The Lonewolf Page 7
“How are you feeling?” I ask her as I grab the tray and place it on the bed.
“A bit sore but I’m okay. Food please.” She reaches out to grab the coffee cup.
I let out a low chuckle and hand her the plate and a fork, “Here you go, love. Eat and then I’ll run you a bath.”
“Thank you. I could use a bath after last night.” She says as she shoves a piece of pancake and sausage in her mouth.
We sit on the bed, eat breakfast and talked about how we are going to break the news to everyone. She asks for more food which I’m happy to go refill for her. We both eat our second helping and I walk to the kitchen to put the dishes in the sink. I grab the bubble bath soap and bath salts form the girl’s bathroom. I walk into the bedroom and she’s sitting on the bed drawing.
“You draw?” I ask her walking into the bathroom.
“Oh yeah, for fun. I’m not that good.” She says.
“Let me see and I’ll be the judge of that.” I walk back over to her.
“s that me?” I ask looking at the paper.
“Yeah. I draw people more than anything.” She says as she closes it.
“That’s really good. Now let’s get you into that bath that I promised you.” I say holding out my hand.
She grabs it and I lead her to the tub. I grab the bubble bath and squeeze it into the tub as bubbles start to appear. I open a small packet of bath salts and pour it in the tub as well. She steps in and gently sits down and smiles but whines a bit as she gets settled in the tub.
“How does it feel?” I ask her.
“A lot better. I think I’m going to soak for a bit.” She says as she takes a deep breath.
“Okay that’s fine. I’ll be in my office. You can wear one of my shirts and a pair of sweatpants if you want.” I say giving her a kiss before I walk out of the bathroom, placing a towel next to the tub.
“Okay thank you.” She calls after me.
Chapter 11
Carson
I walk out of the bathroom and to the dresser. I grab my favorite band shirt, Hollywood Undead and I pull it over my head. Grabbing a pair of ripped jeans, I slip my belt through the loops and fasten it. I slip on my black Vans and head out to my office down the hall.
I mind link Harper, “Hey grab Nikko and Ryden and meet me in the office. I have somethings that I need to talk about.”
“Okay, I’ll go grab them and be there soon.” He says back.
I turn on my desktop and open my emails so I can check them while I wait on the guys, knowing it can be a little bit before they show up. I see that I have a few spams and a few ads in my inbox, but nothing important. I’m getting ready to turn off the computer when the boy’s knock on the door.
“Who is it?” I ask looking up from the screen.
“It’s is, alpha.” Says Nikko.
“Come in.” I say turning off the computer.
The guy’s walk in and sit on the sofa that’s against the wall. I look at all of them to see that they finally don’t have bags under their eyes.
“So, I marked Claudia last night. We also want to split the packs between the houses.” I say running my hands through my hair.
“Wait, what?” Nikko asks.
“We had sex and marked each other.” I say bluntly.
“No, the other part. We heard you guys last night. We know about the sex and marking.” Ryden smirks.
“Oh right. We were talking about splitting the packs between the two houses.” I say shrugging my shoulders.
“Here’s an idea, you can build one big pack house in the middle of the land.” Nikko says looking at all of us.
“That’s not a bad idea. I’ll run that by Claudia. She’ll probably want to keep her pack house but this one doesn’t mean anything to me.” I say looking at the guys.
We hear a knock on the door, “Who is it?” I ask a bit confused.
“It’s me, Claudia.” She says sweetly.
“Come in, love.” I say with a smile.
She walks in wearing my Ice Nine Kills shirt and my navy and red sweatpants. Her feet are bare, and her hair pulled up into a messy bun. She has no makeup on and looks beautiful. I can’t believe she’s my mate and I get to spend the rest of my life with her.
“Carson did you hear me?” she asks.
“What? No, sorry love. What was it?” I say rubbing the back of neck.
“I asked if you want to talk about what we are going to do about the packs.” She repeats.
