Rowan
Rowan returned to the dining room to the sound of chatter and laughter. He’d invited his father and Adrian to dinner to meet their new Luna. His father was most excited at the invite this afternoon. Rowan hadn’t mentioned the dinner guests to Ivy because he left her alone, with the book he willed her to read. Especially after the last few days, Rowan didn’t know if she’d feel up to it.
He walked through the door and took his place at the end of the table, trying to work out what the commotion was about.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhDrF5du3si
“…he used to yap like a terrier,” Calvin said.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXoAxxD2a5
Ivy was in fits of laughter and Rowan couldn’t help but smile at her delicate face. Ivy meant the world to him, and he thanked the Moon that she was still with them after the past few days.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi6xwdn0bC4
“Please make the noise?” Ivy asked.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41uVaUe5QG
Calvin continued to make the yapping sound.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSCpj8rnAj
“Laughing at my expense?” Rowan asked. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Pm3SgwXoy
“Oh, please Rowan. It’s cute and funny,” Ivy soothed as she placed her hand on Rowan’s arm to calm him.
Rowan felt so much love for Ivy but had not yet told her so. Her new visitors had ruined all plans that he’d have for her. He became lost in the conversation and Rowan’s mind wandered to what these people could possibly want from his Luna. Are they going to take her away from me? His anger bubbled at the thought. What did Ivy go through that has made her not want to confide in me?81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe6qWE64v71
Rowan looked over to Ivy’s face and he noticed that she eyeballed him and obviously felt his anger. Her eyes looked at Rowan quizzically as if she asked what’s wrong.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXF9JGiqVHU
“What’s gotten into you all of a sudden?” she linked with him. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMOd84laaOZ
“Nothing,” Rowan sent back shortly.
Ivy’s attention turned back to Rowan’s father, as he told a story of battle that Adrian aided him in. Rowan rolled his eyes he had bigger battles to face, like how to convince his Luna to stay with him and the pack, rather than go off with her Companion.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWq4Rcjn4Pf
“Did you find that book I told you about Rowan?” Calvin asked. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOp9MWL6yNS
The question snapped him out of his thoughts and Rowan cleared his throat. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡThqPROeJTe
“Yes, after I turned the office upside down.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlhMnejr07
Calvin and Adrian laughed to themselves.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOURLHyE1tD
“I don’t like your riddles Father, makes me waste time.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqyIlqcngpM
“Rowan, you are such a buzz kill, lighten up. What did you think of it?” he pressed.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDkRTyz4mOK
“I thought it was a good read. I even gave it to Ivy to read today.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3Ysviwqxr
Calvin’s attention turned to Ivy, finally. She was nodding her head as she finished her mouthful of food. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbMifpq0so
“Yes, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I spent most of my time reading one story though,” she said.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqlUwksxA8l
“Which one?” Rowan’s father pressed. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2zW5SY0fg
“Some ridiculous story about a white wolf and her Companion, the Heroine one, what was the name?” 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO51oR0ZJNX
“Ah, the Royal Scry, such a great tale and so informative, wouldn’t you think?” Calvin pushed. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQoo3Ap0ms
Rowan gave his father a low growl as a warning, and he immediately threw his hands up in surrender. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIANZtR1HLL
“Rowan, it’s just a story. I was more interested in the written notes throughout it though. Who wrote those?" Ivy asked.
