Chapter Two: The Wolf
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Liams Pov:
Every step I took I could hear the leaves crack under me. “I couldn’t be a part of my pack after everything we’ve done” I thought making my way to the river’s edge where my boat was waiting for me. To be okay with taking orders from someone that wasn’t part of our pack or in fact not even a werewolf made me sick to my stomach. “Liam, WAIT!” I turn around to see one of my betas from my squad running up behind me. His brown hair a rough mess, soft green eyes and only fourteen years old becoming one of my best betas I have ever took under my care, out doing ever mission and assignments I ever gave him. “Stop following me Noah.” I called out in a forceful voice. I wasn’t going to give him an opportunity to change my mind. The desperation to reach me was written all over his face. He trips tumbling to the ground laying there unmoving. I should just leave. Let him wallow in sadness. I felt my heart hurt at the thought. fighting the urge to help him I finally gave in to my soft side. Something I don’t let happen very often. I let out big sigh as I made my way to him bending over and firmly grabbing ahold of the back of his neck picking him up and setting him back on his feet. “Please don’t leave me.” Noah looking up at me, his eyes glossed and cheeks puffy from crying. “You’ll be okay without me. You all will” I turned making my way back to the water. “It should have been you!” Noah shouted fists tight to his sides. He looks down trying to hide another round of tears streaming down his cheeks. “it just doesn’t make any since... nothing makes since any more. You’re the strongest one out of all of us. The Alpha should have been you” my jaw ticked at his words. He was right I should have been alpha and if our pack was like the others, I would have been but our pack was different. We had a connection to the ones that came before us. Guiding us for my pack were all direct blood lines to the old ones. The first werewolves ever created. Royalty among all werewolf packs, a blessing and a curse. Once an alpha die, we lay their body to rest. During the ceremony to find the next alpha only done by our high counsel. Werewolf’s with the connection to the spirit world and advisers to the alpha. Even though we do things differently it was normally the strongest wolf among the pack but in rare cases it could be any one of us. The Alpha chosen was a werewolf girl named Blair. She was the weakest one of all of us. Couldn’t fight off a baby night crawler without getting her ass kicked. “That was months ago, I’m over that” I muttered. “It’s about them then......the red hooded men” my body stiffened at his words. “They have no say in our pack but Blair follows every order they throw her way like a whipped dog.” It sickened me thinking we had fallen so low, It’s not just that though. I couldn’t take the missions anymore. They were twisted and sick so many evils things I had to do because of them. The things I have done I could never be forgiven. “Then take me with you!” Noah snapping his head up meeting my gaze. “I don’t want to follow anyone but you Liam.” Noah took a knee “I’ll follow you to hell and back.” I felt honored by Noah’s words but I won’t damn him to an unforgiving world without the protection of a pack. “It’s best for you to stay here. I don’t trust those men in the red hoods. I can’t shake the feeling they’re searching for something.” Or someone... “I need someone I can trust to watch the pack so I can find out more about them.” A look of purpose overcame Noah “So I need you here Noah while I’m gone” Noah gave me a quick nod before swiftly wiping his tears off with his forearm. “How long will you be gone?” Noah asked me following me to the edge of the river bank. “As long as it takes” I said leaping into the small wooden boat.
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I started to follow the river down. I need to find out more to what exactly they were up to. “Jasper will know what’s going on” I thought pushing my row against another rock weaving in and out of the boulders emerging from the waken waters. “Maybe his vision will reveal what the red hoods want” my thoughts were Interrupted by a crack rippling through the air with power I’ve never felt before. Throwing my boat and me to the shore line. I fall with much force hitting my head against the the flying debris from my once reliable small boat. “What the f**k was that!?” I said touching the blood sliding down my face with my fingertips. I felt a strong pull taking my mind and body. Someone was calling to me. I felt an instant bond unmatched by anything I have ever felt before. My body was burning to be with them. My wolf tearing on my insides to be let out. I couldn’t resist the urge to change. I was going crazy to find whoever they were. I ripped through my clothes and in a blink of an eye was running in my wolf form. Running to the calls for me and my wolf to find them.
