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.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFS66O0RZgG
“…he used to yap like a terrier,” Calvin said.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCuvnFQpu6
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.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDENJUVTIG
“Please make the noise?” Ivy asked.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGrjRXQF9AE
Calvin continued to make the yapping sound.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNVdMsknoe
“Laughing at my expense?” Rowan asked. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHGIs7IoQt
“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?76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfTGTaPXJZ
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.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBVHQDEpGX1
“What’s gotten into you all of a sudden?” she linked with him. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOqLNUA3cg
“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.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2r6dwzOWYv
“Did you find that book I told you about Rowan?” Calvin asked. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTvNid9bb7
The question snapped him out of his thoughts and Rowan cleared his throat. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4FISH3D0dw
“Yes, after I turned the office upside down.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmI7J1GQWML
Calvin and Adrian laughed to themselves.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWrsR8r9aw
“I don’t like your riddles Father, makes me waste time.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXXKzpIlDg
“Rowan, you are such a buzz kill, lighten up. What did you think of it?” he pressed.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3e4sNmBOBL
“I thought it was a good read. I even gave it to Ivy to read today.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL18ShIXZSH
Calvin’s attention turned to Ivy, finally. She was nodding her head as she finished her mouthful of food. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxov4tJWUaL
“Yes, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I spent most of my time reading one story though,” she said.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbaGEq6wIc
“Which one?” Rowan’s father pressed. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOr4YkZFOCs
“Some ridiculous story about a white wolf and her Companion, the Heroine one, what was the name?” 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vgHFmxNEm
“Ah, the Royal Scry, such a great tale and so informative, wouldn’t you think?” Calvin pushed. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrDzTAocQ1
Rowan gave his father a low growl as a warning, and he immediately threw his hands up in surrender. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL46HhGDG76
“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. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGRnvArbMfU
“I wrote them,” his father confirmed. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG2bt5sxnSk
“Why would you write such things, and how do you know?” Ivy responded, with her eyes so wide. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6qUJBKBiQt
“Well, I will tell you if you really want to know?”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsfaL77HXs
Ivy nodded eagerly. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6rWXQr6u1
“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.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZh1mkkzyFq
“Father I think Ivy has heard enough, she’s had a big day,” Rowan cut in. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMOhYumF2j
“No keep going,” Ivy shot back.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9Zib6CsVp
“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. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0M0yjcNlg
“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. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PaUcZE0dE
“Thank-you for coming to dinner, it was so nice to finally meet you both,” Ivy stood from the table.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN3T3PH4aVS
“Thank-you father. I will see you out.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbZPTn91eYv
Rowan tried to rush Calvin and Adrian out the door. Before they left Calvin turned to face Rowan outside.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9pC42t4r8z
“You need to tell her, stop sheltering her and protecting yourself. She is here for a reason.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7j3xQHp3H
“She will know in the morning,” Rowan confessed. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUTs20K1Qk
“Wow that was a turn in events.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JIB6fdqRO
“He is here.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1V73eOdUA
“Is that who came to the door during dinner, Rowan?”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfJ8wuAQaB
He nodded his head and hoped that Ivy wasn’t standing behind him.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpy5JBpSk3x
“Please come and tell him to visit us. I am most intrigued,” Rowan’s father stated. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCERAmXduu
“Good night, Rowan, no one will take her,” he patted Rowan’s face, “This is a blessing.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwZ7sxCe29
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. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZoPiY2P3t
“Who was at the door during dinner?”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYmqEU1AGi
“No one my love, Alex just reporting disturbances on the boundary,” Rowan stated. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2nOerXeiXq
“Your father is a wonderful man. So full of knowledge and stories,” she said. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxIrceZlqS
“Yes, stories.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxesXjb4WWn
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.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjqO32F5gM
“What is wrong with you?” she asked. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0sAito2ru
“I almost lost you,” Rowan murmured.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf28nvuiYvF
Ivy returned his look with love but also bewilderment, once she realised that this is what he’d been thinking about. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJjqPxh5RY
“You will never lose me, ever. I will never leave you,” she comforted. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdrbH8Ercm
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. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvR2VcbEhOC
“I promise I will never hurt you again,” Rowan said, breaking their kiss. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5dzlH68aHq
“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. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNbRsJCzOg
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. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFanQ5kYvty
