As Long As You Love Me

The Storm

As a wolf, the freedom to just run and let go is overwhelming. You can run for hours and it will only feel like minutes if you don't pay attention. Which is exactly what I did. I ran the entire length of the north perimeter 3 times before I realized it had probably passed midnight. Quickly, I run back home and shift, all the while putting my clothes back on. I knew from the one light on in the house that I was in trouble. But, as the future Alpha of the pack, I still walked in my house with my head held high and sure enough my father was up sitting on the couch watching a baseball game.

"Dad, I'm sorry. The time just flew by and I haven't been in my wolf form in so long. I promise it won't happen again." I pleaded with him. He only chuckled and patted the seat next to him, he looked over to me with a small smile on his face

"It is alright sweetheart, I actually wanted to talk to you about the trip- "

"You SAID I could go! You can't change your mind now!" He growled lowly at being interrupted and gave me a look that told me to shut up.

"I was going to say that I wanted you to be careful, I also just double check and make sure you didn't want one of your brothers to go, Dylan can go, he's only a year younger, or even Tristan can attend with you! But from the look in your eyes, I can tell that that's not happening so I will say that if you could just keep your mind link partially open at all times I will back off..." Because I knew that was all I was going to get from him, I gave him a smile and a big hug. No matter how cold or strict he was he was still my dad and I was always a daddy's girl.

The rest of that week went by pretty quickly. I went on runs with my dad and his beta, I played video games with my brothers, I even beat Dylan at Mortal Kombat. So, on that Saturday, it was a bittersweet goodbye. I gave my mom and dad a hug and kiss on the cheek. I hugged Tristian and Dylan. Gave Leo and pat on the shoulder because he was at that "I hate everyone" stage in life. And finally, I squeezed Jason like I'd never see him again. After that I hopped in the van with the rest of my group and we were off to our first location, New York, which wasn't too far from where we lived in New Jersey. The drive would only be about an hour and a half and already I could tell what the problem would be. I was stuck in the back with Rocko and Tiff and they were sucking faces, in from of me was Irene who was basically having phone sex with her boyfriend and Xavier was adamant that no one sits up front with him because he liked the room to "stretch" which was bullsh*t, he just didn't want anyone next to him. The *sshole. So, I pulled out my sketchbook and started drawing what I could of the landscape around me and brainstorming things for my portfolio back home. Apparently I was so into my drawing that I didn't realize we had made it to our first stop, Manhattan, New York. Now, normally you wouldn't catch wolves in such populated cities such as New York, but we only planned to stay here for a few hours until we could make it to Boston. Tiff, Irene and I decided that we'd go shopping for a few hours while the guys ran off to do whatever. We went to all kinds of stores and just bought whatever we wanted. That was actually one of the best things about being an Alpha's daughter, I mean, I wasn't a spoiled brat or anything, in fact I hardly ever got myself anything, but being able to buy stuff whenever I wanted was cool.

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So that was our life for the past week. Xavier would drive overnight and during the day we would explore whatever city we happened to be in. So far we've only had one major argument, which was of course between our official mated pair.

**

"God Rocko! Stop f*cking stressing so much! This supposed to be fun and all your doing is stressing me out! Tiff yelled.

When Tiffany yells it is wise that you just shut up and let her get it out, but today Rocko was not having that, apparently.

"I don't give a f*ck, Tiff" I'm worried, something doesn't feel right and I just know something bad is gonna happen. I'm telling you, we need to go back! Lana feels it too; we all feel it so why are we not acknowledging it!"

Rocko's right, since we left, I've had this itch in my bones that are telling something isn't right, like a disaster is waiting to happen or something.

"No, it's not" Tiff says, with a clear roll of her eyes.

"Yes, it is" Rocko growls back.

"No"

"Yes"

"No"

"Ye- "

"Oh for the love of everyone shut up!" Irene yells.

But even after no one says anything, I see everyone rubbing the spot right over their heart, like they know something horrible is about to happen

**

That was about two days ago, and that feeling has just been escalating since. I felt the impending doom of disaster ready to strike. Only I didn't know how true that was until morning when I awoke with a start. Snaps, mental snaps, like someone broke a link inside of my head, more precisely many link. And I wasn't the only one who felt it. We all woke with a start, and only Irene screamed out the one word we all heard simultaneously though our link with the pack.

Rogues.