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Ivy reached her room and heard Rowan struggle with Alex to get him into bed next dor. She sighed heavily about the events that just passed.
What the hell just happened out there? The conflict went from one extreme to another. She awoke to Olcan’s roar from the room and flew down the stairs. Never had she witnessed Olcan’s temper before but now it’s something that she didn’t want to be part of again. Ivy walked over to the mirror as she took off her shredded clothes, to check for scratches and marks. Her shift felt different this time. She hadn’t heard Catori for days and progressively freaked out internally that her wolf disappeared. Ivy was concerned about her mood swings over the past few days but since her shift despite the reason, she felt more at ease internally. She’d initially explained to herself that she’d be coming into heat soon.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFl4d9a0Svb
“What a morning already, that was certainly not the best way to wake up,” Ivy explained to her reflection.
So much ran through her mind that she felt dizzy. She chose a singlet and shorts and hurriedly got dressed, ready for the conversation. A conversation that seemed to be with a human. Who the hell was Emerson? Ivy flopped onto the bed with a groan. The thoughts that ran through her mind were too much. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcsscUerOOB
“Ivy?” said a low voice.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbx0lIGXqi
She immediately recognised it as Rowan’s and lifted her head to answer him. Ivy expected him to come closer, but he didn’t.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczuREdjbDB
“Do you mind if I come in?” he asked.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcoN2xju2f8
“Well, technically it’s your room. I would assume you can come in?” she retorted.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuG2iz6vLvB
“Ours.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKTqba4DpN
“Whatever Rowan, then why ask?” Ivy snapped. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP254GPJaBN
“Are you okay?”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM9h3e8VB41
“Yeah,” she sighed.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HZjWWPmp3
“There is just a lot going on and I am not too sure that I can handle anything else right now.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9nO9sXhlp
Rowan quickly walked towards her like he felt her pain too. He flopped on the bed next to her and looked into her eyes. His finger traced her hairline and gently pushed stray hairs away from her eyes.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNYX32qoZJ2
“I know my love, please talk to me?”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84BAg2hIsd
Ivy felt defeat wash through her as Rowan caught her in a moment of vulnerability. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzAK4qK84c
“I am concerned that I’m not meant to be a Luna,” she confessed. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQANPgGE74V
“I know that the Moon Goddess has chosen a path for me because I’m mated to you and I am so thankful for that, but me as a person… I don’t think I’m cut out for this.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXDy5aMAdHV
Rowan laid in silence briefly.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4DTfOLayUU
“What makes you feel like that? You are destined for so much more.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1hWvsykNxe
“I’m scared that my actions have even scared my own wolf away. I haven’t heard her or been able to speak to her since that night. The shift today felt so different, like she is there but ignoring me, but willing to come out if she has too. I don’t want to fail at being Luna.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxFzi6eieX
Rowan smiled and stared into her eyes. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVpmyoP817
“How do you think I feel? We are together for a reason and have this pack for a reason. I feel like I have gone from nothing to worry about, to becoming Alpha and my whole world has changed in the space of a few weeks.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUej4Iv1HME
“What do you mean? You were always going to be Alpha?”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1tHhePydC
Yes, but I found my mate, an extra two hundred heads to train and feed and a wolf I have issues controlling. This hasn’t been easy, not to mention extra visitors.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9uzbNhjlO
“What is that man doing here?” Ivy asked.
