Only Her- ON HOLD

Chapter 15.

Noah's POV

Fury surged through me as my father's fangs ripped through my flesh. My own jaw snapped and connected with a large chunk of flesh above his shoulder before I heard the satisfying sound of wet tearing.

He snarled and circled me and suddenly I felt it. A crippling pain ripping through me. I couldn't see straight or catch my breath. Every muscle in my body fought against me and I hesitated just long enough for my father to catch her scent. She'd shifted. She'd actually shifted.

Fuck.

My dad turned his back on me, licking his fangs as he stalked towards her but I charged, launching onto him and shoving him hard to the ground. His body came down hard into an exposed rock beneath us, winding him and giving me just enough time to get to her.

I walked through and came face to face with a large snow white shewolf, nearly as tall as me, her mismatched blue and hazel eyes glowing brightly at me through the dark.

"Noah." Her beautiful voice pushed into my thoughts and I felt myself relax just slightly as I heard it.

"So fucking beautiful." I thought.

She was incredible. Her wolf stood strong and proud and I could feel her respond to my praise immediately. My wolf immediately felt the urge to mark her while we still had the chance. I walked over, standing on her left side, opposite where I'd marked her earlier. I saw her head dip just slightly in submission and my wolf growled in approval before rubbing against her. He sank his fangs into the crook of her neck, and after a moment she snapped her head up to do the same.

As soon as she sank her teeth into my neck, my thoughts were filled with every memory and emotion or thought she'd ever had. An entire lifetime flashed before my eyes. The pain of her loss overwhelmed me and I couldn't help but feel my chest tighten and ache in sorrow. The wholeness of the bond completely overtook everything and I felt our souls connect completely, merging together to create one. It was incredible. I had no words to describe what I was feeling in this moment. It was more than our initial bonding, as if we were fully merged as one in our past, future, and present. She was mine and I was hers. Forever.

I heard a loud snarl from behind me and I instantly released her, knowing my father had regrouped and was prepared to come for her once again. I heard two feral growls from behind me and I snapped around to see two large wolves, one charcoal grey and the other a deep brown flanking behind Dani. Ki and Zachary were prepared to fight.

I looked to Theo and his wolf took a step to walk toward me.

"Don't. He'll see it as a challenge from you too. Stay put." I said to him through the pack's mind link.

Theo nodded and stopped, stepping back to move out of our way. I turned my attention back to my father as he slowly walked towards us and felt Dani step up to stand at my side.

"You cannot be in this fight Dani. Step back." I said.

She snorted and stamped her foot, lowering into a defensive stance closer to me. "If you think I'm going to stand by and let any of you fight for me, or even die for me, you don't know me at all. I'll fight at your side or we won't do it at all Noah." I chuckled internally. I had to give it to her. She was one hell of a shewolf.

I prepared to pounce but my father's voice boomed through my mind with Alpha authority. I felt my head dip for just a moment, but I pushed it up higher to stand eye to eye with him as his words entered my mind. "Do not take another step unless you want to die. Either give her up, or leave. You are no longer welcome here and anything further will be considered a direct challenge to your Alpha. Do you understand?"