The doctor checks my wound after taking off the bandages, declaring me all healed up. He reminds me, "Now, don't forget to still be careful twisting and turning for a couple of days, otherwise it will reopen." He points at me, looking sternly and then smiles because I can't help but laugh. Of course, it still hurts when I do, so I immediately regret it.
Today is the day I get to start to feel back to normal. No more getting carried everywhere by the Alpha and worshipped by the Alpha and hugged and kissed by the Alpha. Oh who am I kidding, I loved every bit of it.
After the last attack, everyone has been on high alert, but since there haven't been anymore for at least a week, Eric hopes that it has ended. There are several of the pack that doesn't believe that and are blaming it all on me. They figure that because I am so young and Eric has been preoccupied with me that he has let another Alpha into the territory beyond the three we already have.
Today there will be a council meeting and Eric's twin brother Ryder will be here among others. His pack the Silver Fangs, are in charge of the northern most part of the territory, up in the mountains. Apparently, they have been getting attacked quite regularly too.
Hearing a commotion, I rush out to the entry way and watch as Eric barres his teeth at Steven while growling. He yells, "What is your problem? She is my mate and you had better get used to it or the next time you say something you will find yourself packless and minus a few limbs. Don't try me."
Backing up, Steven raises his hands to show that he means no harm, but I can hear his thoughts from a mile away. Clearing my throat, I ask, "Are you two through or shall I come back later?"
Eric turns to glance at me before returning his gaze onto Steven, then Steven shrugs his shoulders before turning to leave and walking out the door. Making his way to my side, Eric looks upset and says, "I didn't want you to know what was going on."
Guessing now is just as good a time as later, I tell him what my gift is from my wolf, "Eric, I need to tell you something and it has everything to do with what is going on."
He looks down at me and says, "Go on."
Sitting down on the couch and motioning for him to sit next to me, he follows. I cough before I continue and then stare into his eyes when I say, "My wolf gifted me the power of hearing others thoughts and Steven made it loud and clear to me that he wants to take over and be the Alpha. He thinks I am way too young and inexperienced to be able to stand next to you and lead the pack. I think he has something to do with all the attacks, but I am not sure yet."
Hearing that, he stands straight up and bolts for the door. Quickly, I chase after him before he reaches Steven's house and I grab ahold of his arm. "I have no proof yet, if you do this now everyone will believe that he is right. You are leading with your emotions and we have to step back and wait for him to screw up."
Realizing that I am right, he relaxes and he nods in understanding, but before we get back to the pack house I hear someone talking about attacking tonight. Not recognizing the voice, I decide to tell Eric about it later after he has calmed down. After all, he isn't exactly thinking clearly with everything that has been going on lately.
Later, after we get everything situated in the house and the pups to bed, I let Eric know that there may be a problem. Alarmed, he puts the security squad on high alert and we wait for something to happen. Sitting there in the living room, I have a strange sensation go up my arms.
Why do I feel like a million little spiders are crawling on me? Looking down, I watch as a Funnel Web spider and it's babies are making there way up my skin. I start to freak out and Eric rushes over, seeing the spiders and brushes them off of me. Picking me up and carrying me to the kitchen, he calls for backup and wonders where the spiders came from.
It's strange, because that type of spider is not from this area. That can only mean one thing, someone put them there so we would get bitten and die. They are getting sneakier and smarter and that isn't a good thing.
Hearing a scream from one of the pups in the kid's bedroom, we all run and when we open the door we stand in shock. With the lights on, we see several big spiders working there way around the room to the little ones. One has two of them on her and she is desperately trying to get them off.
Eric jumps into action after the initial shock of the scene and I follow close behind. The rest of the security squad run in and leap across the room to carry the pups out. Before we get every last one of them out, someone gets bit.
I watch as little Tiffany screams in pain before she faints. Grabbing her, I run to the doc's as fast as I can, not even thinking about my wound. Once I am there, I look down at her face to realize that she isn't breathing anymore and hand her off to the doctor.
