Rainn
The next morning I found myself out in the back open garden of the pack house, wearing my fitness tights and sports bra as I stood hammering my fists against the punching bag, which was hanging from the tree closest to the forest border.
I swung at it delivering blow after blow as I kicked up high, the rage of my betrayal was driving me as the hurt of what I had done to Kai was searing right through me.
Training always helped me to center myself somehow, and I needed it now more than anything. The sweat droplets were running down my face and all the way down my cleavage as I delivered blow after blow, all I wanted was to get his face out of my head right now. I wanted to forget about his scent, his touch and everything that drew me right into him.
I wanted to forget about how my heart ached for him in a way I had never experienced before, the feeling that had begun to consume me so badly that all I wanted was for him to come march
Rainn Kai dropped me off after insisting he buy me that dress for tomorrow, I know I should be happy, ecstatic right… isn’t that what turning eighteen and marking your mate meant to be all about… But as I walked through the front door to the pack house I couldn’t help but feel like my feet had become as heavy as lead, even all the decorations I saw all around me, from a happy birthday banner with my name and Kai’s. To the streamers and decorated tables and crockery and cutlery already set out and awaiting the morning to come, the balloons were already in the process of being strung and the Dj booth was set up and ready for the party we had been anticipating excitedly as we had been planning this event and ceremony since we were fourteen. Everything was coming together as pack members worked around the clock to get things set up for tomorrow, I should be excited but I wasn’t, I just wanted to go upstairs and crawl into bed, throw t
Rainn I woke up the next morning to a racket from somewhere downstairs, the commotion was irritating my ears as I finally opened my eyes to wipe the sleep from them. What the hell was going on downstairs, I thought. And as I stumbled out of my bed I stared at the white dress that was gingerly draped over my desk chair, sighing I cringed at the realization that it was indeed the next morning, it was my birthday. I decided to go and have a shower; I felt like someone would feel who had a hangover. Because my eyes hurt, my head was pounding and my body ached. All in all, I felt like I had been run over by a bus, on my eighteenth birthday, cringe. After my shower I decided to get dressed in the white summer dress Kai had bought me, it was absolutely beautiful and hugged my tiny figure beautifully. I dried my hair and allowed it to hand down straight to my shoulders, the brown of it however looked so dull today
Rainn I looked everywhere I thought he could be, I had asked everyone and no one had seen him all day, which was strange. He was meant to be helping my dad with setting up the speakers today but just never showed up, which was completely unlike him to do. I was starting to get really worried when I checked my watch and it was already 5:35 pm, where the hell was Beau? As I pulled up to the packhouse I could already see a lot of pack members start to arrive, the music was pumping and the lyrics falling to pieces booming in the background. Fitting I thought for a moment before stammering through the front door, “Hi Rainn, um- aren’t you meant to be getting ready for your party? Everyone’s starting to arrive, I’m sure Kai will be along soon,” and my brows furrowed as I looked up at my dad’s Beta, didn’t he know about Kai and me, surely Kai would have told his parents by now that he was fated to Fala wouldn’t he? “Um, Jon, ha
Rainn I heard a soft knock at my door followed by a slightly louder one, the door handle turned but of course, I had locked the door last night, “Rainn, honey… are you awake?” Mum’s voice came through as both concerned and curious. Sighing I yawned as I stretched my arms, “Yes mom, I’m awake now,” I said as a matter of fact. “Oh good, well I’m making pancakes in five minutes. Maple syrup, you’re favorite,” and a small smile spread across my face. She was worried about me, clearly, everyone noticed my absence last night, I would have hoped that Kai might have filled them in on where I had gone, but I couldn’t be sure. So as I stretched out in front of me I soon realized that both my arm and leg were draped across a warm, hard body. As I lifted my head over to the place of this warmth I stared into the most gorgeous green eyes I had ever seen, my smile grew wider with the realization that last night had not been a dream, a
Beau and I made our way out the front door of the packhouse, and honestly, it was really difficult not ripping each other’s clothes off. Last night had been incredibly special to us both, Beau had been so gentle and took such care in making love to me, so scared he would hurt me but he never did. It was a moment I would cherish with me forever, but it seemed that right now the thought of being gentle when it came to touching each other was the last thing on our minds. I felt this almost animalistic carnal instinct take over wanting nothing more than to completely become consumed by my mate, I wanted him to take me in a way that would make my mother blush and my father probably want to kill him. But that was what I wanted, I needed him in that way and with all the pressure now surrounding us regarding our coronation into becoming the new alpha and luna of the children of Gaia in two days, it was even more important now for us to become completely absor
Rainn I woke up to find Beau’s arms snaked around my naked form and I couldn’t help but smile a smug sense of contentment as I did so, we didn’t get much sleep last night and how could we, it seemed each and every time my body even slightly moved against Beau it would send sparks flying which would only get us both all excited. By the early hours of the morning I had lost count of how many times we had gone at it, my body was aching but luckily being a shifter meant that our bodies recovered quickly. It was already noon and we were still in my bedroom, tomorrow would signal our coronation ceremony which would mean that all other pack members and those part of Gaia would also attend, looking down at the palm of my hand I gently ran my fingers across the Gaia symbol that was present there, I had been born with it which mother and father said was a great privilege as the only other woman who had been born with this symbol had been my grandmother.
Rainn I sat back against a tree in the forest after shifting into my human form, I was so pissed off right now because I knew that regardless of what I said or did to protest against becoming queen, the truth was I had very little choice unless I had someone to take my place. And as there weren’t too many Gaian’s born with the symbol, it kind of left me stuck in between a rock and a hard place. Suddenly I felt his presence before he even made it known, Beau came up to me and without speaking went to sit down beside me as he leaned against the same wide tree. He sat there for a while without saying a word, I appreciated that about him, he wasn’t pressing me for anything, he merely allowed me to be. Finally, I couldn’t stand the silence any longer, “You know what this will mean right,” and it wasn’t so much a question to Beau as it was me trying to come to terms with it myself. “You were born with the symbol Rainn,
Kai It was a two-hour drive back to tribe Fianna, the last time I made this drive a few days ago was with Rainn by my side. We had been so sure that we were mates, so sure that we would always be together. We had come to fetch Fala from tribe Fianna to hopefully find her true mate, and here I was bringing her back as her true mate. To say that I was slightly nervous to meet Alpha Burton was an understatement, but with his strange disappearance, my own anxieties were of little worry right now. I could see the deep worry and concern laced all over Fala’s face, my beautiful mate. I still couldn’t believe that she was mine, I missed Rainn, of course, I would, she was my best friend. But Fala I mean come on, she’s my fated mate and I’m already falling head over feet in love with her. What’s not to love, she’s everything I could ever desire in a mate. She’s kind, caring, gentle, sweet, and let’s not forget, she’s fucki