Aniston's POV Let me tell you something about being an Alpha blood…unlike beta wolves and omegas, our pride never wavers. And our strength is unending and if any other alpha blood had overheard Ari telling his father they were beneath him, that wolf would be defending her honor by attacking him but I didn't. I simply sat there with the visible taste of disgust on my tongue, recoiling on how I could misread the guy in front of me. I thought he was good and underneath his nonchalance was a sweet and caring guy that might just give us a chance but how wrong I was! "Aniston" The way he said my name made me look at him. He had a frown and he looked surprised to see me. I guess it would be easier to stab me in the back when I wasn't looking. What a wuss! Ari was wolf in wolf's clothing…. literally. I wanted to say a lot of things to Ari Thunderbolt. I wanted to let him know that his words were like a two-edged sword and no matter which direction I tried to take it, I ended up getti

Chapter Ari's POV In the past, especially when I am angry or fuming with rage, I tend to favor the packhouse gym/training arena to the private one in the Mansion. Mostly because I get to punch people and not get booted to the Alpha or his oddly psychotic Beta for long talks on how I can't go around knocking people out just for the fun of it. This mostly happened in my teenage years but I still get the stink eye from Beta Elijah, Alpha Ryan's second in command whenever a pack member ends up with a black eye. I made my way to the pack's gym passing a few people on my way, some stopped to say hello, others were all too happy to be as far away from me as possible. I am not blind to the rumor that I was just as ruthless as my father and once upon a time, I was but leaving for college and getting my ass kicked by depression and anxiety kind of mellowed me out in a way but people around here tend to hold on to past grudges and I get to keep my bad ass reputation. I made my way to th

Ari's POV Dev moved closer to talk to me. She was a goddess plain and simple. "We both know Dad won't let you leave the cage and we are both terrified of him. I also know you don't want to fight me because I am a girl, which is noble and sweet…" "Thank you" I quickly said. "You are welcome. It noble but also stupid and foolish since we will be stuck with each other for the rest of our lives" I blinked. "Wait! Are we being forced into a marriage because if we are…" Dev's eyes widened immediately. "Dude, no! I am going to be Beta after my father…your Beta" "But you are a…" my voice trailed off. "I am a girl, we've already established that and this is the twenty-first century also. Maybe decades old traditions of thinking girls are nothing but breeding cows are outdated…I mean we already have a female Alpha in England…having a female Beta isn't so far fetched, Mr. Black" When I looked around, everyone was looking at me. I grabbed Dev's hand and pulled her to a corner. "I don

Ari's POV I took off the kumpur on my hand and I tried to put my roughed up clothes in order before heading out with my bag. I took a minute to take in the scenery. This place that hasn't been home in quite some time. Unlike most packs that still retain the old ways like it was still the eighteenth century, Bayblue was infused with a lot of technology, for example the power plant just South of the border that supplied constant power to Bayblue and about six more neighboring packs, Black lightning included. The tractors and expensive farm equipment, the farm keeper had Alpha Ryan commission four years ago, the expensive cars most teenagers and adults drove and the mansion included…. Basically everything one would need to survive the twenty-first century was here yet we didn't turn our backs on our roots, we still kept the traditions like the forest surrounding us was endless. We have rivers and horses, a cohabitated packhouse and an Alpha's point. We still train with spears and a

Aniston's POV "Good thing, I am yet to unpack""I am not saying shit to Alpha Ryan. Bayblue is home for as long as you need it to be'' Stormi said and started walking away.His words surprised me. I guess I was so used to people I know stabbing each other in the back that his integrity surprised me."Really?" I asked him.He turned around and looked at me, he had a little frown."Aniston, I would never go back on my word. I said I will be there for you and I will…for as long as you need me to be"Stormi kept walking afterwards, he barely made it pass the pine tree when I spoke."Stormi, wait""What!" He turned around and looked at me.I exhaled shakily. This was going to be bad."You are right, I should trust you but I am not going to tell you one true thing about me…""Fine, whatever" he murmured."Would you shut up please? I won't tell you one thing…I will tell you two things about me. One, I have two middle names, one is Aniston and the other is Jensen and only my parents and sist