Filed To Story: Goddess's Design His Fated Mate (Willow & Reuben)
Ella demanded, her voice brimming with authority.
Walter’s lips curled into a smile. “Why? So that you can harm Willow with some nonsense about heat? Seeing that you couldn’t use me to sow discord between Willow and Reuben, and failed to break them up, you want to resort to this method?”
The corner of Ella’s lips twitched bitterly at Walter so clearly seeing through her. He had already realized that Ella had intentionally mentioned Willow’s welcome party in front of him, knowing he was interested in Willow.
“It’s none of your business! Outsiders like you should stay out of our pack affairs. So return that report to me right away or ”
“Or what?”
Walter asked.
“Or ”
Ella’s voice trailed off abruptly when Walter crumpled the paper in his hand and tossed it directly into his mouth.
Ella’s mind went blank in shock, then turned red as she watched him chew the report right in front of her eyes. Without that evidence, there was no way she could prove to Reuben that Willow had betrayed him.
“You!”
Burning with anger, she trembled all over, half-shifting. “I will kill you,”
she growled lowly, looking dangerous and frightening as her Alpha wolf was awakened by Walter.
“Well, well ”
Walter spat out what remained of the paper from his mouth and pulled large silver daggers from his jacket, holding them in both hands. “Why are you stealing my line? It hurts my ego when it comes from a dog.”
Willow
“Stop!”
I shouted, stepping into the clearing and interrupting Ella and Walter before they could engage in a deadly fight that would only lead to a war between the powerful Abbot hunter family of Britain and the Opal Moon Pack if either of them were killed. Both of them looked Reuben and I but neither of them seemed to be inclined towards changing their mind.
“Walter, calm down,”
I walked closer to him knowing he would listen to me while Reuben stood calmly in the clearing, observing the unfolding scene in silence. “Why are you angry? What’s going on ”
Just as I opened my mouth to ask Walter, Bix arrived at the worst time possible and was immediately triggered by the scene unfolding in front of him. In his eyes, Walter was clearly the villain.
“How dare you threaten Ella?”
Bix glared at Walter while shielding Ella.
Wasn’t he sick enough so that he hadn’t even attended the party earlier? Then why was he suddenly here?!
“Do I really need a reason to slit that woman’s throat?”
Walter raised his eyebrows, triggered by Bix’s attitude that was clearly spoiling for a fight.
“Yes, you need my permission,”
Bix growled, his wolf visible in his eyes.
What the hell! How did this confrontation escalate between Walter and Bix?
Bix had been provoked by Walter, before I could intervene Bix began to half-shift, ready to charge at Walter. However, Oran suddenly appeared in front of Bix, preventing him from fully shifting, “Bix.”
“What do you think you’re doing?”
Bix growled at Oran.
“Don’t shift. You’re not supposed to shift in this condition,”
Oran quietly stated, but I overheard him. What did he mean by “this condition”
? What had happened to Bix? Why was he not supposed to shift?
Bix frowned at him for some reason then shoved him away, “Get out!”
“Why are you getting into a fight for Ella with the hunter?”
Oran growled, inching closer to Bix.
“Because I want to! Get out of my way!”
Bix warned.
“That’s not happening,”
Oran shook his head.
“Oran!”
Bix furiously grabbed his collar, only to be interrupted by Ella.
“Bix, it’s my fight,”
she declared, circumspectly asking him to back down as she stepped forward and fixed her gaze on Walter. As an Alpha, once she made a decision no one should oppose it. Over the past six years Ella had won countless battles for her pack and was just as fearless as any male Alpha. That’s how she had earned respect in the werewolf world.
She smiled at Walter, “I thought you were going to kill me, hunter. Why is it that now you are hiding behind a woman?”
She provocatively taunted Walter.
Walter’s expression darkened, this time I couldn’t pretend that everything could be handled normally. “Ella, enough. You’re still judging your enemy with your own mindset. I advise you to be careful or you’ll lose face in front of others,”
I remarked.
Her beautiful smile dropped immediately as she clenched her fists at her sides, feeling offended by me. “You sound so high and mighty, Willow. I would love to be proven wrong then,”
she smiled, shifting her gaze to Walter.
“This dog,”
Walter chuckled under his breath as he swung his knife ready to charge at Ella. However, this time I grabbed his hand and pushed it down, stepping in front of him to face Ella.
“If you are so eager to fight them, I will fight you, Ella,”
I announced.
Oran and Bix’s surprised eyes snapped to me, as Reuben’s calm expression immediately turned serious.
New Book: Returned To Make Them Pay
On her wedding anniversary, Alicia is drugged and stumbles into the wrong room—straight into the arms of the powerful Caden Ward, a man rumored never to touch women. Their night of passion shocks even him, especially when he discovers she’s still a virgin after two years of marriage to Joshua Yates.