“You used to be able to tell me anything. What’s changed?” Ezra questions as he watches him throw the towel onto the ground.
“We grew up Ez.” Nero walks out of the room leaving Ezra standing in his room. He had to leave or he would have either punched Ezra as his anger grew told him about Vida and why he out of a sudden can’t be his best friend anymore.
Nero thought after a few days away he would just be able to get over this but he can feel the rage taking over, the thought of his friend touching his Mate is just too much for him. He grabs an axe, then walks out of the village into the woods. He chops down one tree after another. Only stopping as he notices he isn’t alone anymore. He could hear her steps from a mile away as she carried a bucket full of water.
“I thought maybe you need some water to cool you down.” Vida says softly as she watches him take his sweat drenched shirt of. A small gas
Vida uses the water from the bucket to clean herself before putting her clothes back on, when Nero grabs her. Kissing her. He would do it all again in a heartbeat. He loved her with all his heart, from the moment he met her all those years ago, his life was always about her. He couldn’t mark her but it didn’t stop her from putting a mark on him. Not the usual spot on the neck that are visible to everyone but she gotten on her knees placing a mark just near his groin. Nero groaned, from pain to lust as she bites him. He now belonged to her and anyone who would dare going near him would see right away that he had been claimed.He pushes her against the Tree, kissing down her neck when she was waiting for him to return the favour but he stops. Hesitating. Unsure. He knows if he puts a mark on her, it will change everything.He breathes in deeply, savouring the moment.Just then he hears Gordon shout hi
“I couldn’t sleep, that’s all.” Nero answers as he turns around at the door walking back towards his bed. Gordon follows him inside. Exhausted he throws himself back on the bed. “Smells awful in here, open the bloody window. It smells like you had s!x all night.” Gordon pulls up his nose as he opens the window himself.“What do you want? I just want to sleep.” Nero complains pulling a pillow over his head.“We are leaving for a few days. We have gotten a tip off, that some Rogues are planning an attack on Alpha Raymond’s Pack, He has asked for our help. We are leaving in a few hours.” Gordon pulls Nero’s pillow off his head. “Did you hear?” He asks as Nero starts to groan in disgust over the light coming in through the window.“Yes, Gordon. I heard you.” Nero huffs as Gordon walks out of the Room.He had the biggest respect for Gordon. He was the
Soon as they walked in, the group was already stood waiting for Nero. They wave them over and Nero goes go shift back to his human form behind the house throwing on a pair of trousers and a shirt. Re-joining the Group, he watches Ezra talk to Vida and he has to try his best not to growl at him. He doesn’t want anyone near her. Feeling the anger grow he looks away grabbing his bag. He takes out his talisman hanging it back around his neck.Vida looks over to Nero as she talks to Ezra, tears threatening to fall.“I will miss you more than you will ever know.” She mind links Nero and it’s the first time she has used her mate bond to mind link him. He smiles at her lightly but still wary of his surroundings and everyone around him. Gordon and Samuel are leading the group full of chatter as finally Ezra says his goodbyes to Vida.Walking out of the Village Nero turns one last time, he can feel his heart sink. She is stood there, watching
Clear as a day Nero could remember his Mothers face. Just the day before it all began, he had for the first time been able to feel the baby kick in her Tummy. His father, Aldric, a strong and strict but very proud Alpha who loved him. Sometimes they would visit him in his dream. His Baby sister who he never got to meet was there too. The love he still had for his Family was as strong as ever. “Yes, Alpha. I am the Son of Aldric of the Green Forest Pack. I still remember everything about them and will never forget.” Nero is looking down in his hands. To this day he wonders if he could have done anything to prevent what had happened to his family. He is convinced if it had been a few years later, it would have ended in a different way but at five years old there wasn’t much he could have done besides facing the same fate as his family. The alpha starts to cough and now that Nero looks up at him, he notices he had turned rather white and pale. “Al
“You deserve to be with Vida, even if it means my Pack might not survive. Who am I, to refuse my own Daughter her Mate?“ The Alpha now looks straight at Nero.“Alpha…” Nero tries to weigh in but the Alpha cuts him off.“It is not all. I need speak to you about something that happened just after my Wife passed away…” The Alpha’s voice now heavy with a burden.“I told you how I had lost my Wife when Vida was young. She was trying to bear me another Child, a Son so we had hoped… They Both died that day, the boy never got to take a breath. I held them in my arms for hours. Everything was breaking apart around me, my whole world came crashing down. One moment you’re the luckiest man alive and in the next you got nothing left but a small child depending on you. I went to the Black market hoping to find a potion or some kind of spell to bring t
He searches everywhere in the Village, but nothing. An ice-cold feeling running down his spine… a shiver of dread. Trying his best to connect to her with his mate bond but He is unable to reach her, going out of his mind with worry. All the way here he only had one thing on his mind and it was her. He couldn’t imagine a life without her by his side, how is he meant to find her? Then it dawns on him - the waterfall, maybe she would seek shelter there. Now running down the road he doesn’t spend any attention to his surroundings. He is vulnerable out here, all alone. Right now, nothing really matters to him but Vida. Trees are going past in a blur as he is running towards the waterfall. Again, trying to track her scent, but nothing. He can still feel her connection, He knows she is still alive. She must be somewhere. Pacing up and down near the waterfall he tries to concentrate on the bond he feels to her. When his ears start to twitch, something is not
Just then Silvia Mind links him…“Nero, did you find her? Are you okay? You really need to come Home.”Within moments of each other, Gordon as well as Ezra mind link him asking him to return home fast. This is very unusual. Normally no one asks him to come back like this, when he was out… he was out. Not once in the time he had gone away anyone had asked him to return.“I will carry you back, let me shift and you can hold on to me, then we are faster and I don’t need to run around naked through the woods.” He suggests with a small smile.“Something is happening, isn’t it? I can feel your heart beating faster.” Vida leans into him touching his chest.“It’s nothing, I am sure. Once everyone has settled down, I will be speaking to the Alpha and Ezra about us so we won’t have to hide any longer.” He p
The guilt is weighing him down and He is unsure what to do for the best. He can’t just walk up to his friend who has just lost his Father and take the Girl away he is supposed to be marrying.When He returned, the little Village was quiet and he managed to get to the Alpha house without going past too many people, the ones he did see where not important enough for him to actually stop on his way.Walking into his Room, Silvia had already sorted him the clothes for the Funeral later that day. All he now had to do was to go in a shower and look presentable. Every time he touched Vida’s marks, it was reminding him of the burden he carried on his shoulders and how uncomfortable he felt in his own four walls as it reminded him of Vida and the time they had spend together.Hearing the Bells ring, it took all his strength to walk out there facing everyone, the questioning looks he will receive for being ab