Everyone’s eyes were on Lillian. She felt nervous. She moved closer to Ryan’s ear.
“Are they going to eat me?” She whispered.
Ryan looked at her, amused, and licked the side of her face. He grinned.
‘Well, you do taste good.’
Karlie and Randall laughed secretly, apparently hearing his thoughts.
“Yuck… I’m going to bring a toothbrush and toothpaste tomorrow. Your mouth stinks.” She said and made a disgusted face.
This time Freya also laughed while her brother looked annoyed.
‘Looks like we have someone else to keep you annoyed.’ Freya grinned.
‘Are you asking for a fight?’ Ryan asked, annoyed.
‘No. I wouldn’t want your stinky breath on me.’ She snickered.
‘I am your Alpha.’ He warned.
‘But you are my stupid brother first.’ He told him and stuck her tongue out at him.
Ryan groaned, annoyed at his little sister.
“It’s getting late. I should go home.” Lillian said, looking at the sky slowly going dark, “But I don’t know the way out.”
‘Let’s drop her out of the forest. Her parents would come looking for her in the forest if she’s gone for too long.’ Randall said.
Ryan nodded. He sat down next to Lillian. He pointed his head to his back, gesturing her to sit on his back. Lillian looked at him, confused.
“Do you want me to pat your back?” she asked and patted his back.
‘My mate has such a low IQ.’ He was annoyed beyond words.
‘Aww… you wanted a pat on your back.’ Freya said in a teasing tone.
She moved towards him and patted his head with her paw.
‘You must’ve felt so lonely.’ She kept teasing him.
He tried to bite her paw, but she was fast enough to escape from his sharp teeth.
Lillian pulled his ear.
“Bad doggy. No fighting.” She scolded him.
The three wolves burst into laughter.
‘That’s it.’ He said and grabbed the back of Lillian’s cloth with his mouth and threw her up in the air. She screamed and landed on his back. As soon as she grabbed his fur, he took off. The three wolves follow him.
‘I think he’s pissed.’ Karlie said to Freya, blocking Randall and Ryan from her mind.
‘Of course he is. No one has ever scolded or grabbed his ear before. He’s always been treated as a king, as an alpha.’ Freya told her, also blocking the two wolves.
‘I think that Luna is going to get him angry more often.’ Karlie said a little nervously.
‘You bet.’ She snickered. ‘She’ll be an enormous change and a challenge to him.’
Freya then got serious.
‘But I’m more concerned about Shadow.’ Freya said.
‘Of course. Blake must’ve told him about the arrival of Luna.’ Karlie told her.
‘No doubt. Ryan didn’t have any weakness, but now he does. You know how protective our kind is about our other halves.’
‘Are you two also worried about the troubles Luna might bring to the pack?’ Randall asked, blocking Ryan out of his mind.
‘It doesn’t matter. A fight between the two packs is inevitable.’ Freya said.
‘But I wonder who he would save. The pack or Luna?’ Karlie asked.
The three went silent. The four wolves ran past the forest and in a few minutes, they were out of the forest.
Lillian got off of Ryan’s back, feeling a little uneasy. She was trying to keep her balance on the ground. When she was feeling okay, she patted Ryan’s head.
“Bye, bye doggy. I’ll see you tomorrow.” She then looked at the other three wolves, “Bye, red doggy, bye brown doggy, bye other white doggy.”
All three of them looked annoyed as she called them doggy, except for Ryan, who was grinning at them.
After saying her goodbyes, Lillian ran towards her grandmother’s house.
Freya walked beside Ryan, who watched Lillian running towards the house.
‘Brother. I know that she is your mate, but she will bring trouble to the pack.’ Freya told him.
Ryan sighed.
‘I was wondering when you were going to bring that up.’ He headed back into the forest. They followed him.
‘What do you plan to do, Alpha?’ Randall asked.
‘Fight Shadow head on. A fight between me and him can’t be avoided.’’
‘What about the pack?’ Karlie asked.
‘He just wants to fight with me. The pack will not have any losses.’ He told them.
