Frostbite

Frostbite: The Beginning

Skye's pov

"for how long are you going to keep me here?" I ask as I look at Henry who is now pacing in front of me. 

"you heard the Alpha, he said that he wants to make sure you are protected. if you are really royalty you are going to cause an uproar." he says nervously as he looks at the ground.

"He is not going to let me go is he?" I ask as I cross my arms and look at him with an ashamed expression. "and you are literally going to listen to him?"

he looks at me with a troubled expression as he stops pacing.

Henry has never been able to say no to his Alpha, although it was kind of him for letting Ben and I stay in his pack for so long, he has always been on my bad side.

He is kind when he wants to be, but in reality Alpha Connor has always been the type who loves to taste power. in other words he is a disgusting person on the inside even if he does have a nice face.

"look, although it might not sound right to you, he is right about you getting hurt out there if we don't protect you." Henry says as he sits on a chair across from me. "just promise me you'll behave?" he asks with a pleading voice.

I look at him as he frowns at the floor and I sigh loudly, he turns to look at me and I say "Henry, I need to go to the Willow pack, as soon as I can."

"I know you want to see your brother-" he says as he nods his head.

"my mate is over there..." I say as I look at him nervously.

he stops nodding as he looks up at me. "what?"

I close my eyes as I try to not look at him, although I have never been close to him I can still tell from the look of his eyes that he is saddened by my sudden news. "the guy who Ben's mate was supposed to marry..." I swallow hard as I look up at Henry in the eyes "he's my lover."

a moment of silence lingers in between us before Henry finally laughs as he sighs loudly. "I never thought that you would actually find him this soon." he covers his face with his hands as he looks at me through his fingers.

he moves away his hands from his face and then rubs them together. "I'm in a way glad but it's going to be hard to convince the Alpha."

I look at him and smile as I relax on my chair "I think I can manage to convince him."

"Skye, I know that this new power of yours is cool and all but you can't use it to hurt people." he says as he sits up straight oh his chair.

"but he said that I had to help him with his collection." I say as Henry looks at me confused.

"what collection?" he asks tired.

"Death's collection. he told me I had to help him complete it." I say as I look at Henry while I smile innocently.

Ben's Pov

as soon as Henry hung up on me I panicked. I had just heard Skye on the other side of the phone call, there was no doubt about it.

the suitcase that I had been packing stayed in my bed as I had gone downstairs and sat on the couches as I tried to figure everything out in my mind.

I am currently still sitting in the couches although its been hours since I came down the stairs. the others from the pack have gathered in the woods in order to exercise and to get away from whatever is going on with me.

I sigh as I look at the ceiling. "what the hell is going on?"

all day I have been trying to feel Skye's emotions but I don't feel a thing. It seems that she is either too far away from me or that she's blocking me but she didn't know how to do that before so in a way it's kind of weird.

"what if I just imagined her voice?" I whisper to myself. "no but Henry said her name."

I sigh as I sit up and look at the ground now. 'life has become a lot more tiring lately.'

out of nowhere I hear a girl's laughter and I freeze as I sit in the room by myself. "it's about to get harder." the voice says and I get up immediately as I look around the room frantically.

"who's there!" I scream but no one answers. 

Currently it's just me and the furniture, not another soul in this place besides me.

I look around for a couple of seconds before breathing out as I hear someone knock the main door.

I walk towards the door and open it with a lack of strength.

"We need to speak to the Alpha." says Noah as he helps Cleo carry Dean with their shoulders.

"What's wrong?" I ask as I rapidly open the door widely as they enter slowly.  "Why is he covered in a blanket and why is he asleep? Is he drunk?"

Cleo turns to look at me as if she's about to say something to me but stares at my right arm instead. "What the? Why do you have that?"

I turn to look at the mark on my arm and I chuckle nervously. "I don't actually know... to be truthful with you."

"He fainted hours ago and hasn't woken up." Noah says as he looks at me and at Cleo with a worried expression. "we need to talk to the alpha as soon as we can."  

"yeah." I say as I look at Dean who is now on the couch. his blanket slowly falls off his right arm as it reveals a blue mark and I'm left stunned. "why does he have that?"

Cleo and Noah both look at each other before Cleo says "that's why we need to speak with the Alpha."

"I don't understand, if he has the mark along with me... does that mean we are somehow blood related?" I ask Cleo as she looks at Dean and the at me with a worried expression.

"I highly doubt that." she says is a low voice.