Waiting in the shadows. (book 2 in the silver wolf series)

CHAPTER 2: MOON RIVER

AMBER.

We arrived at the Moon River pack for the summit and were greeted by Chris himself. He was waiting as we stepped out of the car with a big smile. “It’s good to see you!” he exclaimed, giving me a hug and shaking Adam’s hand. We returned the sentiment, and he ushered us inside. He introduced us to his beta, an energetic man called Paul. He was very friendly and had a huge smile on his face. “It’s so good to actually meet you.” He said, pumping Jake’s hand and then mine. I laughed. His sense of joy was contagious. I had spoken to Paul on the phone a few times, but now I had a face to put to the voice. I had to admit that it matched perfectly. He had a head of messy red curls and big brown puppy dog eyes that twinkled mischievously. He gave off a friendly, happy go lucky vibe. When we were living together, which seemed like a lifetime ago now, Chris had often told me stories about his childhood best friend Paul. I realised now, of course, that he had edited them to remove any werewolf based elements. Those stories had made me long to meet Paul, but Chris had told me that he had moved away. I was so glad that I was actually getting to meet the star of all those stories.

Another car was pulling up outside, and Chris had to go and greet them, so Paul offered to show us to the room that we would be staying in. For a full summit we would be in one of the hotels owned by one of the packs or the werewolf council, but this was only a regional summit so there would only be ten packs involved, so staying at one of the larger packs like Moon River was easier. We were about to follow Paul up the stairs when I heard a voice call my name. Turning, I was pleased to see Council Member Perry waving at me. He approached, and we hugged. He thanked me again for suggesting him for the werewolf spot on the Supernatural Court. “It was my pleasure. You were the best man for the job.” I replied. He told me that he was here on behalf of both the Council and the Court. He was presiding over the summit. I smiled. At least I knew that it was in safe and fair hands. He was called over by another group, and we took our leave. Following Paul, who had waited patiently during our exchange with Council Member Perry. He stopped at a door and motioned to it with his head. “This is you. Let me know if there’s anything that you need.” He said cheerily. We thanked him, and he began walking away whistling. He stopped and turned as we opened the door. “I have to ask. Is there any chance that I could see your wolf while you are here? I have read about Silver Wolves, but I have never actually seen one.” He asked. I chuckled “I’m sure that could be arranged.” I told him. “Yessss!!!” he proclaimed excitedly and disappeared around a corner. Star was giggling in my mind. She seemed to like Paul’s request.

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I watched them chatting without a care in the world. My anger building with every moment. How dare she stand there smiling and laughing. I lost everything because of that bitch. I wouldn’t rest until I had taken everything from her. I would make her feel my pain. I watched as she disappeared up the stairs. It took every ounce of control not to attack her right now. It was only my wolf that stopped me. He reminded me that she was a silver wolf and we could never beat her in a fight. I hated that, i wanted to feel her bones crunch between my teeth. Too hear her cry out in agony. I would have to settle for causing her a different kind of pain. A deeper pain than just physical. When I was done, she would beg for death. I smiled at my thoughts, they brought me comfort. I looked around the pack house lobby which was beginning to fill up with groups from the regions packs. I slunk off into the gardens, to be alone with my thoughts. I had planned my revenge so many times, in so many different ways. I didn’t think that I would get the chance to act on those plans for a long time, but here she was. It was too good of an opportunity to let it pass by. I needed some quiet to decide exactly what I was going to do.

ADAM.

I hadn’t been able to shake this feeling that I had ever since we arrived. It felt like we were being watched earlier in the lobby. I had looked around to see if I could spot anyone who seemed to be paying a little too much attention to us, but no-one had stood out. I tried to convince myself that it was likely just someone who had heard what Amber was and was curious, but I didn’t fully believe that. The energy that I had felt had seemed darker than just innocent curiosity. I hadn’t particularly liked the way that Paul had kept looking at Amber either, but when he asked to see her wolf I relaxed. I guess to those who knew she was kind of like a celebrity. A rare and legendary wolf. I was glad that not that many people were aware of what Amber was. I had been concerned that it would bring a lot of attention our way and not all of it good. I didn’t want some idiot thinking that they could take her power for themselves, like Joseph had tried to do. I was aware that the process he used would only work for another silver wolf, but I was sure that some idiot would give it a ago anyway. I had managed to convince Amber and everyone else that knew about her to keep it to ourselves for the time being.

Amber noticed that I was distracted and wrapped her arms around me, placing her head on my shoulder. “Is everything ok?” she asked. I lifted her chin and kissed her softly on the lips. “Everything is fine. I just felt like we were being watched downstairs. It’s probably nothing.” I told her. She smiled up at me and lifted a hand to gently caress my face. “My hero, always looking to protect me. What would I do without you?” she purred playfully. I narrowed my eyes at her, but couldn’t stop the corners of my mouth from curling up in a smile. “Let’s hope that we never have to find out.” I responded. She grinned and kissed me deeply. She was right, I would always want to protect her. She may be immortal, but there were so many worse things than death.

Amber was too trusting, she always saw the good in people. It was one of the many things that I loved about her, but at the same time it terrified me. We had almost lost our lives and my father because we had blindly trusted the wrong person. I had no doubt that Joseph Michaels would have killed us all to keep his actions secret. It had made me more cautious and suspicious. I led her over towards the big four poster bed near the huge window. Right now, here in this room it was just us. I gave her my sexiest smile and nodded my head at the bed. She giggled and began to run her hands over my chest. I opened the buttons of her cream, silk shirt slowly and glanced down to enjoy the sight of her pert breasts in the sheer white lace of her bra. She moaned quietly as I took a nipple in my mouth and gave it a light suck. I liked the roughness of the lace on my tongue. I was reaching for the zipper on her trousers when a knock on the door disturbed us. I groaned in frustration and adjusted myself so that my erection wasn’t as noticeable. Amber laughed and quickly rebuttoned her blouse. She opened the door and there was a young man stood there, he was blushing slightly and kept glancing at Amber’s chest. I looked myself and saw that her erect nipples were clear to see through the thin silky material of her blouse. I grinned at the sight. He cleared his throat and began to speak. “Lunch will be served in twenty minutes and after that the summit will begin.” He said, still distracted by Amber’s nipples. “Where do we go for lunch?” Amber asked him. “Oh yes. Here is an information pack. It has the summit schedule and a rough layout of the pack house among other things.” He said holding out a small folder. I took it from him and he quickly left. I laughed and told Amber how mean she was for distracting the poor guy with her nipples. She said that it was entirely my fault anyway. I couldn’t blame the guy all I wanted to do was rip her clothes off to get a better look. “We had better make it quick, we don’t want to miss lunch.” She said smiling seductively at me. “Right now I would rather be eating you.” I growled and picked her up, throwing her on the bed.