Ella’s POV I woke the next morning to the sound of my ringtone of my phone. Without opening my eyes, I reached for the phone which was laying on my nightstand. It took me a few tries to feel for it before I managed to get it. I hit the button to answer it without even looking at the caller id. “What.” Is all I could get out because I was still half asleep. “Is that anyway to answer your phone when your best friend is calling you with exciting news?” Samantha said with annoyance. I rolled over and yawned and rubbed my eyes and looked at my clock to see what time it was. It was eight am on a Saturday morning. Why on Goddess’s green earth would she be calling me at this hour. “Hello? Ella are you there?” Samantha asked. I decided to give into playing along with her since I was feeling a lot better after my last night talk with the Moon Goddess. “Good morning, Samantha. How is my best friend doing at eight am in the morning on a Saturday? This better be good waking me up this ear
Ella’s POV Standing in front of the full-length mirror in the corner of my bedroom I found myself mesmerized by my reflections. I couldn’t believe I was the person staring back at me. The stylist and makeup artist had done wonders making me go from teenager to woman in a matter of a few hours. Add in the sexy backless dress and I looked years beyond my age. I ran my hands down the sides of my dress and turned to the side wondering where the new curves had come from. Was it because I had shifted? I also noticed my breasts looked slightly fuller too as they filled the heartline of the dress. The heels that my mother had picked to accessorize with the dress added a few more inches to my height making my legs look longer and popped the muscles of my calves. I could have stood in front of the mirror for hours in awe of my new look, but I glanced at the clock noticing that the time had come for us to leave. Grabbing my phone off my bed I tucked into the shimmering silver clutch that my m
Ella’s POV Chance pulled me back into him to finish the dance as I watched Hunter walk away from us. My wolf was whimpering wanting us to go to him, but I couldn’t just leave Chance in the middle of the dance. I started to feel nauseated by Chance’s arms that were now wrapped tightly around me like he had sensed something between Hunter and me. Or was it because Alpha males are protective of their mates? Either way I didn’t want to be in Chance arms any longer so when the song ended, I made an excuse that I needed to use the lady’s room. I looked back over my shoulder to make sure Chance wasn’t following me and was happy to see that he had struck up a conversation with Seth. Turning my head back to the direction I was heading the Luna appeared in front of me and I stopped abruptly stunned by her sudden appearance. “Is everything okay Ella?” The Luna asked with questioning eyes. I wondered if the Luna had witnessed the moment her son and I just shared with each other. “I’m fine.
Hunter’s POV Finally, it’s the night of the Alpha Ball something I have been waiting for my whole life. Tonight, I will become the Alpha of the Crescent Moon pack, the largest and most respected pack in the state. I had given up most of my childhood to be where I am tonight. My father had pushed me to become a worthy successor for his position as Alpha. After countless days and nights of training as a pup he sent me off to the most prestige school for Alpha training. Then after that I was enrolled into a warrior program taught by the top warriors in our country. My father had provided me with the knowledge and the physical abilities to protect the people of our pack, but it also came with a price. I had not been home in over eight years, and I was without a mate. The pack needed a Luna just as bad as they needed an Alpha. It was brought to my attention by Beta Jacob that the Crescent Moon finest unmated she wolves were out in full force tonight to bag themselves an Alpha. To their
Ella’s POV As sunlight beamed through the window, I started to squint my eyes. I turned over and tried to open them, but everything seemed blurry. I rubbed the corner of my eyes with my fingertips and finally everything became focused. I looked around at my settings and shot straight up in bed. I was in a bed but not my bed and I don’t know who’s it is. The room looked masculine with grey walls and two black dressers one tall and one long and short. The bed was the biggest bed I have ever seen with a huge headboard that almost went to the ceiling. A desk sat on the far wall in front of a window with a chair and a small black leather couch sat on the wall beside the desk. I was definitely in a male’s room but who’s. The events of last night seemed to be foggy in my mind. I remember going to the Alpha ball with my parents and meeting Chance there. We danced and hung out with Samantha and Seth and then Hunter. Oh, my goddess and then Hunter and I were alone in his office. I pulled the b
Ella’s POV When we were miles away from the packhouse I finally started to relax with my arms wrapped around Hunter’s waist. The scent of worn leather from Hunter’s jacket mixed with his scent of sandalwood and lavender intertwined calmed me from within with every breath I took. My heartbeat started to slow down and fall into beat with Hunter’s as I pressed myself against his back laying my cheek flush between his shoulder blades. My wolf purred with contentment being in such close proximity to our mate and I could easily tell that she had chosen Hunter already. It was becoming harder for me to keep her hidden because every minute I am near Hunter she grows stronger. The mate bond between Hunter and I is growing stronger even though we aren’t mated. The pull I feel towards him is overwhelming and I fear I won’t be able to withstand it much longer. If I’m being honest with myself, I don’t want to fight it because I still had strong feelings for him. The feelings I had for him as a chi
Ella’s POV A loud boom made me jump closer into Hunters arms. “We have to get back to the cabin.” Hunter said before he let go of me and started to strip to shift. Hunter lowered himself once again for me to climb onto his back. I quickly got on his back with no hesitation this time. I grabbed ahold of him a little tighter this time in fear of the storm. The sound of thunder rolled through the valley and scared me once again. Hunter took off towards the cabin once he thought I had a tight enough grip on him. The rain started to come down faster causing it to sting as it hit my face. I buried my face into the back of Hunter’s neck to shield myself from the sting. “Hold on tight Ella. The ground is getting slick with mud and wet leaves.” Hunter linked to me as I tighten my hold like he asked me to. I felt Hunter slide a few times, but he recovered quickly. I trusted Hunter and his wolf neither would let anything happen to me. My teeth began to chatter as the cold rain soaked ev
Hunter’s POV The sight of Ella in the dripping wet clothes drove me nuts, but the sound of her teeth chattering brought me back to reality. I had to get her a change of clothes quickly. I knew I had a stash of clothes in the dresser in my bedroom. I grabbed her hand and pulled her to the bedroom, and I stood her next to the bed. I took the flashlight, and I went into the bathroom and grabbed three towels two for Ella and one for myself. I handed Ella two of the towels and put one over my shoulder. I then went to my dresser drawers and started to rummage through them trying to find something that would somewhat fit Ella. The best I could do was a pair of sweatpants and a sweatshirt for her as I grabbed myself a pair of sweatpants too. I handed the ones I had picked for Ella to her and told her I was going to build a fire and left the room before I lost control of my wolf. Ever since the run my wolf has been trying to push me to mark Ella. He wants her for a mate just as much as I do