ELENA WOLFEEvery nerve in my body felt like it was a ticking time bomb as I paced up and down the length of the cabin living room.How long had the rogue been away?I was sick and tired of staring at walls and talking to myself all day! Even the handmaiden Michael had brought pissed me off!She wasn't Emily. She didn't understand.“Fuck this, I can't take this shit anymore!” I hissed, snapping on my purple night slip and slithering through the front door, aware that the eyes of every soldier in the foyer had turned to me.My hands shook before I fisted them in my dress, keeping my head up and marching determinedly toward the thick bamboo gates, daring any one of them to stop me.“Your Grace-” One of the soldiers attempted before I cut him off, whirling to face his ruddy square face with a self-righteous snort.I hated that I was acting like the bitchy Queen. That was Carla’s thing, and yet, my wolf demanded an escape.I couldn't just sit still.“The rogue has demanded we keep you ins
ANTHONY GOTHAMThe trip to the other allying packs was not going well, and the sun had set well over the line of the horizon when we reached the black, ominous mass of slender trees.“This is bad Anthony, damned near all of our allies have defected to Cove. What the fuck is Alaric even giving them? That beast has nothing to offer but pain and more fucking suffering!” Fedora hissed, her black eyes flashing between the cloth mask she wrapped around her face as our horses trotted around the dirt path.I hadn't wanted to think about it, but the woman was right. There were only so many traitors I could kill.Alaric Wolfe’s army was growing too darn close to Gotham and I didn't like it in the least bit.“Power. Isn't it obvious? Every mutt in Wolf County has blood lust the size of the fucking Atlantic!” I spat acidly, raising a hand to stop the march when my ears flexed on the quiet rustling sound coming only a few feet away from us.“Torches out!” I rasped through my teeth and the guard's
Michael GothamMy heart was a bloody dynamite in my chest as I skulked through the dark woods with the rogue’s letter in my hands, cursing softly when yet another twig branch snapped under my boot.This was what I got for being a three hundred pound brick wall of flesh and muscle. I couldn't go anywhere without being heard unless I was shifted into my wolf, and then I would be leaving my scent for anyone who cared to follow.I glanced down at the letter again and my heart gave a violent start inside me.“You have to hurry back to the base Michael, the Queen is acting crazy. Someone’s been stalking the cabin grounds and she’s in recovery-” I read again with nothing short of a growl before I fisted the paper in my hands.It didn't make any fucking sense! I was gone one night and the rogue couldn't even follow instructions!Sometimes I thought the little shit was only good at killing! What good did Anthony ever see in him anyway?!“Hello?!” The woman’s voice had caught me so off-guard th
ELENA WOLFEThe feel of a large hand brushing over my lips in the darkness made me snap my eyes open.My heart hammered wildly inside me when I met Michael’s wild blue eyes in the dark, hushing me.“Mnghhh,” A moan escaped my throat before I thought to close my teeth around the sound and his eyes grew even wider, hands digging into my mouth until it hurt.What the hell was happening?! The sound of a moan below us made my ears ring in the uneasy silence that filled the room before I shoved him off me, watching as he stumbled back, lifting me in his arms in one swift motion.“Don't breathe a word, Lei,” He rasped, hurriedly throwing on his shirt over the delectable porcelain flesh that rippled in the waning light of the fireplace.“What's happening Michael? You’re fucking scaring me!” I hissed in a shaky voice, but his crystal blue eyes scanned the horizon as he hastily chugged down the large canister of blood in the wine rack, wiping at his lips with the back of his hands and looking e
Michael GothamMy vision was a whirling mass of red as I sawed through the deformed hounds like a fucking carousel, swinging my sword in perfect arcs with enough force to cut through the herd.“The cabin Michael! Elena’s still inside!” Markov roared from somewhere around me and I turned to catch sight of his wolf, talk and lithe, tearing the beast’s that surged toward him like he was breaking bread.What a fucking badass! “Shit.” I spat, realization dawning on me as I tried to make my way over to the orange boom of the cabin in the distance before another explosion rocked me off my feet.A cloud of dirt and smoke billowed in the air and my heart sank as more of the Cove wolves ran at us, their haunting snarls and snapping teeth like hell’s very orchestra.Where the hell were they coming from?! What the heck was taking Anthony so long?!I cursed t the stampede of foaming beasts that tore through the human shield I had formed around the cabin, the sounds of swords clashing rousing me f
Elena WolfeThe air in the field was so thick you could have cut through it with a knife.Alfred and Alaric had all the power now. I couldn't let that happen. I couldn't let them win!“Leave the woman out of this Alaric, and I'll give you whatever else you want,” Anthony growled, holding out his hands as if begging the monsters to be reasonable.“Even Gotham?” Alfred gloated, the hand holding the knife against my throat tensing just in the slightest.Was that what this was about? Anthony’s throne?! My eyes widened when I realized Anthony was on the verge of giving in. Damning his people to death because of me.I couldn't let that happen! My brain scrambled with thoughts and my mouth flew open before I could stop myself.“How could you even betray your own family Alfred? And all that to suck on Alaric’s cock? Have you no dignity?” I spat, trying to ignore the metallic taste of the blood seeping through my teeth as the beast roared, his hot claws tightening around my neck as he pressed
Anthony GothamTime seemed to pass in a blur as Gotham rebuilt its walls and more of the recruited soldiers arrived in troops.The infirmaries were filled with half-dead men wrapped in bandages and the smell of lemon tonics and rosemary herbs hung thickly in the air.“What the hell is this Anthony? How could you let this happen?” Wolverine Silver roared before lowering his tone to hiss at me when the nursemaids shushed him loudly.My fingers slithered through my hair before I could stop myself and I groaned heavily.What the hell was I supposed to say to the pack? I needed to make an official statement on why their Luna was back and worse still, hand-in-hand with the very rogue who was rumored to have kidnapped her.This shit was not ideal in the least bit!“We’re working on new training Wolverine, I've sent scouts to request more nursemaids for our men and wounded. I've commissioned new canons for the gates in case Alaric dear bumps up for another fight. Gotham is safe.” I growled, b
ALPHA ALARIC WOLFE My entire body felt like liquid dynamite as I bounded on my hands and feet through the thick veins of trees.If we could just get to the giant stone walls in the distance that seemed to stand out eerily against the swatches of red and black on the horizon…“Faster! We’re almost at the towers!” I roared at my men over my shoulder, cat thing a glimpse of the rogue’s pale face through the trees as he clawed down more of my beasts.I ground my teeth and dug my hind legs harder into the dirt, leaping over the walls easily with my powers and ordering the canons to fire at Gotham’s wolves chasing us down.They thought they were so fucking tough, didn't they? “Shut the gates! Raise the drawbridge!” I roared at the wolves scrambling up the gothic brick walls of Cove Castle.The rush of blood in my veins was scorching as I scanned the run-down foyer for signs of the large black wolf, when he stumbled into my back, forcing me to gritty back a snarl.“Y-Your Majesty- that wen