ROWAN.“Mummy!”The familiar cry has nme turning toward it to see Jhenelle in the arms of a stranger, heading towards me.“Jhenelle!” I cry out as I hurry over to them, snatching her from the man's hands the moment I reach them and hugging her violently. “Where have you been?! How could you leave without telling anyone? Do you have any idea how worried we were?!”“I am sorry mummy,” she says as she tightens her arms around me. “I just wanted to come with you and see outside.”“Still, you do not do that. You don't leave without telling anyone,” I scold before taking a deep breath. “I am glad you are okay, but you know you are in big trouble, right young lady? You are so grounded.”“I know. I am sorry.”“I know you are sorry.+,” I say before looking up at the man. “Thank you so much. So very much. You have no idea how grateful I am.”“I can fathom an idea. I am glad to be of help,”he says with a smile.“How… How did you know she was missing? That we were looking for her?”“I ran into t
ROWAN “That son of a bitch!” I snarl out loud.They know each other, they just have to.I remember seeing the man approach Louis with surprise and Louis reacting to him before Turning away.But the man kept tagging along, speaking to him but Louis never turned back.He didn't turn back because he knew I was at the control room.“Damn it!” I snap as I get to my feet, ready to confront him but before I reach the door, a knock sound on it before swinging open and Alden walks in.“Alden!” I exclaim. “You are here. Good, just the man I needed to see,” I say beige heading back to my desk.“Is there a problem, Guia?” he Al's as he approaches me.“I don't know yet,” I answer as I get a pen and paper and begin scribbling on it. “But I need you to head back to two and meet Lincoln, our contact. Do you remember him?”“Yes, he was the one who got you into the security control room,” he answers.“Exactly. Give him this. Tell him it is urgent,” I say as I hand him the paper.“Right away,” he says
ROWAN.It is huge.And black.And menacing.Too… much to be an average wolf.Maybe a beta or… an Alpha.“What do you think?” Rina asks quietly. “I think we better get that girl to the clinic before she dies of fright,” I reply as my eyes rove over the girl.She is quaking in terror as she watches Louis wolf circle her while also sniffing at her.“What is he doing?” Rina asks again.“No idea,” I say as we carefully approach them.“He is checking if she is hurt or bleeding,” Lisa responds.Oh.I don't like it.Him worrying over another person.But I will be damned before I say that out loud.“Hi,” I say quietly to the girl as I kneel before. Are you okay? Are you hurt?”She shakes her head in the negative, her eyes never leaving Louis’s prowling form.“That is enough, Louis,” I call out to him. “She is okay.”He huffs in response before walking away. Out of the corner of my eyes, I see one of the gathered wolves hand him a park of slacks.Turning back to the girl, I focus my attention
VIKTOR.“Let's talk about your wolf.”I should have expected that..There was just no way she could have ignored my wolf.Not with how sharp and astute she is.“Okay,” I say as I follow her toward one of the enclosures in the building, giving us a semblance of privacy. “What about it?”“It is huge.”“Okay…”“Bigger than normal. The only wolf I have seen come close to that size is mine, and I am not exaggerating.”What?! There is no way.I am a large wolf, huge as she so aptly said. When training, I tower even over Andre, my beta by almost two feets. How can she say she is close to me?“That… that is impressive.”“I know. Normal, average wolves don't have that size. The closest I have seen a warrior wolf come close is three feets short of what you are.”“if you say so.”“Don't play games, louis. Not today. I am exhausted.”“Fine. What do you want to know?”“What is your status?”“How an i-”“Every wolf has a semblance or an idea of where they fall into. Where do you fall into?”Damn.
VIKTOR.She really, really wasn't kidding when she said her wolf was huge.At the very same height as me, with power rolling off those muscles, she might actually stand a chance against me.Okay.Maybe this would be fun.Lisa then walks into the middle of the field, taking her position between us as she addresses the crowd and us.“Okay, listen up!” she starts. “This is a friendly match. It ends when the other opponent taps out or in this case, yields. No drawing of blood. No kill move. Are we clear?”I make a movement with my head while Rowan wags her tail in agreement.“Okay, then. Let the match begin!”Before I can even blink, I see Rowan’s wolf charging at me, the ground trembling with the force of her paws.I get out of the way a split second before she runs into me.Whirling around, I see her wolf skid to a stop, gathering dust before turning back to me.This time, when she charges, I meet her head on.We collide into a mess of limbs, snarling at each other as we try to get a fi
ROWAN “What was that?!” I mutter to myself as I speed walk into my study. “What the hell was that?!”The image replays in my head again.Me leaning over to lick his face.“That was practically a kiss!”I whine out. “Why couldn't you just control yourself?!”My wolf remains quiet, but I can sense a satisfied, smug hum coming from her.Is there a way to beat up your wolf without hurting yourself? I really need to know.Louis’s look of delighted surprise flashes through my eyes again and I practically collapse to the floor In a petulant whine.He would think he has a chance now!“Why do you keep getting me in trouble you-”I don't get to finish the sentence because the door opens at that moment to let in both Rina and Lisa.“Hey,”Rina’s concerned voice calls out. “Are you okay?” she asks as she comes to kneel before me.She is still the kind, pure hearted woman that had pulled me out of the river all those years ago.“Yeah, are you?” Lisa adds. “We need to know before we can mock you for
ROWAN “Hi,” he says with a shy smile as his eyes move between the three of us. “You are busy, I will come back later,” he adds as he turns to leave.“No!” Rina exclaims as she hips from my table and grabs Lisa. “You can stay, we were leaving anyway.”“Are you sure? I can come back later?”“Nah, we are done here,” she insists as she walks out of the door. For a few seconds, we just stare at each other,neither of us saying a word before he blinks and clears his throat.“I uh… that was a… a good fight. I am impressed,” he comments.“Hmm, same here. I am convinced that you are an Alpha. Which means you have to get your memories as soon as possible.”“Hmm? Why?”“Because you have a pack who might be going out of their mind searching for you. The last thing the Coalition needs is an attack from one of you guys.”“Right, that makes sense,” he says quietly before approaching the desk. “I am actually here to… apologize?”Apologize?“Why? You didn't do anything. Instead, I was the one who… di
VIKTOR “NO!” “No! No! Stay away from me! Don't touch me! Stop!”“Please, please, don't.”“Please, please, please.”The memory keeps replaying in my head as I storm out of the mansion and break it into a run round the perimeter. Terror.That is what I saw in her face.Terror.Rowan, strong, smart, witty, Rowan…Who was it?Who was the bastard that hurt her?Who would dare hurt a wonderful woman like her?Just what sort of spineless, unfortunate coward would hurt her?It can't be anyone from the settlement.From what I have observed and heard, everyone loves her or at the very least respects her.And they are also very protective towards her, so no.It can't be from hereHer pack, then?“Some of us… some of us were made that way. By our packs. By those we trusted. Abused. Tormented. Left for dead. It takes a while for us to begin to trust again, even longer for the trauma to fade.”Who made her that way?So panicked?I want to kill them?Slowly choke the life out of them until they t