WRENDealing with this nightmare is weighing on me as the days go on.Lucius' been gone now for almost a month. He’s shifted back, but he’s not out of the woods as the chemicals refused to leave his body fully.So, until he gets back, I’ve been organizing us and waiting for the upcoming Nomad council meeting. The first ever. It’ll be stressful since these Alphas have never been in one place civilly ever. I’ll have to be the Alpha that everyone expects to keep the peace and get the Alphas on our side to beat Xavier.I walk into the courtyard with another pack member.I place a hand on his shoulder. “Make sure you check all the fencing. The last attack damaged it. We have to get that repaired.”“Yes, Lady Alpha.” The man nods and turns on heels jogging back into the clearing.Curtis and Dale met me at the entrance. “Lady Alpha?” Dale smirks.“The Dragons called me that. I guess it stuck.” I shrug.He looks at me and crosses his arms. “I like it.” He smiles.Curtis places an arm out. “We
LUCIUS“Good morning, sexy.” I’m woken up the next morning by soft lips on my eyelid and the tip of my nose.My eye opens to a slit. “My little songbird is singing to me. I could get used to this.” I smirk.She giggles as she runs circles with her nails through my hair.The morning sun is creeping through the treetop canopy. The morning air is crisp. A bit chilly on my bare chest. I turn to face Wren and pull the furs up around her shoulders.“Good morning.” I whisper. “Good sleep?”She nods. “Definitely better than my tent.” She smiles.“Mmm….My beds a bit warmer.” I pull her naked body to mine.I rub my nose against hers.“Yeah, it is.” She giggles.I roll over on top of her. Planting my lips on hers. Her lips part and I deepen the kiss.I can already smell her arousal and it goes straight to my dick. Her lavender scent, swirling around my head, was driving me crazy. I had to have her now.“Hey, Lu! You up?”I stop with Wrens pouty, bottom lip in my teeth. I growl.It’s Luke.Wren g
LUCIUS “Wren, will you stop!” I’m practically chasing her through the woods. “Wren! Talk to me!” “Leave me alone, Lu!” She yells back. She’s been acting weird since breakfast with Luke and Alexi the other day. She was quiet at the council meeting with Malakai’s bone headed requests. She hasn’t been to my house since then either. So, I confront her. Demand to know what’s wrong? Which is why we are now stomping aimlessly through the woods, thoroughly pissed off. I sigh. “Come on Wren! What did I do?” “Nothing! Just forget it!” She stomps through the brush. “Wren!” I kick some brush aside. “Look. You’re going to get lost. Just stop!” She turned. Stopping in her tracks. “I said leave me alone!” “I can't do that, Lovebird. You know that.” I say as I get closer. “Don’t say that word!” She shouted. “Baby, what’s the matter?” I plead to her. She holds herself and looks everywhere else, but at me. I can see her face heating and her eyes glass over. “Please, just leave me alone.”
WREN I’m not alone. Not anymore. My love for Lucius may not be the same, but it’s true. He may be harsh. Roughed up by the wild forest, but I found him. The Lu I loved before the Dragons brought death to our door. He’s right. He is the same Lucius. He’s just more somehow. Strong, brave, yet gentle. He knocked down my defenses and I sunk. I’m drowning in his ocean blue eyes, completely in love with the Alpha of the forest. I smile from my perch in the treetops while I make some improvements. I strap the extra quiver and arrows to the platform when I hear him call. “What are you doing?” I lean over the edge and peer down. I smile because he’s been gone all day hunting. I grab the rope tied to the tree and swing to the platform he’s next to and jump down. “Hi.” I chirp. He smiles. “You really like it up there.” He points to the sky. I look up. “I do.” I look back at him. “How was hunting?” He turns to walk toward his cabin, or I should say our cabin now since he insisted, I mo
LUCIUSI sat, staring off into the forest, knowing my Wren was gone. Knowing my village was destroyed and knowing exactly who’s to blame.My eyes are angry, my face is red and my mouth is small. My fists are in my lap. I’m squeezing so hard; I start to shake.There’s only one thing to blame or should I say…one organization.I spin off my knees to my feet and head back to the village.The morning sun revealed the destruction.I walk slowly, almost in a daze, as I watch my people clearing the dead into a pile. I see the smoke of dying fires rise from what was once my home.I climb the hill to the village entrance.I stand and stare, helplessly, at our once vibrant home that has now been reduced to ashes. I watch as my people try to salvage what they can from the piles.As I look around, another tear slips down my cheek. My people's faces look the same as mine. Their eyes follow me as I walk slowly toward my own ash pile of a house. The trees around my yard have been reduced to trunks.I
WREN‘Lovebird…’“Mm…Lu?”‘Lovebird…wake up...’“Lu? Where are you...”‘…You have to wake up…Get up.’“Lucius…Help me…”Slowly, my head drifts into reality. My eyes are having trouble adjusting to the light.My hands slide out on either side of me. I feel soft fabric. I pull them back in. My eye opens to a slit. My sight adjusts to what I allow it to see. I see white curtains blowing inward from two doorway to outside.“Lu?” I put my hands under me and try to lift myself up and I fell back down. My head is throbbing. “Lu, what happened?” I mumble.I open my eyes a bit more. This is not my house.I lift my head as my eyes adjust more. Looking around, I take in decorative walls, a fancy headboard on a King-sized bed and a door to a bathroom.Where the fuck?...I groan as I lift myself up.I roll over and slide backwards off the bed, practically fall on the floor. My legs barely work. I observe the space I’m in as I hang off the end of the bed.My head slowlu turns to my feet and I glide
WREN “Mia. Where’s Alpha Lucius?” I stop running. I bend over, holding my broken arm to my chest and my other hand rests on my knee. I catch my breath with the blazing afternoon sun overhead. I don’t know the temperature, but it’s hotter than hell out here. “On the other side of the compound.” She huffs. “Back there? Where we came from?” I thumbed over my shoulder. She nods. I stand and whine. “Why didn’t you tell me?” “I don’t know! I was scared!” She defends. I growl and turn around. Lucius is that way, but so is Xavier and his men. I don’t know how long we ran for, but it felt like a really long time. I can’t shift until I get this damn collar off either so, I’m stuck on two feet. I look from one side to the other. It’s nothing but sand. “We need to get back there.” I say. “But the Alpha?” She said in a worried voice. I turned to her. “Mia. When we find Lucius and he’ll take care of Xavier. I promise you, but we need to get to him now.” She nods. “Ok. Let’s go.” I wrap
LUCIUS“Remember! Xavier’s mine!” I growl as I fire a gun that Luke gave me.I ran into this battle with full force. Every Dragon I kill is feeling my revenge for hurting my Wren. The man in charge will feel the most of it when I get to him.“Go! We got this!” Luke yelled.I handed him the gun and shifted. Running through the fight, I shredded as I went. They won’t be holding me back this time.I’m painting the desert floor with Dragon blood and I’m loving every second of it. I’m running on pure hatred right now.The Dragons have been our hell for years and now I’m going to be the one to pull all of us out. By spilling the contents of Xavier’s body all over this Alliance.I fight my way to the entrance of the compound and I’m hit from the side. I’m sent skidding across the sand. I stand and shake the sand off and search for the one who’s dead next. Out of the dust, blood and fur, a very large, shaggy black wolf prowls my way. He’s drooling and snarling.Devlin.My wolf lowers his head