James POV It’s been a week since Alpha Kane took my wife from me. My eyes drifted to the weapons I'd been quietly gathering for the battle that I knew was coming, when Dorian succeeded in bringing my wife home. I couldn’t afford to lose her again. Not after everything we’d been through. But as focused as I'd been on preparing for that fight, I'd been ignoring another fight outside my door. Lizzy had been upset for days now. She has been throwing tantrums, yelling at me, and sometimes just crying because she felt that I wasn’t paying attention to her. “Avery is gone.” She would shout at me. “You need to let her go. That’s what She would have wanted. She would have wanted you to be happy with me." She always yelled but I didn’t believe her. I could clearly remember the look of hurt and betrayal on Avery’s face the day I told her that Lizzy was pregnant. She looked like she wanted to die. I can’t let that be the last memory I have of her. I have to get her back. Liz
Avery’s POV It's been a week since Alpha Kane received that letter from Dorian. I remember that because he's been avoiding me ever since and It's driving me crazy. Sure, we still eat together, but I feel like he intentionally avoids talking to me or even touching me, which is the very opposite of how he was before the letter. Before the letter, he always looked like he was two seconds away from ripping my clothes, but now, I would be lucky to even get a glance from him… and it was maddening. What had changed? To make matters worse, I was always seeing him with Sophie— that brat who tried to challenge me on the first day. I always saw her going into his room at night or walking out of it in the morning. I already knew what they were doing, but that little brat made it a point of rubbing it in my face every time I saw her. Unfortunately for me, I was the only one experiencing this. Marie and Greyson were all over eachother every second of the day. Sometimes I worr
Avery’s POV I fought hard to hide the deep blush that was spreading across my cheeks when I looked down at myself. A sheet was wrapped around me to preserve my decency, but underneath the sheet, I was only in my bra and panties. “Where are my clothes?" I asked, feeling more embarrassed by the second. "After I treated your wound, you got a fever and you were burning up so I had to change your clothes to help you cool down," he explained calmly and it was then that I noticed that my hand was wrapped in a bandage My cheeks bloomed bright red when I pictured him undressing me. Did he like what he saw? Did he even bother to look? He had probably seen more prettier girls than me. He gently kissed my head again as if he could hear my racing thoughts. “Don’t be shy sweetheart. You are fucking breathtaking.” He murmured in my hair and I buried my face in the crook of his neck. If he thought I was breathtaking, why hadn’t he made a move on me yet? Or was he waiting for me
Alpha Kane’s POV I could see Mona- my fated mate standing in front of me. She looked as beautiful as always, but she was standing dangerously close to the edge of a very high cliff. The sea below was crashing violently against the rocks, like it was eagerly waiting for her to take that last step and fall. The cold was seeping into my bones, but I couldn’t take my eyes off her. One more step and I would lose her forever. “Mona! What are you doing?!” I shouted in panic. She turned to face me and I saw tears streaming down her cheeks. “Get away from me! I hate you!” she suddenly screamed, her voice raw and full of pain. My heart clenched painfully at my words. Mona was the love of my life. I loved her ever since we were children. How could she hate me? “Mona, please don’t do this,” I begged, taking a step towards her. “No! Leave me the fuck alone, Kane! I hate you!” she cried and shifted even closer to the edge. She was going to jump. Pain pierced my heart,
Avery POV I couldn't believe what just happened. It felt like I was watching a dramatic opera where two powerful men were fighting for the heroine, except this was actually real life, and I was the heroine. I was truly shocked that Kane had even agreed to Dorian's terms considering the fact that he was so possessive of me. But to be fair, Kane looked like he was seconds away from tearing Dorian’s throat so he was clearly not happy with the situation. But the most important thing now was that I also wasn’t happy about the situation either. If I had any say in it, then this stupid competition wouldn’t be happening in the first place. I am not a toy that two boys can fight to own. I’m a woman with a mind and choice of her own. And if Dorian even bothered to ask me what i wanted, then he would know that i wanted to stay in the north. But Kane already made it clear to me that the law was the law and could not be revoked. Dorian had officially challenged him, so they m
Avery’s POV The intensity and emotion in James’s words hit me with a force that I didn’t expect. Tears streamed down my face, blurring the ink on the paper. He was really sorry for the past, and I knew that he was truly being sincere. But wasn’t it a little too late for us now? As much as his apology moved me, I realized I couldn’t see a future with James anymore. His future belonged with my sister and their children and I didn’t want to get in the way of that any longer. It was now also clear to me that James wouldn’t let me go without my permission. He was still holding on to the broken promises we shared. He was hoping for a reconciliation that I could no longer give him. I had to let him go and make him know that it is fine to let go of the past. I grabbed a piece of paper, and wrote my reply, but Just as I was about to finish, the door creaked open, and Kane walked in. Remembering that communication with the outside was forbidden, I quickly hid the letter b
Avery’s POV Kane turned me to face him. “Stay here, Avery and you’ll be safe. I won’t take long just wait for me.” He said, getting ready to chase down the intruders. “What?! No!” I yelled. “I want to come with you. I can help you fight them. I may not be able to shift, but trust me, I can still fight.” I argued. “I know you can sweetheart,” Kane said, his voice softening for a moment. “But I need you to be safe. If anything happened to you, I wouldn’t be able to forgive myself. Just be my good girl and wait here, please or I might have to punish you.” He begged. I clenched my fists, fighting the urge to argue further. I knew that he was just worried for me, but that didn’t make it any easier to accept. Eventually, I was able to manage a reluctant nod. “Fine, I’ll wait.” But before he left, I grabbed his face and kissed him, hard. “Promise me you’ll come back safely.” Kane cupped my cheek, his thumb brushing my skin. “I promise, my Nuri. I’ll come back to you safel
Avery’s POV Hot tears began to stream down my face as Zander and Greyson rushed Kane back to the palace where doctors and nurses were already waiting to treat him. I wanted to hold Kane’s hand through out the procedure, but the doctors forced me to wait outside while they saved his life. I felt the painful pressure of guilt on my chest. This was my fault. The men had come to my window, they had come for me. Kane would not have been hurt if it weren’t for me. The thought twisted my gut, and I wanted to punch a wall. Most preferably, I would have loved to punch the faces of those intruders that had dared to hurt Kane. Who were they anyway? I remembered that their scent was familiar.. like someone from my former pack, but I wasn’t able to place it so I could be wrong. The crazy thing was that, if the person were from spring pack, I would have been able to mind link them and found their identity a few hours ago. But that was impossible now because I had cut ties with t