She noticed that Rowan’s attention turned to the ceiling and thought that he wasn’t going to answer. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJp9l3SYLUH
“Your fate,” he stated. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSY0RX3lLN
“My what?”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPYDrVxEdp
“Come on, the man will explain it all.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomFvYsdSkb
Rowan hauled himself off the bed and ushered Ivy off too, but not before he stole a quick kiss.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSr26ErLkdy
“Promise me something?” he softly asked.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKK7XkjNkdd
“Anything.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqbczUABTv
“If you have to leave me, make sure you come back to me unharmed.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqX2qd87B1w
“I will not be leaving you Rowan, but I promise.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6H4kIxoiuY
He kissed her for a second time and tried to pull her off the bed. She groaned and sunk her body weight into the quilt.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiz5sjo2cT1
“Come on Luna,” Rowan said and pulled her legs. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSgdugyvAJ
He grabbed Ivy’s inner thigh tightly above the knee and she screamed in laughter. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28XJeHupxm
“Alright, alright I’m coming.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQd7GRag7DA
“Audrey made you breakfast in the kitchen, please eat. I’m going to check on Alex and I will find you.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxo9uGPD9GY
Ivy nodded as her stomach grumbled at the mention of food. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zUk3hB3Ge
Audrey was in the kitchen and the breakfast smelt delicious. She’d cooked bacon sandwiches and had a large pot of coffee brewed.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpoThE0xGl
“Please eat Luna, don’t want it getting cold,” she said.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxWWqk1xov1
“I can assure you, this won’t go to waste.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPZQFoHVM7
Ivy started to scoff the food that’s placed in front of her, when she heard someone come in behind her, thinking it was Rowan.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhX2ECRSxkQ
“Jeez, you were fast.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKTXvS8m11Y
“I-I’m sorry Ivy, I didn’t think you’d come down yet.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJ3nlbPLXN
Hearing the strange voice, she turned her body to see a small statured man, with short brown hair and wearing a tracksuit that was far to big for his tiny body. She held out a bacon sandwich and gestured him to eat, but he politely declined. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUiTpnaZPFd
“We were bought food this morning.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBs6uweJVYE
“This morning? What time did you get here?”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8aiX7TQavQ
“We will have a chat shortly. I will meet you outside on the porch, out the back. There is a lovely view of the forest and some nice cosy looking chairs,” the man said. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZiszYa4a3D
He turned to leave the kitchen and bumped into Rowan on the way out. Ivy felt the growl rise in his chest as the man scurried away like a mouse. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPHwPYa3sa
“Who is that?”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyjEwlkaivX
“I’m sure he’ll explain in a moment. What did he say?”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHtzaLfV0d
“Nothing, I offered him breakfast and he said already ate this morning,” Ivy shrugged. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡynSTgbj0QO
“How is Alex?”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUGlAx7zOPH
Rowan leant over the side of Ivy’s face and took a huge bite of the bacon sandwich she held.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw7yoGBru39
“He’s fine and healing well. I apologised again and again. I don’t think that I can ever make it up to him,” he stated. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAyxubeZu1
“Come on, can’t keep the man waiting.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgubT009pfO
Rowan led Ivy out of the kitchen and through the back door. She couldn’t shake the feeling that she was to be scolded for protecting the Alpha’s Beta over him and stepping out of line. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4iQXPJwTs
“Catori? If you are there, I could really use you right now. What is happening?” Ivy tried to mind-link her wolf.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCx7mSppgCY
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The back porch was set up with outdoor chairs set around the table. Tea sat in the middle with a few cups beside the pot. Audrey put together a spread of scones, jams and cream which sat in perfect portions in front of each chair. The man from the kitchen sat at the head of the table, sipping on his hot tea, and devouring a scone.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKP94On5MO2
“Would you like a scone with all that cream?” Ivy asked as she approached the table. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqRnyVbkWj
He raised his eyebrows at her and used his spare arm to gesture her to take a seat. She didn’t feel like being formal so took a seat on the other side of the man, and Rowan sat to her left. The man finished his mouthful and turned his attention to us.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqrkFwROln
“Who else is joining us?”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jc6GT0Q4I
“Just us for now,” Emerson replied.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs879gUjIdZ
“Can we get this over with?” Rowan asked sternly.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVRMurJ8BM
“My name is Emerson, Ivy.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj8I383eBQ0
“Well you know my name, but it’s Luna Ivy to you.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHpLJvU3mN
Ivy heard Rowan quietly chuckle next to her at the correction.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPZfwNGOZI
“Apologies Luna, I hear that you’ve been reading? Would you like to tell me about that?” asked Emerson.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswrlq6l9sO
“Are you a shrink?”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLTebvyzJp
Ivy shot a glare at Rowan, who shook his head slowly. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRYQoSk6sU
