Somewhere along the Southern border of the Thunder Wolf Territory....
Zachariah DeMartel paces back and forth along the Thunder Wolf pack border. In the distance past the border, he could see a building. It was cloaked earlier, but with Tatiana's Alpha howl, the cloak seems to have shattered, revealing the building it had hidden. He still could not cross the border without losing his link to his pack. So he paced and waited for his pack to arrive. 'Tatty' he said with his mind. 'Tatty, can you hear me ?'. Trying once again to reach his twin.
'Riah...Raih is that you', his twin's voice came into his mind. But almost like in flashes. The link wasn't very strong.
'Oh my god, it's good to hear your voice' Riah said, tears forming in his eyes.
'Where are you ? What do you see ?' he asked.
'I'm in a room, no windows, just one on the door. I don't know where I am' she said.
'It's OK sister, I'm close by. Hang in there, we're coming' he said.
He hears a sound behind, he spins around. Behind him were 3 black raven wolves, each with a flaming red streak running down their backs that seemed to glow, even in the darkness of night. Each one smaller than himself. His younger brother, Wyatt, is the largest of the 3. All three with the same glowing steel blue eyes as his.
Behind them, he sees the rest of his pack and MC following his siblings. Some in wolf form, with various shades of black and dark brown coats, all with the same glowing steel blue yes. The rest, in human form.
From the west, he sees the eyes of a different wolf pack, and a different Beta. Elijah Jaggers' yellow eyes were glowing brighter than the rest. Indicating his Alpha blood. The Lightning Claw pack had come to help retrieve their Alpha's mate. Elijah shifts into human form, as does his sister Willow. Members of their pack, throwing duffle bags of clothing on the ground, for Beta and Omega to change into. Elijah looks down at his friend, Riah, still in his wolf form, despite his sister Lashley bringing him clothing to change into.
"Riah, you know I can't communicate with you like that. We don't share a pack link yet, my friend."
The large raven-black wolf's steel-blue eyes looked over and blinked at him, then turned towards a path, leading up to the old abandoned psych ward.
"Up there, that building" Lashley DeMartel said, coming to stand beside her mate.
"She's been less than 5 miles away from her packhouse this entire time ?" Elijah's sister Willow asked, slipping a hoodie over her head.
"Apparently so," Lashley said.
"They had some sort of barrier cloaking it" Wyatt said, joining the group.
"A cloaking spell, by Levana Crimson, of all people" said Elijah. "At least that was part of the ramblings of JJ, when he woke up."
" It was a good one", Wyatt said. "This place was nothing but trees on the radar and satellites."
"It was even missing from the provincial records" Kaydance DeMartel said, joining her siblings.
"Didn't Wynona Nikolassan spend some time here in the 90's ?" Lashley asked.
"Amongst other similar facilities, my love" Elijah responded.
"Like mother, like son" Kaydance said.
Jericho Nikolassan, the Alpha of the Thunder Wolf pack. However handsome he was, more was always said about his mental stability, then his looks. 'Why did the fact that Jericho is handsome just pop into my head', Kaydance thought to herself, confused.
Her brother, Riah's low growl answered her question. Just beyond the clearing, they could see 3 people walking towards them, stopping just on the other side of the border. Even in the darkness, Kaydance could see the unmistakable green eyes of the Thunder Wolf Alpha. Gasping to herself, she turned away from him, hiding behind her brother Wyatt. So he could not see her. Her breath quickened as his scent filled her nose. The smell of pine and vanilla and fresh cut grass. The same tingling sensation came over her body, as it had been doing for months whenever she was in this particular Alpha's presence.
'Mate' her wolf Nalya said.
'Stop it Nalya, he can't be'. Kaydance said back. 'Anyone but him.'
'Why not, look at him' Nalya said, rolling around in the grass.
'I'm not arguing about his looks. He's also dangerous, and a complete psychopath, not to mention he is holding my Alpha prisoner right now !'
'The elders have spoken Kaydance. It's him' Nalya said.
'Are they punishing me ?' Kaydance retorted.
