He was close to the village but we were faster with the help of Orion. Their horses couldn't be compared to the force that drove us.Soon, Lucas was far behind me and we were very close to the clan.“Lock the gate! Lock the gate!” I screamed as we passed through the wide open gate with no struggles.“Lock the gate immediately. Do not waste time.” She ordered the gatekeepers.”Make sure the warriors are ready.” Diane shouted at no one in particular. Tensions were rising as everyone ran helter-skelter.“I'll hide the women and children.” Laura said and ran off to do that.“I'll assemble the warriors and let them know what to do.” Thorne ran off too and I was left with Diane.“You need to be careful, stay with the warriors. Remember that you're his target, if he gets you then he gets us all.” Disne told me and I nodded fully understanding my assignment which was never to be caught.Shadowcrest clan was one of the smallest parks known but we had our strengths too. We were known for our f

When we pulled back again from each other, we smiled and turned to start walking towards the river, with Thorne still holding my hands. “You were so brave today.” He complimented me.“I was? Then I guess I hid my emotions well because I was at the verge of giving up.”“You were?”“Yes, I was so scared. When I thought of us keeping them away instead of fighting. I doubted if my plan would work. I was so anxious.”“This shows that you're a good leader, so you don't have to worry yourself.” He responded and I smiled. We kept walking and walking without a destination in mind. I didn't want us trailing off to a far place.Currently, we had to be careful of Lucas, that man could wake up and decide he would kill 100 men today and he'll do it.He knew the right words to use that would bring smiles to my face. “Thank you.” I gently squeezed his hand.“You're welcome.” He said and finally realized that we were too far from the park. “I think we should go back.”We laughed and turned back.“So

We went to meet Diane after having breakfast so I could tell her about the gift I had discovered and about my intentions of going to Ice crest park.“Can I go with you?” “Yes, you can but I really don't want to keep dragging you around with me. The truth is this is my cross and I have to carry it myself. I would be a bad friend if I just cared about myself and not your intentions.”“What are you talking about? I want to do this. I want to go with you. This would be so much fun.” I gave her a stare.“I know, I know. This isn't about fun but them I'll still have fun while at it. I'll like to meet your mother, finally.” Diane was with some of the elders when we arrived so we had to wait. The weather didn't look happy in any way. I hadn't seen Thorne this morning but I searched around silently with my eyes. “Searching for Thorne?” Laura asked me. She must have caught me looking around. One thing with Laura was that she missed nothing. Whenever I have tried to hide things in the past,

“Don't just leave like that. You scared me.” I told him. “Okay.” He frowned at me like I wasn't making sense or like I was losing my senses.“What?” I asked as both Laura and Thorne stared at me.“Your acting weird.” Laura responded.“I am?” “Yes. You scared me to death when you started screaming like that.” Laura told me and I thought maybe I had over dreamt. “Did you have a bad dream?” Laura questioned me. “No.” “Okay. I'm going to wash my face so we can continue with this journey.” She left us and went her way. “Are you okay?” Thorne asked, looked at me and went ahead to arrange the log of wood he wanted to use to roast the fish he got. “Nothing.” I answered. I was only worried about him, why did they make it look like it was an abomination or an act of stupidity? Maybe he thought I was stupid when I gave him that hug. “Everything okay? You seem deep in thought.” He asked again when he had put the fish on fire he had set with sticks.I nodded. “Just thinking about home.” I

At first, I wondered who she was asking but then I remembered that there were just two males at the dining table. Alpha-king Magnus and Thorne and she was certainly not asking her father that.I looked up to Thorne from my plates, eagerly waiting for his response.“Me? Well, no. I don't. ““Oh..” Kiara replied and I knew the sound she made. She was interested in Thorne and would ask me later to help her woo him.I didn't know why but I was disappointed with Thorne's answers, even Laura looked up at me to see my reaction. I couldn't look at him anymore.Was I really supposed to be angry? Truly, Thorne wasn't my boyfriend even though we kissed and shared intimate moments together. So I shouldn't be upset right?It was at this time that I realized that Thorne never knew that I was his mate. How was that possible? He should have an idea that I was his mate.Does it mean that whatever we have going on now was a joke? Was I the one who really liked him while he didn't like me? My mind was m