Rowan internally groaned because now she asked too many questions. One of the many things that he loved about her, her inquisitive mind. His father proceeded with the conversation and ignored the look that Rowan gave him. He was ready to reach over and shut the old man up himself if required. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOfSWcqnU8O
“I wrote them,” his father confirmed. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUwfdomevS
“Why would you write such things, and how do you know?” Ivy responded, with her eyes so wide. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZwAh5jzVE
“Well, I will tell you if you really want to know?”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6HMYLWfjo
Ivy nodded eagerly. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWgTRIX7ll4
“I travelled to the Lycan’s once when Rowan here was a little boy and Adrian came with me. Rowan’s mother looked after the territory. They gave me the book as a peace offering. We were having issues with the South at the time, and the Lycan’s told me they’d sort it out, but did not want the territories in the North to intervene.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhP9DHiE4FD
“Father I think Ivy has heard enough, she’s had a big day,” Rowan cut in. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJetogEvhR
“No keep going,” Ivy shot back.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpkKjwT0uq
“The King told me to go and talk to the prophets in the tower and to take the book and ask what they knew about the tale. So, I did. The notes in the book are what they told me. We are not participating in war, because the scry will come and our territory needed to be here and intact so that fate was not tampered with,” he finished, looking smug.
Ivy sat at the table with her head rested in her hands in awe of Calvin. Her mouth was partially open and soaked up every work he’d said. Rowan was still and stiff at the end of the table, glaring at his father. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYO0xPMGFk5
“Well, that’s enough of that, Adrian and I are old men, and we need to get back,” he stated as he slapped Adrian on the back. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNprXa10Or
“Thank-you for coming to dinner, it was so nice to finally meet you both,” Ivy stood from the table.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgA292Jux3Q
“Thank-you father. I will see you out.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBlFecVqvX
Rowan tried to rush Calvin and Adrian out the door. Before they left Calvin turned to face Rowan outside.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfhvQ9Ylmda
“You need to tell her, stop sheltering her and protecting yourself. She is here for a reason.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltSEIoQifI
“She will know in the morning,” Rowan confessed. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOrWRedQKR
“Wow that was a turn in events.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fEIIFZ3rt
“He is here.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7tB28hdMb
“Is that who came to the door during dinner, Rowan?”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqfQHxCdwwe
He nodded his head and hoped that Ivy wasn’t standing behind him.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnyckc94olO
“Please come and tell him to visit us. I am most intrigued,” Rowan’s father stated. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNZpLOePsB
“Good night, Rowan, no one will take her,” he patted Rowan’s face, “This is a blessing.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgefyl9TwdI
Calvin and Adrian walked down the driveway and Rowan watched them leave, hoping to hell that his father was right, or he may be required to kill the Companion. Ivy placed her arms around Rowan’s waist and held him tight. He didn’t feel her come close and jumped out of his skin at her touch. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3VeuT841tU
“Who was at the door during dinner?”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvFwP3nRsb
“No one my love, Alex just reporting disturbances on the boundary,” Rowan stated. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVqAExhCry
“Your father is a wonderful man. So full of knowledge and stories,” she said. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPpJnKXP6D
“Yes, stories.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLiaRKp32m
Ivy twisted herself around Rowan so that she faced him in the doorway. He looked down at her angelic face and wondered why the Moon Goddess had given her to him as a mate, but also why would she choose to test his faith by taking her? He searched Ivy’s eyes for clues.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBAcdldekN
“What is wrong with you?” she asked. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTv4rWcSzuh
“I almost lost you,” Rowan murmured.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDoE2vCkzGV
Ivy returned his look with love but also bewilderment, once she realised that this is what he’d been thinking about. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpbbVrme6P
“You will never lose me, ever. I will never leave you,” she comforted. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedKNHvVsUF
Ivy’s hands reached around his neck and Rowan leant into her so that their foreheads touched. He lifted her chin so that her lips were within reach and kissed her lightly. Ivy responded and pulled Rowan’s head towards hers, to deepen the kiss. Their tongues met and thrashed around wildly. He lifted her by the ass and pushed her against the doorframe so he could kiss and lick the mark he gave her. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4CQnbJCckz
“I promise I will never hurt you again,” Rowan said, breaking their kiss. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq85T6itrG4
“You didn’t hurt me Rowan. Who knew that I was going to fall into some coma after you marked me? Not me, that’s for sure. You made my first time soft and beautiful, and it felt magical. You are exactly what I need and want,” she stated. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElOE2tep8C
Rowan softly growled and gently threw her up to get a better grip and took Ivy inside, closing the door with his foot behind him. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vEJZTrdW6
“We are going to bed, my Luna.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFTB2iACGV9
Ivy giggled joyfully. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqtZrhkrvAg
Rowan carried her upstairs and paused briefly on the second level, listening for any sign of movement from the visitors; silence. He continued to carry Ivy until they reached their room and Rowan threw her on the bed.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPU2DCFkAl7
“I’m sorry I got mad about you moving my stuff. I’m still not sure what came over me,” Ivy whispered. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqhdDW5JK7
“It’s okay, I thought my moods were rubbing off on you,” Rowan teased.
