Chapter 108

Chapter 108
This wolf in front of her was Kane, and a low growl rumbled in her stomach. She could remember all of the lessons she had been receiving, and she pounced on him, feeling satisfied when she heard his surprised groan.

But she wasn’t surprised when he stood unmoving as he regained his balance.

However, Ariel had already passed being calm, and she pounced on him again; this time, her mouth clamped down on his neck, and she bit it, pressing down harder until she could taste blood.

But that was a mistake on her part; the blood filled her mouth, and she swallowed it, and almost immediately, it sent a jolt of pleasure down her spine that startled her for a moment.

But once she recovered, she pounced on him again and again and again.

But in all of this, he made no attempt to retaliate, and it was frustrating her.

She wanted him to fight, to get angry so she could take her anger out on him, but it was frustrating that he wasn’t fighting back, and it was only getting boring and making her feel like a bad person.

“Fucking fight back.” She yelled in her mind, hoping it would be conveyed to him, but they haven’t been fully mated, and all she was met with was a stumbling block.

It was annoying to no end, and Ariel had no choice but to shift, and she stood in front of him, the wolf so big that it was reaching her midsection.

“Shift!” She demanded, wagging a finger in front of his face, but the wolf glared at her, a certain mischief in his gaze, and it only made her more annoyed. “Fucking shift, Kane.” She yelled, but the wolf shook his massive head, and it infuriated her even more.

“Shift! Shift!!” With each word, she kicked his forelimb hard, her anger only growing when he remained stubborn.

“You are barking the wrong tree, girl; this is Max, not Kane.” Laura said, rousing out of her slumber, and Ariel felt a flash of guilt go through her.

Shit!

She had taken her anger on the poor wolf, and he hadn’t bothered to retaliate. But it wasn’t entirely her fault; the wolf and the human are one, and the wolf had to be aware of what was going on.

She was mulling over her actions when she felt a cold tongue swipe on the inside of her thighs, and she looked down to see the wolf grinning at her.

“What the hell!” Her screams ran through the woods, but the wolf had already taken to his heel, leaving her standing then; that was when she felt the unusual wind on her body.

Shit, she had been talking to him stark naked; no longer the wolf couldn’t take her seriously.

She turned to go after the wolf, but the air carried the scent of her friend, and she glanced at the direction Max had left.

A day was going to come for her revenge, but it wouldn’t be today.

Ariel went back home, reeling with anger. She was furious that she wasn’t able to deal with him the way she best saw, and it was annoying her to no point.

“Gahhhh!” She groaned in frustration, wringing her hands as if she were squeezing his neck.

This was so frustrating.

“Are you alright?” The only friend she had managed to make here looked at her with squinted eyes, wondering what had become of her.

“Of course, something is just getting on my nerves, but I am alright.”

“Hmm.” Her friend nodded halfheartedly, unable to believe her, but she reluctantly let it go. “How do you manage to run so fast? You have only been a wolf for some weeks now, but you could easily outrun me.”

Ariel shrugged her shoulders, having no explanation to give her. “I don’t know; I guess my wolf is just dying to run after all those years of being dormant.”

The answer was enough to shut her up, and they continued their journey in silence, digging their legs into the snow.

They got to the packhouse, and Ariel made straight for her room, the event of the day tiring her out. She just wanted to rest her head and forget about what had happened.

But who was she kidding?

The new scent in the room stuck out like a sore thumb, and this time she wasn’t alarmed anymore. She had come to the conclusion that he must be a ghost because there was no way he was going in and out without anyone noticing.

She lifted her nose in the air and took a long sniff, letting it guide her where the scent was most overwhelming, and it led her to her wardrobe, where she saw the familiar envelope.

Ariel tore the envelope open, eager to see what he would write there, but as she read through, her eyes continued widening until it was almost humanly impossible, and her hands trembled until they could no longer hold the paper and it fell to the ground.

“No! This can’t go on any longer.” Ariel screamed. She had kept quiet for too long, and he had thought he had the upper hand, but that is ending today.

She stormed out of the room and went to meet the guards that have been keeping watch over her; it was useless asking them if they had seen him because it was only going to be the same answer.

She had to change tactics.

“I would like to see the alpha.”

The men exchanged glances among themselves, but they nodded their heads, and Ariel waited, her foot tapping furiously on the floor.

“The alpha would come and see you when he is free.”

“Alright, thank you.” Ariel went back into her room and waited for him, but she had begun to plan her escape. In case things didn’t work as she wanted them to, she was going to leave.

Her door opened and the alpha entered in, taking in all the air in the room; he wasn’t even bothered to knock, and Ariel was going to take offense, but she remembered it was never her pack and swallowed whatever she wanted to say.

“I received this letter from Kane.” She said, handing the envelope to him and watching as he read it, repeating the words after him.

Kane had written to tell her that he would be coming back for her on the eve of the new year so she could spend the new year with family.

She had scoffed at the word ‘family’—what a joke. She had lost her family a long time ago, and none of them could be considered as one.

“I see.”