Post by Dawns on Nov 24, 2011 18:19:04 GMT -5
Book one of the Shifter’s trilogy
The Shifter’s Love
One human, one wolf
Forbidden love
Will they even have a chance?
Contents
Chapter One- Hatred/Ash
Chapter Two- Love/Thundr
Chapter One – Hatred / Ash
I pushed my muzzle into Thundr's fur, my eyes closing as I breathed in his earthen scent. I smelled the pines he'd run through hours before. I smelled the stale blood that hadn't yet washed away from the fight he'd had with Rin, a wolf from the other pack. I smelled the dirt he rolled in a day before. I also smelled my own scent, plastered to his skin as though I were attached to him. I didn't smell the stale scent of moth balls or cotton on him, but both those scent were burning my nostrils. They were radiating from my own sunlit tan pelt. I was not a wolf, I was a Shifter. Thundr was a real wolf though, and I felt rather uncomfortable being so close to him, but it felt so right. I loved him, but I also had slight feelings the boy in my seventh grade, his name was Nathan Troy. I was torn between him and Thundr, who I hadn't told that I was human. If I was forced to pick, I knew I’d always pick Thundr, even though it is forbidden for Shifter’s to love wolves.
"You seem tense, Ash. What is the problem?" Thundr's voice was deep like the grumble of thunder. His beautiful amber eyes were on me. His great muscles rippled beneath his silvery grey fur when he turned to look me in the eyes. His light pink tongue lolled out his mouth and he gave me a gentle rasping like on the nose before he ran his tongue over his nose and mouth. He looked at me intently.
“Thundr,” I started. “I have something to tell you, but before I do I want you to know that I will always love you, even if you hate me.” I stopped, a lump rising in my throat, I knew that once I told Thundr my secret he’d kick me from the pack, he’d be heartbroken too. I knew he loved me, just as I did him, but now with a few simple words our love would be shredded.
Thundr licked my ear. “I could never hate you, lovely Ash. Why would I? You are all that I have ever wished for.” His amber eyes were level with my perfect sapphire eyes. He marveled, “Do you remember the first thing I ever said to you on the day we met?” When I shook my head slowly he went on, “I said that your eyes were beautiful, the most I’d ever seen. I told you that your eyes were much prettier then any diamond or sapphire in the world.”
I looked at him, knowing that even though he said, he’d hate me for what I’d soon tell him. I said, my voice trembling like a tremor of an earthquake, “Thundr, I’m…I’m a Shifter.”
Thundr stared at me for a moment, his amber eyes, moments ago filled with love, showed no emotion. He stood abruptly and turned away. His tail was drooping slightly and I knew that was a sign that I’d hurt him deeply. Thundr was a strong, valiant, and courageous leader and he’d chosen me; me, Ashlyn Veronica Quinn, out of all the other females. Now, I’d broken his heart, along with my own.
I stood and whispered, “I’m sorry, Thundr, truly I am.” His black-tipped grey ear flicked back at the sound of my voice, then went back to almost drooping. I started to walk toward him when his voice cut through me like a knife,
“Leave.”
I halted and felt the prickling sensation of oncoming tears. “Thundr, please, no. I love you.” I wanted to go to him, and tell him that he was the one who had my heart. Right now, at this moment, I didn’t care about Nathan. It was all Thundr, he was grasping my heart and it was hard to let go of him.
He turned, his amber eyes leaking liquid sadness. Thundr’s soft voice caressed my ears, “That’s the thing, Ash. I love you too, but…but,” he turned away again, as though to not let me see the rush of tears, “in the code of the ancient laws of the wolves, Shifters are to be killed, but since I’m the leader of this pack and you have my heart, I am going to spare you, even though it is going against everything I believe in. Please, Ash, just leave now so it’s not so hard for me to say goodbye.”
My tears fell and I almost thought that I’d drown in them. They dripped off the end of my muzzle and fell in a puddle around my white paws. “Please, Thundr, don’t do this. I need you.”
