Audrey’s POV“I killed one…” I remembered saying before Felix's arms became a little too comfortable and everywhere went dark.It stayed dark for an uncountable time. Where I was, there was nothing to compare to or simply recognize, yet I knew I was on my feet. The distant sound of the wrench wouldn’t stop echoing in my mind. Was I in a workshop??I asked myself trying to recognize anything but the dull haze of white that floated around me. Even in this state, I feel the white dread of realization as it hit me that I could be dead and not even know it. I move to touch my face which still feels very present. I still operated with a mind of a body, which meant I probably wasn’t dead since I could still be here. So maybe unconscious?The idea of not being able to move but think felt weird to me. It made me wonder at what point was I going to wake up. Not knowing what else to do, I decided to the explore cold layer of the vastness that stretched out before me. The farther I walked into th
Trudeau’s POVSix, Seven, eight, nine…“What are you doing?” Cassie whispered behind me. I briefly turned around just to confirm she was the one staring directly into her dark green eyes. She had a small frown on her face that I couldn’t tell where it was coming from or who she was frowning at. But it was safe to say some part of her didn’t find what I was doing cool. I had a feeling that she didn’t like Audrey since we had had altercations about her. But on no occasion had she ever done anything directly to her to properly insinuate that she didn’t like her.“I trying to make sure she is properly knocked out before I leave,” I said to her, still staring at Audrey’s belly as she took in air in and out.“She would be fine. A witch put her under a sleep spell, she isn’t going to break through a sleep spell just because she broke through a werewolf skull. You guys are acting like she is a complete weakling.” She sounded slightly pissed before I hears steps work away. I sighed. Couldn’t t
Trudeau’s POV I sighed for the last time within the space of that room before closing the door. The moment the door was closed behind me, I physically felt my wolf getting more aggravated by the second.“Look, I am trying to keep a clean record of mot fucking up people who crossed me all the way. Can we not do this now??” my forehead creased from just being tired of dealing with so much at once. Max wasn’t quieting down, Instead, it only seemed to aggravate himَ more that I was trying to put an end to that fire.“Can’t you see it…someone wanted her dead. I don’t know if you have noticed but no other door was attacked, and no one else had their door broken door Except the room she and Sabrina stayed at. And then the underground secret layer. Does that seem like a pure coincidence to you??” He barked at me.It hit me like a brick to the face. My wolf was right. It was long gone from just being a coincidence. Someone was specifically looking to kill Audrey, the only issue now was that
Audrey’s POVThe chirping sound of various birds floated softly into the room like far-away whispers. They weren’t loud enough to cause me discomfort in my sleep, but enough to wake me up from the deep sleep I had been in. My head which I remembered feeling way heavier than normal was suddenly a lot more calm and more serene. I turned in the sheet that was strapped above me. It made me feel cozy and safe, I didn’t want to leave. Where would I even go? Where was there even a place to go when we were in the middle of the woods, I didn’t want to face the outside. I have learned of new dangers—the images from the previous night hunted me ferociously, sending a jolt up my spine down to my legs, sending me into an upright position.“Fuck…” I muttered into the morning air. For a second, I focused on the micro particulates floating in the rays that poured from the high window. Now that I thought about it, the windows were suspended oddly higher than normal. I held onto the sheet, taking a dee
Trudeau’s POVMy entire body was vibrating with energy all over. The scent of her hair filled my sense before crippling it from functioning in any way. The thought of being caught in this position with someone I called my “breeder” would lead to a serious altercation but I was not leaving. I didn’t need anyone to tell me how right she felt. I tightened the hug, holding her tighter to myself.I could stay here for a little while… “You can…” she chuckled softly in my ears. The shock that I thought would be long gone suddenly returned to my body reminding me of the reality I was living in. “What did you say??” I pulled back from her a little too quick too rough, apprehension began to form on her face. I couldn’t help but hear a voice whisper in my head “You are doing it again…”For some reason I am also breathing heavily as I stare at her, watching fear and uncertainty slowly pump into her eyes. Her mouth parts open but no words come out of them. Just pure shock of nothingness. “Yo
Audrey’s POVHe left the room without looking thankfully. I was glad he didn’t because I could feel my face and body burning all over. It was the first time I had ever felt this way. Never in my life did I think that a kiss would feel even more intense than actual sex that we have done a couple of times. A bunch of my hair suddenly fell in my face, reminding me that I had hoisted it up on the top of my head while I was trying to get myself in order before leaving. I heard a distant horn and recalled what he had urged me to do.Shit, shit, shit…I struggled to get out of the sheets that tangled between my legs, almost forcing me into a face-first plantation on the wooden floor. Thankfully and surprisingly—it was surprising because I knew I was no werewolf or athlete with acknowledgeable physical prowess—missing it by landing on my palm.The door opened at that exact moment, and Sabrina walked with her face first in her flip phone. For some reason, I patiently let her raise her head to
Audrey’s POVSabrina and I voiced synced up as we both yelled“WHAT!” “I know, I know…look she is not the only one. They are taking Anthony too, it is just procedures.” Trudeau said. I think in his way he had thought that would kind of make me feel better but it didn’t. If anything, I felt worse and set up. “And you would be doing the questioning?” Sabrina asked. “I will be in the room overseeing things. I wouldn’t let them crack her out.” Trudeau assured me, a sadness in his tone as he spoke. “Why does it feel like this is more than what happened…” Sabrina trailed off. They shared a look and I swear some communication took place. Hence why they didn’t want me to get involved. “When is the interrogation?” I asked him, finally speaking up. “Today. In the evening when the night of cool—” “Then we get attacked and someone in the council finds a way to blame it on me because I still don’t see how this has anything to do with me, especially being the fact that I have been down that
