Violets POV I can't help it. When he gets all Alpha asshole on me it's fucking hilarious. This whole situation is hilarious. I feel like I woke up this morning down the rabbit hole and I am the only sane person left on the planet. But I am cracking. I can feel the splintering of it in my soul. I haven't been able to connect to my mates properly since I fled the office. I think my acceptance of this being temporary has allowed me to cut them off. They are letting each other's emotions rule how they feel. If they took a second to think rationally, and not with their damn hormones, they would know I am right. I can't breathe for laughing and my lungs start to ache. I place my hand on my chest and realise, I am still naked thanks to my shift earlier on. Sitting here on Lilly's leather sofa, stark naked, laughing my ass off while my mates glare at me, and all I can think is ‘They are staring at me sat here in my birthday suit... on my birthday’. Tears start leaking out of my eyes at that,
Lillys POV My mates fear and pain radiate through the bond to me. I haven't felt Violets for a while, so she's either numb, or has cut us off, and I am not sure which pisses me off more. I slammed her with my aura mainly to get her to stop hurting us. Hurting me. Oakley and Leo were boiling with pain, and I couldn’t take it. My Alpha blood responded to any one of my mates being in pain and even Willow is snarling at her. ‘Shes cut off Aspen’ Willow growls in anger. Shes slammed her wolf shut? Is she kidding? What right does she think she has to make decisions like this without her? “I always knew you could be fearful Violet, but I never knew you could be so selfish and cruel.” I growl out at her. I hear Leo and Oakley take a collective gasp, which would be funny if it weren't for the circumstances. “I... I'm not” she gasps out around her pain, and I don't let up. If I need to put her in her place, then I fucking will. “Yeah... then why are you hurting your mates? Why have you
Leos POV I grip Aspen to me hard. Although Violet is being a pain in the ass, that doesn’t mean I want to lose her. So far, other than the ten minutes I had with my mates on the packhouse lawn, my mate bond has been sizzling with emotion and pain. I am physically and mentally exhausted, and I know my mates feel the same. “Are you sure about this Lilly? We could lose her.” I say to her with a crack in my voice. “I can't see any other way, Leo. She needs to realise what she has done. What she's doing and putting us through. None of us will mark her until she's back. That’s obviously something we need her to consent to.” she says with a loud sigh. I look at Oakley with pain in my eyes. I can't mark my mates? That fucking hurts. He holds Lilly tighter to his chest and can see he is struggling to maintain his composure right now. I know the feeling. Aspen wriggles her bare little ass on my legs where she's sat, and it takes all my control not to pull her up onto my crotch. I take a de
Violets POV That damn wolf locked me out. Is she shitting me? I am locked in the darkest recesses of my mind and cannot get out. I have tried. Pushing and slamming against the mental block she has me behind, but she's just too strong. The endless darkness is driving me crazy and being here naked isn't helping me much. I huff and slam my body down onto the floor... or what I assume is the floor, as it's all just bloody darkness. How could she do this to me? It's my bloody body and she knows that the human counterpart can get lost here forever if left for too long. I cross my arms across my chest and huff out a breath in tantrum. I don’t know what the benefit of that is, other than to just let this darkness around me know that I am pissed off. Why would she do this to me? Aspen cannot see past the mate bond and is letting it rule her. I won't allow that! We cannot sacrifice the lives of our pack, the future of our people, for the sake of one mate bond. And Goddess knows what this so
Selene's POV I had created some stubborn wolves in my time, and I knew Aspen was one of them. She could be energetic and fun loving, but also demanding and headstrong. I love all my wolves equally, and they all hold a place in my heart, so when I paired her with Violet, I thought I was doing the right thing. Violet can be quick to shut herself off from others and can be equally as stubborn as Aspen. I thought they would grow together and bring out new aspects in each other. I had overlooked how selfish and fearful Violet can be. We all have some selfishness to our personalities, and that’s ok, but this young Were is going too far these days. I had to watch one of my wolves, my children, being locked away and punished for being who I created her to be. I watched her whimper in this void, alone, time and time again. Aspen will always hold a special place in my heart, as I had sat in here many times and held her as she wept. She could never understand why her human couldn’t accept her
LillyWaking up on your eighteenth birthday for any young werewolf is a mixture of nerves and anticipation. For Lilly, as she rolled over in her king-sized bed on that frosty December morning, she knew this was the day everything changed. As the oldest child of Alpha Daisy, Lilly would be made Alpha today. The title is passed at sunset on her birthday. No pressure. Her mother had been the most exemplary Alpha of their pack, and she had hopes of following in her footsteps. She had big plans she had been planning for months that were going to become a new reality for this pack. Excitement bubbles in her belly as the sun shines upon her face, heating the chilled room along with her crisp flesh. As a young werewolf, she was also very aware that she could find her mate today. The thought makes her jolt upright in the bed and sit back against the large oak headboard. The duvet spilling down to her thigh’s exposing her strapped vest pyjama top. Although the snow had been falling for weeks,
Violets POVI’ve been pacing my bedroom for over an hour. My wolf has not settled for the past two days, and she’s wily at the best of times. I have been up since 4am because she would not settle. Damn stupid wolf and her constant jiggling. She’s supposed to be a Beta wolf, yet she acts like an excited chihuahua!‘I freaking heard that Vi! I’m a damn wolf, not a tiny yappy dog!’ Aspen barks in my mind. ‘Stop freaking acting like one then! What has gotten into you! Today is supposed to be a good day and you’re ruining it!’ I bark back. Arguments between us are not uncommon. She wants out constantly. I want to remain human and poised. I could not have been matched with a more opposing wolf for my personality. Today, me and my best friend Lilly turn eighteen. We grew up together. We have lived in the same house since birth. Although we live on the floor below her, the pack house is where we played together as toddlers. Where we had sleepovers and ate junk fo
Lilly’s POVHaving finally heard back from Violet, I can relax and tune back into the conversation around the dining table. We rarely use this room, as it’s a little too formal for our pack. We only use it for special occasions, or when snobby and backward thinking Alphas come for meetings. The heavy oak table that was carved in the pack still has an earthy scent to it. Although it is beautiful in this room, with the floor to ceiling window wall and the crisp white walls, I’d much rather be out on the rear decking where we hold all pack occasions. I feel like I’m about to be lectured or play the role of Alpha when we eat in here. My mothers light laugh fills the space as she makes bets with her Beta about who mine and Violet’s mates may be. I glance to my brother who is elbow deep in his pancakes smirking at me whilst chewing. He’s enjoying this way too much. I roll my eyes and mouth ‘you’re next’ to him. His smile instantly turns into a scowl and I try to smother my smug laughter. My