Ivy lightened the mood with a smile and looked as though she wanted to say something but stopped herself. Rowan took his shirt off and threw it at her and retreated for the bathroom81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv84sfgugn4
“Hey!” he heard her call out.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY7cWUtyqFG
With the shower turned on and undressed, Rowan entered the scolding hot water. The burn felt good on his skin after the nightmarish week that had been. The room filled with steam and the bathroom door opened. Rowan was unable to see who entered but saw the steam wisp around the room.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDcwnu1WYyP
“Ivy, no games,” he growled.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHNzFccnzp
“Oh, you’re no fun,” she whined, opening the door.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡax7V02MpF4
Rowan pulled her into the water as she squirmed in his arms at the heat of the water.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DREiHB002
“Ow, ow,” Ivy shrieked. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5twQ9Tvxjs
He couldn’t help but laugh at how quickly she retreated the other side of the shower. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrYTwUwx2o
“Turn it down please,” she pleaded. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4Ct85IUaB
Rowan made sure the temperature was cooler and coaxed her back into his arms. The back of her head rested on his chest. His arms were around her breasts and rested his own head against the shower wall; instantly relaxed. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVG6JoWOKdX
“I haven’t heard Catori in a few days Rowan and I’m worried,” Ivy finally confessed. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXhFa0o7NV
“Since you went under?”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVORRwxvjE
Ivy nodded and moved her head to look at him, wanting answers. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa38tSRzXZr
“Maybe she went through a lot as well, she will come back to you,” Rowan offered. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpOllHAtYa
“I hope so, I miss her wit and empowerment, you know?”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Aq7B7k5s5
“Yeah, I’d feel empty without Olcan.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTGGYJh66q
The pair stood in silence as Rowan gently fondled and cupped her breasts playfully, and Ivy moaned softly. He grabbed the shampoo and conditioner that was brought over from her room, and gently massaged her head whilst washing her hair. Rowan turned Ivy so that she faced him and gently guided her head back into the water and rinsed it out.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Zf7HUTOiP
“I missed you,” he said softly. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRL27KYKAKC
“I missed you too.”
Rowan turned off the shower and wringed out her long hair so that it wasn’t dripping wet. He grabbed a towel from the heated rack and wrapped it around her. Bathing Ivy and feeling her naked body close to his, brought Olcan and Rowan down to a calm level. Her scent soothed his nerves and anger.
Rowan walked into the bedroom and found Ivy curled under the blankets naked, with her hair still twisted in a towel. She leant on her elbow whilst she waited for him. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡleqJpZD58D
“Thank you,” she said. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBIIqzlzzom
“For what?”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVSA4ogbao
“For being you. You put my needs first.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQFZMFbin4N
“For you Ivy, I would do anything.”
Rowan climbed in the bed next to her and laid by her side. Her skin shone under the moonlight through the window.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLL2QiFd89
“I feel so fresh,” she exclaimed. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4uD0DC45wq
“No love making then?” he asked whilst playfully pulling at her nipple. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkZJFehjSlO
“Oh, you wish,” she smirked.
