Chapter 0002

FEYRE

Cami, who is my best friend and I are patrolling the pack’s borders. We all grew up together here in the pack. Her mother is a healer and so is she.

Healers are wolves blessed by the moon goddess with the ability to find cures and use parts of them for treating others when they are hurt. They can hardly stop death but I have seen her save multiple people on the brink of it.

Their ability to find and create medicines is unmatched, it rivals modern medicine if I dare say.

As important as healers are in the community, we keep their identities private because people try to use them for their selfish reasons. And as everything has a downside, so does being a healer. They can heal anyone else but themselves and another healer can’t heal them too. For that, they require medicine.

Using their healer abilities zaps a lot of their energy. Wolves heal themselves but not wolf healers.

Cami is going off about her dreams of finding her mate, while I only listen with an attentive ear. She is the chatterbox and she says whatever comes to her mind. But she is one of the kindest and most loving I have ever met.

Coupled with her healer nature, she is the sweetest human being ever.

“You’re not too eager for yours, are you?” she asks, curiously.

Her question makes me face her and I give her a small shrug. I mean, it is not like I don't want to find him. Every wolf looks forward to this and I am no different.

It is just that I have a million and one things I wanted to do before settling down and starting a family.

I have a pack to lead and dreams to chase. But I am not entirely opposed to the idea.

Cami on the other hand has been looking forward to meeting her mate and dreaming about it since we were in high school.

“Let me get some herbs before we get back to the pack house.” Cami mutters, already heading toward the northern part of the border while I keep walking the area.

I spend a little over five minutes just walking around when I feel someone trying to mindlink with me.

Mindlink gives us the ability to communicate with pack members when we are in wolf form and human form. It doesn't require physically talking, you only do it through your mind like the name suggests. You can block your mindlink to stop anyone from communicating with you, and since we are all linked to the alpha, he can mindlink the entire pack at once while other pack members can only mindlink a person at a time.

I lift the veil down and let the person speak. Cami’s breathless voice makes my heart stop.

‘Feyre, Feyre. Help.’ I pause, wishing this is a joke but she sounded hurt, and breathless.

‘What’s wrong? Where are you?’ I ask, my heart beating at a fast pace.

‘I… I was attacked, it’s a rogue. Please help.’ She cries out, her voice breaking.

‘Where are you?’

‘I don’t know, a little off to the north. I don’t know. There’s a lot of dense trees here.’ she chokes out.

‘Okay, just try and hang on. Don’t fall asleep okay? I’ll be right there.’ I assure her. She lets out a pained sound

I take off running, using my heightened senses to trace her scent, like my life depends on it. I keep going further and further into the woods, but I don’t care. I’m not even worried about the rogue getting to me.

I’ve trained more than Cami and almost as much as the pack warriors. I reach another opening, the trees growing more dense before opening to an almost empty field. Her scent is a bit more around here and I pause, taking more gentle steps toward where it leads.

I turn around and look behind me to make sure there is no one there, I doubt the rogue will stay and wait for someone to come and save her.

I pause when I see the tag of the greymoon pack. I curse, gripping my hair and looking around frantically. Her scent leads there, but I can’t cross another pack’s borders without permission.

I look back around at the long distance I ran and I know it’s going to be hard to go back and get the alpha and a few pack members. I mindlink Cami again, the link between us is a little weak which tells me she is close to losing consciousness.

God, I really hope she isn’t very hurt.

‘Cami, can you hear me?’ I hear a soft whimper in reply. ‘Can you describe the place you are in? I’m close to you.’ I tell her, my voice gentle.

She only whimpers in reply and I curse, making a decision in the split second before I run, passing through the border and leaving our territory.

The energy changes the moment I’m inside the pack, I don’t stay to check that, the only thing on my mind is Cami and how she must be.

I feel her when I’m a few metres in, her scent stronger now and a sense of relief washes over me. The metallic smell of blood gets stronger the closer I get to her and fear overtakes me. I see her figure on the floor. Blood on almost every part of her.

“Oh my God, Cami.” I scream, in both happiness and trepidation. She moves a little but is unable to lift herself up enough to catch my gaze.

I stop near her and get down on my knees, cradling her head in my lap. 

“Cami, God what happened to you?” she has a small gash on her forehead, he must have hit her head on a hard surface.

She coughs, blood sputtering out of her mouth.

I look around, trying to see if I can do something, anything to help me stop the bleeding.

I hear footsteps and my heart drops, remembering we are in another pack’s territory. Not just another pack, a pack known for being ruthless and wicked when it comes to outsiders. I don’t get up from the ground, refusing to leave my friend.

“Who are you and what are you doing here?” a deep voice says from behind me. I don’t turn but from the individual heartbeats, I can tell there’s about five or six men behind me. A gamma and Beta in the mix.

I straighten my back but still don’t let go of Cami, I don’t even turn back to acknowledge them.

“My name is Beta Feyre and this is Cami, she was attacked by a rogue along your territory.” I try and fail to keep the bite out of my tone.

I hear more footsteps, someone walking around to face me seeing as I don’t plan on facing them. Black boots appear in my line of vision. I look up this time and see sparkling blue eyes, if I wasn’t so annoyed and angry at the situation, I would have noted how handsome the man is.

“You’re a beta?” he asks with a raise of his brows and I nod.

“From the midnight pack.” his mouth settles into a thin line and he nods in recognition.

“I’ve heard about you.” I don’t dignify that with a response. Before either of us can say anything else, a sweet cedarwood scent hits my nostrils and this time, my body turns on its own accord.

My breath catches in my throat, my heart stopping for a moment before it starts beating in an unsteady thrum. I look up, looking past the six or five men standing in my line of vision, until my eyes meet cold grey ones.

I feel a zap of electricity shoot through me, it threatens to short circuit my brain. Everything snaps into place and I recognize one word in my head.

‘Mate, Mine.’

He averts his gaze from me and it feels like the spell got broken and I fall back to reality. I still can’t take my eyes off him, his slightly messy hair and the deep frown set in his lips. He looks handsome, even with that angry scowl.

“What is going on?” His voice is cold when he speaks. “You said it was an emergency.”

I study him, a little confused that he showed no reaction to me. Surely, he felt what I did. Why isn’t he acknowledging we’re mates?

“Her friend got injured, they said around here and it was a rogue.”

“And how sure are you that she is telling the truth?” my eyes snap to his, grey eyes stare back at me with no ounce of warmth.

“I wouldn’t lie when my friend is badly hurt. I can’t get back to my pack until I’m sure she is going to be alright, so, either you help me or you can let others do it.” I hear a soft snicker that gets swallowed down by a cough.

I look at the man that is supposedly my mate and his jaw is clenched.

“Have someone check around the borders, don’t stop until you find that rogue.” He commands, completely ignoring my comment. “Search her and bring her friend to the infirmary, then message her alpha. He shouldn’t let his members get far from their nests.”

I glare at him, the insult refusing to simply roll off my back.

“I have called my alpha and I can handle myself pretty well,” you annoying arrogant prick.

He is the alpha of the midnight pack, I have never met him but his reputation precedes. The irony that fate will link me to be the biggest known asshole on earth.