I could tell Eleanor was nervous. She barely spoke after we agreed to tell my father. She’s afraid that he won’t believe us and accuse her of being crazy. The last thing we need is for the pack to think their Luna is crazy. She decided not to join me in case my father decided not to believe us.“Thank you for joining us, father. Ellie and I have some important matters to discuss with you that do not leave this room. I need you to promise that what is said in here today will not be repeated.”“Atlas, you don’t need to lecture me about keeping things quiet. I am an alpha.”“The rogue attack that happened a while back was because of Eleanor. Someone is trying to find her. She can see the past and future. She doesn’t have control over what and when she gets these visions, but her last vision told us that her parents are her kidnappers. They not only kidnapped her, but they kidnapped Henry and Finn as well. Can you verify when they came to the pack?”My father sat there thinking and couldn’
I’ve been worried and stressed out since my last vision. Even though I suggested to Atlas that we should talk to my mother, I put it off. I can’t bring myself to talk to her yet. I’m waiting for my brothers to show up so I can talk to them. Atlas and I thought it would be best for me to talk to them alone and if anything comes of it, I send them to talk to him.“We thought you would be too busy to see us,” Henry teased.“I’m never too busy to see you guys, besides I need to talk to the two of you and it’s important.”“We picked that up from the text you sent us this morning. Is everything ok? is Atlas treating you well?” Finn was rapidly firing questions at me, and it was hard to keep.“Atlas is treating me more than well. Everything is going great, but I need to talk to you about our parents and, if anything strange has happened with you all.”“What do you mean?”I took a deep breath before I started talking again. “What I’m about to say cannot be told to anyone else, especially our p
I spent years watching family and friends go through this. Some were lucky and found a mate for the first time. Others went through these multiple times. This year, it’s my turn. It’s my first year going through the mating season and the festivities. We expect every male and female eighteen through thirty to take part. If you are over thirty, you can take part, but it’s not expected of you. Most people usually stop going once they hit thirty, but many find a mate before then.Unfortunately, I turned eighteen last month, just in time mating season, and my mother is beyond excited. I’m the only girl and the youngest out of five. My two oldest brothers are mated and living with their families, so it’s just me, Henry, and Finn. Henry and Finn are twins and they hate mating season. This is their third time and they always waste this time turning away girls.“Are you almost done, Ellie?” My mother yelled from the bottom of the stairs.“Yes, I just need help with the zipper.”It sounded like
I came home last night to surprise my parents. They didn’t know I was graduating early and my mother was mad when she found out she missed the ceremony, but to be honest, I’m glad I didn’t have anyone there. I’m not one for big events or accolades, so graduating without people there to cheer me on was nice. I get enough of that here and I wanted just a few more days without the people and large celebrations.I forgot it was the beginning of the Mating Season until my mother happily reminded me. She has been waiting for me to find a mate for years, but I’ve refused to settle down until I was done with training, so I skipped the season until now.I could have skipped the dance tonight because no one knew I was home, but I would humor my mother and go. Her face lit up when I told her I was going. What I didn’t expect was to see little Eleanor all grown up. I forgot that she would have been about eighteen now.I grew up with her brother Henry and Finn, but Eleanor kept to herself. She was
I thought Atlas was going to say something or even lean in to kiss me. He was staring at me and it made butterflies fly around in my stomach, but the scream pulled us out of our little world and had Atlas jumping up.“Rogues slipped through border patrol and attacked.” A warrior stated as he ran past Atlas.“I need you and the others to get home. Can you tell people to go home?” Atlas asked.“I can. Do you need me to do anything else?”“Stay safe. I’ll see you later.Atlas shifted into his wolf as he ran towards the edge of town. I want to watch him, but I have to make sure people know to go home. I started going up to people and telling them to go home, and to be sure I offered the pack house if their home was on the edge of the land and they didn’t feel safe going back.“What are you doing, Ellie?” Bennet asked.“Making sure people get home until they deal with the rogues that made it past the border.”“You need to go home. That’s not your job.”“They asked me to do it and will foll
“Do you know why they attacked?” I asked my father.“The one we took as a prisoner said they were there to retrieve the chosen girl, who he refused to name. He also said more would come after her. That once her true powers show, we will know why she is wanted.”“Are you sure he is in his right mind?”“There is an old folklore among our ancestors that states a female wolf with great power will rule over all, uniting all packs under one rule, saving our kind. Its folk lore and hasn’t been proven to be true and if someone has magical powers in my pack, I would know.”“What if she hasn’t developed them yet, or is something so small that she doesn’t realize it’s part of the powers she posses?”“That is a possibility, but I doubt she would be in our pack. We have no outsiders. I’ve known everyone here for years, most of them I’ve known their whole life.”“When power is involved, it usually grows, so you might not be aware of the person,” I added.My father nodded his head. “We’ll have to be
I was just kissed twice in less than twenty minutes. I had my first kiss and one of the best kisses I’ll probably ever have. The kiss with Ben was nothing compared to Atlas. My whole body lit up when Atlas touched me.“Ellie, is everything ok?” my mother asked as she appeared in my doorway.“Everything is fine.”“I heard Atlas yell at Ben.”I let out a sigh. “He felt a little threatened by Ben. He wants to take me out and Ben asked me to be his mate, or at least think about being his mate.”My mother gave me a smile. “I always knew Bennet liked you. I’ve been secretly hoping you two would mate.”“I don’t think I want to mate with Ben. I feel some kind of pull to Atlas.”“That will wear off. It’s because he’s an alpha and showing you attention. Other girls probably feel that way about him, too.”I don’t know why my mother feels the need to be harsh about Atlas, but I don’t like.“Ben is a safer choice for you. He can give you a pleasant life.”“What if I don’t want Ben?”“Sometimes the
I hope they are not looking for Eleanor. I don’t want her to get caught up in this or to get hurt. I need to find out more, to see if she experienced anything strange lately. The killing of the rogue is suspicious, but it’s not impossible.I was at the training facility five minutes early because I wanted to be there when Eleanor showed up and I hope Ben wasn’t following her. I’ll have to make sure he gets extra training, so he’ll leave her alone more often.Eleanor came in when I was setting up the punch bags and, sure enough, Ben was trailing behind her. I took a deep breath to calm myself down before she approached me.“I invited Ben. We usually run together. I hope you don’t mind.”“Not at all,” I said with sarcasm, hoping she caught on. I only wanted her here. It’s why I pushed back warrior training, hoping no one shows up early.“We’ll start with simple things today in human form. There is going to be a lot of punching.”“I’m just going to head to the treadmill to run,” Ben int