ANNA
A cold breeze rushes down the trail in the woods where I'm standing. Waiting for River.
He linked me fifteen minutes ago to meet him here. He sounded off. I know it couldn't be about us. I doubt things would change in a matter of hours. I hope it's not the Dragons. I'm not in the right position for that.
The wind blows again and I catch a scent. River's scent. My eyes adjust to the dark and I see his strong form hike down the trail to where I'm standing. Every time I see him, I have to appreciate his muscular chest and arms as they threaten to tear his uniform shirt.
He smiles as he approaches. "Hey, Baby." He says solemnly.
"Hi." I smile and wrap my arms around his neck. I give him the kiss that he deserves.
He grabs my arms and pulls them off. He shoots me a quick smile.
My smile fades. "What's wrong?"
He puts his
RIVER "Ugh...." I look at my phone for what feels like the hundredth time. The time feels like it's going backwards. I stand at the edge of the field, watching the last afternoon training session of the week. Anna left this morning to take care of things at home. So, I'm stuck watching the clock. Being tortured until I can get out of here to spend my weekend with my baby. Blade walks over after correcting a few recruits on their form. "You coming to the bar tonight?" He jabs my bicep. "Uh...yeah...I have to text Anna first and see if she wants to, but I'm sure she will." I check my phone again. He laughs. "You are so whipped." "I'd rather be whipped than desperate," I chuckle and punch him back. He shakes his head. "Hey, I love being free. I have a lot of loving to throw around." He winks. I pull out my phone, yet again. "Ugh. Can we c
ANNAWe barely make it in my house before clothes start coming off.The heat in my core is burning. I'm dripping with lust and desire. River can't take his lips off me for second.We're clumsily climbing the stairs. Devouring each other. Leaving a trail of clothes and shoes behind us to my room.Every touch. Every lick, bite, kiss sends wave after wave of pleasure through my body. He's so easy to read for what he wants and how he wants it. My body responds to every move he makes.He presses his naked body to mine on my bedroom door, while he fumbles for the doorknob. He finds it and we almost fall in when he turns it. He catches me and grabs my ass. He lifts me up and I wrap my legs around him.His kisses are hungry, desperate. Like he can't get enough and neither can I. We're bruising both our lips.He tosses me on
RIVERMonday morning, Anna and I part ways. Driving to the unit separately. Before we go, we hash out our stories on the weekend events. In case anything came up.And I'm so glad I did. I wasn't in the dorms fifteen minutes before there was a knock on my door.Stevens was standing there. Looking rather displeased."Alpha." I nod and offer him inside."Blake." He said in a monotone voice.I stand rigid but my heart is racing. A personal visit to my quarters is not something I expected.He looked around my room. Then his eyes turned to me. "Some news has come to my attention." He clasped his hands behind his back. "Disturbing....news."I swallow hard trying to play it cool. "News....Sir?"He cleared his throat. "Seems you were seen kissing a recruit Friday at a bar."I'm sweating. I hope this works. "Um....yes...sir
ANNA"Twenty push-ups followed by thirty sit ups! Double time!" River barks as he walks up and down the rows of our training group.I'm sweating profusely. Hell Week was supposed to be over, I chuckle to myself.I'm doing my situps when River walks by. He side eyes me and lifts the corner of his mouth and continues on.He's loving this. Truthfully, having him order me around is a massive turn on. Considering I don't let anyone else do it.He stands off to the side and blows his whistle. "Alright, recruits. Lunch!"Everyone stands and make their ways to the mess hall.Michael runs up behind me. "Hey, wanna have lunch together?" He elbows me.I fix my ponytail. "Sure." We walk off the field side by side. "So, what do you think?"He rubs the back of his neck. "That Sloan guy has it in for me, I swear. 
ANNA I should start by saying, I'm wasn't impressed by Rivers so called training performance on Monday. I knew exactly why he did it. Michael is bothering him big time. As much as I tell him we're just friends, I can't make him trust Michael. Which led me to our little hookup Monday night. I knew his wolf needed to be satisfied and he needed to be shown that I was still with him. I hope I proved that. It seems like it, since there have been no further awkward exchanges between the boys for the last two days. I've kept River fed, if you will, with secret meetings during the day and night. We've gotten pretty good at hooking up. I'm surprised how many places there are in this training center to sneak a hot, sweaty sex session. Thursday morning, I walk into the shower room and turn on the shower. While I wait for the water to heat up, Fiona, Laura and one of the
RIVERAnna didn't speak to me all day Friday. I felt like an ass all day watching her avoid me like the plague.I know what I said was wrong, but she was over reacting. Cassidy was asking a training question. She may have been flirting, but I certainly didn't notice. Even if I wasn't with Anna, she's not my type.I just hope I can fix this.Saturday morning, I pull into her driveway. I'm praying to all the gods that this conversation goes the way I want.I knock on the door and am unprepared for who answers.Michael is standing in the doorway with his hands in his pockets, smirking. "What do you want?" He says in a cocky tone."What the hell are you doing here?" I squint my eyes at him."Consoling a friend whose heart was broken by your dumb ass." He crossed his arms.I sigh. "Can I talk to her please?""I don't think it's a
RIVERThe room is heavy with concern. There's a feeling if dread, fear and anger in the air.Alphas, betas, all the way down to Gamma packed the conference room. I found Zeke and Blade at the back leaning against the wall.They both nod. I lean with them facing the front where higher ups from Falcon Ridge and Caledon stood waiting for everyone.Once satisfied that everyone was here, they started the briefing.Alpha Eric read the intelligence report. "At 0900 this morning a group of unknown assailants, armed with silver bullets and explosives, attacked the prison building of the Falcon Ridge security unit. It's unclear at this time how they managed to bypass security measures. During the attack, 10 guards and 15 ranking members were injured. One guard was killed.The motive for the attack was to release Cole Karver. He is, as of now, the only escapee at large.We b
ANNA Monday morning, we're not at the training field. Some of us have been sent to a conference room. I walk in and see River, Blade, Zeke and Stevens up front. There's a long table down the middle of the room with border agents dotting the chairs. I look around the room and see Michael. Instinctively, I head over and sink into a chair beside him. "Hey." He says watching me sit. "Hi. I guess you know what this is about?: I lean on the table. He nods. His face dark and concerned. "Karver." "Yep." I nod. "We're gonna put him down this time. No more games." He cracks a smile. "Damn right." He offers a fist bump and I return it. Stevens clears his throat. "Okay. Good morning." He looks around the room. He continues. "You're here because you've been selected as the best agents an