“We are going to bed, my Luna.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjuzxbTiKJ
Ivy giggled joyfully. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkjxpxcSLg
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.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWlZy7hldM3
“I’m sorry I got mad about you moving my stuff. I’m still not sure what came over me,” Ivy whispered. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDQwr7mwZj
“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 bathroom76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVPGiXHB5d
“Hey!” he heard her call out.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DcjjdSlEC
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.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1SDsfXwFP
“Ivy, no games,” he growled.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjBWEA1Tjy
“Oh, you’re no fun,” she whined, opening the door.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcn3AF9ivtn
Rowan pulled her into the water as she squirmed in his arms at the heat of the water.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9xFuigcQg
“Ow, ow,” Ivy shrieked. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjeB70liaq0
He couldn’t help but laugh at how quickly she retreated the other side of the shower. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3BX8dJz0Sy
“Turn it down please,” she pleaded. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSdrhZTWGLI
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. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡox4iTjKeOp
“I haven’t heard Catori in a few days Rowan and I’m worried,” Ivy finally confessed. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPNQio3S9Gr
“Since you went under?”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKdv0RgIrim
Ivy nodded and moved her head to look at him, wanting answers. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5JPFo9bCX
“Maybe she went through a lot as well, she will come back to you,” Rowan offered. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTK4B2dV51
“I hope so, I miss her wit and empowerment, you know?”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkdx8prVO4
“Yeah, I’d feel empty without Olcan.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHfYwIR62j
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.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CVdLxPNF6
“I missed you,” he said softly. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqiFDiB9hqJ
“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. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3qACgpKd9
“Thank you,” she said. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqUZhQjoLSm
“For what?”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxHznZxQmTL
“For being you. You put my needs first.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtC4oIMPiZQ
“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.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbfB45GAFgj
“I feel so fresh,” she exclaimed. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbybLRaDYR0
“No love making then?” he asked whilst playfully pulling at her nipple. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPK4kJCozSg
“Oh, you wish,” she smirked.
Ivy’s face turned serious in the moment. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrsmadE4JlT
“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.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjU33V4kl7K
“Rowan, can you promise me something first?” she asked.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZpYViXAEBY
“I will promise anything.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqNnogEnx2
“Promise me that you won’t run away from me, from the monster that I think I may be.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9PApEW7mH
“I promise, but I don’t know what you mean?” Rowan looked her confused.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxsHPzbQBGP
“There is something going on with me. Those four days…,” she trailed off, breaking eye contact. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDAxbkWQBOv
“Ivy, you can trust me. I am your mate.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbygEMCSf74
“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.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFDnwB30ZSa
“Oh Ivy, my Luna. Do you have these visions in normal sleep?”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbq4swT1BUD
Rowan pulled her into his arms and her face buried into the safety of his chest.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Hio0TR8Id
“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.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡstJd3X9bNE
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. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoygzz3vAfr
“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?” 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPCKBW5cxf
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.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvbsg4mBnW
“How will I know what’s going on?” Ivy asked. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhjQ8JyhPT
“I guess we’ll find out soon,” shrugged Rowan. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxHFkiIIrPH
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. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRruHZ0FzRl
“Rowan, Rowan…Rowan.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALI45OWhm6
He took a deep breath in and smelt that the person was Alex.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlKP2eFUaJ
“What do you want?” he said through gritted teeth.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfYBVDZ1c3
“It’s first light,” Alex anxiously replied. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjmhFl1fvL
Rowan forgot that he was supposed to be meeting the Companion this morning and groaned. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINKYvJUF7i
“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.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYpoXb7det
“Are you okay this morning Rowan?”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSeAkeQuh6s
“Sure, I’m fine.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCKfH8sO2C
“How’s Ivy?”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTFqH0KlUx
“Not so fine. She doesn’t know this lot stayed last night and I’m not telling her.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKD7mgBIQBK
“Is that wise?”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7v1UoTTYf
Rowan shot Alex a glare.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzYvqCaYt2
“Well, it’s too fucking late now, isn’t it? Come on.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh9yXNs2BTi
They got the bottom of the stairs and to Rowan’s dismay the Companion was waiting at the foyer. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07PLsE7Tmw
“Good morning, Alpha,” he politely said. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS7VPFLmH6s
“Morning, we shall chat in my office, please follow me.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHcr7pKMdHY
