It’s dark when I step outside, but I make sure not to make a sound.My face is still swollen, and I feel scared of even breathing. However, as I step outside the mansion, no one stirs.Heart pounding, I wrap the shawl around me, tighter, and slip into the direction of the town. I may be eighteen, but my wolf has not yet emerged.I know where the Alpha’s office is and despite how tired I am after the two-hour journey into the town, my heart lightens with hope when I see the light in his office is still on. Heart in my mouth, I scurry over and knock on the door.When no one responds, I knock harder, my hands shaking with fear, as I keep looking over my shoulder, expecting someone to follow me.It’s then that the door suddenly opens, and a tall man is standing in the doorway. For a moment, I squint as the light from the door nearly blinds me and then my vision clears. He’s a tall man, clean shaven and handsome with golden eyes, which are usually the mark of an Alpha. He’s quite
The strange gleam in his eyes strikes a fear in me that makes my blood go cold but when I blink, he’s giving me a concerned look, that terrifying look gone.Did I just imagine the whole thing?Jason studies me and his voice is calmer, “Leaving isn’t an option, Danielle.”“The mating mark-”He sighs, “You need to give Cameron some time-”“He hasn’t even touched me,” Tears blur my vision. “Two women I was supposed to meet today, they tore my clothes to see the mating mark and they insulted me because it wasn’t there!”Jason’s face stiffens, “What?”That terrible anger is once again in his voice, “Who? Who did that?”I wet my lips, stammering out their names, “Lisa and Dolores. Vivian arranged for me to meet them. I walked all the way into town-”“You walked?!” Jason looks furious now. “Vivian made you walk into town instead of giving you a car?”I don’t think Vivian is entirely at fault there. “She didn’t know-”“She is still responsible for you!” Jason’s voice is cold. “Of
I hear footsteps moments later and I’m scrambling back on the bed when the door is flung open and Cameron barges in, his face white, “What is-”He freezes in his tracks on seeing the dead animals littering my bed and the floor, their blood staining my sheets.I don’t know what I expected from him but his reaction that follows is not it. He turns on me, furious, “What the hell is this?”“W-What?” I stammer through my terror. “I didn’t - These were here when I woke up!”However, he just gives me a disbelieving look before taking a step back and tears spring to my eyes, “How can you hate me this much when you don’t even know me?”His face stiffens at my words, and I continue, half out of my mind with fear and grief, “I didn’t want this! I didn’t want to leave my family and my dad and my mom to come live with someone who thinks I am such a despicable person! I wanted more from my mating! You and Ness and your parents treat me as if I forced myself on all of you! I hate you! I hate a
My breathing is ragged as Cameron gently unveils the truth to me, “What? My dad - My dad knew?”Cameron gives me an uncertain look, “I thought you knew. Jason insisted I take you as my mate and that’s why my family was so furious. I couldn’t take another mate after Maria. I was told not to touch you unless I gave you the mating mark as well. The way Jason spoke about things, he implied that you were aware of your circumstances and were eager to come here.”“Jason said that?” My head is reeling at the wound of my own father’s betrayal. “Your family - did they -?”“I told them today,” he says, heavily. “So, my life is just a game to all of you?” I feel my body growing heavy. “You, Ness, Vivian, Michael, Jason, my father, all of you think I’m some piece of meat to be tossed around?”“T-That’s not true,” Cameron protests.My heart aches and I hold out my hand, “Give me a phone. I want to talk to my dad.”“You’re not allowed contact-”“I am a living breathing being!” I scream at hi
By the time I get back to the mansion, Vivian, Michael, and Cameron are waiting for me. A bad feeling forms in my gut when I see Ness standing to the side, looking very pleased.Both Vivian and Michael are wearing cold expressions on their faces whilst Cameron looks guilty.I don’t know what to expect at this moment and when the door shuts behind me, I jump and look over my shoulder only to find my blood growing cold.Jason had been standing behind the door.I immediately step back in fear, but he just smiles at me, “Hello again, Danielle.”His words sound all the more sinister now and my heart is pounding as he approaches me. But there is no where I can go.“It seems Cameron spilled the beans already,” Jason sounds disappointed. “I’m very disappointed in him.”Cameron turns white as a sheet but doesn’t say anything. “You did this,” I finally muster up the courage to say. “You ruined my life on purpose.”Jason’s hand comes to stroke my cheek, “But, sweetheart, I am giving you
As a child, I used to go on long trips with my father. It would always be me and my dad.Till wolves attain the ability to transform, they aren’t very strong, and their senses aren’t very heightened. It’s a gradual increase. Mine have begun ever since my eighteenth birthdays. So, I know my time is close. However, my father had wanted all of us to be able to survive in the wild which is why he had constantly taught us basic survival skills. That’s the only reason that I manage to see my had on my shoulders as I trudge through the forest, my sharp eyes following the map.However, after half an hour, I realise that Jason will be able to follow my scent. And if that happens, all my plans to escape will be fruitless. I look around in the dark and find a small skunk staring at me, almost balefully as if I’m intruding on its territory.Knowing what I’m about to do, I wince but reach out and grab the skunk, curling it into a ball so it can’t release its odour on me. I run back down the
His words pierce through the curtain of haze within my mind, and I jerk back from his touch, “W-What?”He blinks and I see his eyes clear up, but he studies me. His hand lowers from my face, “What’s your name?”I want to step away from him, but something stops me, my chest seizing, “I - Are you real?”This time his lips twitch, “I don’t know how to prove that.”The flash of sudden humour makes me blink and suddenly this man in front of me seems more real. My current situation hits me like a ton of bricks, and I immediately scramble back, “Who - Who are you?!”The man seems a little taken aback at the amount of fear in my voice, “I’m Adam.”“I-” I stare at him, the cloudiness fading from my mind. “You’re with Jason, aren’t you? That’s why- I’m not going back!”I turn around and am about to run when he grabs me by the upper arm, “Wait! Just wait- How do you know Jason?”His words stun me and a seed of doubt sprouts in my head. I falter, “Y-You’re not with Jason?”There is a shar
However, despite the sudden shock at his words, I don’t have time to process them.Whoever is chasing us has clearly caught our scent and is on our heels. Or that’s what it feels like.“Crap,” Adam hisses glancing over his shoulder. “I’m not fast enough. Not in this form.”My heart is beating loudly, and I tense up when my skin suddenly ripples.“Adam,” I whimper. “It hurts!”His voice is gentle even as he’s running, “I know. Just bear it for a while.However, a few minutes later, he stops and carefully lowers me to the ground, “Change of plan. Get on my back.”I stare at him as if he’s suddenly grown a second head, “I was just on there. Have you gone-?”I don't even get time to finish my question before he is transforming in a shimmer of light into his animal form. There is something comforting about the massive black wolf looking at me. Without thinking too much, I left my mud caked hand and run it through his fur. He doesn’t seem to be bothered and in a sudden fit of mischie