Was he safe? I knew the warriors I had sent would protect him with their lives, but was four guards enough? Would they stay out of view?
I had been in an almost constant state of panic and worry since I had left him earlier today, unable to focus on anything other than him. It was an odd feeling, caring for someone so completely when I barely even knew them. Valen was a complete mystery to me, and yet, I loved him totally and completely. I would do anything for him.
And yet, I did not know if I could trust him with my secrets. How was I supposed to tell him who I was, what I was? Would he accept us? Sapphire felt sure he would, and yet, I was not convinced. There were to many variables, I needed to learn more about him before I made any hasty decisions and seeing as how humans did not camp for extended periods of time in the same location, I didn’t even know how much time I had to make such a crucial decision.
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As I approached the camp site the smell of rain and grass invaded my senses and made my head spin. I couldn’t understand how Lila managed to stay away from her mate’s scent, because if Blake smelled half as good to Lila as Valen did to me, there was no way I could live with him as his heavenly essence filled the halls I walked daily. “Alpha, we weren’t expecting you so early.” Savien, one of Amethyst Mist’s top guards was saying through mind-link as he approached me in the form of his large sandy colored wolf. “It’s not that early, the sun has already risen.” This was true, but the sun had just begun to rise. “How did last night go?” “It went well, until the human seen something in the dark that frightened him.” The warrior’s voice sounded a little smug, and I got the impression he knew exactly what had scared Valen and was even a little proud. “You thi
By time the sun’s rays began to lighten the darkness around me, I was so tired I had drifted off a few times, jerking awake when I began to slump to the ground each time. My hands never let go of the firearm in my lap, though I had the forethought not to keep my finger on the trigger. I had told myself all night, ‘just till dawn, just live till dawn and I’ll get out of here.’ Now that dawn was here, I was not sure I had the courage to leave this tent. As I sat there debating on what to do, a shadow approached my tent, a large wolf shaped one. The shadow enveloped the entire tent before the flap that functioned as the door of my tent began to move, as if something were rubbing against it. Surprisingly, my heart rate did not pick up, instead it continued its slow and steady beat, but my arms raised the gun, training it on the door, ready for anything that tried to make its way through. I was not going down without a fight, I had to get bac
Slamming the door behind me as I entered my office, I cringed when a picture on the far wall fell to the floor with a crash, glass shards flying across the carpet. Shit, I had not meant to shut the door that hard, my emotions were getting the best of me, and someone in my position could not afford for that to happen. “It’s the mate bond.” Sapphire pipped up. “What do you mean It’s the bond? I thought the bond was supposed to bring peace and calm, not a rage in my emotions every time something small pissed me off.” Dropping into my chair I leaned back and closed my eyes, trying to breath myself under control. This morning had been a shit show since I had gotten to the training fields. It seemed that while most of the packs that had signed the treaty had send their top warriors for our war to come, others, such as Jackson, had sent their weakest and members, most were Omegas, not even warrior
As I approached Valen’s camp, I ran the plan through my head again; walk out as Sapphire, come back, shift to human form, throw on the dress I just set under a bush, and walk back out to introduce myself. With Alister leaving us to join Genesis and my arch enemy being my uncle, they would come for us soon, and I could not afford to let them find my mate outside the gates with little security. My timeline was moved up and I needed him by my side, where he was safe. “I think the plan will work, he’ll except us, you saw how frantic he was to find you when you ran. Do you think the guards are far enough away now?” Sapphire was ecstatic, practically jumping for joy at the idea of finally telling our mate who we were. “I think they’re far enough away now, alright, lets get this done, we need to get back as soon as we can convince him to join us.” Valen was currently sitting at the rivers edge cleaning what looked to be a pan,
Splitting off, we each began to circle with our chosen targets, I took the largest, a sandy colored male almost as tall as I was, a clear sign of powerful blood, most likely the cast out of a Beta family if I had to guess. But I did not need his life story, I needed his life. “Come on, big boy.” I taunted him, through a private mind-link I created between us. His eyes grew wide in surprise for a moment at the unexpected connection, before he was snarling at me once more, clearly he did not like being challenged. Good, I needed an outlet for some of this tension I had been carrying around for the past few days. He attacked first, launching himself at me, his jaws open wide as he aimed for my neck. Whatever his history was, he had never been taught proper battle strategy. I sidestepped him right before he would have connected, using my Alpha strength to up my speed and twisted around to lock my jaws on his hind leg, yanking him ba
“What exactly do you have to take care of that is more important than interrogating the first warrior of Genesis’s that we have captured alive?” My brother demanded, occasionally Fenris could see more than I gave him credit for. “Nothing of importance.” I mumbled through our link, licking at my paws to clean them of the blood beginning to dry on them. “Bull shit, for it to take your focus from Genesis, it must be important…” He was now thinking, a dangerous thing for Fenris to do. “You have to promise not to tell anyone until I’m ready.” I needed someone I could trust to discuss this with, I needed another wolf besides Sapphire to talk to about this. “Thanks a lot.” Sapphire grumbled. “You know what I mean.” I snapped at her in frustration. “Okay, interesting. What’s up Eva?” Fenris asked, leaning back against a wide tre
She killed him. I stood at the forests edge, having just arrived at what looked like a war scene between two different packs of wolves, when I saw her. She was standing before a human man, he was naked and dirty, but he was human; and she’d killed him. She had torn his head from his body. Lavender had always been so sweet to me, so calm. But this was something else, for once I saw her for what she was, a dangerous animal. I could not risk my life anymore being near her, I had to protect myself. Alexandria needed me; my trial patients needed me. As much as it hurt my heart to even consider hurting her, I stood at the rivers edge clasping my firearm in my hands, swearing that she would leave and not come back, or I would have no other choice. All too soon she was there, and after a deep, calming breath to help center my racing heart, I turned to face her, raising the gun in both hands, and aiming it for her. As nervo
Riding on the back of a wolf who was almost as large as I was had to be one of the most amazing experiences of my life, but the magic of what was happening was taken away by the fact that I held the most beautiful woman I had ever met in my arms, clinging to her for dear life, as she struggled to breath. In the distance a large brick and iron gate began to come into view, I thought that we would begin to slow down, find a gate through. Instead, Fenris sped up, when I realized his intentions, I ducked my head down, burying my face in his fur as I clung to him and Eva with all my might, trying like hell to make sure we didn’t slip off and straight onto the spikes at the top of said fence. I felt the moment he pushed off the ground, soaring through the air, I was to afraid to look, scared to see out death coming up to meet us before I had even had a chance to know the amazing woman in my arms, but instead of freefalling through the air, we