“Oh, Nikko was saying something about that. Nikko why don’t you tell Claudia what you suggested.” I say stepping back letting Nikko take over.
“Well, I was thinking that maybe you both can build a house in the middle of the land. I understand if you don’t want to do that, or you can add on to your pack house since it is bigger than this one.” Nikko says a bit shyly.
“Actually, adding on to my house isn’t a bad idea but what would you do with this one?” she asks looking at me.
“I don’t know, tear it down. It doesn’t mean much to me, but I know yours does.” I say shrugging my shoulders.
“Are you sure?” she says looking at me then at the guys.
“Yes, love, I am. While you are here, I want to ask you if you know the pack in the Midwest?” I need all the help I can get with the pack that I am hunting.
“Yes, the alpha is my brothers’ best friend. I can see if he can make a trip down here.” She grabs her phone from my pants pocket.
“Thank you, love. Oh, hey guys, have you found your mates yet?” I ask turning to them.
“Uh… maybe…” Ryden says while Nikko nods.
I chuckle and shake my head, “So, I take that as a yes. Who are they? Whose pack are they from?” I ask knowingly.
“Claudia’s pack.” They all say at the same time.
I now feel better that I don’t have to break any new wolves in. I hate when I have to show newbies how I run things.
“What are their names?” I ask looking up at them.
“Mine is Mikayla. She’s a wild one. You met her already.” Harper shrugs.
“Mine is June.” Nikko says as he looks away.
“Mine is that pink goddess, Lorren.” Ryden says.
“I’m happy for all of you guys.” I say.
There’s a knock on the door and then it opens, “Alpha, we have a problem. Yasmeen just got attacked.” Jarrod tells me with a horrid look on his face.
I look at everyone in the room and we run out of my office without hesitation and into the back yard. We find Yasmeen covered in blood and barley hanging on. Willow comes and tries to stop the blood, but it’s no use. She’s bleeding too much. I see the life drain from her body as she goes still.
I look up and I see Claudia takes off running into the woods in her wolf from. I tell everyone to leave Yasmeen’s body where it is and I take off after her, taking my clothes off before I shift. I see that she did the same thing before she took off. Zeus begins to talk in Romanian. It’s much easier to communicate for him than English and thank God that Noah can understand him.
“Pisoi unde esti (kitten where are you)?” Zeus asks in my mind. Now that we are marked, we can mind-link which makes things much easier.
“Finding the wolf that did this.” Noah says.
“Ai vazut cine facut asta (you saw who did this)?” I ask.
“Yes, now shh. I can hear something in the trees on the right.” Noah growls.
“Sa mergem (let’s go).” I take off towards the right where the noises are coming from.
Noah jumps over me and into the noise. I look over to see that she has a jet-black wolf. I shift back and mind-link Harper to meet us with our clothes as I put my left hand on her and tell her to shift back. She does, still holding the wolf in her hand and it shifts back to reveal a male with brown hair and blue eyes.
“What is your name?” I ask him.
“Why do you care?” the stranger says.
“What is your name!” Claudia asks shaking him.
Harper walks up with clothes in his hand, “Do you want me to put him in the cells?” he asks as he hands us our clothes.
“No, I want to fight him. Bring him to the yard and call my pack, please.” Claudia says.
“Alpha is that okay?” Harper asks looking at me.
“Yes, she is also your alpha now. Call Paul and tell him to bring everyone here.” I say pulling my shoes on.
“Yes, alphas.” he takes off running, dragging Eben with him.
I look over to Claudia to see that she is fuming with range.
“Are you okay?” I ask walking over and kissing head.
“No. The alpha that runs Snow Hill is the one that killed my dad.” She says as she nuzzles up to me.
“He killed my partners, also.” I wrap my arms around her.
“Let’s get going. I need to call a friend of mine.” She looks up at me.