Ivy’s face turned serious in the moment. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBscXMFY8VY
“Ivy, tell me please? Your face has told me that you want to say something and then you hold back. I want to help you.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfl2yoBlVkj
“Rowan, can you promise me something first?” she asked.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckZhENpXVm
“I will promise anything.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyF6z1N2n6
“Promise me that you won’t run away from me, from the monster that I think I may be.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3AoRLaBTI
“I promise, but I don’t know what you mean?” Rowan looked her confused.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKnEs6BvRLr
“There is something going on with me. Those four days…,” she trailed off, breaking eye contact. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡouQMz8mayH
“Ivy, you can trust me. I am your mate.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wwpvkeYPq
“I think I was having visions, very vivid visions but not nightmares. What my life might turn into or how it will end, I’m not quite sure,” she replied solemnly.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGZyV051n3
“Oh Ivy, my Luna. Do you have these visions in normal sleep?”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuBd2uPBm6
Rowan pulled her into his arms and her face buried into the safety of his chest.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09fEPk1MbL
“No but then you gave me the book, and, in my visions, there was the Companion. Nothing about a Moon Priest though, but there was the white wolf with red eyes. I have seen how I end up, I am a white wolf with red eyes.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FeqRt51vR
Tears started to well in the bottom of Ivy’s eyes and Rowan knew she was scared. He would do anything to take on the responsibility himself. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQ28V7xaNh
“You will have nothing to be afraid of. I know this because you have me, Alex and your pack but your side no matter what, you understand?” 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7bn8HkY3KH
Rowan wiped away a tear that fell down her cheek, kissed her forehead and held her tightly. Silence filled the room as they both thought about the days ahead.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPSHQTDMAf
“How will I know what’s going on?” Ivy asked. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡst9CEJvak0
“I guess we’ll find out soon,” shrugged Rowan. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfYfDKpInU
Ivy made a small squeaking sound and nuzzled back into his chest, purring with comfort. In that moment Rowan made a promise to himself that he would let no harm come to his Luna. He gently ran his fingers over her arm and shoulder until they both fell into a deep sleep. Before they drifted off Rowan wondered if she would hate him in the morning, when she found out that he kept her Companion hidden in the house.
Rowan woke to someone shaking his shoulder. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNPhL8XG6V1
“Rowan, Rowan…Rowan.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs03cAl3kQU
He took a deep breath in and smelt that the person was Alex.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ChhQ2eRLn
“What do you want?” he said through gritted teeth.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWyAKPbTsK
“It’s first light,” Alex anxiously replied. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVkF83X1HQ
Rowan forgot that he was supposed to be meeting the Companion this morning and groaned. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjfghovwnS
“Alright, I’m getting up, get out!” he whispered.
He slid off Ivy’s arm and prayed that she didn’t wake. He carefully manoeuvred his pillow next to her, so she was still able to smell his scent. Ivy stirred and grabbed the pillow to cuddle it and Rowan froze on the spot, barely breathing, in case she woke. Ivy mumbled something in her sleep and curled her leg over the end of the pillow and started to snore. Rowan let out the breath he held and crept around the room, gathering clothes on his way out. He exited the room as quiet as a mouse to get changed in the hallway while Alex waited for him by the stairs.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKs2Z06PwV
“Are you okay this morning Rowan?”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHuJFQuOTgN
“Sure, I’m fine.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCVx6JJIJl
“How’s Ivy?”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvYYw42zw7
“Not so fine. She doesn’t know this lot stayed last night and I’m not telling her.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdH10SXRbYJ
“Is that wise?”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuldbiVnTgH
Rowan shot Alex a glare.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4FKc4mDUF
“Well, it’s too fucking late now, isn’t it? Come on.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOdXdYirCi
They got the bottom of the stairs and to Rowan’s dismay the Companion was waiting at the foyer. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFyzVi4g6y
“Good morning, Alpha,” he politely said. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNei1Nqrhi
“Morning, we shall chat in my office, please follow me.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3wF1DwMcU
Alex opened the office door and allowed them inside the room. The Companion gazed at the window that was just installed, and Rowan waited for Alex to join them before their conversation. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCd1bzpX7tB
“You have quite a place here Alpha Rowan, it is awfully large,” he observed. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1PQm5tnzu
“Yes well, for that I am grateful as I have an ever-growing pack it seems.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYYGJOCpDd
The Companion took a seat and Rowan stood against the bookshelf. He almost needed to use it to hold himself up.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4JvE7xZS2y
“Please sir, take a seat next to me so we can talk. Alex you’re more than welcome to continue to stand in the corner, or you can wheel your chair over here to,” the Companion offered.
