I went downstairs and joined the table with Daren, Lily, and Violet. They all looked at me with interest. “Good morning, Benjamin. Feeling okay?" Violet asked.
I frowned. “Well, it's weird, when I woke up, I was feeling great! I guess that walk down the steps did more than I thought.” I mused as I sat.
Daren nodded as Lily looked on worriedly. “Yeah, you look pale. No training for you today.” He said as he took a mouthful of hash browns. “When you start to get more used to the pills then we will set up a one on one training schedule.”
I nodded and picked at my eggs. Something wasn’t feeling right; maybe I should have stayed upstairs. Lily also looked a little nervous. “Is it painful, Ben? I don’t start until a couple of weeks.”
I put on a brave smile as I felt my heart flutter. “You’ll be alright Lil. It's not as bad as....
“Her....mother....” I stood there in shock, if it was hard for me to believe a father could do that to his daughter then it was even harder for me to believe it was her mother. I didn’t even realize I was trembling and growling until Violet broke me from my thoughts. “Benjamin, get your anger in control.” She said calmly. But I couldn’t, just the fear and pain she must have felt just accelerated my thoughts. Just looking at those ice blue eyes just angered me even more, I wanted to rip them out. I felt myself get spun around and slammed to the ground. “Benjamin!” She said with more force. “Calm down!” Her voice was sharper now, held more authority. Slowly I calmed down, I didn’t realize I had started to shift until my teeth and claws shrank back to normal. After a minute Violet released me and sat back, waiting for me to get up. “I’m sorry, Beta.” I said as I started to get up. “I shouldn’t have let my emotions get the better of me.” I w
I whistle as I leave Dr Banner’s office, my next step in my treatment starts today. I’ve gone from one little pill that knocks me on my ass for 10 hours to one little pill every 12 hours. Next up is 2 pills at noon and 2 at midnight. Yesterday I barely felt bad after 3 in the afternoon.Doc says I’m getting stronger, and I can feel it, I’ve started working with Violet on how to hold in my aura and how to hide in plain sight. I’ve gotten most of my strength back also with help from Daren and Greg. Turns out as slow as he is Greg is physically stronger than almost everyone here and has better endurance. Speed isn’t everything he says if you tire out easily.Lily started her treatments last week and she is doing better than I was, although she is not expected to become fully immune like I am she insisted on it, when we learned more of the basic fighting techniques of the pack, she got very excited about train
Buck smirked. “I have my answer.”“Let’s hear it!” Daren stated, a little impatient.“I want to spar with the Alpha!”The elite and advanced classes cheer as the back door to the pack house opens. “Finally! Someone gets the right answer on the first try!” I look back as my mate walks over. “You are brave though, asking for me after you touched what is mine.” She hands a case to Violet who holds it up as Samantha opens it. She carefully removes her ribbon and lays it inside. She then takes her gloves off and replaces them with a pair of longer gloves that reach halfway up her forearm and secures them with a strap.She walked to the center of the ring. “Now, because I am in a good mood, everyone pay attention! Maybe I can teach more than one wolf today!” She walked over to Buck and spoke in a lowered voice that we couldn&rsqu
We made our way outside and Samantha led us to the Northern side of the territory. She looked at me and smiled. “Want to try shifting in your uniform again?”I swallowed and nodded, at first it was difficult to do so as I had to time the expansion of my body with the natural elasticity of the deer hide, once the hide stretched to almost bursting, I had to start imagining the hide as a sort of second skin which would meld into me and grow with me. At first it felt really weird but after doing it a few times I got it down. Still, sometimes I miss judge it and end up shredding my uniform. As many times as I do it correctly in practice, every time I try in front of anyone I fudge it up. I feel my heart beat speed up as Samantha stood there waiting for me.“Would it help if I turned around?” She offered. When I didn’t answer she smiled and turned around anyway. She slipped on the backpack and fastened it securely aro
It wasn’t long after the movie started that I felt my mate lay her head on my shoulder. Beta Violet sat on the couch with us as Daren and Lily took the loveseat. Greg and Jess sat on the floor with their daughter as she and her friends started singing about building snowmen. By the time they started to let it go I realized my love was sound asleep. It seemed that Violet was close behind her as her head started to nod up and down. I was about to suggest for her to go to bed when suddenly my mate shot awake, her eyes wide.“Everyone. Get the pups to the shelter.” She said in a hushed voice, as to not scare the little ones.Daren looked at her. “What do you mean?”She stood and turned to us again. “I just got a mind link from the east border. Rogues in the territory. I’m evacuating the packhouse. Get the pups to safety.”Violet and Jess jumped up, Greg gra
I gripped my mate, fear washed over me. “Is...is he?” I couldn’t even finish the sentence as I sobbed. Even though me and Jake didn’t get along well growing up he was still my brother and I loved him.Samantha rubbed my back. “The doctors have him, they are doing the best they can.” She stifled a sob also, “It turns out Vi is his mate, damn Goddess and her curveballs.” She leaned back and looked me in the eyes. “But this is great news! Their mate bond will help his healing.” She wiped the tears from my face. “Daren is getting Lily and letting her know, I’m going to go and call your parents. You want to wait down here?”I nodded. I need to be here in case something happens. Samantha smiled at me. “It's going to be okay, Sweetie.” She brought my forehead to hers and I could feel her love for me flood our bond. “I’ll be back soon, I promise.&rd
I stood in the hallway and called my Dad; my Mom’s phone was going right to voicemail, and they were too far away for me to send them a link. He picked up on the first ring and I told him that Jake was awake. I then called Chris and told him the same. I felt such relief as a nurse went in to check on him and heard him talking and answering basic questions.Samantha came hurrying down the hall, she had a duffel bag on her arm. “The nurse sent me a link, he’s awake?” I nodded and leaned on her shoulder and let her hair fall over my nose, I pulled her into me just needing to hold her again. I felt her nuzzle into my neck, “You okay?” She whispered and finally I nodded.The nurse quietly left the room and smiled as us as she walked past. “The Doctor will be here soon.” She said before handing my mate a small vial of medicine. “The beta refused again, Alpha.” Samantha looked at the conte
We started to walk towards the hospital, Samantha stopped and turned to me and my brother. “Christopher, could you do me a huge favor?”I looked at her quizzically as Chris answered. “Uh, okay?”“Could you mind link your parents and ask to leave your brother’s room for a few minutes?”He looked shocked but nodded. After his eyes refocused, he looked at her. “Okay, done. Can I ask why?”Samantha growled. “Violet refused her medication again...” She turned and walked past my parents who were leaving the hospital, slightly confused.My eyes go wide as I hurry behind her; Chris following me. She marches to the end of the hallway, and I can feel her anger start to increase. As we reached the end of the hall, she slammed the door open. “What the hell!!!” She yelled.I cautiously looked in