“She’s in heat,” someone yelled. I collapsed into the chair, hoping like hell the fight didn’t throw my ass into heat. What a nightmare! Ridge began shifting back and I got to my feet again.
“Please Zach, forfeit!! Just walk away, both of you!! Just mutually foreit and everyone goes home!! Please,” I yelled.
Zach was growling and shifting between his feet, covered in blood. He wasn’t fully shifted back yet, he still had his canines out, claws for hands and fur on most of his skin, but he was standing on two legs.
“She needs you Zach, you can end this, PLEASE,” I begged.
He looked back at me, then looked at his opponent. Ridge walked toward him and Beth yelled and moaned. Everyone was now crowded around her
~Tyra’s Point of View~ Obviously this wouldn’t be my first time being intimate but the anticipation sure made it seem like it. Reba was practically falling over herself trying to chase him down. We came through some brush and I heard the sound of water faintly trickling. It was easy to track Ridge between his scent and the blood on him, which simultaneously made me weak with desire but also disgusted. I didn’t like my mate being hurt and I was desperate to fix his wounds. Reba purred as she finally saw Ridge, he’d shifted back and he was soaking in what looked like a hot spring. *Nooo, I want my wolfie,* Reba fussed. *You can have him back later,* I mused. I pushed myself to shift back, it was
~Two Weeks Later~~Ridge’s Point of View~“Is it one line or two lines,” I asked, holding up her pregnancy stick.“Uhm, you ask like I’ve done this before,” Tyra mumbled, looking at the box.“Hah! The digital one says pregnant,” I said, looking at the other three tests on the counter.Tyra picked it up and glared at it, wiggling her nose. She was so adorable.“When I told Mindy I needed a test I didn’t think she’d buy out the entire damn store,” she snorted.“Just being thorough, like a good Beta’s mate looking af
Everything in me told me to throw Zach the fuck off my pack lands. His problems were not my problems. If Zander was dumb enough to come for Tyra then he’d have a war. But until that time came, I saw no reason to get involved. I eyed Nate and he just looked put out.“There’s a cabin about half a mile in, I’ll let you stay there tonight. I’ll speak with my team in the morning but I really see no reason to help you. I’ll have someone bring towels and some things you can make breakfast with. None of your people are to leave that building until you speak to me again. If you do go wandering off, my patrols will attack you. Nate will show you the way,” I said, firmly.“We appreciate it,” Zach said, putting out his hand.“Forget it,” Tyra said, ta
~Ridge’s Point of View~I’d gone this morning to visit my parents and get my dad’s opinion on things. They had a little house about half a mile from the packhouse where they stayed half the time. The other half, they had a small cottage by my sister and her mate’s parents.My dad had been the Beta of the White Star pack we’d all grown up in before Gunner destroyed our village. Even though he’d never held a title in our current pack, everyone still addressed him as Beta and you bet he wasn’t going to correct them.I still went to him for advice on a lot of occasions and since becoming Alpha, our relationship had never been stronger. His name was Rock, and that was what he was to everyone in his life … our rock.
~Zach’s Point of View~“There’s just got to be some options. Is there any chance of using the leverage of Jake’s new mate to get the White Falls pack to help us,” I said to Ryan.“Little ironic that they named their pack after some falls and a hot spring that was actually on Blood Claw’s lands,” Jake snorted.Jake and a couple of my warriors had come to my pack from Blood Claw but they were young when it fell, and didn’t have much to do with everything that went down. Jake had only just gotten his wolf a few months ago but he was damn impressive and I’d promoted him straight away.“What happened to the rest of their packlands,” I asked.
~Tyra’s Point of View~Zach shows up, takes my sister and now Ridge’s father. What the hell is going on!? He’s a damn tick that just has to keep sucking the life out of me!RING RING RING.Oh shit, I thought, looking at the caller ID. It was Vanessa’s mom, well my mom really. If I ignored it, she’d worry. I highly doubted Vanessa was going to tell her what was going on, not that she was answering her phone.“Hey mom,” I said, nervously.“Hey sweetie! How are you girls doing? Catching up on your gossip,” she asked.“Well uhm … we didn’t exactly get a chance. Is dad with you? I shou
Everyone agreed to use Alpha Heath’s lands as a staging point since he was the closest to Long Tooth. We needed to be organized but we also wanted to strike quickly. Everyday that passed was another day for Zander to potentially gather more rogues. “We need a couple more points to set up, we’re going to have to get maybe two more on the other side of his lands,” I said, looking over maps. “It’s going to get harder to have a large presence here without drawing attention, especially with his rogues trying to jump over the line all the time,” Pike said. “Yeah, I know we don’t want to rush this but I don’t think we have a choice. We need to strike ASAP, and by that I mean like tomorrow night,” I said. “I’m leaving now to go meet with Zach’s Beta and see what their
~Ridge’s Point of View~Tyra had been gone a few hours and I wasn’t sure if I should mind-link her or give her space. She doesn’t talk about her dad, her childhood. I know little bits but she was always kept away from the pack for the most part. I knew the broader story but not the emotional angle of it from her perspective. So I had no clue if this was difficult for her or what. But she’s so stubborn and hardheaded about showing emotion she probably wouldn’t tell me anyhow.“I just saw Pike back at the packhouse, he was speaking with our Luna and organizing dinner,” Louis, one of my warriors said.“Good, he was only gone a couple of hours and most of that would have been his travel. Must have been a short meeting, link everyone to meet here at 8 for a br