Chapter 18Cain“I will try!”“You will not!” My wolf growls through my words, the thought of her in danger and being anywhere near those rogues, has my wolf pushing for control.“I am not letting you anywhere near them.”“Cain, this might prove useful. We have been searching no man’s land for weeks. We cannot find them. They have never worked in groups nor have the attacks been so frequent. They grow more confident after each successful raid. We are losing warriors.”Alec defends Hadley’s offer of help. I want to remind him who is Alpha but my wolf beams with pride at our Beta defending his Luna.I look to Hadley and her desire to be of help is clear. She has done enough at this point, but I need a reason to keep her with me.“Alpha, we have…there is a situation.” Border patrol calls out through the link.“What happened?”There is a long silence over the link, “Speak!”“It’s rather unique Alpha, I think it best if you see it for yourself.” I growl before standing, I am not fond of be
Chapter 19Cain She steps back from me, eyes wide and her heart rate picks up. Shit!I forget she’s human, dumping all this information on her at once is frightening. I never explained the extent of our strength or heightened senses. I wanted to explain more later, after she had time to calm down and digest all this.I wanted to be gentle and caring, things that do not come naturally to me, but then I go and answer without thinking.“You can tell all that, just by standing there?” She asked the question hesitantly.The option of lying is out the door, I already said it and I do not wish to deceive her now only to be caught in a lie later. She must never have cause to distrust me.“Being Alpha my senses are sharper than most, but yes wolves can easily pick up on these things.” I give her a moment, observing her reactions for any signs of distress.“I would never use them against you. No one in this pack would hurt you, you helped us twice now. They all feel overjoyed that a human want
Chapter 20 Hadley Climbing up that slope I immediately recognised Zylith’s voice, she was my best and well truth be told, only friend. Getting to the top I see four large men looking down at her, the scar-face man was there as well, pinching the bridge of his nose, clearly annoyed. She is poking one of the towering men in the chest while giving him a piece of her mind, curse words used as punctuations. The men look on in bewilderment at her fearless verbal assault. The man receiving the poking has his hand up in almost surrender, they are all too scared to make a move or to touch her. The men looked surprised to hear me call to her and she pushes past them to hug me. I am overjoyed to see her, and so relieved that she was okay. “Thank you for finding her and keeping her safe,” I say looking at the four men. They seem surprised at my gratitude, and simply gave a nod of acknowledgement. They look up at the tall figure behind me and I know it’s Cain without looking, they share a si
Chapter 21HadleyLunch was amazing, I felt stuffed to the brim. Zylith complimented everything and burst into the kitchen to thank the staff, I followed trying to get her to lower her voice and I thanked and apologized after her.She was loud and confident everywhere she went. But people didn’t seem to have any problem with her. Eric patiently waited outside the kitchen for us and asked if we were ready to see Cain.After many flights of stairs, we come to double doors and Cain’s deep voice tells us to come in. Eric opens the doors and we enter what looked like a large office.There are shelves and couches lining the walls, with a large table with chairs all around in the middle. Cain was seated at his desk behind a laptop in the far back centre of the room. Behind him was a large window and a view of the grounds surrounding the house.Everything was set in dark colours of wood and metal, Alec comes over and introduces himself to Zylith before greeting me. Cain closes his laptop and
Chapter 22 Hadley “Zylith you should sit.” I look up from my fiddling hands, I have decided to share this with her. I told complete strangers, all be it weird ones with secrets of their own. I should be able to share this with my best friend. “I am not sure how to start with this but, I hope you do not come to hate me afterwards.” I am still staring into her eyes waiting for reply. Zylith takes in a deep breath and sit down next to me again. She looks at me expectantly, “I am not like those assholes from your hometown.” She leans back in the couch and folds her arms waiting for me to begin. I give her the same details I did Alec and Cain before, Eric moved to close the door as soon as I began and is standing behind Alec now. I did not mind them knowing but having an audience did make me more nervous. Zylith sat completely still not moving or showing any emotion. It made telling my secret easier, after I finished Zylith kept still, as though waiting for more. “THAT’S IT?!” She sh
Chapter 23HadleyI woke up the next morning rather early, the sun was barely out but I could not force myself to sleep anymore. I felt excited to finally start investigating and hopefully helping people here.I got dressed in comfortable but a little too tight sportswear and a puffy warm jacket. The sound of people talking outside catches my attention and I make my way to the window.Looking down I see Cain and a few other men talking, with Cain’s back to the house. They are semi-naked with only loose pants hanging dangerously low on the waist, giving a sensual view.This is the first view I have of Cain’s back. I never thought I was into this sort of thing but… you can tell he looks that way from hard work. The muscles on his back are chiselled to perfection and I see dark tattoo’s over his arm, it adds to the big bad Alpha look and I am completely enthralled.I am still engrossed in my admiration of the well-sculpted man when I feel hot breaths fanning the side of my neck. I shriek
Chapter 24 Hadley I left the hall as quickly as I could, I needed fresh air. I felt suffocated in the hall, I was too scared to look up after Zyliths comment. The thought of Cain catching the conversation weighed heavy on my heart. I was afraid he would ask us to leave, saying he didn’t need my help anymore. I am not sure what I feared more, them not wanting my help anymore or not being able to see Cain. Zylith had been advocating the need for me to move on after the shit show that had been my first serious relationship and honestly I did not agree. I just wanted to finish my degree, start my career as an author and lock myself up in luxury till the day I die. Zylith shouted at me many times before that I was not the problem. He was a sick man, I know that but the impression had been a lasting one. I was a freak to him and all he wanted from me was the ability to brag to his stupid friends that he had taken the freak in town to bed. I feel bile rising at the thought of it all, I h
Chapter 25 Hadley Eric and I arrived at the residence of the pack warrior who recently lost his mate during a rogue attack. “Sean,” Eric mentioned his name was. I heard the call the closer we drew to the house. I jumped from the car as soon as we came to a halt and strut up to the front door. I knocked and waited impatiently rocking back and forth on my heels. There was no reply. I knocked again, only to be met with silence. I felt nervous, I needed to get in there. Eric as if sensing my need pushed past me and slammed his fisted hand hard on the door. Still, nothing. “We need to get in there, something is not right.” Eric nodded his head in agreement, his lips pressed in a thin line. Eric moves back a little before ramming the side of his large frame into the door, the door bursts clear off its hinges clearing our way in. I follow Eric into the home, when Eric stops to take out his phone. He looked at the screen before looking up at me, ”It’s Kaleb, they might have found some