Opening up the file and beginning to take a read at what the investigators found, my mind slipped away from the world around me and what conversations everyone was having. The report began to list the events that day and when in which they happened, according to the document the first sighting of the hounds running through the woods was seen around the time I would normally feed them, some pack members going on a morning walk spotted the danger and soon jumped high in the trees to prevent the attack, but were sure to mind-link everyone else warning them. Not even a moment later, all four hounds burst into the centre of the pack and began to attack any person they saw, ripping them apart or biting them and running to get another person. As I wasn’t there until the end of the attack, I couldn’t see what they were attempting to explain but from the sounds of it, the hounds weren’t attacking to eat but as though they were in some kind of battle and needed to handle the threat swiftl
Once I nodded my head allowing Bennett to see that his assumption was correct, he began to angrily pace the area as the thoughts of his son intentionally, opening the pen so the hounds would attack people swung around his mind. I understood his anger and felt such intense anger myself, not only due to Max knowing what was going to happen and put the hounds in a position where they could have been killed but for what he did to his pack members. When he took his role as Alpha, he stood before all his people and the officials and swore to always put the safety of his pack members before anything. He swore that if it came to it, he would stand in the way and die for his people. But now to see that he bypassed all of that and was the sole reason that so many people were either killed or savagely wounded, it went against everything he should stand for and truly shows how little he cares about his people but adores the power. “I cannot understand why Maxwell would do such a thing, this
The area remained in that stunned silence after Bennett spoke, none of us knowing if he meant what he was saying or that he even knew what Alban was planning on doing to Max if he had the chance. “What do you mean?” I asked breaking the silence a little looking over at Bennett, yes I wanted Max to pay and having the help from Bennett who was on the inside would be beneficial, but this was his son after all, the only one to carry on his bloodline, killing him would be such an impactful and damaging thing for him to do. “I will help you any way that I can to ensure Maxwell is adequately dealt with for all that he has not only forced you to endure but each member of that pack who was brutally killed for Maxwell’s own selfish agenda.” He growled only further validating what he said before, this leaving me even more shocked than before. “I will assume you have not filed a report to the W.M.O regarding the rapes?” Bennett asked seeming to snap out of anger filled rage and back to the
Once I had a moment to compose myself with Alban, we headed back to the pack house so he could continue with any pack work he had scheduled for the day. Due to the wolfsbane still technically, in my system and with the latest information we learnt about Max, Alban straight up refused to allow me to go off on my own which meant I was sat in his office while he worked away. Knowing I would be twiddling my thumbs waiting for him, he said as I was still his personal assistant, I was to look through all of the paperwork he was signing and ensure he ticked all the right boxes before putting it into a file so it could be sent off to the relevant officials and the documents required to be sent off to the W.M.O each month so they can keep up with the regular affairs. “Is that why Lincoln and I left to surfy the pack borders yesterday and map it all out, as in this document the W.M.O are requesting the documents?” I asked after reading through one of the documents Alban had to sign, where h
My body ached even worse as Alban unlocks the front door and leads me inside, as much as I always say I want to tough situations such as this out, I still had trances of wolfsbane in my system which made my body feel as though I’d ran some sort of marathon! With all the walking I’d done, it wouldn’t take me long to lay down and fall asleep. “It is around dinner; would you like me to fix you something to eat?” Alban asked after helping me take off my shoes and leaving them by the door, whilst I walked into what I think to be the living room shaking my head. “I’m really not hungry but thank you.” I mumbled out before the comfiest sofa I believe I had ever seen in all my life came to view; it resembled the huge one Lincoln had in his home but looked even more inviting. Walking towards the softest fabric that was sending me a siren call, I turn around and allow myself to fall backwards and land in what felt like a cloud. The way the sofa seemed to melt into my body sending me more c
In a second I was transported back to The Full Moon Pack; Bennett had informed me I had a visitor waiting in one of the officials' offices that I needed to see immediately. I had been through training that morning whereas like the many times those first few months, I had taken quite a beating. Cuts and bruises littered my body and even though I was told I could walk it off, I believe I had broken even more ribs so walking down that long corridor, one of my hands held onto my side whilst the other used the wall as a guide to help me from tumbling. Once I reached the door to the office my visitor was waiting in, I used my hand to reach forward to grasp the handle and couldn’t stifle the groan of pain which left my lips as I twisted it and used my body to push the door open which at the time, felt as though fifty huge men were on the other side preventing me from opening the door. When I was able to hobble into the room, I was beyond shocked to see who sat on the desk waiting for me,
