All Chapters of Rikr: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Everybody in the clearing had witnessed my Alpha mark forming on my back. The silence was almost deafening. The mark meant something, like the gods were sending me a message. I felt relief settle inside me, knowing that I’d made the right choice.“Jericho Cannon, Alpha of Cloverdale, so it shall be. I accept your decision and lift your banishment so that you and your pack may find favor with the throne of Scotland as an alliance is made here today. I place your pack under our protection,” Kai said to me.It was an honor for a royal family to place any pack under its protection. It meant more than people thought it did. It meant that I had a direct line to the king and his protection included warriors if I was ever under attack.“I accept and humbly give our allegiance to the throne as well,” I said and bowed my head.The Zetas dispersed and after twenty minutes we were left alone in the clearing, just me and my pack and Kai and our family members. My mother didn’t look shocked anymore

“Are you okay?” Slade asked me as he opened my door without knocking.“Anna’s pissed at me,” I said to him.“Why?”“I sort of mentioned that Dani and I imprinted,” I said to him.“Holy shit, Jake, did you tell her about us?” Slade asked, astonished that I would go that far and reveal so much.“Blaise sort of did and then she guessed the rest,” I said to him.“Why would you tell her about Dani if nothing happened between you two?” he asked.“She was going on about Dani’s behavior at school and her being a secret,” I said and rubbed my hands over my face.“What are you going to do?” He asked me.“I have no clue, she doesn’t want to talk to me,” I said to him.“Maybe it’s better this way, she’s human, Jake, and you know it’s forbidden,” Slade said and stood up to leave.“I know, but it doesn’t mean I have to like it or be happy about it,” I grumbled.Anna ignored me for the next three months and didn’t answer any of my texts for the rest of the summer holidays and my mind kept going back

At 2 a.m. I woke up to a banging on the front door and almost fell off the bed in my haste to get up. I went down the stairs and it seemed that nobody else had woken up. I was weary now and I couldn’t smell anything as I walked toward the front door.Blaise was on edge as well. Though, I doubted whoever wanted to harm us would knock on the front door. I was ready to shift. I could feel my magic lingering on my fingertips and my eyes had started to darken when I pulled the door open.“Geez, you took forever to open the door,” he said as he walked past me into the house and left his bag in the foyer.“What are you doing here?” I asked him. I couldn’t believe he was here in Cloverdale of all places.“It’s a funny story actually, your damn wolf ordered me here,” he said to me.“Blaise? Why would he do that?” I asked him. I was still half asleep and confused as all hell.“Ask him, his aura’s stronger than mine so here I am answering the call of the Alpha. He said you needed me,” he said an

A group of Alphas gathering in one place always had tensions rising. Every Alpha wanted to be the leader, wanted to take charge, but the simple truth was, not all Alphas were equal. Some were stronger than others but the need to lead was in our blood.An Alpha only submitted to someone stronger than him, and that had to be shown by force, sometimes by spilling blood, but I wasn’t planning on spilling any blood. The information I had could potentially harm or save us all and the need to work together had to be greater than the need to lead.I had no illusions that they wouldn’t take me seriously at first. I was seventeen, still a boy in their eyes, but the fact remained, that I was still an Alpha. I was a marked Alpha and I had powers beyond what they could imagine and I would show it to them if I had to.The house was bustling with activity. Sam was nervous as she prepared platters and platters of snacks. Leon was stocking the bar by the pool with water and bottles of Scotch. Regen ha

“That went well,” Slade said to me after all the guests had left and the house was quiet once again. I altered the protection circle to include entry to the different packs that might need refuge.“It went better than I thought it would,” I said to him and he smiled at me.“With everything you know now, are you going to try and talk to Dani?” He asked me.“No, I’d sooner kill her than talk to her,” I said to him.“Glad we’re on the same page,” Slade said.The following day at school I was surprised to see that Rick and his Beta waited for us in the parking lot. He walked over to us the moment we parked our bikes and Leon growled softly and I could see that Slade was tense too.“Morning, guys,” Rick said with a smile.“Rick,” I said and looked at him.“I’m not here to fight, my dad told me what happened last night and I’m here to offer our help,” he said to me.“So you want a truce now?” Leon asked.“Look, I know I was terrible, I did terrible things, but a month in your own dungeon ca