CHAPTER-6: CHASING SCENTS

Talon’s POV (Alpha, Green Moss Pack)

My wolf, Leo, had been howling since morning—growling at me nonstop to quit what he charmingly referred to as my “whoring activities.”

I didn’t get it.

Every girl I touched, kissed, or screwed made him twitch with fury like he was the Pope of Purity.

“Hold off till we find our mate,” he kept saying like a broken record.

But come on, the brunette beneath me? A walking fantasy. Skin like caramel silk, legs that could lock a man’s soul, and tricks in bed that deserved awards. She moaned my name like I was the center of her goddamn universe.

And yet… I felt hollow. Even her best efforts couldn’t ignite that familiar spark anymore.

Something felt wrong.

“Dammit! This slut sucks my cock like a pro, but my mind’s still all over the place,” I mindlinked Leo mid-thrust, frustrated as hell.

“Get her off our dick, or I swear I’ll bite her head off,” Leo snarled, pacing in my mind like a caged beast.

“Can’t you let me unload first? Or do you want us walking into class with a raging fucking boner?” I shot back.

“Then fuck her hard enough she doesn’t come back,” Leo grunted. “But don’t you dare enjoy it.”

I growled low, slammed into her with finality, and let go. “Yeah babe… ahhh… that’s it. Daddy’s gonna cum,” I groaned as I emptied into her mouth.

She swallowed like a champ.

Three orgasms later—mine, obviously—I shoved her toward the door while she purred sweet nothings I didn’t care to remember.

“Babe, I’ve got class,” I said flatly, already pulling on my jeans. I couldn’t even recall her name. Stephanie? Sierra? Something with an ‘S’, maybe. Who the hell cared?

Leo grumbled in satisfaction when she finally left.

I stood under the shower, letting scalding water beat against my back, but it couldn’t wash off the bitter feeling clawing inside me.

Something’s off.

That’s when it hit me.

The scent.

“What the fuck is that alluring, musky smell?” I muttered aloud, heart hammering. It gripped my senses like a vice.

It was addictive. Dangerous. Familiar yet foreign.

Leo froze. Then he howled.

“That’s her,” he whispered in awe. “That’s our mate.”

No. Fucking. Way.

I bolted toward the source like a man possessed, following the scent as it weaved in and out of the crowded hallway, teasing me, slipping between bodies, vanishing around corners.

“Faster!” Leo barked.

And then—it was gone.

Just… gone.

Like someone had yanked it out of the air.

I stood breathless near the old library wing, panting like I’d run a damn marathon.

Frustrated, I kicked the bottom of the ancient shelf I’d discovered weeks ago—the same one that masked the secret passage I used to sneak out of this cursed school.

Oh, by the way—name’s Talon Green. Son of the Alpha of Green Moss Pack. Born troublemaker. Freedom junkie. Tunnel escape artist.

That tunnel, hidden behind the decrepit bookshelf, led straight to the city outskirts in five minutes flat. No guards. No sensors. Just darkness and liberation. And the best part?

Once I was in that tunnel, my powers returned. My instincts sharpened. The suffocating leash of Asheville loosened around my throat.

Leo practically danced when we got inside it.

But today? Even with freedom in front of me, he wasn’t excited. He was... distracted.

“Why don’t we follow it and see?” he asked, restless.

“The scent’s gone,” I muttered, searching again. “It disappeared the moment I stepped in.”

Leo growled low. “She’s close. She’s here. We’re just not ready to meet her yet.”

I clenched my fists.

This wasn’t just some hot girl I’d bang and forget. This was her. The one written into my soul.

“Calm down, Leo. Let’s save our asses and get to class,” I said, trying to shake the magnetic pull still lingering in my gut.

I vaporized the last trace of the brunette’s perfume off me and took off running—toward class, toward chaos, and unknowingly… toward her.

The one who would ruin me.

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CHARACTER SKETCH:

SHADOW GANG MEMBERS:

Zoe Stone – Leader

Draven – Zoe’s Beta

Lyra – Draven’s sister

Seris – Draven and Lyra’s adopted sister

Kael – Third in command

Damon – Fourth in command

ALPHAS:

Talon Green – Green Moss Pack

Lucan Cohen – Ocean Spirit Pack

Corwin Dixon – Moon Shine Pack

Valen Anderson – Crystal Blood Pack

Zarek Rexter – Silver Bow Pack