Stryker-“Call all the warriors back and get the hybrids here.” I ordered Mathew through the pack link.Looking into the face of the man that took my mate, I felt this fervent desire to rip his head straight from his shoulders. The pack was a notorious pack, but it was only two hours from here by car. In wolf form, I could make it there in an hour.The pack was Alpha Benson’s pack, which used to be known as the Fury Fang pack. Since the Alpha King did away with pack names, they were now recognized by their Alpha’s name. Like how this pack was just known as my pack.It was made this way ten years ago because the new Alpha’s wanted to change pack names, and many packs migrated a lot that didn’t have a pack territory. It wasn’t always easy to keep track of the different packs, but who was I to question the Alpha King?Knowing that Nea was taken by Alpha Benson’s pack though, I was ready to rip his pack to shreds. They weren’t exactly allies with us, but we tended to leave each other alon

Neaera-I woke to the sound of yelling and screaming coming from outside. Once again as I woke up, my head was pounding, but it was from the hit I got from Alpha Benson. This time, as I looked around, I realized that I was in the cellar that was under the packhouse.I was lying on a cot in a dank cell, with only a bucket at the far end that smelled as if it were used as a toilet. Groaning, I rolled off the cot and stood up. I nearly forgot about my hip, but quickly remembered when my leg gave out from under me.Steadying myself, I went to the cell door, which was nothing more than iron bars from floor to ceiling. Turning my body to the side, I tried to see if I could squeeze out, but no luck. Peering through the bars, I didn’t see anyone around.“Hello?” I yelled but was only met with the sound of my own echoing voice.Hitting the bar with my hand, I let out a curse. I didn’t know what was going on outside, but I needed to use this as a chance to get out of here. Looking around the ce

Neaera-A slow smile spread across the Alpha King’s face as he nodded his head. “Now I can understand why Zach believes you are the one to lead the hybrids. Honestly, I was hoping you would agree with my suggestion, but that was for my own benefit. The council and I have already discussed another option.”“What is that?” I turned my body slightly, raising one knee on the bench and folding it into me.“For now, we would like to offer you complete transparency and you lead the hybrids as you see fit. Just like other were-animals, you will become a branch of the werewolves. When you have something established and know which direction you wish to go, then we can discuss things more in-depth. In the meantime, you will have the protection of the werewolves at your back.”I narrowed my gaze at him as I tried to decipher his words. It was pretty much what he was telling me before, but different. He also told me just moments before that hybrids couldn’t have our own system, but now he was tell

Stryker-Having Nea on my back as we ran across the open fields and through the woods, had been something I had dreamed of. When we arrived at a small village, we didn’t have to hide as we shifted back into our human forms. Most people around here were either part of the supernatural world or knew about it.Taking the clothes that I had discarded from another member that had picked them up for me, I quickly dressed. Nea wandered off on her own, but I wasn’t worried. I found her sometime later as she was having a snowball fight with some kids.Instead of joining in, I stood back and watched. This was the first time I have seen her laugh so freely as if she didn’t have a worry in the world. Even when she was younger, there had always been something keeping the light from fully reaching her eyes.“She really is something, isn’t she?” Zach said as he stepped beside me and watched Nea playing around. The hybrids also joined in on the fun, as did some of the werewolves.“That she is. By the

Neaera-Watching Stryker basically mutilate Benson, I sat back in shock. I have seen a lot of gruesome things in my life but watching someone I knew going to this extreme was on a whole new level. When Stryker stood up, he was naked and covered in blood.Looking into his face, I barely recognized the man that he was. His face was distorted, with wolf features mixed with his human features. It was hard to distinguish between beast and man.“Are you okay?” Stryker’s voice sounded more human than it did, but I couldn’t move or speak.I wasn’t scared or anything, but I was in shock. It wasn’t until he was standing in front of me, crouching in the snow, with the same hand that he used to rip apart Benson, that my senses returned. Blinking a few times, I focused on him and saw the same man I fell in love with, his eyes filled with concern and very much human.The animalistic features he presented moments ago were gone. I didn’t mind that he was covered in blood, but I was glad to see he was