Prisoner (Werewolf Marines) by Lia Silver

Author:Lia Silver
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: shifter romance, military romance, werewolf romance

Chapter Nine: DJ

DJ’s Story: An Infinite Number of Monkeys

My family didn’t want me to join the Marines. Not because they were pacifists or anything like that, but because I’d be so far from the pack for so long, surrounded by one-bodies on the other side of the world. Wolves are supposed to live with wolves, and packs are supposed to stick together. Also they thought I was impulsive and reckless and I’d get myself killed.

Once they realized that “it’s dangerous” and “you’ll be far, far away from your tiny, cozy, familiar world” were exactly what appealed to me about it, they started telling me I’d never make it through boot camp and even trying would be bad for me. They said washing out would make me feel humiliated and crushed and like I was a failure, and instead I should go for something I knew I could succeed at. We fought and fought over it for literally years.

Later they admitted that they were sure I would succeed, and that was why they didn’t want me to try. But at the time, I didn’t pick up on that and I just thought they had no confidence in me.

It’s funny how the pack sense works. I always knew what they were feeling. They loved me and they were scared to death for me and they wanted me to stay with the pack. But the pack sense doesn’t give you the subtleties— it tells you the what, but not the why.

I finally gave up on convincing them, and I just went and enlisted. So there I was, twenty years old and in boot camp for the first time.

Yes. There was more than one time.

You’re probably thinking, “But DJ, your power is super strength, you should’ve breezed through boot camp.”

Or maybe you’re thinking, “DJ and his big fucking mouth, I’m not at all surprised he had problems at boot camp, he must have talked back to the drill instructor.”

It wasn’t either of those, actually. Remember, I wanted to be there. I was planning to do exactly as I was told and keep my mouth shut except to say, “Yes, sir!”

Mostly, I did. I had some trouble keeping still and not fidgeting and not letting my eyes wander. I can do that. It’s just that it takes all my concentration, so there isn’t any left for other stuff. Like hearing that I just got an order. So I had some problems with that.

But on the flip side, even when I’m holding back and only using my natural strength, I’m pretty strong. I had no trouble with the physical side of things. Some guys were bigger than me but some were smaller, so I didn’t stick out that way. There were a couple other Pinoy— you know, Filipino— guys there, so I wasn’t the only one. At first I thought I’d fit right in.

I was maybe a little too eager. Any time the drill instructor, Sergeant Hahn, asked for a volunteer, I volunteered. I got stuck

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