“That bastard!” Alban growls looking over at the window with such a deadly look in his eye, his body still lingered over me with his hands either side of my head, but now his entire body shook with anger. “I’m gonna kill him!” He growled about to turn around and leave to locate his father, but I take his arms and pull him back shaking my head relentlessly pleading for him not to do such a thing. “No Alban you can’t! This was years ago and he’s your father!” I exclaimed trying to list some of the reasons why going around to his father's house and beating the shit out of him was not the better option. “I do not give a flying fuck who he is! He not only forced you to remain in a pack where you were being trained so intensely, you were put in the hospital a multitude of times and still he did not go to end it! But he also attempted to make you believe I hated you! He knew you were my mate!” He growled still trying to get up from the sofa to find his father, where I knew my training
As I lay down on that very comfortable sofa, my body felt so much comfort and warmth, this was the sleep I so desperately needed. With getting up early each morning to feed the hounds and then adding on the attack with the wolfsbane, my body was absolutely exhausted and running on flumes, so now I felt back to my old self. But that deep and restful sleep I was enjoying quickly became interrupted, the feeling of multiple long and wet kisses being placed all over one side of my neck seemed to wake my wolf up in the most exciting way. She jumped into action and screamed at me to wake up, but when my brain who knew this kind of sleep didn’t come often to me refused to kickstart, she growled in my mind and seems to hit me with a burst of energy jolting me awake. When my eyes shot open, I come to discover I was still laying on Albans heavenly sofa but this time, the winter sun seeming to stream through the curtains which had been left open and illuminating the room in an orange glow. Bu
Sparks spreading throughout my face gently pulls me out of my sleeping state, after all that happened yesterday and the late hour that I managed to fall asleep, the last thing I wanted to do was wake up in that moment and attempted to ignore it all. Until long kisses were placed along my jaw and neck snapping my eyes open in a second, Alban lay on my chest with a smile on his face watching me. “Glad of you to join me.” Alban smiled his voice deep from sleep whilst I rolled my eyes at his comment before attempting to fall back into dreamland. “Five more minutes.” I groan sinking my face further into the pillow in hopes of blocking the rest of the noise out, I was still very much exhausted from the party and everything in between. “I would always opt to remain in bed tangled up with you but wasn’t it you who said we had a lot to get done today, with your Luna duties and whatever it is you are planning?” Alban asked with a chuckle at my desire to fall back to sleep, where each and
Using the rush of adrenaline and anger that I felt for what these assholes did to my mate, I grab the first who attempted to throw an arrow at me and claw at his neck until he landed dead on the floor. With such a swift kill, I saw his friends look at me a little shocked before getting to action, one man ran at me with a sword of his own, which I managed to kick out of his hand and plunge Samuel’s dagger right into his chest, moving it up so it caused the most damage, I kick him back and allow him to bleed out alone. One by one each man attempted to take me down, but were met with my anger filled hits and bites, as I ripped each man apart, grabbing one man by the scruff of hid neck, I smashed his head so hard off a tree, the old wooden tree fell to the floor with his head bedded inside. When my back was turned, one man grabbed me and attempted to slit my throat, but what ease, I break all the fingers in his hand and throw him over my shoulder, using his own weapon to impale him as
Polly’s huge brown wolf began growling in uncontrollable anger, its midnight black eyes indicating to us that Polly was no longer the person pulling the strings, her wolf had taken full control and was more than willing to rip apart anyone who came close to her. I remained behind Alban, his entire body shielding mine from the danger as my hand gripped his shoulder, Lincoln stood off to the side in his Beta pose preparing for an attack the wolf might unleash on him. Russell had moved off to the side a little assessing the situation and seeing if he could find a way around it while Samual, who had attempted to hurt Polly, lay by a tree unconscious. “What are we going to do?” I whispered gripping onto Alban’s shoulder for dear life, the way Polly’s wolf prowled was evident of how dangerous it was, she truly had nothing to lose and that’s the most dangerous thing. “Whatever happens, that wolf isn’t going to quit until it’s forced to.” Lincoln said walking sideways but ensuring not t
