Northwood
Chapter Two

Adline cried herself to sleep that night, stuck in a place so foreign and unknown to her she felt isolated and alone like no one in the whole world cared for her.

Near the stroke of midnight, a knock came at the door. With her brow furrowed and a sense of uneasiness, Adline stared at the white wooden door off in the distance, who would be visiting her so late in the night?

Pulling the many covers that draped her body off slowly, she let her feet fall from the edge of the bed slowly as the crease in her brow deepened at the insistent knocking at the door, whoever it was seemed extremely impatient.

Adline pushed herself up off of the soft, comfy mattress and willed herself towards the door, the bottom cuff of her pyjama pants scraping gently as she did so. Coming to a stop in front of the door she hesitated, her hand hovering over the handle as she stood motionless in the sudden stillness as the knocking at the door ceased.

“I know you’re standing there I can hear you breathing,” came a somewhat monotone male voice. Contemplating going straight back to bed something in Adline’s mind captured her curiosity, could it be her saviour? Wrapping her hand tentatively around the solid brass door handle she turned it slowly and heard it click, keeping it closed for a second she pulled the door open quickly with a sigh, it wasn’t her saviour, not even close!

“Took you long enough,” a very impatient looking Kane Northwood barked. His dark hair was falling across his face, his steely grey eyes swimming with so many emotions she couldn’t tell which was more dominant, lust, anger or amusement.

“What do you want?” She asked somewhat defensively as she crossed her arms over her chest in a pathetic attempt to conceal herself from him. It was obvious he wanted something as he scoffed and smiled, though it was a small smile Adline found herself mesmerised by his lips, the curve the colour and the sheen of them made her want to grab his face and crash her lips to his.

Seeing that she was lost in his presence, Kane took a step forward only to replace Adline stepping backwards. Her eyes did not leave his lips, but she did notice the frown pull the corners of his lips downward. Adline wanted to be the one to make him smile, but she didn’t know how she’d never thought of replaceing her mate and now that he stood before her she didn’t know what to do.

Kane quickly closed the gap between them and pulled Adline’s tiny frame to his with little effort. He marvelled in how she fit his body and how perfectly her curves felt against him and although he was fully clothed he could feel himself melting under her touch.

Adline was about to say something but Kane cut her off with a kiss. Her mind raced as she thought about pushing him away from her and slapping him hard across the face but to her astonishment she couldn’t. She felt her hands close and pull the fabric of his shirt as if her body wanted him much, much closer than he was.

Hearing a growl rip through his body, Kane deepened the kiss and pulled Adline’s feet up off of the floor and wrapped her legs around his waist with ease. Adline wanted to push him away again, but when she tried to tell him to get out, she instead deepened the kiss. She wanted to tell him that she wanted nothing to do with him because he was such an overbearing bastard but the more he kissed her, the less control she felt she had.

Feeling the softness of the bed envelope her entire body, the silky sheets beneath her bare legs made her shudder with delight at the prospect of what was about to happen. “Oh Kane,” she groaned trying to contain her excitement and building pleasure as she felt his hands roaming all over her roughly.

Adline soon felt Kane’s bare hands on her bare skin and as soon as she did his touch slowed and became more than a little gentle, something that startled her. Kane pulled back and frowned suddenly, “what? Did I do something wrong?”

As soon as the question left her lips, she found Kane ravishing her again and as she pulled his body closer to her wrapping her legs around his waist she felt his arousal and wanted it in her quickly. Watching as Kane pulled his shirt up over his head the rest of his clothing promptly followed.

He opened his mouth to speak but the sound of his voice was not his own, and as he continued to ravish her, the rocking soon jolted Adline awake, “oh my god what the hell!”

Turning her head slowly to the side she saw a woman standing there laughing at her uncontrollably. Horror and shame manifested in her so quickly, and she felt the heat in her cheeks instantly as she tried to hide her embarrassment. It hit her then, who was the stranger in her room? “Who are you?” Adline asked quickly.

The woman, between fits of giggles, managed to say her name, “Babel,” she clutched at her stomach as it began to ache, “but you can call me Frosty.”

“Please tell me I was not mumbling in my sleep!” Adline demanded embarrassed, but she knew by the way Frosty laughed harder that she must have let something slip.

As Frosty’s giggles slowly subsided Adline climbed from the warmth of the bed and went in search of clothing.

“Oh that was so priceless, was he good at least? Dream Kane? I know for a fact that he would be mortified to know that you were dreaming of him like that,” Adline was so mortified she wasn’t sure she could look at Kane the same.

“It isn’t funny!” Adline snapped at Frosty quickly and watched the smile fade from her face, “I don’t want to get attached to anyone here, and I know I won’t be here for long. I’m planning on running to Carriere pack in a few days. I need Levaud he’s the only family I have left, and I can’t live without him!” Adline felt her throat constrict as she stood there staring at Frosty, her heart broke at the thought of never seeing Levaud again.

“You can’t go! You and Kane are mates, and if you go to Carriere he will wage war just to get you back, and I know for a fact that Levaud wouldn’t be safe if you went up there just for him. Please don’t do this Adline, not yet.” Babel pleaded with her carefully. She thought Adline was nice and she didn’t want to see any more harm come to her or those close to her that she had left.

Frosty looked at Adline with eyes full of sadness, she did understand the newcomer’s situation, but she knew Kane well, and she knew what he was capable of and didn’t want anyone to be hurt by his rage, least of all Adline.

Her shoulders slumped as her eyes dropped to look at the floor, she was defeated, but she didn’t want to be, she needed to do something to keep herself sane, “well is there at least something for me to do? I feel like I’m going to drive myself insane just sitting in this room all day every day.”

A smirk spread across Frosty’s lips slowly as an idea formed in her brain quickly, “you can come and train with me?! I mean I don’t know what level of fitness you have but obviously being an Alpha’s daughter, you would have had some physical training? My training partner is pregnant, so obviously I need a new one, are you keen?”

Looking at Frosty sceptically the smile soon spread to Adline’s face, “yes! I would love to but when you say training what kind of training do you mean?” She asked hesitantly.

“Oh, you know just the usual weapons training, gun firing, hand to hand combat and all that stuff,” with Frosty’s flippant description of what they would be doing Adline’s smile was wiped from her face quickly, what had she just agreed to do?!