The Shadow Twin

Chapter 12 - Heating up

----Kayden POV----

After the Darkmoon Walkers brothers left, Leigh pretty much ran away and before I could follow her to question her, my mother’s voice stopped me.

“Somethings of. I feel like we’re missing some crucial information.” She gave my father a look, like begging him to fill in the blanks, but I spoke before he could.

“I don’t care! They came on to my territory without my permission and thereby broke the treaty. If they want a war, that’s what they are going to get then.” I then stormed of Mind-Linking a handful of Pack members to do a background check on Leigh and check up on the Darkmoon Walkers Pack. And I needed Deryn to show up as well, because I needed to run over everything with him. And he was sitting in his chair in my office in the Pack house when I showed up. He was reading through a stack of papers and didn’t even look up when I walked through the door. He had been irritated with me since the previous night when he shot Leigh. I had yelled at him in front of most of the Pack, so I understood his irritation. I had humiliated him and I as much as I wanted to take it back, I weren’t able to.

“Found something yet?” I asked as I sat down, and he mumbled something incoherent in return. I sighed. Guess there weren’t much else I could do, cause I already kind of apologized. Sure, I didn’t straight up apologize, because I would look weak if I did and that’s bad, especially in my world. There was a knock at the doorframe and a Pack member walked in.

“I got some bad news.” He grimaced and handed me a folder. I opened it and waited for him to continue, not reading the content of the folder at all.

“Turns out the Darkmoon Walkers joined the Phantom Council years ago and is now part of the Council’s Cobalt Order.” I growled. f**k. The Phantom Council or just The Council was ruled by a bunch of ruthless sons of bitches. Every single person in the Supernatural world knew of them and most people hoped to only know them by reputation. The Council was ruled by a group of Supernatural beings, nobody outside the Council knew who they were, but they were the worst of the worst. The Council, where so much more than just a council though. They killed anyone and anything that stood in their way or prevented them from getting what they wanted. Everybody was taught to never cross them at all, unless you had a death wish and to stay clear of them at all costs. The Council thrived on assorting their strength and feeding on the weak, like killing entire Werewolf Packs just for sport. If your Pack where weak you better, make a deal with the Council aka the Devil before they turned their gaze your way. A deal consisted of the entire Pack joining the Council and the Pack members would be giving different post within the Council by them. Once you made a deal, there where no way out. If you tried, they would kill the rest of your Pack to make an example out of it. The Cobalt Order where the Councils enforcers. More like killers for hire, where the pay wasn’t money. No, they got the Councils protection in return, but also had to stay on the Council grounds when they weren’t out killing people. The people who joined went through serious training and were not the same afterwards. Nobody really knew what happen when you joined, cause the ones who did weren’t allowed to talk about it. So, us outsiders could only guess as to what happen besides the intense training.

“The brothers have been part of the Cobalt Order for almost ten years now and that’s about all I where able to dig up. I don’t know what happen to the rest of the Pack or what happened to their Alpha.” He gave me a wavy look, when I growled at Deryn, because he snorted.

“You got something to say?” I growled at Deryn. The Pack member who had given me the folder backed out of the room and walked out of sight. Wise choice, because my mood went from agitated to pissed and frustrated.

“If the Councils enforcers want the Crown Princess, they are going to take her. Unless you want to start a war with the Council.” Deryn returned my death glare and I growled. That asshole was challenging my authority. I raised from the chair and slammed my fist into the table in front of me, breaking it in half. I where furious now and I felt like breaking HIM in half. Nobody talked to me that way.

“What did you just say!?” I roared, but it wasn’t really about what he said at all. My Wolf where seconds away from breaking through and that couldn’t happen. If it did Deryn where a dead man. Okay maybe what he said were definitely a factor in my Wolfs rage. Especially the part where they were going to take Leigh away from us.

“I was just stating facts, Alpha. If the Cobalt Order want’s her, it’s best to hand her over. No point in getting everybody killed over a mere human.” He was mocking me, despite speaking in a neutral voice.

