The pack, well most of them women, pups and men had gathered outside the door of the infirmary taking in the sights of a human girl, unconscious, just like the previous. The crowd split in equal parts upon my approach, no one daring, except Allison ofcourse who was used to my menacing aura, followed. Her steps were quick, filled with the anticipation of her fellow members outside. It wasn't as if we've never seen humans before, well, most of us that is. Once you were part of patrol or a leader, that was an incidence that couldn't be avoided. Though for the last hundred years or so, the only humans we've come across ever so often were the Hunter clan. Humans who had migrated to Cascade falls and thought themselves to be the owners of this land. They invaded our home, demolished bonds we had and even more, went ahead to destroy our environment. Now Silver moon, my pack is the only pack that still resides in the forest closer to where humans live. We act as sentinels, alarms for other su
I watch impatiently as the woman works, patching up my arms as if by some miracle or not, they'll fall off. I swear it's like they've never had scratches or bruises before. And if that wasn't the worst, who the hell sets up a hospital in the middle of nowhere? With the scary guy gone and the pregnant woman, we're left alone. She questions me, but I don't even cast her a glance. Too preoccupied with my thoughts of finding my bestfriend and also because I'm not interested. She's the reason why I'm still here, her and that arrogant bastard of a man. And where did he get off ordering me like that? I mean, that just plain rude! And I normally don't even listen to anyone. Just ask Moi, I'm my own boss. But then again I did calm down and I did stay. Weird, but that's just a fluke. There's no way I'm staying here. I had to find Moi, and we had to get home before Lorenzo figured out we were MIA or he'll definitely blow a gasket. And Moi would have my head, which is a whole disaster all in
The moment I heard my name, all else faded into the background. Well Rider faded into the background. I bolted from my position, tugging the door open, running over to my bestfriend. I fell atop her person, squeezing her body beneath my weight. Oh my god she's alive! "Moi!" I screamed into her ear. "You're awake. I'm so happy!" "How are you doing? Are you okay, hurting? You're alive!" I kept ranting into the ridiculously small space between our bodies, much too relieved to know she was conscious; yet too excited to just shut the hell up! My word vomit only paused hearing a muffled voice beneath my body as I squashed my bestfriend. The moment I let up, Moi took a deep breath blinking at me. "You're alive!" I murmured again almost teary eyed. "Barely, " She grumbled back. "You're crushing me here. " But I refused to let up hugging her close. In the future I'll remember to tell her never to mention this scenario to anyone. There's no way I'm letting people know about how weak I am r
RIDER When I turn away from Halie, I rush to my cabin, heading for the shower. The spray of the water is harsh, a welcome glacier against the furnace of my body. I'm not myself today. I'm leering and I hate it. I have to get my thoughts together and to do that I need to take a breather. Take a step away from everything including my newly-yet clueless mate and analyse things. I finish, grabbing a black shirt with matching shorts. It's not my favorite, practically it doesn't need to be, in a few they'll be ruined anyway. Oh shit, I realized, I haven't even gotten time to eat breakfast. With all the back and forth between Halie and I, it didn't even register that I was hungry. The front door swings open, Allison storming in but my eyes are glued to what's in her hands. In a few quick steps, I've swiped everything, including the cup of coffee, settling on the stool in the kitchen. "You're welcome Rider, " She says sarcastically taking a seat, her hands slowly stroking her enlarge stom
Qinn's heavy breathing lapped at my hind legs as we pushed forward, the forest quiet, only interrupted by the flash of lightening every now and again. Tonight was going to be completely horrible, I could feel it. The way my body tingled, and my fur stood on ends. For a moment the thought crosses of whether my mate was okay, it's annoying to think that she'd use the opportunity to try and escape in the midst of all this choas. A part of me wished I had stayed and watched over her. Then I berated myself for ever thinking like that. I was Beta. Our Alpha wasn't home. It was my duty to protect our pack at all cost. Mate or no mate. I could see our wolves holding the perimeter line leading to the first tier of the pack. I howled alerting them of our arrival but leaped over the fencing without stopping. 'Where are they?' 'A hundred yards out Beta, ''Quinn?''I got it.'The rain started amplifying to the ominous atmosphere around us, the smell of dried blood and dirt mixing in the air. W
"Do you hear all that?" "Yeah, " I respond from my position with my head against the bed. "I don't really care. " A terrifying howl breaks the hush and Moi stiffened while a chill runs down my spine. It's here? Whatever that thing was followed us here? "Halie!" Moi says slowly. "We're staying inside. We're safe here. " I'm telling her as reassurance but I'm not convinced myself. We should have left. There are more dangers here and in the forest if we stay and never go home. What if we never get home? What if we're stuck here? The fear of it all overwhelms me and I push away from my chair walking towards the window. The glass is cold against my touch, the horizon clouded in darkness. My eyes fall below seeing the scampering of people, Rider and other men I don't know. There's Allison too. I gasp. "Oh my god Allison!" I shout watching her screaming in pain as she grips Rider. He's worried too, barking orders as another rushes somewhere inside here. Another angry howl pierced t
Quinn stares silently but in utter shock. But I'm crazy, and frustrated for reasons beyond me, but it just can't be right. They left him? He's not back? My mind flashes to the slobbering animal that almost ate me and Moi. My chest tightens and I'm almost wheezing. After everything that has happened last night I'm not even sure here is safe anymore. "How....why aren't you worried? Why isn't anyone worried?" I ask Quinn gesturing to the staring people all around me. A small voice screams at the back of my head to just shut up! Shut up, sit and maybe pray that everyone would just forget about me. But I'm still standing, still freaked out about the ridiculous calm that's in this room. "We should do something, check to see if he's alright?" My voice is frantic and I'm blinking all over the room full of jitters. Quinn held onto my wrist as I attempted to move off, grounding me to the spot. "Hey, " He says softly. "I get it, but he's fine. " "Can't be fine. Not with those, those huge th
RIDER The last wolf snarled back at us from about one yard out, before rushing off with the others disappearing into the thickness of the trees. I'm breathing heavy, fatigued and partially overwhelmed. When was the last time I had sleep? Maybe a day ago? Dammit. We're all running short on fuel. "Should we go after them?" "No. Head back" I respond through the mind link, surveying the area one last time before leading the small group home. Once we've gone over the perimeter, I shift talking with a few of the other wolves, before giving instructions to the new shift that has come in. Everyone is exhausted. We had to keep out rogues last night, which as much as it isn't odd, is odd tonight. They attacked but none was serious about going through the perimeter, which meant they were probably testing our strength. Rogues were bad news all over and with the trouble we're already facing well, trouble doesn't exactly set up like rain does it? I settle on having a well deserved bath and defi