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Chapter 8: Mate
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Alpha's Fate Chapter 9: Theo
Lucas showing up here is entirely unexpected. If other species show their faces in another’s territory, it’s to attack, not to talk. The prickle at the nape of my neck keeps my hair on end. My ears twitching with every little sound that might signify betrayal. From what I gathered after that council meeting, no one can be trusted.We left behind Simon and several other guard members to keep the bloodsuckers company. Only Lucas and his right hand, Danya, were allowed onto pack territory. Stealing her breath, confidence strong in her posture, Katrina led us back to her parents' former home - now hers - straight to the office. It’s the only room that’s secure enough to discuss business matters.Nia, our new Commander of the Guard, myself, Katrina, Oscar Divorio, our Omega, Lucas and Danya, filter into the room, my fingers latching the series of locks behind us. Just as he always does, the cool swagger dripping off him, Lucas leans his hip against the desk, as Katrina sits behind it. A ru
Alpha's Fate Chapter 10: Katrina
Avoiding the stares that will surely come with what Theo and I just did, we choose to stay at my parent’s house tonight. The whispers and speculation will still be the first things we hear in the morning, but for now I want to avoid any and all questions. Not failing to ignore that I allowed Vampires into our territory. That will raise suspicion, unease and tempers. All things my exhausted mind is not equipped to handle at the moment.The silence and emptiness without them filling the massive house, pulls at my insides. I can tell Theo wants to ask me a million questions too, but at the same time, he’s focused on something else entirely. He trails me as we make our way through the hallways filled with photos of me as a child and our pack mates. Where the office is decorated in elegance, the walls of our home with love and memories.My fingers trail over one of my favorites, from a time when Nia and I were small enough for my father to hold each of us in one hand. He had us hoisted hig
Alpha's Fate Chapter 1: Katrina
Blood. There's blood everywhere. Lining the walls, soaked into the carpet and the sofa and curtains. Streaked across the pale gray walls like a slasher flick. Sliding through my fingers in a thick sludgy sticky mess and soaking through the legs of my jeans as I kneel in it staring down at the lifeless bodies of my parents. I don't know what shock feels like. I imagine the numbness that's enveloping me, and the searing pain roaring through my heart coupled with the breaths I need to take remaining lodged in my throat making my lungs burn might be it. Today was a day like any other. My best friends and I were out enjoying the nightlife of New Orleans, only to return home to half our pack having been slaughtered. Only for me to waltz into my parent's home to find them mutilated almost beyond recognition. Our Alpha and Luna were dead for hours, their bodies already starting to cool to the touch. I screamed for anyone to come help me when I found them. Nia Rannulf, my best friend, being
Alpha's Fate Chapter 2: Theo
The shift from man to wolf seems endless, with my need to follow Kat urging me forward. My heavy paws pound across the damp ground, following her by scent and sound, her gut wrenching, her sobs filling my head. She is by far the most stubborn and infuriating female I've ever encountered. All these years, doing my best to protect her and look out for her at her parent's request has nearly been the death of me for two reasons. One, she's an absolute pain in the ass, always needing to be in control and do as she pleases; that will be even worse now that she's Alpha. Two because I am head-over-heels, no-going-back, I-can't-live-without-you type in love with her. It wasn't planned or intentional and it damn sure isn't right. As commander of the guard, it’s my duty to ensure the wolves that fight and protect us are ready at all times. That means I am one of three that answer directly to the Alpha. She outranked me before, but now, for lack of better terms, she is my boss. There’s never
Alpha's Fate Chapter 3: Mate
The stretching yank of my insides pulls me from deep sleep. A sensation akin to the fibers of my muscles and tendons being pulled taught as if strings on a violin or guitar. It's the most painful and soothing sensation, all at once, that I've ever felt. I don't know what it is, or how to identify it. I've never felt anything quite like this, even shifting into the wolf feels nothing like this. Although the comfort of remembering exactly how that feels is slowly fading with time. This is something I can't describe, like instead of my body shredding apart and reknitting, it's being reinforced and bonded stronger. A howl escapes my human mouth. I haven't been able to access or shift into my wolf for years. I lost count after five, but without a doubt have felt the years stretch well beyond that. As a teenager I was abducted from my bedroom in the dead of night, drugged and brought here, wherever here actually is. I'm a prisoner, living in a glistening cage. I've never been kept in a du
Alpha's Fate Chapter 4: Katrina
Theo and I are quick to find some clothing stashed in a tree trunk before returning to face the pack. More than once I catch him looking at me as my fingers drift up to my swollen lips that only moments before had been firmly pressed against his. He says nothing. I don't want him to. I don't know what that kiss meant or why my insides seemed to stir to life at our naked bodies pressed against one another in the streaks of moonlight licking against our flesh. I wanted more than that kiss and I have no doubt Theo would have given it to me. That's a dangerous position for us to be in. A position I refuse to put him in. We've nearly cleared the treeline when a crippling feeling pulls at my insides, making me double over. The fibers holding the muscles, tendons and ligaments tight stretching and reforming as if controlled by a puppeteer. My wolf's voice echos loud in my head, the normal timber having an odd baritone to it, as if mixed with a males. I tell myself it’s the curse of being Al
Alpha's Fate Chapter 5: Katrina
“Roman, explain to me how these intruders were missed. It was your squad on patrol last night, under your charge?” I’m seething, as I lean over the table, my face meer inches from Roman’s. We’ve been here all morning questioning every remaining pack member one by one, the headache I started the day with only growing in strength, with each new interrogation. He has been one of the guard leaders for years, since before I was born twenty seven years ago. Not once has ever been out of line. Not once has anything ever gone awry on his watch, so I need to understand now, how he missed multiple wolves from various packs prowling past our border and murdering our pack. It hasn’t escaped me that someone on the inside had to have helped make this happen. We are too strong a pack, tethered too tightly in our military preparation for something like this to just happen as a fluke. I can’t say if Roman is the traitor amongst us, but if he is, I will tear his throat out with my own claws, a puni
Alpha's Fate Chapter 6: Theo
Preparing for a Lunar Gate ceremony with less than a day until the full moon has the pack in a frenzy. It’s not often a wolf dies, and nearly unheard of that many will pass at once, all being guided back to the moon goddess. That’s the purpose of the Lunar Gate, with the full moon shining bright above our heads, it’s our direct doorway to the goddess that looks down on us from the craters above. It’s supposed to allow the spirits of our departed to join her once more free of the turmoil of this earthly world.Though the ceremony itself isn’t a complicated one, it’s a time suck for Seiko, the pack’s Seer. Each pack has one, an elder blessed with visions of the past, present and future. The visions that come are specific to the phases of the moon. Waxing being the future, waning the past and a full moon, the effervescent present. Seiko’s gift will help guide each wolf spirit, in its own time, back to the goddess.One by one she’ll touch each departed brethren waiting for the signs of re
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