I'm pretty much in love with Yorick too.
YorickI watch Cyra, basking in the look of absolute love on her face as the phone rings.“Hello brother. To what do I owe this surprise call?” Connor answers.“I have a very important question for you,” I tell him. Since Cyra is sitting in my lap, I know she can hear Connor’s side of this conversation as well.Connor laughs, thinking I’m being funny. I’m probably about to knock him off his chair or whatever he’s currently sitting on.“Oh yeah. What’s that?”“If I needed you to call the pack to war, would you do it?” I ask him.There’s silence on the other end of the call. When he responds, his tone is much more serious.“Are you calling the pack to war?”“Not yet. I’m trying to avoid it, but I need to know that I can count on you if I need you.”“The pack will always support you, Yorick. If you say you have to go to war, then the pack will be there. Now, why don’t you tell me what this is all about.”I watch Cyra’s mouth drop open in surprise. I knew she didn’t believe me, but I know
CyraI was terrified that Yorick wouldn’t speak to me again, that he would have finally decided to reject me.After Piper left, I realized how right she is. I haven’t been honest with my friends because I didn’t truly believe that they would stay and help me fight. I’ve been alone for so long that it’s hard to trust it when you finally have those friendships that you’ve wanted all your life.When Yorick pulled me into his arms, I felt like I’d fall apart again. Being in his arms feels so good. Knowing that he’s at least giving me a chance to tell him why I did what I did means there’s hope for us. Hope is exactly what I’ve been avoiding up until now. But now, I’m ready to fight along side my mate and our friends for the freedom and the life that I deserve.“Let’s go into my room. Yours might still smell like the asshole and that’s a good way to set me off again. Plus, I need a shower.”He pulls me into his room and takes my face in his hands. “Did you eat?”I shake my head no.“Go get
ArdenFucking Stellan. That prick is making this my problem when he’s the one who agreed to letting Cyra go to the Academy to begin with. Who the fuck cares if she’s a warrior. She’s going to be a Luna, produce an heir, and if she can still fight after all of that, so-the-fuck-what? It’s the Alpha’s job to protect the pack and no she-wolf, no matter how pure her blood, could ever defeat a male Alpha in battle.Thankfully, I’m a smart man and I plan for every eventuality. I may be surprised that Cyra found her fated mate at the Academy. I mean, what are the fucking odds? But that doesn’t mean I’m not prepared to do what needs to be done.I pull up the files on the Academy instructors that I had my Beta collect the moment we agreed to let Cyra go. I need to know who I can bribe or sweat to give me what I need.I smile when I pull his file over and read through it.“Tsk, tsk, tsk, Alpha Leo. You’ve been a bad boy,” I say. His bank records weren’t easy to get, none of theirs were, but his
YorickWhen I slam out of Cyra’s room, Zach, Landon, Chase, and Piper are standing against the opposite wall waiting for me.“We heard you yelling. What can we do?” Zach asks. He’s very quickly becoming someone I trust and admire.I look around, seeing that people are now waking up.“Not here,” I say.“Follow me,” Zach says, and the five us head to the library. The others wave at the person behind the front desk but I ignore them completely. I’m sure my fury is rolling off of me in waves, but I can’t seem to pull it back.She lied to me.‘She lied to us. Even if it was by omission,’ Thad says. He’s angry too, although not nearly as angry at Cyra as he is with Stellan.Zach leads us to the back corner where we met with Tracker.We sit and I look at my knuckles that are now healed but still covered in blood. I begin rubbing the blood off my knuckles and thankfully, the others wait until I can get my anger under control enough to speak.“Cyra is an only child,” I say quietly.It’s quiet a
CyraI could tell that Yorick was furious. Mostly, his fury was directed at Stellan and the alliance bond, but he was also furious at whatever Stellan used to taunt him. I have no doubt that’s what he did. When I’d seen Yorick pummeling Stellan like he intended to kill him, I’d quickly called for Zach and Landon to help. Thankfully, Chase had come running too because it took all three of them to pull Yorick off Stellan.Now, Yorick wants to know what I haven’t told him. I take his hand, careful of his bloody knuckles.“Come with me, Yorick,” I say. There are too many prying eyes here.Knowing Yorick the way that I do now, I should have told him from the beginning, but being a second son, just like Stellan, I had worried about his reaction. Of course, the two men are night and day, but Stellan wasn’t always the way he is now.As Yorick allows me to lead him back inside, I think back to my discussion with Stellan earlier.“I don’t care that he’s your fated mate, Cyra. You’re in an allian
StellanAs I walk to my car, wiping blood off my face from my broken nose, I pull out my phone.“We have a problem,” I say when Alpha Arden answers.“What’s that?”“She found her mate. He’s here at the Academy. You need to handle it or the contract is off and you know what that means.”He growls. “I knew I shouldn’t have let her go. This is as much your fault as it is mine. You’re the one who agreed to letting her go.”“And yet, you’re the one who is going to fix it,” I snarl into the phone before hanging up.I get to my car and set the phone on the hood before pushing my nose back into place so Dolph can begin healing me.‘We should have killed him,’ he says.‘I’m not sure we could have. That was a lot of fucking rage,’ I say.‘Well, you did instigate him. If someone had said that to us about Lila ...’“Hey, handsome. You’re looking a little worse for wear.”I turn and see a very attractive, obviously Alpha, female walking over to me.“Not the best morning,” I tell her.She’s the kind