Thundr rounded on me; his growl frightened me, “Get out of here, Ash! Before the others find out and kill you.” His voice turned desperate, “I couldn’t bare that, please Ash, just go!” A tear dripped off the end of his muzzle and before I walked past him I licked it away.
When I got to the entrance I didn’t turn I just ran. Tears blurred my vision, but I didn’t care if I died now, it was too painful. My heart felt as though it had been torn right from my chest. My legs started to ache, but I didn’t stop running, nor did I stop crying. I hated being human, I wished I could just be a wolf.
I swallowed the lump in my throat as I neared my house. When I got there and phased I ran into the house and almost smacked into Jessie, my older brother. I went to push past him, but he grabbed my shoulder and held me back.
“Ash, what’s wrong?” He asked, wiping a tear away with his thumb like I was a little five-year-old.
“Thundr hates me,” I said, feeling the tears arise again. I felt Jessie’s arm go around my shoulders and pull me close to him. I buried my face in his muscular shoulder and cried, letting my tears soak into the fabric of his blue polo shirt. He said nothing, just let me cry, while rubbing my back and hugging me tightly.
In the end, he whispered, “Thundr doesn’t hate you, why would he? You told me that he chose you over the others, that he saved you from Rin. Why would he suddenly hate you? He’s always been fine with your teasing, so what happened, little sister?”
I choked on my words and for a brief hesitant moment I said nothing. Then I spoke, “I told him who I really was. I told him that I’m a Shifter.” I closed my eyes and felt hot tears pour down my face when I saw Thundr’s face when I closed my eyes.
Jessie sighed and said, “You’re a Shifter, Ash. You can’t fall in love with the wolves, it’s forbidden! I thought Thundr was just your friend, I thought you said you told him that the two of you could never be more then friends so this wouldn’t happen?” He pushed me back a bit and looked into my eyes. “You never told him did you?”
I shook my head, no. There was no use denying the truth. I whispered, “I love Thundr, Jessie. I don’t care that it’s forbidden, I don’t care that Nathan is going to ask me out, I don’t care that he even exists. I belong with Thundr, Shifter or not.”
Dad peeked out from his bedroom and asked, “Ash, what’s going on? Why are you crying?”
Jessie said, running a hand through his curly black hair, “She fell in love with Thundr, the alpha of the Hawk-Eye Pack. She told him that she was a Shifter.”
Dad’s eyes flashed with rage and his gaze found me. He snapped, “What did I tell you, Ash!? I told you, that in the ancient scroll of laws, law 43 clearly states that the love between a wolf and a Shifter is forbidden!! What were you thinking!? Wolves are devious creatures, it is a Shifter’s job to sort them out and put them in their place, not join packs and fall in love with the alphas!”
Being able to shift into a wolf had its downs. For one, I could smell my father’s rage, not just feel it as it soaked into my skin. The whole room stank of damp air with a hint of that musty earthy smell of wolves. The energy carried itself on slow black paws as it crept into my brain making me bare my teeth in a wolf like manner. I was struggling not to shift right there and then (Mom hated us shifting in the living room; she said we would shed all over the furniture).
I worked my hands, which were becoming stiff, on the verge of transforming to paws. I rolled my shoulders, which were cramping, telling me that I was slowly beginning to shift against my will.
Dad seemed to be having the same problem. I bet he could smell the nervous waves coming off me. I bet he could fell my discomfort, but chose to let me squirm under his gaze. He balled his hands, which were becoming hairier and more rounded at the minute, into fists, flexing them and willing them to turn back into human hands. The rage lessened and the both of us were allowed to regain some of our humanness.
Jessie, who didn’t carry the curse of being a Shifter, said, “Are you two done acting all wolfish now?” There was an edge in his voice that Dad and I were clearly supposed to hear. “So Ash fell in love with the alpha, she’s been kicked out, she can’t go back, so what’s the problem?”
Dad replied, his rage slowly leaving him, “Her heart has been broken and she will always love him. Nathan is no longer the one who holds her heart,” he was right there, “it is Thundr, the alpha of the Hawk-Eye Pack, who is the only one she sees as her lover.” His sigh sounded loud above the silence and I actually cringed a bit.
