Ethan’s POV"Move it! Let's go!" He barked at his men, looking over his shoulder for any suspicious movements. One of the men was carrying a sleeping Roy over his shoulder while the rest were dusting for prints and other valuables before they torched the place down.Someone within his team had slipped up, but when he interrogated them none of them attested to that fact.He decided to cut his losses and move on, and that includes leaving this place aside.While this place was remote enough that no one could easily connect it to him, it was already"Where's the Nanny?" I was referring to Roy's caretaker, Sheila."She's inside, sir.""Dispose of her when you're done," I grunt, picking up the bag and throwing it over my shoulder. The man nodded and finished up his sweep, going inside to carry out my orders.After running around the cabin with a keg of gasoline in my hands, diligent enough to make sure I covered the entire perimeter of the house, I walked over to the car and waited for the
Katherine's POVShock paralyzed my body when I heard that statement."What do you mean they're coming here? Can't we stall them?" I heard Daniel's voice but it sounded far away. Everything slowly started to come together after some seconds.Caleb stands up and immediately starts to bark our orders immediately going into Alpha mode. "We can't…all we try to do is talk to them. If push comes to shove and they insist on fighting then we'll give them war. Duke, I want you to go mobilize the men and get ready for action. Lukas, go over to the woman and children and start to file them into the underground bunkers, you'll get a signal if you need to put them in there. Daniel, you're with me and Katherine, I need you to go with Lukas, he'll keep you safe." Caleb walks up to me to plant a kiss on my lips.I allowed him but instead of leaving with Lukas, I followed him closely. He noticed and turned to face him, "What the hell?""I'm not going to hide anywhere, this is my pack too and I'll be da
Katherine’s POVIf I survive this, I solemnly promise not to take any walks in the woods by myself… I swore as my eyes closed from the pain, and I blacked out.It all started with a particular text message.The past couple of days have been tense while we prepared for an attack. The Regent pack hasn't gotten back to us yet and their radio silence could only mean one thing.War.Caleb was also worried about Shadow and Ethan as Ethan had suddenly dropped off the face of the earth and Shadow's movements had been shady.This dark and deliberate murkiness on their part isn't helping. Caleb is stressed out with the planning, henceforth he's short on everyone and has become unbearable to deal with. I miss Roy and mingling with my fellow women in the community wasn't helping any as I was consistently reminded of what I didn't have.Daniel was also busy with helping out or else as soon as the text messages came in, I would have shown him to help me out to discover who it was.They were from th
Katherine’s POVHer deliberately vague answer didn't give me a clue as to who was with my child.The disappointment is sharp and cutting but I don't let it show on my face.I wanted to scream and shout and rake, but all that wouldn't do anything."So what now?" I appeared to be calm, trying to fool her but I saw in her eyes that I didn't fool her for a second."Now, I take you to him.. you're the last bargaining chip I have left. If all goes well, then he'll make me his second in command." Her eyes danced with glee at the thought and I almost laughed.Look at how excited someone was to work with a murderer while the rest of us were trying to get rid of him.I shook my head. "I can't believe you'd do this, you'd betray your people like this."She snorted. "My people? The same 'people' that tossed me to the side as soon as I wasn't important enough for them right?" Her eyes turned hard. "I only look for myself, and myself. Wanna know why? Because trusting people will fuck you up!""But
Katherine’s POVThud. Thud. Thud.What was that sound? It felt like I was in subspace...a part of me not quite here and not quite in the beyond either. The sound of blood dripping echoed loudly in my ear and I knew it was my blood.I couldn't move, touch or speak. I could hear and experience everything though.I saw Caleb's distraught face, Daniel's solemn one, and Roy's sad eyes...each piercing me even deeper than the last.The pain was too much, every nerve ending seemed to be on fire, like there was liquid fire burning in my veins.I shouted in pain, feeling my body twist and crack moved by unseen forces.Blood bubbled up in those spaces between my joints and split out into my skin.Stop! Stop! Pleaseeee….make it stop.I grabbed at my head, the pain seemed to have moved there, and turned almost banging my head on the floor..."Shh, It'll all be over soon," my wolf's voice floated into my mind, like a calm breeze over a burning desert it cooled me down for a second and I latched ont
Freya’s POVHolding her breath so that none of the guards following Caleb heard her, she pressed herself up against the wall, waiting for them to pass by.Once it was safe enough, she let out a huge sigh of relief cursing Katherine.Did that bitch have to go and die??!She was to blame as well, as I hadn't realized the longer we fought that we were rolling toward the edge of the cliff.Resting her head against the tree, she wondered just what the hell she was going to do now.She took a step forward, but her senses were sharp as hell so she ducked her head quickly to avoid a stab to the throat.Shit, I didn't see him coming!She must not have hidden that well, because the guy found out her hiding spot..blocking a punch with her left arm, she threw one of her own too only to be blocked by the same guy.They fought, throwing and blocking punches at intervals and it didn't take long for her to realize that they were evenly matched.When the guy flipped her over, about to draw his knife t
Katherine’s POVThe feel of something long tickled my face and I raised a weak hand to wipe it off but it just bounced back.Second later I felt and swiped even harder, forcing my eyes to open, wondering what it was."There you are," Caleb's worried eyes stared back at me, the rope from his shirt dangling. "I was so worried about you!"I tried to sit up but I was too weak to even get up Caleb helped me up with a hand underneath my spine. The pain in my stomach came back with brutal force and I groaned loudly. Caleb immediately dropped his hand and I rested on the bed, gasping."Where am I?" I looked up only to see an unfamiliar ceiling staring at me."At one of my houses."W-why?" My throat felt dry and it was like we were in sync because Caleb sat up and reached for a glass of water."I didn't know what to do after I found you like that," he tells her, wiping away the water that spilled from her lips. "Who did this?" His eyes held a deep well of anguish and pain and I couldn't have t
Daniel's POVSneaking out of the Compound was very difficult, but I had an edge over the rest of the pack considering I was now Caleb's right hand so it was easy to maneuver ... .just not on this particular night.I was almost caught…twice!Something that has never happened before but I get it…..with the surprise attack earlier in the day, everybody was quite jumpy and scared, especially against another repeat performance.It was quite easy to whisper words into well-placed ears that would carry over to the Regent pack leader, Sloane. All he needed to mobilize a team of wolves over here was the assurance that the security on the pack was weak and he struck.Delaying and falsifying the reports they got on the search about Shadow was also easy…all that was needed was for money to change hands and the information they received to be corrected.We can't have them finding out about Shadow and aligning with Caleb, not until it is the right time…Left to me, I would have abandoned the missio