Adina’s POV“I don’t see why I can’t come,” Colin said angrily for the tenth time.“Because if he recognises you, he will know in what pack I’m staying, or at least he will guess,” Adina said, placing a hand on his arm.“Stay in the car. It will be parked just outside the door. If anything happens, you can come running,” she continued with a smile. Colin huffed. “I’m sorry honey,” she added, placing her head on his shoulder.She knew this was difficult for him. They were going into an uncertain situation with not enough information. She understood his need to protect her, but she also knew that he understood the need for him to go unnoticed. If it had been any other alpha, Adina wouldn’t have let them come on the trip at all.But she couldn’t refuse Colin. To be honest, she needed him there to calm her nerves. The ride to the warehouse took about thirty minutes. The place looked deserted, but Adina knew that usually, it would have been full of workers.The White Rose pack owned the co
Once they both were inside, she made sure the partition between the front seat and them was up to give them some privacy. Then she told Colin everything. As she expected, he didn’t handle it calmly.“Next time I see that bastard I will kill him,” Colin fumed. “You are MINE,” he growled.“I know honey, but he didn’t know,” Adina soothed, sliding closer to him and rubbing his arm.“He should have known you weren’t his. What kind of alpha is he?”“Yes, he should have known that we had already met and nothing happened. But you know how hope can mess with your head,” Adina switched tactics and put her hand on the side of his face. Making him turn towards her and make eye contact.“I’m yours. You know that I know that, and that is all that is important”“I want everyone to know,” he huffed.“I know. I would like that as well. But you know why we can’t do that now,” she patiently said. He responded with a puff of air. “The bigger issue at the moment is that we have a leak in the council,” Ad
Adina’s POV“I would like to get a feel for her abilities. I will use our most dependable female warrior. No harm will come to her,” Jason said, the last part directed at Colin.Colin nodded, but Adina could see the hesitation. He didn’t like the idea of her being in danger, even if it was no real danger involved.“I wasn’t worried for her sake,” Sean said with a shrug and started clearing the table and nudging Adina to go.Adina gave Colin a light kiss and headed out to the training grounds. It was chilly outside, but not as bad as she had thought.Adina and Sean started warming up with some laps and some stretching and were soon joined by others as the warriors started their training sessions. After that, Sean decided they should go for a run in their human form. When they got back to the training ground, they headed over to the sparring rings.“Ready to spar?” Jason asked Adina.“Sure thing. What did you have in mind?” she answered, taking a swipe out of her water bottle.“This is
Adina’s POV“To add to the confusion that my style already is, I have one thing that no one else has, and that is what we train during these secret sessions. It’s magic,” she said. Colin looked at her and nodded.“I didn’t want you to be shocked by the things you see me do. Just be prepared for some unusual things, okay?” she added.“Are you worried that I might react in a bad way?” Colin asked.Adina was worried. She didn’t want him to look at her the way some of the other alphas had looked at her. She simply nodded, avoiding looking at him.“Baby, I know that you have powers. I have seen you use them. I will never look at you differently because of them,” he assured her, lifting her chin so she would look at him.“Knowing and seeing are different things, and my healing power is, compared to other things, quite unremarkable. There have been some bad reactions,” she confessed. He huffed, clearly not impressed.“Weak persons. Don’t compare me to them. Show me,” he said, looking her in
Colin’s POVColin sat on the log, holding one of Adina’s hands in his, with his eyes closed. He heard Adina’s breathing change. It became deeper and more relaxed. He felt the tingling that he always felt when he and Adina touched increase. It felt like bubbles travel from Adina’s hand to his.“Open your eyes,” Adina whispered.Colin opened his eyes, and he couldn’t believe what he saw. All around him there were thin wisps of what looked like mist. But they glimmered in different colours and moved around, in between and through everything. In places they entangled with each other and shifted colour, becoming thicker or thinner.Everywhere he looked, he saw them. The trees and the ground had a shimmer to them. He looked at Sean. He drew a sharp breath when he saw Sean’s true form. He looked bigger, prouder, like a warrior, and behind him, like a shadow, there was a big brown wolf. Colin turned to look at Adina, but before he could look at her, she placed a hand over his eyes.“Not yet,”
Adina’s POV‘Rogue attack apparently. His older brother is okay. No, he doesn’t. I asked his brother not to phone him. I thought it would be better coming from you,’ Cernack told her.‘Thank you. I’ll do it at once and ask him to call his brother,’ she linked back. She sighed at went into the bedroom where Colin already had gotten into bed.“I need to go to see Sean. His father has died,” she told him.“I’m sorry to hear that,” Collin said sincerely. “Is there anything I can do?” he then asked.“No, but thank you for asking. I don’t know when I’ll be back. You should go to sleep. I’ll try not to wake you when I come back. Or do you prefer me to stay with Sean?” she asked.Colin was in front of her faster than she thought was possible.“You will sleep here. I will not accept you sleeping somewhere else. We have a deal,” Colin pointed out. Looked at her intently.“I know. I just don’t want to disturb you,” she said.“I don’t care. You talk to Sean and then you come back to me,” Colin sa
Colin’s POV“Thank you, Colin. They are beautiful,” Adina said, looking at the flowers.“Not as beautiful as you,” Colin said, surprised that the worn-out line didn’t make him cringe.“You are sweet. Come on in. I got a little help with getting a table and chairs up here,” she said, and Colin walked in and saw that there indeed were chairs and a table set up.It had been set with a white linen cloth and the good dinnerware and silver cutlery. Colin smiled. She had gone all out, and he loved it.“Sit, dinner is ready,” she said as she walked out into the kitchen. “Where do you keep the vases?” she asked.“Vases?”“For the flowers,” she added.“I don’t think I have any,” he said. Colin had never had use for a vase in his life.Adina came out of the kitchen with a pitcher of the flowers.“Works just as well,” she smiled.Colin sniffed the air. It smelled delicious like a home-cooked meal should smell, he thought.“Can I help with anything?” he asked.“No, you just sit back,” she said as
Colin’s POVColin was stunned when Adina stood up and told him in no uncertain terms that she would not stand for him using his alpha command on her. It was pure fury that emanated from her, and he didn’t know if he should be scared, impressed, or turned on by the intense flame in her eyes. He just stood there watching her march out of his room, making the door fly open with magic. Even when she was gone, he just stood there watching the closed door.‘Alpha, what has happened to Adina?’ Mateo mind linked. Colin panicked for a second.‘What do you mean?’ He replied.‘Julia and I just met her on the stairs, and she scared the shit out of me just by looking at us. I have experienced nothing like it, not even when you get mad. My mate instinct kicked in full gear. I almost pushed Julia over the railing to keep her away from Adina.’ Mateo sounded understandably upset.‘We fought.’ Colin said. ‘I may have screwed up majorly.’ He added.‘No shit, man. If we need to pick sides, I’m picking h