“The Council is stronger than us and have more connections. Not to mention the ruthlessness of which they fight. It would be suicide to keep them from their goal.” I growled again, this time louder and more sinister. I where losing my grip on my Wolf and that was really bad. Part of Deryn’s job as my Beta where to speak the truth when I wasn’t able to think clearly, like right now. Deep down I knew he was right, but I just couldn’t get that through my Wolfs thick skull right now. Deryn where the voice of reason that I had to listen to, the guy dealt with facts and had been in more fights than me. If he told me, that it was suicide, then it was suicide. Deryn never lied. He might withhold information, but he never lied. Not ever. This s**t just took a whole new direction, an insanely dangerous one, so dangerous that if the brothers form the Cobalt Order returned, I might have to choose between my Pack and Leigh and I wasn’t sure what I was going to choose. Not when my Wolf reacted this way and just the thought of giving her up made my insides twist and hurt. Sheila was my Mate and so many problems would be solved if Leigh where no longer in my life. The mere thought made me feel empty and why did I feel a sudden urge to fight till my death to keep her with me? And to be with her?

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I stormed into my room and stopped dead in my tracks when I saw Leigh standing on the balcony. The feelings from before came rushing back. I went to my room to get away from those feelings, not to experience them again. To get them out of my mind I recalled the four men from earlier and anger replaced the previous feelings. Feeling the anger take hold I marched up to the balcony door.

“How do you know them?” My voice where a bit harsher than I was going for but no point in doing something about it and my voice where echoing around the room making the harshness and anger even more present. I looked into her eyes as she turned around, hoping to read the answer in them.

“I don’t know them.” She walked up to the door, up to me and tried to make her way past me, not an easy task when I was taking up most of the space on purpose. She made it past regardless and I grabbed her wrist and made her turn to face me. I wasn’t done with our conversation just yet.

“Don’t lie to me girl. It was beyond clear that they knew you.” A low growl followed suit and my eyes darkened as Deryn’s words about letting the Cobalt Order take her away, made their way into my head again.

“I’m not lying. I don’t know them, but that does not mean, that they don’t know me.” She shrugged and then janked her wrist out of my grip, but I returned to the present before she got completely free and tighten my hold on her. I wasn’t ready to let her go just yet and my Wolf was begging me to hold her closer. That’s when I smelled it, and my eyes went down her body to focus on her arm. The blood was running out from the re-opened stiches and down her arm. My Wolfs howling where echoing in my head and before I knew it, I was liking the blood of her arm. Sparks erupted throughout my body and shot directly to my core. My Wolf and his desire were begging for more, not her blood, but more of her. My eyes moved to her lips, and I could feel myself wetting my own, as my Wolf was purring in excitement. I then leaned in slowly, to give her time to push me away, but she didn’t, and I kissed her. My Wolf howled in even more excitement and fueled by his desire I janked her closer, wanting to feel her body against my own. She tripped and I only noticed because her lips left mine. I crashed our bodies together and found her lips again, not wanting to be parted from hers. I needed more from her, I needed to really taste her, so my tongue found her lips, wanting to get inside. But she didn’t give me what I needed, so I would have to take it. I grabbed hold of her waist and dug my fingers in, making her gasp and my tongue made its way inside her mouth. Our tongues where then fighting for dominance, which only filled me with more desire for her. It where no longer only my Wolf who wanted her, no I wanted her to, and I couldn’t stop myself. I started backing us slowly towards the bed and she was following me without protest, not that I was giving her a chance to do so, with my lips on hers and my tongue in her mouth. I needed her NOW. I got impatient and my hands started roaming her body wanting to feel the heat from her. I wanted her to want me as I bad as I wanted her, and she was getting there, slowly but surely. I felt her desire fill the room and pushed her back hard. She landed on the bed with a shriek, that brought me out of my Haze. The realization of what I was about to do disgusted me. I had a Mate, and I was about to be with someone else. My Wolfs desire was fading fast, and I was left with only disgust for everything that just happened.

“GET OUT NOW!” I screamed at her, and she complied immediately. She ran rout of the room as fast as she could and when I heard the door close behind her, I collapsed onto the bed. Running my hands over my face I thought back on the feelings that had filled my body as we were kissing. Those feelings where the kind one should have with ones Mate and not a random girl, even if that girl where one’s wife. The kiss where to surreal to comprehend and it left my emotions all over the place. As I was lying on the bed, I started feeling cold, like my body where actually missing Leighs body heat. f**k this where bad. The door flung open, and I removed my hands to see a pissed of Sheila make her way towards the bed. This was even worse, than whatever I may or may not feel for Leigh.

“Something you want to tell me? Like why the f**k she smells like you?” She then inhaled deeply and grimaced. Her eyes darkened and she growled at me.

“Or why the f**k your room smell like s*x?” She added.