This is still a work in progress so forgive all typo's and crappy punctuation... This is a little snippet from chapter two... this story is for Nano is called Watson Falls 1: Between One Heartbeat & The Next... it will be a spin-off from my Pack Matters series.
SNIPPET
“Amara! Enough!”
Ryan stood up and yelled into the room. “This is neither the time nor the place
for this discussion. We will talk about this after our guests leave.”
“You mean the
humans?” Amara sneered “It seems your siblings have already claimed two of
them… who cares if the rest of that family knows? Everyone else here is pack…
My Pack!”
Ryan slowly
stalked across the room and snarled right into her face. “My Pack.” Stepping
back he undid his shirt and pulled the medallion out of his shirt. “Is this
what you were looking for?” Amara lunged for his throat and Liam stepped
forward and backhanded her.
Ryan turned to
Claire and Erik who were both huddled on the couch stunned. His gaze shifted to
Eli, who clung to Zane.
“I already know,”
Eli said softly, “Zane told me what he was when we first met. He wanted no
secrets between us.”
Ryan nodded, “Do
you know that if he completes the mating, claiming you as his fated mate, then
it might hasten your road to recovery?”
“He’s not broken,”
Zane said defensively.
“No he isn’t, I
apologise.” Ryan smiled. “Nor is he completely well, I only say this because
even I can feel him growing weaker.” Ryan turned back to Claire and Erik. “I am
sorry that you had to find out this way. I would have preferred to tell you in
my own way. But as you can see circumstances prevented that from happening… if
you choose to stay you are more them welcome, if you choose to leave we will
not stop you but know that you are now the keeper of our secrets. Should you
betray us, you will be dealt with accordingly. Do I make myself clear?”
“Crystal,” Erik
glared at Zane, “how could you not tell me that you are a fucking shifter… with
the word pack thrown around I would guess Werewolf? I was your best friend –
why didn’t you tell me?”
Zane shrugged, “It
is forbidden.”
“But you told
Eli?”
Zane nodded and
smiled. “I could tell him because he is my mate… now do you see? I never wanted
you because my wolf had already decided on Eli, even way back then when I was
just discovering myself, my wolf already knew that we belonged to Eli.”
“I’m sorry.”
“Alpha, you’re the
new Alpha?” A smile played over Claire Bailey’s face.
Ryan turned and
stared at Claire. “You know about the pack?”
Claire nodded, “My
father belonged to Ma-Ma Creek Pack.” She quickly added. “I was never able to
shift. So far none of my kids have been able to shift either. Adam decided that
if I lived within pack grounds I was not to tell my husband who was human or my
children about our kind. As he considered me of no worth to the pack.” A tear
rolled down her cheek. “Five years ago, he killed my Simon as retribution for
what happened between Zane and Eli.”
“Adam killed
Simon?” grandma asked horrified.
“No, he had Soren
do it.” She looked straight at Amara. “Your father is a murderer.”
“But if Eli is
part wolf then how did he succumb to his anorexia?” Grandma was truly baffled.
“Because there
shifter gene’s seem to be dormant.”
“But that doesn’t
explain why?”
When Claire looked
at Grandma Ryan said. “Grandma is our medicine woman she heals us and tends to
our needs.”
Ryan cleared his
throat and turned back to the group, Amara was standing between Liam O’Donnell
and Rhys Foster… they worked for the WFPD (Watson Falls Police Department) and
Ryan knew they would become his pack beta’s just by what had transpired here
today; even if he didn’t want to spend that much time in close proximity of the
reason he was forced to live outside his own pack.
The medallion lay
on his chest for all to see. “This was given to me by my father the day you all
forced me to leave the pack. He told me that this would be my proof that I am
the rightful Alpha of this pack.” Ryan let his power slowly roll over the room
at large. This was only a portion of the pack but each and every one of them
would tell someone else, who would tell someone else and so forth until the
entire pack knew what had transpired here today. He knew that challenges
wouldn’t be long in coming but he also knew that he was ready for each and
every one of them.
“But what to do
about you, Amara?” Ryan turned his whole attention on her. “You have harassed
my family - my sister and my brother – your Omega. You were caught stealing
from your just deceased Alpha and the Alpha mate. So what do you think should
happen to you?” he walked up until they were toe to toe. “Why should I let you
live?”
