Rainn The moment Kai and I barge into the packhouse I'm literally feeling like I can't breathe, I'm clutching on to the drawing we just dug up, a picture I drew when I was just a kid, the most startling part is the name attached to it, Groban. As if sensing my distress, Beau comes rushing out of the kitchen in an instant with Fala right behind him, she looks a mess, her perfect pixie-like complexion tells me that she's been crying, but I can't focus on that right now because it feels like I'm about to have an out of body experience at any second. You know the moment you realize that you've known about something far longer than you thought you had, but that somehow you had just forgotten about it, yeah it's like that except worse. I feel like puking as I fall into Beau's arms, not being able to even get out one single word. It's Kai who ends up speaking because as pissed off as he is right now about the whole Fala situation, I'm the one having the panic attack. "What the fuck is go
RAINN It's the next morning and I haven't seen Beau, he never came home last night after he stormed out of the pack house. I can't remember ever seeing him so upset, and yes, I know I messed up big time. Laying in bed I'm in no mood to even get up, I know I have a lot to do today, there's pack business to attend to, tribe rituals to adhere to, and in the mix of all the chaos, I'm weirding out over some guy I'm connected whom I don't even know. And on top of all of what's already so overwhelming, I had to find Beau's tipping point, kissing Kai... I'm so stupid, why would I even do something like that? I love Beau with all my heart and soul, kissing Kai was a stupid mistake, a moment in which I stumbled. And why? Closure for something I had with him since I was born, something I thought would always be ours. The moment I looked into his eyes and saw the gutwrenching pain in them, I instantly felt guilty for the happiness I had with Beau. I acted and he reacted, the only thing I felt w
Rainn POV Running, running… always running through the forests. It seems like all we’ve ever been taught was how to run, how to hide and how to avoid those who are not like us, humans… witches and creatures exploding left, right and above the norm of our mythical legends. Let’s be realistic here, our reality wasn’t part of what was considered “normal,” but we knew that our pack, our people, our wolves, and our beasts were more humane than humans ever could be. I felt myself being pulled along the forest floor, like a wave of innocence being ripped away from a young child. Who cared? Not me, I didn’t care about the ones who got hurt, they were not my problem. I was the daughter of the alpha of tribe Arcane, of the children of Gaia. My father was alpha Edgar and my mother was luna Gabriella, we were, no- we are the stronghold of the children of Gaia and we are here to restore peace. *** “Don’t
Rainn POV As I sat at the kitchen table picking at the bagel still in my hands I was quickly pulled from my reverie as my dad cleared his throat, my eyes shot up to him as I began nodding, a smirk on my face as I thought of Kai. “I’m super excited, can’t wait for my birthday dad. I’ll finally be able to have Kai mark me, it’s all I’ve ever wanted." And as I spoke those words a weird spark shot through the place where Beau had held onto my arm just two days ago, my brows furrowed as I cupped my other hand over the spot, not understanding why I had felt it and why I was feeling it right now. My parents both gave each other a concerned look before facing me again, “Everything okay sweetheart?” nodding I merely pulled my headphones on over my ears and was about to cram up the volume to my tunes when mom came to pull them away from my ears, “Well, in preparation for your birthday and union with Kai. Your dad and I have a lot to d
Rainn POV After arriving back at our pack house mom and dad came out to meet Fala as they embraced her with hugs, with my brows knitted tightly together I quickly tried to shake off their closeness with her, I still couldn’t shake this strange feeling deep within the pit of my stomach. Kai gently shook me from my reverie as he touched my arm and gently pulled me towards him, looking up at his face I could pick up something was wrong but he quickly hid before pulling my lips against his as he snaked his hands around my waist. It was the first time that he had ever shown this type of public affection towards me in front of my parents, I guess with it being four days to go he didn’t really care anymore, or maybe it was also more that he wanted to make it abundantly clear to Fala that we were together, I don’t know- but I felt myself kissing him back vigorously even though my parents were only a few feet away. Suddenly my dad shouted fr
It was the following day already, two more days to our birthdays I thought as I sat at the kitchen table sipping on my cup of coffee. Mom entered as per usual to start breakfast and was clearly surprised to see me sitting at the table with my feet up on the chair, my knees pulled close to my chest just staring at the vacantly empty table, the look of being there in body but not in mind was probably the best way to describe me at this moment. But I guess what surprised mom more was that I was the first one in the kitchen this morning, I was never the first one up, not ever. “Good morning sweetheart, you’re up early. You sleep alright?” She asked clearly concerned by my absent minded appearance. I just nodded but didn’t meet her gaze, instead I kept my eyes fixed on my erratic thoughts dancing around the kitchen table like a demon possessed. I was losing my mind slowly, because even after Kai and I had had that talk yesterday morn
Beau I haven’t left my bedroom since I got back from the woods earlier, feigning illness when mom had asked me what the matter was. She had said that I looked flushed as I walked in through the door, I merely mumbled something about not feeling well as I darted for my room. And here I sit, on the floor, hunched over my knees with my back up against the wall. I don’t know how long I’ve been sitting like this, but it’s like I’m frozen in place, unable to do anything but stare out in front of me at my own mind imploding on itself. I kissed Rainn and Rainn kissed me back, she reacted to my kiss in a way I hadn’t expected. This whole time I thought that I was the only one who felt this way toward her, but now it was clear that she felt it too. The way that her wolf had reacted to mine, the way our bodies molded together so effortlessly like they had been made for one another. And the feelings that left goosebumps on my skin everywhere she to
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