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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktNGWvLcNI
“…he used to yap like a terrier,” Calvin said.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrsgvT7W8kO
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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkWDl4DB1a
“Please make the noise?” Ivy asked.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZq4gTEU6VA
Calvin continued to make the yapping sound.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNJFrOwBER
“Laughing at my expense?” Rowan asked. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysBn6EBSik
“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?72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJ8oqUnxCb
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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFH6FOhONmy
“What’s gotten into you all of a sudden?” she linked with him. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7sqMLt07k
“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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCAReSl3jh
“Did you find that book I told you about Rowan?” Calvin asked. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLaqsE4idR
The question snapped him out of his thoughts and Rowan cleared his throat. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8pF5yii4x
“Yes, after I turned the office upside down.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CoF86KbD3
Calvin and Adrian laughed to themselves.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MlqOZ1w4C
“I don’t like your riddles Father, makes me waste time.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCt1DcSg8NI
“Rowan, you are such a buzz kill, lighten up. What did you think of it?” he pressed.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYbvySVcnu
“I thought it was a good read. I even gave it to Ivy to read today.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6WS7Dnl1tc
Calvin’s attention turned to Ivy, finally. She was nodding her head as she finished her mouthful of food. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAp8oQ01nPV
“Yes, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I spent most of my time reading one story though,” she said.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFj147H0fq
“Which one?” Rowan’s father pressed. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGCNyIu17dc
“Some ridiculous story about a white wolf and her Companion, the Heroine one, what was the name?” 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HJydLYFUC
“Ah, the Royal Scry, such a great tale and so informative, wouldn’t you think?” Calvin pushed. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDkbRbMjSx2
Rowan gave his father a low growl as a warning, and he immediately threw his hands up in surrender. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1nn8s7213
“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. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKjKdYpgwcz
“I wrote them,” his father confirmed. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmIGBWwZD5B
“Why would you write such things, and how do you know?” Ivy responded, with her eyes so wide. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh7H5zV0MeF
“Well, I will tell you if you really want to know?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzen7aeIMw
Ivy nodded eagerly. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡriJqw5e65j
“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.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXufrzrFfhD
“Father I think Ivy has heard enough, she’s had a big day,” Rowan cut in. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCKAaAzLHs
“No keep going,” Ivy shot back.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8lz1wVhLK
“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. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWwkuA8LGK
“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. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5UyLkrU7O
“Thank-you for coming to dinner, it was so nice to finally meet you both,” Ivy stood from the table.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtyKvsS8Q6
“Thank-you father. I will see you out.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBfH2SUwJb
Rowan tried to rush Calvin and Adrian out the door. Before they left Calvin turned to face Rowan outside.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Xcz5OhuuZ
“You need to tell her, stop sheltering her and protecting yourself. She is here for a reason.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUTZTc5XvDz
“She will know in the morning,” Rowan confessed. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQfFjUFSUv
“Wow that was a turn in events.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZThygzNOM
“He is here.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5w9LEVVQOB
“Is that who came to the door during dinner, Rowan?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnoBzkdBhPo
He nodded his head and hoped that Ivy wasn’t standing behind him.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRw0ws95flu
“Please come and tell him to visit us. I am most intrigued,” Rowan’s father stated. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl5K0YuNQwq
“Good night, Rowan, no one will take her,” he patted Rowan’s face, “This is a blessing.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2NEB9g4E8
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. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZYaGbOAih
“Who was at the door during dinner?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLregSvoZ5P
“No one my love, Alex just reporting disturbances on the boundary,” Rowan stated. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbg6aMAG74
“Your father is a wonderful man. So full of knowledge and stories,” she said. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxyRrN5AdD
“Yes, stories.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRgFKjGE8B
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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YWZ4VvBbD
“What is wrong with you?” she asked. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5WVf17pGFt
“I almost lost you,” Rowan murmured.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfhZk1Hq0Q
Ivy returned his look with love but also bewilderment, once she realised that this is what he’d been thinking about. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXbO8st4LP
“You will never lose me, ever. I will never leave you,” she comforted. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXvuMnDjKO
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. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡar3KXByHX3
“I promise I will never hurt you again,” Rowan said, breaking their kiss. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5cfyA8CYP
“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. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCQ2pK7Cfp
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. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBqxIaQGL57