'Not at all, they feel, you can calm down. His more....dangerous attributes, '
'There's not a person in the world who can do that' Kaydance said, peering from behind her brother, at the Alpha who the elders say is her mate. Trying to calm her breath, so her family wouldn't know. 12 months ago, they would have been fine with her and Jericho Nikolassan being mates. But with the treason of his father, and pack. He had been banished along with them. Being his mate, would get her shunned by her family, and banished from her pack. Exiled right along with her mate. She could never look him in the eye, as beautiful to her as they were. The moment he does, he will know, and the mate bond takes hold.
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'Mate', Jericho's wolf Klaus said. 'She is among them.'
'Impossible, my future mate is inside tucked away in the facility' Jericho said.
'No Jericho, she is out here, with us'. Klaus said
Jericho's eyes scanned the faces around him, looking into the eyes of each female in front of him. He felt nothing from them. His eyes fell on a tiny form, slightly hidden behind Wyatt DeMartel, his little sister Kaydance. He smiled, as it seemed she was hiding from him. He terrified her that much, that she couldn't even look him in the eye. He smiled at the thought that he scared the little wolf that much. 'If only she knew what I truly had in store for her and her family'
'This, mate, will give you the bloodline you so desire, Jericho' Klaus said in his mind.
'She is not the one I want'
'I thought you would have learned by now, when Tatiana broke your heart years ago, We don't get the mate we want...we get the mate we need'. Klaus said
'I need no she-wolf', Jericho retorted. 'I desire only one.'
'You need this she-wolf, Jericho. And she will be your every desire, and give you all that you desire'
'Nonesense' Jericho said.
"Her howl came from that building !" Riah DeMartel's voice interrupts Jericho's thoughts with his wolf. He had shifted back to human form, and was dressing himself. Finally deciding to lead his pack, as he should. 'Being an Alpha is really a man's job anyway', Jericho thought to himself.
"Well, considering that until moments ago, you didn't even know this building existed, I'd say that's a long shot," his Beta Derrik said. So far, the argument has been amongst the Betas of the three Packs. The Lightning Claw Alpha is nowhere in sight.
"Don't play stupid with me, you mutt" Riah interjected. "I saw that barrier come down with my own 2 eyes !"
"I've been out here in these woods for days, following what little of my sister's scent I could find, all paths, all roads, lead back to this spot. Now where is my sister?" Riah growled in Derrik's face.
"Zachariah", Jericho interjected. "Calm down."
Riah turned to face Jericho. He and Jericho were roughly the same height and size. Riah is just an inch shorter than Jericho's 6'7" Viking frame. Riah closed the gap between them, standing nose to nose with the Alpha.
"I know" he growled, "She is in there."
Just then, a dark blue Ford F150 turned down the path from the road. Jericho smiled as he watched the truck drive towards them, recognizing the truck.
"Ah, the fearless Lightning Claw Alpha finally arrives. Well rested from his slumber, I hope"
Eli Jagger growls, charging at Jericho, his eyes glowing yellow, baring his fangs, he stops just behind his friend.
"Something you will pay for, Jericho."
"There are worse things I could have done to him , Elijah. At least he's still breathing."
"As I recall, mutt, that was hardly a fair fight" Jackson Jagger said, getting out of the passenger seat of his pick-up truck. Being driven by his mother, Fiona Jagger.
"Eli, Riah, stand down" Jackson said, shutting the door to his truck.
Eli and Riah step away from the Alpha, keeping their eyes on him.
Jackson Jagger slowly, clearly feeling the effects of his time spent in slumber, made his way towards the group, his golden brown eyes never leaving Jericho. He walked straight up to him, standing nose to nose with him.
"This son of a b***h is mine" he said, his eyes glowing from golden brown to yellow, his fangs slowly dropping down.
His growl was low. His claws descended from his finger tips.
"Are you sure you're up for going another round with me, Jackson ?" Jericho says. "you're still looking a little worse for ware from our last one"
"I think I like my chances this time" JJ replied.
Jericho rolled his eyes, looking bored. "Levana" he said.
