Katherine’s POVI was slowly working towards getting better, both physically and mentally but it was a bit hard when the most vital person I needed was AWOL.I've tried to reach Ethan several times but my call kept getting busied.So I decided to take the bull by the horns, figuratively of course.That was before I overheard a conversation about Ethan. I was taking my usual stroll through the gardens, and something Amelia told me helped clear her mind and center her thoughts.So far, it worked wonders for me until I heard two voices that floated over to me.I stopped walking, surprised that someone other than I was here, and decided to listen in…especially since the conversation centered on someone whom I termed my nemesis."There's word on the ground that Alpha Ethan is looking for someone to fill up the space his former mate left." There were two women, one with auburn locks and the other with dark blonde hair."Oh, I'd like to be his mate!" The dark blonde clapped her eyes excitedl
Shadow’s POV"Sir, he's here." I turned back to face the man I had scoured the Earth to find, only he wasn't the one I saw but rather the messenger I had sent to go fetch him. The man was the one responsible for the destruction that had plagued my city, and he was going to pay.Oh, he was going to pay."Where is he?" I questioned, not seeing him anywhere in sight."Waiting in the cellar like you instructed sir." The messenger bowed his head, waiting for further instructions.I changed my mind, "Bring him up here. I want everyone to see what I did to traitors."I cracked my knuckles, patiently waiting for the man to come up. I walked over to the veranda to take in some cool air, allowing the chilly evening breeze to wash over me.From here, I could see the destroyed building in the distance and it gutted me deep. That was my fortress, my safe space and it was destroyed by the same people I watched over, the same people I fucking protected!Over a hundred casualties that day, not includ
Caleb’s POVArriving home after a while, we didn't get the homecoming that I was expecting but that was to be kept aside for now.We had more pressing matters on the ground to deal with.Hadid, a guard I remembered from before I left to get Katherine back, walked forward, his face grim.Are you going to be okay by yourself?" I stopped to ask Katherine as she walked into the house. On second thoughts, I called one of the women hanging around. "Please go with her." I kissed Katherine on the forehead, hugging her briefly before giving Hadid my full attention."What is it?""We've got a problem." He announced and I rested the urge to sigh.Is it so much to ask to have a peaceful pack?"How big is this problem?" Before Hadid could start talking I said, "Hold on." We walked away from the house and I sighted Daniel. I waved him over, needing his input on this situation.Daniel jogged over, squinting as he looked at our drawn faces."Go on," I permitted Hadid to spill."Okay, sir. So first,
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
Katherine's POVAs both Caleb and I fell to the ground, funny enough I didn't feel anything different...maybe a wound or puncture or something.Nothing. I felt fine.Caleb immediately rolled off me, inspecting my body for damage but I waved him off with an 'I'm Fine' only for me to look further and see Tyrone's dead, sightless eyes staring up at me.I let out a sound that stemmed from my feelings of shock and horror. He was lying just at my feet with a bullet hole in his head.His face was even frozen in a surprised expression like he couldn't believe it. Pressing a hand to my mouth to retain the whimper, tears sprang up to my eyes.It occurred to me then that Tyrone had pushed us away to take the bullet for us.In other words, he died for us.If only I had listened to him, then he wouldn't be dead!The sound of engines snapped me out of my reverie, pushing me into action when I realized that his murderers were about to flee.Caleb tried to hold me back when I raised 'ready to kill ey
Katherine’s POVI watched everything that happened from afar, too shocked to even move.Was Daniel dead?After Daniel had been placed on the stretcher and taken away, Caleb went berserk.As in spitting mad.I've never seen him so pissed off as he charged at the man that fired the gun which had pierced Daniel's chest.The guy didn't even stand a chance as Caleb pummeled him into the ground, practically tearing him from limb to limb.After that he went wild and started to tear into our opponents, the pain of watching Daniel almost die pushing him.While I was distracted, several men came towards me and one of them had changed into his wolf form.Snatching a grenade off a stash, I ran and threw it behind me because I knew there was no way I could fight them all at once.Unfortunately, I wasn't out of the blast radius yet, and the force of the blast threw me thirty feet into the air. I landed hard on a piece of metal torn off a car and it was painful.I could feel my enhanced healing kick
Daniel’s POVI was on the sidelines when the war started, pretending to assist from the back. When those excuses ran out, I took charge of the men, ordering them to go batch by batch. I was doing everything possible in my power not to go out there.Not only did I not want to be seen as a traitor but the thought of killing and butchering the people I once called friends… turned my stomach.Being here alone made me feel sick but I didn't know how to get out of it without raising Ethan's suspicions.But when Shadow arrived with over two thousand of his men, I had no choice but when Shadow arrived, I had no choice but to fight alongside them. I left the back entrance, and I followed them to fight.Instead of fighting for Ethan, killing Caleb's people I was secretly helping Caleb's men by fighting against Ethan. I had just dodged a blow from one of Ethan's men, rolling to my feet about to stab him in the back when I saw Shadow coming out from Caleb's house with someone in tow. At first, I
