The Hunted Wolf – Chapter 4

MARK

“I need to get a few things for tonight,” Adira said, running up to our room to grab her purse.

“What do you need?” I asked.

om in the closet at the old pack house for all of her stuff, so that was one thing I made sure of when we moved. We had to have a bigger closet.

on her face when she put on a new outfit that she liked. Her entire face would brighten and she would twist back and forth enough to look at the dress from different angles. It made me want to buy her every new piece of clothing ju

e me a coy smile. “You’ll see.”

’t know it was possible to love someone so deeply. I grabbed her before she could run off and pulled her into me, placing a kiss on her forehead.

e fu

ran off to d

op of that, I had some alpha duties I had to attend to. I had to make sure we had patrols watching our territory and plans for emergencies or simple issues that came up.

nd duties. I was never going to be the alpha of Pack Sallow, but I was going to be Jori’s beta. I was going to help him run everything and take care of the warriors in the pack, so I had trained plenty in my teenage years.

cided to attack us, we wouldn’t be able to defend ourselves properly. With being such a new wolfpack, we didn’t have allies, either. After the incident this morning, I didn’t think we could count Pack Sallow as allies. We only ha

ried I wouldn’t be a good enough alpha to tak

nd then headed to the backyard. I was hosting a training session today with most of our warriors. Most of them were pretty fresh when it came to fighting. All of the experienced warriors stayed with Pack Sallow, with the exception of Darian. He was my best warrior. Scythe and Rie could hold their own, but the others worried me. If something happe

I glanced at my watch and saw that I was already ten minutes late. I jogged up to him with an apologetic smile.

ry I’m late.”

properly. No one seems to know that you need to be limber to fight with all of your strength.” Scythe gave a pointed look to

his training sessions, but he definitely had some attitude on occasion. He was only seventeen. I definitely wasn’t the poster child at seventeen. I was confident he would grow up to be a fine

l right now?” I asked to confirm who was missing to make sure they were at the next training session.

Scythe answered.

rack of everyone’s schedule, and he seemed to know where everyone was at and when. It was incredible, and I didn’t know what I would do without him.

s get started everyone,” I said, grabbing everyone’s attentio

o delay things even more. I had to prep for tonight. I wanted everything to be perfect for Adira, because she deserved the best. I wanted her to feel as special as she was.

tinued. “First we’ll go over techniques in human form, and then we’ll do some in wolf form.” I motione

ed by grabbing his arms, bending down, and flipping him onto his back. Scythe ended with a th

ight against him? I want you all to partner up and take turns practicing this tech

came into my head.

e on edge.

linked back.

explained. Please hurry.

oked to Scythe, who was watching me with concern. I didn’t wan

pack is safe.”

ng, the others following me closely. When I arrived, Darian was on the ground next to Julian. I saw Julian’s shoulder seeped in blood and an arrow sticking out of him. Julian was still

w many were there?” I a

ured one of them, but the other one got Julian. I chased after them, but they disappeared before I could get them,” Darian explained.

and placed a hand on Julian’s arm. “Hang in there. Doctor Zayla will be on her way s

rned to the others with me. “Do a patrol of the border, and be careful. Stay together, and ke

usted them to have each other’s backs.

he pack house?

ck house. Adira went shopping.

ave someone else with her. What if there were more hunters and one found her? I needed to know she was okay right now.

, Scythe said.

w he was bleeding on the ground in front of me. I needed to make sure Adira was okay, but I needed to make sure the pack was okay too.

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ADIRA

felt a little embarrassed.

ship would be sealed. He would be mine completely, and I would be his. I wanted that more than I ever thought I would.

o many ways. I knew I would never regret my decision to pick him over Jori.

decide late when I was home what would be the best option to wear for Mark.

m Scythe, five from Rie, and twelve from Mark. How did I not hear my phone for all of those calls? I looked, and apparently my phone had been put to silent mode. I guess my phone wasn’t vibrating after all.

of phone calls. It was unlike them to call me so many times. As I hit the green phone symbol to call Mark, I saw something from the corner of my eye. I saw a reflection in the window of my car, and my heart started racing.

he floor, my phone falling out of my hand, skidding to the floor. The window to my car was completely shattered.

and the man had already loaded his c

sbow pointed at my heart.