Veda I felt hot, like hot all over. When I attempted to move, I felt trapped. Other than the warmth that I felt flowing through my body, I could have sworn I was still strung up by Alpha Doug. But the warmth was warm and inviting. Like my fated. Goddess how I had missed her. I missed her kind and sweet eyes, her warm body. That's all that I can remember about her. I couldn’t remember her name or what she looked like, but I could remember her sweet, kind and caring eyes. The eyes that would always look at me with love lacing them. I can remember how warm she always was. How she was like a warm and comfy blanket on a chilly night. She would wrap around me and I would instantly warm up. This heat, though, was different. It was twice as intense. One side is hotter and stronger than that of my one true fate. When I took stock of my body, it felt like the pain was minimal. Still there, but much more manageable. I don&rs

Gabi “Hello everyone and thank you for making this impromptu meeting. Today we are here to discuss the appropriate punishment for Athea. And you over there shut it and shut it down. If you can’t, you will be escorted to the cells until punishment is served.” I said, staring at Antony. Goddess, I loved my big brother, but he could be a total ass when he needed and wanted to be. I also wasn’t disillusioned to believe that any wolf wouldn’t go completely batshit crazy when their mates were in trouble. Once Antony dropped his eyes and bared his neck to me, I knew I was free to proceed. “Okay, so we have all heard your story before Athea, but can you please give us the short version?” I asked her, and her nervous fingers picked at her cuticles and her eyes never left the floor. “Yes, my queen. My father is Alpha Doug of the Black Blood Pack. He sent me to the Academy to gather information to tear down the academy and wanted to know why you were building it up. He didn’t exactly

AntonyAfter the council meeting, I felt murderous. Gabi had just put a huge target on her back. She and Veda had just said it, we had a mole, and he was taking back everything to her father. I stayed behind and waited as everyone left. I had already told Athea to take Veda back to my condo and wait for me there. I needed to settle this with my sister. But I wasn’t surprised when not only did she stay but so did Sam and all the elders.“What is it, Antony?” Gabi said and I could see the sadness and the exhaustion setting into her again.“Gabi, we have a mole here. You have just put a giant target on her back. They will soon take it back to her pack and beside you, she will be the next in line for the chopping block. Fuck.”“Your sister is right in her punishment, son. In all other packs, she would be sentenced to death or banished. Here, she has a chance at a happy life. She has you, and Veda now. Trust

GabiDays had passed since Athea was sentenced and she had sat down with us. She honestly didn’t have much information to give. She did state that her father had multiple tunnels under his home leading to all sorts of directions. She only learnt this one after he had her taken to his cells to be tortured. She said the guards were not trained well and there had been a small faction of guards that were secretly hiding and going against the Alpha.Today was the first meeting of great minds. We were all going to be gathered to lay out the plans for the attack. Today Athea will be sitting it out as we are still learning if we can trust her. Instead she was supposed to be sitting back at her place creating a map of her father’s pack. Including the tunnel system that she knew of.“Okay everyone, I hope you all got something big to eat for breakfast as we will not be leaving here for a while. If you need to leave to use the facilities, please let someone know. Otherwise sit your asses down an

Ian I was pulled into the auditorium, or at least that is what it appeared to be. Like an old high school stage for plays, band concerts, concerts. At first, I was confused until I had seen some of the guys that I had made friends with when coming here. While I wouldn’t call this place right by any means, I still felt welcomed and accepted here. For the first time in a long time.Would I have willingly come here and taken this fucked up pledge? Well, maybe. But being forced into this position, I knew that I didn’t have a choice here. Either I took the pledge or I put myself as well as those girls in trouble. I also accepted this as what it was. I was for the first time in a long time being asked to join a pack. My family’s disgrace no longer affected my future, I could be a part of this pack and no one could take that away from me. After taking the pledge, some of the other guys invited me out to the local b