“No, I am a friend. I do come in peace,” Emerson said with his hands raised against him. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRzSN6jn54
“Rowan gave me a book on folklore and a Guardian in the Temple gave me a book to read on some history.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLaT2Bfm7je
“Did anything spark any interest to you?”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXtI7LV4Pwt
“Well, I suppose it was good to get an outline of how the pack came to be here and there was a story I read for a while in the other book. I was more focused on the notes written in the margins,” Ivy said and remembered that it was Elder Calvin who wrote them.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0JGfpEN8KP
“Ah, and what did you feel when you read the story, Luna?”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAufWy7H3Ol
Ivy tried to recall how she felt and sought out Rowan’s eye contact to help her. It seemed that he also drew a blank. She told Emerson that she was mainly drawn to the illustrations, mainly one.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3PzPwoCdE
“Which picture?” 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3pxBaLZBM
“The one with the white wolf, the people in the village bowing. The wolf was howling to the moon like they were connected. The howl reached up to the moon and then to the people and wolves below. Oh yes! There was also a man behind the wolf holding a ball,” she explained. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgVJ1gqrb5
Emerson had a surprised expression on his face with the detailed description but smiled. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMaWeVXVfR
“Wow, you’ve taken a lot in,” he said.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwv1nnICV50
“It was a pretty picture.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8mFFJ7tAP
“Do you see any similarities between yourself and this picture?” Emerson pressed. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJg5mnorgup
Rowan stirred at the direct question, and he knew that Ivy felt his heart rate quicken. He grasped her leg tighter. Ivy struggled to answer the question directly and her thought process was suddenly interrupted when Rowan quickly jumped out his chair, like lightening. Before Ivy asked what’s wrong, she heard the screaming come from inside the pack house.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnE576XU5US
“ALPHA! ALPHA! HELP!”
She followed Rowan, hot on his heels to see who cried out and were met with two Warriors in the main hall. One man bled profusely on the tiles near the bottom of the staircase and the other tried to catch his breath.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIySH0y2204
“Oh god, you are here!” the Warrior exclaimed. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVXynLh5XH
“What is going on Clark?” Rowan asked quickly, whilst he knelt to tend to the bleeding Warrior. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkoyXyuF5BO
The Warrior named Clark explained that they were patrolling with the scouts on the border that separated the human village with theirs. They rested from hunting and had been out in the forest for days, continuing to patrol for Rogues and other unwanted visitors. Clark said that the group were attacked from behind, in their territory and they eventually ripped the guts out of the Warrior that laid on the floor, leaving him unable to heal. Rowan called for an immediate Guardian so that the injured man could be taken there.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYyfweYUGfn
“You were attacked from behind?” Rowan confirmed.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fA7jPPh3K
“Yes Alpha, attacked from within the territory!” Clark stated enraged. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfbXWsHEk7
“How many? What happened to the Scouts?”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3tY5KfZXH7
“The Scouts got out and fled to the training station, on my command. Brian copped the injury and the rest of us were able to dodge around and get away. I went back for him when I realised that he never healed, I knew it must’ve been bad.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPcM10TUGUX
Clark bounced on his heels as he recounted their actions, waiting for his next order.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKmV5o13VW
“Clark, I asked how many?” Rowan hissed through his teeth.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1i2B84eKqq
“Five in total, one for each of us. Three were armoured,” he finally confirmed.
Rowan went silent and pressed his fingers to the bridge of his nose and took some time to think the news through. Ivy stood there in silence and watched his actions. She saw the struggle on Rowan’s face as he tried to comprehend the attack. The silence continued, other than Clark’s heavy breathing and Brian’s soft whimpering.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCKWgGOtUzy
“Damn it,” Rowan finally spoke, facing Clark.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxou59t6Etn
“Go and ring it. I can’t risk any more of our pack members, until I find out what is happening. Warriors are to stay in the training station and once I am satisfied with how many are here and everyone is safe, I will come and join you.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWgBcEOWIk
“Yes Alpha,” Clark confirmed. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwBKYL2NFXX
Rowan turned and wrapped Ivy in a bear hug. He finally let go and looked down at her.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeW4tGK964H
“You sit with Emerson and continue your conversation my love, you have some time. I will deal with this. Make sure you come inside when that siren calls.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamBPFljAJh
Rowan addressed Emerson without breaking eye contact with Ivy.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qtDOnem7K
“You too Emerson, and after your chat, you might want to go fill in the others.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7njepuvmwI
“Yes, Alpha.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQZjiwSvDZ
He leant down and kissed his Luna’s forehead. In that moment Ivy felt her duty as Luna had come, to help her pack members and was astonished that Rowan insisted that she have a conversation. He read her face and emotions. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkID6F4oCI
“You can do your duties after your chat is done. It is just as important. I love you, my Luna.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrjL6hlq06i
“Come Luna, we have much to discuss and now so little time,” said Emerson.