The shadow figure standing back towards the building that no one until now was paying attention to raised her hand and clenched it slowly into a fist. JJ screamed out in pain, feeling like a fist was closing around his heart. He fell to his knees, just as the back passenger door of his truck opened up, and Skye Youngblood jumped out, her own hand stretched before her. She muttered a few Latin words, and Levana suddenly grabbed her head, screaming as she fell on the ground.
The fist that closed around JJ's heart released him, and he kept on one knee, breathing heavily.
"You think you're the only one with a witch, Jer," he said. "Skye saw this coming hours ago, catch up" he finished, getting to his feet. He tilted his head slightly, looking at Levana slumped on the ground. "Well done" he said to Skye. Skye smiled, looking down at Levana, looking quite proud of herself.
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Inside the Thunder Wolf Refuge.....
Clarice Nikolassan stood down the hallway, looking at the door holding Tatiana DeMartel prisoner. Her growls grew louder, throwing herself against the door. Almost bending it, but thanks to a spell that Levana placed on it, it held against Tatiana's Alpha strength.
'Clary', her brother Derrik's voice came into her mind. 'I'm here' she replied.
'They've neutralized Levana.' he said 'If she hasn't broken down that door yet, she will soon. Get out of there'
Just then, the door holding Tatiana prisoner flew off its hinges. Slamming into the wall across from it. The force almost knocked Clarice off her feet. But she grabbed on to a pillar to stop herself. She looked back at the door, just as Tatiana was walking out of her prison. Her hair a mess, eyes glowing blue, her fangs and claws extended. Her 6 foot frame, muscles rippling threw her arms. She crouches down into her combat stance. Snarling at Clarice. The wolfsbane was definitely out of her system.
"Gladly" Clarice says to herself, as Tatiana unleashes her Alpha growl.
Clarice turns and starts to run, knowing she can not beat the female Alpha, who outweighs her in both strength and size. Tatiana was at least a foot taller than Clarice, and had at least 30 pounds of muscle on her. However, running from her was almost as pointless as fighting her. As Tatiana closed the distance between them with her Alpha speed, easily. Digging her claws into Clarice's neck, Tatiana lifted her off the ground. Clarice tried to loosen her grip around her neck with her hands, as she gasped for air.
"Where do you think you're going, b***h ?" Tatiana snarled. " You seemed so tough earlier, while I was weak on wolfsbane !"
"You can't..." Clarice choked out. "Kill me, it's against the law."
Tatiana dragged poor Clarice closer to her, so she was almost nose to nose with her, but still holding her off the ground.
"You stupid mutt. The laws no longer protect you"
With that, Tatiana raised Clarice up, extending her arm fully. And in the same motion, Clarice slammed on the hard, cement floor. Clarice's back hit it with a sickening thud. Clarice felt all the air in her lungs fly out of her body on impact. She writhed in pain, and she felt at least 3 ribs break. The floor beneath cracked and shattered from her impact. Clarice gasped for air, as Tatiana stood over her. Her black and red hair falling around her face, creating the perfect shadow over her face, making her steel-blue eyes glow brighter.
From outside of Clarice's sight, a large grey wolf leaped through the air, knocking Tatiana backwards and away from Clarice. Marcel Hartland positions himself between Tatiana and Clarice. His head low, his growls increasing as he slowly creates a gap between Tatiana and Clarice.
'Run Clary' he says in her mind. 'I'll hold her off'
He barks and snaps at Tatiana's feet, keeping his own distance.
'Go !' he yells.
Clarice stumbles to her feet, still coughing and choking for air, she runs down the hallway, and out the side entrance of the facility, into the night.
"This isn't over you b***h !" Tatiana growls at her. She let her go, turning her attention to the large grey wolf in front of her. Knowing her sisters and future sister-in-law were right outside. They won't let her escape.
'Lash, Kady, that Nikolassan b***h is headed your way.' Tat said with her mind. 'She went out the south entrance, don't let her get away.'
'On it' Kaydance said.
