_____________________ . . . They were too easy to kill. They were a decoy. 'Fuck it!' Noelle screeched in her head. 'Alright girlie, olfactory senses in ultra-mode.' "I am not 'girlie'." The wolf barked but did as was told. "I can smell them everywhere." 'If I sent a decoy to the east border, where exactly would I really want to be?' "The west?" The wolf said and then exclaimed. "The pack house!" . Noelle turned to her mate to find him engaged on a rogue with another warrior. She howled at him for attention. He quickly turned around, sensing what she felt, and signaled the warrior to take over. Noelle didn't wait as she ran in the direction of the pack house and Ezekiel followed, both of them realizing the rogues had become more alert. "Take them down!" Ezekiel barked into the pack link. "Leave just one alive to be interrogated." They ran for a good ten minutes before they reached the entrance to the pack house. Ezekiel shifted and charged inside while Noelle stopped.
____________________________ . . . "Or she could be in on it." All eyes turned to Anna, who looked like she had enough of the praises showered at the Luna. They were in the streets, fixing stuff as they talked in the mind link. They could not risk being heard because the trackers weren't sure if they had missed any of the cameras or bugs. "The way that she saved everyone, figured this out and stayed. I doubt." One of the warriors said into the mind link. "But now that the spy cameras have been found out, the rogues behind it must know that we have been alerted." She reasoned. "Not if our acting was good enough," Sebastian said. "We pretended to not see them and acted as if we were checking if all the papers were there. They were using scent-hiders and only two of the most trained trackers could smell it out. We exchanged genuine information through the mind link and talked bullshit out loud." The plan was fool-proof. Blood Moon had the best trackers. If it was some other pack,
_________________________ . . . "Anna," Ezekiel said without thinking. "I want Anna Krone to win." There was no change in her expression, not even in her eyes which were already empty and glassy. Only in the mate bond could the change be felt. There was no more tugging them closer. It was as if the Moon Goddess stopped trying to bring them together. For she had, because she knew that these two stubborn wolves would never come together because of a mate bond. They would come together only when they feel like it. The pairing made even the Moon Goddess question her power. How could two wolves be so stubborn? So stubborn that they were resisting the most powerful bond to ever be forged in the world. Honestly, these two made the Moon Goddess facepalm, watching their squabble and inner turmoil. . . . Noelle counted about eleven other she-wolves who would be challenging her by the mere expressions on their face while one of the elders droned and droned about the rites and rituals
_______________________ . . . "Big mistake." Noelle choked out, spitting blood as she did. And she said for her mate to hear, "The deal is off." As Anna's wolf glared at her, Noelle let hers out. Her eyes turned glassy grey and angry and with the anger rose power. The cracking of bones shocked the crowd. "Luna, you cannot shift." The elder exclaimed but she didn't pay heed. Because she wasn't shifting. It was her bone reshaping, healing at a rate deemed impossible. Within moments, Noelle stood tall and strong, every single scratch on her body healed, as if she didn't have them in the first place, dried blood the only sign of any previous wounds. Anna's eyes widened as she watched the she-wolf look as if she had just entered the field, with the kind of power only a Luna could radiate. "Let's try again." Noelle chuckled as she tossed the blade to Anna's side and moved a few steps back. "I challenge you to fight me." Ezekiel blew out a breath, his eyes wide, his heart beating ag
________________________ . . . "NOELLE!" The Alpha dashed into the room, making the two she-wolves and the pup jump. "Zeke.." Selene hissed at him while he looked between them apologetically, his chocolate brown orbs settling down on his mate. Selene understood that the mates needed some alone time so that they could talk all of it out. It was clear as day that Noelle was extremely pissed at the Alpha while Ezekiel was just worried sick for her. "I will leave you two alone now." She said as she approached Noelle to take a sleeping Jonah from her arms. Noelle was reluctant to give him to her because he had become somewhat her safe haven in the pack though they had only spent time with each other for the four days before the duel. "Noelle." He said again as Selene closed the door behind her. "Can't we have another duel?" She turned to him, pouting. Ezekiel looked at her confused and then like she had gone crazy and then finally chuckled and said. "Do you think anyone would want
_______________________ . . . Noelle looked at her reflection in the mirror. She stood naked, tall – as tall as her five-three could be – and full of scars. And suddenly the entire scars disappeared, leaving her pale, moisturized skin with a pinch of pink to it. A healer. That's what she was. The pack doctor, Sabrina Meyers, had come to see her. And she had told her how she had to do absolutely no work on her body. It was unheard of - being completely cured in a day after taking wolfbane to the heart. Sabrina had told her, "I know absolutely no wolf who can heal against Wolfbane. Silver can be dealt with if it doesn't do much harm to the tissues but Wolfbane spreads into the body way too quickly and it kills you. But your body just... chucked it out and shut the wound." Noelle herself was very confused by her powers. But she remembered vaguely that she had spoken to Ezekiel before she passed out as if she knew that she could heal herself like that. But even her wolf had denied k
______________________________ . . . "Yo Hunter, I still haven't met your mate." Noelle decided that since she couldn't have any fun while she was in her uptight mate's office, she might as well make small talk to ward of the sleepiness she was strongly feeling. "He is not back yet." Hunter rolled his eyes. He was already missing his mate, Simon Rhodes, a lot, and Noelle had to go ahead and mention him. Again, it was not the she-wolf's fault because Hunter kept pretending that he didn't remember he had a mate so Noelle thought it was completely fine to bring the genius spy and tracker of the pack up. Noelle sighed. She really needed to make some friends. The Alpha was such a bore; all he did was work. The Beta hated her. Her mate was nice to her but kept his distance so as to not aggravate his mate. The Gamma was fun but he was always stuck with the boring Alpha because they were best friends. And these four along with Selene, John, and Jonah concluded the number of wolves she wa
_________________________ . . . The three sat there and ate their lunch silently. John and Jonah had already eaten and were out in the garden and were soon joined by Selene when Noelle insisted that she would clean up after lunch and Selene should rest. The mates locked eyes multiple times, the sexual tension in the room intensifying with every gaze. Ezekiel eyed her lips, trailing his tongue over his own. Noelle bit her lower lip, feeling pressure on her abdomen. "Hunter, you should go home for today," Ezekiel said in a strained voice, his eyes frozen on his mate. "Huh? What's wr-" Hunter looked and was about to enquire when it finally hit him. The smell of their arousal. The Gamma burst out laughing while Noelle sat back with a growl, glaring at her mate. Ezekiel gave him a hard look. "Okay okay!" Hunter put his hands up in surrender and grabbed another sandwich before walking out, chuckling to himself. Noelle narrowed her eyes at her mate when he got off his seat and tur