Ivy only followed Emerson back to where they were because that is what Rowan asked of her. She had a deep pull to be by the Omegas as they prepared the pack house, and they could have really used the extra pair of hands. Even though she was uncertain what happened, her bond to the pack started to already form.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1eP7UhCNc
“Emerson, I have a gut wrenching feeling that this is bad,” Ivy confessed. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC17tiDr5ld
“I know, Luna. Me too.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk2VdEacldR
“Well then quickly, where were we?”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvOrH3bz39
“I asked if you noticed any similarities between yourself and the story you read?”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC92GQHw0nF
“I noticed that we both share a white wolf and there have been instances in the past when I’ve been able to control Rowan with my command. I know that’s not meant to happen.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfQJHGfKsw4
“I have no connection to a man holding an orb though, if that’s what you’re asking?” Ivy continued.
Emerson sat with a smile and relief washed over his face. His fear that the one he was supposed to assist wouldn’t have a clue, vanished from the forefront of his mind.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVobXqiD5TR
“What’s wrong with your face?”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5NhhV13Z4E
The smile left Emerson’s mouth as soon as Ivy asked the question. He tried to avoid the question and he pursed his lips, as he decided how to answer the question. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKrNiDcj4da
“Where I come from, we do things very differently. There are still traditions and old beliefs and more spirituality. I am not a wolf. I’m a human conceived from two different species of wolf. Where I’m from, that makes me the Chosen One by the Moon Priest. My face is the symbol and sometimes it glows.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPKaVdm1eA8
“It glows?” Ivy’s mouth gaped open.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvadM3iSPy
“Yes. When I am close to whom I’m supposed to be close to and when I find what I need to. It helps me stay on track for the task at hand. Do you know what a prophecy is?”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFa1EloPWp
“Yes, but that has nothing to do with me.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsPYTSQxvS
“I’m going to cut to the chase Ivy, because we don’t have the time. I’d have preferred to go through this nice and slow but given the circumstances I feel that it’s not appropriate.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2e8pMbEM7h
Emerson cleared his throat and Ivy shifted forward to the edge of the chair. She hung off every word he said and prepared herself for the worst. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDpBjaZ7e1
“I am the Chosen One, or others may know me better as the Companion to the Saviour. My quest has led me here to find the Saviour, much like what you’ve read in the story. For the Saviour is born to make the ultimate sacrifice for our people. It is my duty, among many others, to assist the Saviour in the choices that she makes.” 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCiBiy0clip
Emerson’s words came out like riddles to Ivy, and she’d never had a spiritual connection with the land nor the moon that most others had. It never interested her. With all her might, she tried to connect the dots and he realised that Ivy struggled with the concept. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV7PWrnz8q0
“You are a white wolf. Rowan told me you were unconscious for four days. You woke with red eyes and have been moody? Our Saviour is as white as the Moon Goddess herself, red eyes to reflect the superiority that she holds over those around her and represents her royal bloodline. The Saviour will no longer hear her wolf, because she is the wolf, with crystal blue eyes and a howl so beautiful she can control the weather,” Emerson recited.
Ivy felt sick at Emerson’s words as she grasped hold of what he tried to explain. Bile rose to her throat. This is too much she thought. Faintness began to take hold and she had to grasp onto the chair she sat in, so hard that her knuckles turned white.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHl7U0MfDw4
“You are the Saviour Ivy. I am your Companion and forever at your service. You are the ancient Lycan, Catori,” Emerson added.
