"Babe, we have you," Arion tried again to soothe my sobs. "It was horrible," I cried. I lifted my head to look at my mates. "Rina?" Arrow said. "I am not trying to scare you, but you need to breathe, please, breathe with me," he began taking deep breaths and letting them out slowly. I tried to follow but my mind couldn't focus. I felt an unfamiliar feeling that began in the pit of my stomach before spreading throughout my body. "Rina, you have to listen to us right now," Arion tried, his voice thick with worry. I lifted my head to look at him. "Rina, please, you have to calm down," Arion begged. I looked at my hands, the strange glow that had been in my eyes when Sheila's mother had insulted me earlier had spread and was now engulfing my entire body. I looked into the worried eyes of my mates. I sucked in a deep breath before slowly releasing it. As I continued to breathe, the glow began dissipating. I concentrated on the feel of my mates holding me and before long, I was n
The hot water helped to soothe my muscles. I wanted to relax and forget all the weird things that had happened that day. Why did the medallion react that way to me? Was I truly the true Luna of our pack? Why did I start glowing when I was upset from the nightmare I had? All these questions kept racing around inside my head. I sunk, letting myself sink below the water before popping back up again. I wiped the water from my eyes, and when I opened them, I was staring into two sets of identical eyes. "What are you doing in the tub, little mate?" Arion asked, his eyes darkening a bit. "We would have run a bath for you and joined you," Arrow replied in a husky voice. "I can run myself a bath," I retorted. " I wanted a bit of time to soak by myself," I said, giving them a sly smile. "Besides, my body is a bit sore. I leaned back and closed my eyes. I felt a hand reach in and tickle me, and I slapped it away eliciting a laugh from Arrow. "We will let you enjoy your time," he chuckled
I knew it was going to be a bad day. I had gotten up late. My alarm had been waking me up less and less. I threw on my clothes. I didn’t really care what I looked like, I wanted to be invisible. Maybe if I was invisible, they would leave me alone. I doubt it. I didn’t want to be here, I didn’t want to be at school, sometimes I envisioned myself running away, free to be whoever I wanted to be. I knew better than to hope for it. I’m a werewolf, I am fine with that, I just don’t want to be in this pack. Alpha Jax and his Luna Nina were very nice. Their sons, Arrow and Arion were a different story. I had dubbed them the twins from hell when we were in elementary school.As I headed out the door, I heard my mom in the kitchen.“Wait! Rina, you forgot lunch!” She called out.“I will grab something at school,” I yelled back.The bell rang signaling the start of the first period. I was getting used to being late to my first class, it was gym. I hated gym. My coach is Betta Reid the pack’s bet
If you compared me to them, I am a plain Jane. I had dark brown hair, which was cut in layers, it stopped at the middle of my back. My eyes were dark brown too. My body was average. I had nice curves, but I was short and not nearly as toned as Jackie and Sheila.I wanted to stop thinking about them, so I decided to call my dad. He worked in the packhouse as one of Alpha Jax’s advisors. He was a general in charge of strategies and security for the pack.“Hey Pumpkin,” My dad answered. “How’s the nose?”“It hurts. Did you know the Hell twins were coming to mom’s shop today?” I didn’t bother to hide my annoyance.“Yes, I had set it up with your mother last week. Why? Did something happen?”Typical dad, worrying about his duties. “No, dad, it’s just well, can you give me a heads-up next time?”“What? Oh yeah, sure. I have to go sweetheart. I need to finalize the plans for security at their party. I will see you tonight. I love you.” He hung up without giving me a chance to speak. I press
Sheila looked as though she was in shock as she stared daggers at me. “You will pay for this,” she mouthed as she chased after Arrow.“Thank you.” I hugged Darren. He wrapped me in his arms. “I will always protect you.” He rested his chin on my head.“So, what was that about anyway, Arrow got really mad.” I snickered thinking of Sheila’s shocked face.A couple of weeks passed by. Darren and I were a real couple now. He walked me to and from every class. We had promised each other if we weren’t mates, we would go back to being best friends. I hoped we were mates. His Birthday is next week, I was going to throw him a party, but his teammates had beat me to it. The party was taking place on the day of his eighteenth birthday. I was excited but nervous at the same time. I wouldn’t know if we were mates until I turned eighteen. I wouldn’t turn eighteen for three more months.The night of the party arrived. Darren had picked me up. As we drove, he held my hand. He was now officially able to
They both froze before Arrow realized what I had said.“What? No, you can’t leave the pack!” Exclaimed Arrow as he jumped up almost falling out of his chair.“And why can’t I?” I could imagine the smug look on my face as I crossed my arms over my chest.“Because your ours,” he said before Arion could stop him.“Excuse me? I’m your what? Your person to make fun of? The wolf you get to laugh at with your girlfriends. Or wait! I know, I’m the girl you get to call names and throw food at, right?” I could feel the tears stinging my eyes.“You are not any of those things,” Arion whispered.“Yeah, you’re ours, our hot, sexy mate!” Arrow said.“Arrow!” Arion scolded.I just sat there with my mouth hanging open. I did not just hear that! What kind of a fool did they take me for? I could feel my face heating up with anger. “How dare you!” I yelled at them. “You mosey on in here telling my mother that you care about me and want to make sure I am ok, then you tell her you followed me into the woo
My mom came back a few minutes later. She looked between the twins and me. “I think these look beautiful in here; what do you think Rina?” She held the vase with both bouquets mixed together in it.“They had that vase at the nurse’s station?” I knew better than to believe that.“Well, no. I ran into the gift shop, the woman was so helpful. She asked who these were for, I told her my daughter’s mates had brought them, and she helped me pick out this beautiful vase. She also arranged them; don’t they look so lovely mixed together?”I rolled my eyes. “Mom, when do I get to go home?” I wanted to go home, I felt better but I needed space where I could be alone. I needed time to process all that has happened.“The doctor said tomorrow.” My mom was still looking at the flowers.I grumbled, “does anyone know where my phone is?” I could at least use it to take my mind off of being stuck here.“I’ll get it, I took it out of the bag you had, it’s been charging.” Arion walked over to the little t
We started driving heading along the road to my house. I could see the pack house in the distance. I wanted to get home; I had thought I would be so far away from here by now. I had hoped my duffle bag was here, otherwise, my life savings is gone. As we parked in the driveway all of us got out, except my dad. I looked at him pleadingly. “Sorry, Pumpkin, I have to go work on the security for our house, I have it done for the next couple of days, but I need to get caught up so there is no chance for a skipped time. I will see you tonight, I love you.” He put the car in reverse before I could protest.I looked at the twins who were holding my things. I didn’t say anything, instead, I walked up to the door and unlocked it, I gestured for them to come in. Once inside, I shut the door. I looked around at our modest home. Mom could have had a bigger one, my dad always tried to give her everything but, she liked our home. She said it had character and it was full of memories. I could smell