Cayden is standing up from the sofa. He looks ready to leave. Like he had lost the fight within him. Which is not like him at all. Though he was saying he didn’t want to talk about all of this. He is feeling the same things toward this new she-wolf as me? The irony is almost painful. “Cay, you alright?” I ask, standing from my desk. “Sure.” He shrugs. Yeah, he does not want to talk about it all. He forgets I know him almost as well as I know myself, I know he is struggling to work all of this out. He is battling emotions here. Guilt being a huge one, the same as me. And no doubt my words earlier will have made that worse. “We will sort something I am sure.” I tell him. Cayden frowns at me, “Oh yeah, right.” I am just about to ask what he is implying when there is a gentle knock at the door. Before it opens, slowly, almost tentatively. “Hi” Evelyn’s head leans around the door, her long blond hair falling over her shoulder as she does. She is sm
We walk down the steps of the packhouse, the sun feeling warm on my back. The two of them are laughing and joking together and I feel so at home it is unreal. I feel welcome here. Comfortable. A sense of belonging, despite this not being my pack. This is the Alpha and Beta of a neighbouring pack, if anything I should be intimidated by them, but I feel relaxed now in their company. At ease. They are clearly close, though I would expect no less of an Alpha and a Beta, they work alongside to run a pack, they need to be close. But these two seem to have a connection closer than that. Perhaps losing their mates the way they did brought them closer together? But they are clearly best friends, and listening to their tales of being friends makes me laugh. “Come on then love, let us go and show you our kingdom” Beta Cayden jokes. “Hey, that was my line!” Alpha Jackson pushes him gently. I laugh once more. Glad that the earlier tension between the two of them seemed to have e
I had seemed to have lost the ability to speak. Does this girl know the effects she is having on me. Says me that is there stroking her fucking hand like a fool… “Cayden, honestly it is fine. I didn’t mind. I am sorry if I shouldn’t have touched you before that. I have a habit of playing around with friends like that. Joking around, it just sort of happened.” She was suddenly explaining. Making me feel bad that she thinks this was her fault. How had I managed that? I don’t want her thinking that. But at the same time my heart is soaring that she was relaxed enough around me to be fooling around, perhaps even considering me a friend, acting with me like she does her friends. That has to be progress, right? “Don’t apologise Ev” I find myself reaching out to stroke back a strand of my hair that has fallen into her face, I know I am smiling, probably the most ridiculously happy smile too. “I am glad you feel comfortable to mess around with me like that. Friends is go
We walk from our make-shift camp out on one of the unused farm fields, as close to the main pack area as possible. We were planning to take a run through the forest before heading back to the farmlands to help once more. We had helped earlier that morning, then done our training. Finally, having been back to pack to see if we were needed. With time left to kill, we had decided a run was need to let out our wolves, burn off some energy… We had been blessed with the support of the Alpha here at Mystic Shadow Pack when our pack was overturned by the beast of an Alpha of The Night Shade Pack. So now we ensured we did all we could to help the pack to make sure they saw we could be of benefit to them too. They had been nothing but welcoming to us, but we did not want to risk the potential of them seeing us as a drain on their pack, not when they are helping us. Helping us bring stability to our pack members… Training is still allowed, they have let us run our pack as norma
I drove away from the packhouse of Mystic Shadow Pack with a smile on my face, catching sight of both Beta Cayden and Alpha Jackson in the rearview mirror of my car, waving me off. They had pretty much walked me to my car, standing chatting for what felt like a lifetime, almost competing for my attention. So amusing, yet so sweet too. They seemed to have done that a lot today, compete for my attention, or it felt like it, maybe I imagined it? Because, I can think of no reason why they would. But in spite of that, I had enjoyed their company, and I loved their pack. The whole vibe here is so different to ours. So relaxed, and that is despite the never-ending risk of war we have in our region too. Each pack member they introduced me to seemed so friendly as well. I had loved my first day, well, other than the couple of moments of serious tension that had occurred, which I have no clue why or how that had happened, but I did not even question those in the end, feeling too uncomfo
I woke with a brightness inside of me that I had not experienced in a long time. Eager to get up, eager to get to work. And I had a feeling it was because of the young she-wolf that I was on my way to meet. Evelyn had been working in the pack for three days now and, while she worked for a great amount of that time alone in her own office the time I got to spend with her brightened my day. Though she was still terrible at finding her way around the packhouse. Considering she was a werewolf her sense of direction was terrible, but I had to say, I found it incredibly sweet. But that was my reasoning for going to meet her this morning. Not that I found her sweet, I meant the fact she still struggled to find her way around the packhouse. Cayden and I had decided to take it in turns to greet her each morning to help her find her way to her office. And she seemed to appreciate the help. Hopefully over time she would soon learn to recognise her way. But, I have to say, I quite
Oh what a shame. I interrupted their moment. Their moment of intimacy. So close to kissing. Why that irritates me I don’t know. This she-wolf in front of me, stood close to my friend is not mine. She is in no way connected to me. I have known her a matter of days, yet the thought of her with Jackson… the sight of her just then about to kiss him sent gut-wrenching pain through me. Not to mention the urge to go and grab Jackson by his neck and pull him away… Instead I had settled on simply speaking. Breaking the sexual tension. The way they jumped apart… the look on both their faces was a picture. They had no clue I had been sat in Evelyn’s office waiting for them. Obviously both so wrapped up in one another that they did not even pick up on my scent, sense I was here. That is bad from Jackson as an Alpha especially. But I am glad they never kissed. I had stopped that this time. I know that is terrible of me. She is not mine. I have no indication she is a second-chance m
He is kissing me!! Cayden is kissing me?! Where did that come from? We were talking one minute. He was making me coffee and then he was kissing me! There may have been the occasional filled look and what could be considered flirting, but goodness… his lips feel rough on mine. Full of need and intensity. He took me by shock. Where had this come from? His hand is in my hair, gently holding the back of my head as he begins his kiss. I should probably push him away… this is the pack Beta… one of my bosses… his friend had tried to kiss me earlier too… but this is Cayden, the one I feel drawn to the most… I should push him away… but this feels good… it has been a long time… His tongue goes to part my lips to allow it access to my mouth, and I feel myself submitting to the kiss, the need in me building, and as I do I realise how much I too have been wanting the kiss. Cayden moans against my mouth as he realises I am kissing him back, and then the kiss becomes more intense, de