Hidden torment. “Please Aida, take a seat!” Doctor Wessex gestures for me to sit at the clear plastic desk. Easy to clean I suppose! I do as requested and Lance sits on the chair next to me. As Doctor Wessex sits down he removes his glasses, no doubt to look at me more intently.“Before we start with the scan, are you on any medication?” “No Doctor, I’ve been refused medical intervention!” I enjoy reminding him. “No birth control?” He looks down through a file before looking between Lance and I. Well this is awkward. “Erm, no!” Kill me, kill me now.“Okay, thank you Aida. When we enter the next room I will need to strap your head down, will you be okay with that?”No! “Yes!” I respond. “I’ll need a fellow doctor to help run the tests, is that okay?” Doctor Wessex continues. No! “Yes!” “Lance, you will need to stay in here!” No! No he promised. “I promised Aida, I’d be with her all the time!” Lance cuts in. “I’m afraid I can’t allow that!”“But there’s no radiation!” Lance

The best version of yourself. I watch as the elegant Lycan Queen enters the car, ushered by security, and then swiftly driven away. I sit there in silence, unsure what has just happened. Why would the Lycan Queen want to speak with me? “Aida?” Axel touches my shoulder again, making me jump. I didn’t realise he had gotten so close again. “What was that about?” I asked, turning my head to look up at him. “I’m not going to lie, you seem to have made a name for yourself here! Lance and Mav have been trying to keep you hidden but a feisty unmated she-wolf was only going to stay under the radar for so long!” He crouches down next to me, placing his hand on my back. “Do you want to head back?” He seems different, sad. “Please don’t tell Lance what I said?” I whisper, my head looking down to my hands. The Queen seemed to be able to make me submit to each question without using a command on me. “Oh princess, I can’t keep something like that from him.” …..I’ve been back in Lance’s apa

Winter Break.A week later and it was the final day before winter break. We had completed morning training and were packing before a celebratory lunch and finishing training early. I planned to hitch a lift with Hong to the local human train station, the rest I could figure out on the way. Hong had spent the week trying to talk me out of my plan and actually invited me to his pack. As much as I wanted to go to his pack, the political fall out for Hong and his dad, from my brother and father would be unfair. I would never want to knowingly cause Hong any trouble or put him in danger. He has become a good friend of mine and I could never do that to him. I had done as promised and ordered a mobile phone online and had it delivered to the local collection depot. These Lycans were smart, they had a small office in a nearby human town that acted as a safe delivery location. Then the items would be delivered onsite here, no humans were needed to deliver on site, keeping the shifter community

A brother’s agony It took me ten minutes to unpack! Yet I’ve spent two hours in this bedroom. I contemplate jumping out of the window to escape but I didn’t want to cause any stress on Colette, and Mav seemed stressed enough for the both of them. There’s a small knock on the door, when Colette enters. She smiles sadly at me before walking in and joining me on the bed. “Mav didn’t mean it, he just worries about me and the baby….and you!” “Me?” What have I got do to with any of this. “He promised Lance he would look after you. Then first day on his watch and he can’t find you!” She chuckles. “Oh…!” I’m not really sure what to say. “He used to be very carefree, very calm!” She adds. “Mav…Mav used to be carefree?” I huff. “Oh yes. We met on a civilian rescue mission. I was a medic in the army and Mav, Lance, Tucker and Axel classed themselves as special ops. We didn’t know they were lycans, why would we? Humans don’t know about their existence, only in fairy tale stories.” “Did

Smelling of lycans. It actually wasn’t too bad as cells go! It was comfortable but the chains attached to the wall had me feeling things could turn sour anytime soon. The walls were painted magnolia, with scuff marks on the lower parts most likely from frustrated captives kicking out. The door was a strong wood most likely oak, with a barred window for the brutes to regularly check on me. By two hours I was done! My politeness about the situation was turning to anger. “Am I going to be held much longer?” I ask through the barred window of the door. “Alpha is a very busy man miss. He will be back once he has checked your identity. To make sure you aren’t a rogue!” “Do I smell like a rogue?” I reply with a smirk. “No miss!” One of the brutes chuckles at me. I sigh, realising I was going to have to use my full name. “Tell your alpha my name is Aida Sagar of the Sagar Wolf Pack. I mean no harm and didn’t know I had trespassed. I have friends that will be worried about my whereabout