Marked

11~ The Spectre

Mazzel

From the opposite end of the clearing, another wolf burst through the trees. He was huge. The biggest wolf I had ever seen and his dark brown eyes were locked on me.

I snarled, baring my teeth. I didn't care if I incurred his wraith. he wasn't going to have me.

He was unfazed by my display and stalked closer, trying to make me cower with his enormity.

But the fear that gripped me had nothing to do with his mass or my safety. It had everything to do with the way he could control me now that I was marked.

I remember my friends talking about it during our first Haze, but I had obviously never experienced it myself.

During the season, a marked female could be hazed unnaturally by her marking male. All it took was a special touch and he could make his female lover as Hazed as he is.

The second Jayden kissed my hand in the restaurant, that was what had happened. I saw it in his eyes.

He didn't care about the chase or winning me over fairly. He was just trying to fuck. Typical Alpha.

Maybe that was all the whole date was. A chance to have me at my most defenseless. A chance to release his tension so he could go back to his Alpha responsibilities.

Serena's voice had been strong enough to snap me out of the Haze this time, but what about next time?

How could I escape his bed if he had this much power over me?

Jayden ventured closer, forgetting that I wasn't one of his tame she-wolves.

I didn't know my full power yet, but I knew I didn't want him any closer.

I growled deep in my Wolf's chest. Back off, bastard. Back the fuck off.

I tensed my muscles, waiting for him to pounce.

We locked eyes, neither of us backing down.

Suddenly, our ears perked with the sound of paws trampling the forest floor.

A massive, Brown wolf bounded from the treeline behind Jayden with a pack of four wolves close behind.

It was Gilean, and he looked tense. Something was off. What were they doing here?

Gilean's wolf glared at Jayden. I was surprised that neither of us scented them, but then again, we were focused on each other's scents.

Whatever it was, it must have been important because, at first, Jayden was furious at the sight of his subordinate.

But within seconds, he was circling around his Pack, rallying them and communicating through growls and charged looks. He was a natural leader.

I wanted to find out more. Was this about me?

But at the same time, I wasn't going to hang around to find out if Jayden was still Hazed. I saw my opportunity to escape and fled into the woods. 

As the last rays of sun faded through the trees, a shimmering figure caught my eye as I ran.

Being in wolf form made my vision much keener than when I was human. So I stopped in my tracks and could see with great clarity a woman with pearly white skin and nebulous eyes of electric purple, blue and grey.

Her hair was a pitch black and fell down her back in angelic waves.

It took me a moment to realize that while I was staring at her, she was staring right back at me. her porcelain face was mesmerizing.