HUNT"If you want to be a leader, you can't make stupid decisions and mistakes. Love isn't what makes you a stronger Alpha for the pack, nor does mercy. Toughen up or get out of my pack," my father said, walking around my room.I remembered him killing one of the rogues earlier. The image haunted my mind as he drove his dagger into the rogue's neck and dark blood split from the open wound.Blinking back the tears, I tried to ignore the rogue's face. She was beautiful. Dark hair, blue eyes and pale skin. She was so scared because she knew she was going to die. The desperate look in her eyes as she stared at me the same moment my father killed her.Jolting up from sleep, I found myself reeling from the nightmare I'd had a thousand times before. Except for this time, it seemed much worse.Moving my legs over the edge of my bed, I sat up straighter and grabbed my jeans, before pulling them on.The dream bothered me a lot over the years because my own mother was a r
DELLA"In the past, our kind would wait till the full moon was near to proceed with the Mating Ceremony," Lilith told me as she massaged my back with lavender oil. "But now things have changed and the younger generation of werewolves have come closer to understanding what it means to love and feel closer to their companion.""Do you think he loves me?" I asked Lilith. It was a question that plagued me ever since Faye told me about Hailey.I knew no one in the pack was named Hailey, but I still wanted to know if there was another wolf that Hunt had feelings for in the past. Even if he did, how was that possible and what did it mean for Hunt and me and our own connection?For the first time in my life, my heart was beating for someone else that I felt was my other half. The piece that I had been missing. And now that I had him, I didn't want to doubt anything or have any doubts lingering in my mind."That is only a question he can answer, but from what I've se
DELLAI had another nightmare, so when I woke up, the first thing I did was have a hot bath and braid my hair down my back. Lilith was already making breakfast when I knocked on her door."Come in!"I pulled the handle and went into her cabin, the smell of bacon and eggs filled my nostrils, followed by the heavy around of coffee."Good morning," she said when she saw me."Good morning.""Want some breakfast? I have grits on the go too."A warm smile touched her eyes every time she looked in my direction so I smiled back. "Yes, please."In a way, Lilith reminded me of my mother. She didn't resemble my mother at all, but perhaps it was her motherly touch. There was a kindness within Lilith and I was very glad to have her around.The door opened and Faye walked in. "Hi!"I noticed the way she avoided looking at me and I knew she was still feeling bad about talking about Hunt."You know I'm not mad at you, right?" I asked her, as she sat
DELLA"Well, what do you think?" Faye asked as she stepped away from in front of the mirror.She was finally done with the dress and it was a beautiful mess of crimson red and white tulle and tiny pearls that made me look fantastic. Every time I moved, the dress showed a bit of my skin.Faye bit her nails and I was about to tell her how amazing the dress was when the door burst open and Lilith came in."He's here and it's time for the ceremony to begin," she told us."This is really happening," I told Faye."It is!" she squealed."Remember you will accept his vows after he anoints you with the blood of the sacrifice of the animal he has brought back," Lilith said as she handed me a basket covered with a red cloth.Swallowing hard, I take the basket from her. "I'm scared of doing the wrong thing or saying the wrong thing. What if he turns me away?"Lilith shakes her head and smiles. "You're thinking too much. Just do whatever feels right
DELLAI was standing on the deck and smiling as I studied the delicate, thin gold band around my finger.Hunt and I had exchanged rings right after we came back from the woods. Of course, I had no ring to give him, so Lilith gifted me her husband's ring, which she assured me was just collecting dust in her cabin.I still couldn't believe it. Hunt and I married. I felt closer to him now more than ever. He was so loving to me that I almost couldn't believe my fate. How was I so lucky? Everybody had turned me away in the past, but here I was married to my mate."You must be feeling on top of the world."I turned around to see Sierra walking towards me, with her arms folded across her chest."I do," I said.She smirked. "You know it won't last right?""That's your wishful thinking, but I'm sorry to disappoint you, Sierra, Hunt and are going to be together for a very long time, if not forever.""Right," Sierra said. "Or maybe you'll just end up be
HUNTI traced the smooth curves of her naked back as I lie next to Della on the bearskin. She was so beautiful. And I so unworthy of her. I loved how strong she was even though she was so fragile inside.Everything was done so fast, that I had no time to think, but when it came to her, I already knew I would risk my life for her. There was nothing anyone could do now to separate Della from me. I'd have to have a talk with Sierra and her bullying tactics against Della. I wouldn't stand for it. She needed to respect her and not only because Della was the Luna of the pack, but also because she was my wife and I wouldn't allow anyone to make her feel like she was undeserving of being by my side.Kissing the nape of her neck, I slowly woke up and covered her with the grey comforter, before going over to the fireplace and adding more logs of wood to the hearth.It was still early and I was planning on going up with Kyler, one of my best hunters up into the mountains t
HUNT"I hate hunting like this," Kyler said as we loaded the hunting rifles into the back of the jeep before we headed back into town for a drink at the local pub called Dixies.It was getting dark fast, the sky was a hazy blue with the thunder rumbling in the sky. A storm was coming. We'd just have one or two drinks before heading back up into the mountains."Me too," I agreed. "But for now, we'll just have to endure it."Rubbing my hands together we stepped inside the toasty pub filled with people. Alcohol was flowing to no end. It instantly transported me back to the past when I used to party a lot and sneak into town to go to the cinema and pub after. It was one of my fondest memories with Hailey. But I needed to forget those memories. I promised Della that I loved her and only her and that I would be better for her. I knew what I was doing when I married her.I'd been through a lot in my past. Della was my chance to turn a new chapter in my book and sta
DELLA"I'm so sorry for causing trouble," Aurelia was saying as we prepared a lunch of fresh bread and cold cuts of meat from the Deer that Lilith had salted and kept cold in her makeshift snow freezer because she said the snow kept it fresher and tastier.Lilith, Faye and Aurelia and I were having lunch on the deck. I hadn't seen or spoken to Hunt this morning. And it wasn't him keeping the distance. I preferred to keep him at arm's length. What troubled me the most, however, was, how was I going to talk to him again or at least find it in me when he had told me I wasn't like them? He told me the same thing my old pack had told me, when a few days ago, he was promising me the world, saying that the way I was didn't bother him.But it did bother him and the fact that he lied made me feel like this whole situation was a complete joke to him, to me and to everything we vowed to the night we married. I gave him all of me. I gave him my virtue. And all it took was one s