bra and utilitarian panties that were provided for us. I held the dress in front of me in clenched fists, like that would protect me from him.“Fuck.” He muttered and my eyes shot up to meet his, only his were focused on the bandages wrapped around me.“Take that off, lets have a look.” He stated and I felt myself shudder. I dropped my dress on the ground, unable to hold onto it and unwrap my ribs at the same time and gasped a little as I noticed the blood that had soaked through the bandages during t
July 13“Okay.” The word was out of my mouth before I could even really think about it, then suddenly I was nervous again. What the hell had I just agreed to?With a tentative smile the Alpha stepped away from me and pulled his shirt over his head, I vaguely heard him speak but quite honestly, I think a tornado could have swept through the building and I wouldn’t have noticed.My wolf was yelping like a sex starved horny teenager, telling me to do all manner of dirty things to the man and his many, many muscles, one particular suggestion had even my cheeks flaming and I was used to her inappropriate chatter.“What was that thought?”“Sorry?” I asked, my eyes snapping up to see an amused expression on his handsome face.“What was that thought, the one the turned your cheeks pink?” He asked and my face flamed, bright red, no way was I sharing that, nuh huh I would take the punishment.“Nothing.” I mumbled and he laughed, actually laughed, his head thrown back his muscles rippling, and o
July 16Life in the pack house went on as normal, the same routine was observed by all, jobs were handed out by Mrs H in the morning, afternoon and evening. I was still on light duties for the most part. Primarily because no one knew that Alpha Williams had healed my side, and if I told them, then I would also have to tell them that he’s my mate, something my wolf was still insisting we keep to ourselves.It was lunch time for the staff, and for the first time in as long as I could remember I was sat at the table with the girls. More often than not I used this time to take food to the pack members, but the Alphas lunch ran long, and Hannah still hadn’t finished packing up the leftovers.The girls were all animated, no one had been hurt since my punishment, the visitors seemingly had our Alpha in a good mood and we were all reaping the benefits of that so lunch was a happy affair, with lots of laughter, only I couldn’t bring myself to take part.While everyone around me was happy, laug