Yikes. I thought to myself as I walked over to the bed.For a few seconds Thane didn’t say anything but it wasn’t difficult to tell he was simmering.“You planning to turn my brother against me?” He finally spoke in a low voice.My eyes shot to him incredulously.“Hey, that -“ I spoke pointing at the door Landon had exited, “-sounds a lot like your monkey and your zoo. Don’t bring me into your family drama.” I snapped.Thane let out a breath before turning to shut the door behind him.In what felt like another life, I would have been scared out of my mind at the idea of being alone in a room with him. But right now, I couldn’t imagine anything worse could possibly happen.“How are you feeling?“ Thane asked.There’s something I hadn’t been expecting.I made sure to keep my eyes on Thane at all times as I got comfortable on the bed incase this was an attempt to make me let my guard down.“I’m okay.” I spoke stiffly. “My body doesn’t feel like it’s on fire anymore if that’s what you mean
“Come in Landon!” I called out in response to the light knock at the door.I heard the door slowly creaked open and Landon’s curly head came into view. He looked nervous as he shut the door behind him.“How’d you know it was me?” He asked in wonder.I sat up from where I had been lying down on the floor to look at him.“Well, I don’t get many visitors in here and Mary usually lets herself in, Lyra doesn’t exactly believe in knocking either and your brother kind of just storms in and you know, starts breaking stuff.“Landon instinctively looked in the direction where a wooden table once stood as if to prove my point.“Huh, well that does sound like Thane.”He came and sat on the floor beside me. “Got a grudge against the bed?” He asked.I gave him a small smile. “The floor felt more comfortable.” I spoke with a shrug.He gave me a look like I was crazy but seemed to brush it out of his mind.He cleared his throat.“So, how are you doing today? No evil werewolf Lord tryna kill you?”It
It felt like time had stopped. Like everyone was holding their breaths right now.I didn’t tear my eyes off Randall. I didn’t want to show him that he was winning. But he might as well have been stripping me naked in front of everyone this very moment.“Yes.” I finally let out.Gasps and mutters immediately travelled through the room. Outrage and anger on the lips of people.It all felt like it was bouncing off of me, my anger directed only on Randall, feeling like I could pounce on his right now and sink my teeth into his neck.“Order! Order!” Lyra demanded even though it felt like a losing battle at this moment.The trust my council had in me was slowly slipping away.“This is an abomination!” A shrill voice yelled.“Say that again!” Lyra threatened whoever it was.The room felt like it was spinning.Everything going out of control with nothing to stop it as the one thing I had fought to hold onto slipped through my fingers.I walked back down the aisle not registering any of the vo
“Can we have some freaking order in here?” Lyra snapped as we stepped I into the meeting of my council.They were all already present awaiting me. I stepped up to the podium forcing my mind to calm down.I was the alpha. My people needed to see me as a cool and composed leaders. Even when it felt like everything was going to hell.“So nice of you to finally join us, Alpha Thane.” Randall was the first to speak.I fought the urge to roll my eyes as I rested my hands on the podium.“You may all sit.” I instructed hearing shuffling and chairs as everyone complied.“Now,” I spoke, my voice echoing through the room, “I know we have much to discuss.”I heard a scoff and didn’t even need to wonder too long to figure out who it had come from.“Problem, Randall?” I spoke through gritted teeth. The older man rose, taking his precious time as he fixed his jacket and looked around clearly savouring the attention he was receiving right now.“I mean, if I may speak freely, alpha.”“It’s a free pac
“Hey, you ready for this?” I asked Lyra as I stepped out into the hallway.She was leaning against the wall looking deep in her thoughts. The last time I had seen Lyra this stressed was when we were preparing for a mass attack in the Eastern region.And even then, her determination to fight had tramped her nerves. But right now it was a completely different story.She looked up at me then looked around checking if anyone was coming before pushing off the wall and taking a step closer to me.“Why the he’ll aren’t you as freaked out about this as I am?” She hissed.I let out a sigh running a hand over my hair. Freaked out was an understatement. I was straight up running crazy.But that didn’t mean I could show it. Especially not here.I heard the sound of footsteps and waited quietly until the disappeared before I spoke again.“Because I have a job to do.” I spoke silently.Lyra furrowed her brows before giving me an incredulous look. “Thane, of what Piper said is true then the last thi
“It only hurts if you let it hurt.” I heard Jaimie’s voice from outside.I got up and looked out into the backyard seeing him crouched down by Landon who was grasping his knee on the grass.“That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard, Jaimie.” Landon responded still holding on tightly to his knee.I stepped out into the afternoon sun and Jaimie looked up to acknowledge my presence.“What’s going on here?” I asked.Jaimie stood to his full height which was few inches taller than me. A fact that he never let me forget.I had thought once I turned eighteen, I would finally catch up to him but alas, even at 6’6, he was the giant of the family.“Smart mouth over here fell and scraped his knee.” Jaimie spoke in amusement.I looked at Landon who was avoiding eye contact with me. Even at nine, he had a stubbornness about him that felt impossible to shake off.“Actually, the ground attacked me, thank you very much.” He spoke grumpily as he stood up wincing when he put his full weight on his fo