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Ariella’s POV:
I opened my eyes to find myself surrounded by nature deep in the woods “Ahhh, my head.” I thought pulling both my hands to my head holding the weight between them both. My thoughts went back to Bella and Nikolai. Anger and sadness took over me. “DAMN IT!” I punched the ground under me. “What were those things?” I couldn’t get the image of those creatures out of my head. Or the last thing I saw falling through what I now can peace together some kind of portal. “How was that even possible?” I heard braking of branches in the woods. Like something big was coming my way. It came in seconds before I could react or hide. I removed my hands away from my face to see the biggest wolf I had ever seen. It jumped through the air and landed just a few feet in front of me. A beautiful black fur wolf. It’s eyes were mix of blue and green dancing around each other. His eyes filled with the same curiosity as mine. Scanning my body up and down like the wolf was trying to take me all in. Like I was some question to life he didn’t know the answer to. I really am crazy. I have this wolf standing only a few feet away from me and for some reason I wasn’t scared. I felt this connection to him. As if I knew him my entire life. The wolf stepped forward sniffing towards me lowering its head. My insides were on fire, flames roaring uncontrollably feeling like being reunited to my own heart after for so long. "Liiaam" the voice in my head again to hiss at the sight of this wolf. The black wolf lowered to my face. He was so close, feeling his breath flow across my entire face. I reached my hand out placing it on the top of his head. He but welcomed the touch and before my eyes turned into a man. Tall dark and handsome, his arms had ever defined muscles tense. Black hair and the same colored eyes as this wolf that once stood in front of me eyes that could speak a thousand languages. His whole existence screamed raw manliness with a define jaw line and full red lips. I look down to notice the man was completely naked. My cheeks flush as I turn around. “don’t look away from me” as I felt a hand grab my waste I didn’t know where I was or who this man was. I pushed his hands away “don’t touch me!” I yelled. I couldn’t see him but I could feel him hurt by my words.
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Liams Pov:
She wasn't my mate, I could tell by her sent she wasn't even a werewolf but I couldn't deny I was bonded to this woman. She was no doubt the most attractive woman I have ever laid my eyes on. I wanted her, I wanted her to be mine and only mine. She stood in front of me with such grace. My heart was racing, my wolf fighting to clam her. I wanted to take her in these woods and bury myself deep inside her fragile looking body. Her face flushed at the sight of my exposed now harden part. "why did she look away?" I thought did she not want me as badly as I wanted her right now. Right against every tree in these woods? I wanted her to keep looking, I was going to make her look. "Don't look away from me" I said hunger in my voice as I grabbed her small wast, and to my shock she threw my touch away like I was nothing to her. The first woman to have ever rejected me. "Don't touch me!" she shouted the words stabbing through my heart like a dagger. "who do you think you are?" I asked she turned around and met my gaze "I don't know where I am or who you are or why you were once a wolf and now a naked man standing in front of me." She yelled "On top of that I was just attacked by these THINGS dressed in dresses or some crazy s**t like that" she continued to yell through her tears. It killed me to see this woman I barley knew crying. I wanted more than anything to make it better for her to take away her pain. "Let me help you." I said softly not really knowing how to comfort her. I have seen so many women and men cry in front of me. Some just wanting me to be with them so badly they would put a entire show on for the everyone in the pack to see but not one did I care but for her I would do almost anything to make her happy. "Let me take you to the nearest pack. There is food and water. People there that might be able to help you find your village." She looked hesitant but agreed. "Can I get your name?" I asked her was we walked back to my once small boat to get my other set of clothes packed away in my bag laying on the sandy shores. "Its Ariella" Ariella said looking at the debris. "Where are you from Ariella?" I asked I wanted to know more about this beautiful woman with the snow white hair. "You wouldn't believe me if it told you"
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