alive.”
She did her best to smile. Cade was taking her downstairs and out of the front door before she could stop him. The rest of the pack stared at her. Closing her eyes, Titania shut them all out. None of them mattered. If Micah couldn’t call her wolf, there was no point to any of it.
In no time at all she was placed on smooth, cool grass. Cade took a step away. She watched him remove his pants and then a giant black wolf stood over her.
“Are you ready, Cade?” Micah asked.
The black wolf nodded.
“Good, be warned, this could get ugly.”
Tingles erupted over her arms like little electric sparks. Titania didn’t pay any attention at first. Within minutes, the sparks turned to jolts as if she was being speared through the body.
She couldn’t hold the screams back. Letting out the first scream, Titania prayed for death. The pain was too hard to bear.
Chapter Three
Cade watched Titania wither on the ground in agony. The desire to beat his alpha down was strong.
Micah’s helping her. Micah’s helping her. He kept chanting the words through his mind trying to calm himself down. The power the alpha was calling on coursed through his body and vibrated out. He felt a connection to Titania that was far stronger than anything he’d experienced before.
“No, let it stop.” The words came from Titania in a scream. Her body broke as she fought against what Micah was doing. Forcing the change was dangerous and could kill her.
“She’s fighting me too much. Cade, hold her down. Do something to make her relax.”
Cade moved over her, pressing his paws against her shoulders. The pain emanated off her in giant waves, taking his breath away.
“Titania.”
He opened the connection between himself and Titania. Thinking over the years, he brought to mind his favorite memory of her. She had headphones on and was listening to some music in the kitchen. This was going back a couple of months. Titania stilled beneath him as he continued to share the memory with her.
It was after breakfast and she was washing the dishes. Her hips swayed to whatever beat she listened to. She sang a few chords here and there, nothing concrete. He wasn’t listening to the words she sang. Cade was watching her undetected by the kitchen door.
She turned and her body was on full display. He easily imagined her clothes away from her body and watched her.
Titania stared up at him in shock.
“That’s it, Cade, keep it up.”
The memory went on and on until she turned to him.
“Cade?” she had said. “Can I help you with anything?”
He shook his head. “No, I’m just relaxing.”
She pulled out a chair for him to sit. His gaze wandered to her hair as she tucked some behind her ear. Cade opened up his feelings for Titania to understand. The way he felt at looking at her, what he wanted to do to her.
The memory was cut short as, with one final push, Micah brought forth her turning. Her body changed in one sweeping movement. He watched and waited. Her wolf started out injured, with her paw in front. Slowly, Titania lowered her paw and she was healed. The miracles of the wolf amazed him.
Her wolf was glorious, white and pure, in complete contrast to her hair in real life.
“Do you want to run?” he asked, speaking to her through their minds.
She nodded and took off. Looking back at their pack, Micah frowned at him. Ignoring their curious gazes, Cade took off, following her.
He sensed her need to run. It didn’t take him long to catch up with her.
“Leave me alone.”
“No.”
Titania forced herself to run faster and harder. Cade kept up with her, following her through the forest. He dodged trees and knew she’d purposefully gone on a reckless trail in the hope to lose him.
He followed her until she reached a small river covered by mountains and trees. The small river wouldn’t be detected from the skyline.
She drank some water and before his eyes she changed back from wolf form, crying. He moved to the edge and