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Kaydance quietly slipped away from the group that was still arguing at the facility's main entrance. She ran towards the south side of the building, hesitating at her pack's territory border. 'If you cross the border Kady, your link to your pack will be broken' her wolf said. 'I'll get it back when I cross back over' Kaydance said. 'True, but while your in the Thunder Wolf territory, you will be alone. Your pack will not be able to link with you' Nalya said. 'Tatty is over there. She will' Kaydance said. 'She's all I need'. With that, Kaydance stepped over the border. With a snap in her mind, her pack link was broken. She looked back over at her pack and family. The battle to gain entry to the facility had started. She turned towards the south. In the distance, she could see a glimpse of silver blonde hair running toward the north. Clarice Nikolassan was running for her life. 'Where do you think your going b***h', Kaydance thought to herself, one last look at her family, and she started running after Clarice.
Suddenly, she seems to hit an invisible wall. She and another person are thrown backwards, away from each other, as if both were hit by lightning. As she lay on the ground, her eyes glowing steel-blue, her fangs growing longer, she climbs to her feet, to face the person whom she thinks hit her. His scent filling her nostrils, pine, vanilla and fresh cut grass, the tingling sensation growing into lightning all over her body. She turns around, growling, looks straight into the glowing emerald eyes of the Thunder Wolf Alpha. Images of their life together flashed in her mind, and the faces of their 3 children appeared. She gasped when she saw them. The oldest was a girl.
"Hello little Wolf" Jericho Nikolassan says.
'Mate' Nalya says
'No !'
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Jericho watched as Kaydance DeMartel broke away from the group. He didn't know why her movements interested him. She ran towards the south side of the facility, stopping at the border between the two territories. 'Where are you off too, little one'? he thought to himself. She looked back at the group, her steel-blue eyes looking uncertain. She was hesitant to cross the border.
'Jericho !' his sister's voice yelled in his mind.
'Clary ?' he said 'What's wrong ?'
'It's Tatiana, she's broken free !' Clarice said.
His eyes searched for the little wolf who had separated from the pack. 'Off to Big Sister's aid. I see little wolf, no wonder you're so hesitant to cross the border.'
Jericho broke away from the others, just as the argument started to get heated. He watched as Kaydance DeMartel ran over the border, surely off after his sister. He used his Alpha speed to close the distance between him and her. He rounded a tree, in hopes of cutting off the little wolf. As he charged at her, he suddenly hit an invisible wall. They are both thrown backwards and away from each other. As if both were hit by lightning. Her scent filling his nostrils, pine, vanilla and fresh cut grass, a tingling sensation growing into lightning in every muscle in his body. She turns around, growling, and Jericho looks into a pair of steel-blue eyes, the most beautiful eyes he had ever seen. Her caramel cheeks flushed as she bared her fangs at him. Her rose-colored lips slowly, revealing them. Her raven black hair falling over her shoulders, side from a flaming red streak glowing in the night along the right side of her face.
'Mate' Klaus said.
'What ? Impossible !' Jericho says back.
'Told ya, your mate would give you the bloodline you desire', Klaus replied. 'Her bloodline IS Tatiana's bloodline'
Jericho studied the little wolf's face, a desire he had never felt before rushed over him. Suddenly, all his feelings for the older sister melted away. Images of their life together flashed in his mind, and the faces of their 3 children appeared. He gasped when he saw them. The oldest was a girl. She looked frightened, he knew she was feeling everything he was feeling, and was getting the same images. And he knew why she looked so scared. Being his mate, would get her shunned by her family, thrown out of her pack. Exiled along with him. The very thought of even a single tear dropping from her beautiful eyes, made him angry. He had to say something to her, anything to her. But all his words were escaping him right now. So he said the only words he could muster.
"Hello little Wolf"
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Tatiana DeMartel threw Marcel Hartland onto the wall next to the fireplace. The stone wall shattered in his impact. She had long beaten him into shifting back into his human form, where she could do more damage. She stalked after him, her anger growing. "Why do you follow them, Marcel ? Your bloodline was once Lightning Claw ?" She said.
"My mother married into this pack. I grew up here."
"Denounce Jericho as your Alpha, and you can rejoin Lightning Claw"
"Never", Marcel coughed out.
'Tatty !' her sister Kaydance's voice called in her mind.
