Returned - Anaya Phoenix (best fiction books of all time .txt) 📗

he gets up and looks at it “I think it’s a bit wide”
“Whatever you say boss, can we get something to eat before I disappear?” I say a little bit whiney.
“You could never disappear” he says and I send him a look that makes him hold up his hands and send me a crooked grin. I turn and walk to the main compartment of the den mom is peeling nuts and daddy is rinsing off the berries in some of the lake water gathered in a bowl.
“Good morning” I say and daddy turns, he smiles at me and I walk to him and hug him. I feel my eyes sting, but I push them back, it’s over now my wolf tells me Micah will protect us. He pats my back and I let go, I look to mom and I see her face is lightened. The sad woman that was there in the basement is gone and has been replaced with a shining star. Her hair isn’t dull anymore her eyes are light and happy.
“Need help with those?” I say nodding toward the nuts and she nods. I grab a handful and start to deshell them, she clears her throat
“Back there, I’m sorry I wasn’t there with you-“
“Don’t, ok” I smile “it’s over, where safe”
“Danm right your safe” Micah says as he wraps his arms around my waist and leans his head on my shoulder,
“Language” I warn and he smiles sheepishly
“I’m not 12 anymore and you’re not my mom, so I don’t have to listen to you” he says like a child
“Oh yeah? Ok” I say and nod my head “so I don’t have to listen to you?”
“Precisely” I peck his cheek then shimmy my hips and he growls
“Stop that” he scolds half heartedly
“Nope I don’t have to listen to you” I say and wiggle
“But you have to listen to me, so knock it off” mom says not taking her eyes off the nuts and I stop with a blush on my face. I start peeling again but then Micah’s head pops from my shoulder, I’m about to ask what’s wrong when I smell it too. Daddy must smell it to because he stops washing the berries; I break from Micah’s grasp and start sprinting toward it, Micah behind me and daddy behind him. The smell gets stronger when we head east toward it. My vision gets clear and I see further down and about 3 miles from here a grey wolf stands,
“Change!” I yell at them and I morph into my wolf.
Who the hell is that? My wolf growls at me, I don’t know I respond. Micah runs up on my left and daddy on my right. Why aren’t they running ahead of me, your alpha its taboo to run ahead of the alpha, my wolf tells me? Huh, the rogue is still there standing in a defensive stance and I slow to a trot. I sit down in front of him and his stance calms down until he sits too. I smell the rest of the pack gather around us but I keep my eye on the rogue’s eyes, their green is never ending. Micah growls at me and I give him a low warning growl. The rogues eyes snap between me and the cougar, I’m sure he’s asking who the cougar is. I stand up slowly and circle him, I sniff his neck, and he doesn’t seem dangerous. I wish I could hear what he’s thinking, but he’s not in my pack and I can only hear them.
“Daughter?”
“Yes?” I ask cautiously
“What do you wish to do?”
“Tell everyone to change” I tell him then I slowly allow myself to change.


I see her about to change so I allow myself to change too, by the time she’s finished I’m finished too. She stands there naked with hands on her hips showing no fear in front of the rogue and I feel my heart swell with pride, I’m just a short amount of time I’ve improved her courage. Her pack stands defensive even her mother stands defensive,
“Mate, mother and beta step forward” her voice is hoarse and scratchy and I realize it’s not her it’s her wolf. I step forward along with her father and her mother,
“Shift” that one simple word rolls against the rogue and he drops to the ground and doesn’t come back up until he’s human and naked. He’s Elizabeth’s age and her height, she gasps and her eyes widen along with his,
“You” she growls out
“Fancy seeing you here” the rogue says and I fell like ripping his throat out.
“Why are you in my territory?” she growls
“How did you escape?” he asks back simply
“That is none of your concern, leave” she says and he whines. He doesn’t want to go,
“I don’t have anywhere else to go” he says
“Is that my problem?” she asks incredulously
“actually yes it is, if you hadn’t been there that day and my pack hadn’t told me to try to save you I would still be there” he growls, she steps closer
“It’s your fault that you didn’t save me jack ass!” she hisses at him “one of your own kind” she yells. I try to grab her arm to tell her to calm down but her father growls at me in warning, it’s clear he wants her to deal with this herself.
“Nobody told you to get caught” he yells
“is that what your really telling me, it was my fault I got caught and was held captive, so I guess it’s my fault too that they raped me oh and just to add on to the list I guess it’s my fault they constantly hit me too” she ended with a punch in his gut and when he went down she kneed him in the face. He landed on the floor with a thud and she grabbed him by the throat.
“You sicken me, do you understand?” she hisses at him, and he nods unable to do much
“Get the hell off my territory and never come back, if you do trust me I will not hesitate to kick your ass” she lets him go and stands
“Leave” she barks at him and he does changing and running east of us. She takes a breath and wipes her face, she changes and so does the rest of the pack including me. She turns to us and with her face full of sorrow she howls, a low mournful one. They howl and I roar, then she runs toward the dens.


