(ELYN) I put the bags on my bed, as I looked around my room. It was strange calling it my room, or my bed, but I felt comfortable enough here to call all of this mine. For now, this was my home. I knew I had to get out one day or the other, but for now, this was somewhere I wouldn't mind being. And when I leave this pack, I would wander far, far away from Turquoise Falls. There was nothing left for me there, only pain, and past memories. My stomach grumbled loudly. I was planning to go to the kitchen and grab something to eat, when I heard a loud growl coming from the other side of the pack house. What in the seven hells was that? I started to run towards the sound, my curiosity winning over my fear. The growl got louder when I reached closer. I looked around and a sharp gasp left my lips when I saw the door to the mysterious room was ajar. The sound was coming from inside. This door had always stayed closed as long as I could remember. I had always been curious about that room

(ELYN) I grabbed the sword in my hand, testing its weight. My fingers felt like it would fall off just from the weight of the sword. I had always enjoyed watching people with their swords, the silvery clang of the steel against steel, the reflection of the golden light as the sun hit the blade in the right angles, but no one in my pack would show me or practice with me. Why would anyone want to do anything with a bastard girl?! I had heard them say that behind my back one too many times now. That was all I was in the Turquoise Falls. One night of mistake. The Alpha's biggest shame. Nobody called me that here. Nobody knew that about me, but yes... I liked it. The freedom of being myself and not tethered to somebody else's mistakes. I taught myself how to shoot the arrows. My first bow and quiver were a gift from my grandfather just days before he died. He told me I needed to learn how to survive alone in the pack's wildness. Because I was the only one in my corner. Yes, Reyna wou

(ELYN) I wasn't scared of him, but I didn't know... I was scared. Of something. I could feel it in the air. Something was coming. And we should run, but there was nowhere to run. I shook my head, trying to distract myself. The night was thick and gloomy around us, and stars blinked on and off. The soggy smell of the wet ground was also very familiar. I didn't see Ares stopping in front of the pack house, and I almost bumped into him. He grabbed me by my shoulder, steadying me, and my heart missed a beat. It was strange, the effect he had on me. Dark shadows played against the side of his sharp jaw, making him look ethereal. Like the Goddesses had dropped him from the seven skies for being a pain in their asses. And he would have been such a pain in the ass, too. He was a pain in my ass and other parts, too. He took a step closer to me, and I was filled with his delicious scent. I looked up and, for a second, I felt a pull in my blood... a crazy, seductive song. Fast and fierc

(ELYN) "Food can't help me with my hunger. You know that, don't you?" I looked down at him. I saw the fire burning in his eyes. I knew he wanted what I wanted, but he persisted. He had more willpower than I ever had, and that was such a shame. I stared at him, my mind made up. I had been playing this game for two weeks now with him. The ball was literally in his court now. But I didn't want to back down. I had never liked losing. I loved winning my games. This was a game, and my prize was just underneath that dented pants. If this was a poker game, Ares would surely lose. All his cards were open for me to see. To feel. His erection was softly pressed up against my thigh as his eyes trailed up my body, searching. "No strings, Alpha." I crawled away from him and stood up, and as soon as my body was away from him, I felt the chill in my blood. It was as if he was my personal campfire in wolf skin or something. "It is your game now. Your rules." I raised my hands and his eyes were glu

(ELYN) Elyn was too close to me. Too close, I could almost feel the lines of her body. Lines I couldn't forget. She was fully clothed now in a long-sleeved shirt and a rough leather pants, but I could almost feel her nakedness, her warmth along my body. "I wanted to Kill you, kiss you... do other things... but now... well, not really!" I jerked back with a frown. I never knew what to expect from this woman. I also hated the way she had been laughing with Everett when I first saw them talking with each other, from inside the trees. They looked cozy, and it sent ripples of anger inside me. Everett was my good friend next to Kai, and I was not a jealous man, not much, but I realized she was waking up the sides of me I hadn't known existed. "Well, she is waking up all the sides of us, and here you are... if I can put you to sleep-" "I know you will gladly do it and take her, Storm," I said with a frown before I turned to my guys. I narrowed my eyes at William... he was one of t