We’ve been born and bred for this purpose, the purpose of battle. Our pack was called the Lacuna pack and we resided just east of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada, we were close enough to the Labrador sea to enjoy watching the waters from our pack castle but surrounded by lush green woodlands in summer, only to be buried in snow in winter. The climate here in winter could be brutal for anyone even not human, so I couldn’t understand why my father, alpha Warrick would have agreed to have pack Solasta’s alpha, his son and five hundred warriors come over to us on a ship from Greenland to discuss a future alliance and training program between our packs. We were literally a month away from our winters which would seal off any ships being to travel to and from our borders and theirs, in my opinion it was ridiculous and callus, but I was not the alpha and my brother Sean, who was next in line to take the position of alpha sided with my father on this issue as alw

I was seated beside him and his hand was intertwined with mine, I felt the urgency in the energy he was protruding out toward me. He wanted to get me alone, and I wanted it to. Holy crap I wanted him just as much as he wanted me. Sean kept his eyes on me as his jaw clenched, I could only imagine what he wanted from me right now, he wanted me to reject Adonis, rejecting him would be all the payback Sean would ever need to justify the pain he had gone through for two years. I knew I needed to do it for my brother, he was my brother, my best friend. I should be able to give him the satisfaction of hurting the one who had helped to hurt him first, looking up at Adonis his eyes instantly found mine and I couldn’t. I just couldn’t utter the words and I felt my body shrink within itself, how had I become so weak, so feeble in the hands of this man, this… oh fuck, I could feel an unfamiliar heat begin to radiate from down by my entrance. Swallowing ha

Following the whole scenario in father’s office and Adonis walking out, leaving me to stand there alone to face my father and brother. I could feel my whole body stiffen as Sean almost glared at me, but before he could snap at me my father stepped in, “Arya, I’m afraid to say that rejecting Adonis now after already starting the mate bond process is not going to be easy. I honestly never would have thought that he would be you’re mate, I’m sorry that I insisted you even come to the dining hall last night,” I felt the tears stinging behind my eyes as an even bigger lump formed in my throat but I said nothing. Sean crossed his arms while still staring me down, “Well, she can’t reject him in this week of training. That will render them both useless to the fighters, it’s going to be virtually impossible to keep them away from each other while on the training field, but as soon as training is done Arya is to be kept in her chambers. We canno

Arya   I must have drifted off to sleep in Adonis’s arms as he held me close to his chest while lying down with me on his bed, the blanket was folded over us and I honestly just didn’t want to be awake to think about what was going on right now, yet when I was a sleep my dreams were invaded by images of mother. Nowhere was safe for me to escape this agony I felt deep within, the only safe place for me was Adonis. He held his lips against my forehead as he shushed a gentle coo every time I would cry, my mother was gone and I felt like my soul was being crushed under the weight of it all. Adonis didn’t speak, he merely held me which I was so grateful for. He was being the strength I needed and allowing me to break into pieces in his arms, I hadn’t even given thought to how this might be affecting him as well, the mate bond would mean that he would feel my pain, or at least a section of it and I felt bad for him having to go through this whe

Arya   Adonis just kept standing in front of me, anger and frustration radiating from him in waves as his whole body clenched, “You don’t know what you’re saying Arya, you’ve just lost both your parents and you’re still in shock. You’re obviously not thinking clearly,” He said calmly before sighing, “Sean is now the alpha of Lacuna, and he will take over full control of this pack. You have other responsibilities to attend to as my mate, as future luna and queen of pack Solasta. Both you and you’re brother have your own responsibilities Arya, just not to the same packs,” My brows furrowed in anger as I clenched my jaw, my eyes were spitting diggers at him at this point, “How dare you just presume that I will go back with you, like the true prince you are, right?” Immediately looking around at my surroundings I quickly found what I was looking for as I took five steps to the right of Adonis, to basket hanging from the tree there. Wi