Dangerous Desires Novel

57 Nine Hours
Luke
We arrived at the scene, and the battle was intense. My father immediately organised the troops, and we parted ways to join our
assigned groups. Mike was on my team, and we were undressing to shift and join the battle. The attackers had indeed used
guns, but they could not keep up with the assault.
“Why is this battle still on?” I linked Mike.
“They have had reinforcements coming from other places, so Grey‘s effort on the shore is futile. It is as if they anticipated we
would guard the shore. I believe they had come to Woodclaw in batches and settled in various places. All the packs on the island
have troops here
to fight them back, but the attackers‘ reinforcements keep coming.” He said, and I nodded.
“Were you able to interrogate a captive?” I asked, and he shook his head. “Wolfsbane. They bite the poison once they are
caught. We are better off killing them,” he explained, and I wondered what could be so serious that these people would want to
die like this. There was only one way to leave here alive: to kill them all, taking no prisoners. I linked my father and Caleb to link
their groups to forget about taking prisoners and killing the
enemy. My mark burned bright orange, and it made all the marks on all our wolves glow with the same colour. Even wolves, not
directly our pack members but from packs on our island, had a secondary mark like mine glow brightly on their wolves. I did not
know how I did it, but it happened. Now everyone had the same symbol as the one on my upper right arm glowing on their
foreheads either as their primary or secondary mark. The demarcation was clear, and we knew who was on our side and against
us.
“How did you do this, Luke?” my father asked, and I did not know. I took off my clothes and shifted. My mark burned and glowed
on my arm, which singled me out as the pack‘s Alpha. We charge to kill any wolf that did not have our mark. The night had
favoured us. Who would have guessed this was possible.
Four hours into the fight, the enemy stopped having reinforcements, and we were able to kill them all. Some of our wolves were
injured, but other than the ones killed with guns, the rest were alright. I howled at the moon to show my respect to the goddess
and commend our soldiers. They howled along with us. Our marks stopped glowing when the battle ended, and my arm stopped

burning. I noticed wolves from other packs on the island who had my mark as their secondary mark no longer had it. I guess we
were united as one for the duration of the fight only. Caleb came to find me; he had shifted back to his human f
“Wow, Luke, that was awesome. The mark on my arm glowed,” he said, and I smiled.
“Did it burn?” I asked him, and he shook his head.
Our father joined us and shifted. He was limping.
“Victory is ours,” he said joyfully and commended both of us.
“You fought and led brilliantly. You are indeed a powerful Alpha Luke. My grandfather used to make our marks glow when he was
Alpha. All the packs on this island were born from Woodclaw. That is why their soldiers bore our marks temporarily for the fight,”
My father said, and he frowned at me,
“But how did you do it?” He finally asked, and I shrugged.
“I was ready for battle and determined to win,” I said, and he smiled.
“‘The heart of a true Alpha. Well, thanks to our glowing marks, we could easily know those that weren‘t a part of us and kill
them,” he said, and I smiled because that was true. There was no need to guess whether you were fighting your comrade or not.
The mark made it easy for us to detect our pack members. I guess that was the reason for our marks.
Mike came to meet me and greeted my father with all the respect he could manage. Caleb said hello to him and congratulated
him on his forthcoming wedding, which was around the corner. I did not know that everyone knew Mike was getting married.
“Glad it is over,” Caleb said.
“Thank Luna Tia. She placed a curfew everywhere, so no one could go out,” Mike said, and I frowned at him. My father began to
laugh with so much joy.
“What?“I said.
“Yeah, I just heard that the Luna has placed an indefinite curfew until the fight is over. So the reinforcement waiting for them in
the neighbouring towns and cities could not join the fight. Instead, they were apprehended. But of course, a majority of them
because of the wolfbane in their mouths. Two of them did not have the heart to kill themselves. They have been apprehended,”
he said, and I thanked the goddess for our luck and Tia‘s quick thinking. I knew she was a mess when I left her, but how could
she have been able to act so quickly even in that mental state?

“This is amazing. Stacy would have never thought of this,” my father said with excitement.
We walked toward and newly erected tents used to treat the soldiers and Eastwood residents from their injuries. They brought us
shorts to wear, and I gladly wore them. I really wanted to head back to the city.
I watched as a medic attended to my father, who was just beaming with joy. His smile was not because of our victory but
because of Tia‘s quick thinking. If those reinforcements kept coming, they would have worn us out and overpowered us because
we had no reinforcement on the way. It was genius of Tia to set a curfew the way she did. Thanks to the curfew, we might find
out who has been organising the attacks and maybe why.
“We waited to tend to trivial matters and delegate guarding duty to the Infantry soldiers that just joined us before we boarded the
helicopter to return. Mike followed us.
The instant the chopper touched down on the helipad. I was ready to leave. My father laughed
at me.
“She is waiting for you at home safely. It has just been nine hours, and look at you,” he teased me, and I did not care.
“To think you initially rejected the union,” he said, and I still did not say a word. I walked to the elevator and waited for the four of
us to get in before I pressed the button that would take us to the ground floor. The moment we got to the ground floor. We exited
the building. We were all shirtless in shorts. We looked like we were running a fitness product commercial. A van was waiting for
us outside, and we hopped in.
I imagined what Tia would be doing. Was she sleeping or watching the news and waiting for
We soon arrived at the mansion. Bart, Kirk and some guys were waiting for us, Caleb and Kirk hugged
“You did a good job, Delta,” my father said to Kirk. Although demoted to delta, the young man was still happy to serve. “It was
under Luna Tia‘s orders, Alpha,” he said, and I did not bother to wait to discuss anything with anyone. I rushed into the house.
“Alpha, Kimberly is in the room with Luna Tia,” Bart linked me, and I was a bit mad at Tia that she would allow Kimberly into our
room.
“Caleb, come and take your pregnant girlfriend from my room,” i linked my brother, and he did not respond as usual. I moved
quickly and tried the knob on the door. The door was open. I entered and strolled into the room, trying not to make a sound.
Kimberly was sleeping on the couch with the television on mute. I went into the bedroom, and the bed was empty. I looked

around and saw Tia on the corner on the floor curled up in fetus style, wearing my t–shirt. The first t–shirt she wore on our
wedding night that now had holes in it.
I went to shower quickly, ensuring I did not spend more than fifteen minutes in the shower, wore a new pair of shorts and carried
her from the corner where she was sleeping. I laid her gently on the bed. I knew she was tired. She went from continuous and
multiple orgasms to terror; It was enough to wear anyone out. “Please be safe..” she murmured in her sleep. I leaned closed to
her and kissed her forehead and then her lips.
“I am home, Tia,” I whispered. She managed to open her eyes. She was silent a bit as we stared at each other. I knew she was
still trying to figure out what was happening and when it clicked, she wrapped her arms around me, buried her face in the crook
of my neck, and cried with relief.
“Thank goddess, you are home. Thank goddess, you are alright,” she cried, and I held her. At that minute, I was emotional
because I could imagine what was going on in her mind while I was out there. She was alone, with no one to lean on or support
her. She had experienced nine hours of fear and uncertainty. She was allowed to cry.