What did this mean for me? I mean, obviously, it meant I was a descendant of power, is that why I wasn’t afraid of Victor? Who were my parents? What about my mother? My head was swimming with so many questions, my heart was beating fast as I felt my hands become clammy. I stared down at my mother and father, Luna Ashly’s words coming back into my mind: “My dear Laura, I promised your mother that I would keep you safe. I promised your father that no harm would come to you… There are some things I can never tell you… the promises I made both of them prohibit it.”
I stared so long at them both trying desperately to understand what this meant that I did not notice Domini approach me.
“Laura?” He asked touching my shoulder softly, I jumped and turned around to scold him.
“Don’t sneak up on me! You almost gave me a panic attack!”
Domini smirked for a moment before noticing the photo album in my hands.
“What’s that?” He asked as he made a move to gra
I felt a sensation of pleasurable warmth cover my entire being as a delicious scent washed over my nose. A face appeared amongst the darkness, I for some reason was hyper-focused on its lips. A milky coffee color, the top lip met in a point as I noticed the jaw was covered in some stubble. My heart seemed to leap in excitement as the lips drew closer to me, a sensation of desire growing in the pit of my stomach. A low growl escaped the parted lips as a mess of black hair moved across the cheek, I leaned forward crushing my lips into theirs. Immediately I felt myself moan as the softness of theirs brushed against mine, it felt right. ‘Mine.’ A masculine voice growled out as felt my body shake awake. I blinked rapidly confused as I felt my chest heave from shortness of breath. My room came into focus with the soft sunrise light pouring in. I sat up surprised as my sheets were sticking to my skin, my stomach felt… strange. Like I was hungry… but not for food? I bit my l
“ENOUGH!” Alpha Clide bellowed out, Victor did not budge holding his nose against my chest so I could not get up. “Alpha” Bella said meekly, I moved my head to see Anya had shifted back to her human form. Her head was bleeding pretty badly. The Alpha stopped a moment looking at Anya before giving Bella a sympathetic look. “Child, she will be okay. Once you shift you become a lot sturdier.” Bella nodded but still looked incredibly worried. “Laura?” Luna Ashly called out in concern, seeing me under Victor’s wolf she rushed over. “What is the meaning of this? Alpha Victor? Clide?” She asked, her tone turning hot and angry. Clide looked away nervously from her as Victor seemed to stare into my very soul. “Clide, you promised me…” Ashly started, venom in her tone as he sighed with defeat. “Alpha Victor, we spoke about this.” He said in almost a pleading tone before Victor growled moving off me. I stayed laying there not trus
A sense of dread had completely taken over my being as I cradled Luna Ashly in my arms. I felt almost cold, focused on the task at hand. I glanced down and shuddered at the bare flesh of her neck, her exposed muscles throbbing as blood attempted to filter through her vessel. I looked back ahead of me, carefully stepping back through the forest begging for someone, anyone to be outside when I arrived. The Goddess must have heard my prayers as soon as I stood foreword from the tree line screams of fear and sadness echoed out.“Blood?”“Who’s injured?”“Luna!”“NO!”I felt my own hot tears sit at the corners of my eyes as many people stared at me and the Luna. I continued walking forward screaming for someone to help, Alpha Clide rushed forward pushing people out of his way to approach us. His eyes were already full of dread, grief, and anger.“What…” He managed to choke o
It hadn’t been much longer after Victor left that I passed out again. Waking up to the taste of something so sweet, almost floral in my mouth. I drank up the liquid quickly and with almost a desire for more. “Slow down Laura…” Herman’s voice called out “I mean, Luna Laura” he corrected himself as someone scoffed. I opened my eyes as Herman was screwing a lid back onto a flask, giving me an exhausted smile. “That should have done it, you will be feeling much better now I think.” He paused giving me a once over before he let out a satisfied sigh. I felt overjoyed as I felt my body reconnected to my brain, I moved all my fingers and toes before stretching out and hearing that ever-satisfying snap of my bones. But the pain soon flooded through me as I winced, looking down at my bare arms I saw pink fresh skin. “Ah, yes,” Herman muttered before he put cold cream on my arms, massaging them delicately but still causing some pain. I mus
I stood in front of the door with Domini on my right and Dimitri on my left stealing a calming breath trying to soothe my beating heart. I wasn’t sure anymore if I could handle seeing the Luna Ashly, laying still and unmoving on a hospital bed. Flashes of her bleeding throat echoed in my mind, the wolves attacking her and me just standing there. “You don’t have to go in Laura” Domini spoke at the same time as Dimitri “you don’t have to go in Luna.” I glanced at both of them surprised at how concerned their tones were. I smiled reassuringly before holding the door handle. “I have to do this,” I said more to myself before opening the door. I felt my heart hammer and almost stop as I saw Alpha Clide hunched over an unmoving covered Luna. I approached slowly taking her in, her body was so still you could mistake her for being already dead, and her body was covered in a thick blanket as I was. I wondered what her face looked like, but was almost thankful i
It was a surreal experience walking around the pack grounds, every person that saw me would go wide-eyed and stare or ignore me. I felt a sense of shame as I recognized some people’s faces from the crowd that had surrounded Luna Ashly and myself. I had failed to protect her, and they knew it as much as I did. I felt the all too familiar quickening of my heartbeat as everyone’s faces began to blur. My lips tingled as all the moisture in my mouth disappeared and I felt the urge to pass out. I looked around frantically trying to find someone familiar but could no longer recognize any of the faces. I felt my chest start to hurt as the voices and mumbling of everyone got louder in my ears, thumping against my brain. Laughter echoed out as the faces began to morph into cruel smiles as I felt my lips part as I tried to suck in air, my lungs felt like they were closing up with each passing second. I gripped the sides of my head in my hands wishing for the buzz of voices to stop
Honestly, I was finding myself getting annoyed at Domini. He was keeping a lot from me, at first, I had agreed that it was simply due to pack business. But now? Now I really knew something was up. I glanced at Ellen, her face staring off into the distance deep in her own thoughts. I felt a piece of me scrutinize her thinking about all the times she was so… so off around Domini. Did she know more than me?“Laura?” Micheal called his tone strange again, I looked at him as he sat on the small lounge in the shared living room.His face was calm but his eyes were piercing, I bit my lip nervously as Ellen sighed before walking into Domini’s and my kitchen. Micheal followed her with his eyes before they re-connected with mine and he spoke in a hushed tone.“Laura, just… back there. I saw you.” He almost spat, I felt confused at his anger.“You weren’t hunting… not like they think.” He shook his
Domini walked in almost oblivious to the tension in the room, or maybe he was just ignoring it."Are you serious?" I muttered as he quickly glanced around realizing we were all upset.All three of us were glaring at Domini, and I assumed for the same reason.“What?” He asked fanning ignorance.“Where’s the other guy?” Micheal asked in an uninterested tone but I smiled slyly knowing that he did like him.“Ah, well Alpha Victor wanted to speak to him privately.”I raised my eyebrows as I felt concerned for Dimitri’s welfare, images of Victor allowing his sister to be injured reminding me of the man he was.“I’m sure he will be fine,” Domini said with a grin that did not touch his eyes, not helping the worry building inside me.Ellen cleared her throat before glancing at me “she knows.”Domini growled before closing his eyes and pinchi