Rowan decided that a chair was best for this conversation and took the human up on the offer. Once he was comfortable on the couch, he began.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28MyFx5GnZ
“Right, let’s get down to business Companion, I need to know everything.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMB42THrZ5H
“Is Ivy not joining us?” he sighed. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpwQ3C1WtSp
“Not yet, she is in a fragile state right now and doesn’t know you’re here.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mw1TWXkwl
“Ah,” the human responded and relaxed more in the chair. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0XuiwS3g2q
“You’re a human?” Rowan asked awkwardly. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GOegmn46b
“Yes, I am, I thought you’d be able to tell, wolfs’ noses are very reliable.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbsSnQCqqzA
“Of course, I did, but why a human?”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1WW37lmp9y
“I was still sired by a Lycan and birthed by one, I just never got to shift into one and consequently labelled a human by the markings on my face. My markings, however, make up the characteristics of the ‘One’.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqxJpzQdYy
The Companion continued to explain.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKMGw1MMvbf
“The One is otherwise known as the Companion, that is born to learn the past and train in the present and when the time is right, seek out the Saviour, as written in prophecy.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPEYLu6BA2
“When do you know the time is right?” Rowan asked. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYJyZxHK5E
“The time is right when a storm forms backwards from the clouds, under the red full moon, and a howl so shrill it can be heard over all territories.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikYGLVjGNL
Rowan took a moment to remember the night that Alan first came to them. The storm they saw and watched from the front entrance that night, was Ivy. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHZlwnmPMh
“We saw that from here,” said Alex. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CBzrOFMO8
The Companion stared at Rowan and awaited confirmation.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmNVZoTZzO6
“We felt the electricity in the air, the hair on my arms stood on end, her howl was so beautiful.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeMGG8YAeCw
“I am a sky searcher and get most of my answers from the clouds. However, in this instance my true tell, was the beacon of light that my face produced, and the tower was hit by lightning. This was Ivy’s first shift into her wolf and the very start of her prophecy.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaKmFVLE03K
“What happens next?” asked an impatient Rowan. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnO93rdThHZ
“How much has your relationship progressed?”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPR9pRZd7U
“That is none of your concern,” he snapped.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhVInFBqtq
“Excuse me for the intrusion Alpha, but it is my concern. I am not here to harm Ivy; I am here to help her. We all are. There is a sequence of events that will turn Ivy from the teenager wolf to a Saviour right before our eyes. I need to know how far along she is.” 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUr24612PWC
“We made love,” Rowan carefully confirmed. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYY4PTAswm
“How many times?”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqwq23wING
“What is this? An inquisition?” he snapped. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGeyRCI0Vxa
Rowan started to feel heated and Olcan stirred within his mind. There was a long pause in the room, neither man giving in. They bore into each other’s minds with their eyes, neither one dared to blink.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJflt1OwQSg
“Rowan marked her,” Alex broke. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnuP1uiQJ2r
“…and then she fell into a four-day coma,” he finished. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0Jh9dbGii
Alex gasped and his hands flew to his mouth. He tried to stop himself from saying any more. Rowan’s head whipped around to Alex and glared at him long enough to make him whimper.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Yw2ewqVr1
“I’m sorry Rowan, this will go nowhere otherwise.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGVqgw17v2
“Last night she told me that in that four-day period she had visions, and she is slowly putting two and two together,” Rowan confirmed. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnGjDdDjh5
The Companion sat and listened to the Alpha confess that the only suspicions he had were because of what her father Alan had been saying whilst he was in the pack. He explained that his own father, Calvin, pointed him in the direction of the book because he’s had direct contact with the Lycan King in the past, regarding the Saviour being brought there. The Companion looked immersed in what spilled out of Rowan’s mouth like word vomit. When the saga had finished, he sat for a moment and tapped his finger against his head. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnMMsgZPlTp
“We are further along than I thought we were,” he finally announced. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYM8ITn5oAI
“What does that mean?”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZkKNIraeYw
“The coma thing is normal, Ivy’s wolf showed her the past and what the future may bring and what the Saviour’s duty might entail. She will more than likely have more. What concerns me more is the mood swings and the anger she’s experiencing. When was the last time she had a shift?”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkkdap7qUU9
Rowan thought hard about the question. When was the last time?81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoD09Gsrjsg
“From what I can remember it was the second day she was here.”
