Wolf Bond

Donovon’s POV

Ivory slumps against my side as soon as the fire dies down, a satisfied smile gracing her lips as she looks at the ashes of Ophelia’s and Benjamin’s bodies.

Lifting her head, she glances at me as I wrap my arm around her supporting her weight.

“It’s over...” she breathes as her eyes shine with happiness, “They got what they deserved. They tried to ruin us, but look now who is ruined.” Disgust seeps into her tone as she briefly glances at their cremated form.

Rubbing my hand up and down on her arm, I kiss the crown of her head while tightening my hold on her.

“C’mon, let’s go outside.” I kiss her temple and guide her outside because even though they are dead, but this place reeks of malice as the signs of their evilness is still present in this place.

And it is becoming difficult for me to control myself from not destroying everything around me when the stains of Ivory’s blood are coating the floor as evidence of her suffering at the hands of these bastards.

As if sensing my distress Ivory keeps her hand on my heart while resting her head on my chest.

“Everything is fine...” she whispers in a gentle tone trying to calm me.

Wrapping my both arms around her shoulders, I pull her closer to me, wanting nothing but to shield her away from every pain and hurt.

I slightly move away but still keep my arm around her waist when James angrily marches towards her.

“What the fuck were you thinking?!” He yells as he glares at her, “What’s the need to come to this place alone? How many times do I have to tell you that, always come to me whenever you are in trouble, even then you did such stupidity of walking straight into their trap?” Holding her shoulders, he glares at her.

Although he is angry at her, the concern that is evident in his voice is something you can’t miss.

“Ivory, don’t you know how much you matter to me?” He blinks his tears while swallows, “Seeing you like that shattered me from inside... you have no idea what I went through when I saw my sister, whom I should have kept safe, in that condition.” His jaws tenses as he attempts to stop himself from breaking down as he might be recalling how we had found her almost lifeless.

Instead of replying, Ivory hugs him. First, he refuses to hug her back, keeping his arms on his side. But after a few moments, he wraps his arms around her while some of his tears slip from his eyes.

Closing his eyes, he inhales her hair probably in an attempt to calm his wolf, as just like him even his wolf his extremely protective of his sister.

“Don’t you ever scare me like this ever again.” Leaning back, he cups her face in his palms, “I swear, Vee, I will ground you for the rest of your life and will never let you out of my sight. I will even keep your mate with us if it comes down to that... but if you ever put yourself in danger again then I will punish you, and even your innocent face will not be able to save you from my wrath, am I clear?” He nods his head.

“Yes.” She bites her lower lip from smiling as she feverously nods her head, looking more like a naughty child.

“Idiot.” James lightly smacks the back of her head while trying to look stern. However, his betraying smile giveaway that he is not angry anymore.

“You are precious to me, not because of some fucking blessing, but because you are my sister whom I love so much.” He places his hand on her head while gently stroking her hair, “No matter how old you will get, but I will always be worried about you and will do anything to protect you. It is my right as a brother and you or anyone else can’t take that away from me.” He plants a kiss on her forehead then goes to his wolves as they have taken the responsibility to completely destroy this place.

The pain which he went through is nothing as compared to mine. Because I was not only away from her, but I felt everything that she went through. The feeling of helplessness was crushing down me from inside because I was not able to do anything to protect her from the pain.

She is still smiling when she turns to me, but concealing my expressions behind a neutral look, I arch an eyebrow at her which instantly drops the smile from her face.

“What?” She asks looking confused.

“He is not the only one who is upset with you, Ivory.” I sigh while shaking my head, “How can you risk your life so easily, when you know there are people who love you and care about you? Haven’t you thought how you are hurting them by literally putting your life in danger?”

“We had a fight-” She speaks but I cut her off before she can even complete the sentence.

“We had a fight so you decided to just leave me without even telling me anything? You thought to face those bastards alone and didn’t find it necessary to inform me what is going on in your mind?” I throw my hands in the air clearly feeling frustrated because it just seems like she had deliberately put herself in danger.

“Donovon, at that time I needed space... because you questioned my loyalty and my faithfulness towards our relation this is something which I can’t tolerate. I know a lot was going on your mind and you might not even mean what you have said, but still, it had hurt me.” She chews inside of her cheeks as she looks away, “But my decision to come here alone has nothing to do with that because I can’t put everyone in danger because of me.”

Her words crushes my heart, because I know it was my fault that she left the packhouse because somewhere my insecurity blinded me. If anything would have happened to her, then I am sure I would have not been able to forgive myself. Undoubtly, I would have taken my own life because living without her is something I could never imagine and never wish to experience.

“I know how it feels to live without both parents, even though my uncle, auntie, and James never let me feel the absence of them by loving me unconditionally, still, there are times when I want them to be with me.” Her voice quietens as claps her hands together, “I don’t want that for my Ella, so I wanted you to be with her if anything would have gone wrong.”

She is the most selfless person whom I have ever met in my life, and I don’t know how many times even if it was unintentional I have hurt her. But it is never to late to rectify your mistake. However, I will not apologize to her in words, but I will show her through my actions how truly apologetic I am. So from this point and onwards I will never do anything that results in hurting her and I will always let her know how much she means to me.

“Moreover, I know how badass I and Fire are so we are more than enough to handle such pieces of shits.” She shrugs trying to get hold of her emotions. However, her words are laced with smugness which makes me chuckle because my mate is not so humble especially when it comes to her wolf.

“Donovon.” She half-yells and steps back as my natural instinct I push her behind myself standing protectively in front of her, ready to face whoever it is.

But my eyes widen in amusement when instead some attacker, I find Storm looking at us in confusion while holding a deer by his neck.

“Wolfie?” She steps to the side and looks at him while looking more confused then him, “How is this possible?” She looks at me and then back at him.

Before I can say anything, a surprised yelp leaves her lips when Storm throws the dead deer at her feet and looks at her expectantly.

“Thank you, Wolfie.” She smiles and wraps her arms around his neck, looking completely unbothered to see me and my wolf separately. As when it comes to her Wolfie everything else takes second place for her, just like my own wolf can stand against me for her.

But what comes next out of her mouth completely shocks me because I haven't expect this at all.

“Wolfie,” She whispers in his ear while giving me a doubtful look. “Is he real Donovon, or do we have to kick his butt, too?"

Mischeivious glints dances in Storm's eyes which I don't like a bit as I know my wolf a little too well.

"Yes, he is." Storm voice rings in our ears, making me realize that till now he has blocked his connection with me because earlier I was not able to communicate with him, "But if you want I am ready to hand this ass his ass."

It is official I don't like my wolf that much.

"Feelings are mutual, shitty human." Storm replies through mindlink while giving me a smug look.