Hendrix
Harper yells at me, “What the fu-?!” I clamp a hand down over her mouth and say, “Shhhhh, be quiet!”
Her gaze is piercing and she throws my hand off of her mouth and hisses at me, “What do you mean you never broke the bond and Emery didn’t either?”
I press my lips together, I know she thinks I’m stupid, but I don’t know how to explain it to her. She demands, “Break the bond! Break it now!”
I huff, “I’ve tried, Harper. It doesn’t work.”
Her eyebrows scrunch up and she shakes her head no and says, “That’s not possible.”
She’s going to be so angry, I can feel her wrath building up and I tell her, “I think that Emery gave me a fake name.”
“Prove it.”
MagnoliaHe’s doing it in the best interest of me and MJ, that’s what Harper said. I thought… I thought Hendrix really didn’t care about me, yet now, apparently he’s trying to do something for me because he’s looking out for me.It doesn’t make much sense to me, but I know he would look out for Harper. It’s obvious how much he adores his little sister.Everyone in the room is quiet after Harper said that she needed her help in stopping Hendrix. Phoenix is the one to speak and he asks, “What do you feel comfortable telling us?”She instantly looks uncomfortable, like she hadn’t thought this far ahead. Charlies moves closer to her, now sitting beside her, as he tries to offer her his support and she gives him a soft smile as she places a hand on his knee. She says, “We came from the Midnight Burrow Pack, a small pack, honestly… pretty insignificant. Hendrix craved more, but we knew unless we were mated to someone else that the likelihood of achieving a better life would be slim.”She le
HarperI knew he would realize what I’m doing, he’s not stupid. It doesn’t surprise me that he found where we are. Charlie’s hand is resting on my knee, but I noticed the way that it tensed up from the appearance of my brother. It’s no secret that Hendrix has a temper.I breathe out, “You wouldn’t listen to me. I thought maybe you would listen to them.”His eyes dart around the room before landing on me again and he says, “No offense to any of you, but I don’t know you, nor do I care about your opinion.” He looks to me as he says, “All I truly care about is your safety. Is that so difficult to understand?”Magnolia’s voice is soft as she asks, “So, there’s nothing any of us can say to stop you from going there?”His eyes meet hers,
HendrixThis isn’t how things are supposed to go. Magnolia cannot join me on this trip.If Emery sees her… goddess, if Emery figures out who she is she will destroy her. She will rip her wolf from her, tie her up and make her paralyzed with wolfsbane, she’ll… she’ll put her on display for the men to do with what they want!She’ll do anything she can to ruin Magnolia just because she knows it will hurt me.Emery is angry with me. She is angry that I ran away whenever I was supposed to belong to her.But… she hurt Harper. She caused Harper to become apart of the damn Academy. She tried to take my wolf from me as punishment, but for some reason it didn’t work.I can hear her singsong voice in my mind, “Drix…”She’s the only person to call me that. I clench my eyes shut, wishing there was someway to get her out of my mind. But that’s one of the ways that she has recently chosen to mock me, she’s too powerful and if she wants to talk to me through our link there’s nothing I can do to stop
Magnolia I fell asleep in Phillip’s arms.I didn’t mean to. After I hugged him, he lied beside me and we talked. Charlie mind linked me that Harper had talked Hendrix into waiting to leave tomorrow morning and that the two of them were going to stay the night in Hendrix’s room to make sure he wouldn’t sneak off without me.So, I lied on my bed, enjoying the company of my best friend and before I knew it, I was fast asleep. I wake up from the sound of grumbling outside my door. I yawn as I sit up and stretch and then there is the softest knock. Charlie peeks his head in my room, his eyes glance to Phillip and then back up to my eyes. He tells me softly, “We can’t keep him much longer.”I nod my head looking to Phillip who is still sleeping hard. I kiss the top of his head, knowing that there’s a good chance that I won’t see him again, at least, not for a very long time.I grab the bag I packed last night and I try to stand tall as I head out the door towards a journey that I’m not ent
MagnoliaI’m such a coward.I should’ve just told Hendrix about Henry and what had happened. How I have looked for him for so long because I know that my Henry is now his wolf and that… I can’t give up on him.Maybe that’s why it’s not bothering me too much with him having another mate out there and still being bonded to her. I think, that Hendrix and his previous wolf might’ve been mated to her, but that he’s only bonded right now because she had marked him. Obviously, he doesn’t really like her. He doesn’t and Harper seems to hate her. If it wasn’t for the fact that she is a danger to Harper’s life, I don’t think he would be pushing to go back to her. But he wants to keep Harper safe.In the back of my mind Ada whispers softly as she reminds me, “And us.”She’s right. At least, according to Harper, he also wishes to keep us safe.I watch his back as he walks in front of me, he moves swiftly and I struggle at times to keep up with him, but I keep pushing further. I don’t want him to
HenryMagnolia taking her shirt off the way she did gave me the boost I needed to push Hendrix to the side and to come forward and see my mate.My memory of her and the life we had before is… complicated. It feels fuzzy and hard to remember all of the details of it. She looks so beautiful, just as I remembered from before. And… she deserves so much better than the hand she has been dealt.I never should’ve intervened with fate, I should’ve ascended.This man that I got paired with to be in the same body… he’s not good enough for her. He doesn’t try to be better, the only thing he cares about is his sister. If he has to be a monster to keep his sister safe then that’s what he’ll do. He starts pushing against me, frustrated that I’ve taken over his body. Even after five years since taking the place of his original wolf, he still doesn’t trust me. He doesn’t realize I’m different from the wolf he originally had and you would think after the near death experience he had that he would lea
MagnoliaHenry or Hendrix, I’m not sure who is in control right now, stays quiet as we walk to the Willow pack’s main house. This pack is much smaller, they need the alliance with us more than we need it with them. But even if they are small, they’re still good. The pack house is like a two story building. I know from being here last time that they only have on guest room here. They aren’t used to having guests, they haven’t had a need for more space. The Willow Pack is decently secluded and poses no threat to anyone. Alpha Lee and his Luna Kimberly are already waiting at the front porch. Kimberly smiles at me as she walks towards us and says, “I know you like to make an entrance, Magnolia, but a warning would be nice.”I give a smile in return as I say, “Oh, really? I thought you loved spontaneous guests.”Her eyes flicker to Hendrix and I give her the same introduction I gave Gamma Kenji, “This is Hendrix, he is a new recruit of the Moon Stone Pack and has been designated to be my
HendrixMagnolia is suddenly nervous now that I want her to talk. I suppose this whole thing is good for both of us. We need to bond, we need to grow close and be able to trust one another in order to survive the Solstice Pack. In order to survive Emery.Magnolia rolls onto her back and looks up at the ceiling the same way that I did. She tells me, “I grew up in the Renegade Pack. My parents were the Alpha and Luna and I was meant to take the Alpha title when I came of age. I was an only child so they had no other kids to pass it down to.”There’s sadness in her voice, like she wished she had a sibling like I do. I ask, “Did it bother you?”Her eyebrows scrunch together as she thinks about the answer and she says, “It bothered my parents. I know they would never admit it to me, but the people around them had multiple kids and I could see that it bothered them that they didn’t have more than just me. Meanwhile, I felt like I had siblings. I grew up with Charlie and he was like a younge