Griffon and I stand there in a stare off for what feels like eternity.But he finally stands down, which is good, because I had no intentions to. “Dallas! Take Aspen to where she’s going.” He turns to Henry, “Unshackle him, he’s done for now. Hopefully, he understands how important it is to protect this pack.” He growls.Dallas pulls me to stand up and I watch as Cameron nods his head, informing Griffon he understands.His body weak as he has trouble keeping it upright while Henry deals with his shackles.Dallas pulls me down the stairs of the stage and starts dragging me back to the fortress.“You’re a fool.” Dallas hisses as we walk further from the stage. The pain in my stomach informing me this is actually happening. Griffon is actually whipping people when things go wrong.Dallas drags me through the fortress and into a new room, a dining room. Why am I here?He sits me down in the chair at the end of the large table and I glare up at him, “You’re the foolish one, Dallas. Goddess
Hazel shakes her head at me, “I can’t leave.” She tells me and my eyes soften towards her. “I’m here for your whole family, Hazel. I won’t leave them here.” I tell her and she swallows looking down the hall, making sure no ones close.She finally looks back at me, “He’s not against killing me, Aspen. The only reason I’m still alive is because of Liam and Amy. If we hadn’t been friends…” She shakes her head, tears beginning to glisten in her eyes. “I wouldn’t be here.” She whispers.My jaw clenches, “He won’t hurt you, Auntie. I won’t let him.” I growl at her and she looks at me, tilting her head. “How can you stop him.” She asks.A smirk slides across my face, her eyes widen. “So, it’s true? How did you know? Even back then, you knew… How? Are you physic?” She asks, and I shrug. “I don’t know what I am.” I tell her with complete honesty.I have no idea why I can see and feel the things I do, but I’m long past questioning it. Now I just let it lead me and hope I don’t end up dead along
I pace back and forth in front of my window, my jaw clenched and fist tight as I think about what just happened.She wanted to kill me! My mate, wanted to kill me!I use the term mate loosely, but I also refuse to believe she would do that to me.But I don’t know her anymore.I don’t know anyone anymore. I make it my mission to not get close to any of my pack member, even the leaders.I can’t help what I knew, but I can help what I learn. The question is, do I want to learn more about her?When she walked into the room, more than just the mate bond sparked inside me. An old feeling I haven’t felt in a long time surfaced, but I’ll be damned if she’ll come here and destroy what I’ve worked so hard to build.The bond felt different this time, and with what I know now, I know the reason, but what if the witches have just improved their formula.“Your mate?” Dallas says from behind me, and I turn towards him. “My inconvenience. I’ll take care of it.” I growl, going to sit back down in my c
I look at how different he looks. His body so large I can barely understand how he moves. His jaw sharper and covered in a full beard, his hair longer and pulled back into a tight bun. But he still looks like him. I can still see traces of his father, no matter how much he’s tried to hide it.His green eyes pierce into mine, but I don’t react. I won’t.He smirks at me, “Finally, find your mate and all you do is stand there?” He asks cruelly and I see Dallas glance between both of us.I give him a sweet smile. “I’ve known you were my mate since I was fifteen, Griffy. This is hardly a surprise to me.” I say sweetly, still making no move to move closer to him.My wolf doesn’t beg, doesn’t make me want to crawl over to him, because she knows we have more important things to accomplish, and this meeting is important in accomplishing it.I see a flash of something cross his eyes, but it’s gone in an instant as his face hardens even more, and he glares at me. “Alpha.” He growls.I tilt my he
I tried to listen to music to calm my nerves as I drove to the pack, but it wasn’t helping.‘This is important.’ My wolf Alex says into my mind, and I nod agreeing. She misses our old life too. She misses running through the forest of the pack with her best friends.I want to help Griffon and I will if I can, but he’s not the reason I’ve come here. We have bigger plans, bigger more important goals.I see the wall that towers one hundred feet into the air come into view and my teeth clench. We’re almost there.My wolf walks in circles in my mind. She knows we need to do this, but this is a huge risk. If we get caught; I don’t think it’ll matter what I meant to him once upon a time.The looming gates cast in the blackest cloud I’ve ever seen stands before me and I bring my car to a stop. It’s gotten so much worse.The sun shines brightly, but I can tell I’ll be cast into black the second I make it through those gates. Good thing I can see in the dark.One of the guards walks over to me,
*Two years later*‘Screams echo through the hall and my fist clench, and my jaw tightens.I can’t scream, I can’t yell, that only seems to make things worse. I look around the cell looking for a way out. Looking for a weapon. Something I’ve done so many times, I know there’s nothing, but I have to find something.A warm hand lands on my shoulder, but I don’t follow it, I just continue to stare down the hall, praying to the Goddess they’ll stop this.’My body shoots up into an upright position, as sweat coats my skin and my breathing comes harder. A week, it’s been a week of dreaming the same dream. The echoes of screams resonate in my soul, and I can’t make this feeling disappear.I have to do something.I get out of bed and start packing my bag.Once it’s morning and I hear my mom and dad downstairs in the kitchen, I follow the scent of bacon and make my way downstairs.A year and a half and this house still doesn’t feel like home. It’s not home, but home isn’t a place we can go.It’