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"Are you alright?" Eric asks, genuinely concerned for my well being.After Tiffany died in my arms last night, I have just been moping around and in a state of shock. I couldn't sleep or even eat, instead I just sat in the recliner and stared out the window. Closing my eyes for a few minutes, I kept hearing the screams and the look of agony on her little face. Knowing that they meant to get to us, it makes it even worse and all I want to do is find those responsible and rip their heads off.Listening to Alpha Ryder at the council meeting, I sit at my rightful place next to Eric and try to figure out what to do next. "We have to be careful of everyone we let through our territory. Double up on security and be advised that some how someone is sneaking their people in." He looks around the room carefully at each and every one of us.The whole room is quiet except for Steven, who is tapping his finger nails on his arm
"We have to do something besides sit on our asses and wait for an attack." Eric stands up and exclaims to the council angrily. Everyone else seems to want to wait, but they haven't been attacked as many times as we have in the last several weeks. Not realizing that I can hear everyone's thoughts, a few of the council members think to themselves that Eric is just being stupid and that he isn't thinking this through first. We talked about it all morning before coming to the last day of the council meetings and we figured the only way we are going to get ahead of this is to start discussing attacks against the surrounding territories. Maybe then, we won't be so caught off guard next time. Ryder stands up and speaks, "My brother is right, but first we need to secure what we do have before we go into attack mode. Defending should be our first priority, because if we don't have anything to come back to when we are done attacking, t
"Please." I beg for him to take me. Watching as Eric kneels down in front of me, he spreads my legs and his face disappears. Feeling his tongue lick my folds, I let out a small whimper and beg for more. "Please." He continues his assault on me. My fingers tangle in his hair while I throw back my head in ecstacy and I feel my wolf threaten to take over. Not now, I think to myself and force my inner beast to stay down. Eric stands up and suddenly picks me up, throwing me over his shoulder. I yell out, "Help help." then giggle. Pretending to kick and scream, I thrash around and he laughs as he carries me to the bed. After throwing me down, I stare into his wild eyes and watch as he loses his clothes quickly. When he stands in front of me naked, I realize that he is absolutely perfect. His sculpted body reminds me of those statues you see in the museum of Roman Gods. Handsome and stro
"Who made lunch?" I ask smelling something cooking in the kitchen.Ever since the mate bond hit me, I have felt connected to Eric on such a deep level that I have never felt with anyone else before. In a way it is wonderful, but in another it makes me weak and I know this now. Being alpha's mate makes you stronger, but it also subjects you to being scrutinized by everyone.Never feeling good enough, I sit back and watch others in the pack and the way they react to me. Most of them treat me like they did before the bond, but there are some who are always watching everything I do and I hear their whispers when I'm not looking. Especially those closest to Eric it seems.Perhaps if I had been older, they wouldn't have minded so much, but as it is all I ever hear is a constant chatter of she is so inexperienced, young and she doesn't have a clue how to be a leader of a pack. They wonder why me and I often wo
"Raven, you are pregnant." The doctor announces with excitement in his voice. Shocked, I stand there not knowing what to say. The only time this could have happened was when we first met and I went into heat. For us, the only time we are fertile is when we are in heat and only with our bonded mate's. Realizing this is a horrible time to be pregnant, I don't quite know how Eric is going to feel about this when I tell him. He could take it one of two ways, either tear my throat out or be the happiest man alive. I won't know which one until I tell him though, unfortunately. "Is it safe to change form or fight pregnant?" I ask concerned, because I know full well that it will be necessary some time in the near future to do one or both. He looks at me hesitant and answers cautiously, "Honestly you shouldn't, but we both know that you will have to. Just try to stay out of harms way. After all,
"Are you comfy, Raven?" Ryder asks, looking extremely concerned for my well being. "Yes, you are spoiling me. I will have to tell Eric when I get back, that you treat me better than he ever has." I say with a mischievious grin. Playing the two brothers on each other might be fun. After all, Ryder is treating me as if I am his mate. I could get used to this attention from two men. Laughing, I am just kidding myself, because I know full well that I am so in love with Eric I could never cheat on him, even with his twin brother who looks just like him. Ryder is the more passionate and caring one, but Eric is my total Alpha male. He is strong, confident, egotistical, possessive and intelligent. If I had the two combined, it would make the most perfect male I could have ever imagined. So when I sit here and stare at Ryder wishing Eric was more passionate and caring, I also would wish that Ryder was more co
"Help me, please?" I hear out of nowhere and a lot of screaming. I smell fire and realize too late that the house just down the way is on fire after I look out the window. Not knowing what to do, I jump out of bed and leave the security of my bedroom. Searching the house, I can't find Ryder or anyone else and hope that they are already there. Running for it, I manage to get there in a matter of seconds and notice that it is eerily quiet except for the raging roar of the fire. No one else is here and when I search around, I see no evidence of anyone ever being here. Where is everyone? The screaming I previously heard is gone too, but replaced with a strange humming sound in my head, as if someone is purposely blocking my senses. Turning around to find Ryder, I feel a pain surge throughout my head and hear a thud. Waking up, I find myself back in bed and not knowing what has just happened. How did I ge
"Get out of the way." Ryder yells at me as he rams the front door before entering to try and save anyone in the house. As soon as he breaks it open he runs in, head down and with his shirt pulled over him so the fire doesn't burn him too badly. Now I get it, the scene in front of me is the exact same one as in my dream/premonition. I stand helpless, while I wait for him to emerge from the burning house. I don't see him immediately, but in a few minutes when I think for sure that he's dead, he comes barrelling out of the building with two pups over his shoulders. He drops them at my feet and runs back in. A minute later, there is a back draft and the windows blow out of the house. Crying, I look on as Ryder runs back out carrying the mother and father, but I can tell that at least the mother isn't going to make it. Her body is badly burned and the father is unconscious to say the least. With the two pups la