The Shifter’s Love
One human, one wolf
Forbidden love
Will they even have a chance?
Contents
Chapter One- Hatred/Ash
Chapter Two- Love/Thundr
Chapter One – Hatred / Ash
I pushed my muzzle into Thundr's fur, my eyes closing as I breathed in his earthen scent. I smelled the pines he'd run through hours before. I smelled the stale blood that hadn't yet washed away from the fight he'd had with Rin, a wolf from the other pack. I smelled the dirt he rolled in a day before. I also smelled my own scent, plastered to his skin as though I were attached to him. I didn't smell the stale scent of moth balls or cotton on him, but both those scent were burning my nostrils. They were radiating from my own sunlit tan pelt. I was not a wolf, I was a Shifter. Thundr was a real wolf though, and I felt rather uncomfortable being so close to him, but it felt so right. I loved him, but I also had slight feelings the boy in my seventh grade, his name was Nathan Troy. I was torn between him and Thundr, who I hadn't told that I was human. If I was forced to pick, I knew I’d always pick Thundr, even though it is forbidden for Shifter’s to love wolves.
"You seem tense, Ash. What is the problem?" Thundr's voice was deep like the grumble of thunder. His beautiful amber eyes were on me. His great muscles rippled beneath his silvery grey fur when he turned to look me in the eyes. His light pink tongue lolled out his mouth and he gave me a gentle rasping like on the nose before he ran his tongue over his nose and mouth. He looked at me intently.
“Thundr,” I started. “I have something to tell you, but before I do I want you to know that I will always love you, even if you hate me.” I stopped, a lump rising in my throat, I knew that once I told Thundr my secret he’d kick me from the pack, he’d be heartbroken too. I knew he loved me, just as I did him, but now with a few simple words our love would be shredded.
Thundr licked my ear. “I could never hate you, lovely Ash. Why would I? You are all that I have ever wished for.” His amber eyes were level with my perfect sapphire eyes. He marveled, “Do you remember the first thing I ever said to you on the day we met?” When I shook my head slowly he went on, “I said that your eyes were beautiful, the most I’d ever seen. I told you that your eyes were much prettier then any diamond or sapphire in the world.”
I looked at him, knowing that even though he said, he’d hate me for what I’d soon tell him. I said, my voice trembling like a tremor of an earthquake, “Thundr, I’m…I’m a Shifter.”
Thundr stared at me for a moment, his amber eyes, moments ago filled with love, showed no emotion. He stood abruptly and turned away. His tail was drooping slightly and I knew that was a sign that I’d hurt him deeply. Thundr was a strong, valiant, and courageous leader and he’d chosen me; me, Ashlyn Veronica Quinn, out of all the other females. Now, I’d broken his heart, along with my own.
I stood and whispered, “I’m sorry, Thundr, truly I am.” His black-tipped grey ear flicked back at the sound of my voice, then went back to almost drooping. I started to walk toward him when his voice cut through me like a knife,
“Leave.”
I halted and felt the prickling sensation of oncoming tears. “Thundr, please, no. I love you.” I wanted to go to him, and tell him that he was the one who had my heart. Right now, at this moment, I didn’t care about Nathan. It was all Thundr, he was grasping my heart and it was hard to let go of him.
He turned, his amber eyes leaking liquid sadness. Thundr’s soft voice caressed my ears, “That’s the thing, Ash. I love you too, but…but,” he turned away again, as though to not let me see the rush of tears, “in the code of the ancient laws of the wolves, Shifters are to be killed, but since I’m the leader of this pack and you have my heart, I am going to spare you, even though it is going against everything I believe in. Please, Ash, just leave now so it’s not so hard for me to say goodbye.”
My tears fell and I almost thought that I’d drown in them. They dripped off the end of my muzzle and fell in a puddle around my white paws. “Please, Thundr, don’t do this. I need you.”
Thundr rounded on me; his growl frightened me, “Get out of here, Ash! Before the others find out and kill you.” His voice turned desperate, “I couldn’t bare that, please Ash, just go!” A tear dripped off the end of his muzzle and before I walked past him I licked it away.