Shadow's POVThat kid was like me.That was.He was faster and dare I say, stronger than I was. It was scary to think and after I broke his left, I ran away.Because of two reasons.One I had other plans and two, there was a slight possibility that that kid could beat me in front of my men...it was slightly but I wasn't taking it.Sneaking into Caleb's house was pretty easy to do. Everyone was distracted with either saving their city or their lives, leaving the house wide open.My source informed me that this was the spot, so my steps were sure and measured. With my long coat hiding my build from others, I was able to blend in.There were three men at the entrance of the door. The one closer to me was the first to see me approach and he yelled in warning. Unfortunately for them, he was too slow, and by the time he finished uttering the words, his two colleagues were dead, one with a knife to his throat and the other with a bullet embedded into his forehead.The guy ran back in horror,
Freya's POVIt took almost seven hours before I got close to Caleb's pack. Four hours by bus and three by running on land. Finally, I was close enough to hear it.The sound of violence was even louder than I expected and for a moment, I second-guessed all my decisions that had brought me here to this point.I hesitated, pressing my back to the big, rocky boulder that was behind me. I ducked my head and closed my eyes in fear when I heard an explosion rock the entire city. That was big!I didn't know how to feel, and running back the way I came from crossed my mind.I squashed the thought almost immediately. I was here already, no way I was going to run.Every pit stop made by the bus made me contemplate jumping down but I kept on pushing until I was here…Another explosion follows closely behind the first one, but this time even the boulder behind me shakes from the force.It's even closer than before. I raised my head to peep over the boulder, noticing that there were a couple of men
Freya's POVI was sitting down in a dive bar slash restaurant at noon minding my business when the bell over the door chimed to announce people walking into the store.I turned to look at who had arrived just like everyone else in the place and saw two ladies chatting animatedly with hand gestures and the works.The relief was instantaneous, and my shoulders relaxed a bit. Even though I've been in a beautiful town called Cubanos just a couple miles south of Florida for two weeks, I've been anxious and tense whenever I've seen or spoken to anyone else. The first week was the worst and I'm sure I had people looking at me to find out what was wrong or being hesitant to walk up to me.I had just had this crazy feeling that either Ethan or Shadow was going to find me. It was so bad that I didn't step foot out of my room for the first three days until I was driven out by hunger.Quite pathetic.Even coming out here was factored in by a guy. I'd gone to the only supermarket this town boasted
Katherine's POVMy body was light and weightless, almost paper-like in comparison.I didn't feel anything for some seconds until I crashed back to reality. My hearing was fuzzy, and things sounded distant. My breathing was erratic as I sought to control it.Turning to my side, pain sprang up the moment I moved my body and I whimpered. My entire side felt like it was being steam cooked.I was in agony as I couldn't even turn or move. The pain started to subside after some minutes, as my body started to heal itself. I must have blacked out because the next thing I saw was Caleb's face and he carried me through the city, avoiding heated zones so he could take me to the clinic.Unfortunately, the bouncing aggravated the pain I felt, and I screamed out loud. I kept on screaming until he dumped me on a bed and something sharp pricked my skin and I floated off. I was waking up and slipping back into unconsciousness as my body fought to heal all the damaged tissues. There were times it felt l
Katherine’s POVA huge rumble of explosion woke me out of bed, and I jumped into action, my heart hammering like a drum.It was weird, almost like I went back in time, and I was at Serenity where Shadow was attacking us all over again.I quickly put on my dress because I'd already selected my outfit days ago, I didn't want to be taken by surprise.Calen treated me to the most amazing dinner night yesterday almost like he knew that this was going to take place.I was halfway out the door when another boom sound rocked the house similar to an earthquake and I dived towards the bed, holding on to something strong. It passed and I was able to stand up without the fear of falling. I ran out the door and into the hallway to meet a total mess. Several pieces of furniture were turned upside down and the entire place in disarray.I could see masked men fighting, trying to get in but our men were holding them down. From here I had a clear view of what was going on outside and my stomach twisted
Ethan’s POVWe were two days away from attacking Caleb's pack, but everything had to be put in place to ensure that there would be no losses on our end.I was poring through the plans, schematics, and strategic plans we had come up with for attack, defense, and offense when there was a sharp knock on the door, seconds later the door was pushed open to let someone in."Yes, what is Alvin?" I immediately covered the plans I was looking at because right now I didn't know who to trust."There's someone who has something to tell you, sir." He moved out of the way to allow Enrique who had been undercover in Shadow's territory for a long time come through.I stood up the moment I saw him, my heart racing for several reasons. I wasn't expecting him, and it wasn't time for him to come home."What are you doing here?" I asked him, before remembering we had an audience. To Alvin, I said, "You can leave."We both waited until he left the room, the door locking softly behind him and until we could