The Companion let out a long whistle. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡart9ubVkRq
“That’s a long time for someone like her. I think we can put the mood swings down to not shifting. Rowan, she needs to shift otherwise she’ll rip us apart, if the shift is out of anger.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqBjK4xdSL
“There is a problem with that,” Rowan cringed. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoZsrURSzq
“What?”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6No3bG4yQ
“Her wolf, Catori, has locked herself away in Ivy’s mind. She told me last night that she no longer speaks to her,” he explained, dismayed. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYV9atUDWY
All that Rowan knew was how to shift with a wolf. The process is the only one that he knew, so to him, if Ivy had no contact with her wolf, then the task was impossible. His eyes wandered to where the strange man sat across from him and saw that he was smiling. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMD2Bhcw4Z
“This is nothing to be smiling about Emerson. If Catori can’t push forward, then Ivy can’t shift.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡofbN1Ukj1B
“No, no Rowan. You misunderstand the prophecy. Ivy is Lycan Royalty,” Emerson tried to explain. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjhOHey5Ov
“Have her eyes changed colour?” he asked. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVH8H7uDfQK
“Yeah, when she woke from her coma, they were a deep red.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2yDguhKO3
Emerson looked so happy that he almost bounced out of the chair. Rowan thought that nothing about this conversation resembled a happy time and Emerson ran his hands down his face while he waited for the Alpha to understand. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5lFh2UBjJ
“Alpha, work with me,” Emerson said.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkg7dz9QKqk
“Spit it out,” Rowan growled. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpE56sB8xik
“She doesn’t have a wolf Rowan; she is the wolf. She is a Lycan. Lycans do not talk to their wolves because they don’t need to, they are one. Not separate entities. The showing of the red eyes is Catori. Catori is an ancient, that is present through all Saviours. That is why she’s able to project memories as visions; they are her own.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdqrqLyFLkG
“So you’re telling me that I’m mated to an ancient wolf, who is Lycan royalty?”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWt4F6UAal
“In a sense, yes.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxibFyd6gLz
“It can’t be, Lycan’s and Wolves haven’t mixed, for hundreds of years,” Rowan sounded confused.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTWrHeVjVGs
“Yes, I’m aware and it’s strange.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkIUeMQHgx
Alex made a sound through his teeth as he released the breath he held. The room spun and Rowan felt dizzy with information overload. He didn’t know what to expect from this conversation but he certainly got more than he bargained for.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7K8S49xl4
“What do I do?” he asked once he found the words.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY89wKDy9B5
“Nothing. Keep doing what you’re doing and be there for her when she needs your support. I will do the rest,” Emerson confirmed. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUTvI53Jnm
“I have one more question. W-what about her dad, Alan? Is he Lycan royalty too?”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExA4rDLEXw
“No.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkUm0XAtNyq
“Then who is he?”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3YN05wtDit
Emerson exchanged a look with Alex and Rowan and uncertainty spread across his face at the question. His lips pursed together and bid time before having to answer the question. Rowan sat on the edge of the seat with anticipation before Emerson finally opened his mouth.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3BgKBCqbU
“He is simply the man, that stole the Saviour from her crib during a territory war.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXhLUgHlFA
Silence.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcr01SLtfUp
“Oh shit!” Alex whispered.
