All Chapters of Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Matty and I were sitting inside of his father’s Alpha office, both us listening to his Dad, Alpha Aaron droning on about pack logistics or something. I may have switched off about five minutes after he started talking, because in all honesty he made things sound so damn boring…My eyes drifted around the office, looking to the familiar pictures on the wall. I knew them well by now after many training sessions with my pack Alpha. All arranged in preparation for me taking over the title of Beta from my father. I let my eyes fall upon the picture of my parents with my Alpha and Luna, before either me, my sister or Matty had come along. All in their younger years. Beaming smiles upon their faces, drinks within their hands as they sat at a pack barbeque. All happy. My heart ached. So much had changed...I felt Matty’s head suddenly thud into my shoulder, and had to hold back a smirk as I looked down to my friend who was currently asleep, his head having fallen onto my shoulder as he dozed

Today had the potential to be a good day. Or it did if I could avoid my father. I had done all the household chores in record time , and had prepared dinner, so it was already cooking within the slow cooker. My excellent time management meant it allowed me time to go out and run without any risk of being caught. Whilst I did not have a wolf it did not mean I could not train, it just meant I had to improvise. I had to train alone. My Dad created excuses for my pack now I was of age. Previously I attended pack training with all others, learning all that was expected of a young she-wolf. But, when I came of age and my wolf was expected to have appeared, the excuses began to appear rather than my wolf. And, only me and my family knew why…Injuries. Family commitment. Illness. Lie after lie after lie. But, I dont know how long my father believed that those within pack would continue to believe it. Though, it had already been a considerable time, perhaps, just as he told me, nobody cared fo

We drove along the long driveway to Eldermoon Pack, my mind far from focused. The folders of paperwork I had brought along with me to review before we arrived lay discarded at my feet. I could not believe we were returning here, but my wolf had been right, we needed our answers. Even if it meant making the pathetic excuse for an Alpha, believe I was an ally, and that we were about to become business partners. If it took deceiving this man in order to gain the answers I needed, then that was what I would do. I just wished I did not need to be present in his pack in order to do so...Sonny and Hudson had done nothing but whitter back and forth since the moment we had left our pack hours ago. Far too animated and full of energy for me to tolerate, evidently stoked up on coffee, they had far too much to say. From the small fragments of conversation I had picked up on, it was about some new video game they were enjoying right now. Video games were something we all used to enjoy together, b

My body tensed with fury. My eyes meet those of my friends. The Alpha here had a fucking nerve. He wanted this business deal completed, yet he planned to keep us waiting? The expression within the eyes of my friends told me all I needed to know. They felt the same. He was trying to imply he was the one in charge. He would soon realize just how wrong he was with that...Having Hudson jump to the defense of the feeble one again irritated me. But, that was just who he was. Protective. Always has been. And, in recent years, he was the one stepping in to correct my mistakes when my temper got the better of me after losing my mate. It got us out of a few sticky situations, I have to say..."Alpha decided to give you rooms within the packhouse, then you are close to the offices, and to the dining hall should you need food." Mari explained."Near the dining hall is always good." Sonny joked. "Is the food good?"Mari chuckled lightly, making me turn to look at her. I watched as her face lighte

I walked alongside the timid little thing all the way through the packhouse toward her Alpha’s office. She barely spoke a word. We barely spoke a word, but my eyes kept finding their way to her. She intrigued me in a way that I found hard to explain. I had to say she could not be more than a few years younger than me as I discreetly examined her face. But for one that was meant to have Beta blood running through her, there was no hint of that aura. She was an anomaly.Gabrielle had Beta blood too. As the half-sister of my best friend, my fated was not always in our lives as you may expect. She was the result of an illicit affair Hudson’s father had whilst traveling for our pack. An unknown secret... a love-child that her father had remained in contact with for much of her life. Ensuring she went without nothing. A shock to many when she arrived at our pack in her late teens, after her mother had passed away, with a plea for help and a request to get to know her father, and, of course,