Semua Bab Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?: Bab 101 - Bab 110

I walked away from the Business Center knowing that all my hard work had been for nothing, thanks to the neanderthal that was Alpha Carter. I should have known the instant Beta Hudson mentioned he would be present that today would not go the way I hoped. The thing that made it harder to accept, was that I had worked so damn hard for it all. Put so much effort into it, and I truly believed I deserved to gain the backing of the men that had come to the meeting.Tears stung at my eyes as I walked out of the packhouse. I did not care how they handled it now. I was done for the day. The mess that remained there was not my own. That was the Alpha’s and his alone.‘I am sure Beta will try to fix it.’ Ruby did her best to reassure me as I moved toward the forest. But it felt like there was no reassurance that would make me feel any better in this situation. He had messed up. How do you ask Alphas for a second chance when you just tried to cave their skulls in

I knelt upon the floor in one of the worn old border control shelters, looking up at a trembling Mari. Though, on this occasion, I think she had every reason to be trembling. The poor girl was bleeding, and her leg was a fucking mess. I was an Alpha, and in m time as such, and even prior to that, I had seen some battles. One of which had lost me my fated mate. And battles brought war wounds. Injuries. The injury Mari had sustained was up there with some of the worst. Her leg was a mangled mess, though I have to admit, it looked worse on her wolf...Finding her that far out when I had gone to search for her gave one indication, and one indication only. The girl was fleeing. And, the way her eyes were wide at my words when I suggested such, like she did not know how to answer me told me I was correct. But her answer seemed a little irrelevant as I looked down towards her leg and the blood seeping from it had already come through the dressing I had placed around it. The wounds w

Time seemed to be dragging. My mind felt like it was buzzing with the ever-increasing tension. I wanted to get away from Mari. I wanted to get away from the situation. But I knew that she needed somebody with her. She was meant to be resting. And with every drifting glance in her direction, I could not help but notice the color fading from her skin.But the help I needed was anything but present. Doctor Grayson awaited arrival had yet to occur, and he was not currently answering my mindlinks. The damn man was nowhere in sight. An awkward silence had sat between Mari and me since I had told her I did not like her, despite not truly meaning it. I did not know what to say to her now, but each time I looked towards her, I could see her struggling to keep her eyes open...I paced the floors of the shelter we were within anxiously, not liking the way her strength seemed to fade and flicker back. It was hard to describe. Even Draven was puzzled. ‘Contact the damn doctor

I was pushed to wait within the hallways of my own pack hospital. Wait while they treated Mari. Hudson by my side. I paced the long hallways while my friend threw incessant questions in my direction. Further frustrating me at the inconvenience of being left out in the hallway. I wanted to know if she was okay. Needed to know that the doctors could save her. But there was nothing but silence any time I mindlinked the doctors, and the door to the room they had taken her into remained closed...“You and her good now?” Hudson asked for the fourth or fifth time. I provided him with yet another cold glare.“What does it matter?” I snapped, giving into his demands and actually answering him this time. “I just need to know she is okay. I can't have her hurt while in our care.”Hudson chuckled. “Is that all?”I rolled my eyes, already sick of where the conversation was going. I should have remained silent, and opted

My heart pounded within my chest at the slightest of touch she placed upon my chest, and Draven made a strange sound somewhere between a snarl and a purr. A sound I had not heard since my mate had been around. No. This was not happening. My wolf was becoming attached to a she-wolf that was nothing to us...My world continued to feel like it collapsed in upon itself, as Mari’s words echoed within my mind. She had shocked me. That was not how the girl spoke. But the slightly altered tone of her voice told me this was not her. I was near certain of that. This was her fiery little fucker of a wolf. The brave little Beta wolf that she had so desperately needed as she grew up. The wolf that had been held back by the wolfsbane. The wolf she needed to protect her. To make her strong. Seemed she was everything Mari was not. And the little firecracker had seemingly taken a liking to me.“Mari.” I warned again, my tone sharp in hope it would snap her into realit