The Monthly DinnerWith Caleb driving us both back to our home pack, The Sagar Wolf Pack, we past the local town which consists of the usual hangout places for young people.“Shall we head out for dinner?” Caleb asks me. “I can’t tonight, it’s the monthly dinner with my Dad and Henri?” I groan pushing myself down further into the seat. “I’ll break you out early.” He smiles at me. “No Saskia?” “Oh she’ll be there, she can’t help herself and not be!” Saskia is my brother’s, Henri, mate. Henri is four years older than me, he was sixteen with Mum died. I turned seventeen in May and Henri is now twenty one. Saskia is twenty four, a few year’s older than my brother which really grates on me. She acts the mother figure which he clearly needed otherwise fate wouldn’t have destined them as mates. Henri has been the alpha since he was twenty. Dad continues to provide him support but Henri has been the acting alpha since Mum died. To lose your mate, especially a fated mate, plays tricks on y

The Jokes on them. Heat hits me, flames far too hot to survive, yet I am still breathing. I scream for Mum. My skin is blistering before melting from my bones. I scream in panic for Mum, kicking the seat in-front of me. My injuries are so severe not even my werewolf healing can save me. As the flames start to peel the skin off my face I open my eyes to see almost darkness except for a lamp light. It’s been a long time since I had that dream. I lay in bed for a few minutes, panting. Trying to recover my heaving chest. Finally, I feel wetness under me and move off the bed. The bed sheets and my clothes are covered in sweat, and I immediately strip the bed and change my clothes. I’ve become highly skilled in the after effects of nightmares. I walk to the laundry cupboard on the landing and place fresh dry sheets on the bed. With my throat dry I head towards the kitchen and grab a cold bottle of water from the fridge. The kitchen is considerably large with navy cabinets and an island th

Mean Girls The Doctor returned the next day and was happy with my recovery. Although I wasn’t allowed to train for a week I was signed off to return to school. Typical! The rest of the week went by quite fast. Caleb was still trying to make up for what he said but I kept telling him that I was fine. He grew suspicious when I asked if he could drop me off into town after school. He offered to stay but I needed to pick up his birthday gift. I made up some excuse and walked home, carrying the guitar. I got a few stares from drivers passing by. Caleb always wanted to learn to play the guitar. A fact I think only I know. I plan to leave it on his bed Saturday morning when he goes out for training. I didn’t want to present it to him in front of people. It could be just his, in the sanctuary of his bedroom, when he needed a break from beta training. Majority of the time the beta junior would take over from the beta father. But it wasn’t always a-given. The trainee had to show the alpha his

A Fated MateMy dream didn’t return to me last night, but I think that was more from not being willing to re-enter a deep sleep. I couldn’t not think of Trisha. My guilt for her impending punishment kept me up most of the night. Although awake, I stay in bed until 6am and get ready to return to training at 6.30am. Andrei seems to be gentle with me today. He includes weapons in today’s session. Daggers, swords, guns and an axe. I thoroughly enjoy aiming for the targets with the guns and even more so when I am allowed to use throwing knives. Andrei doesn’t communicate with me much, he barks orders at me as per usual but he doesn’t tease. By the end of the session my aim is almost on target, something I am quite proud of.“Well done Aida, you’ve shown potential with weapons. I’ll up the ante for next time.” “A cannon would be fun?” I joke to him. “I’ll see what I can do!” He chuckles at me. Okay he was acting really weird. I decide to race back to the Alpha house after training before t

Cut All Ties. Beta Williams assist me walking down the stairs. Every one of my footsteps is heavy and if he wasn’t holding me up, I would be crawling along the floor. We make it to my brother’s office downstairs for 10am. As I enter, he doesn’t even look up from his paperwork. “Thank you Beta, you may leave!” He commands to William. William nervously looks at me before mind-linking me. “I’ll be outside the door.” I don’t sit, I stay standing holding onto the back of the desk chair adjacent to my brother. This used to be father’s office. It has a dark navy feature wall and faint grey matching walls. I notice that by the window is another desk with a pink laptop, top of the range. No doubt where Saskia sits pretending to be just as important, just as skilled. Henri takes a long sip of a cup of coffee before he looks up at me. His eyes are still cold, emotionless. I am no longer his sister, I am the disposable pack member that attacked his precious Luna. “The punishment for attack