Cali
The day flew by at an alarming speed considering there was more to do than I had hands to handle.
By lunch time I had all of the mail opened and sorted, and the bills all paid and filed away, I grabbed a working lunch with Julianne as we finalised the details for the mating ceremony we were now planning for next Saturday, with a smile on my face that we had finally panned everything Julianne went off to book in the caterer’s and decorators and get the invitations printed up. We had yet to figure out how exactly we would be getting the invitations out to everyone but that was a problem for tomorrow.
By three in the afternoon, I was a frazzled mess as I prepared for the meeting with Lucas to discuss the schooling schedule for the coming week, thankfully, the man was very down to earth and didn’t seem overly fazed when I turned up fifteen minutes late looking like I had been dragged through a hedge backw
TristanI groaned as I rolled over to grab my phone of the bedside table, pissed off that someone was calling me when the whole pack knew I was running patrol at night. It better be fucking important.“Yeah” I answered my eyes still closed and not bothering to look at the caller id.“Tristan.” Roman’s voice came through the line, had I been a little more awake, I probably would have taken pause at his tone.“What the fuck Ro, what time is it?”“Its four…” I interrupted him before he could continue.“What the fuck, why are you waking me up?”“We can’t find Cali.” “What do you mean you can’t find Cali?”“Julianne called me half hour ago when Cali was an hour late for their meeting, she couldn’t get hold of her and was worried. She went out shopping with
Cali “Urgh,” I groaned aloud as I woke, eyes still closed, my hand came up to my head where the pounding was and felt wet and an obvious cut through my hairline, I opened my eyes as I pulled my hand away seeing the blood on my fingers, but almost instantly I didn’t care about the blood as my eyes focused beyond me at the bars of the metal cage I was in. I was folded on my side with my legs up to my chest and there was no way to stretch my legs out, there wasn’t enough room above me to sit up either, the cage was tiny. I scanned the metal bars seeing a door that was locked with three padlocks and I tugged on one experimentally as my current reality started to set in. I had been abducted and locked a cage, what the hell did these guys want? Was this the northern pack? It had to be surely, buy why the cage? “Hello?” A small voice whispered in the otherwise silent room, and I scanned the dim area until
CaliThe pain in my shoulders had gotten worse in the hours I had been folded up awkwardly inside the cage, I had tried shifting into several positions but each one just caused pain in a different part of my body. The throbbing in my head had receded and the bleeding had stopped, finally, although I expected I looked a state, I had had to wipe blood out of my eyes several times before it stopped.I had finally gotten my opportunity to put my plan into action about two hours after I woke up when a guard came in with a small plastic cup of water for each of us. My mouth was parched, and I swallowed the water in one gulp, instantly wishing for more, but I had no doubt that asking for it would do nothing but piss off the giant of a man that had brought the cup in.He was dressed in threadbare clothing and his face and arms were littered with scars that did nothing to detract from the dangerous aura he gave off, although I
CaliPanic started to set in now and my eyes scanned the room at an alarming rate barely taking everything in before moving to the next thing. Freya eyed me warily from the cage on the other side of the room, but I paid her no mind, I couldn’t right now, it was taking all I had to keep myself sane.I had heard stories over the years, of slaves sold on the black market to less progressive packs, part of me had always assumed that they were just horror stories designed to keep a pack in line for fear of being banished to the rogues, but locked in a cage, mere hours from being sold, all the stories flooded back in pieces.Each story had a different plot, but everyone had the same theme, nothing good ever came from being sold, chances were I would become someone’s slave, used for their entertainment, pleasure and whatever else they saw fit to use me for. The idea alone had revulsion running through me so hard
TristanI had never in my life found it so hard to focus on a single task. I had fought more battles than I could count in several wars, both before and since I had taken the mantle of Alpha of Blackrock, and never once had I found myself struggling to focus but as we approached the fishing cabin on foot through the dark forest, I could barely keep my thoughts straight or my emotions in check, I felt like a fucking chick.Anger that I hadn’t marked and mated Cali yet, the fact that our bond wasn’t fully formed had caused us all a shit ton of trouble, and not being able to locate her had caused the feeling of uselessness which had in turn pissed me off. Fear that I would never see her long hair and pretty face again, I could lose her before she even became mine and that thought was terrifying. Nox was so on edge, so angry that his emotions kept taking over mine and I felt my eyes flare their usual ice blue and fro
CaliThe hot water pounded against my tender skin as I leant against the cool tile letting the water wash away the horrors of the day. The water ran red down the drain as blood from the man in the woods drained away before eventually running clear but still, I didn’t move, it was like all of a sudden everything hit me.I had been kidnapped, ready to be sold, I had killed a man and now my new pack knew the secret I had been hiding. Tristan didn’t say anything about it after he showed me the ice on his arm and I had absolutely no idea what that meant, or what was going to happen, but the whispers had started already.As we had walked back to the cars the pack arrived in with Tristan’s arm around my shoulders holding me close, I heard them.“What is she?” “How did she do that?”The disbelief and questions was how it had started back in oak creek, before fear and dis
CaliI woke the next morning to a quiet room and an empty bed and shifted to look for a clock in the unfamiliar room. The alarm on the other side of the bed showed seven am, and considering Tristan’s side of the bed was cold, I expected he hadn’t managed a whole hell of a lot of sleep last night. It was gone midnight when we came up.I let out a heavy sigh and rubbed my hands over my eyes as I yawned. What I wouldn’t give to go back to sleep. Unfortunately, the life a Luna wasn’t a relaxing one. I climbed out of the bed and retreated to my own room to wash and change ready for the day ahead. I had no idea what would happen today, what with Damien apparently being back I wasn’t sure if Tristan need me to help out still, but I dressed as though that was the case in a black pencil skirt and white sheer blouse over a grey tank top. Either way I expected today would be a long one.I stopped on
TristanAn hour after being interrupted and I was still sporting wood, more than uncomfortable I shifted the bulge behind my jeans, trying in vain to relieve some of the pressure that was driving me insane.As much as we were going to have to tread carefully, I needed Cali with a desperation that would drive a man to insanity.With a glare in Roman’s direction, I hung up the phone. I had to admit it was important but all the same, I was still pissed.“Catoil’s going to send a few of our men back to join the fray. I have no idea how the fuck we are going to make it through this unscathed.” I uttered, knowing that Roman understood the concern. With a war raging from the north and now this whole abduction ring plus the risk of the east coast pack attacking, we were up shits creek on all sides, Oak creek, was the only one now not in the direct line of fire, situated south of Dark forest and