I tried not to cry, I really did, but the memory just rushed back to me. He was there in the market standing across from me and I was so excited that he was a wolf! He could actually help me! I waited for 3 days after that, I told him my location and everything he just never came. After that I swore if I ever saw him I would kick his lying betraying ass! My two hits wasn’t a proper ass kicking but it felt good, I run into the den and straight into my compartment. I change trying to make it fast it worked but hurt like hell. I look around for clothes and see that mom has a white dress, it’s a halter top that has threading of silver and green in it and I instantly put it on. I make it out just in time to see the pack mom and Micah come back. Micah locks eyes with me and I turn away from them and run south. As the wind blows my hair I allow my mind to roam, but keep it far away from what happened to me. Micah and I had consummated our relationship and as excited I was about that a pang of fear ran through me. What if he got tired me later on; what if he just wanted me because I had grew up? No he loves me; he’s nothing like zhafar, nothing at all like zhafar. Mom is back and daddy loves her, I love them both so much. Strong arms wrap around my waist and hoist me up and I scream. As loud as I can I scream and he silences it with his hand.
“Shh” he whispers in my ear “it’s ok, it’s me your safe” I calm down as his voice surges through my mind and he lets me down. I whirl to him,
“Do you love me?” I ask him my voice low and cracked,
“Of course I do you’re my mate-“
“no, not because you’re my mate and fate has chosen us and blah, blah, blah, but do you love me?” my voice is gaining confidence
“Yes” he hesitates
“Why did you hesitate?” I ask fear making its way into my stomach
“Because-“
“Why did you hesitate?” I say slower and he just stars at me, tears swell up in my eyes and I smile. A sad deadly smile that scares even me. I walk past him and he grabs my arm
“Where are you going?” I rip my arm out of his grasp and continue to walk, when I hear his feet follow me I run. I can outrun him, maybe by a little but that’s all I need. I turn a corner unexpectedly and he drifts still trying to catch me. I see the tree limbs and decide to use them to use the m to my advantage. I leap up to one and bounce to the next one and the next one until I’m high. I jump to the next tree and spot the dens and I just hop the tree’s until I reach the tree nearest the den and I hop off into a crouch. I hear Micah’s roar and I smirk, that’s what you get!
“What happened sweetie?” mom rushes over and grabs my shoulders
“Nothing mom, I just found something out” I say cheerily
“Elizabeth come back in these woods right now!” we hear Micah roar and I turn on my heel
“You shouldn’t have lied you piece of crap!” I yell at him then I walk past my mother.
“I’m not leaving these woods until you talk to me!” he yells
“Then you might as well find another den to live in because I’m never ever talking to you again!” I yell back and stomp to the den.
“What happened?” daddy asks
“You should go get him” I say to him and just keep walking to my compartment. I lie on the bed and close my eyes, they’ll be a fight later on but I’ll win, I always do.


It’s not my fault she didn’t give me a chance to answer! I do love her, regardless of the imprinting or the mating or the sex! I love her, more than I thought possible. Her father saunters in and stares at me
“What?” I growl
“What did you do to her?” he asks simply
“Nothing, she asked me if I loved her and I tried to explain-“
“Whoa you tried to explain?” he shakes his head
“If I ever tried to explain to lexy she would chop my head off, you’re lucky she just ran from you” he walks to me and puts his hand on my shoulder
“If you ever want to talk to her again or even sleep in the same beds again you better go back there and just take it” he says then walks away.
“Wait, take what?” I yell after him but