Raven I walk through my room towards the bathroom and released that my room reflects a lot about me, no frills, no clutter, neat and simple. My mother describes it as modern industrial chic. I have a big bed in the middle of my room with an array of grey sheets and pillows. I don't have bedside tables but two big grey lamps. A few green plants are spread out in the room, nothing that requires too much attention, or it will die. I have a few mirrors and frames (no pictures) just the frames are hanging on the four walls. My favourite place is my reading nook. I have a huge ceiling-to-floor bookshelf and one comfy grey reading chair. As I switch on the bathroom light, to see what the damage is from the sleepless night. Instead of being greeted with my usual bright ocean-blue eyes, I’m greeted with tired dull eyes, who are accompanied by dark circles just below them. My fair skin only makes the bags under my eye my eyes look worse. I used to hate my light skin, all the shifters I know ha
Max The smoke is thick in the fair making it nearly impossible to breathe. The flames are huge and hot, I don’t have much longer before the walls are gonna give in. I have to hurry, Sloane is unconscious in my arms as I try to navigate to the smoke and flames that now consume our family home. She doesn’t have her wolf yet, so if I don’t get her out of here soon, she could die. This day went from bad, to worse in a heartbeat and it’s not over yet. Today started normal, I woke up went to training, and gave the trainees a pep talk before their assessments tomorrow. Had breakfast with my family and help my dad with pack business. It was around lunchtime when the mind-link from Beta Sam came in saying there were 2 dead warriors at the border. I took off immediately, I only just arrived when I received a frantic link from my sister saying we were under attack. I told her to go to the bunker. I shifted in Maddox and ran as fast as I could but by the time I arrived at the fight we had lost
Max Maddox is running as fast as he can to get to the battle. I run past several dead warriors and the anger grows inside both Maddox and I “Where is the Alliance?” I command through the pack mind-link. “10 minutes out Alpha” Beta Sam responded instantly. “Dad, Sloane was in the house, it was on fire. I got her out and she is on her way to the hospital, she is breathing but in bad shape. Where are you and Mom?” I mind-link just my father. “I knew she was in danger. Thank you, son. I’m in the middle of it, your mom is with me” my dad pants. He sounds badly injured. I rush towards him and my mom, taking down as many of the bastards as I can. Maddox’s coat is painted with blood. I am about 200 yards away when I spot my parents. My dad’s back was turned to fight off another wolf, he is badly injured, his left hind leg is broken and his side is bleeding badly. My mom also has a big side wound, and she had a big gash on her face, but she is not bleeding as badly. Maddox pushes forwa
Raven I dodge the blows of my opponent. He is larger and stronger than I am, but I’m more agile. He uses a pattern while he fights, three quick jabs to the lift of my torso, his aiming for my ribs, followed by an uppercut from the right. He finishes it off with a kick aimed at my right ribs. He tries to mix it up, by switching sides, but that’s just of his moves. He can also pass for the tree since he has been rooted to almost the same spot the entire fight. I dodge all his attempts to hit me, but I can’t dodge forever. Eventually, he will land a punch and judging by the hulk size biceps, it’s gonna hurt. My body and muscle ache and I don’t have much strength left. If I can get him off balance, I might have a shot. Where is Reign when you need her? “This lump of lard is one of their best warriors? Goddess help us.” Reign says as she rolls her eyes and pretends to yawn. I stifle a laugh. “Come on Reign, this is our last test. If he gets us on the floor, it’s over. And if he gets one
Raven As I walk through the office door, I expected to see all the assessors, Alpha Bronn and Beta Knox, but I wasn’t expecting Alpha Ryker to be in the room. Why is he here? Colton goes and stands between his father and Alpha Ryker, leaving me in the middle of the room surrounded. “Miss St James, I’m sure you are wondering what you are doing here, so I will keep this short” Alpha Bronn says with a stoic face. I just try to keep my face neutral, even though I think my heart is about to burst out of my chest and I know everyone can hear. Alpha Bronn smiles at me as he continues, he never smiles, “Raven, the abilities you showcased today during your assessment illustrated skill, instincts and abilities beyond your years. I mean you made Thomas, look like an amateur and he has been a warrior for 8 years.” “Because of the skills you showed, not only today but throughout the 4-year course, your determination, you’re your tracking abilities, we would like to offer you a spot on the EAS
MAX I was watching Raven from a distance. I am trying my best not to look like a creep, but my eyes were glued to her every move. She’s impressive, I have never seen multitasking skills take good, well except for my mom. I swallow back the lump that’s forming in my throat. She is efficient and fast when she is cleaning and dressing some of the warriors’ wounds, but at the same time, she seems warm and comforting. Like a bonfire on a cold night. The warriors that leave her station seem to walk away a little lighter than when they walk in. Some of the male warriors even half-smile at her. Maddox doesn’t like it, he doesn’t like the idea of any male smiling at her or being too close to her. He is acting very strange, he isn’t normally this possessive about females. As a matter of fact, he doesn’t like that I give females attention and hates it when I take females to bed. He just wants his mate and normally doesn’t pay any attention to female wolfs. "Do you know Lucy? “ her angelic voice
Ryker and Colton are staring at me with stoic faces. They remain quiet. I know they are thinking back on the recent rogue attacks their respective packs have been experiencing. By the look on their faces, I know I’m onto something. “Every time we have been attacked lately, the rogues’ numbers would increase. But that’s not all, they would be running in all directions like they were looking for something. I couldn’t understand why at the time, but now I do. They were scoping the place out. Looking for the weak spot, where the bunkers are, etc. We killed most of them, but some obviously got away. I think Alpha Damon is using rogues to scout out the defence and bunkers of a pack and when he has enough intel, he attacks. The attack has two phases, the first would be to inflict as much damage to the pack as possible, and not necessarily to kill the Alpha and warriors. He would target the members of the pack, the home, the pack house, business. He would try and kill some of the warriors to
Raven I handed the final list to Hailey, the Beta-female. I didn’t realise how emotionally draining it would be to help with the list of injured and dead when I took the clipboard from Lucy. But I would do it again. I have a pretty good idea of how Lucy might feel. That fear and pain of losing someone you love. It’s like having a claw around your heart that tightens with each breath. At least Lucy has something I never did…hope. I also have it for them. So, if it means that I need to help out with identifying the dead and listing the injuries of the wounded, I will. Just as long as Lucy and Finn, the injured warrior’s name, have hope, I will do anything to help. I am even trying to arrange a gathering for the Silver Moon Pack. I know it is silly but after an attack like today a pack needs to lean on each other and if they need more support, they can lean on me too. “Thanks Raven, you have done so much, why don’t you take a break?” Hailey says as she scans the list. “I’m just trying