LOGINBELISARAâS POV'Wake up'I heard a voice and my eyes opened before my mind could even catch up."Where am I?" I glanced around the unfamiliar cabin as sunlight spilled across the floorboards.I was laying naked on a woolen blanket and the biting cold that usually froze over my chest was strangely gone. 'We are free, Belisara' The same resonant voice echoed behind my ribs. 'You have your Golden Wolf now'Golden Wolf? My brows furrowed in confusion, and suddenly all yesterday's memories flooded into my mind.Winterfell was attacked. I ran to the mountains to find Torin. I was mauled by a rogue and then I shifted into my Golden Wolf."My wolf!" I quickly sat upright. "Are youâAre you real?!"'You know you don't need to shout out loud for me to hear you' My wolf sighed.'Really?!' I responded back to her in my head, 'I didn't know that was possible! How is this even happening?!' I wrapped the blanket around my bare body. 'You were never wolfless, Belisara.''But I called out to you on m
TORINâS POVI hoisted Belisara on my back and hastened out the mountain, ignoring the grinding pain in my broken ribs. "Itâs okay, weâre almost there." I said as golden fur rapidly bursted out her skin.She was mid-shift and her wolf was fighting its way to the surface.Barging into the gates of Winterfell, the chaotic screams turned to clamorous jubilations as the villagers rushed toward me."Alpha Torin is alive!" A woman shouted in joy."Where are the other soldiers?" Another asked."Whatâs happening to the girl?" More children gathered around. "Torin!" Saski raced down the watchtower and leaped onto my body. "Youâre alive! Oh, thank Goddess!""Belisaraâs about to shift!" I panted heavily and marched straight to my private cabin, my arms tightening around Belisaraâs trembling body."Shift? What do you mean shift?!" She followed behind me. "She said she was wolfless!""Saski, I donât know! She's going through pains right now. The shift is tearing her apart. I need anything to ease
BELISARAâS POVHold on, Torin. Please hold on.I raced through the frozen mountain trail of the eastern border. The frigid winter wind sliced at my face, but I didn't care about the frostbite. All I cared about was finding Torin.Storming out of the treeline and into the valley, my horse came to a force halt as I pulled on the reins."Oh no. . ." I struggled to breathe, as I stared at the hastily sight in front of me. The valley was a slaughterhouse as mad rogues and Winterfell soldiers scattered lifeless on the ground, their mangled bodies covered in blood.Up ahead the mountain valley, a horde of rogue wolves outnumbered Winterfell soldiers ten to one.The rogues were so many but the soldiers stood and fought a losing battle.Climbing down my horse, I rushed in the valley and immediately sighted Torinâs frame. He was fighting in his human form, his sword slashing three rogues at once.His brown hair was matted with blood, and the pale scar over his right eye was covered in fresh c
BELISARAâS POVI woke with a sheepish, uncontrollable smile on my face before I even opened my eyes. Little lamb. . . you're driving me crazy. Torinâs words replayed over and over in my mind as I remembered last night.Did I actually have such a huge effect on him? I thought to myself as another memory reeled in.Oh Goddess, this woman is going to kill me. He moaned when I rained kisses down his neck.Rolling onto my side, I buried my face into the bedsheets, and inhaled deeply. "Hmmm." and Torinâs scent enveloped my senses completely. Goddess. . . I loved the vulnerability in his eyes when he showed his scars to me. I loved the way his hands became exceptionally gentle as they traced my delicate skin, his deep strokes edging my body to an orgasm.Everything still felt like a magnificent dream.I reached across the mattress, expecting to feel his muscled shoulder, but the sheets beside me were cold.My heart did a quick, anxious dip and I opened my eyes to see a piece of parchment
TORINâS POVThe fear on Belisaraâs face was the reason why I didnât want to show her my scars.I stayed on my knees in between her thighs, the afternoon light filtering through the window to illuminate every disfigured ridge on my torso. My body was a map of violence, a reminder of battles I'd won and some I had barely survived. Each mark was different, carrying its own dark trauma and telling its own story.I was a monster stitched together by survival, a warlord who belonged in the cold north.I braced myself for her rejection. I expected her to pull the blankets over her face, turn her head away in disgust, or look at me with that somber pity I despised.But. . . Belisara didn't flinch or look at me with shame."Oh, my Torin." She whispered softly, reaching out her fingers and tracing a mangled patch of flesh that cut across my ribs. "Belisara." I grunted as she sat up in the sheets, her eyes widening and glancing at my chest. She trailed her fingers higher, touching a deep, ca
BELISARAâS POV"Iâm done with this place!" I aggressively pulled the straps of my traveling bag and fastened it to a tight knot.I packed some clothes, maps, some rye bread and dried winter berries for my journey. I didnât know where I was heading but I knew I had to leave Winterfell before midnight settled over the mountains.My chest still rose and fell in deep breaths, the adrenaline rush from the forest still humming goosebumps on my skin. I sat on the edge of my bed and rolled out linen bandages to patch up the raw blisters lining my knees when my cabin door creaked open.I flinched, my hands pausing over the bandage as a towering figure strode inside the cabin. Alpha Torin. He had taken off his heavy black cloak, and the sword strapped to his back, but his hefty frame still eclipsed sunlight from pouring through the door.He stepped in and closed the door behind him, his blue eyes immediately scanning the narrow space, and locking onto the packed bag resting by my feet. "Wh







