SARAH"Come on, guys or you're taking the bus!" Jayson yells from his car parked on the road outside my house."Bye, mom. Bye, dad." I hug them quickly as Shane busts by me through the door."Shotgun!" He yells. Running and adjusting his duffle on his shoulder.Jayson puts his hand up. "No way. You get in the back." He flips the front seat forward."Dude. Don't you know the code? Bros before...." Shane stops in mid-sentence as Jayson glares at him, arms folded.Shane swallows. ".... uh...Girls.""Get in the back." Jayson grits. Pushing him into the car."I'm ready." I pant. Jayson takes my duffle."About time. Get in." I get in as Jayson drops our bags in the trunk.My dad walks up to the car. "You take good care of my kids.""I will. See you next break." Jayson climbs in, revs the engine and drives out, heading to the highway.With break over, the fun is over too. Now, we have to concentrate on training for the biggest battle of all our young lives. It's time to prove we aren't a bun

SARAHEven though Jayson is dead serious about this wolf training thing, I can't help but have fun with it. I guess it's because I'm not actually going to die here.We sparred for the whole week. We redid the wolf battle. The defenders won this time. The invaders didn't stand a chance. We stopped them in their tracks.Friday morning was agility. Jayson and the other Alphas led us into the woods.We were running in a pack. Through the rough terrain of the forest. It was just supposed to be another training exercise. Little did we know it would turn out to be a trial run for what's to come.As we ran through creeks, over rocks and around trees, we had no idea we were being watched.I was sticking close to Ash, when I caught a scent. My wolf stopped and her ears perked.With the pack almost out of sight up ahead, I took a couple of steps toward the scent.My eyes focused. My ears heard the faint sound of panting.The ground vibrated under my paws. My wolf trained her sight on a spot betw

JAYSONAfter days of searching, Luke came back empty handed. Rick, the office guy, came back with a general description of almost every male here. We had nothing.Cass repaired the fencing and we had no choice, but to continue as business as usual.Some of the kids were still clearly apprehensive about going anywhere near the woods on the property. Not wanting to be surprised again. I had to reassure them, that it won't happen again. And it won't because Cass had a team go out and install a major back up power supply to the fences that can only be controlled from my office. This way, if anyone does decide to cut the wires to the fence, the backup kicks in at ten times the normal voltage. Giving the asshole a nice jolt. We also installed more trips for the perimeter alarms and were clearing out all the spots that are hard to see. It's a major job, but these kids have become my life and I'll be damned if anyone hurts my kids.My report was very general in nature. I purposely left it vag

JAYSON Left. Right Right. Right. Left. I punch the bag with all the force I can muster. The more I punch, the angrier I feel. "Humph........Humph.......Hmmmuph" My gloves slam into the bag. One after the other I punch faster and faster. Stronger and stronger. "Humph. Humph. Humph. Humph." My exhales turn into screams and growls as I punch the shit out of the bag. It swings violently as I continue to assault it with everything I have. Sweat flies off me. Pouring off my back. I just keep punching. Punching the life out of my pain. Faster and faster. Hoping to out punch it but I can't. My arms are on fire. I feel warm wet in my gloves. I grab the bag to stop it from swinging. Putting my head on it, whining and breathing heavy as I fight the tears, I thought I didn't have left. Every day since I left, I do this. I'm not sleeping because I keep thinking Sarah is with me. Waking me up. I've tried everything. Nothing is appeasing the wolf inside. He's been howling at me. Begging me t

JAYSON I stand in front of the office. Not wanting to knock. I raise my hand and rap on the wooden door. "Come." I hear from inside. Before I open it, I sneer at the name plate. 'Alpha Blake' it reads. I scoff and turn the knob. I can't believe I have to take orders from this douche. "Beta Duke. I was expecting you. Please. Sit." I look around the large office. The huge conference table. The book shelves. The carved oak desks. I move in front of the oak arm chair in front his desk. He's grinning. "Admiring the office, huh? My dad helped. Honestly, it's a bit much for my taste." He sits back and puts his hands behind his head. "Seems fitting." I fake a smile. "So. Jay. How are you? It's been a while. We haven't had time to catch up. I've been so busy running my pack, the council. And of course, Anna. Man, she drives me crazy. I swear." He chuckles. "Drink?" I can feel the vein in my neck throbbing. I swear this office is way too small for this guy's fucking head. "Please." I