Not a good patient. I couldn’t breathe! I was kicking and clawing at the male on top of me holding my throat in his hands. Moments from death I look up over my head at the male that had just entered the room. No it can’t be? He is dead. I was there when he died. He’s looking at me with regret, he didn’t want this, he didn’t want me like this. What did he want, to talk? We were beyond talking. If he really was alive, I’d kill him with my own hands. “Aida…Aida wake up.” Lance’s gentle voice calls to me in my sleep. It’s like being called to the safety of a lighthouse in the darkest and stormiest of seas. I must have fallen asleep in his arms. His regular steady breathing creating a calming repetitive rhythm that was similar to being rocked to sleep. “Lance?” I had forgotten about my throat before I called out his name. It still stung but I could now at least talk. It was hoarse sounding, but it could be understood. “Aida?” He greets my voice with a kiss to my neck, which leads me to
A revelation in the woods. My wolf had a very strong feeling to go to the tree line when I noticed activity on night watch the night before the attack. I couldn’t explain it, it was just a gut feeling I had. But I knew I couldn’t go alone, I would never do that to Lance or Axel. Florence and Jade wouldn’t have me making my own food, so they were currently putting a massive luncheon on the dining table. Typical shifters…the smell of food and they come running. Within minutes, Axel and I were joined by the lycans, Tate, and the Mulder family. Lance lovingly kissed my neck but then went on to pick out sausages, burgers and bacon. He went for the French fries but a growl from my chest made it very clear I had first dibs. He chuckled at my behaviour before standing me up, sitting on my chair and then pulling me into his lap. Chairs had clearly been borrowed from pack member’s homes to fit all the guests around the table. I waited until they at least had some food in their bellies before I
A mission. By the time we returned to the cars, Fern, the witch, had disappeared and Lance and Ricardo were now free. We decide to hold back all information until we are back safely at the Mulder pack, where we demand an emergency meeting with all Lycans, Tate and the Mulder Alpha family. The journey back was awkward, Lance growling constantly in the back seat with me firmly placed on his lap. Poor Rafe who was in the back with us again, looked terrified the Lycan Prince was going to lash out at any moment. Between myself, Mav and Axel we informed the trusted parties what we had learnt and what we had been told. Blake couldn’t get her head around Lynx and Spike switching places, taking turns at training and even with Nadine. Lance’s grip on my hips as I sat on his lap was incredibly intense. I knew the two hours deadline by Lynx didn’t give us a lot of time, the discussions were rushed and had a sense of panic to them. “Can we spare anyone that can follow him?” Ricardo puts to the
The biggest of sins. We were due to leave in a few hours time. I now had no hold-all so I was in the Alpha’s office waiting for Luna Rennie to find me a replacement bag. I had knocked on the door to ask having not seen Alpha Ray or Luna Rennie since Lance’s and Axel’s departure. Alpha Ray was visiting the hospital and Luna was due to join him after finding me a bag. Rory walks into the office with a hold-all in hand, passing it over to me. “Here, Mum said you needed a bag, use this one.” “Thank you, I’ll get it sent back.”“Don’t worry about it.” He waves his hands in the air. “Alpha Rory, I’m really sorry that I brought all this trouble on your doorstep.” My guilt had only been growing since Lynx told me Nadine had flagged that I was looking to put their baby up for adoption. The Mulder pack being the only one to do it in the country. “Aida, we consider you part of the family now, we’d always protect you.” He earnestly says as he sits at his Father’s desk. “Even so….is there any
Finally the truth! “What is going on?” Ricardo seeks out information due to my current lack of speech. “Your majesty, Alpha Ike is in the final stages.” The pack doctor responds respectfully to Ricardo. “What?” I gasp out loud. I knew he was ill, Alpha Hansen had warned me Father had months but I thought even that was exaggerated. I didn’t expect weeks! “Aida?” He removes his oxygen mask and places his hand out for me to hold. What is this? The confessions of a dying man. Admitting sins to the moon goddess. I should be sad, any normal daughter would be sobbing at the scene in front of her. But I wasn’t a normal daughter, I was shunned for so long I wasn’t sure my heart would ever return here. “Let’s give them some privacy.” Ricardo orders. “Aida…I’ll be downstairs if you need me!” He whispers into my ear. I don’t miss the scowl Saskia gives me for being in favour with the Lycan King. Oh if only you knew sweetheart. My growl back to her is enough for Henri to growl threateningly a
A changed life. I can remember the last time I was happy, I mean truly happy. I’ve had happy moments since, but they have been fleeting and I could most likely count them with all ten digits, in fact, leaving some spare. It was the one minute before my Mum died in my presence. I was twelve. Too young to lose my soul, too young to lose one’s true light. The first twelve years of my life I had spent close to my Mother. She was a cherished Luna to our pack, loved by all due to her fairness and charitable spirit. My Father and older Brother would spend most part of the days together, my brother training to be the next Alpha. Therefore, Mum and I spent every moment together unless I was at school. We baked, we played, we shopped, we read, we sewed and each summer we would visit each pack member’s home to provide a blessing for the cooler months to come. When she passed, numbness took me. I gave my father and brother the chance to rescue me from my ache but they didn’t know what to do wi
The Monthly DinnerWith Caleb driving us both back to our home pack, The Sagar Wolf Pack, we past the local town which consists of the usual hangout places for young people.“Shall we head out for dinner?” Caleb asks me. “I can’t tonight, it’s the monthly dinner with my Dad and Henri?” I groan pushing myself down further into the seat. “I’ll break you out early.” He smiles at me. “No Saskia?” “Oh she’ll be there, she can’t help herself and not be!” Saskia is my brother’s, Henri, mate. Henri is four years older than me, he was sixteen with Mum died. I turned seventeen in May and Henri is now twenty one. Saskia is twenty four, a few year’s older than my brother which really grates on me. She acts the mother figure which he clearly needed otherwise fate wouldn’t have destined them as mates. Henri has been the alpha since he was twenty. Dad continues to provide him support but Henri has been the acting alpha since Mum died. To lose your mate, especially a fated mate, plays tricks on y
A Truthful Scare.“Come on.” I let the comment go over my head. I grab the beers, my phone and keys. I always aimed to come back at night when at Caleb’s but ended up falling asleep in his bed. He always teases me about it, but I remind him he can always wake me up and kick me out. Then the cute puppy pout comes out on his lips. Caleb turns eighteen next weekend. He still has the puppy chub around his neck and cheeks which I find adorable. He has brown eyes with long black eye lashes, light brown hair that he cuts short. A beta’s son, he is tall but not as tall as his alpha. Caleb is six-foot and my brother six-foot three. We sneak into his bedroom by climbing up the pipes and guttering. Caleb slides his window open and once inside, helps to pull me in. “I’ll go get some snacks. Pick a film!” He says as he heads outside his bedroom door. I turn Caleb’s bedroom TV on and load a streaming service. Caleb likes action and horror films, but a lot of them seem to involve car chases and cra