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Richard’s POV:It wasn’t just in my head. I knew it; I could tell the difference between the way that Arielle sounded in my head, and everything else.It had been a voice clear as a fucking bell; a woman’s voice, which I now realized wasn’t Arielle’s. No, that voice was very different from my mate’s.It definitely had to be someone else’s.But who?I pondered that a little as I walked out of my home, nodding to the greetings of the guards, and then walking down the street towards the person that I knew would help me enact the next oart of my plan. All that I needed to do was just to convince him.Hopefully, it would be easier than I expected.It was at least another five minute walk to the Pack house at the furthest part of the Compound.In that time, I had appreciated the way the sun had cast a refreshing blue glow over the entire pack. People had already begun to mill about, and though it was morning, I could feel the excitement of the day. It was the day of the full moon festival a
Elise’s POVThis was such a fucking solid attempt at revenge from Richard, and I hated to admit it but I was on the losing side.How dare they?“How dare they?!” I fumed, stepping on a loose fallen branch so hard that it completely broke in two.Hunter walked beside me, silent. But I could sense his anger as well. After all, he was also under punishment for being my ally in this.What did Richard expect though, that Hunter would simply not care about me?I was about to take a step when my brother said, “Elise, stop.”His voice was dangerous and I had to turn to see what he wanted. He was glaring at a direction.I turned my head to see where he was staring at, and I was greeted with two people.A guy and a girl, who looked to be…. nomads? Or something like that. They definitely looked disheveled, a little bit. And it irked me that such people would be near my pack’s territory.“Who are you?” I asked the two of them, watching as they appraised me. “Well, speak.”“Someone you should be c
Arielle’s POV:‘It’s time, love,’ he called me through the mind link.Richard had told me to prepare for meeting the Pack Elders - just me and him this time, with no crowds or any other pack members around. I would be able to stand before them and make my case.A part of me still harbored some sort of fear, but by now I was used to my fears. They in made me want to get this over with, because above all, my faith in Richard wouldn’t waver for a second now.I rolled my shoulders back, standing up from where I had been laying down since.I had dressed up simply - in a black dress and blue denim jacket. I wore my favorite boots, wanting to be as comfortable as possible as I would be standing for a long while, according to Richard.Leaving the house, I met my mate at the entrance. But that wasn’t what stunned me.“Ethan?” I asked, as if not believing that he was here too. Why was Ethan here? “What are you doing here?”“Arielle, how are you?” My friend’s eyes roved over me and I could tell
Richard’s POV:It’s going to be alright, I wanted to tell my mate as she brushed past me to walk forward, stepping up to the podium. She looked calm, for someone who was being summoned to come to her own defense.Or at least, that was what an outsider with no trained eyes would say.I could tell by the way that she was taking slow steps forward that she was trembling, and her knees looked like they were about to buckle under her any moment. And the way that she clenched her hands into fists stiffly by her side, made me want to end all of this and take her back to our home.But I had faith that Arielle wasn’t my mate for nothing. She was stronger, way stronger, than anyone would ever know. She was even stronger than she herself knew.I would need to remember that, as the inquisition began.“Arielle Grey, your witnesses have told us the story. However, it would be better if we could hear it from you directly. What exactly happened between you and the Rogue, Leon Walker?”And so it began
Arielle’s POV:I knew that I had said the wrong thing, and it was going to bite me in the butt if I didn’t do anything to fix it.The very sight of my mate, who looked to be fuming, silently and dangerously, made me rethink every wrong word I have said.I knew that I had been upset, anxious to be standing in the presence of the entire Pack Elders and being looked at like I was a fly stuck in a glass cage. I couldn’t take the heat and I left.“Say that again, love,” he said, which brought me back to reality. “Say that it was a mistake just one more time.”I opened my mouth, only to find my throat dry, and I, the chronic mute unable to say anything in my defense, the same way I had been the first time Richard introduced be as his mate to the pack Elders. Now, it was my turn to defend myself before him.However, he didn’t even give me the time to do so, and he looked away from me, his jaw visibly taut with the way that he was clenching it.“Richard, I-““Save it, Arielle,” his tone made m
Richard’s POV I looked up at the wall clock, silently praying that she was okay. The ticking clock in my study told me that it was 7pm. The festival of the night of the full moon was already starting, yet she wasn’t back yet.I hadn’t meant to do what I did. I simply wanted us both to take some time apart to think. I wanted to calm the argument before I got too angry.I don’t know whether she saw it that way, or…“Damn it Richard,” I cursed to myself, feeling all the more like a heel. I had pushed her away in her anxiousness. And though she had said things that were hurtful to me, my pride and status as her mate and as an Alpha, I knew that I had made a mistake.She had been scared and I had only made things worse. She could be out there right then thinking that I was chasing her away, I knew as I stared out through the window at the environment darkened by the setting sun.A knock on the door brought me right out of my morose thoughts and as I turned my head, expecting to find Ariel
Arielle’s POV:What in the name of the moon goddess was going on?!I looked down upon myself, feeling frantic, my panic rising so to each passing second.Why the hell was I glowing?And not just that, but Richard too?I felt like my life as spinning out of control again. Just when Richard and I had ended up getting some leave once and for all, something like this had to happen.The hush around us seemed to make the tension within me rise even more.Okay calm down, I tried to tell myself as I noticed just how everyone who came out for the festival - which in turn meant every single bloody person in the pack - was staring at us.I knew that they would at least recognize the wolf of their Alpha, Richard. He stood taller than most other wolves and was at least twice as large.But who was the person next to him, I knew some were asking amongst themselves.I couldn’t take this.‘I’m sorry, Richard,’ I barely managed to say through the mind link as I turned tail and ran, but for the first ti
Richard’s POVThe storm had passed, and I was glad for it.The cheers from my pack members was enough. Finally, I thought, feeling satisfaction run through my body as the dancing and music resumed with fervor.Finally this battle with the Pack Elders was over, at least for the time being.Regardless of whether they liked it or not, Arielle being found to be acceptable in their eyes was only a good thing to me.Tonight’s festival would be a momentous one, for finally, there was something to celebrate.The members of the Redding Pack were celebrating their Alpha finally having a Luna.Arielle and I silently watched the proceedings of the festival, our hands linked together side by side.Several times in those few minutes, many people had come over to congratulate us.Many of those times, I could tell through the mind link I shared with Arielle,just how confused yet otherwise glad that she was.It had been a lot. And her emotions felt like a rollercoaster ride.Pulling her away from the