ONE YEAR LATER
"Lindsey!!! Get your butt down here right now "
"I'm coming, give me a minute"
He still doesn't know how to relax but at least I get to gawk at him all day. I got my wolf on
My sixteenth birthday and I was disappointed that Caleb was not my mate, we tried with the
Others but they also weren't my fated mates. When I got my wolf we were surprised
because She was the legendary red wolf, but she came without her five full senses like sight
and smell plus wolves are supposed to be able to communicate with their human counterpart
but Sheila has refused to speak to me since I met her.
Lucas who was a total nerd assured me that she would regain those abilities once my mate
claims me so now I focus all my energy on training and drooling over Caleb's abs.
"Get over here"
"Yes sir " I mocked saluting"You will be sparing in your wolf form today, and you will be sparing with Smith"
I groaned not because my wolf doesn't have her five senses or because she has never
spoken to me but because Smith is the psychopath of the group. He intentionally makes the
fight longer just to see his opponent suffer for his own amusement.
"Can't I spar with Aaron or Dylan?" I ask.
"no"
Fine, I'll spar with Smith.
We start sparing and Smith immediately hits my speaking acupoints so I won't give up
verbally, I rolled my eyes internally saying that she won't even talk whether he does that or
not. The match ended in a crushing defeat, even though Smith looks like he doesn't eat but
he's avery skilled fighter and stronger than Marcelo who looks buff.
I went to my room to shower and wanted to come down for breakfast when I saw Caleb at
my door
"Can I talk to you for a moment"
"Sure what's up"
"Well I know this is abrupt, but I know you were disappointed that I wasn't your mate" My
cheeks redden in embarrassment
"Trust me I am also disappointed" he added and I looked up speechlessly
"Yes Lindsey, I was disappointed that I didn't have a beautiful, sexy, and strong girl as my
mate, I mean who wouldn't be " he fell silent for a full minute before adding " I have a
proposal for you and I'm not sure if you want to accept it"
"Spill it,
" I said
"I want you to be my chosen mate Lindsey"
I opened my mouth wide enough that even a chicken could pass through easily.
"I know it sounds ridiculous as you could meet your mate elsewhere but we both like each
other and we are both mateless so I thought why not choose each other "
"Yo….you like me?" I asked
"Yes I do Lindsey"
I noticed that his ears were turning red, and then he repeated the question
" Do you want to be my chosen mate? I won't pressure you to give me an answer now but I
want you to seriously consider this proposal"I nodded and stood up to go to the dining room for breakfast. During breakfast my mind was
spinning, Caleb wants me as his mate. I wanted to jump for joy and at the same time, I was
worried "what if any of us meet our mates? What will happen? What if I'm not able to
produce pups for him? Will he change towards me? Will his brothers agree to our union?"
These questions were running through my head the whole day and I noticed that today is full
moon.The boys always seem different after each full moon and I've always noticed that I
sleep exceptionally well during full moon so I decided to stay up today and find out what's
going on.
Caleb's words come ringing into my mind again and my cheeks and ears redden
"What's wrong with you Lindsey?" Lucas asked with concern written all over his face
"No...Nothing" I managed to stammer out and I caught Caleb looking at me with a
knowing smirk. I excused myself from the table and practically ran back to my room, my
heart beating fast.
I mean Caleb is good-looking, beautiful even and he is also a good person but I don't know
why I'm hesitating to accept his proposal. Maybe it's my wolf that's refusing his advances but
I have no way of knowing if she refuses to speak to me.
Night falls and I am already feeling sleepy but I'm prepared, I have coffee and tons of chips
to prevent me from sleeping and I made sure to rub wolfbane around it to prevent the boys
from finding out. When Caleb came to check on me, I pretended to be asleep and because
wolvesbane had no effect on me I was able to fully utilize it in my plan.
After they left I crept silently behind them and followed them to an opening in the woods, I
hid behind a tree and noticed from the darkness how weirdly they were dressed and I was
thinking about how I would mock them the next morning.
They all wore red robes and were standing howling at the moon in their human forms.
My breath hitched as I saw Marcelo drag a female she-wolf to the center of their gathering
and he slit her throat open, red blood gushing and staining his face bright red. I gasped as I
held my mouth to prevent them from noticing me, and I saw them pour the blood of the
she-wolf one after the other into a cup and took turns chantingAnd then they all drank the
blood. It all looked so scary, the truth dawned on me. The smell of blood, chants, and the
robes almost made me puke.
Dylan seems to sense a presence and turns around to investigate as I try to blend more into
the darkness but Caleb stops him and whispers something to him that snaps back his focus
to the ritual.
I decide to make a run for it but "creak" I stepped on a twig and they pause and sniff the air,I
ran and ran as fast as I could but I could hear the shout of the boys behind me
"No!!! Lindsey!!!!!"I kept running without looking back, stumbling through the trees blindly not knowing where I
was going. My lungs couldn't take the pressure and I could still hear the sound of wolves
behind me, then I saw light ahead and ran towards it hoping to find someone to help me.
When I got to the light, I heard multiple snarling and had to stop and then I fainted from
exhaustion.
KIERAN'S POV
I was with my council of elders who had decided that they could interfere in the marriage of
their king. I rubbed the space between my eyebrows while listening to the grand chancellor
show off the merits of his daughter Alyssa who was a white wolf and whom I was engaged
to,
Then I heard the voice of my beta through the park link telling me that a rogue stumbled on
Our pack lands and she was taken to the dungeons where a pack doctor is taking care of
her
I asked why she needed that and he said she fainted when she met the pack warriors.
"Gentlemen, I have urgent pack matters to do, so can we continue this meeting later" I say
as I walk out of the room heading to the dungeons where the captive was. I heard rumbles
behind me but I ignored it because I simply couldn't kill those nosy old men.
When I got to the entrance of the dungeons, I smelled a very wonderful and refreshing smell.
My wolf started going crazy in my head and I had to calm him down before entering and my
mate and I was stunned before I rushed into the cell.
LINDSEY'S POV
I felt a splitting headache and I opened my eyes confused as to where I was, then I
remembered everything: the ritual, the chase, stumbling into pack grounds I don't know,
realisation dawned on me and I became scared because I don't want to meet the alpha of
this pack. I didn't want him to punish me so I was searching in my mind for a way out. While I
was still brainstorming on the ground, I heard someone clearing their throat and looked up
and saw a very handsome male who even Caleb can't match up to in beauty
"Why are you on my pack grounds? And why do you reek of rogues?" he asked teeth bare