“Are you nervous?” Lila’s whispered words pulled me out of the thoughts and plans pulsating through my mind. We had left Tallahassee hours ago and still had a long journey ahead of us.
“No, I’m not nervous.” I answered, sighing when she gave me a look as if she did not believe me. “I’m hopeful, Lila, not nervous. From what Alaric has said everyone is excited for my return and though the elders were worried about a female Alpha, they cannot go against the Alpha table’s decision. Seems I’ll be spending a few days trying to win over the support of the packs main leaders.”
“Except Alaric, he’s already one hundred percent behind you.” That was true, Alaric was supporting me and my claim of Alpha completely. “Do you think they’re all getting along?”
The ‘they’ she was talking about was Fenris, Alaric and surprisingly, Blake, who were all traveling in the SUV behind us along with Gregory, Jerald, and Lucious. Link and his
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I did not have any time to register what Sapphire had said before we were through the gate and speeding through the forest drive towards what I assumed would be the packs town and pack house. My mate. “Eva? Are you okay?” Lila asked as one of her hands shook my shoulder in an attempt to get my attention. “Yeah, I’m fine, I think I’m just beginning to get a little nervous is all.” I gave her a reassuring smile before turning away from her and watching the trees flash by outside the window. “Sapphire, I thought you said you didn’t think we had a mate?” When I told Lila I was nervous, I was being honest, but it was not about meeting the pack I was now Alpha of, if was about finding I had a mate right here in this pack and I was not sure how I felt about it. “I didn’t. I never felt that pull to find them. But that was definitely our mates’ scent.”
“Alpha, where are you?” Beta Alaric’s anxious voice entered my mind mid stride as I flew across the forest floor on Sapphire’s lavender paws. I had gone out for a run this morning alone; I just needed some time alone to think about everything that had happened the past few days. “I am out for a run; I will be back when I feel a bit more relaxed.” My tone was clipped when I answered him, but I needed this to be a short conversation. Sapphire and I needed time alone to unwind. “Why didn’t you take your guard?” Alaric’s demanded. “Because I don’t need a Guard, Beta, I am not a Luna who needs to be protected, I am the Alpha of this pack, your Alpha, do not question me again on decisions that are my own to make. Understood?” I was getting tired of being questioned for every decision I made and every move I planned. I was questioned by the council, by my brother and b
“We’re getting close, I can feel it.” Sapphire practically shouted through our mind in her excitement. “Calm down, we’re an Alpha, I don’t think we should be acting like a schoolgirl with her first crush.” We had only been running for about five minutes and her anxiousness to meet our mate was driving me insane. I could not imagine how she would react when we actually saw him. “You have been watching too much Netflix if that in a comparison you understand.” I could feel her roll her eyes at me and laughed in response; she was being extra sensitive now that she had caught the scent of her mate. “I thought you were a wolf, why are you getting catty?” “You went there first.” I guess she technically had a point there. “Ehh, how much further?” “I know just as much as you do Sapphire, just calm down a
Those beautifully odd eyes grew wide in astonishment as we, a giant lavender wolf, came forward out of the shadows of the forest to face him. When our mate began to back away from us, we sank to our belly, laying as still as we could with our front paws crossed before us, our chin resting on them. Our eyes trained on him as he contemplated what our actions meant. He looked confused, for a moment, his fight or flight reflex screaming at him to run away from the giant carnivore’s K9 in front of him. But instead, he took a step forward, his mismatched eyes watching me curiously. “Look at you.” His deep voice marveled as he screwed the lid onto his canteen and slipped it into a holster on his belt, a belt with housed a number of different survival gadgets he must use while hiking and camping. “I’ve never seen a wolf so large, and I won’t even mention your odd coloring. Aren’t you a sight though; beautiful.” Sapphire pr
**Trigger Warning: Pediatric Death** “Charge again.” “But Doctor…” The anxious nurse stuttered. “She’s been down too long.” “I said charge again!” “She’s gone Cross!” Dr. Grimm stated as she grabbed my forearm. Before me laid our ninth pediatric trial patient, a little girl of just eight years old. Alice. She was a ray of sunshine on a very dark floor of the hospital, always smiling and taking ever treatment with a smile. And I had killed her. I stood there still as a statue, staring at her, little Alice. “Call it Dr. Cross.” I couldn’t. I couldn’t call time of death on another child. Handing the paddles to the nurse behind me I fled the room like the coward I was. I could not be in there any longer, I could not do this anymore. This treatment was supposed to save lives, children’s lives, and ins
“You remembered your gun, right?” Michele asked at a whisper, as if our eighteen-month-old daughter in the back seat had any idea what we were talking about. “Yes, I remembered to pack it, though I don’t know why you insist. Every year I pack it and every year I don’t need to use it.” I was rummaging through one of my hiking bags, checking again to make sure I packed things such as matches and my trimmer. I had learned from my last camping trip that if I came back with a beard from not shaving for a period of time, Alexandria would cry and refuse to let me near her. “It’s better to have it and not need it than- “ “Need it and not have it, yeah, yeah, I know.” I finished her sentence with a chuckle while she rolled her eyes which were currently trained on the interstate in-front of us. I did not like driving to the hiking trail because I would have to leave the car parked there for a week or more and I was always ne
Waking up to the sunset coming over the horizon and a cup of hot, fresh coffee in my hand was an amazing feeling. I sat at the edge of the cliff overlooking the valley below and just breathed in the fresh air. The fog dancing and playing through the trees below made the world look almost like a fantasy realm. The morning I spent finishing the camps’ set up, gathering kindling and firewood, setting up a fire pit on the rivers smooth stone edge so as not to risk it spreading to the surrounding forest. When I finished moving stones to surround the makeshift fire pit it was mid-morning and already quite warm, sweat forming all along my skin. I found my canteen was empty already and moved to fill it in the cool water from the spring fed river, but while I was kneeling along the water’s edge, I heard shuffling behind me, along the forest’s boarder. My eyes trailed the bushes along the forests entrance, an though I could not make out anything a
Was he safe? I knew the warriors I had sent would protect him with their lives, but was four guards enough? Would they stay out of view? I had been in an almost constant state of panic and worry since I had left him earlier today, unable to focus on anything other than him. It was an odd feeling, caring for someone so completely when I barely even knew them. Valen was a complete mystery to me, and yet, I loved him totally and completely. I would do anything for him. And yet, I did not know if I could trust him with my secrets. How was I supposed to tell him who I was, what I was? Would he accept us? Sapphire felt sure he would, and yet, I was not convinced. There were to many variables, I needed to learn more about him before I made any hasty decisions and seeing as how humans did not camp for extended periods of time in the same location, I didn’t even know how much time I had to make such a crucial decision. “Alp