Hidden In Plain Sight

Jaxon By the time my meeting was done with my Beta Don and all of the training agendas had been planned out, it was nearly sunrise. Fighting techniques, strength training, and sparring battles – I was sure we had gone over every detail to improve shifting training. I yawned, entering my bedroom, eager for a midnight snack of my mate before I let my body drown into darkness. My wolf howled, as the sudden rush of adrenaline coursed through my body. My mate wasn’t asleep in bed like she had said she would be. Panic flooded my chest as I rushed out the bedroom and bolted down the hallway of the pack house. My wolf pushed forward, threatening to make us shift. Fear trickled in my chest, an overwhelming feeling that I wasn’t use to. Fear was the cornerstone of weakness. I now had a weakness, a reason I would be willing to sacrifice myself for and her name was Adeline. I pulled open the door to Adeline’s painting room, only to find her sprawled across the floor, her small arm underneath her h