The whole pack was standing just there, all staring at something. My feet slowed down and a second was long before everyone was on their knees. That was when my eyes fell on the kneeling man the people had been staring at. No sound came except for whimpers now and again.I could not believe what I was seeing. My feet moved on their own. The pack members shifted as I walked on with Conri behind me.Alpha Rivers had done it at the center of the pack grounds. He had done it where he knew his son would see. My head picked up, staring directly at the window which belonged to his son’s room. I could not see him, he always sat a bit further from the window but close enough for him to see the whole pack. My head tipped back, staring down with my wide eyes. My hands shook, my body pale.The alpha had knelt down, always had been a proud and strong man so his death depicted just that. He had thrown a long sharp sword that looked ancient with werewolf symbols on it. It had been thrown up, him k
The sun was up and the Alpha had to be buried soon, right with his wife and daughters. I was sure the pack mates were opening the grave that very moment, ready to burn his flesh then spread the bones with those of his loved ones.My arms let go, loosening up to slowly pull from him. My head tipped up to his, staring into his eyes which carried no life at all. He was a hollow, staring at them as if staring into the doors to the after life. It killed me. I gripped his hands, them cold, not knowing what to say.“ The pack will start the process to put the alpha to rest soon. We need to go down.” I said to him, my thumb rubbing on his hand, thinking that maybe just maybe that would give him some bit of strength.I watched, waiting for a reaction but nothing. He did not even blink.“ Logan, I do not want you to regret not saying goodbye to him, we will just go down then come back.” I said again, staring into him to see if I was going to get a reaction but nothing.I tried again and nothing
The day moved on and I was panicking yet I knew I was not the only one. Logan was gripping my hand as if it was his life line. I did not mind because it kept me sane. I could not leave him alone there. It was scary, lonely and cold. I stared from him to the window trying to think but I had to go back to the pack. I had to look over the pack too. I knew taking with him was not an option, the man seemed glued to his room. I sighed. If only I could split myself in half. And seeing that I spent the whole day there, I knew I would not come back the next day or even the next after. The war could break anytime and I could be seeing Logan for the last time. I shook my head, not wanting to think like that but it was a possibility. I bit my lip, thinking over it. When I had been saving Logan, I had felt as if I had been giving him a part of me which meant I could piece away parts of me. What if I could do that again, thus being in two places at one. It was crazy that I was even thinking ab
The next days were spent in the king’s office, buried in paperwork, planning, strategizing and keeping the pack afloat. Alphas walked in and out, meetings back to back. My spot was on the floor but that only lasted for a day. I had went to take a leak, coming back to find a huge desk and chair at the other end of the king’s office, the desks staring at each other. We practically spent every hour together but apart except for when he went to train or observe training. Brum was no where to be seen. He came to train and beat up all the warriors, calling them useless then walked away into the forest never to be seen until he wanted to beat more people up. Thinking about him just had my brain ache, not even knowing how to go about talking to him. But maybe he needed his time alone so we let him be thus tripling our work. We literally did not have a gamma nor a beta but we were doing well considering the circumstances. Forget sleep, we were just running on fumes but even with all that,
It took half an hour for me to stabilize, to get my mind in order. I quickly wrote the letter to all the packs for them to get ready for the evacuation, take as little as they can. When that letter was sent, I rushed down and luckily some women had began taking out the Amaryllidaceae plants we had got just a few days back. They were grinding it to a paste that the warriors would be painted with.I joined the crew, picking my own rod and smashing the tree and its bulbs until all were done, leaving the paste in the large mortars where we would scoop them when the warriors were ready.Everyone was running around the pack, all packing their things, getting their families ready while the warriors shot even louder, training harder because in a few hours they would be heading out. Even thinking about it made me so sad. I turned, washing my hands to quickly make my way back to the castle. I did not even know where to start. I did not know what to take with me when running. There were so many
By the time I reached the men being pasted with the Amaryllidaceae paste, there were no traces of what had just happened. I got in line, a man coming closer with me picking up some of the paste.“ Your majesty.” He greeted with a bow with me smiling at him or trying to. I opened my mouth but found myself not able to speak. My hand fell on his skin. I moved my hands all over his chest, back and legs. When I was done with him, he moved over and another came.I understood why vampires fell weak to the paste. It had such a strong smell it left me with a massive head ache.We worked as fast as we could because there were a lot of the warriors. More women came to help, the work moving fast as time was not on our side.Some of the warrior’s mates had moved to our pack. My head picked up, watching a couple hug, kiss with the women crying so much. Her mate was holding her firmly, brushing her hair and telling her he would fight to get back to her, that he loved her. My eyes trailed to others,
My eyes shifted from the paste in the bag to the pair of bare legs before me. My eyes moved up, seeing the black shorts then more skin with that chest which I wished I had lay my head on more. I stared at the arms I wished had held me many more times. My eyes then lay on that gorgeous face. It was hard to breathe, hard to function with our eyes just locked together.Everything hurt; the conversation we had last had and the fact that he was leaving.We stared at each other for the longest time. I felt so many different things that would have me cry but I did not. I just swallowed, staring over at his body and seeing that he was clean. His hair was still wet from the shower he took. I frowned, he took way too long but alas.My feet moved, my hand with the paste raised. I placed it on his chest and stared back up at him. His eyes were still on me and it had me nervous. The world seemed to float away all around us leaving just him and I. I was trapped in his gaze, just staring into his
In that darkness, Vex walked towards me and I shook my head, rushing to him. I did not waste time pulling him towards me. I held onto him so tightly with his arms wrapping around my body. All formality was thrown outside the window with him squeezing me to him.“ I am sorry I have not been there for you in the past weeks.” I said to him, holding on tightly and he hugged me even tighter. I wanted to cry so bad but I held myself. I did not want to lose him.“ Please stay alive for me, come back to us, please.” I begged, not really begging him but the universe to please let him live.His arms tightened so hard I thought I would snap into two but I did not mind, I held on even tighter with it being long minutes. I did not want to let go but as my eyes opened, I saw Stern standing behind.My arms slowly slipped from Vex, feeling so emotional.“ It has just been a few months but I care so much for you and love you so much. You have been a brother, a friend and protector to me. Thank you so