The next day:-
Dylan and I stood in front of the trainees, the others all spread out ready to receive their groups. "Right everyone settle down. We know your strengths and weaknesses so we decided to put you into groups where you can get as much support as you need to improve the skills you need help developing." Dylan states."That's correct, you should all know who your trainer is as we sent uniforms to each of you last night. Please get into your groups and stand by your instructors, they will be wearing the same colours as your uniform if you can't remember our names." I announced while stepping away from Dylan so our groups would have space to join us."As I introduced myself yesterday my name is Luna Rayne and I will be your trainer. You are in my group because you need support with your hand to hand combat. I will help you build your confidence along with your precision and speed in human form." I heard a scoff.Anger radiated throuTraining went smoothly after that day, a few weeks later and we were packing up ready to return home. We had adopted Oliver officially and I honestly couldn't be happier! Dylan loved the idea of having another little spirit running around our family home and playing with Prince.Walking out of the door i called out to Dylan letting him know I was going for a run before having to be cooped up in the car for hours. After stripping and shifting I was off... I decided to follow a path I used to take when I was younger, it led to the most beautiful waterfall and I wanted to see it before I left all over again. It was exactly as I remembered it as I launched myself into the water, shifting to swim around under the warm, steadily pounding water. I was so entranced I didn't notice Zach. He cleared his throat and I jumped letting a squeal leave my mouth."Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you Rayne." He was obviously holding back a laugh as I scowled at him."W
"I'm not called Rayne.""What? Why would you use a different name?" He didn't seem mad, just confused."My real name is Raven." I all but whisper, but I knew he heard me."Raven? Are you playing some kind of cruel joke on me?" He roared. "That's not funny at all!” He growled out while trying to read my face. “Unless... did you hide your name so I wouldn't be upset that you shared her name?" His voice calmed down a bit when he realised by my posture that I was distressed and not pranking him."No, look Zach, you're going to have a lot of questions and I will try to answer them all but just know that I'm sorry. I have moved on and a lot has changed with me. I know you don't recognise me but I am Raven.” I took a deep breath, I had to get this out now, it was like I had opened a jack-in-the-box and there was no holding it back. “I'm the one who you bullied at school, the one you cheated on with Cassidy, the one whose s
"Uhhhhhhh", I rolled onto my side as I started to wake up. Why the hell did my neck hurt so bad? I blinked the sleep out of my eyes as I realised that I was laying on a cold concrete floor. What the fuck? Then I remembered the waterfall... Zach.... then blackness.My goddess, where was I?I groaned out in pain as I tried to sit up without the nausea taking over from my dizzy head."Oh Raven thank goddess you're awake, I was worried you wouldn't wake up for a minute there!" I know that voice, at least I think I do. I tried to turn around slowly but my head hurt to bad and my legs wouldn't obey my mind.That's when I noticed the silver chains pinning my feet to the floor stopping me from turning... unless I wanted to burn my skin that is. I put my head in my hands and sighed. "Raven, please, just say something?" I did know that voice.... it was..."Zach?""Oh thank you
We were fully packed up now and we were just waiting for Raven to get back from her run. Our two little boys were watching tv with Mia because I knew she probably wanted to say goodbye to the pack lands again before we leave. I didn’t want to put them in the car until I knew she was ready, I had tried to mind link with her to say we were ready but she had shut me out, I knew she would need her own time so I won’t rush her.We spent the next couple of hours watching the tv. I couldn’t help my eyes automatically checking out the windows, to see if my mate was walking back yet, every few minutes.Because I was desperate to see her and get going the time seemed to drag by, I swear it felt like an entire day had passed when it reached three hours.“Dylan?”“Yes Mia?” I sighed, I just wanted to get home.“I think she’s lost track of time do you mind if I go to her? She’s stil
And with that the door opened.Standing there was a beast of a man, I feel like I know him but I can't find an idea of where from with my groggy brain. "Hello little Luna." Funny, not the voice from the speaker.I look back up to the camera, "come on hunny, don't think I'd think that was you did you?" The beast walked over to me and took the chains off my feet and pulled me up. Zach growled and struggled but there wasn't anything he could do. The beast walked me down a corridor, well, more like dragged me. He threw me into a room and closed the door behind him. Great. Me and my big mouth just had to go and get myself secluded, at least I had company in Zach.I was disturbed from my thoughts when the door opened and in came... "JACE?!?!""Hello Raven. Long time no see." He chuckled but it was nothing like the laugh I was used too after these years, it was dark, unkind, evil."What are you doing here? What are you doing? What's going on with the pack
I knew what was going to happen, even if she was clueless. I had to live through it once, it made me stronger. I looked at the Adam to find that he was already looking at me. I smirked at him and he rose an eyebrow. Well, two could play at this game. I thought. "Oh Adam, what a shame I used to call you brother, even after all the beatings. Now you're working with hunters? I'm so disappointed to say you have the same blood as me, you're a disgrace to our kind. A week little puppy dog playing pretend wolf." That eared me a whack across the cheek from beastie again. "Oh come on, big guys like you really should pack a harder punch beastie." "Let's just get this over with, she won't be so smug soon." Adam turned to a table and picked up something silver again, this time I could see it was a silver branding iron. "Look away Mia." I stated flatly. "What? No, what's going on Raven?!" She squealed looking at what Adam was holding over a flame. "Mia, as
I did not want this… but I had to sacrifice my sister to these animals, or it was my neck on the line. Goddess she must hate me so much, I am her older brother, I should have protected her. But like it always has been, it was me above her. I am a coward. A pathetic excuse for a wolf, I knew this and yet here I was, going through with this anyway.You see, I did not even start this. Zach had. He had a deal with a group of wolf hunters, that’s the reason he could not mate with my sister. The deal was signed to keep the hunters off our land. They had grown in numbers and were a threat to us all, including the pups. So, Zach did what he saw fit and promised in return not to mate or they would wipe our pack out. I understood why he did it, nobody in the pack knew of this looming threat except me and him. Of course, he knew at the time that my sister was his mate, he had too much pride to admit she was and so he started to bully her openly and allow others to as well.
“Fucking bastards!!!” I roared as the huge hunter took Raven from the room. I knew as soon as it happened that it was the hunters who had taken us. Yet again I had let my Raven down. What a pathetic excuse for an Alpha mate I turned out to be. At least I could see she was ok before, but now… now I had no clue what was happening and that was driving my inner beast into a frenzy. “If you touch one hair on her head, I will rip you apart!” I knew I would lose it fast, alone and in pain, all I wanted was to rescue my Raven whether she wanted me or not, I would not let her die because of my stupidity.My thoughts were disturbed by that sadistic twat’s voice filling the room, “Your bark is worse than your bite Alpha. Don’t forget which one of us is chained up in this situation.”“You’re pathetic, it’s me you want, so take me and let her go.”“Unfortunately, you’re wrong Alpha, we