I woke up this morning feeling like I haven’t slept in a week. Something has had Havoc on high alert in my head. He keeps pacing like he’s agitated and I can’t get him to calm down or talk to me. He’s worried. I can tell this much.
“Havoc. Calm. What’s wrong? If it’s the rogue situation, Ryker’s on it with me. We’ll protect the packs and handle the threat.”
“Protect. Now.” He answered, all but jumping out of my skin.
“We will, Havoc. We will.”
“Not just the packs. Her.” he said, increasing his aura and anxiety.
“What are you talking about?”, I asked, though I had a feeling I knew where he was going with this.
“Mate. Something’s coming.”, an ominous tone to his answer.
I watched the muscles in his back flex through his shirt as he walked away. Then I looked down at the forgotten envelope in my hand. As I turned it over, I noticed the deep purple wax seal. The seal of the Lycan Prince. I hurried inside to my parent’s office to look for the letter opener and bumped into my dad on the way. “Hey, Sweets. Why in such a rush so early?”, he asked with a chuckle and a steadying hand as I rushed past him. “Well, I’m not really sure yet. Someone who works for the Prince just dropped this by and I’m really curious. And confused.”, I admitted. “Someone who works for the Prince?”, he asked, eyebrows raised. “Yeah. He told me I was to have it as soon as
I was sitting at my desk waiting for Ryker to show for our meeting, thinking about this morning with Lyse. A small smile came to my lips as I recalled her shock at seeing me. When she made the mistake of assuming I worked for the Royal Lycan Family, I didn’t correct her. Nor did I lie. I do, just not in the capacity that she thinks I do. Havoc was beside himself with wanting to mark and mate her, especially after our skin touched and the proverbial sparks went flying. I know she felt it too. I saw it in her eyes, and those of her wolf, who tried to push forward toward mine. “She ours, Chase. Why are we playing this silly game?”, Havoc huffed. “Patience, Havoc. She’ll know soon enough. And it’s not a game. It’s a dance.”, I told him. “We want her.”, he
Since it was Sunday, Cass, Cristabell and I were meeting at Tranquility. It was quiet and I had a lot to fill them in on. I wonder if they got an invite to the coronation, too. I was still curious about that. Why me?“Mom? Dad?”, I yelled up the stairs, “I’m headed to the lake with Cass and Crista!”Mom headed down the stairs with a basket of laundry, her hair escaping her ponytail, looking a bit flushed.“Ok, Sprite. Be back this afternoon by three and we’ll head out to find a dress.”I leaned over and pecked her cheek as she rushed by. “Ok. Love you. Where’s Dad?”Mom turned and glanced at me before quickly looking away. “Oh, something cam
I had one of my personal guards keeping an eye on Annalyse from a distance. With a large pack of rogues around the borders of her pack’s territory, I wasn’t willing to take any chances with her safety.Alec passed on to me this morning that she was meeting her friends today, and Havoc and I both needed to see her. He was restless not being near her and honestly, I was too. I decided to go to her lake and see her. If her friends knew who I was, so be it. She was going to find out anyway in just a few days.She seemed shocked when I delivered her the invitation yesterday, though she hid it well. I found it an adorable tell of her nerves, the way she blurted out her thoughts at high speed when she was flustered.I hurried through the forest, her scent on the wind telling me she was
I was shaken out of the bubble that was Chase and I when he asked me to introduce my friends to him. In truth, I almost forgot they were there. The way he looked me up and down had my treacherous body feeling all kinds of things. I felt like I had to be closer to him for some reason. It was a pull that I didn’t understand, like a string was tied to the very center of me inside being pulled by a string attached to him. Bella was thrilled to see him again.‘It’s HIM!’ she exclaimed, jumping around inside of me like she was on a pogo stick.‘Let me OUT Lyse! I want to meet his wolf!’, she all but demanded, pushing herself forward causing my eyes to flash violet.I paused at that. She has never been insistent to meet a male wolf before.
I jumped in the cool, clear water and surfaced with the water coming to just under my nose. Mostly to hide my smile. I heard every word they said. Now I just had to play it cool, which was no easy task given that it sounded like my girl has been talking about me to her friends.I almost laughed out loud at being called walking sex. I knew I was attractive and had my fair share of attention because of it throughout the years, but no one has ever been so open and frank in my presence. Great Lycan hearing can be a deterrent to casual remarks anywhere near me. It was refreshing in a lot of ways. Almost like I was a new friend in their group instead of a Lycan Prince surrounded by those who mostly said what I wanted or needed them to say out of fear or obligation. It was nice to hear real candor, even if they didn’t know that I heard it.
He was beautiful. I sighed watching from the edge as he slid through the water, the muscles in his arms flexing as he swam, his tattoo almost seeming to swim and move with him. He stopped and chuckled at something Crista said, their interaction causing a jolt of jealousy to run through me. I wasn’t normally a jealous person and Crista was my friend. If they like each other, I’ll have to figure out how to deal. It wouldn’t be pleasant, but it’s happened before.“Hey guys, I’ve got to get going, I told Mom I’d be home in time to head out shopping.”, I shouted across the lake, starting to swim closer to the edge so I could get out.“What are you shopping for, Lyse?”, Crista asked with a curious look on her face before continuing, “I thought you weren’t going to Jace’s
Leaving Lyse behind, reluctantly, I headed back toward the castle. I brought about my shift to allow Havoc to run. There was a niggling at the back of my mind, a feeling of danger, which Havoc reinforced as we ran. ‘Danger, Chase. It’s near. We need to go back. Our mate is in danger.’‘Go, Havoc. Quickly.’ I urged him on, no question that something evil out in the forest, lurking.I turned and ran, pushing my Lycan faster than I ever had before, even in battle.There was something in the air. The smell of sulfur and death. Of torture and turmoil and want.I skidded to a stop at the edge of the forest back near the lake, Havoc on high alert, the awful scent of destruction still curling through this part of the forest on the wind