‘But what if…’ Karlie couldn’t complete her sentence.
‘I know what you three are worried about. The pack and Lillian are equally important to me. I won’t let anything happen to both.’ He promised.
‘What if you had to choose?’ Freya asked.
Ryan stopped, and so did the others.
‘I don’t know, Freya. Protecting the pack is important, but now protecting Lillian is important too. You know what happens to a werewolf when they lose their mates. You know… what happened to our father. Even though he chose the pack instead of our mother, he regretted it and chose to be with her in the end.’
Everyone fell silent after that and return to the pack.
The rest of the wolves in the pack howled as their Alpha returned.
‘Hunter Wolves! Prepare for dinner!’ he ordered.
The hunter wolves howled once and ran away to hunt for food. They returned an hour later with dinner. They had good luck today and managed to hunt three deer, so they had a big feast.
‘I have to protect them but… I have to protect My Luna too. If I were to choose, who will I choose?’ he asked himself.
But wasn’t able to find the answer.
‘Freya. Randall. Karlie.’ He blocked everyone else out, Freya, Karlie and Randall.
They looked at him.
‘Let’s not tell anyone about Luna yet.’
Everyone nodded their head in union.
Ryan closed his eye and felt Lillian’s excited and happy feelings. He smiled and then walked away and went to his parents’ grave. He sat in front of them.
“What would you do if you had a second chance, dad? Would you still have picked the pack?” he asked.
But there was no one who could answer.
“Thought I’d find you here.” Freya said coming behind him.
He turned his head and saw him coming towards him.
“I wish they were still alive.” He told her.
She stopped and rested her head against him.
“Me too.” She told him.
“Do you think I make a good Alpha?” he asked her.
“You’re trying your best for the pack and that makes you a good Alpha.” She told him.
She smirked playfully at him. She raised her paw and patted his head.
“There, there doggy.” She told him and laughed.
His ears fell in annoyance. He looked at her dead, annoyed.
“Shut up before I scratch that expression of your stupid face.” He told her.
She shoved her paw into his shoulder.
“Nice. Keep telling mom and dad how much of a brat you are?” she told him and walked away.
He sighed and shook his head at his sister.
Ryan went to his house and laid down on the ground kept thinking about Lillian. He smiled, thinking about her, but then his smile faded as he thought about the fight with Shadow. ‘Do I have to make a choice?’ he asked himself, not wanting to make a choice between his pack and Luna. He heard soft paws approaching towards him. He raised his head to see who it was and saw the elder wolf, Esmeralda. He bowed her head in respect. “Elder wolf.” He greeted her. “At ease, Alpha.” She told him. He stood up straight and looked at her. “What brings you here, elder wolf?” he asked her. “I have seen that you met your Luna.” She told him. Esmeralda had the power to see the future, and that is one of the reasons she was made the elder wolf. She was a wise and a kind wolf. She was also his aunt, and he respected her deeply. “Yes.” He answered. “And she is human?” she asked him. “Yes.” He answered with a
Ryan heard someone yelling in the distance and looked in that direction. He felt Lillian was extremely sad. He wondered if it had something to do with the yelling. Just then Randall came running towards him. “Lillian ran away from her father and ended up running to Shadow’s territory!” Randall told him through mind link. His heart started pounding hard with fear. He howled to gather the elite wolfs. “What now?” Freya asked in an annoyed, sleepy tone. “Our Luna ran to Shadow’s territory.” Randall told her. “What?” she asked in shock. “I’m coming!” In a few seconds, Freya and Karlie were standing in front of them. “What happened?” Freya asked him worriedly. “We don’t know. I only saw her running to Shadow’s territory.” Randall told them. “What do we do?” Karlie asked worriedly. Everyone looked at Ryan for his instructions. Ryan was having trouble deciding what he should do. If he provoked the Midni
Ryan waited just outside Shadow’s territory. He was on high alert and looking at the other wolves in front of him very carefully. “Where is your Alpha?” Ryan asked Blake. “He is on his way here.” He told him with a smirk. “Where’s the girl?” Ryan asked him with a snarl. “What girl?” Blake asked, pretending to play dumb. “Do not test my patience!” He growled at him. “And what if we do?” Shadow asked, coming into view. “I’m here for my Luna, Shadow. She’s just a child and has no part in this.” He told her. “Your Luna?” he asked amused and laughed at him. “She is not your Luna, she is mine. Unless you’re saying that she can have two wolf mates.” Ryan looked at her in utter shock. It was not possible. A wolf couldn’t possibly have two mates, let alone a human. It was unheard of
Everyone looked at her in shock. “How?” Shadow asked her. Esmeralda shook his head at him and looked at Lillian. She then looked at them. “Let us talk outside.” She told them and walked out. The rest followed her to Ryan’s house except for Freya, who stayed behind to look after Lillian and Liam. Just outside, Shadow stopped Blake and told him to guard and keep guard outside. “Now tell us what you saw. Why is she dying?” Ryan asked her in a desperate and worried tone. “It’s not her who is dying. But there is death surrounding her.” She told him. “Meaning that people around her die?” he asked her. “Yes.” She answered. “Is she cursed?” Shadow asked, coming forward. “Yes, and no. It’s a tough question.” She told him.