Audrey’s POVShe pushed me towards the entrance direction. “Go…it is almost time. Prove them wrong. Again.”I only took one look back at her determined face and knew I had to keep going forward no matter what. I knew this was all I needed, someone strong enough to keep me going because the only other person was part of the high seat. I never really thought about how to handle being questioned with him in the same room would feel, after sharing such a passionate kiss that expelled something in me. Some form of doubt that I was just a breeder and nothing else to him. I stole some fresh breath from outside before I took my last step into the dark room. It was just like I imagined it, cold and almost lifeless, you would think no one existed within the walls.Two guards came beside me as I thought they were about to guide me into the room until I felt the first grip on my hand.“Hey—”“Shut up!” The first one to make rough contact with me screamed behind my ears. “We are only following ord
Trudeau’s POV “We have to test the blood of the child. We need to know he is of our bloodline and fit to take the throne for the future.” Phil said.I could have argued that part too about how I have been the only one to lay with her since she had arrived at the pack but even I felt I would be disrespecting Audrey in a way. I believed I was the father of her child, plus the defeat in his voice gave me life. I agreed to the terms willingly. Even though I didn’t want to, it was the tradition to test for the bloodline of a child to show he was in line to take over if anything ever happened to me. “Why don’t we do that right now? I will go and bring the mother of my child and my five-day-old child. Here and here, Phil. Let this be where everything about this subject ends. After this, I do not want to hear you talk ill about Audrey or anyone else in this room. Is that understood?”Everyone gave some form of a reply from nodding to mouthing a not-very-audible yes.I took some seconds to t
Trudeau’s POVWalking through the council doors and seeing the faces of the people I have so dearly avoided for months.“One would think you had gone to join the ancestors early the way you completely deserted the table, Alpha Trudeau.” Elder Fiona announced out loud for everyone to hear. I heard it in her voice. That angst against me and the decision I made. From past encounters, I have known her to share a close bond with the shaman, and therefore his idea. Several others whispered amongst themselves as I walked by the long dull table that was placed in the center of the hall.I have watched this room shift into a jury room, back to a council room and a place to party in the past. Today, it felt like my own throne was my judgment seat as I drew it back and sat in it, looking at faces that had added a line of wrinkle and of course, the clear expressionless face from Guillemette who sat on the last seat at the end of my right hand.“Good evening, council.” I nodded to Elder Fiona in p
Audrey’s POVI never thought pain could feel this unearthing before. I could swear I was in the afterlife at some point during the operation. I thought they would tear my stomach up like I heard them whisper amongst themselves while they thought I was completely under the drug's seduction. There were moments in between where I sifted in and out of consciousness while wondering where the fuck I was. With the pain racking through my body and none of the drugs keeping them fully at bay, I was left watching the life show while wondering where this would leave me after it was all over.At a point, I had completely dissociated from the entire procedure going on between my legs. I asked myself, “How did I get here…”With no one else to answer but myself, I kept on watching. The moment the sound of my child hit my ears, life zapped back into me. I don’t know how I was able to tell it was a boy from his first cry. I could barely even see him though his body hovered over the cover clothes that
Trudeau’s POVWho paid to have my sister and Audrey killed months ago? This question took a ride back with me to the hospital. Before that, it haunted my mind while I tried to pick out the most comfortable clothes for Audrey. I recalled how she would avoid the darker clothes and stick to the lighter ones because according to her, they made her feel less hot. I understood the science of it. The rest of her things I just picked at random from flashbacks of what I have seen her use. A little bit of everything.Before embarking on the journey, I was kind of tempted to ask what the current situation was but hesitated last minute. I picked out some of her favorite flowers by the garden, again a little bit of everything.By the time I got to the hospital, the time was a few minutes past nine. I just feel the energy, the buzz. It was electric, very daunting and it was making its presence known. I was still approaching the entrance, roughly parking at a spot away from the entrance where the p
Trudeau’s POVI Can’t tell how long we waited. If you ask me, I will say it would take forever. I rose myself up and rode to the very high mountains that were the pack upstate. I needed to clear my head. There were already Elders by my door by the time I arrived first in the morning. ‘The doctors were still performing surgery ’ was the reason why I picked up and returned to the pack. After sleeping in my car and getting tired of the clothes I was wearing, I decided to leave and keep everything else secondary.“Alpha. You are back…but without the breeder.” Yousef said. An older man who was in charge of the northern territory but stepped down from his role and continued to hold a table on our council because no one in the band district knew this section better than him. I liked him, he was useful, and multiple times has he shown his usefulness. I smiled at him.“Yes, I arrived alone. She is still being taken care of by the doctor. I only came to get some necessities and go back to her.”