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. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjNyTVESvc
“You have quite a place here Alpha Rowan, it is awfully large,” he observed. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFzC0FH6voU
“Yes well, for that I am grateful as I have an ever-growing pack it seems.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BrchbohuI
The Companion took a seat and Rowan stood against the bookshelf. He almost needed to use it to hold himself up.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNZASeJHHI
“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.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZi09cRk2Q
“Right, let’s get down to business Companion, I need to know everything.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGifHpG5xvE
“Is Ivy not joining us?” he sighed. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ17B1ibKL9Z
“Not yet, she is in a fragile state right now and doesn’t know you’re here.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzINNNuKtyl
“Ah,” the human responded and relaxed more in the chair. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOO3xUuFZ9r
“You’re a human?” Rowan asked awkwardly. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1iT47F0t3k
“Yes, I am, I thought you’d be able to tell, wolfs’ noses are very reliable.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmGLxZzvnV
“Of course, I did, but why a human?”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTq8X7vDDd
“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’.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfvNyInWLH
The Companion continued to explain.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxzeEyUJ1R
“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.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡohIoX4cQDm
“When do you know the time is right?” Rowan asked. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekrSYmzzwq
“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.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOrZkqKZHa
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. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcUxx3JIEA
“We saw that from here,” said Alex. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsLKKFbC1d
The Companion stared at Rowan and awaited confirmation.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbndPXmdIX8
“We felt the electricity in the air, the hair on my arms stood on end, her howl was so beautiful.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00roMccMyX
“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.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5aYTQUkia
“What happens next?” asked an impatient Rowan. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2bkHqvg0yw
“How much has your relationship progressed?”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt71tw1uiYl
“That is none of your concern,” he snapped.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFUyFpNX1UV
“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.” 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUUksvS1TKA
“We made love,” Rowan carefully confirmed. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JbHOItdea
“How many times?”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRvkeusOBk
“What is this? An inquisition?” he snapped. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9IAVerI5Rl
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.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2jWi0muZR
“Rowan marked her,” Alex broke. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOMd76qkMX
“…and then she fell into a four-day coma,” he finished. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxCRHN2yVH
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.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGHCnrX47vd
“I’m sorry Rowan, this will go nowhere otherwise.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSYMp0UVhlk
“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. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCg8bUFeMEf
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. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGsSueN2nZC
“We are further along than I thought we were,” he finally announced. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHRJE8giXhS
“What does that mean?”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKoxtNd7dS
“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?”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgahblcMEG
Rowan thought hard about the question. When was the last time?76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjldn4Mhjye
“From what I can remember it was the second day she was here.”
The Companion let out a long whistle. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWZa1oHXYO
“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.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHvGbrZodVB
“There is a problem with that,” Rowan cringed. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZNz5QOHBx
“What?”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomkfaxHQlq
“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. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFhkTcTIDX
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. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1y5AmPssQZ
“This is nothing to be smiling about Emerson. If Catori can’t push forward, then Ivy can’t shift.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7yI9fFYta
“No, no Rowan. You misunderstand the prophecy. Ivy is Lycan Royalty,” Emerson tried to explain. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcKcRw1cvci
“Have her eyes changed colour?” he asked. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlWlOskCFD
“Yeah, when she woke from her coma, they were a deep red.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TPi9rKZlD
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. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdaLq6mpAso
“Alpha, work with me,” Emerson said.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIyHcogsTv4
“Spit it out,” Rowan growled. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3lX9c0NdUj
“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.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvbCMnaJCL
“So you’re telling me that I’m mated to an ancient wolf, who is Lycan royalty?”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zsMgPFgSy
“In a sense, yes.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwWxsU6hPHe
“It can’t be, Lycan’s and Wolves haven’t mixed, for hundreds of years,” Rowan sounded confused.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHNiK41Trj
“Yes, I’m aware and it’s strange.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQURVKC2OBe
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.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizj3YxWaFC
“What do I do?” he asked once he found the words.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KJgmHU2Mf
“Nothing. Keep doing what you’re doing and be there for her when she needs your support. I will do the rest,” Emerson confirmed. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RFeUPAusD
