"I am sorry for everything Mark, have a safe trip," I said to Mark while sending him off at the airport.After Aunt Flora had done her spell. He was moved to a human hospital under the supervision of the pack doctor. He woke up groggy, remembering nothing of the wolf attack. I fought with Rick and Lucian to let me stay with Mark. That was the least I could do for him. He was declared fit to travel after a few days."Alice, it's ok. I admit I was upset, but probably we are not meant to be. I hope we'll stay friends." He said with a smile.It was so much better than the fearful and hateful looks he had given earlier. "I am not returning, Mark," I said softly."That's a shame, you were one of the best in my team." He spoke."I belong here, and I don't want to make things awkward." "I understand, you can mail your resignation. I will take care of it." He spoke."Take care, Mark," and hugged him.It was hard to describe what I felt. Mark was sweet,

Ever seen a broken dam? How the river breaks through the thick wall which had been preventing its flow. It gushes through the cracks, eventually washing away all traces of the barrier in its torrent of water. That is precisely how I felt. Once my wolf and I were in sync, there was no stopping. Our emotions overwhelmed us. My wolf was eager to be marked, and my body was throbbing madly for him. It was worse than the heat.We were already making out and kissing each other madly like teenagers in the car before we reached the Crimson Shadow pack."Ahem, Alpha Blake, we have arrived," Damon said after clearing his throat while Peter who was driving smirked."Uh oh!" Lucian's muffled voice said from somewhere near my throat, which he had been nibbling on."Babe, we need to go." He said, catching hold of my hand which was clawing on his back, from under his shirt.Panting hard, I nodded. I smoothed out my shirt and hair. I could not do anything about my flushed face, so I j

I followed Lucian into some sort of conference room. He was seething with anger, and I grabbed his arm and rubbed it to keep him in check."Stay calm, love," I said in his mind."Alright, shoot off." Lucian folded his massive arms and commanded his betas to report. "As per your command, we had been scanning all the CCTV footage and the area around the burned down cabin. We didn't find any clue until we came upon a blurry image." Damon darkened the room and started the projector, few images appeared on the white screen. It was too blurry because of the darkness. But there was one image that seemed to have a bit of red among the thick foliage. On a first look, one would dismiss it as a flower or some bird. Damon zoomed in and there it was the image of a human, I mean not exactly human, but a shape-shifter in a human form. He or she was covered in a red hoodie.  Nothing else was visible.Lucian clenched his fist and growled."Is that all?"

Alice's POV - No one does debauchery better than the werewolves. When the pack parties, they party hard. I turned towards the rest of the pack and saw that other females had shifted and were running into the forest. Every eligible female was running.I then looked back at Lucian, who was grinning from ear to ear. I turned around and started running into the woods. Though I had just hunted a boar, the thrill of being chased was different. This time I was the prey and Lucian were my hunter.I continued to sprint and watched as other males caught other females. If they wanted to mate, then they did. If not, then the female would take off running again in the hopes of getting caught by the male that they wanted. "Ready for some tussle, mate," Lucian said in my mind.He sounded close to me. How could that be possible? He was not that fast, was he? I stopped and looked behind, and saw Lucian standing a few feet away. He looked as if he could

The rogues climbed the hill toward me. I held my ground and growled my disapproval at them. Higher ground was better in a fight, so I stayed and watched them. I remembered seeing them at the cabin; that memory filled me with anger.They were taken surprised by my presence because they did not plan their attack. Neither did they attack together. I toyed with them for some time, circling. Then I struck at one of them swiftly. A quick series of swipes from deadly claws ripped the slowest one's head from his body. The other one had jumped on me, trying to aim for my neck. Lucian suddenly jumped on him in his wolf form. I sidestepped. A large chunk of his hind leg was removed with a deft move of Lucian's wrist.He howled in pain and turned to come at me again.I bared my teeth for the next attack.Lucian's black wolf came at him and sunk his teeth in the rogue's body.At the same time, the rough moved and ripped at his ear. I saw blood on Lucian's ear and a growl