Some people are not meant to be tamed. They are meant to run wild until they find someone to run wild with.
-unknown
RHAGE BLINKED SHE COULDN'T remember where she was. She lied in green satin sheets, the moon was out now. And she felt, different somehow.
Eclipse felt smaller, less angry, content almost. Wrapped around her waist was a scarred arm. Warm and safe. That's how she felt, her whole body was vibrating from the sparks.
Her mate, she was laying in bed with her mate.
Rhage squeaked. The only think covering her naked body was a rough towel. Goddess help her, she almost did it again, killed someone.
She knew better than to let Eclipse run free, but the thought of her mate rejecting her.. it threw her into a panic. Ashamed of herself, Rhage tried to slide out of bed.
"Dont." Lynn commanded, her voice still husky with sleep. "You're grounded."
Rhage gasped and she turned to meet her mates eyes, their faces were much closer than she anticipated. Rhage realized that Lynn's eyes were not green, nor gold, but a mix, like the Saturn rings. They took her breath away, "Your eyes are beautiful," she whispered.
Lynn cocked a coy smile, "as are yours, little rogue," she wasnt lying, Rhage's eyes were like storm clouds, but warm, like a humid night.
"What are you doing" Rhage asked, not knowing if she wanted to continue but did anyway. "You were rejecting me."
"No, I was discussing the matter of your rejection." Lynn laughed, though she should reject her, spare herself and her wolf the pain when Rhage ultimately dies, but if she was sentencing her mate to die, she deserved to feel that pain. "I was trying to assure you that I wasnt going too."
Rhage was too stunned to speak, instead settled into the soft sheets. Lynn growled, eyes flashing gold, Rhage realized in this position she was exposing her breasts. Heat flushed Rhages entire body, and she scrambled off the bed.
"Stop staring pervert!" Rhage snapped, glaring up from the floor at Lynn who peered off the edge of the bed, amusement dancing in her eyes. The carpet pressed into Rhage's legs and behind. "Do you have clothes I could wear?" She whispered trying to cover herself as much as possible.
Lynn groaned stretching up out of bed, before walking over to the long dresser, she pulled out a pair of boxers and a large tshirt before tossing them at Rhage.
"Boxers?" Rhage raised her brow in question.
"Do I look like the type of woman to wear panties?" Lynn laughed.
Rhage felt that was fair, if you were human, and didnt pay close attention, you could assume that Lynn was a man. From a distance. Maybe.
No she corrected herself, Lynn still looked feminine, her face was soft and she was small, despite her short hair and demeanor. She was still a woman. A beautiful woman.
She pulled the clothes on, her cheeks flushing as she felt Lynn's eyes watching her. "I have pack stuff to attend too," Lynn vaguely mentioned while pulling on a pair of jeans. "You're permitted to be in here, or with your sister. No where else. I dont need you trying to eat another Gamma. Or worse, the Alpha of Riches son." Lynn snickered.
"Finn?" Rhage asked her curiosity peaked. "I couldn't hurt him, hes Seer's mate." She mentioned fiddling her hands, not sure if she should stare at her mate or let her eyes fall to the floor.
Lynn froze, what did she just say? Suddenly the plan forming in her mind on how to save her pack and the pack of riches fell apart, crumbling in front of her very eyes.
"Shit."
Seer couldnt see anything. It was blissful. Ever since she turned 14 these visions started, crippling her frail body. It was too much, she just needed, darkness. She was afraid she was dead for a moment. But she knew that wasnt the case, as she wasnt alone in her mind.
"What shall I call you," Seer thought to herself, the wolf playfully rummaging in her mind. Seer thought that having a wolf in your head might be comparable to having a baby in your belly. But, not literally.
"Gypsy?" Her wolf sneezed, as if to say, no, "Karma?" Silence, but it wasnt a bad silence. It was more like acceptance.
"Karma it is." Seer hummed, feeling Karma stir, and then she felt her body vibrate, that same feeling when her head finally woke up the day before.
Seer couldn't see anything, but she could hear everything around her.
"Our mate is here Karma," Seer thought if she could, she would be grinning. "I wonder what, Finn, looks like," she sighed his name. Finn. Finn and Seer.
Finn looked down at the small girl, her sister said she was only two years younger than him, but she looked so small. Like she hadn't eaten a proper meal in her entire life.
His wolf purred, suprising Finn. Her wolf must be responding now, Finn hoped that meant she would wake soon. He pushed her golden hair out of her face before deciding to sit down and braid it, he did this with his mother when she was sick in a coma. It kept it from becoming knotted. He hummed to himself, a song his mother would sing to him before tying off the braid, resting it on Seer's shoulder.
"I dont know if you can hear me." He murmured.
"We can hear you," Seer cried in her mind, wishing for the first time she could see.
"I am Finn CrescentMoon, your mate. I think." He spoke with an accent Seer couldnt quite place.
"We are the Pack of Riches, across the Canadian border. I am leaving tonight, to go home to prepare for all the new she-wolves joining our pack. Father will be pleased to hear I found you. And I'll come back, I'll come back for you, Seer." He finished, and the sparks faded. She heard the door close.
"Damn body," Seer thought. "Just wake up already."
Karma shook her head in anticipation, and Seer thought that maybe, she felt her finger twitch.
She had to wake up soon. Even if her mate comes back for her, there might not be anything to come back to, if the vision told her anything.
War was coming.
Lynn reminded Rhage to stay put, before walking out of her room, she was supposed to meet Ember fifteen minutes ago. And the young girl was sure to get into trouble when left waiting.
She didnt know what to do now, if the pack of riches and the pack of trade couldnt become one through a mating ceremony, then she has to think of something else. But first, she must plan how to kill her mate.
Ember was rummaging through Lynn's vast collection of books when she entered the Library.
"You read a lot about the fallen stars." Ember dragged her fingers across the spines of Lynns many books.
"Our history interests me." Lynn curtly responded, not in the mood for one of Embers mind games.
"Our deal is still on correct? I seen you carrying our little rogue to safety this morning." She grinned, knowing this information would strike a nerve.
It did, Lynn's palms were sweaty with nerves. "Yes, the plan still stands." She nodded. "And tell Oscar I don't need a babysitter, let alone a fourteen year old."
"Well then, who's gonna kill miss Rhage Bloodmoon, me or you?" Ember giggled biting the tip of her finger, her head cocked. Eyes empty.
"I will." Lynn snapped. "Shes my mate, we are betraying her, the least I can do is make sure she doesnt suffer." She spoke softly.
Shit, what happened to her? Lynn had flings in the past. It was easy to just brush off the feelings and move on after it ended. But this damn mate bond toyed with her mind.
"Oh no, that wont do, she needs to suffer, and everyone needs to be there to witness the death of the mighty Moonwolf." Ember grinned, teeth sharp, "I'll kill her, and rip her limb from limb."