Alpha Ollen Kingsmen...I sat still and waited until Joy was done with the training. Her precious words kept echoing in my mind. I felt compelled to speak up, to apologize again, to maybe talk about the real reason that brought a pause to our relationship. But I'd promised I wouldn't disturb her, which was why I kept my words to myself and listened as she spoke to the Lunas.I tried to open my ears to the best of their abilities and check if I could hear the whispers, too. But all I heard was the wing and the leaves that kept falling to the cold ground with every passing minute, along with the loud splash of water that fell down to the full pool.Joy was quoted most of the time, only responding once I'm a while to whatever question they might have asked her. She kept herself focused on the training, and while I could sense frustration radiating off of her, there was also a sense of freedom in her soft aura. My scarred wolf stirred in my chest, reminding me of the night before w
"What are you doing out here?" Relief slapped me across the face when I realized it was Ollen.I turned around to watch him slowly approach me, and his right arm stretched out to the side to his fingertips, which would brush against the trees he passed, leading him closer and closer."I wanted to get some fresh air." I replied even though it was a lie.Ollen stopped, clearly sensing it. "Why did you pretend to fall asleep and wait for me to leave, all to go out for some fresh air?" He asked.Damn it. There was nothing worse than getting caught lying."Why are you out here, Joy?" He asked, continuing to walk towards my direction."I came out here... so I can be able to train with the previous Lunas." I finally replied after a few seconds of hesitation, knowing that throwing another lie his way was not going to benefit me in the long run."Didn't you hear what Heaven said? Or are you refusing to understand that you need rest?" He asked.Ollen was just a few steps away from me, and I a
Ollen didn't leave the hospital room after we returned from the dungeons. I told him, multiple times, that he didn't need to be in the room with me, that he should leave and continue on with his day, do what he's been doing in the last three weeks.But Ollen refused."Sam and Mini will handle things." He'd commented, refusing to stand up from the chair beside my bed and leave.He stayed in the room while Heaven checked on the wound on the left side of my head."The stitches are holding up." She said. "But you're going to need a lot of time to fully heal."I was this close to healing completely and finally shifting after all this time, but I just had to go and get myself hurt again.Wait. No. This one is not my fault, and neither was this time. This time, it was my own sister fault."You need as much rest as you possibly can get. Which means no running around with the people all day." Heaven added, shooting me a warning glare as she took her gloves off and dumped them in the small tr
Ollen pulled me to my feet and helped me out of bed.He offered to show me the man and woman who tried to kidnap me last night and didn't hesitate to help me up.I was confused and upset. The confusion came because I didn't understand how Ollen could stand next to me and not next to his mate. If Jenny was truly in this pack, then he would know. He would know that I was not his mate, and he wouldn't hold my hand like he was at the moment.I was certain he wouldn't let Jenny and I live after the betrayal our family committed.The anger, however, came because my sister ignored my warning and came to the pack despite me telling her over and over again that she should keep out of this place. It was unfair of her, and my resentment was threatening to grow."Where are you going?" Heaven asked when I opened the door and stepped out of the room leaning against Ollen for support."I need to see for myself." I replied, leading Ollen to the front door.He didn't say a single word since we left
Joyce Feathers...I felt pain all over my body. But the most blinding pain was the thunder clashing at the back of my eyes.The first thing I registered besides the pain was the fact that I was no longer lying on the cold ground. Instead, a soft mattress accepted me into the world of consciousness.A soft grow escaped my lips as I tried to open my eyes."Joyce?" I heard a voice call out so distant that I was unable to put a face to it.I tried to open my eyes a few times and failed, the light outside too blinding and burning to keep them open for more than a split second."Joyce?" The voice called out again.I didn't get to react this time when I felt fingers pry my left eyes open.I stated the hand away, knowing who it belonged to."I'm up." I whispered, even my own voice painting my head.Strong fingers fell on my right forearm and slowly slid down to my hand, intertwining with my fingers."Joy?" The voice became clear as I did the final battle to open my eyes.Heaven was stand
Alpha Ollen Kingsmen...I sat up straight with a start, feeling my heart suddenly drum harder than it had ever."What's wrong, Alpha?" Sam asked, reminding me that we were in a late night meeting.There was a sudden shift, an uncomfortable twist in my guts.For the first time in three weeks, I opened the mind link between Joyce and I."Joyce?" I called out. "Where are you?" There was an indescribable silence. It was as if she wasn't even in the pack anymore.I couldn't feel her."Does anyone have eyes on the Luna?" I asked through a wide link, stretching across the minds of the people of the pack. Not a single person saw her after dark, and the collective was not coming in like tender.I pushed myself to my feet, and before I could take a step around my desk, I felt her again.It was as if some void swallowed her for a few seconds and spat her back out on our pack land.I tried to open the link again, but I couldn't reach her. She was either purposefully blocking me, or she w