“Fia?” Jasper knocked on the door, pushing it open.
“Hey.” I sighed and sat up on the bed.
“You okay?” He took a seat on the edge of the bed and stroked my cheek with his knuckles.
Seeing the concern on his features the back of my eyes burned with pent-up emotion.
“No, not really.” I shook my head, wishing away the tears that were already pooling in my eyes.
“Come here.” He scooted closer, gathering me in his arms.
“I don’t even know why I’m crying, it’s not going to change anything.&rd
“We are aware that Alpha Allison with the assistance of Alpha Devin can control the element water and Jasper has the ability to conjure fire. This leaves us with Maria and Marcel.” I looked expectantly at the two patrons, halting my pacing.The five of them stood in a line at the back of the Alpha house as I’d instructed them when I summoned them.Marcel looked at me with doubtful eyes, “I don’t think I have the power to control any of the elements.”“You look like an earth-type of guy,” I smirked, looking at the tattoo of the phoenix on his arm.“How do you figure?” He gave me a funny look, glancing at his own arm.&nb
My face heated as eyes followed us as we walked through the pack training grounds, but what really made me uncomfortable was the wide-eyed whispers as pack members gossiped amongst themselves, foolishly thinking we couldn’t hear them. “Everyone’s staring at us.” I grimaced and looked up at Jasper who strolled beside me without a care in the world. “No, they’re staring at you.” He shrugged, sending me a wink in a failed attempt to be romantic. I cringed, “That’s a terrible thing to say.” I grumbled, shaking off his hand and sped up till I was standing beside Marcel. “Sophia-” Jasper called behind me, but I was too annoyed to care. I was already self-conscious then he had to go say that and make it worse. “Hey, you two,” Susie smirked when she saw us and I groaned aloud. “Not you too!” I complained and instantly regretted it when my outburst drew even more attention to me. “What? Everyone was wondering when the two of you would seal the deal, is it really our fault for being
The kitchen was quiet apart from the sound of the veggies sizzling in the pan before me and Dominic’s babbling from his highchair beside the kitchen counter, but my own thoughts couldn’t be silenced.“Can I ask you something?” I spoke and Alpha Alliosn’s head shot up.“I could be cringey and say you just did, but you look genuinely troubled. What’s up?” She focused her attention on me but continued marinating the whole chicken she planned on roasting in the oven.I ignored the fact that she did in fact say what she said she would sound cringey saying and instead shared my dilemma with her, “This morning when Jasper and I walked out onto the training grounds literally everyone was staring at us. At first,
Alpha Devin handed me his iPad with a list of names, some of which I recognised as I scanned through.“This is a list of the Alphas who have pledged their support in the fight against Dark, they will revert back to me with names and numbers once they have liaised with their packs.” He explained and I stared in awe at the long list. Having just arrived back from the annual Alpha conference, the two were in good spirits at the reception they received.“This is great, you both really have an influence over that council.” I nodded impressed and Jasper hummed in agreement.“Allison has helped a lot of packs over the years, her service is not so easily forgotten especially after the rogue revolution.” Alpha Devin smiled at his
I looked around with confused eyes, the house I was in looked an awful lot like my childhood home, but that made no sense because the last thing I remember was falling asleep beside my mate all the way in California.“Look who finally decided to join the party.”I spun around at the sound of the voice and found Alaster Dark cackling behind me.This better not be what I think it is.“Oh this isn’t just another dream.” he sneered evilly, “welcome to your own personal hell.” He gestured around like a proud homeowner.“What do you want Dark?” I sighed, dropping onto a nearby
I was growing frustrated. Between the silence of Dark’s imaginary world and the constantly worried voices mulling around my unconscious body, I felt like I was going crazy.I had no doubt that the deeper I got in my frustration, the further I got from finding a way out of this mental prison, but I couldn’t see a single glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel.“Focus, Sophia. Think. How could Dark have done this? As far as you know he only has the power to manipulate iron, he doesn’t have mind control abilities or else he would have used it to get his way a long time ago.” I muttered to myself, ignoring the small voice in my head that mocked the action.Pondering everything I knew about Dark, I suddenly got an idea which made me scr
“Moon Goddess, come out, come out wherever you are!” Dark’smaniacal voice echoed through the hallways making me shiver.I was hidden in the secret panic room which existed in every house at the Cresent Moon Pack and luckily for me, Dark had no idea where it was or even that it existed.What an idiot.“I’d hate to leave without saying goodbye.” He drawled, humour evident in his voice. The psychopath was enjoying the chase.“Oh no, I’ll miss you terribly,” I mumbled to myself, continuing to draw as I blocked him out.“I’ll be sure to tell Jasper how much you miss him.” H
Intruders advanced towards us from every side and before we knew it the pack house was surrounded. Behind the frontline, pack members scrambled to get to safety. Warriors from different packs rallied to keep Dark’s men at bay, but just as soon as they attacked, chaos broke loose. A beefy man lunged towards me, swiping a knife in my direction which narrowly missed my cheek as I ducked. The size difference made it easy for me to manoeuvre around him and deliver low punches which seemed to irritate my opponent. The knife in his hand was swinging wildly around him as he tried to get me and eventually he succeeded in slicing open a cut on my arm- oh how I regretted wearing a vest. Feeling the burn of the cut and warm blood dripping from the cut, I grew angry and before he could take another swing at me, I twisted my body in the air, landing a roundhouse kick to his face. The blow seemed to be just what I needed as his body thudded to the floor, unconscious. I barely had time to catch my