'Kady ? How are you able to link so strongly with me ? Never mind, what's wrong' she answered.
'I'm so sorry, I had to cross the border to chase after Clarice Nikolassan' she said, seeming in tears.
'What's wrong ?' Tatiana asked again, kicking Marcel across to the other side of the room.
'It's Jericho ! He has me cornered, I don't know what to do!' Kaydance cried.
Tatiana paused as she was about to punch Marcel in the face. Her heart stopped in fear. Remembering all of Jericho's plans for her family, if he ever got his hands on them. Ripping their hearts out, before placing their heads on a stake. Like her mother had done to his father. He was going to start with the youngest, Kaydance. He told her that, while linked to her. Fear and rage started building inside her chest. He had Kaydance now.
'RUN !'
She dropped Marcel's bloodied and bruised body on the floor of the facility.
"It's your lucky day, mutt," she growled.
"That Lightning Claw blood that runs through your veins just saved your life."
With that, she used her Alpha speed to run down the hall and through the south entrance. She paused only briefly to sniff the air, and catch her baby sister's scent, and ran off in that direction.
As she rounds the corner, she sees Jericho Nikolassan, holding her sister by the arms, as if to shake her. Kaydance's eyes refused to look at him, full of fear. Her rage builds, her eyes glow, she bars her fangs, and extends her claws. She uses her Alpha speed to close the distance between her and them. In a swift motion, she grabs Jericho by the scruff of his hair, and throws him onto the wall across from her, away from her sister. She moves Kaydance behind her, so she's in between the Thunder Wolf Alpha and her sister.
"Get your hands off her, mutt !" she growls at him.
"Ah Tatiana, so nice of you to join us" Jericho said, getting to his feet. Smiling that boyish grin, that made Tatiana's skin crawl.
"Now what have you done to my sister and SAA ?"
"They are both still breathing, but just barely," Tatiana replied. "Marcel is worse off than Clarice. I'm sure her ribs have healed already, from my choke slam"
Jericho's eyes narrowed at her. Tatiana looked over at the fight going on at the main entrance of the facility. Bodies, and injured members of all three packs and MC's, were laid on the ground.
"I think you should be more worried about your crew, don't you, Alpha ?" Tatiana said.
Jericho looked over, seeing that his pack and MC were losing. While he was distracted, Tatiana grabbed Kaydance by the hand, and used her Alpha speed to carry them both back over the border, and away from the Thunder Wolf Alpha, she turned to look back at Jericho as she slowed down. He had looked back, but he didn't look angry as she believed he would be if she had escaped him. He looked almost relieved she had. 'What are you up to, Jericho ?' she said to herself, as she turned her attention to her sister.
Her sister threw her arms around her, tears flying down her face. Tatiana smiled as the scent of home filled her nostrils.
"Are you OK, kiddo ?" she asked.
"Are you ?" her sister asked back.
She pulled away from her, and held her little sister's face in her hands, her palms on either side of her cheeks.
"I'm fine, little one" she said. "They can't hurt me, they can try, but they fail every time."
"When are they gonna learn?" Kaydance joked.
Tatiana laughed out loud, "Right ?" she said, still laughing, throwing her arm around Kaydance's shoulders.
"Come on, let's go get our siblings out of trouble." Tatiana said, nodding her head towards the fight.
"They do look like they are having all the fun" Kaydance replied. "We'll get that Nikolassan b***h another day."
"You should see what I did to the inside of the place" Tatiana said.
"OK, so all of you are having fun, and I'm getting myself cornered by my..." Kaydance started, " a dangerous Alpha"
"And what exactly were you going to do if I weren't able to get to you, little one ?" Tatiana asked.
Kaydance looked annoyed. She hated it when Tatiana called her 'little one', in that tone.
"Run like you told me too !" she replied.
"Shouldn't have crossed by yourself to begin with" Tatiana told her.
"Well, Lashley and Willow had their hands full, so did the boys." Kaydance told her. "I thought no one was paying attention to me."
"You were wrong. Why do you think that is ?"
"No idea" Kaydance replied.
"Well, whatever the reason, we will figure it out. Let's go"
With that, Tatiana used her alpha speed, to carry them both into battle.