Trudeau’s POVShe passed out right in my arms. But she was still breathing. That was all that mattered to me. That she was still breathing.“Alpha, we need to make room for her. There is a chance that we might have to go into surgery.” The doctor tugged me by the arm gently. One looked at him and immediately let me go. I looked towards Audrey and Cynthia, they were the only familiar faces I knew here aside from Peter who has been the Lycan family doctor for as long as I can remember. I couldn’t bring myself to let her go. That would mean uncradling her head and letting her go through this alone.“I am here, Audrey. I am here!” I found myself yelling at her. I aggressively kissed her forehead. The need for her to feel my presence wherever she was deep in there was all that concerned me at the moment. I needed her to know that I was right beside her. We got out of the room after another minute or so of Cynthia trying to round us up. I just found it hard to let her go.I peeked through t
Cassandra’s POV“How does it feel to be pregnant?”She had barely slipped the blunt past her lips when I decided to ask. It took her a second or two delay before she began coughing up the smoke. I shook my head, not enough to get noticed but still showing a little bit of disappointment at her level of predictability and I haven’t even spent that much time with her.She looked up at me as if contemplating what her next reply was supposed to be. She kept staring at me and I stared back at her. Something in my expression should have told her I knew exactly what I was talking about and she didn’t have to lie. Eventually, she conceded. Her eyes fell to the ground. Good girl…“Yeah no, I don’t know. I don’t know what’s going on for now. I don’t even think I want to be pregnant right now…I am sure that is not what the pack would want.” She said, staring down at her fingers.“Hey…” I touched her shoulder, studying her reaction to know if I could move further. She didn’t seem bothered by it. Y
Audrey’s POVI wasn’t supposed to be out. I mean outside here in public. Inside the hall would have been safer in Trudeau’s opinion but I was tired of the loud music, the dancing, and the increased popularity. Plus, I was moving around with the consciousness of anyone who could tell I was pregnant. At times I would find myself looking at an unclear reflection of myself and my heart would skip thinking I had a bump shooting out of my tummy. I should know better that pregnancy doesn’t work like that.So I was outside smoking a joint under a tree instead of trying to fit in with everyone inside. Heck…I don’t even dance. That’s the problem. Or part of it rather.“Tired already?” Cassandra’s voice never failed to take away all of the peace I had every time she showed up unannounced, which was beginning to happen a little too often for my liking. There was a time when we barely ran into each other. It is scary that that is what I would refer to as a good time right now. She made herself vis
Audrey’s POVYou may be wondering why I had to jump back on the bed a second before I heard Trudeau slam something on the wall before yelling through the house with frustration.“Fuck!”I sat back up on the bed, looking for an excuse, anything to come out without sounding like I had been awake for a while. So I went into the bathroom, dabbing my face with a moistened clean towel, making sure to make me look kind of messy before I walked out of the room with the stray in my hands. My room was one of the few rooms on the downstairs floor and it emptied into a corridor which in turn showed the way to the living room.There he was, lying on a chair with the frustration of the world evident on his face. I dropped the tray on the closest flat surface I could find. It was never really my main mission to begin with. I got closer to him, subconsciously being careful of my every step as I didn’t want to piss him off by being too loud knowing how sensitive he got whenever things got too loud aro