More bullets come as I keep low, the stench of Lucian’s blood filling the air as he hovers above me. With each bullet, I am splattered in his blood, but it continues to do little more than slow him down.“You have not learnt a thing!” he roars at me as his claws wrap around my neck, lifting me from the ground.I should have been afraid, scared for my own life as I faced death when he suddenly stills. My feet dangling in the air at least ten inches from the ground. His deep amber eyes staring into mine, but he was quiet, no sound was coming from Lucian and yet everyone around us was yelling.His claws pierced the skin of my neck, my own blood trickling down over my cool skin as I watched Lucian’s nostrils flare. He was enjoying my scent, like it was something he had been longing for. This was not in my plan.His teeth sink into my shoulder as I let out a scream, and I see people charging towards Lucian. Daryl was shouting out something about protecting the Luna.Lucian’s jaw refuses to
A few months has passed since all the craziness with Lucian. Things had settled down massively, well, apart from being thrown into motherhood and raising triplets. I was just glad I wasn’t doing it on my own.Daryl was still getting used to having a smaller pack. Although he had already been out trying to recruit other packs that were smaller than ours. Some had accepted whereas others had told him where to go. The pack was still much smaller than the average wolf pack with less than a hundred people now after many had lost their lives in the fight against my brother, but he was certain he would make it great again. After all, he really wanted to pass on an almighty pack to Daryl Junior, the eldest of the triplets.In just a few months the three of them had grown quite quickly, instead of being like three-month-olds, they looked more like eighteen month olds and certainly liked to keep me busy and on my toes, especially since they were already walking and running. I assumed they were
I definitely did not think this through as I ran into the woods, the Alpha’s son Hayden and his cronies hot on my tail, inches away from grabbing me and dragging me back to that hell hole. I had been living as a slave to the Black nights pack for as long as I could remember and I had enough scars and bruises to prove it but today was different, today I was eighteen and I was running away, I didn’t care if I had to be a rogue for the rest of my life but they were never abusing me again not after they just branded me. There was a single moment and I took it, now I was running for my life. “Come back here bitch” I heard Hayden’s words ring out behind me. “We will get her. Hey stupid wolf, come here” I do not dare to look back as I continue to run, but my legs were starting to tire, stumbling and tripping over fallen twigs and rocks as I moved “Come on Ashley” I tell myself and just the very thought of being dragged back to Black Nights pack fuell
Once inside the large house, Daryl explain's that it was the packhouse and that they had done a lot of renovations recently “Your pack” I murmur He smiles at me again “Welcome to the Crescents pack” he finally puts me on my feet and steadies me as I wobble. “Alpha?” he nods, I don’t know if its because I had used all my energy or because my mate was an Alpha, but I burst out laughing and he raises an eyebrow at me. “Do you not think of me as a suitable Alpha?” he was looking serious now “It’s not that, its, well, all my life I have been a slave and now here you are a wolf in shining armour like my very own fairy tale” I was still laughing but spots were forming in front of my eyes as I was struggling to catch my breath. I feel him step towards me, afraid, I take a step back, but the spots had become too big in my vision and I fall forward directly into his solid body. Daryl lifts me again and as my vision comes back, he is carrying me up a fli
Maddox had attacked me several times in wolf form, the claw marks down my back was evidence of his cruelty but Daryl stands his ground “You really want a fight Alpha Maddox” Maddox’s wolf growls and some of Daryl’s men step forward to protect their Alpha. Daryl raises a hand to them and they halt, some had already removed their jackets ready for a fight and then there was me, afraid to move and nowhere to run, I hated confrontation. “I am not going to fight you Maddox. I just want to collect my mate’s belongings” but Maddox doesn’t move and stands in front of his door. I was completely mesmerised by what was going on. Daryl was not in the slightest afraid of the large brown wolf, which was making my insides do cartwheels.I had dreams of being mated to an Alpha but at the end of the day I knew it would never happen because i was just a slave, yet here we were, standing with my supposed mate who was having a stand-off with another Alpha. Maddox takes a step tow
Some of the men stay with Daryl whilst others follow us back to the Crescent packs land. When we arrive, Beta Jax parks out front of the packhouse and climbs off the bike, he offers me a hand but I manage to manoeuvre myself. “Inside” is all he says and as I walk up the steps I turn to see him getting my books out his bag. Inside the packhouse, Beta Jax shows me around, something that Daryl hadn’t even done yet, he showed me where the kitchen was and told me I could help myself to anything or if there was anything I wanted that they didn’t have, then to add it to the list that was stuck to the fridge. I nod as he continues to lead me around the huge house, it was much bigger than Black Night’s and I knew I would have trouble remembering where every thing was “And finally, we have the library” he pulled open the large double doors, the room was magnificent, books reached from the floor to the ceiling, surrounding the entire room, large sofas sat in the middle of the r
Jax leads me across the grounds to a smallish cabin and introduces me to Doctor Emmet who takes a look at my hand “No wolf?” he asks me and I shake my head. Jax explains to the Doctor that my wolf has been gone for a while and will hopefully be back now I have better living arrangements.“I don’t understand” I look at both of them completely lost with what was going on. My wolf had showed herself when we found Daryl but I hadn’t heard from her since.“Your wolf will help you too heal quicker, without it your healing will take nearly as long as a humans, its why your wounds never healed properly when they kept you as a slave”The doctor looked horrified at Jax’s announcement of me being a slave and he changes the subject and warns me that resetting my thumb was going to hurt. I nod, if it was going to hurt then it would hurt, it wasn’t the first time in my life I had been hurt.Daryl storms in yel
He traces his fingers over it which causes me to shudder, a mixture of pain and the tantalising feeling of his skin touching mine, his voice is low as he whispers “Who did this?” I had seen what he was capable of with Maddox, with my hesitation he grabs my good wrist “Ashley, I will not ask you again, who did this?” My lips barely move, but Daryl still registers the word “That fucking lowlife” I was shaking now, his grip was tight around my wrist, this was it, he was going to reject me because I was damaged goods. “When?” but his eyes are back on the branding and before I have a chance to answer he speaks “The day I found you, that was why you were running, you were trying to escape them from any more abuse” I cry and not like before, it is the only thing I could think of doing and Daryl looked genuinely shocked as the tears fell thick and fast as I bawl my eyes out. I had kept everything bottled up for so long and this is what had pushed me over the