LOGINKade“Harder. I'm not a baby,” Low shouts.“Okay but you better be ready for what your asking,I warn before tossing the ball out further and leaving him to scramble to go get it.Or pack, like many others are taking the time to enjoy our pups before we make the hard decision of giving them up.It might not be prominent, but even a short separation from your child is heartbreaking.We are supposed to be their protectors.We are protecting them,my wolf say. We are doing what it right.Ronan chases Low around the yard trying to swipe the ball from him.Low runs showing and use small pushes of wind to redirect us when we get to closeTheo almost catches him once but at the last second he crouches down and escapes between Theo's legs.Aria cheers Low on from the sidelines shouting how clever he is.Barric waits for his moment and finally manages to grab Low, tucking him under his harm like a sack while Low giggles wildly.“ How's everyone taking the news?”“ Hard to say. Most of them are d
SagePlaying double agent is a lot more exciting when I'm watching it from the other side of the screen with a huge bag of popcorn in my hand.When I can yell at the protagonist and gripe about what an idiot they're being.In real life, you're fighting two realities.Blacking two sides of the coin.Standing so securely on the line that the distinction between good and evil is no longer as stark as you thought it once was.Are these men killers, yes.Have they done horrible things, yes.But so have I.And I would do it again. For my son. For my pack.And so would every shifter I’ve met.There isn't a pair of clean hands among us.But intent, now that is something that can be tallied, judged and sorted.Jumper moves at left and Clarkson is at my right when we cross the border to East Hill territory.Our total party consists of twelve men. The rest of whom I met briefly but don't know well.I know we won't encounter any resistance on the way there, but it doesn't change my vigilance or m
Aria“No offense but I think he will feel better talking to me?”“Are you calling me unfriendly?” Rock says smiling like the shit starter he is.“That's exactly what I'm saying.”“Are you forgetting who the King is?”I roll my eyes. “Are you forgetting you have the personality of a whoopie cushion? Not exactly comforting. The last thing Oliver needs after all he's been through is you questioning him to shit.”“I won't argue. But I still refuse not to be there at all.”“Fine, we can agree to your presence. But I take the lead.”He gives me an indulgent look. “Sure, sure.”My wolf snorts at his attitude.Thomas sent word that Oliver woke up a half an hour ago.I bought him as much time as I could to get himself together, but the urgency of our situation prevents me from giving him more time.If Kane is comfortable revealing himself heist be sure he's close to what he wants to achieve.Not to overwhelm him, only Ronan, Rock and I are going to speak with him.When we head to his room Liam
I walk beside her. “Just to be clear, King has assigned me to him to make sure he doesn't hurt himself.”“Or others,” she adds without looking at me.“Yes, that too.”Her shoulders stiffen.“I’m not here to hurt him. I swear it. He is one of my kind, one of our kind and innocent. For his wolf to be locked up the way to was…”“It's not just that.” Pain flashes across her eyes.“What? What is it?”She bites down on her lip and shakes her head. “I can't. I won't. It's Oliver's story to tell.”I study her. “I won't push.”I sit outside Oliver's room as Thomas runs his tests. Ronan decided it's best if Liam also stays to ado me should I need it given the circumstances.Ronan sits pensively beside me. “Ronnie was right.”Liam stares at him from his position by the wall.I don't say anything. I just give him the place to vent.“I should have handled that better. I should have looked at the situation with less emotion. Now I've possibly put him in the center of the danger he came to us for he
XochitlLightning erupts from the sky, hitting the beast in the chest, turning his entire body blue and electric.I compartmentalize my shock. Store it for a time when our deaths aren’t imminent.Aria fights Oliver’s chaotic power, funneling more into our temporary hold.My power jerks with the strain of training to hold it in, to keep it from ricocheting and hitting everyone in this clearing.More and more lightning funnels inside him. Like a battery and a charge, he drinks it in, but doesn't try to break out of our hold.There is no anger in his cries, no rage, no vengeance, just unspeakable, compounding pain… hopelessness…fear.“OLIVER!” Ronnie's voice breaks, over the wind, over the thunder, over the suffering spilling out around him.His howl trails off and immensely after the lightening follows, trilling into a low whine. Chest expanding with physical excretion he sways, small sparks lighting around his body.Left. three uncoordinated steps.Right. Two more.The beast falls, unc
Barric“We knew this was a possibility; we just didn't want to believe it,” I say.As soon as we got home, we took Aira to bed to rest. The proof that Kane is alive was finally too much to ignore, and the reality of it overwhelmed her.Low is lying with her while the rest of our band is downstairs, trying to figure out our next move.Theo is perching on the arm of the sofa, a pensive look on his face. “What do we do with Oliver now?”Kade blinks at him. “Do? What kind of quest is that?”Theo shrugs. “We said once his innocence is proven, we’d let him go. This is that proof in a roundabout way.”“We can't let him go. Not yet.” Ronan says. “ He might be the only person with the answers we need to stop this thing.”“So what? Now we're holding him as a hostage?” Theo asks, taken aback.“No. He's a pack member. We just have to make it clear that he's no longer under suspicion.” Ronan runs his hands through his hair, nobody going over the cry that sounds.Oliver is too smart not to see thro







