Chapter 4

"Are you alight?" The red-haired female named 'Anna' asked Dylan and I, again. I nodded at her with what i hope is a convincing smile. Though it didn't feel real. But, there`s something about about this woman...as if she ,herself sucks up all the dark, unsettling, energy around us, or even near us! Was she...maybe...she could be an omega.I`d heard Scipio talking about them to his higher flanks,then I was always sure to ask people whom i knew wouldn`t beat the breath out of me or tell Scipio.

More voices joined in with a nearby conversation and I remembered who I was in the house with.

Part of me still couldn`t believe we were in the presence of the legendary Marrok, Bran Cornick! My pulse quickened with excitement,adrenaline, disbeleif, shock, and fear. Jacob was probably right about what he said. The Marrok would find Dylan strong and very well capable of carrieng out great tasks,along with great loyalty, but nothing in and with me. Dylan put a light hand on my shoulder and I relaxed for the moment.

He looked composed and strong, but I could feel the trembles in the hand that rested on my shoulder. He was afraid as well. He was trying to hide it so well and I placed my hand over his. He stopped shaking but I still felt trembles.

We looked up then. And golden eyes dominated the room. Both of us shook, now, and the room seemed to grow in intensity.

I hid my face against Dylan's chest and his arm tightened around me while he kept watching the wolves in front of us.

"Enough!" Anna's voice arose and seconds later the room filled with peace and determination. Dylan and I still shook, but I could feel him relaxing slightly and I wondered why. Peeking a look, I could see the men around had calmed and there eyes seemed to be starting to return to their normal color. I kept her head against Dylan's chest as the room seemed to grow calmer.

The want to help, to do something came to life inside me again and I felt something cool come from me. As cool and refreshing as water. This effect was something I was used to and though I never found out what it was, it seemed to be the reason that Scipio would sit Dylan and I in a room with more than a majority of dominants as he held his meetings.

The room completely calmed a few minutes later and I felt Dylan shift beside me. He smiled down at me and I couldn't help but smiled back at the charming sight. He smiled at me again and I felt myself blush and then heard his laughter in response and elbowed him in the stomach. Anna sat down next to us then and we both turned to her.

She then started to tell us about her experience. Dylan and I were with her for the entire story and looked at her differently in the end. She wasn't broken, wasn't weak...and yet she'd been through a similar and really even worse situation. She was there even when her retelling ended, sitting there and talking to us. I smiled as Dylan stood p and left me with her to talk.

While I was in this talk I looked up and I could see The Marrok and Dylan laughing and talking even. This straightness of his frame showed he was still aware and careful around the other male. Since it caught my attention, I found myself concentrating.

"...can I join?"

"You'll have to go through initiation ceremony. Other than that, you are hereby in my pack. Welcome." The two the shook hands.

"And," Dylan put in. "Remember our agreement; she gets..."

A shock coursed through me as i saw and heard with my own ears Dylan transferring from Scipio`s pack or as they call it his 'care' into the Marrok`s. The hair on my neck shot up! He`s leaving me... A pain sliced through me...I was alone now...

Suddenly his eyes found mine, he smiled and beconed me forward, to him. Tears sprang into my eyes, and the pain sliced even heavier again. Everything I`d heard about me not being worth anything over the years was true.

He must've seen the pain and suffering in my eyes or scented it because his expression turned worried. He took a step towards me, but I tuned and ran. Tears spilled over my cheeks. Why, Dylan?

He couldn`t have.. something inside of me whispered.

We saw him! I thought back to my wolf, crying and running.