There is a firmness to my bed that resembles a cement mattress. I feel like knives are cutting my head open from the inside out. Hopefully there isn't any sunlight when I open my eyes. Keeping my eyes closed for a few more minutes, I continue to think. What happened to me that made me feel like I had been beaten to a pulp? Opening my eyes cautiously, I take a look around me. The far wall has only one small window up near the ceiling. There are small silver bars covering the window. I wonder where in the world I am. Taking stock of my surroundings, I find myself in a cell with silver bars, lying on a paper-thin mattress on a cement floor. In terms of my uncomfortable sleep, this explains a lot. I hear someone in a neighboring cell introduce themselves to me. As my ears were still ringing from my headache that was still being dissected with knives in my skull, I wasn't able to understand what she was saying. My eyes squinted at her, and I tried lip-reading so I could figure out where I
To prepare myself for asking my new little found chatty friend questions, I stretched and pounded my fists into a tree. In order to get her to shut up, I had to Alpha command her until I let her speak. As she squirmed, I could see her trying to force herself to speak. In itself, that was funny, but I'm going to feel sorry for her mate when she finds him.Among the women, one worked as a pack tracker. It was up to her to figure out where the hell we were. In addition, I had let one rogue live and knocked him out with a punch to the head.There were a couple of females that didn't look so good, they were the ones that were too weak to fight. There must have been a reason for them to be here so long. In the meantime, we had to leave this area and return everyone to their packs. I'll find out later.A young midwife was available, so I had her attend to the sick and injured. All told, there were thirty women present.I had fully prepared myself to the best of my ability. As a result, I res
I've been pacing my office while my beta, Ashina's beta, lizard man, and my sister argue about what to do. I am trying to convince my wolf Jasper that we followed Ashina's scent to the road and now it has disappeared. My assumption is that someone hauled her away in a vehicle, probably rogues. My wolf yelled at them in a guttural voice which was partly my wolf's. "Listen to me, you idiots! There have been several incidents in this kingdom where she-wolves have been kidnapped by rogues. She is in a vehicle somewhere and we have no idea where she is." "We won't find anybody in here yelling at one another, dog breath. What are you doing, pacing the floor in here screaming at us? She (her mate) should be going insane without her, running through the forest in pursuit of her. I will not be sitting here any longer amongst you mutts. I will find her and be her prince in shining armor. I will prove my love and loyalty to her, which is more than you will ever do dog breath!" The lizard man y
In seeing Andor, my mind flooded with memories; I hated what I had done but loved someone else. When I was thirteen, I met the prince of the south and we used to sneak out to see each other all the time. I had an aunt who was a pack member in his royal kingdom, so I would beg my parents to allow me to stay with her during the summers. Jesup and I hated being apart, so we even thought we could be mates. My heart was always warmly embraced by Jesup's fun loving attitude, swinging across the river on tire swings. We ran through the forest, listening to the leaves crunching beneath our feet. On many nights, we crawled to the castle's top and stared at the stars while testing each other's knowledge about Greek and Roman gods. Whenever his hands touched mine, I felt like any female she-wolf who wondered if we would end up together and bear pups. He was a year younger than I was. When I turned eighteen, I didn't feel that glorious mate pull they taught us about in high school werewolf mate
Akiras point of view - It appears that the trackers have not been returned. I had determined that the vehicle was heading east because the women had been kidnapped from the west. As we had killed all of the rogues except for a few I had been interrogating, I knew there must have been a vehicle nearby. A team of investigators was dispatched to locate the vehicle. In an Alpha command, I instructed them to look everywhere near the bunker we escaped from. I let my irritating talkative friend take charge of the search team. I trust her, but I am not sure why. I certainly wasn't incentivized by her incessant chattering, but regardless of that, I was confident that she would lead the search team. It is early in the morning and the sun is just about to rise. In this way, I am able to determine our direction, because the sun rises in the east, so I needed to head west. A couple of warrior females assisted my interrogation of rogues. In order to ensure that everyone had a decent night's slee
Andor's point of view - It was scary seeing Ashina's wolf hold up my ex's neck, feet hanging in the air. The breath of my ex was cut off by Ashina. I could see my ex-sputtering, begging for help. As I shrugged my shoulders, I let her know I wouldn't help. I had mind-linked my beta and told him to come. After a vague reply, he showed up about 5 minutes later. He had his hair all mussed up and looked like he wasn't working but having recreation time during working hours. As he walked in, I glared at him. "Alpha, one of the women Ashina saved is my mate," he replied sheepishly. As I smiled through the mind-link, I laughed, "Congratulations, my friend." "Alpha, what do you want? I hope you don't mind, but I would like to get back to my mate." I watch him glance sheepishly at me as we continue our mind-link. In the meantime, I'm ignoring the fact that my mate is trying to kill my ex. To myself, I thought she deserves it. I'm still getting messages from my beta via the mind link. Your
Ashinas POV -Looking at the pitiful Alpha before me, I take a deep breath. Andor had an almost empty bottle of vodka still clutched tightly in his right hand, despite having shattered empty vodka bottles all around. His bangs were disheveled and fell into his eyes. I saw his clothes were rumpled and he looked like he was in a barfight. I don't get it. Why was this guy so exasperated?Pushing Andor's bangs back, I tried to see the scar he seemed so self-conscious about. Using my finger, I traced the scar down to just below his left ear near his hairline. Rather than seeing it as ugly, I saw it as part of the aloof, rugged attitude he portrayed. His sexiness was undeniable.However, I was annoyed that he slept around, these young women may be ready to change status to become his Luna. It was obvious he had to know why these women wanted to have sex with him. Of course, it's partly because of his handsomeness, but they also want to be like Cinderella and win his heart. For him, none of
Andors View - Only on my third bottle of vodka, I was trying to drink away my insecurities. Ashina might reject our mate bond, and I was angry about it. There's no way I can live through a second rejection. I threw the empty vodka bottles at the wall. My heart was wallowing in self-pity. In the middle of transferring files, I caught the intoxicating scent of my mate. I tried to sound belligerent so I wouldn't have to deal with her anger. Then, I pretended to see apparitions that weren't there. I acted like I was talking to someone invisible. I pretended to pass out after whining about Ashina not loving me and me looking too hideous. I slammed my head down on the desk pretending to pass out. I didn't mean to cause my own injury when I hit my head on the desk. At this point, I expected Ashina to leave me alone in my misery, but she came over to me anyways. I peeked out to see why her footsteps were getting closer, then closed my eyes to not alert her. Ashina always surprises me, I