We take off running towards the house. I now want to kill him more than ever. I hate seeing her hurt. I hate that he’s killing my pack. When we get to the house, we see her pack waiting for us. I can see how everyone is scared too. Claudia walks away towards the house, on her phone.
Chapter 12
Claudia
I walk away from everyone so I can call Ashton. He picks up on the first ring. “Hey, it’s Claudia. My mate and I need your help. Can you come down for a few days? I’m going to call the river falls pack, too.”
“Yeah, I can come down. Millie will want to come to see you guys.” He says.
“Thank you. I would love to see her!” I say relived that he’s agreeing to come.
“Give me an hour and I’ll be there. Did anything happen?” he asks.
“A wolf from my mates pack was attacked and died. I ran down the wolf that did it.” I say looking back at everyone.
“Okay, leave the body there. I’m getting into the car now. I will try and get there as fast as I can.” He tells me as I hear him start his truck.
“Okay be careful. See you when you get here.” I say before I hang up.
I walk back to the group and bend down to see Yasmeen’s lifeless body. I wonder what made the wolf attack her and not anyone else, I think. As I examine her body, I see a piece of paper. I take it out of her hands.
“What is that?” Paul asks me.
“I’m not sure but we’re about to find out.” I unfold it and smooth it out.
“It says, “I know what power y’all have and that power will be mine.” I look up to see Carson’s eyes full of fury.
“Paul, can you call River Fall pack for me? I have to calm Carson.” I ask him.
“Yeah, don’t worry. Go take care of your mate.” He says nodding his head.
I walk over to Carson and Harper, “you need to calm down. We won’t let anything happen to Claudia. You have my word, brother.” Harper says to Carson.
“Hey, we are going to be okay. We will fight this together side by side.” I say putting my hands on his arms.
“Thank you. I just hate seeing you so broken and hurt.” He tells me.
I wrap my arms around him and say, “I hate seeing you so scared and helpless. I love you too much to see you like this.”
I grimace a little because I realize this is the first time saying those words to him, but then I relax when I realize that I mean them. I love Carson. We only met a few days ago, but this is how mating works. When you find that special one, love comes easily and fast and according to the research I did, we are destined to be more than just mates.
“I love you too, pisoi.” He says as he kisses me.
I smile from ear to ear. I know that with him by my side we are unstoppable. I don’t want anything to happen to him or anyone else in the pack. I need to call one more person. He is an alpha of a small pack, but they will be willing to help us out until this whole thing blows over. Now that I know that someone is out to get us, I will take all the help I can get.
“I need to call one more pack from Canada. I will be right back. Will you be okay?” I ask breaking away and taking my phone out of my pocket again.
“Yes, love. Go ahead and make your call.” He gives my hand a squeeze.
I give him a nod and call my friend, Sam. “Hey, I have a question for you.”
“Yeah, what is it?” he asks.
“I need your help. One of my mates’ pack members was murdered by someone from the Snow Hill pack.” I tell him.
“Wait, didn’t that alpha kill your dad?” Sam asks.
“Yeah. Can you come down?” I plead.
“Of course, I should be there by tomorrow.” He says.
“Thank you.” I say as I hang up the phone.
I turn to see that Ashton and his mate, Millie, are here sooner than I thought. I can see Ashton leaning over the body with Carson, Paul, and Harper. I walk over to see what he’s found. I can see he has her on her right side examining her back.
“Have you found anything yet?” I ask.
“Yes, there must have been a fight before he killed her. There’s some marks on her back looks like scratch marks.” Ashton says as he pulls up her shirt.
“At least she put up a fight, but why go after her?” Paul asks out loud.
“Her and Carson use to fuck, and everyone knew about it.” Harper says.
“Thanks, lets tell everyone who I had sex with.” Carson says rolling his eyes.
I let out a giggle, “She was jealous of Carson and I being mates, so maybe she went out looking for a fight?” I say shrugging my shoulders.