“We are going to bed, my Luna.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn8yAEMkpVy
Ivy giggled joyfully. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54NhhS4nG9
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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62sglHjchV
“I’m sorry I got mad about you moving my stuff. I’m still not sure what came over me,” Ivy whispered. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPMl9yRcK0
“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 bathroom72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvw3koQbwxE
“Hey!” he heard her call out.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ryo2efmx6
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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxtwI6Wa0L
“Ivy, no games,” he growled.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMoYZGe0bhi
“Oh, you’re no fun,” she whined, opening the door.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtP66h1cQUT
Rowan pulled her into the water as she squirmed in his arms at the heat of the water.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRL1KItNDka
“Ow, ow,” Ivy shrieked. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUoKymRHd4
He couldn’t help but laugh at how quickly she retreated the other side of the shower. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijzAk6oTN8
“Turn it down please,” she pleaded. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPgIMXR0Eb
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. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkEOyqkD3MB
“I haven’t heard Catori in a few days Rowan and I’m worried,” Ivy finally confessed. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DF1WkiycV
“Since you went under?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡquERqR12Pw
Ivy nodded and moved her head to look at him, wanting answers. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8gR56wCM6
“Maybe she went through a lot as well, she will come back to you,” Rowan offered. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eTu1pi1Rs
“I hope so, I miss her wit and empowerment, you know?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4F4Px3MiO
“Yeah, I’d feel empty without Olcan.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmPjyEI95j
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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHNdFXIfWW
“I missed you,” he said softly. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwH6yMS6YPn
“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. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0Iah7h8y1
“Thank you,” she said. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKh8NlKK2e
“For what?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCsPMOd3Yy
“For being you. You put my needs first.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxl0ycm5pq4
“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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdUkLXRFR34
“I feel so fresh,” she exclaimed. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0CogBr6Eg2
“No love making then?” he asked whilst playfully pulling at her nipple. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl9v2HHLvHM
“Oh, you wish,” she smirked.
Ivy’s face turned serious in the moment. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyiksVifta3
“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.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKyBXImUAKR
“Rowan, can you promise me something first?” she asked.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeC0GxDbsp6
“I will promise anything.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTVRHGzDWTl
“Promise me that you won’t run away from me, from the monster that I think I may be.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94dmsnP78V
“I promise, but I don’t know what you mean?” Rowan looked her confused.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplTws4GVnq
“There is something going on with me. Those four days…,” she trailed off, breaking eye contact. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5eVgF2v0qn
“Ivy, you can trust me. I am your mate.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhCbYZJBIQ
“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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMye4K0hJl
“Oh Ivy, my Luna. Do you have these visions in normal sleep?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYLBuY4XAk
Rowan pulled her into his arms and her face buried into the safety of his chest.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf91dzKFUG0
“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.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8o2GPWZYz
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. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7FvFkp3Ld9
“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?” 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBFV4JmGk7V
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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWpKUZ1DxE
“How will I know what’s going on?” Ivy asked. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ27r9OcWjjb
“I guess we’ll find out soon,” shrugged Rowan. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWHADcLZjh
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. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡznU8H3Y04V
“Rowan, Rowan…Rowan.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFaX0Jwr5F0
He took a deep breath in and smelt that the person was Alex.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8QOzqecFag
“What do you want?” he said through gritted teeth.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWpu5zHkps
“It’s first light,” Alex anxiously replied. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocTVlKWf1O
Rowan forgot that he was supposed to be meeting the Companion this morning and groaned. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRPdQlxNDT
“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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXKNK8NAlu
“Are you okay this morning Rowan?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yFmGV0yxY
“Sure, I’m fine.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4N76x2PvLY
“How’s Ivy?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlp4XiutI7M
“Not so fine. She doesn’t know this lot stayed last night and I’m not telling her.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQqpVPhblJ
“Is that wise?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBa8YAHHE1q
Rowan shot Alex a glare.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXiZvZjhVbM
“Well, it’s too fucking late now, isn’t it? Come on.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8SneNAi8q
They got the bottom of the stairs and to Rowan’s dismay the Companion was waiting at the foyer. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgO28W9RadH
“Good morning, Alpha,” he politely said. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0gvvzJGZAj
“Morning, we shall chat in my office, please follow me.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8sdYbER6M
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. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGD25Xt2EM6
