The Hunted Wolf – Chapter 25

ADIRA

The blood in my head was pounding in my ears, and I felt like I couldn’t breathe as Reyland spoke to Mark. My back was pressed against the hallway upstairs next to the stairs as I listened to their conversation. I could barely focus on the words as I tried to control my breathing. I wanted to believe that Reyland regretted his decision to kick me out, but I had a hard time believing it. If he was truly sorry, he would have come to find me.

“As long as you understand that I will protect the people I care about at any cost. Don’t cross me. Don’t hurt my mate. Don’t hurt my pack. It’s as simple as that.” Mark’s voice was firm and unwavering as his alpha tone emerged.

onded.

if she wants your help.”

voice.

my home. Everything about Reyland’s voice told me he was here as an alpha, not a father. He was too formal and lacking emotion, just like the day he told me to leave.

still felt queasy and didn’t want to move. I didn’t want to leave the bathroom for fear of running into Reyland.

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MARK

Scythe to be present for this meeting, but I decided it was best for me to talk to him in private first. He was too tied up in Adira’s history, and it wasn’t my place to share her past with others. If the alpha said something useful, I would decide what to do at that

r us any kind of help?” I finally asked when he

, and I knew she wasn’t mine,” Alpha Lyna explained. He sat tall in his chair with his fingers intertwined on the table.

ing at the audacity of this man. Before I made such an intense decision, I would want to know everything about the situation.

dn’t know how to have a real conversation.

im.

tted. “It was what Adira said. She was right. I used to be a father figure to her, and she was my daughter. I loved her like a daughter, and that never stopped. I was just filled with so much anger at the time that I wasn’t thinking straight, but seeing Adira and how she turned into a strong young lady made me realize how deeply I regretted losing

ow you guys came to her for answers. I don’t know exactly what you are facing, but I want to lend you my help. I abandoned Adira once, but I don’t plan on doing it again.”

ld trust him or if Adira would want to accept the help.

full extent of the help he could offer before going to Adira with this.

r warriors. I understand that your pack is fairly new and still pretty small.”

with outside threats. What do you know about sorcerers and the Council of Magic?”

r since the pact was made, our pack hasn’t had contact with sorcerers. Over the generations, knowledge has been lost about them.”

ch was ridiculous and naive. To hide history created the risk of repeating it the horrors it entailed.

prepared we can be for when they do come,” I explained.

m. “I understand. I will see what information we can dig up and provide it to you as soon as possible. I can have my patrols head here as early as tomorrow if you choose to accept

s soon as we have come to a decision,” I said, standing up. I held out my

hurt most people’s grip. “Please call me Reyland. I hope to be working wi

Adira from me if I had anything to say about it. However, I didn’t know how Adira would feel about all of this. She broke down crying just from seeing the man, so I wasn’t sure how she would react to him being around the pack house to keep an eye on her.

the threats would attack, and the sooner we were prepared the better.

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ADIRA

r after freshening up.

ad some sort of internal struggle going on.

e you feeling better?” he asked

g up. He walked over to me and sat down next to me.

d grabbed his hand.

. I didn’t want to wait any longer, guessing what happened either.

s. “How did you-”

.”

don’t want to.”

us help. He says he’ll do research about the Council of Magic and will provide warriors to help protect our pack.”

He was never the type of alpha to offer other packs help witho

to make sure that we didn’t have to do any of this.

offer. I didn’t feel anxious or nervous. I wasn’t happy either. As much as thi

break from the universe. It felt like one attack after another. Maybe this was the break I needed. Maybe for once, the universe was on my side to make sure I could find the happiness

y, I sa