Ryan heard the tumbling sound from outside his room and his eyes immediately flew open in fear. He wanted to call out to whoever it was that had made the sound but a strange voice stopped him. He moved closer to his bedroom door and leaned toward the wooden frame to listen in on what could have caused the sound."Move out of my way Amelia," a deep voice growled and Ryan immediately recognised the name as his mother's name."Stay away from my son you bastard," his mother's familiar voice hissed desperately at whoever it was that spoke and Ryan could immediately sense that something was wrong and that he could be in danger."Your son is a curse Amelia, he should have been killed the very day he was born. Stop protecting him and move out of my way," the voice snapped back harshly and Ryan could not believe his ears nor could he fathom what could possibly be going on.'Curse?' he asked himself.His ears pressed further into the wooden frame."I'm begging you with everything you hold dear t
Twenty years later... "I can't believe you still haven't heard about him, Amelia. I mean, literally everyone in the pack knows the story of our crazy Alpha," Isabel reprimanded her best friend, Amelia, who always seemed oblivious of everything happening around her. "It's not like I haven't heard about him, it's just that I never cared to know more about him and besides, you know how much I hate gossiping and believing in crazy rumours," Amelia defended herself quickly, not liking the fact that her friend just indirectly called her nonchalant. "You know the saying, behind every rumour, there is always an iota of truth? Well, I believe in these particular rumours. Everyone can't be lying and making up similar and well detailed stories you know," Isabel fired back and Amelia rolled her eyes. "Okay fine, you have a point but isn't it just weird that our Alpha is always called a crazy man? Doesn't it make you feel some type of way? For me, it's almost like I'm being disrespectful towa
"What do you mean they're intruders? I thought we got rid of everyone? Haven't they all learnt to stay away?" Ryan hissed angrily as he wondered why any wolf in their right mind would cross his territory even after the scary stories surrounding him. "I guess they all think the stories are just exaggerated rumours. Also, we have reasons to believe that they plan on attacking unsuspecting people but I already told the men to prepare and we'll go get them later tonight," Adrian, Ryan's beta and closest friend informed him. "There's no need for that Adrian, I'll do it myself," Ryan replied and Adrian frowned. "You can't do that Ryan. They're on the outskirts of town and going there all by yourself is very dangerous," Adrian argued and Ryan let out a frustrated sigh. "They're here because they don't believe the rumours. So I'll go ahead and let them see for themselves that the rumours are true so they can go ahead and warn the others not to trespass. Also, I need an excuse to get out of
"Is he dead?" Isabel asked shakily with her eyes fixated on the unknown man's seemingly lifeless body. "Not yet but he'll soon be if I don't do something. He has lost way too much blood and his wound doesn't seem to be healing like it should," Amelia replied, trying her best to stop the bleeding from his stomach. "W...what should I do? How can I help?" Isabel asked. "First, we need to cover him up a bit more so the cold doesn't worsen his condition. Pass me the sack in the bag, that should be more than enough to keep him warm," Amelia instructed and Isabel quickly does as told. "But Amelia, what if he's a rogue or something? Wouldn't we be wrong for helping him out?" Isabel wondered, earning an annoyed glare from an unimpressed Amelia. "The only thing we should think about now is saving his life, Isabel. Whatever he is, we'll go over that when we're sure he's not gonna die on us. Now, stop fidgeting and wait here with him while I go find anything we could use to help him," Ame
Ryan's eyes fluttered open slowly as the sunlight hit his face from the small window behind him. He quickly tried to push himself up to examine where he was but was stopped midway when a sharp pain from his stomach area hit him. He looked down at his injury and the first thing he noticed was the weird looking ointment that seemed to have dried into his wound. He tried recalling who it was that could have helped him out and that was when everything hit him. He had finally met his mate. A feeling of pure embarrassment hits him as he realised that not only did he look horrible, he was also completely naked with only a sack covering the lower part of his body. He looked around him, trying to make sense of where he was but he couldn't come up with anything. He tried pushing himself up one more time so he could take a proper look around and maybe find whoever it was that had helped him out in the first place. "No, no, no, no, you shouldn't be getting up yet," an unfamiliar voice ye
"Sir, we've looked everywhere and there's still no trace of the Alpha," Ivan, one of Adrian's most trusted men, reported and Adrian let out a frustrated sigh. "He has to be here somewhere Ivan. He couldn't have just disappeared off the face of the earth. Search for anything and everything that could lead us to him and report back to me immediately you find anything. Is that understood?" Adrian instructed and Ivan nodded positively with a small bow before moving towards the rest of the men and relaying Beta's instruction. Adrian's eyes scanned around the forest as he wondered where in the world Ryan could be. He already tried reaching him through mindlink but seeing how he couldn't get across to his friend, he already guessed that his friend could be seriously injured or maybe too weak. "I've found something!" A voice yelled from behind Adrian and he quickly ran towards the direction of the voice. "This is blood," Adrian muttered as he saw the bloodstained cloth. He gently colle
"Amelia, you still haven't told me what happened between you and you know who yesterday. Did you two fight? Did he say he wasn't interested in you? What went wrong?" Isabel asked curiously for the umpteenth time, wondering why Amelia had refused to talk about him since they got back home. "I already told you nothing happened Isabel. Stop bringing it up already," Amelia warned tiredly and Isabel frowned. "How can you tell me nothing happened when you haven't stopped getting lost in your thoughts since we left? Stop lying to me already!" Isabel snapped impatiently and Amelia simply rolled her eyes. "Stop being a drama queen Isabel and let go of it," Amelia advised and Isabel internally fumed. "I can't believe it, Amelia. You really won't talk to me? So you're just gonna ignore your own best friend? Is this really how we're gonna do things now? We're now keeping secrets from each other? Okay then missy, suit yourself but you better not come crying to me when it starts to weigh you
Amelia stood in the darkness, carefully looking around in confusion. She couldn't help but wonder how she got here but instead of screaming first, she preferred to look around to be sure her life wasn't in danger. "Hello? Is anyone here?" she muttered in a shaky tone as the realisation of her situation finally dawned on her. 'Why was she here? How did she get here and most importantly, what is this place?' she wondered to herself, trying as best as she could not to panic. She knew panicking would do nothing but put her in even more danger. "Can anyone hear me? Is someone here?" Amelia asked, this time raising her voice slightly just in case someone would hear her. When she realised that she was by herself, her mind started to panic and she took in deep breaths to keep herself from freaking out in fear. "You can do something Amelia, you can get out of here. This place isn't gonna mess up your mind," Amelia muttered to herself but as soon as she felt a strong wind hit her face an