ng, his body was rigid and he had grown to his fullest height. We all flew to

Alex's shoulders from the hidden laughter. James came up to me, hi

ucted and I don't believe I've eve

heeky smile and an innocent glare as I stood there, rooted to my spot. He didn'

ipped my wrist the second it touched him and p

you?" He asked m

eyes of my mate. His orbs were black and raging, h

." I sai

ragged me after him to

or and gestured

ot in and buckl

rs seat and everyone e

this side of him was reserved for pack business and I hadn't seen

es' heavy breathing being the

heavily and my heart was clenchi

that I didn't tell him we were leaving the

of the packhouse, Amber c

ared he

oice came to an abrupt s

irls looked at each other, neither of us want

request, it

ng?" Alex asked as he too got

story," I s

be good for wha

as I looked confused at

ckhouse and saw the glares

hell is

thing

nks for

up the stairs, taking a ri

slid the door open, befo

your own

had left earlier, so it was jus

y, but since we weren't marked, I cou

ng going on within him were locked away from m

stood beside each

d around and ra

f Silver Moon?" He asked us. The acc

got close to their border, it wasn't our

on his chair, massaging

and leave nothin

a deep

fault," A

and her family. It was a Knight that turned her and Carlos is the o

did

t unsaid." Amber said, her voice was giving

jerked up as we looked

I asked, unable to mas

know and we can't be running around, askin

his face softened but hi

g so, started a war with the vampires. They had been waiting for a reason to attack us for centuries and that was the reason they neede

n front of Amber. His Alpha aura was radiating and

would you stand and fight for her? Because I don'

ed into a smirk and a glin

get prepa

W

w and the Celestial pack alone

alia is your mate. You'r

er arms around James and laughed

back and lo

ly did your

head and shrugge

ber a journal but that was it, whatever informa

urnal?"

urnal from her bag a

lenched. James dragged his han

s it?"

fathers journ

along the front before

're going to need more if we're st

ped towards me. He pressed two fingers under my chin, lifting my head so that I was l

ked as he to

e more thing." I said

Raven Whitlock," I sai

and waited for

vampire in existence. She's, um, strong."

agged his hand through his hair. But then he stopped, slowly his b

wanted to cower away, to turn around and run away from him, his intimidation was pissing me off.

g have y

ow but understandably so, however, I couldn't help but be turned on by this dominant side, the one that demanded my attent

om the hoarseness in my v

without blinking his

ou have to tell

aid and placed a

d get back to me." I took the op

ithout my knowledge, you're not going anywhere." James said as he l

girls who both s

d as she and Amber scu

suck!" I

m, and when I was within reach, he grabbed my shirt and pulled me in. He held me tig

have fun pu

e

I was excited but I couldn't pretend as

al

my bed. I removed the dirty bed sheet a

hinking of a plan but ended up with nothing. My mind wasn't working, images of Amber

e too, as did I. With every waken moment away from Amber, the image of her face got blurrier.

s I looked into her eyes. I got lost

y n

t, Amber, us being toget

most beautiful vision

at her in disbelief. She rolled her ey

esn't mean it's not

The thought of any harm becoming her was

swer was quic

do the same for her. Only, t

down my face and my hand flew to my

r, I needed

for a

windows I could crawl out from, the chains

out of here was if

etending as though nothing had happened, I was

chains of

und and unloc

a merciless werewolf for whe

hey going?"

rt did a backflip. This was it

king so happy for

said, suppressing my giddin

eserve that lu

oked up to see a fairly well

d demeanor. But something shone through, he looked at

his is

ghter," he asked and

bane on my wrist was scraped into my flesh. It would take a while for the wounds to heal but it didn't bother me anymore, I had gotte

idden shame of our

nd he made no effort to hide how he felt about this ordeal. This was nothing new, many werewolve

amongst the species. Not only that but my family weren't ordinary vampires

ments didn't get to me, I was used to it. This was the way I had lived ever sinc

rn towards him and their veins starting to sho

id as he reached out his hand

the Red Moon pack and the scent I

door was open

fore stopping when I saw the c

expecting to me

to get to work," I

oo

ed at me but didn't give away any emotion or recognition. I kept my face void as we

ed each other before we walked u

hear her voice was becoming unbearable but I couldn't blow this. The fear was there too, the fear of standing by the Alphas side and

ol, we'll s

ope