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Jericho watched as the DeMartel sisters crossed back over the border. He felt his link with Tatiana break as she did. He knew he would have been angry at her, because she, once again, was spoiling his revenge plans. But he wasn't. He couldn't bring himself to hurt Kaydance like that again. 'Damn it' he thought to himself. He had been seeking revenge, for all the cruelty bestowed upon his family, pack, and MC, for the last year. How can he stop all his plans now, and for one girl, who was barely of age? It made sense to him now, why, at 25, he hadn't found a mate yet. She only became of age last year. If he remembered correctly, her birthday came after his pack was banished from the territory. He remembered back to his childhood, all the birthday parties and celebrations the 3 packs shared. Over the years, there were plenty. He never paid much attention to Kaydance back then, her being so much younger than him. Now, as he stood there looking at her from across the clearing. He could see the faces of his future children in her eyes. Then there was also the mate bond, which prevents future mates from physically harming each other. A little trick from the gods, to prevent mates from killing each other, or being abusive to one another.
'Jericho !' Derrik said in his mind. 'We could use some help over here'
'On my way' he replied. 'Watch your back, Tatiana is on her way.' he said as he watched his mate and her sister run to help their pack and allies.
'Oh s**t' his brother replied.
Then Jericho heard his brother barking verbal orders to their pack and MC members to retreat. They were badly out of numbers anyway. Even with Jericho's help, they would still be defeated, with the female Alpha against them. Tatiana was always the strongest of the 3 alphas. Maybe because she was female, and had to be, or because a female Alpha was so rare. She'd s*******r what was left of his pack, by herself.
'See you soon, my love' he said to his mate.
'Please don't call me that' she replied.
'As stubborn and as feisty as your sister I see, only more polite.' he smiled. 'I like that'
'I don't give a s**t what you like' she spat back. 'Now get out of my head, before you get me killed.'
'Temper, temper, love. I'd never let that happen' he said.
With that, he used his alpha speed, running straight for one of his own pack members, who was sneaking up behind Kaydance, while she fought another of his pack members. A sneak attack he normally encouraged. But not tonight, and not to her. He slammed into his pack member, throwing him away from Kaydance. His pack member looked up at him from the ground, looking confused.
"You were told to retreat !" Jericho boomed. "Go back to the compound ! NOW !
His pack member crawled to his feet, slowly backing away. "You just gonna let her kill him ?" he spat, before turning and doing what he was ordered to do. He turned, before he started running back towards the Thunder Wolf Compound. 'I'll deal with you later.'
Jericho said to him with his mind.
He turned his attention back to Kaydance, and his other pack member, whom, at this point, she had beaten into unconsciousness. She stood over him, breathing heavily. Her eyes were glowing steel-blue, she had spatters of blood all over her face and clothes. 'Look at how beautiful she is.' his wolf Klaus said in his mind. 'More beautiful then her sister if you ask me. Her wolf is gorgeous, the gods did well choosing her'
'It can never be, her family would shun her, banish her right along with us' Jericho said.
'Maybe not, if you give up your revenge schemes, and redeem yourself and your pack', Klaus told him.
'Not until Morganna DeMartel pays', Jericho growled.
'Then those pups, you saw in your mind, the future Alpha, will never be born.'
'She's your father's sister, Jericho', Klaus said.
'Which is what makes what she did that much more painful,' Jericho said. 'She was his sister, my aunt, and she killed him.'
'He left her no choice', Klaus reminded him.
'Doesn't make it better'
He cut his wolf off after that, not wanting to carry on with the conversation. His pack member laid beaten and bruised at his feet. Kaydance didn't kill him. His eyes searched for her. He found her retreating with the rest of her pack, heading west. She turned back, looked at him, their eyes meeting. Once again, images of their life together played in his mind. The faces of their children. 2 girls and a boy. Yes, his little wolf would give him a rare Alpha female. With aqua blue eyes, and the same hair colors as her mother.
'Good-bye my little wolf' he said to her.
'I'm not your little wolf' she replied.
'Not yet, but you will be.'