you won’t like it.”
Darian turned her to face him, “Tell me Lyanne, and I’ll decide if I like it or not.”
She looked at the ground but he tilted her head toward him, he wasn’t going to make this easy for her.
“James and I,” god this was harder than she thought, she took a deep breath. “James and I…we kissed.”
Darian’s face changed instantly from one filled with concern and warmth to one filled with disgust and hurt, he stood up and turned away from her.
“Darian, say something, anything but speak to me,” Lyanne implored.
“Not much I can say Lyanne. Did you enjoy kissing him?” his voice sounded so pathetically small, so hurt.
“It was one kiss it meant nothing to either of us.”
“So now you’re inside James’ head, you know what he thought of your kiss. You have no comprehension Lyanne what this kind of behavior can do to a pack.”
“That’s right because here’s a fucking news flash for you I’m not a wolf Darian and I’m doing my fucking best to understand the set-up here,” she was hurt now, it was one kiss, that’s all one kiss.
There was a knock on the door, “Hey you guys better get your asses out here,” Lisa shouted.
“Later Lyanne, later we’ll finish this chat then,” Darian said as he left the room leaving Lyanne feeling about an inch tall, she stood up to leave the room with tears pricking at her green eyes.
As Lyanne entered the room, Daniel turned and glared at her, as did Lisa.
“What? What have I done now?” she asked moving into the lounge beside Darian.
“There was another howl and James left in a hurry and in a foul mood shouting something about you fucking with his head, he’s obviously gone to seek out the source of the howl and is all fired up because of you Lyanne,” said Daniel.
Darian moved closer to Lyanne and put his arm across the front of her as if to protect her from Daniel and Lisa.
“No, this can wait, but for now we’ve got to find James he’s capable of doing just about anything when he’s like this. Lyanne stay here, you two outside now,” shouted Darian as he held the door open and then followed the pair, turning for a last glance at Lyanne before disappearing into the snow.
Chapter 4
Lyanne sat down on the couch feeling totally dejected, was this what life with a wolf pack would always be like. She’d always be the outsider; of course, she would to a point, as she wasn’t a wolf and couldn’t be a wolf. The others were born into shifting, this was their destiny they had no choice no say in the matter. She could do no more than wait for their return.
She moved to the window and noticed the light was failing quickly, this filled Lyanne with dread as this meant the other wolves would be roaming the snowy wilderness soon. The snow was falling heavily making the light fade away even quicker. Lyanne couldn’t just stay in the cabin and do nothing so she started to pull her boots on with the chipmunk staring at her, “I’ve got to go little guy, you’ll be fine,” the chipmunk chirped loudly at her as she fastened her coat.
The icy wind hit Lyanne in the face as soon as she opened the door, but instead of having second thoughts and turning around and going back indoors, she tucked her head down and trudged through the deep snow. She had no idea where the others had gone, she started walking in the direction that Darian had taken them before.
The silent air was broken by a low howl, followed by a series of higher pitched howls and then lots of whimpering, yelping and barking, Lyanne froze. If the sound didn’t strike Lyanne’s heart with terror, she’d have appreciated the beauty of it.
It suddenly dawned on her how foolish she’d been leaving the security of the cabin. She was now in the wolves’ domain and she had no idea how to tell her so-called pack from the outsider pack. She kept walking forward with the howling