Ricardo
My mother takes a seat at the table uninvited. I love the woman to death, I do, and I always feel guilty that she lost my father and has to do life without her mate. But now that she has nothing better to do than organizing events for the pack, she has made it her mission to interfere in my life.
And that is the sole reason why I don't date. I'm not seen with women, ever, because being the Alpha of the pack, that news will travel far and wide and inevitably reach the ears of my dearest mother.
The women who does frequent my bed knows the rules. We don't drive together, we either meet at my living quarters at the pack house or their place. No sleepovers. I've been slapped a few times when I've kindly asked girls to leave my place.
So me being seen with someone from the opposite sex is an anomaly.
"You are so beautiful!" My mother gushes, earning her an endearing blush. "Where
Ricardo Ianthe has been in her room for more than two hours. I could feel her fear at the restaurant when she saw that journalist. It makes me want to find him and sink my claws into his throat, but I can't do that. I can't kill everyone that pisses me off. I'm re-thinking my decision to let her go outside and explore the town, but it doesn't sit well with me that she should be treated as a prisoner. I'm also thinking that Harry was right more and more. My text alert goes off and speak of the devil. Harry: You up for a drink tonight at a club or......? I sigh. I probably should go out, let off some steam, but I've got a girl in my house that's confusing the hell out of me and she's a bit spooked right now. I can't leave her alone. Me: No. I feel bad for my Beta and best friend, he should've known my life would change irrevocably, but it seems he's still stuck
Ianthe I'm in big, big trouble. I've only been at the Dark Moon pack for two days and I went and developed a crush on the Alpha. What was Sebastian thinking sending me here? Of course I was going to start feeling something for the man. He's an Alpha, making him exude an aura of strength and power. I read in a magazine once that girls love that sort of things. And I've had no other interaction with men aside from my father and brother. I feel like this is a boobie trap. A disaster in the making. Yesterday he let me go out, granted it wasn't on my own but still, he gave me something that I've always dreamed about. Then there was the episode with that guy who took our picture and he went all Alpha mode and that was just hot. And then last night he was so sweet. He made me hot chocolate and we ate leftovers from lunch, lounging in the entertainment room. He even let me pick out a movie. It was about
Ricardo I stop in front of the high school and turn slightly in my seat to look at the vision next to me. She's wearing workout clothes and in my opinion it's too tight, but I promised myself I won't treat her as a prisoner, so i'm trying to rein Daemon in. He does not like the fact that other wolves will see her this way, regardless of the obvious fact that all the other women will be dressed in a similar way. "Are you ready?" I ask softly. I realize that this will be her first time in an actual school setting, so I take her hand in mine, ignoring the electric current running straight to my northern region and rub soothing circles into her palm. She looks at me with those dazzling eyes and instead of fear, it's filled with excitement. "Yes!" She smiles beamingly. Shit, she should not smile like that to another guy, Daemon will surely lose his shit then.&nb
Ricardo I drive like a maniac, Harry giving me a stinky side-eye while he clings to the dashboard. He doesn't dare say anything though, knowing he's still in the sin bin. My heart is beating a mile a minute, Daemon howling inside of me in unrest as I run through the halls of the high school, ignoring the curious stares of the students. There's a crowd outside the gym, everyone whispering among themselves, their eyes big when they see me and Harry approaching and they open like the Red Sea to let us through. I burst through the doors and comes to a halt at the scene in front of me, my heartbeat slowing rapidly. Ianthe is unharmed. "What the fuck Colt!" I growl out angrily. I was sure something happened to her when he called to say there was something wrong at the gym where Ianthe joined the rest of the senior class for combat training. Instead she's standing off to the side, biting her lower lip nervously, her eyes darting to from me to Harry. Colt approaches me, his sister Helen
Ianthe I twiddle my thumbs while I watch Ricardo from the corner of my eye as he drives me home from school. I don't know when he became Ricardo from Alpha in my mind, or since when I thought about his house as home, but it feels right in my heart. It felt right to visit his mother's house who was a little nosy, but I could feel that she loves her son and that she wants the best for him. He seems stoic as he drives and I can only imagine what he's thinking. Why couldn't two people successfully throw a punch at me? I'm finding it more difficult not to tell him the truth. Why doesn't the shadow not want me to say anything? It's just a matter of time before he finds out anyway. He stops in front of the house and checks in the rearview mirror for the car that Randall and Mark drive in. "They will stay in and around the house when I'm not here." Ricardo says without looking at me. "Okay." I still feel like I'm being scolded. This did not go how I intended it to. In my mind I was goi
Ricardo I'm usually a very confident man. I'm confident in the way I run my company and my pack, ensuring we have wealth to live the lives we deserve. But right now my palms are sweating on the way to seeing the seventy-something year old woman that might tell me the truth. A truth I have been trying to deny ever since Harry brought it up that Ianthe might be a White Wolf. The idea sounded absurd to me when he first mentioned it, but after today I don't know how much longer I can deny the fact that he might be right. The Wisher as we call her was born into the Dark Moon pack in the time my great-grandfather was still the Alpha and he always consulted with her when he had to make big decisions. I know my father too sometimes leaned on her special gifts to predict the future, but what good did that bring him? He still died pre-maturely. So I have never visited her to ask how I should do things, even
Ricardo I drive around the town my ancestors built for what seems like hours on end after I see The Wisher. I drive past the river where the restaurants and nightclubs seem quiet on the Monday evening. I drive through Main Road where most of the businesses are located, including mine. I even drive through the neighborhood my mother now resides in, but I don't stop at her house. That's a conversation I'm not ready for yet. I love my family, but they can be overbearing sometimes. I stop by the park where my parents took me when I was a child, but it's already evening and it's quiet except for the few teenagers loitering and playing around. They're either chilling at the park or at the river, reminding me of simpler times when my boys and I used to run the school. Now I run the whole pack and I'm not gonna lie and say that I don't feel the pressure right now. This coming Friday we have the river bonfire. One of the many events my mother organizes for the pack to soc
Ricardo Randall and Mark stand before me and I can see their unfailing loyalty, towards me and towards my pack. I feel slightly guilty for not bothering to ask about their own lives. "You've guys have been doing a great job with Ianthe, thank you." I nod at them. "I'm going to ask you to be even more vigilant than before in the light of the attack just now. We don't know what happened yet, but if you hear, see or smell anything suspicious I need you to call me right away." "Yes Alpha." They say in unison. I nod. "And she's not allowed to leave the house, not even to go to the lake out front until I get back." They nod again and I look up the stairs to where she's standing at the top, her arms folded protectively around herself. I know she knows that whatever happened has something to do with her. Our mating bond is already coming through strong, we can sense when there's something wrong with the other already and she has this insanely calming effect on