Chapter- 15- The arrival of the Lycan’sDad responds instantly. “I know you can do this. I was expecting that you and I had some time to review it together before the day came.” “Ok. From the looks of it, you have gone over this paperwork forward and backward, am I correct?” “You are,” Dad confirms. “OK, so tonight I will go over it. In the morning, I will hand it back to you, and you can add sticky notes to any areas you wish that I make sure to cover in its entirety.” I confirm before placing the notes under my arm. “Are we done here?” I ask. “Would you like to have dinner with your mother and me?” He asks. “I do not have time for pleasantries. I must look over the paperwork. Another time perhaps?” “Very well. You are dismissed.” Dad formally releases me, and I head to my room to study. At three AM, I decided that I had enough of looking over the paperwork I had already memorized, and I placed it back on dad’s desk for him to finalize. I lock his office door behind m
Chapter 16- A Note to my mate The clearing of Dad’s throat brings me back to reality. “It is important to know what the new Alpha smells like. The last thing I want to do is disrespect him during the meeting.” I lie, reluctantly hand my parents the paperwork, and watch as they smell it. “There is only a faint smell.” Mom announces before giving it to my father. “No, it is there, smart thinking, Briar.” He nods. “Will you excuse me for one moment? I left one of my pages of notes in my room. Judith, will you help me find it?” We are excused, and I turn to face her with wide eyes when I close my bedroom door. “Alpha Onyx,” I state. That is all I need to say to her before she hugs me. “You found him. I am so happy for you.” She swoons. “Our laws state.” Sadness takes over my voice. “Your pack has tried to kill you. Do you think that the law is any worse?” “I suppose not.” I agree. We found a quick set of notes that I had considered bringing up and now must
Chapter 17- Threat in the Pack “Hello, Alpha Onyx. I am Briar of the Blood Water Pack. You may have gotten my letter by now and my scent. Hopefully, it had the same effect on you that yours did on me. This waterfall is the one place in our territory I go to whenever I need to make a decision or need a moment to myself. It is my little oasis, and I wanted to share it with you for a small moment. I hope you are at the meeting this week. However, I know you are busy, so I may have to figure out a reason to come to find you and bother you so that I can meet you if you cannot. See you soon.” I wave into the camera, and then to my surprise, I blow a kiss before ending the video. I take a few selfies, hunt down other pictures on my phone from the past few months, and text them all to Clara. “I will forward them right over. I gave him the bag. He is definitely your mate.” She clarifies. “Thanks, Clara!” I respond. When I get home, I enjoy the company of Beta B
Chapter 18- Running from the Pack “Dad, this is not up for discussion. We are leaving now. It is for our safety.” I declare as we leave the front door and see Rebecca, Devin, and Luis run up to the house. “Get behind me,” Matt demands as he quickly body-blocks them from me. “We just wanted to make sure that Briar was ok.” Rebecca lies. “We won't hurt her.” She tries to sway Matt with her sweet voice as she flips her hair to the side and smiles at him. “I heard your plan and saw your camp, you disgusting waste of flesh,” Matt growls at her. “You must be mistaken. I would never say anything negative about Briar. She is the Alpha’s daughter, after all.” The way she speaks makes me want to vomit.“Enough of this. Briar and Judith, get back inside immediately.” Dad tries to delegate. “How is that cut on your arm that Rebecca asked you to make? Is it healing well?” I ask Devin. He lowers his head and looks to the ground. “How about you, Luis? Did you enjoy running around the pack house to
Chapter 19- Onyx POV I pace my house waiting for the arrival of Clara and Lobo. She will be coming home with the signed paperwork from yesterday. The paperwork makes us allies with the Blood Water Pack and gives us access to all the other packs. Brett has angered me by announcing he has more for me than just the paperwork but refuses to tell me what, for my own good. My alarm sounds that a car has pulled into my territory, and I jog outside to meet Clara. As she exits the car, she has a smile I have never seen before. “Alpha, I bring you a gift.” She smiles wider as she hands me a gift bag filled with tissue paper. “What is it?” I ask. “It is from Briar, the Alpha’s Daughter of Blood Water Pack.” Her words are filled with hope. Something in her eyes tells me it means more than just a simple thank you. I nervously pull out the tissue paper and find the Ziploc bag I had once given Brett. Now it holds an envelope and a woman’s shirt. “What
Chapter 20 – Onyx POV I am approaching the territory of the Blood Water pack when I call Brett. “Hello, Sir.” Brett is formal. “Are they safe? Were you followed?” I ask again. I know they are safe because he keeps me up to speed with every passing moment. “Yes, Sir, they are safe. No, Sir, we were not followed.” Relief floods me that my mate and her friend are safe. But that only makes room for anger. “I am going to kill that Alpha!” I scream in anger at the situation, not Brett.The next voice I hear startles me so much that I turn quiet. “No! Please don’t kill my family. I don’t know what I must do to make you not kill them, but I will do anything.” Her voice makes me calm. I am taking deep laboring breaths trying to subside my anger to speak to her in a friendlier tone than I currently have. The last thing I wish is for her to be scared of me because of my anger. “Briar?” I almost whisper. “Yes, please. Please don’t kill my family.” She sobs into the phone, making m
Chapter 21- Briar- A long chat For as horrible of a situation Judith and I are in, we had a wonderful day. Brett and Matt ensured that every moment of our day was filled with learning fun things about our pack and showing us around the grounds. Knowing this would be one of my homes, I wanted to learn everything. Every detail I wished to know, they told me, and some. They spent the day helping me learn and giving me new excitement about the pack.After a long day, I relax in bed with nothing I must accomplish other than watching TV. I have just started watching the show's second season when my phone beeps from a number I do not know. “How was your day?” It asks, followed by a slew of pictures and videos of Lobo playing in the yard. Photos of the territory, and my favorite, are of him standing in front of a house, holding a piece of paper that says, “Come home soon.” Scrolled nicely upon the front of it.I snuggle into the bed and pull his shirt over my nose to smell his
Chapter 22- Meeting Onyx It takes me hours to comb through the paperwork from the Execution Bay pack. As promised, I will speak for them if requested, so I must know everything there is to learn on their part. I am grateful for their trust when I have not met the pack or my mate. “If you have any questions, just ask.” Matt insists when I haven’t spoken in hours. By the time we stop for lunch, I have successfully gone over the paperwork and have a clear view of their standpoint, which is brilliant. It resembles closely to my stance on the matter. I understand their stance and why they are moving forward the way that they are. I reviewed the King's agenda written in his hand and noted particular keywords from his forum. “Where are we staying tonight?” I mumble through a big bite of burger. “Please don’t do that in front of Onyx; it is not ladylike.” Judith tusks. “He won’t love her any less. It may even be attractive for him.” Matt laughs while looking a