RAINA’S POV
I woke up early and decided to go for a walk around town. After seeing all that the town has to offer during the bonfire, I wanted to explore a bit more. I didn’t expect anything to be open – it was only 6:00, and I knew it would be quiet.
The streets were pretty much empty as I walked along around the various shops and storefronts. I berated myself again for not coming to see this area sooner. I had considered getting a parttime job and this area would be perfect for that.
I noticed a coffee shop open and decided to go in and get some coffee. The shop was quaint. As I entered, I noticed there were a few tables on the inside as well as a few on the walk outside the shop. The décor on the inside had a farmhouse feel.
I approached the counter to order and noticed that Joy was working.
“Raina! What are you doing up so early?” Joy asked, appearing to be much too bubbly for it being this early in the morning.
“I guess I am
I stopped, halfway off my chair, and stared at him.“It was him!” Lela was practically yelling in my head. A feeling of anxiety and tension ran through me and I sat back down in the chair.“I take it that was you who was out by the creek with us last night?” I asked, still maintaining the eye contact. I felt my breathing increase slightly, unsure of if I was about to get in trouble for being out in the forest. Some packs have rules about this.“Yes, it was. Your wolf is beautiful. I have never seen a red wolf before and Rollo and I were so fascinated by her. We just had to see.” Alpha Callan seems almost surprised by what he said, making him briefly break eye contact.I could feel my cheeks flush as he spoke. My heart rate climbed. I have never had anyone compliment Lela before. “Thank you. Unfortunately, Lela isn’t able to get out as much as either of us would like. My mother always told me that a red
RAINA POVI spent the next several days cramming for and taking finals. After submitting all my make up projects for the first semester on Monday, the rest of the week was spent studying way too late and taking finals. I was almost done and looked forward to putting this chapter of my life behind me.I sat in my last class, finishing up my last final. Why did I have to take calculus? I didn’t need it. I didn’t even want it. But my dad had convinced me to take it. Even though I could have taken another, much easier, math class, I couldn’t. My dad had faith in me, and I couldn’t let him down.I glanced over my answers one last time and double checked the math on a few of the problems.‘I don’t think it can get any better than this,’ I said to Lela.‘You know very well I can’t help you with any of that,’ Lela replied, clearly rolling her eyes in response to my statement.
Nathan pulled me against his chest. I fell asleep, lying in Nathan’s arms. I had wanted to return the favor, but Nathan could sense my exhaustion and pulled me against his chest without any complaints. I felt comfortable like this and easily fell asleep in my pleasure-filled state. Sleep came easily.It seemed as if I began dreaming as soon as my eyes closed. I wish it was a dream, but it was more like a nightmare.I walked along the forest line behind the packhouse of my old pack. The weather was cold and rainy. As I moved forward, I could hear the howls of wolves coming toward me through the forest. And then the scent hit me – rogues. I turned towards the packhouse and attempted to run but I couldn’t move. I tried to bring Lela forward but I couldn’t find her. I began to panic and yell but no words left my mouth. The rogues ran past me, not stopping at me. It is almost as if they could not see me. The field by the packhouse eru
I spent the rest of the day trying to forget about what happened the day before, both the nightmare and what happened with Nathan. I would be lying to say that I didn’t enjoy what happened with Nathan. My body had responded to his touch in ways that it had never responded to anyone. Though I had sexual encounters before, I never had one that was so intense and involved so much lust and desire. The vigor of my arousal so quickly had surprised me, and I was not prepared to handle that much emotion and physical response. Something was different about the interaction with Nathan. I wasn’t sure if it was because it had been so long since someone else had touched me with so much desire or if something within me had changed.Thankfully, Lela and I agreed that we needed to be more careful with Nathan. Nathan was not set on waiting for or even finding his mate. Since his parents were not mates, and his dad purposefully avoided finding his mate, Nathan had a different
I exited the restroom and headed back out to the dance floor. Alpha Michael was standing along the wall, talking to a few others, those who I assumed were part of his pack. I made eye contact with him and he broke away from the group he was talking to and made his way towards me. A group of three girls stood about 15 feet away. Judging by the look on the one girl’s face, I assumed that was the girl Stephanie who had been talking shit about me in the restroom.‘This is going to be fun.’ Lela said, laughing as she saw Stephanie’s facial expression turn to anger as Alpha Michael started walking to me. I chuckled to myself as I saw how jealous she was. I could only imagine how long she had been trying to get the Alpha to put his hands on her, and here I was doing so without even trying.“Well, hello there, beautiful. I am glad that you came back to dance with me some more.” He wrapped his hand around my waist and pulled me cl
ALPHA CALLAN’s POVAs soon as Raina contacted me, I started heading toward Club 11. I brought Rollo forward and shifted in midstride. I knew that there had been rogues spotted in the area, but until Raina’s report from the club, we had no idea that they were actually in our territory.My worst fears were confirmed when Raina said that the rogues were looking for a red wolf. While there was no way for the rogues to know that Raina was the red wolf, it would not surprise me if they tried to capture all wolves with red hair until they found the red wolf. I alerted the patrol on that side of the territory. Unfortunately, they were farther away from the club than was ideal, and it would take them several minutes to arrive.“Lizzie, where are you?” I mind-linked Lizzie, hoping that she was out of the club already.“I am outside of Club 11.” Lizzie’s voice shook with fear. I could only assume that she had either al
Multiple voices could be heard on the other side of the door. I could hear Alpha Callan, Alpha Michael, Beta Jack, and a few others.‘Why the hell are they arguing? And is it about me?’ I got an uneasy feeling as I spoke to Lela.‘I don’t know, but I think we need to get in there.’ Lela urged me forward.ShitRealizing that I didn’t have much of a choice, I raised my hand and knocked on the door.“Come in.” Alpha Callan spoke.I hesitated for a moment, wanting to take just a moment to calm my nerves. I knew that if I waited any longer to enter, someone was going to come open the door. Using Lela as motivation, I slowly opened the door and took a step inside, closing the door behind me. All eyes moved to me.“Raina. I didn’t know that you were awake. How are you?” Alpha Callan asked as he stood, his tone much softer than the tone I had heard from the other side
The Alphas and Betas continued to talk, speculating as to why someone would want me and how they would want to use my abilities. I tuned them out. A plethora of emotions rushed through me. On the surface, I felt guilty for what I had done to Alpha Michael. All of his response to me was an elicited response. While he could very well have some sort of attraction to me, it was highly likely that even his initial approach to me was elicited by the emotional and sexual appeal of my red wolf.That led to confusion, as I questioned my relationship with Nathan. The initial interactions with him were amazing and felt as if a real connection was made. But that day in the forest clearing was definitely different. I knew that when I kissed him that day, I had a hard time controlling my desire, and it made me wonder if I had influenced him to act in a certain way. I liked Nathan, but if I was going to have any more interactions with him, I would need to be certain to not influence him in