Dahlia POV.Pins and needles rush all over my body as I groan in pain. Heat envelopes me and the fragrant smell of smoke and is that … BBQ? Whatever it is, it fills my nose. My stomach grumbles, embarrassingly loud. But this has to be a dream. Isn’t this wonderful? I’m dreaming of fire and damn BBQ!Voices now fill my ears more like whispers, but I can’t open my eyes, my eyelids are too heavy. So I just lie here. Did I die? No, surely not. If I did, I’m almost certain I would be with Selene and Lycaon in Elysium right now. Not dreaming of a BBQ.“How long had she been out there?” The female voice grows louder as they come near me. The sound of the fire crackles and pops.“Maybe a few hours. She is lucky we found her. Otherwise, she would be dead. Whoever she is, she is strong. She is a fighter.” The other voice, a male, says, and I try to wiggle my fingers to grab their attention. Still, I can’t feel Celeste, so it would seem she has left me to it.“Maybe we should get him. After all,
Malachi POV.The pack isn’t the same after they learnt that Dahlia was defeated and became rogue. Many members believe that the Goddess has forsaken us. Word spread that Selene removed the title from Dahlia and other packs have now set their sights on us as being weak, but we are far from it.The packs of her friends have given their support to us and the Supernatural Council has been called in to establish what we can do about Alpha Rodrick. My eye-witness accounts have helped in the Solar Eclipse pack being sanctioned and they have gone in to check the state of things.But unfortunately, the pack was abandoned. Wolves lay dead and rotting in the streets. Men, woman and even pups as young as Harrison left to rot in the sun.The Supernatural Council enlisted the help of the Hunter’s Organisation to track Rodrick down and to eliminate him, but so far nothing. It has only been a few days since Dahlia’s defeat, and yet he and his most trusted people have vanished into thin air.The lord
Dahlia POV.I blink at Silas, my brain catching up with what is happening.“What the fuck, Silas? Why are you here?” I snap at him, screaming up at his face. He looks down sadly. Was he expecting me to run into his damn arms and all would be forgiven? Ha, no!“Dahlia, I told you I would always be there for you and here I am. If it wasn’t for me, you would be face down, frozen and dead in the snow. Why are you here?” he says to me and I release Griffin’s arm as I glare up at Silas as he raises an amused eyebrow at me.“I was defeated. So much for your best student, huh? I failed and Celeste left me. Selene removed the title from me to save my life. I lost everything because of that fucking title and here I am in the wastelands, searching for the savage one only to be found by you.” I tell him, my chest heaving, as I look him up and down in disgust. My fists clenched painfully at my side.Audible gasps sound out from the rogues that surround us. But I pay them no mind. My gaze is on him
Dahlia POV.Slipping in and out of consciousness. Reliving everything over and over again. I groan in pain and black out.Celeste is in my mind taunting me. Selene mocking me. My skin is on fire. My eyes snapping open and I scream out sweat trickling down my back.“Get the healer!” Silas grabs my face, and I look around frantically as I slip back into delirium.“It’s ok Dahlia. You are here with me. Lay back down. You have a fever.” I grip his wrists, shivering in cold and fear.“Si … Silas.” He nods his head at me when I slump back down again. The dreams continue, each twisting and morphing into nightmares.Rodrick pinning me down, laughing manically as he violates me, collared and shackled to a bed. Malachi watching with an evil grin on his face, but his eyes are blank like he is in some kind of trance before he joins in. NO! My pack is in chains.My parent’s dead, their bodies dismembered and scattered around the pack. Venom Fang burning to the ground. Pups laying dead beside their
Silas POV.I watch as Dahlia is slammed down into the snow again. This is not going well at all.“Well, she doesn’t have Celeste now, or have you forgotten that?” Jekyll snaps at me. As I sigh, watching as the female Rai helps Dahlia to her feet. Her lip is split, and she has a black eye.“How can I forget that? She knows this stuff. It is basic training. She has done this before. So why isn’t she doing it now?” I say, watching as Dahlia gets back into position, wiping her lip and spitting blood in the snow.“Because she thinks it was all Celeste that made her stronger.” He tells me and I sigh as I move closer to them. Rai is in position ready to attack when I look at her before I stand in front of Dahlia. and she shifts her gaze from Rai to me.“Widen your stance and plant your feet. Do you remember your training when you were a child? When you didn’t have Celeste?” I ask her because I am curious.“Of course I do.” She says, licking the split in her lip. My eyes dart to her lips, the
Malachi POV.We have widened the search for Alpha Rodrick, but nothing it is like he has fled the planet. It has now been three months since Dahlia became rogue and we are still waiting for her to return.Selene came to the pack to inform Destinee and Titus. Yes, I no longer call them Alphas as they have told me family doesn’t use the titles. Selene told Destinee that Dahlia was safe and alive. That she is training again, and that Celeste left her, but she is with Selene and watching everything that is happening with Dahlia. Apparently Celeste is waiting for the right time to return to her and that they had a falling out. Celeste is sulking.To say we were shocked that Celeste would leave her is an understatement. We still haven’t heard anything from Alpha slimeball, though, and that is concerning. Has he joined sides with Rodrick? Is he dead? Who knows? All we can do is hope he too turns back up.“Something is telling me that his disappearance and Dahlia’s are connected. Do you think
Dahlia POV.Word has spread over the past few weeks that the Pure Rogues are taking out packs. I’ve been sent into towns to keep an eye on the gossip and rumours. Being basically human makes it easier.I walk past a store and stop seeing the breaking news and smile as I watch the rogues taking the latest victim. The Alpha was on his knees, begging for his life. As their higher ranks are next to them in chains. The reporter has said that it would seem history is repeating itself. Then gave a brief summary of the massacre that happened the day after my birth.Tensions are high, and fear is rampant. No-one knows where and when the rogues will strike next and I smirk as I walk away, heading to my destination. All the while, I know there are eyes on me. Wearing a baseball cap with my hair hidden underneath it.My face obscured with oversized sunglasses as I walk through the crowds like I’ve done this before, which I have. My black ripped vest top reveals my tattoo on my arm and a dog tag a
Malachi POV.We all watch the news for any word or sightings of the 2,000 Pure Rogues that are taking out the packs that are in alliance with Rodrick. He is losing wolves left and right and we haven’t even lifted a finger. We do have eyes on the packs and they are not intervening. The Pure Rogues are only targeting the Alphas and higher ranks. The citizens within the packs are not being harmed.The news that had us all holding our breaths came in two days ago from a small town just outside of Clearwater Pack that three unknown male wolves were killed, but no-one saw anything. We all knew it was Dahlia. So it is clear she has that pack in her sights. So we are waiting eagerly for any word.“Shouldn’t we have heard something by now?” Alpha Dex says as he paces the room. We are all at a loss at what to do. As much as each of us is itching to get to her, we can’t. This is her mission, and she needs to do it. We are still no closer to finding Rodrick, and that is putting us all on edge.“I