The already dead and dark wood slipped into even more deafening silence as each person attempted to understand what Alban had just said, I didn’t know if this was him also attempting to pull the wool over Samuel’s eyes as he just watched Russell do, or he was serious, but I was left watching my mate more unsure than anything. “You ain’t gonna fool me Alpha, I wasn’t born yesterday, even though you’re my younger brother and you’re one of the only people I love, I don’t trust you. Polly is your mother also and someone as I have seen, you put over everyone else’s safety to help.” Samual scoffed shaking his head at his brother not seeming to fall for Alban’s tricks, who simply shook his head with a sigh staring at Polly who shook with fear behind him. “That was once the truth, I admit I have witnessed the way in which mother treats the pack members and simply believed that is how a Luna runs her pack. But that was all before I was able to see how my mate does, she feels nothing but lo
My breath came out sharp and fast as I squeezed so hard onto that tree branch, my legs crossing over one another praying that the branch would hold my weight a little longer. But it wasn’t just me who could be out in the open, Russell lay on the floor right at the base of the tree with the snapped rope behind him, Samual continuing to take steps closer to the tree and him. It wouldn’t take him much to spot Russell sat in a heap by the tree with the rope and connect the dots and spot me dangling on a branch, we of course had the training to stop him but with that blade and the amount of harmful substances around him, we couldn’t risk so much going wrong. That’s also something we were taught in training, of course you do not show any fear when going into battle and trust your instincts and training, but don’t simply walk into each situation looking for a fight. If you are to just face each battle the same way, that would be deadly. No two individuals are the same which would also me
Following behind Russell who held the map in his hands, we continue deep into the dark but also, eerily silent wood. I didn’t know if it was because I knew who was hiding within the thick trees with his dangerous plot or the time of night butI felt myself draw closer to Alban a little more, worried for not only Polly’s life but also, ours too. Alban realised this and didn’t seem to mind wrapping his arm around me, even though Russell was slowly proving himself as trustful with the help, with what he had done not hours before, it was clear he would much rather Russell had remained in that dungeon and him think of the most awful of punishments he could bestow upon him. “Alright, they’re around a mile ahead.” Russell informed us all but this time, kept his voice down in case Samual was close by waiting for Alban to send some men to stop it. “What’s the plan?” Lincoln asked also keeping his voice down but ensuring his eyes snapped from side to side surrounding us, we didn’t need a s
Once everything that I’d asked for was lay before me on the table and I was now out of my beautiful but dirty dress from the party and into some fresh clothes, I watch as Russell began to brew the first concoction which was going to help us locate Polly. Richard, who hadn’t woken up since his fight with a table was taken by my parents to the hospital to make sure he didn’t have any injures whilst Lincoln and Alban both waited behind me, both still dressed in their suits from the party which now after everything, seems like days ago. I could feel and see that Alban wasn’t the happiest of Alpha’s in this moment, the guy he had seen fighting me was now stood right beside him working away as though nothing was amiss. “Alright the hyper focus antidote which you are to drink is almost done brewing, now with the information of what you were able to see in that bag is pointing towards a poison called The Death Watcher, it’s given that name as it’s deadly, anyone who drinks that will die i
Russell soon holds my eye contact seeming to know instinctively, what was going around my head in that moment. Russell and I spent everyday with each other at The Full Moon Pack, learning from Bennett what he wanted from us and the tasks that we were given. I was not the only person from another pack which Bennett was training, when I first arrived at The Full Moon Pack, there were around twenty others who had been sent away by their Alpha’s in hopes of receiving life changing training. But one by one, each begin to leave and head home, the training was not for the faint of heart and after begging their Alpha’s, they were given the green light to leave. Something at the time I wished Richard would have allowed but he never did, by the end of that first year, it was only Russell, and I left in the program. This meant we were forced to lean on each other whenever the training became too demanding, I would try and speak to Max, but he’d never understand where I was coming from as his
Now I knew Russell was on his way and he may understand what I was trying to say more than anyone, I lay in my state a lot calmer than before. My parents had moved over to Richard to check his injures, he hadn’t moved since he fell through the table, and I think they worried he was dead. Lincoln did what he always does when he’s nervous, he paced up and down the room with his hands on his hips waiting impatiently, for the guards to bring Russell. Whilst Alban remained with me on the floor, my head still in his lap as his hand ran through my hair, I knew he wanted to keep a brave face as he was the Alpha and he’d chosen for all this to happen, but I could see in his eyes how upset he was about to become if we couldn’t stop Samual in time. Breaking the worried silence which seemed to cling to each wall, the doors open once again but this time instead of me getting held by people, it was Russel who was dragged in, chains around his hands and feet as two guards held onto him. “The p