Freya took Lillian outside while Ryan and Esmeralda talked with her father. “Would you like something to eat or drink?” Esmeralda asked Liam with the warmest smile. “Umm, water. Thank you.” He told her there was still some fear in his tone. Ryan went to the other room and when he came back, he was in his human form, fully clothed and was holding a glass of water. Liam recognized him at once because he had shifted in front of him in the forest earlier. He walked closer to Liam and handed it to him. Liam took the glass with shaking hands. His hands were shaking so badly that water was splashing out of the glass. “You are still freaked out.” Ryan told him. “Who? Me? No, I’m not freaking out. You’re freaking out.” He just said without even thinking or realizing what he was saying. “You are freaking out.” Esmeralda told him and nodded once at him.
When Liam and Lillian got home, he saw his wife walking back and forth on the porch worriedly.Hannah saw him coming towards her, with Lillian sleeping against him. She finally took a breath of relief.“Where were you?” She hissed at him quietly.“I’ll explain later.” He whispered to her and went inside.She followed him into Lillian’s bedroom. When he put her down, Hannah caressed her head and kissed her forehead. Then she grabbed her husband’s arm and pulled him to the kitchen and glared at him.“Do you have any idea how worried I was?” she asked him angrily in a low tone.He grabbed her shoulders and looked at her apologetically.“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to scare you or make you feel worried.” He kissed her forehead. “Did you have dinner?” he asked her.“No. I didn’t make anything because I was worried sick about you two.&r
Ryan was waiting for Lillian and her parents just outside the forest, with Freya by his side. They heard someone coming behind them and looked. Shadow and Blake approached them. “How long have you been waiting?” Shadow asked him. “Just a few minutes.” Ryan replied and looked at Lillian’s house. He nodded. “I have a suggestion.” Shadow told him, looking in the same direction. Ryan looked at him, listening to what he had to say. “Let’s end the hatred between the two packs.” Shadow told him. Ryan and Freya looked at him, shocked. They were not expecting that. “What are you planning?” Freya asked, not hiding her suspicion. “An alliance.” He told her, looking at her. “What she means was, why all of a su
They were at Sunshine pack, at Ryan’s house. He was explaining things to Liam and Hannah about how werewolves find their soulmates while Shadow was outside playing with Lillian. Randall was out doing his rounds with Karlie while Freya was keeping an eye on Shadow and Blake.Freya was still pretty shocked every time she saw Shadow act like a stupid puppy. Esmeralda saw her from her house and she walked towards her niece. Freya noticed her standing by her side.“I still can’t believe what I’m seeing.” She told her aunt, keeping her eyes on Shadow.Esmeralda giggled.“That’s the power of a mate.” Esmeralda told her.“If I’m going to act like that, then I don’t want to find mine.” She told her.“Oh, my dear, when the time comes, you won’t have that choice.” Esmeralda giggled