“You have quite a place here Alpha Rowan, it is awfully large,” he observed. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Kw2erbzFS
“Yes well, for that I am grateful as I have an ever-growing pack it seems.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVLRTQlIiv
The Companion took a seat and Rowan stood against the bookshelf. He almost needed to use it to hold himself up.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkm4kzk4xot
“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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1woCKocYfS
“Right, let’s get down to business Companion, I need to know everything.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiiGbu6PlxI
“Is Ivy not joining us?” he sighed. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIBgBeMOkD
“Not yet, she is in a fragile state right now and doesn’t know you’re here.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8M4ivv7Htb
“Ah,” the human responded and relaxed more in the chair. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTWgvjEh55d
“You’re a human?” Rowan asked awkwardly. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLF6SrCplEF
“Yes, I am, I thought you’d be able to tell, wolfs’ noses are very reliable.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlUHOJGZ4Xz
“Of course, I did, but why a human?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAuTCJ7kwAF
“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’.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCz0Y4wzLK
The Companion continued to explain.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTCUpqDlSYh
“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.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPh6NonoVl0
“When do you know the time is right?” Rowan asked. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPSdumEFiM
“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.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUXr932cvk
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. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ohenHRdQA
“We saw that from here,” said Alex. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXvOtraw7gp
The Companion stared at Rowan and awaited confirmation.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQnrXfkrUWX
“We felt the electricity in the air, the hair on my arms stood on end, her howl was so beautiful.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOrRbKk4nXR
“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.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlF51QWyfx
“What happens next?” asked an impatient Rowan. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPyIepA8T0J
“How much has your relationship progressed?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFL2nUXfBv6
“That is none of your concern,” he snapped.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfwfqoUO8m0
“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.” 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYXAAycyf1e
“We made love,” Rowan carefully confirmed. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5TNPwlPej2
“How many times?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZwhH7glui
“What is this? An inquisition?” he snapped. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVK39okucmU
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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf90rBL1vQt
“Rowan marked her,” Alex broke. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUiZyUsHJ6
“…and then she fell into a four-day coma,” he finished. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4Mev81xOG
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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhTsBzDIsk
“I’m sorry Rowan, this will go nowhere otherwise.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyuSr0FVi8
“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. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQpVWUvVKd
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. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNYpvC3AMgA
“We are further along than I thought we were,” he finally announced. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIlzXX6GnH
“What does that mean?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKIbPlTTNMB
“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?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFIRhMaxXX
Rowan thought hard about the question. When was the last time?72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpGwaTr6Z9
“From what I can remember it was the second day she was here.”
The Companion let out a long whistle. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡImYWbBaDW8
“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.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKhSahuUSi
“There is a problem with that,” Rowan cringed. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDIjwXkomt
“What?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAV951vyjXj
“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. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFObthsmspi
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. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBUB83U2Cka
“This is nothing to be smiling about Emerson. If Catori can’t push forward, then Ivy can’t shift.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡku7UG42MZD
“No, no Rowan. You misunderstand the prophecy. Ivy is Lycan Royalty,” Emerson tried to explain. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡclKdTGiyT5
“Have her eyes changed colour?” he asked. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKJo6ZaQeH
“Yeah, when she woke from her coma, they were a deep red.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAQedyLlvO
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. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5RZpfeXR1
“Alpha, work with me,” Emerson said.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7aWFSeu9Ia
“Spit it out,” Rowan growled. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu1W335oKkh
“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.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6WDyQtM86
“So you’re telling me that I’m mated to an ancient wolf, who is Lycan royalty?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7a8Wdu1rv
“In a sense, yes.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5R82Nh5Zyn
“It can’t be, Lycan’s and Wolves haven’t mixed, for hundreds of years,” Rowan sounded confused.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vGEonFM5c
“Yes, I’m aware and it’s strange.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpyZgmg2vZs
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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSC7QF0Cnd
“What do I do?” he asked once he found the words.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASxEFC8Leb
“Nothing. Keep doing what you’re doing and be there for her when she needs your support. I will do the rest,” Emerson confirmed. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuX6uUPloo1
