I stood in my room, willing my legs to move but they refused, despite all of my efforts. What if Alpha Callan was my mate? Did I want him to be my mate? Or worse, what if he was not? I had no idea who had come upon me in the woods when the rogue attacked me. My palms were sweaty, and my thoughts were racing.
‘Raina, we need to go find him,’ Lela urged me.
I looked down at my hands, shuffling from foot to foot. ‘I want to, but I am scared.’
‘I know, but we won’t know anything if we don’t go to him.’ I appreciated Lela’s drive and used her feelings to will my feet to move.
I left out of the room and closed the door, leaning against the door as I closed it. I put my head back against the door, trying to compose myself. All of my effort to try to control my emotions were gone in this moment and I found myself trembling. I worked through all that I could remember when the mysterious wolf came upon me in the
We made our way out of the cells and back toward the open grounds of the training field. I was surprised at the amount of commotion around the field. Tables were being set up, lights were being strung, and a bonfire was being prepped. I could hear Katy and Lizzie in the distance, busily moving around, giving orders, and setting things up. I was in awe of everything that is going on and the buzz in the air was almost electric. It has only been 20 minutes since Lizzie mind-linked me and the activity was already kicked up in high gear.Callan laughed at the sight. “Raina, I need to go meet with Beta Jack and Beta Davis. I suggest if there is something that you would like to see during this celebration, you go let those two know soon, or you won’t have any say.” Callan pulled me closely, his hands firmly on my hips. I looked up at him and smiled, enjoying the closeness of his body. Sudden thoughts of all the things that he will do to me run through my mind
RAINA’S POVI sat in awe as Lizzie and Anne twittered around me, curling my hair and applying makeup. I had never felt so pampered. I laughed as Anne fluffed my hair after combing it out.Lizzie had picked out so many dress options. She had raided the closets of several other she-wolves in an effort to give me as many options as possible. The one thing I had left of my mom’s was a pair of dangly pearl earrings and a pearl and gold bracelet. I pulled them out as I looked at each of the dress options. Looking through the dresses, I found the perfect dress. It was a vintage purple and rose-colored dress. It was a flowy, sleeveless dress with a high neck and a blush sash around the middle, separating the purple bottom from the rose top.“This is the dress!” I yelled as I picked it up, pulling it to my chest and spinning around. Totally cliché, I know, but I knew as soon as I saw the dress that it was the one.I sat b
Throughout the night, it seemed as if nearly every pack member had approached me to introduce themselves. It was overwhelming and exhausting, but I was happy. The bonfire had long ago been started and most wolves were enjoying themselves, eating, drinking, and dancing.“It is tradition for the Luna and the Alpha to dance the last dance. It signifies the end of the public mating ceremony and is a send off to the private mating ceremony.” Lust filled his eyes. Callan leaned in close again. “And I can’t wait to get you back to our room and have you screaming my name all night long.” I shivered as he spoke.‘Damn,’ Lela whispered. ‘And you should hear the things that his wolf is saying to me. It would make you blush.’I couldn’t help but laugh at Lela. Callan looked at me with a questioning look in his eyes.“Lela is telling me all the things that Rollo is saying you are going to do to me
CALLAN’S POVI have never slept so good in my entire life. Waking up, Raina was still curled up next to me, her head still on my chest. It was still early in the morning, but I could not help but be amazed by the woman lying next to me. I sighed and inhaled her scent; I would never tire of Raina. I still could not believe that the moon goddess blessed me with Raina as a mate. I thanked the moon goddess that she had also blessed me with above average fighting skills, even for an Alpha, because I knew that I was going to have to protect my mate. And I would die doing it. Not only was she my mate, but she was a red wolf, and I was well aware of her importance to all wolves. I sighed with contentness, knowing that my life and Raina’s were now one, each of us whole when only a few days ago we were still missing a piece of ourselves.I moved Raina’s hair off of her shoulder, looking over my mark on her shoulder. Similar to mine, it was deep blue and r
“Are you sure? The pack will fight either way. Do you think that it is necessary for them to know you are a red wolf?” Callan asked, worry seeping from his voice.“If they are going to fight for me, then they need to know that they are fighting for me. Plus, I am tired of hiding. After this, too many people will know I am a red wolf. I don’t want to stay hidden or running for the rest of my life.” I approached Callan as I spoke. I knew that he was worried but we were already fighting a great risk. I didn’t want the pack fighting for a hidden cause. I touched my hand to Callan’s arm, attempting to ease some of his worry.“I know…I just want to keep you safe.” Callan said and I could tell that all of this is weighing heavy on him.I pulled him in for a hug, embracing him tightly. “I can’t say that this is where I expected to be in my life right now. I am halfway to where I want to be. I
ALPHA CALLAN’S POVI gathered all of the top warriors in my office to plan for the attack tomorrow. Damien had provided us with valuable information about Xavier’s plan, but I knew that, as a rogue, he could be unpredictable at best and that the plan could change. I wanted to be certain that we were ready for that.“Do you have any idea of what Xavier’s plan might be?” I said, turning to Damien.“He will send another scouting party out to check the southeast border. As long as he doesn’t see a patrol, he will stick to that side. He knows that you have a strong border patrol and would prefer to stick to where the patrol is the weakest.” Damien spoke confidently. While I was not completely trusting of him, I knew that the only reason Raina was safe was because of him, and that gained a certain level of trust from me.“We should probably pull back patrols in that area.” Alpha Michael spoke, standing
I laid on Callan’s chest for hours, neither of us moving. I knew that neither of us were asleep, but neither of us spoke. Lela paced in my head and I knew that she was filled with worry about the pending battle.‘Have you talked to Rollo?” I finally asked her, hoping that it would provide some level of information that would ease my anxiety. And fear. There was a lot of fear there. And all my training at controlling my emotions was slowly slipping out the window and I feared that I would have a panic attack.‘Rollo is confident, but I know that he is concerned. Rogues are unpredictable. And Xavier has that witch working with him, so we don’t know what is going to happen.’ Lela sighed but thankfully stopped pacing.I looked over at the clock and saw that it was 1:30 AM. Just an hour and half before Callan was meeting with the warriors to finalize all the plans. Sunrise was at 5:45 AM this morning, and Damien was confident
Callan placed his hand on my lower back as we walked toward his office. As we entered, I am struck by the steel covering on the windows. I didn’t notice the steel shutters when I was previously in his office, but they came down from the wall. And cover the entire window. I could only imagine how tightly they are secured in the wall.With the exception of Elder Rosemarie, all of us in the office are newly mated, and our mates had escorted us to the office. I could literally feel the tension in the air in this room. While Elder Rosemarie spoke with Damien, the rest of us are standing with our mates.Callan held my hand as he spoke to the room. “Damien is going to be in this room with you at all times. There are guards stationed around the house, including another guard outside this door. Raina, I have instructed the guards around the house to communicate directly to you if the rogues get too close to the house. Lizzie, I know you are a strong warrior, but you