Ivy looked at him with wide eyes. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54wfBwyvDA
“W-what did you just say?”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccjQSZQrmF
The question was all she managed to squeak out. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDzfioRYHLm
“Listen, I know this is a lot, especially with what’s going on now. Perhaps we can discuss this after in further detail?”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudr4z3VT9h
She shook her head in disbelief.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5D3Sf6A6Un
“I’m a wolf though,” Ivy stammered and shook her head. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8LafN6yXmX
“No Ivy, you are a Lycan, and a very strong one too from what I saw this morning.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK45r0KjT8J
“But I can hear and talk to my wolf, Lycan’s are their wolves and are born that way.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡguJQWSdYQJ
Emerson clasped his hands in his lap.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUQqGc2kh5
“When was the last time you spoke to your wolf Ivy and what is your wolf’s name?”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeujNskzYgK
“Catori, and I haven’t been able to speak to her since I was unconscious…” her voice trailed off.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsxlfsdl6r
“The state of sleep that you were in, is the beginning of the change. You are Catori and Catori is Ivy. You now have a royal Lycan name and a Luna wolf name.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLE8ucXikU
“But you said that Catori was an Ancient, I mean is an Ancient?”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHF0L2jZdM
“Yes Ivy, Catori is every Saviour’s wolf and royal spirit. Although, she was the first dealt with this destiny. The visions you’ve had is her showing you what she’s been through, with every Saviour.”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1kaB3hZfll
“How do you know that I’m having visions?” Ivy asked. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczsoGEoaeo
“Because I’ve been having them too.”
The information overload was too much for her to handle. Ivy attempted to gather her thoughts and feelings regarding everything Emerson had blurted out, but she had one more burning question.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dCA9lt227
“If I am a Lycan Royal, then how did I end up here?”68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6fjMei5fK
Emerson held his tongue and his face changed with deliberation about revealing the reasoning. Ivy raised her eyebrows at him, ready to command him to give her an answer if he tried to get out of it. After what felt like an eternity, he spoke. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjxQ39T042Q
“You were stolen from us,” he said quietly.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4T49jhFQc
Ivy’s heart fell out her ass at his words. She tried to reply to delve deeper into his knowledge, but she heard the siren blare out across the territory. Neither Emerson now Ivy moved an inch and instead stared at each other, waiting for the other to say the first word.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ID1e1Jg5H
Rowan ran around the corner of the house before Emerson broke the silence.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zPJ8NcXWF
“Both of you, inside now and to your quarters,” he ordered, but sensed their hesitation. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpWlHOhpM57
“Get inside now! This is a command,” he yelled.
Ivy stood abruptly with her mind ready to implode. She was grateful that Rowan interrupted because the sick feeling her gut made her scared for what Emerson might have said next. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYxoZASlgU8
Emerson followed close behind as they made their way into the house. The big doors that led onto the porch were pulled fast behind them. Two Warriors bolted the doors from the inside.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqHmEnN97t
“What is going on Rowan?” Ivy asked. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCl1fLx5IT3
“I will tell you later, for now can you please go to our room so that I know you’re safe?” he responded.
The smell of fear and agitation rolled through her as they approached the entrance on the bottom floor. The whole pack gathered there and squished together like sardines.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswglgWcNaN
“What is happening Luna?” they cried. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡziCeDWOU3p
“Alpha, please tell us what’s going on?” they asked, but Rowan pushed past them to give safe passage to the stairs for Ivy. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxMNjm66nn
Ivy turned around and realised that Emerson was no longer behind her. She’d lost him the crowded house. She instantly felt more relaxed and stopped feeding off his tension and fear. Rowan guided her the whole way to their room. Once inside, he poked his head out the doorway make sure no one was coming and closed the door. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymc48IZHyv
“What is happening Rowan?” Ivy asked again. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbyqYr6doE
He placed his head in his hands and let out a deep sigh. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtL8aSDRnC
“I don’t know Ivy, honestly I don’t. Therefore, I haven’t addressed the pack yet because I don’t know what to say,” he said as he paced the room.68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7lcbxLVN0
“Clark said the wolves were armoured! Who even does that? Rogues certainly aren’t armoured, and I don’t know one territory that imposes that cruelty!”
Ivy recalled the information that Clark spat out downstairs earlier when he brought Brian back to the house. She gulped loudly. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQteam4ZHd
“…but I do,” she confessed. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegIdnsoRoC
Rowan spun around at her words and a confused expression returned to his face, but he waited patiently for an answer. 68Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4Z1VO9fB5
“Harold,” she confirmed.