“It could be that Snow Hill is trying to kill the people that they think are close to you.” Ashton suggests.
“That makes senses, actually.” I say as I get up and take a step back.
“I want to put a stop to this before someone else gets hurt or worse, killed. We will move everyone to your house, and I will be waiting for them here.” Carson says as he stands up and investigates the woods.
“I won’t let you stay here alone. I’m staying with you.” I say raising my voice.
“I have an idea, how about Carson, Ashton, Sam, Harper, Paul and you can stay here, and Marco and Nikko can manage everyone at your pack house, Claudia.” Millie speaks up for the first time.
“We can do that.” Marco and Nikko agree.
“I like the idea. I like a good fight.” Sam says as he walks up and looks at Yasmeen’s body.
I think of Carson’s issues with the Light side pack. I want to get to the bottom of that as well and see if it has anything to do with Waylon, because I know that pack has had some issues with him in the past. Waylon was a family friend and he was around a lot after they died but we haven’t seen him in a long time. He was always nagging at the back of my mind, though, and it seemed like now was the time to try and find him, although I wasn’t sure why. I always had the feeling that he knew more about my parents’ deaths than he lead on. I grab my phone and call the Light side packs alpha, James.
“Hello, Alpha James?” I ask.
“Yes?” he replies.
“How are you doing?” I ask him.
“Doing fine, trying to get Alpha Waylon off my back.” He says to me.
“Do you mind coming by with your pack? I have a few others here that want to help put an end to your issues with Waylon.”
“Give me a few minutes and my pack and I will be on our way.” He says before hanging up the phone.
Chapter 13
Claudia
Ashton, Paul, Sam, Harper, Carson, and I all sit around the living room in silence. Paul grabs the TV remote and turns it on to the news. We watch all the news until it is over in complete silence.
“Anyone hungry?” I ask.
“Yeah,” Paul says and everyone else nods.
“Okay, I’ll cook us something to eat. What do you guys want to?” I say getting up and walking to the kitchen.
“What about fried chicken?” Carson asks.
“Yeah, that sounds great.
” Paul says.
“I can do that. It’ll be a little bit before it is ready.” I tell them as turn to walk to the kitchen.
I take all the ingredients out of the cupboards and the refrigerator. I set them down and grab a bowl so I can pour the buttermilk in it along with eggs and flour. I season everything and let the oil come to the right tempter to fry. I dredge the chicken and work on making cornbread waffles. I place the chicken in the oil and start making the waffles. I clean up the kitchen as everything cooks. I love cooking, it helps relax me after a long day and this in fact, has been a long day.
I pull the last pieces of chicken out of the frying pan and take the last waffle out of the waffle maker. I set everything out on the table and admire my work.
“Boys the food is ready, come eat!” I yell from the kitchen.
I hear footsteps as they all head into the kitchen. One by one they grab plates piled with food. I get myself a helping once they are done and digging into their plates. I sit down with them and start to eat when we hear the cell monitor go off. We look over at the screen that live feeds from the cell to see Eben trying to get out.
“Should I bring him some food?” I ask.
“No, he doesn’t need food.” Carson says.
“He looks hungry and maybe I can get him to talk.” I say to them.
“Fine, but I will be watching you like a hawk, or I should say a wolf looking after his mate.” Carson says through a growl.
I grab a paper plate and a piece of chicken and a waffle with a cup of syrup. I grab a plastic fork and knife and make my way to the cells. When get into the cells, I can hear Eben talking to someone or something. I make my way to his cell to find him alone talking to himself.
“I brought you some food. Ihope you like it.” I say pushing the plate and cup through the bars.
“Why are you giving me food?” he asks.
“I figured you must be hungry.” I say looking at him.
“I am…thank you.” He hesitantly grabs the plate and cup.
“Who where you talking to when I came in?” I ask as I sit down on the bench outside of the cell.
“Oh, you heard that?” Eben says running his hands through his hair.