My body was numb as I watched Mateo disappear with Bob. Letting him go was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do. I could hardly contain my heartbreak for I wanted to fall to the ground and begin wailing like a child. I had to maintain a strong stance though; I needed to be strong for my son. I knew Marlon made some good points about keeping us hidden. I didn’t agree with the tactics, but at the same time I didn’t have any other options myself and I definitely didn’t have a better plan.If the duke was approaching with an army, we needed to be as prepared as we possibly could. Marlon wasted no time in taking me into the dungeon area; I didn’t even realize he had a dungeon at the manor. Although, I expected as much.It smelled of mildew and old bodily fluids; I could still smell the lingering odor of some of the wolves he had kept down here at some point. I could feel my wolf stirring uncomfortably as we made our way through a couple of cells he kept in the dungeon. In the distance, I
Bob thought Alex was stupid and wouldn’t know what he did. Alex saw the entire thing without Bob ever knowing about it. He saw Deonna and as soon as Bob took her away, Alex knew he wasn’t going to kill her. He followed them and watched as Bob took her into the woods; he didn’t go in the woods with them, but he knew Bob would have to reemerge eventually.Once Bob reemerged, he came out with a woman wearing a headscarf; right away Alex knew that had to be Deonna. He was stupid; Bob took her back to the house and their father. Alex, of course, followed them home and overheard their entire stupid plan about hiding her in the dungeon and taking Mateo out of the kingdom.They were ridiculous to think that a plan like that would ever work. Marlon also expressed how he didn’t trust Alex which drove a knife into Alex’s chest upon hearing that. Alex wasn’t as dumb and naive as he was thought to be, and he certainly wasn’t as weak as Marlon thought him to be.Alex hears and sees everything; prob
I lost track of the time as I remained shackled to the dungeon walls. Seconds turned into minutes; minutes turned into hours. I felt like I was delusionally talking to myself, or my wolf. I couldn’t tell who was talking and who was responding.As time went on, I found myself beginning to doze off. I was so sleep-deprived that it didn’t matter where I was or how uncomfortable it was. Maybe if I slept, I would forget about my current state, and it wouldn’t seem as bad. By the time I woke up, everything would be over. Which meant, I would either be dead, or the war will end, and Marlon would have won. Which, honestly, I wasn’t holding my breath for.I wanted to have faith in Marlon and believed him when he says he wanted to protect me and Mateo. But I couldn’t bring myself to do it; despite the protests from my wolf. I was terrified about what was to come and I couldn’t stop thinking about where Mateo was.As I slept, I began having this delusional dream about these voices. They were fam
Bob couldn’t believe they were actually gone; Alex took Mateo when he wasn’t looking and left. Granted, Bob could probably find Alex, just as easily as Alex found him. But what about Deonna? It was either save the baby or save Deonna.Bob had to admit, at one point he couldn’t have cared less if the slave died. She was just somebody he enjoyed toying with. When she first appeared on the farm, he was instantly attracted to her weirdly. She wasn’t somebody he could be seen with, or even grow to love, but she was somebody who looked interesting enough to want to fuck.Despite the rules that the Roessler family had about not having sex with dirtball wolves and other forms of help, Bob still wanted to have his way with this creature. She was timid and frightened, yet beautiful in her own way. She was supposed to be the weakest on the slave farm, but she was outspoken, and it didn’t seem like she cared what happened to her.Alex was always the level-headed of the two and told Bob to leave t
The kingdom’s army was getting ready for battle; they obviously had no idea that the war was because of a slave and the slave’s baby, but they were ready to fight alongside Marlon. He even managed to get some of the kingdom’s strongest wolves to join the army in battle. The kingdom had heard rumors of a slave, but Marlon managed to convince them that they were just rumors and that the only slave there was ended up attending the noblemen’s school in disguise and was caught. Bob was seen taking her into the woods and killing her; there’s been no sign of the slave since so nobody questioned anything more.However, the duke is arriving with his army and is wanting to overthrow Marlon, the highest-ranked nobleman. The kingdom won’t allow that to happen; especially because some of the nobles in the kingdom want that ranking and don’t want the duke to end up with it.With Deonna being a prisoner in his dungeon, this should steer the duke, or at least the king, away from the idea that Marlon
I was gone before he could say anything more. I wasn’t sure if I even knew how to turn into a full wolf, but I knew I had to try; I needed to find my son. I could feel him, and I knew he was still alive. My body was shaking as I ran; I couldn’t remember the last time I actually ran like this. I hadn’t had the willpower to run this fast in a long time.I spent so long being trapped by chains and now I was free; I was actually free. I felt freer than ever. My wolf was exploding with excitement as we stepped outside. I felt the cold breeze on my features, and it felt different than it had since I left the commoner village. This was the air that now belonged to me; I was free.I leaped through the garden, I took in a breath and told my wolf to come forth to me. I felt my body transitioning messily. I felt my bones forming into the shape of a wolf and I braced myself for the pain that was about to come with it. I screamed and stopped running as my body transformed itself.The first transfo
Marlon watched as Deonna went towards the woods; he had already told the guards to let her go. He wasn’t sure what else to do; as soon as others around the kingdom saw her, they would know she wasn’t a prisoner and that he let her go. That would confirm the rumor of the relationship between them.But he didn’t care; Deonna was right when she said that she needed to protect Mateo. He wanted to protect Mateo as well; he would never deny Deonna the opportunity to protect her son. He just wished he could be there to protect Deonna, but he needed to be prepared for when the duke arrived with his army. His army was getting ready for battle, but he was afraid it wasn’t going to be enough.He needed an alternate plan, and he think he knew exactly what he needed to do.But first, there was something he needed to take care of. He trusted his maids and the help around the manor; he didn’t think the ones he currently had would betray him. Beatrice had been his head maid for generations and even t
I was back in my human form, and I had Mateo in my arms; he started calming down instantly after I picked him up and held him. I pressed him firmly to my chest and allowed the tears to fall from my eyes and over the top of his head. My body was trembling as I thought about everything that had just happened in a matter of hours.My adrenaline was coming down and I could feel my body aching as my new wounds flared up; not to mention the soreness of my bones from transition.Petra was dead; I watched Bob kill her in cold blood. His teeth went right into her neck, and she fell into the river creek almost immediately. I couldn’t say that I felt bad about her death; I mean, she tried to kill me on a couple of different occasions and was about to kill my son. She had it coming to her, and I was glad to see that she was going to rot where she belonged.Now, Bob was after Alex. The two brothers went head-to-head; I wasn’t sure if either of them was going to survive the battle with one another