“I have one more question. W-what about her dad, Alan? Is he Lycan royalty too?”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNSkBU7B04
“No.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXePsnAJXxG
“Then who is he?”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbBhlrw0rB
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.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQiM1deTqg
“He is simply the man, that stole the Saviour from her crib during a territory war.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pxVK3DUgE
Silence.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbflGBX5LG5
“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, 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYQWFhgMvXG
“Get out Emerson! GET OUT!” Rowan heard Alex yell.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRG1oCRdMUl
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. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNpyeXd7Cl
“Olcan… Olcan chillout. It was some time ago; he will get what’s coming to him.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtPX2qQFE1
“He stole Luna! Hurt Luna!” Olcan said through heavy breaths. He roared loudly again and this time the ground shook beneath them. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTFG37GMYQ
“Olcan give control back to Rowan, please,” pleaded Alex. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQpQNEmweB
“No! Must find Alan now!” he roared.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8wnb5yJZ6
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. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4mihDWyFiG
“Olcan, don’t you dare,” Rowan linked with Olcan. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA4X9ASBUsZ
The wolf continued to smash through the glass front door and let out a raging roar that ripped through the entire village.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGtsVNrPelt
“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.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVPKOjVMUZ6
“Shift back now, dumb one.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD77ELBxk9n
Rowan heard Luka’s voice, Alex’s wolf. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxGJpbCBYK
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.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp0Mr1Fe6Md
“OLCAN! ENOUGH!” someone screamed from inside. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQggQwXEfig
“My love,” Olcan stated. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeA9H6y3WB1
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.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmegAfyLLLq
“NO, I WILL NOT!” Ivy roared back, which made Olcan recoil slightly. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLpC0RafIpy
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.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBWXRXuJR9
“Move!” Olcan commanded. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjkiV53OWc
The command had no effect over Catori and left Olcan confused.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyOSiNzUYg
“NO! Give control back to Rowan, NOW!” she demanded.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKPO5e14El
Olcan stood his ground for a moment. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGio2Lcmfy
“I’m sorry, my love.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnxnZTTISoQ
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.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFaIypY5q18
“Where are you going?” Ivy called.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5M1AKBFjJ
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. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHFRv0Wtag
She ran after him, treading carefully through the broken glass that Audrey and the other Omegas were already cleaning. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYkOIEigfx
“Stop!” Ivy yelled after him, breathless. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrE1ThHyiU
Rowan continued to ignore her.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzS9rDECdx
“Stop right now Rowan!” she commanded. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6CIQolzSXR
Ivy’s command had full effect over her mate’s body and forced an instant stop.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQQdK85M49
“What the hell was that?” she asked once she reached him.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNHZkxQtlO
Rowan shrugged. He wasn’t in the mood to talk. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWaKkjm6zPN
“Answer me!” she continued. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nCP80ob8H
“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!”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUjpJWqsCT4
Ivy stood her ground against Rowan’s tirade. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7enArhJP9
“So, it’s my fault that Olcan flips his lid, and you allow it?”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKcI78gTrc
“No, Ivy.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKj9DOBPeJH
“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. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEH2NPCwsG
Rowan’s temper rose, his breathing became laboured. His heart beat quickened that he was spoken to with disrespect. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡETnq8ZV3NN
“Do you really want to fucking know Ivy?” he said through gritted teeth.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaHgJT1fcM
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.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsuDhPet4Ni
“Emerson?” Rowan growled. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM04HbVwodG
“Al-Al-Alpha,” he jittered and slightly bowed his head. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqn6SFsiAf
“Who the hell is this?” demanded Ivy.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvEPy6fwFEZ
“I-I guess now is the right time?” Emerson suggested with his eyebrows raised in Rowan’s direction.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jSy9dXiqz
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.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14BM0NsDb7
“I’m sorry man,” he apologised as soon as he reached him.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZLnGCh9fE
Alex waved his hand around as if to say ‘no worries’ before groaning and clutching his side.76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡda7q9ryjI6
“Let me help you up to the room and I will call for a Guardian.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrvwgqOas9
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. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrL2EEiOz54
“I will put him in his room and then we will talk. Go and wash up.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWiqUdZYLBH
As Rowan turned his back to the duo, Emerson grunted like he was forgotten. 76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqsq8gISXp
“Emerson, that includes you.”76Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD61JHCEBSs
He nodded with his approval and disappeared back through the door as quick as he’d shown.
