My eye twitched as I looked down at the item placed before me. It was a silly thing to get mad over. I knew that. I understood very well, but I couldn’t help it. Wife Appreciation Day should have been something perfect, something wonderful and Jay had tried, bless him. Really tried. However, the dress he picked out for me was far too big. Like two sizes too big.
“Are you calling me fat!?” I questioned him, his face a look of pure bewilderment. Of course, that wasn’t what he had meant to imply. He just hadn’t bothered to ask me my size and thus wouldn’t have known. He could easily take it back and swap for something smaller, but my hormones were completely out of it today.
“I- no?” Jay faltered over his words, unable to fathom why I was so overcome with emotions. “I will get the right size. Please? I’m
A long staring match was fought between me and the Beta in front of me. He hadn’t answered my questions, but he hadn’t attacked yet either. I couldn’t figure out why. I supposed my command had no sway over him as we were from different packs, but there was no reason he would need to wait before striking at his enemy.“Well, if all you’re doing is trespassing, I’m calling my mate,” I hissed at the man, then opened the mindlink to Jay. Lumi was cowering in my mind, but I had to hold it together. Perhaps if I distracted him long enough, the rest of the pack would get here before he tried anything.“Patrick,” the man finally offered me a name. I could only assume it was his. He lowered his head, at first in a way that almost seemed respectful. Then I heard the low growl of his voice. “I heard word that a h
I do not know where Patrick is leading me, but no matter how hard I try to fight him off, he avoids my flailing attacks. A coldness spreads throughout my whole body as I smell other unknown werewolves in the area. Though even the area itself is smelling a little different from before. It still smells like a forest, of course, but perhaps it is the plans or animals here that are different? It doesn’t matter. The main thing is that this is a clue that this area is not Jay’s land.My breath hitches when I see several eyes staring back at me from within the shadows. It is deathly silent suddenly, too. Animals here are afraid of these werewolves, which can only mean they know not to be seen around them to preserve their lives. It isn’t as though Jay’s pack doesn’t hunt, but likely not to the same extent. As Patrick continues to drag me further into his Alpha’s lands, more wer
Suddenly finding the silence in my head deafening, I tried reaching out to Jay once more. However, like Lumi, there was no response. The silver cut me off from everything that made me a werewolf. Looking frantically towards Jay’s lands, I hoped, prayed, to whatever listened that he would come and save me.There was no salvation for my predicament. Patrick, now once more human, heaved me up over his shoulder. He muttered something under his breath before carrying me further into enemy territory. Some of the pack remained. I could only assume they were to act as a deterrent to Jay and anyone else that came to save me.Even without Lumi, I refused to give up. I hit Patrick’s back with my fists, in the vain hope, it would actually do anything to stop him. “Let me go!” I demanded, but he ignored my efforts. “I said let me go, you big je
Every minor bump and dip had me wincing in pain. I could see nothing with the darkness of the blindfold over my eyes, nor could I move as my wrists and ankles had been bound again. Though this time by mere rope. I still felt too numb to do much more than roll onto my back as a sudden turn toppled me over. I did not know where we were going, but I knew to whom I was being delivered. The mindlink was still cut off, despite the lack of silver bounding me into human form. The only explanation was that something in that drink must have been causing a similar effect on my body. It wouldn’t last for much longer though, and as soon as I could, I would reach out to Jay and give him the Alpha’s name. I just hoped they were taking me to his pack and not at some location to have me killed right away. The sound of muffled talking somewhere in front of me made me aware tha
It must have been a good hour or two before there was any sign of Alpha Shaun. Luna Vanessa stayed with me during the wait, monitoring me and entertaining me with stories of her children’s wild adventures. I had been right about there being a river nearby, as she commented on how the boys in her family had all gone down the cliff and further upstream, where the current wasn’t as strong. There they would spend all day playing and fishing in the waters until it was time to come home. Each time more filthy than the last.I was glad of the distraction. The marks on my ankles from where the silver had touched the skin was bothering me. Now that I was no longer numb, I could once more feel the tingling sensation. I kept that to myself, as the marks would take time to heal. Ben had kept Lumi’s presence quiet as he had said he would, and I had no intention of letting this pack know either.
I can’t speak for the longest time after Shaun lays that request on me. It was one thing to have all these packs come after my life as they had done, but to ask me to betray Jay? To allow my mate and my pack to be killed? And for what reason could they have that would ever justify it?“This might be hard for you at first, I understand,” Shaun said as he watched my reactions. “They have held you for a long time, assuming they own you because of your parents’ position, right?” He added, assuming that I was in a forced marriage. Well, at first, yes. That had been the case, but they were not forcing me now. However, Shaun did not know about Lumi or that we had accepted Jay as our mate.Closing my eyes, I cleared my thoughts free from the sudden shock that had spread throughout it. “You will let me go home if I agree to your
As soon as the glass shattered, I could hear the sounds of people scrambling to my room. I guess the Alpha hadn’t expected me to be brave enough to vandalise his home to escape. As soon as I got out of the window, I allowed Lumi to take over. The meagre clothes Ben’s people had put me in were of no consequence to me, so there was no mourning of clothes tonight. As soon as our feet darted forward, we could hear the alarm-howls going out to the whole packhouse, and knew it wouldn’t be long before the arm spread to the town as well. We had little time. Sprinting forward, we rounded the corner to the front of the packhouse, aiming for the outskirts of the town. We were going to be free of this troublesome situation one way or another! I just knew it! That is when we almost slammed into a light grey wolf. Right away, we could tell who it was. Vanessa had already s
I don’t remember how I survived the fall down the cliff’s edge. The impact against the surface of the river itself should have done quite a number on me, and if not that, the coldness or the strength in which it dragged me along. Even as a werewolf, there was no way I could have swum against the current. The only thing I remember was slowly dragging myself to the river bank the moment the current relaxed. My paws gave out under me. Even Lumi was so exhausted that she had gone back to sleep. Or perhaps whatever had happened on the cliff tops had drained her? I couldn’t bring myself further away from the riverbank, so I found myself a large rock that was smooth enough to crawl on. It was going to be a long, chilly night, so I stayed in this form. If I tried to survive in a human form, I would surely succumb to the elements, but in this form, I at least had a chance.