Anger instantly hit Rowan’s blood and his veins were apparent on his forehead as he tried to keep Olcan inside. That fucking mongrel, thought Rowan as his fists clenched by his side. He felt his eyes flicker back and forth whilst he tried to fight against Olcan to maintain control and avoid an outburst. Olcan pushed to the surface harder, 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AlOODVbtC
“Get out Emerson! GET OUT!” Rowan heard Alex yell.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzybrpkviaR
Olcan quickly shifted and caused so much pain with the sheer force that joints did not pop or crack they snapped. Emerson scurried out of the room in haste as Olcan stood from the ground and gave an almighty roar. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡubd9n0yDKG
“Olcan… Olcan chillout. It was some time ago; he will get what’s coming to him.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBUgtRcmhqi
“He stole Luna! Hurt Luna!” Olcan said through heavy breaths. He roared loudly again and this time the ground shook beneath them. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHi7flcFMDo
“Olcan give control back to Rowan, please,” pleaded Alex. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNhCLGuGrg
“No! Must find Alan now!” he roared.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqM6EsLG2YH
Rowan tried to gain control as Olcan tore the office door off its hinges and threw it across the entrance hall. It crumbled to pieces on the floor as it contacted the wall on the other side of the room. All Rowan could think about was Ivy. She was most definitely going to wake up to this and was scared for her reaction. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmglI9F7ik
“Olcan, don’t you dare,” Rowan linked with Olcan. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvhSpCoOpW
The wolf continued to smash through the glass front door and let out a raging roar that ripped through the entire village.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡat4PfNyza2
“ALAN!”
Behind Olcan, Rowan heard the cracking and popping of someone else’s shift as Olcan stood to let out another mighty command. A wolf launched at him from behind and clawed their way up Olcan’s back.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtno1cd7RH
“Shift back now, dumb one.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQE8ayjIxj
Rowan heard Luka’s voice, Alex’s wolf. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElOuvbkYHH
He lunged onto Olcan once again, but Olcan shook him off like he was nothing. Luka landed against the stone on the outside of the pack house and whined in pain.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqOkDrhk8Cc
“OLCAN! ENOUGH!” someone screamed from inside. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Whuka5ucm
“My love,” Olcan stated. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFkKn8GGhd
The wolf turned to face Ivy who tore down the staircase, except Ivy did not come to his side. She went straight toward Luka and offered him aid. Olcan held in his anger and commanded her to come to him with no effect.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TLOV0w62x
“NO, I WILL NOT!” Ivy roared back, which made Olcan recoil slightly. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfPaDhPsPt
Ivy helped Luka to his feet and inspected his back. The sight of Ivy touching another wolf and not being by his side, enraged Olcan further. He lunged for Luka. Ivy forced the quickest shift with Catori than the others had ever witnessed to protect Luka. She placed herself between Olcan and Luka firmly.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHouG6y6JL
“Move!” Olcan commanded. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RwGTWsakq
The command had no effect over Catori and left Olcan confused.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD4sqKPQak0
“NO! Give control back to Rowan, NOW!” she demanded.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuGwVqRP7r
Olcan stood his ground for a moment. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlI5p1aGFMC
“I’m sorry, my love.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTtHOe65kr
Olcan bent down and bared his neck to her. Catori purposefully ignored Olcan’s gestures for reconciliation and picked up Luka. She muttered something under her breath and placed him on the lawn, near the entrance. Olcan’s mood started to calm, and a crowd started to gather around the house. Rowan hoped deep down that the commotion wouldn’t bring Alan here because if he showed his face, that would be the end. Rowan took advantage of Olcan’s calmness and forced back control before anything else triggered his wolf.
