known I was different and that according to both wolves and empaths, I was something not quite right. It was a cold day in hell though that I'd ever have thought the soul that was to be bound to mine would be just another voice in the crowd condemning my nature. "Most that I've attempted so far." We were feet away from the pack house, I saw most of the remaining members milling about in the large courtyard, women that I'd fought, women that had been part of that torch carrying mob and even some I'd yet to meet. The blond moved so silently, I had no warning of his intent, maybe distracted by the faces that turned towards me in anger, yet again encroaching on their territory, maybe distracted by that small amount of trust I'd so foolishly thought to offer.
A large hand wrapped itself around my throat and I snapped my gaze back to those grey eyes full of uncontrollable rage. As the fist tightened and breathing became almost critical, I finally saw what the man was capable of and exactly how much he was hiding. Not once did I see the wolf rise within his metallic gaze, not once did a growl rumble from his chest. As his grip became bruising and I caught Ty's icy gaze descend from over the blond's shoulder, I had one moment of hard won realization - the wolf had no part in the man's madness, the animal fought and the animal killed, but every ounce of lunacy was the human's numb prison.
Ty wrapped his own hand around Lane's throat, Slightly shorter than the Alpha his snarling mouth reached the blond's ear and icy words to match his glare froze all movement from both. "Release her. Right. Now."
Lane made no indication that he had either heard Ty's words or that the hand around his throat was as uncomfortable as the one around mine was. I caught my brother’s gaze for a minute, he was aware that he was at a disadvantage in this situation - he couldn't use the same ability as he had with Duncan, not with my neck on the line and the unusual responses the Alpha had shown so far. I wouldn't put it beyond Lane to snap my neck as soon as he felt that constriction on his own.
"You working that...on me? Making me...feel this way, feeder? "
The sneer on his words, the blank violence in his eyes was agony to watch. He had in one action and few words proven that his hatred for my nature was buried deep, clinging furiously and cemented in solidly - trapping the man in such blinding indignation that clouds covered his sun and pollution tainted the very air he breathed. And in this sorrow I wallowed, consumed by spoil and extinguished by such decayed loathing that in this truthful face I disappeared under thoughtless disgust.
I think my eyes filled with tears, I'd like to think it was a reaction to my struggling breath although in my heart that hurt like something had been stolen from it, I couldn't lie. A flicker in that hardened grey broke the rage that overcame, for a second it almost looked as though fire was overtaking silver.
Ty's voice was clear in the silence that shook the deadened forest line, "only as a wolf, Alpha." A sneer to match Lane's own. "She can't force anything in human form." His hand tightened so forcefully on the throat in his grip that Lane's skin burned red beneath it and contrasted to Ty's bloodless fingers. "Now release her."
I was unsure what broke the grip on my throat, perhaps Ty's words registered, maybe it was the shout from the pack house and Conall's footsteps that pounded the frosted ground. I looked towards the house when I could take a proper breath once more and saw the Irishman in a furious run towards us, a gathering of sly female wolves smirking at the scene they'd witnessed. I sighed deeply and rebuilt the wall that Lane had managed to crumble to easily, the pack took their cues from the Alpha and now I'd have more conflicts in front of me then one wolf should have to deal with.
"Sasha..."
I turned to the blond wolf, his hands held in out with palms up,
A large hand wrapped itself around my throat and I snapped my gaze back to those grey eyes full of uncontrollable rage. As the fist tightened and breathing became almost critical, I finally saw what the man was capable of and exactly how much he was hiding. Not once did I see the wolf rise within his metallic gaze, not once did a growl rumble from his chest. As his grip became bruising and I caught Ty's icy gaze descend from over the blond's shoulder, I had one moment of hard won realization - the wolf had no part in the man's madness, the animal fought and the animal killed, but every ounce of lunacy was the human's numb prison.
Ty wrapped his own hand around Lane's throat, Slightly shorter than the Alpha his snarling mouth reached the blond's ear and icy words to match his glare froze all movement from both. "Release her. Right. Now."
Lane made no indication that he had either heard Ty's words or that the hand around his throat was as uncomfortable as the one around mine was. I caught my brother’s gaze for a minute, he was aware that he was at a disadvantage in this situation - he couldn't use the same ability as he had with Duncan, not with my neck on the line and the unusual responses the Alpha had shown so far. I wouldn't put it beyond Lane to snap my neck as soon as he felt that constriction on his own.
"You working that...on me? Making me...feel this way, feeder? "
The sneer on his words, the blank violence in his eyes was agony to watch. He had in one action and few words proven that his hatred for my nature was buried deep, clinging furiously and cemented in solidly - trapping the man in such blinding indignation that clouds covered his sun and pollution tainted the very air he breathed. And in this sorrow I wallowed, consumed by spoil and extinguished by such decayed loathing that in this truthful face I disappeared under thoughtless disgust.
I think my eyes filled with tears, I'd like to think it was a reaction to my struggling breath although in my heart that hurt like something had been stolen from it, I couldn't lie. A flicker in that hardened grey broke the rage that overcame, for a second it almost looked as though fire was overtaking silver.
Ty's voice was clear in the silence that shook the deadened forest line, "only as a wolf, Alpha." A sneer to match Lane's own. "She can't force anything in human form." His hand tightened so forcefully on the throat in his grip that Lane's skin burned red beneath it and contrasted to Ty's bloodless fingers. "Now release her."
I was unsure what broke the grip on my throat, perhaps Ty's words registered, maybe it was the shout from the pack house and Conall's footsteps that pounded the frosted ground. I looked towards the house when I could take a proper breath once more and saw the Irishman in a furious run towards us, a gathering of sly female wolves smirking at the scene they'd witnessed. I sighed deeply and rebuilt the wall that Lane had managed to crumble to easily, the pack took their cues from the Alpha and now I'd have more conflicts in front of me then one wolf should have to deal with.
"Sasha..."
I turned to the blond wolf, his hands held in out with palms up,
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