We drove home in silence, every once in a while, I would think I saw Sam glance over at me from the driver’s side, but she quickly looked back to the road when she caught my eye. After a while she sighed and finally spoke. “Are you mad at me?” She glanced at me worriedly.
“Mad? About what?” I asked, a little shocked.
“You haven’t said much else to me since I let that person go.” She rubbed her eye with her left hand. “Should I have not stepped in? Not gotten involved? …. did you not like me going off on her like that?” She almost whispered that last part.
“No! I’m glad you stepped in! They had no business jumping Lily like that, and if I was there I probably wouldn't have been so calm about the situation.” I crossed my arms. “I get a little protective of my sister. And besides, they asked for it.” I smirked, remembering how m
It was well after midnight before we got back to the room, we won by a wide margin, however, right after the game Samantha was called to the west border unexpectedly. I waited up for her in the pack house, wanting to be close in case she called for me. Daren and Lily came back home sometime during the first half but went upstairs shortly after-only for Daren to come back to investigate the border with Samantha.When she returned, she was quiet, thoughtful and a little anxious. I brushed it off as a byproduct of our confession to each other and didn’t breach the subject. When I left the shower, I was fully expecting my mate to be asleep on the couch but instead she was sitting up in bed waiting for me. She again had her bottom lip between her teeth but released it as I walked over. I still rubbed my thumb lovingly over her lip and kissed her cheek.She slid over for me to get in the bed and watched as I turned off the light. “Ever
After breakfast I had to go to see Dr Banner for my appointment. Samantha also had business at the hospital regarding the dead woman from last night, so she offered to walk with me. Violet also went down with us, in case we found out anything she would be the one to research and reach out to the dead woman’s pack.... if there was one. It was clear the poor woman was a likely a rogue, the smell alone would distinguish that. Dr Banner led us in, and I was unsure if I was even wanted in the morgue; but Samantha grabbed my hand as I started to fall behind and pulled me close.The body lay on a table, the rags that were used as her clothes were bagged up and sat carefully on a table. The smell was already putrid, and it was all I could do to keep my breakfast down. Dr Banner and a nurse stood on the other side of the table and looked at us sadly.“Well, I have determined that her cause of death was from a massive fall. Her neck was br
I stared at the tiny little pill no larger than a pin head. This little thing was going to help me? Samantha brought out a bottle of water and sat it on the side table beside the couch. I swallowed the pill and drank half the bottle in one gulp.“You may want to change into your pajamas.” She mentioned as she had already changed into a tank and shorts. “I’ll leave the window open but if you get cold here’s a blanket.” She flipped it over the back of the couch. “So, get comfortable and I’ll start the movie.” She smiled as I stretched out on the couch, she hit play and cuddled in with me. I put my arms around her waist and pulled her closer, her flowery scent calming me.It was around the time that Tony Stark emerged from the cave that something started to feel wrong. It started with a feeling of being cold and numb. My arms went numb and then my legs fell asleep. I started to shiver involu
I went downstairs and joined the table with Daren, Lily, and Violet. They all looked at me with interest. “Good morning, Benjamin. Feeling okay?" Violet asked.I frowned. “Well, it's weird, when I woke up, I was feeling great! I guess that walk down the steps did more than I thought.” I mused as I sat.Daren nodded as Lily looked on worriedly. “Yeah, you look pale. No training for you today.” He said as he took a mouthful of hash browns. “When you start to get more used to the pills then we will set up a one on one training schedule.”I nodded and picked at my eggs. Something wasn’t feeling right; maybe I should have stayed upstairs. Lily also looked a little nervous. “Is it painful, Ben? I don’t start until a couple of weeks.”I put on a brave smile as I felt my heart flutter. “You’ll be alright Lil. It's not as bad as....
“Her....mother....” I stood there in shock, if it was hard for me to believe a father could do that to his daughter then it was even harder for me to believe it was her mother. I didn’t even realize I was trembling and growling until Violet broke me from my thoughts. “Benjamin, get your anger in control.” She said calmly. But I couldn’t, just the fear and pain she must have felt just accelerated my thoughts. Just looking at those ice blue eyes just angered me even more, I wanted to rip them out. I felt myself get spun around and slammed to the ground. “Benjamin!” She said with more force. “Calm down!” Her voice was sharper now, held more authority. Slowly I calmed down, I didn’t realize I had started to shift until my teeth and claws shrank back to normal. After a minute Violet released me and sat back, waiting for me to get up. “I’m sorry, Beta.” I said as I started to get up. “I shouldn’t have let my emotions get the better of me.” I w
I whistle as I leave Dr Banner’s office, my next step in my treatment starts today. I’ve gone from one little pill that knocks me on my ass for 10 hours to one little pill every 12 hours. Next up is 2 pills at noon and 2 at midnight. Yesterday I barely felt bad after 3 in the afternoon.Doc says I’m getting stronger, and I can feel it, I’ve started working with Violet on how to hold in my aura and how to hide in plain sight. I’ve gotten most of my strength back also with help from Daren and Greg. Turns out as slow as he is Greg is physically stronger than almost everyone here and has better endurance. Speed isn’t everything he says if you tire out easily.Lily started her treatments last week and she is doing better than I was, although she is not expected to become fully immune like I am she insisted on it, when we learned more of the basic fighting techniques of the pack, she got very excited about train
Buck smirked. “I have my answer.”“Let’s hear it!” Daren stated, a little impatient.“I want to spar with the Alpha!”The elite and advanced classes cheer as the back door to the pack house opens. “Finally! Someone gets the right answer on the first try!” I look back as my mate walks over. “You are brave though, asking for me after you touched what is mine.” She hands a case to Violet who holds it up as Samantha opens it. She carefully removes her ribbon and lays it inside. She then takes her gloves off and replaces them with a pair of longer gloves that reach halfway up her forearm and secures them with a strap.She walked to the center of the ring. “Now, because I am in a good mood, everyone pay attention! Maybe I can teach more than one wolf today!” She walked over to Buck and spoke in a lowered voice that we couldn&rsqu
We made our way outside and Samantha led us to the Northern side of the territory. She looked at me and smiled. “Want to try shifting in your uniform again?”I swallowed and nodded, at first it was difficult to do so as I had to time the expansion of my body with the natural elasticity of the deer hide, once the hide stretched to almost bursting, I had to start imagining the hide as a sort of second skin which would meld into me and grow with me. At first it felt really weird but after doing it a few times I got it down. Still, sometimes I miss judge it and end up shredding my uniform. As many times as I do it correctly in practice, every time I try in front of anyone I fudge it up. I feel my heart beat speed up as Samantha stood there waiting for me.“Would it help if I turned around?” She offered. When I didn’t answer she smiled and turned around anyway. She slipped on the backpack and fastened it securely aro