When I got to the entrance I didn’t turn I just ran. Tears blurred my vision, but I didn’t care if I died now, it was too painful. My heart felt as though it had been torn right from my chest. My legs started to ache, but I didn’t stop running, nor did I stop crying. I hated being human, I wished I could just be a wolf.
I swallowed the lump in my throat as I neared my house. When I got there and phased I ran into the house and almost smacked into Jessie, my older brother. I went to push past him, but he grabbed my shoulder and held me back.
“Ash, what’s wrong?” He asked, wiping a tear away with his thumb like I was a little five-year-old.
“Thundr hates me,” I said, feeling the tears arise again. I felt Jessie’s arm go around my shoulders and pull me close to him. I buried my face in his muscular shoulder and cried, letting my tears soak into the fabric of his blue polo shirt. He said nothing, just let me cry, while rubbing my back and hugging me tightly.
In the end, he whispered, “Thundr doesn’t hate you, why would he? You told me that he chose you over the others, that he saved you from Rin. Why would he suddenly hate you? He’s always been fine with your teasing, so what happened, little sister?”
I choked on my words and for a brief hesitant moment I said nothing. Then I spoke, “I told him who I really was. I told him that I’m a Shifter.” I closed my eyes and felt hot tears pour down my face when I saw Thundr’s face when I closed my eyes.
Jessie sighed and said, “You’re a Shifter, Ash. You can’t fall in love with the wolves, it’s forbidden! I thought Thundr was just your friend, I thought you said you told him that the two of you could never be more then friends so this wouldn’t happen?” He pushed me back a bit and looked into my eyes. “You never told him did you?”
I shook my head, no. There was no use denying the truth. I whispered, “I love Thundr, Jessie. I don’t care that it’s forbidden, I don’t care that Nathan is going to ask me out, I don’t care that he even exists. I belong with Thundr, Shifter or not.”
Dad peeked out from his bedroom and asked, “Ash, what’s going on? Why are you crying?”
Jessie said, running a hand through his curly black hair, “She fell in love with Thundr, the alpha of the Hawk-Eye Pack. She told him that she was a Shifter.”
Dad’s eyes flashed with rage and his gaze found me. He snapped, “What did I tell you, Ash!? I told you, that in the ancient scroll of laws, law 43 clearly states that the love between a wolf and a Shifter is forbidden!! What were you thinking!? Wolves are devious creatures, it is a Shifter’s job to sort them out and put them in their place, not join packs and fall in love with the alphas!”
Being able to shift into a wolf had its downs. For one, I could smell my father’s rage, not just feel it as it soaked into my skin. The whole room stank of damp air with a hint of that musty earthy smell of wolves. The energy carried itself on slow black paws as it crept into my brain making me bare my teeth in a wolf like manner. I was struggling not to shift right there and then (Mom hated us shifting in the living room; she said we would shed all over the furniture).
I worked my hands, which were becoming stiff, on the verge of transforming to paws. I rolled my shoulders, which were cramping, telling me that I was slowly beginning to shift against my will.
Dad seemed to be having the same problem. I bet he could smell the nervous waves coming off me. I bet he could fell my discomfort, but chose to let me squirm under his gaze. He balled his hands, which were becoming hairier and more rounded at the minute, into fists, flexing them and willing them to turn back into human hands. The rage lessened and the both of us were allowed to regain some of our humanness.
Jessie, who didn’t carry the curse of being a Shifter, said, “Are you two done acting all wolfish now?” There was an edge in his voice that Dad and I were clearly supposed to hear. “So Ash fell in love with the alpha, she’s been kicked out, she can’t go back, so what’s the problem?”
Dad replied, his rage slowly leaving him, “Her heart has been broken and she will always love him. Nathan is no longer the one who holds her heart,” he was right there, “it is Thundr, the alpha of the Hawk-Eye Pack, who is the only one she sees as her lover.” His sigh sounded loud above the silence and I actually cringed a bit.