He stood on the front lawn naked and continued to fight internally with his wolf, who constantly growled in his mind. Rowan saw the damage that he caused and marched off to get clothes.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Aw8e6vwr0
“Where are you going?” Ivy called.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡva8cAkTvCg
Rowan was too angered at his wolf and Olcan’s anger spread into his mind. Catori chose Luka over him. He knew he was being stupid and tried to shake it off but ignored Ivy and continued upstairs. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YsikZ3pHw
She ran after him, treading carefully through the broken glass that Audrey and the other Omegas were already cleaning. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmz5HDbOyGq
“Stop!” Ivy yelled after him, breathless. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8QOpoHBqek
Rowan continued to ignore her.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5gWoOpEjB
“Stop right now Rowan!” she commanded. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCNaUuwIWh
Ivy’s command had full effect over her mate’s body and forced an instant stop.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5HdXUMlg3
“What the hell was that?” she asked once she reached him.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡThj7ALlPrQ
Rowan shrugged. He wasn’t in the mood to talk. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLPaorMKKYe
“Answer me!” she continued. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbfio9Xu8w
“I don’t know Ivy! Ever since you got here, the only think I’ve had an urge for is to protect you and keep you safe, here with us!”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKjzyq27gl
Ivy stood her ground against Rowan’s tirade. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNGeUmADbO
“So, it’s my fault that Olcan flips his lid, and you allow it?”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1hqervyDnb
“No, Ivy.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhyqHTr6b0j
“Well, what could possibly be out there, that is going to make me leave this pack? This is my home, my former packs home and where my mate lives. I am not going anywhere! How many bloody times do I have to reassure you and stroke your fucking ego?” she screamed. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7iX9Plbv4Y
Rowan’s temper rose, his breathing became laboured. His heart beat quickened that he was spoken to with disrespect. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdlArM0qoj
“Do you really want to fucking know Ivy?” he said through gritted teeth.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZdZp6rMnx
A slight click of a nearby door handle was enough to snap them out of yelling at each other and they both whipped their heads in the direction of the sound. Emerson poked his head out from behind the doorway and shook like a leaf. His shaking hand made the door slightly wobble and they both heard his rapid heartbeat. If it was to beat any faster, he would well and truly have a heart attack.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhALMUAaBi
“Emerson?” Rowan growled. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rRZg5EGPe
“Al-Al-Alpha,” he jittered and slightly bowed his head. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCV3A679AT
“Who the hell is this?” demanded Ivy.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK7NNH4kGUF
“I-I guess now is the right time?” Emerson suggested with his eyebrows raised in Rowan’s direction.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw3pBjARF3B
Rowan felt put on the spot and his heart sank that Emerson chose now to show himself. If he wasn’t human, he would have challenged him or punished him for interrupting.
Before he could answer, Alex limped through the front door. Rowan acknowledged Emerson’s request and turned around to help Alex.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpS7MpQZbU
“I’m sorry man,” he apologised as soon as he reached him.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9DVMMFwJ0
Alex waved his hand around as if to say ‘no worries’ before groaning and clutching his side.81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVOgzRaf6t
“Let me help you up to the room and I will call for a Guardian.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylGnL81rxG
Ivy and Emerson still stood next to the stairs by the time Rowan reached them, with Alex draped over his shoulder. He turned to Ivy briefly before he passed. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwz4IRxEljH
“I will put him in his room and then we will talk. Go and wash up.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdmJIePlGPK
As Rowan turned his back to the duo, Emerson grunted like he was forgotten. 81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡze014JMtGw
“Emerson, that includes you.”81Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvaq1Scosgn
He nodded with his approval and disappeared back through the door as quick as he’d shown.
