All Chapters of Rise of the Phoenix Wolf: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

ROMAN.Two days had passed since the Blood Lake pack learned about their Alpha’s betrayal.Many of the members had tried to see Octavia at the hospital but were stopped. She didn’t need to deal with their issues. Guilt drove most of them to try and talk to her, but it wasn’t her job to placate them or anything. The truth of the matter was that they still hurt her. They still treated her like trash. Yes, Mick might’ve blackmailed the Omegas into ostracizing her, but many of the people who were trying to see her hadn’t been blackmailed.I informed her after the first few had tried to see her, but she had been sleeping at the time, which was why I sent them away. But she said that she wasn’t ready to see anyone except for Marjorie. She even thanked me for sending the others away. The bond showed me there was a part of her that felt guilty about her reaction, but she had absolutely every right to feel the way that she did.It had been a very eventful two days.Octavia had helped me to figu

OCTAVIA.My eyes fluttered a few times before they finally opened. Sunlight peeked out from behind the closed curtain.I looked around the room, disappointment filling me when I didn’t see Roman. He had offered to stay in the room if I wanted him to. I wasn’t certain if Storm told him that I’d been wanting him here or if he thought of it on his own. Either way, I slept a lot better than I ever had before with his amber and musk scent surrounding me.The events of last night, or early this morning, came back to me. I couldn’t help but smile because Storm was finally able to shift. After so many years of feeling like a failure because I was took weak for my own wolf to shift…Well, come to find out, it wasn’t because of me at all.It took me by surprise when she explained what was happening before she gave me control back. I had expected to be in my hospital room instead of by the lake with Roman.A part of me was afraid of shifting because I’ve heard how badly it hurt and even that, som

ROMAN.Octavia’s insights into her fellow pack members were extremely useful because it gave us a good look at the type of people that they were.We couldn’t be too careful when selecting people to join Blazing Fire because we had to protect our pack members but were also held as role models in the South. Simply put, our pack members represented our pack, so their actions fell back on us.I underestimated how many of the pack members here would be just as messed up as their leadership was. It didn’t matter whether their actions had been greenlit by their leadership, because they still chose to act the way that they did, still chose to commit the crimes that they committed.It seemed that one of the most popular crimes being committed in Blood Lake was assault – sexual assault to be more precise. That was a very serious matter that carried a hefty punishment.Fifty lashes with a cat-o'-nine-tails whip that was coated in wolfsbane. It was meant to act as a permanent reminder of their cri

OCTAVIA.I was frozen in place as his eyes slowly trailed over my entire body from head to toe and back again. The heated look within his darkened eyes had heat pooling in my stomach, something that I had never felt before.He swallowed hard and shut his eyes as if he was doing everything in his power to remain in control of himself. That thought was both thrilling and nerve-wracking at the same exact time.I quickly slipped into the closet, tossing on a pair of sleep pants and a tank top since it had been warmer than I was used to. Then I took a steadying breath and walked over towards the bed. My eyes kept wanting to stray towards the man who was only wearing a pair of shorts.This man was far too handsome for his own good.There were plenty of tattoos on his arms, chest, and legs. It seemed like more of his body was inked up than wasn’t inked up. Since his skin tone was naturally darker, the ink was metallic, white, and gold to make it stand out.“What are you doing over there?” I a

OCTAVIA.“None, sweetheart. No matter what happened outside of the pack, I knew better than to allow it to happen inside of the pack. I never wanted my mate to be put in a position where she would be faced with anyone that I’d slept with. That’s precisely all it was. It was merely sex. There were no feelings attached to it, no connection between us. My heart and soul were two things that I had sworn to only ever belong to my mate.”It was because of the last part, that I fully opened my end of the bond and flooded it with what I was feeling. Happiness. Awe. And a very strong possessiveness that’s depth surprised even me.It didn’t matter what came before because we would make our own present, which would then become our own past to override every past that came before me.He sucked in a sharp breath when he felt it all. It took him a moment to sort through it all before opening up just like I had done. He was overwhelmed, at peace, and had never been this happy before. All of that was