Wolf Bond

Sighing, I turn and place my fold my hands on Donovon’s chest and rest my chin on them.

“What are you thinking?” I straighten the crease between his brows with my finger as I watch his tensed expression, “Talk to me... share what is going on in your mind.”

He absentmindedly runs his hand up and down on my back as we lie beside each other. Well, I am lying more like on top of him as he is on his back.

“Don’t you think things are getting more complicated?” He asks as briefly looks at me, “Whenever we get an upper hand on our situation suddenly everything changes and we get back to square one.” He sounds bitter and angry.

“Look at the brighter side-” I start to speak when he interrupts.

“Yeah, like watching to you all bruised up.” He grinds his teeth as his eyes move over to my bruises, “Do you realize how helpless and pathetic I am feeling seeing you in this condition?"

"I am disgusted with myself, what kind of an Alpha I am who is not even able to protect a pup from all the torment he received on my land? What kind of father I am, that my own daughter was in danger and I was unaware? What kind of a mate I am that I am failing to keep my mate safe?” His voice above a whisper as he speaks the last words, but the pain loudly echoing behind his words.

“Donovon, I am safe.” I rest my palm against his cheek, “I feel safe when I am with you...” I smile at him, while my words forcing him to close his eyes like he doesn’t believe what I am saying.

“Ivory, we have to be practical.” He opens his eyes, as he presses a kiss on my head, “We both can feel the danger lurking around us.” His grip on me tightens.

“I know, but before we were not strong as we are now.” I sit up in a cross-legged position and take his hand in mine, “We are together now, they can’t control you anymore, your wolf is getting stronger. Even I can feel myself gaining hold of my powers. I don’t feel weak neither I feel threatened.”

“They tried to weak us, by attempting to target Ella. But look what happened, we gained Oliver. He is small, but he is powerful. There is something in him, which makes me believe that he is going to protect Ella if the time demands." I smile remembering how protective he is of her, "And do you realize earlier we didn’t know who are behind this, but now because of Oliver we know their scent. Even though it is nothing much, but still, it is something.” I add, hopefully.

“Ivory, Oliver pointed at our clothes... our smells. It means they are using our scent to hide theirs and confuse us. So we actually don’t know who they might be.” Donovon runs his through his hair and rest his hand behind his head.

“Perhaps, this does mean that whoever they are, they are someone close to us... maybe someone whom we know.” He raises his eyebrows as he nods to himself, I can see his mind working to get into the depth of it. “Why do I feel we are missing something important that is right before our eyes?” He chews inside of his cheeks looking slightly frustrated.

“Don’t trust anyone, Ivory, not even me.” After a moment he sighs, as he locks his gaze with mine. "Because we are against someone who is one step ahead of us, they know about you more than you know about yourself. "

The seriousness behind his words send shivers down my spine while I remember that voice, which I heard that day in my mind. Because it seems like they know about my powers more than I do which also means that they are also aware what can make me weak and that's where they are attacking.

But the question is why me? What gain will they get out of all this?