VIKTOR “I still don't get why I have to come with you,” I say as I get into one of the black trucks with her.It is a hilux truck, with a stunning, shining black paint coat, with sleek tires and a purring engine and there are three others ready to go.I know had seen it before but I am astounded by their wealth. No ordinary rogue settlement can be this well organized and well to do without a structure.It was foolish of us to look down on them and even more foolishly of those wolves to think they are easy to kill.Or subdued.“What is there not to get!”she asks as she closes the door after her. “Are you not curious to see if any of those wolves might recognize you?”Not particularly, no.Not if it jeopardizes my chance of getting my mate to look at me with something other than suspicion.“I am, but how sure are you that the wolves out there are from the same pack as the ones that you found?”“I am not. Which is why I am going with a company of twelve wolves.”Fair point.The ride to

VIKTOR.“Alpha?”Whirling around with inhuman speed, I catch sight of Andre, my beta looking at me with disbelief and joy, waring in his eyes.“Alpha!” he exclaims as he rushes towards me. “You are alive!”“Shh!” I snap. “Keep it down.”“What?” he asks in confusion as he watches me take several stones back.I can't afford to show familiarity to him. Rowan might be watching us right now.“Don't call me that!” I say. “Are you okay, Viktor? Do you know me? Maybe I should get..”“No, don't get anyone,” I say as I keep my distance. “I am alright, just undercover. So, you do not know me, I am not alpha, my name is Louis.”“Louis.”“Hmm.”“Alp- sorry, Louis, are you being threatened? No, that can't be it. Who can dare threaten you?”Andre, in addition to being my beta, is also my best friend, a feat I still don't understand how it is possible.He is a talker.And can be quite dense.“I said stop talking to me!” I whisper in annoyance as I begin walking away from him.“What do you mean I sho

ROWAN.“Mummy!”The familiar cry has nme turning toward it to see Jhenelle in the arms of a stranger, heading towards me.“Jhenelle!” I cry out as I hurry over to them, snatching her from the man's hands the moment I reach them and hugging her violently. “Where have you been?! How could you leave without telling anyone? Do you have any idea how worried we were?!”“I am sorry mummy,” she says as she tightens her arms around me. “I just wanted to come with you and see outside.”“Still, you do not do that. You don't leave without telling anyone,” I scold before taking a deep breath. “I am glad you are okay, but you know you are in big trouble, right young lady? You are so grounded.”“I know. I am sorry.”“I know you are sorry.+,” I say before looking up at the man. “Thank you so much. So very much. You have no idea how grateful I am.”“I can fathom an idea. I am glad to be of help,”he says with a smile.“How… How did you know she was missing? That we were looking for her?”“I ran into t

ROWAN.It is huge.And black.And menacing.Too… much to be an average wolf.Maybe a beta or… an Alpha.“What do you think?” Rina asks quietly. “I think we better get that girl to the clinic before she dies of fright,” I reply as my eyes rove over the girl.She is quaking in terror as she watches Louis wolf circle her while also sniffing at her.“What is he doing?” Rina asks again.“No idea,” I say as we carefully approach them.“He is checking if she is hurt or bleeding,” Lisa responds.Oh.I don't like it.Him worrying over another person.But I will be damned before I say that out loud.“Hi,” I say quietly to the girl as I kneel before. Are you okay? Are you hurt?”She shakes her head in the negative, her eyes never leaving Louis’s prowling form.“That is enough, Louis,” I call out to him. “She is okay.”He huffs in response before walking away. Out of the corner of my eyes, I see one of the gathered wolves hand him a park of slacks.Turning back to the girl, I focus my attention

VIKTOR.She really, really wasn't kidding when she said her wolf was huge.At the very same height as me, with power rolling off those muscles, she might actually stand a chance against me.Okay.Maybe this would be fun.Lisa then walks into the middle of the field, taking her position between us as she addresses the crowd and us.“Okay, listen up!” she starts. “This is a friendly match. It ends when the other opponent taps out or in this case, yields. No drawing of blood. No kill move. Are we clear?”I make a movement with my head while Rowan wags her tail in agreement.“Okay, then. Let the match begin!”Before I can even blink, I see Rowan’s wolf charging at me, the ground trembling with the force of her paws.I get out of the way a split second before she runs into me.Whirling around, I see her wolf skid to a stop, gathering dust before turning back to me.This time, when she charges, I meet her head on.We collide into a mess of limbs, snarling at each other as we try to get a fi