“I have one more question. W-what about her dad, Alan? Is he Lycan royalty too?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡclLKlcV4en
“No.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ScU3Fp96X
“Then who is he?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI8SxdrRNlt
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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYOlcBInlz
“He is simply the man, that stole the Saviour from her crib during a territory war.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL7t0grUJX2
Silence.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpv0sq0qpzm
“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, 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEBA47MVLc
“Get out Emerson! GET OUT!” Rowan heard Alex yell.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eJWsRd9oM
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. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcjA3YmTXOF
“Olcan… Olcan chillout. It was some time ago; he will get what’s coming to him.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeT4qqoqyjL
“He stole Luna! Hurt Luna!” Olcan said through heavy breaths. He roared loudly again and this time the ground shook beneath them. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTrLSEZbQx
“Olcan give control back to Rowan, please,” pleaded Alex. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4zYKqjZ5L
“No! Must find Alan now!” he roared.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdJmEdNGbt
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. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ59LdBVQH73
“Olcan, don’t you dare,” Rowan linked with Olcan. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx8wCrJ3YRo
The wolf continued to smash through the glass front door and let out a raging roar that ripped through the entire village.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOGjdjhNoHG
“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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8pAho6sy7e
“Shift back now, dumb one.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfiMZI5wK2
Rowan heard Luka’s voice, Alex’s wolf. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkGMZjXRzB9
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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWND33cnHhd
“OLCAN! ENOUGH!” someone screamed from inside. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMAo60dvBn
“My love,” Olcan stated. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAD9lyzOt0
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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPsQT1KsibH
“NO, I WILL NOT!” Ivy roared back, which made Olcan recoil slightly. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUb6scVggyQ
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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRBoTgwEfCP
“Move!” Olcan commanded. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8APsCkm3DX
The command had no effect over Catori and left Olcan confused.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtwN1XG8KmZ
“NO! Give control back to Rowan, NOW!” she demanded.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvH9D633AcC
Olcan stood his ground for a moment. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOEDZiOad2O
“I’m sorry, my love.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bKuo4wHtk
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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZv2pk6D0o
“Where are you going?” Ivy called.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsg9ZLji4PV
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. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRcboXeJHR
She ran after him, treading carefully through the broken glass that Audrey and the other Omegas were already cleaning. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8l3BWeeiA
“Stop!” Ivy yelled after him, breathless. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuaP0Rc7kXy
Rowan continued to ignore her.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡti0qKugb7V
“Stop right now Rowan!” she commanded. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsP6ymHy3u7
Ivy’s command had full effect over her mate’s body and forced an instant stop.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83lGWKZvBL
“What the hell was that?” she asked once she reached him.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHNTYhvcbc
Rowan shrugged. He wasn’t in the mood to talk. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgfwCFU21Z
“Answer me!” she continued. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9nrLP7sNAR
“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!”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3r0GCpRf7s
Ivy stood her ground against Rowan’s tirade. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7thjKnIFi
“So, it’s my fault that Olcan flips his lid, and you allow it?”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoRAFU3xBBP
“No, Ivy.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz26CxSCg8M
“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. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGv6wG2zu2L
Rowan’s temper rose, his breathing became laboured. His heart beat quickened that he was spoken to with disrespect. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGADhPGZ8w
“Do you really want to fucking know Ivy?” he said through gritted teeth.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OL3eJOgNL
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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6PwdjdymO
“Emerson?” Rowan growled. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGo3PkPg8EB
“Al-Al-Alpha,” he jittered and slightly bowed his head. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbFXmZXzrs
“Who the hell is this?” demanded Ivy.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmh2eq8lFNc
“I-I guess now is the right time?” Emerson suggested with his eyebrows raised in Rowan’s direction.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22ZrrXye7b
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.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqmLan1KnL
“I’m sorry man,” he apologised as soon as he reached him.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoBDHjODRu2
Alex waved his hand around as if to say ‘no worries’ before groaning and clutching his side.72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc2NHZJHTqA
“Let me help you up to the room and I will call for a Guardian.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtmg4hHT5u
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. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPXJ5tqZ5k
“I will put him in his room and then we will talk. Go and wash up.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvr0y7oekbu
As Rowan turned his back to the duo, Emerson grunted like he was forgotten. 72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUNdhZWAum
“Emerson, that includes you.”72Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJD9O7Co4VJ
He nodded with his approval and disappeared back through the door as quick as he’d shown.
