Kaiden’s POV “What the fuck do you mean 'she went for a run'?” I growled through the mind link.“She said she couldn’t sleep, I had a lot on my mind already and– shit Kai I’m sorry, I should have thought it through.” Ten replied and I could envision his forehead creased with worry.I let out a deep sigh and pushed my wolf to reach the pack house faster.“Come out, let’s go find her. Hopefully our newest trainer hasn’t been mauled yet.”Ten was already pacing in his wolf form when I arrived at the house and joined me as we pounded towards the east border.A few hours ago, I had left the pack house in Ten's care and taken guards up to our borders to check for any suspicious activity. Anything to help me figure out how the rogues had infiltrated.At our second to last scout, we had been held up by a bloody mess. All our guards at the north-west border had been ruthlessly slaughtered. I was livid, so when Ten told me Aliya had not returned from her run, I told myself that the dread that
Yara's (Aliya’s) POV “Wat—” I cleared my throat and tried again, squinting against the harsh rays that streamed through the window. “Water.” I requested as I struggled to sit up in the foreign bed. “Hey,” A voice said and hands adjusted the pillows to help me get comfortable. “Careful now, you could rip a stitch.” No... “You didn’t.” He could not have come. No way he actually followed me here. “Here.” The object of my disbelief handed me a glass of water. I gaped at him, too stunned to move. Ian sighed, “Drink up, cupcake.” At his words, a scoff sounded from the other side of the bed, drawing my attention. My pulse leapt when I spotted Kaiden staring right at me with brows dipped and arms crossed. What is going on? I looked around me before bringing my gaze back to Ian and despite the concern written on his face, anger bubbled in me. Anger and hurt that he didn't trust me to do this on my own. “Why are you here, Ian?” I asked, tossing the covers away and swinging my feet to
4 years ago... The annual Luna Moon Ball was on its last leg and all my hopes of finding my mate tonight were slowly fading, any excitement I had at the beginning of the night was already dead.I stood away from the crowds and watched as everyone else had the time of their lives. If I slipped away no one would notice. As an omega, my presence was trivial anyway.Resolved, I dropped the glass of water I had been holding and make my way to the great room which led out into the night air.I took two steps before I was blocked by an all too familiar frame.Suddenly I was back in our little house on the outskirts of the pack territory, a place where all I ever felt was fear, a place I had only managed to move out of on my eighteenth birthday last year.I stared into the face of my stepfather.“Yara, how are you child?” The wicked glint in Malcom's eyes reminded me of all the years of abuse and just like back then my wolf took over.One step at a time, Tanya moved us away from the despicab
Present day... “Dodge.”“Fuck no. If she wants to fight she should come straight at me.”“Goddess sake, Yara!” Ian curses exasperatedly “Dodge!”“Don't pull that shit again, you dumb-“I dropped to the ground with a curse of my own when my wolf alerted me of the incoming bullet at the last possible moment.“Shit! What the hell was that?” Tanya sniffed sheepishly which I shrugged off. Our inept senses were not exactly something new.“Are you okay?” Ian asked, his words coming out in short puffs. I looked behind him to see that he had propped up his practice gun hurriedly against the protective screen before running over to me.“Yeah, sure. I'm good.” I wanted to ask about the bullet but Ian cupped my face and gave me a once-over for any injuries.In times like this, I was glad I ventured into the human world. Glad I met Ian.As he was now in human form, Ian was stunning. There was no other word for it. His eyes were beautiful and the exact shade of amber that brought smooth rich whisk
“So heavy! What did I even pack?” I whined as I tugged on my hefty boxes.My question ricocheted off the walls of the empty parking lot. At four o’clock in the morning, there was no one to ask for help with my overloaded luggage.Strength was something I unfortunately still lacked to an extent. I had trained tirelessly with knives and always had at least two on me at all time, including now. Toughness however was still not my forte.What I had mastered was agility and speed in both human and wolf form, I had Ian to thank for all that.For a moment, calling him to ask for help popped into my head but I immediately shook the thought away. He was not supposed to know I was leaving.Knowing him, he would end up coming with me.I just could not let that happen. He seriously hated the negativity that came with the pack’s corrupted politics and hierarchy. When I thought of how unhappy it all made him, the last thing I wanted was to be the reason why he went back to our pack.I finished shovi
The next day, the sun was still rising when I reached the pack house, it casted a golden glow over the beautiful stone structure. With a sigh of longing I made my way to the field behind the building where the interview was to be held. If I passed this, a room here in the pack house would be given to me and that was the best way to stay close to Kaiden. All I needed to do way focus and ace this.I counted four other individuals in the seats, probably also here for the interview. Three were huge male werewolves while the last was a female werewolf who sat with so much elegance. Void of emotions and utterly beautiful, I immediately knew Ice Queen over here was my main competition.Without a word, I took the last sit. To allow no mistakes today, I had wrapped my newly black waist length hair into a bun, a choice I now regretted. If I hadn’t, I would at least have something to fiddle with.A couple of minutes passed by when we were finally approached by a lanky boy with unruly hair.His u
I am the most unlucky being on the planet. I bit my bottom lip hard enough to draw blood as images from yesterday flashed in my head. I had called him a colour-blind moron! Please tell me he didn’t hear that. Alpha Kaiden cocked his head in my direction and a sly smirk played on his lips, he was obviously enjoying my this. “Such a pleasant surprise." He drawled. "I must say, Red, I did not expect to see you again so soon.” Before me was the stranger from yesterday. He’s Kaiden? How could I not recognise him? Was that what that niggling feeling was? I stared back at him blankly and watched as his eyes took in my black hair. Curiosity stirred in his gaze and the intensity of it on me made me want to run away. Or get closer. With a blink, the expression was gone and the cold facade that was Alpha Kaiden returned when he turned to address everyone. “You all have been briefed so I’ll cut to the chase. Today will test your wits, agility and strength with the help of the obstacles on
It was the final round and I needed more points to make sure I beat Drea who had indeed turned out to be my main competition. “For the last round, your strength will be tested.” The announcer called and my hopes plummeted. “Each of you will be faced with an opponent. All weapons are strictly prohibited in this round as you are to fight in your human or wolf form.” A door to our left opened up and five brutish werewolves prowled in. The training grounds seemed to shrink with their massiveness. Whilst the scary new additions changed to their no less intimidating human forms, the announcer continued. “These will be your opponents. Before the commencement of the last round, you are each allowed free twenty minutes. Avoid leaving the arena until the end of the final round, doing so will automatically disqualify you. Your time starts now, enjoy.” ‘What was the point of the free time if I couldn’t even leave this death field?’ I thought miserably to myself as I sidestepped our intimidatin