After Amber had left the hospital, she sent Torque to keep an eye one me.While Daryl remained, Torque didn’t speak, he just watched me from the corner of the room. I was desperate to ask him questions, I needed to know what he meant by asking why I was here. He had made it sound like I didn’t belong, that I had only just appeared while Christian talks of me being his mate.Daryl eventually leaves and Torque takes his seat, edging closer to me, his eyes quickly running over my face.“You are not Rudina, who are you?” it wasn’t an accusation, it sounded like a genuine question.“What did you mean by ‘I don’t belong here’?” I shoot a question straight back.He looks around, making sure we are alone.“Rudina has a red ring in her eyes, you do not, they are pure amber. You are not Rudina!”“I am, but not in the way you think.”“Please explain!”“This is all a creation by Amber, this isn’t where I live. Amber brought me here because she knows that I will one day…”“One day what?”I couldn’
I was wrong, the pain only intensified as I ignored her, sending shock after shock through me.“ANSWER ME!” Amber screams at me as she stamps her foot like a small child.I would rather take this pain than tell her the truth. The book falls from my hands as I pull my knees up to my chest and lay on my side. I would ride the pain out, no matter what it took.“You would rather die?” she asks, looking puzzled.I still don’t answer as the pain keeps coming. It seemed like someone was stabbing me in my stomach, over and over again.She really was sick and twisted.Amber finally realises that I wasn’t going to say anything and storms from the room, leaving me in peace.The pain eventually subsides, but I didn’t understand. She brought me here, why not just kill me? Instead she was getting a kick out of torturing me.Standing up, I stare at the empty door. I wanted to go after her, question her more about why she is doing this, why she is holding me hostage in a place that wasn’t created for
“Rudina, what are you trying to do?” Christian eyes me carefully.“Nothing, you’re the one in the wrong!”“What are you talking about now? Actually forget it, you will be punished later. Take her back to the house, ensure she remains unharmed and in my room.”Struggling against the vampire that is holding me, I feel like I am getting nowhere. The vampire was much stronger than I was, but it doesn’t stop me. I was determined to get out of his grip.Catching my foot on his leg, I make him stumble and both of us end up on the ground in a heap. Instead of facing Christian, I am facing the forest, where I can just about make out a set of eyes.Tasha!How was she here? I hadn’t seen her and I was pretty certain she wasn’t apart of the world Amber had created. She moves forward slightly, just enough for me to confirm that it is her. Her fingers go to her lips, signalling for me to be silent and she steps back into the darkness of the forest.Stunned, the vampire starts dragging me across the
“Excuse me!”Amber rises from her seat and moves out of the room. She doesn’t even look back over her shoulder as the door swings close behind her. Did she just seriously walk out on me?Torque’s face is unreadable, his red eyes look through me.“Come on Rudina? Do you really think that they will believe that I am capable of something like that!”He shakes his head and reaches for a bread roll.Torque’s hand moves quickly, slamming a fork through Christians hand and pinning it to the table as Christian lets out a howl.He rips his hand back and there is already a pool of blood on the white tablecloth. The fork sticks out of his hand with the prongs poking through to his palm. Blood runs down his hand and on to his shirt sleeve as he attempts to remove the fork. Whatever force Torque had used was powerful, Christian couldn’t move the fork in the slightest.The door swings open and Amber is followed by a group of men. Her hands hold her dress a little off the ground, allowing her to wal
“Are you okay?”“He is dead, he’s really dead.”Here, Christian had gone, but I’m guessing he would still be alive in the real world considering it isn't really him.Daryl lets out a sigh and holds me back at arm’s length. He stares into my own eyes, his brow furrowing.“He hurt you?!”He hadn’t been in the dining room when it had all gone down.I nod my head, but I didn’t want to go over it again, it was something I was going to have to live with. Something that I really hoped that I wouldn’t remember when I woke up from this hell hole.“What did he do?”I step out of Daryl’s hands, suddenly disgusted with myself. I was dirty, damaged goods and there was no way he would want me, not now.“I need some sleep!” I see him frown as I turn away.The bed has been remade and I hadn’t noticed it. All I could picture was what Christian had done to me and my stomach starts to churn. Racing to the bathroom, my stomach empty’s its full contents and I feel Daryl pull my hair back out the way.“Wha
“You really want me to take down Amber?” I was shocked that Torque was agreeing to me drinking blood. I know he had agreed to helping me, but killing his mate was something else.“I told you, I am so sick and tired of surviving in this place. Until recently the last few years have just been a continuous cycle. Every single day was exactly the same but Amber bringing you here, you changed it.”“You will die!”“And I am ready for that.” He lets out a snort.“I have tried killing myself many times, but I never stay dead, every time this cycle with you has restarted. I’m right back here. Wandering around like a lost soul.”“Surely Amber knows?” she had too. It was her creation, how could she not know there was a loop.Torque drops his head with a slight nod.“I believe that she has got so caught up in bringing you here and making you suffer, that she has forgotten me.” When he lifts his head, his red eyes are watery. I felt bad for him.“Ashley, we haven’t got much time. Your breathe is g
I feel the shock to my heart, but I’m still surrounded by darkness. Flashes of light appear with each shock, but that is all they are. Flashes.I hear them, Daryl, Lucian and Tasha. Their voices, shouting over the darkness. They repeatedly shout my name so loud that its almost deafening.They don’t hear me when I call back either. I just want them to know that I am here, wherever here is.“What do you want me to do? She isn’t responding!” I here Lucian shout and it makes so much sense. They were fighting to keep me alive, just like Tasha had warned me. Was I too late, was this the curse taking me?“No, my child, this is your choice.”Looking around in the darkness, I see her. The one other person that I recognised, my mother. Her hair cascading down in messy curls as her amber eyes searched my face.“How are you here?” Did Amber do something to her too?“Daughter, you are locked in your mind. This is not Amber, this is you. Your body is failing, you don't have long left.”“But I kille
“Drop it Daryl!” I mumble, turning myself over in the bed, which wasn’t easy with all the things attached to me.“You can’t hide it forever.” He mutters and I hear the door swing open.“How is she doing?”I was relieved to hear Tasha’s voice. If it hadn’t been for her then I probably would have never made it back.“Maybe you can talk some sense into her!”A few moments later the door swings shut, and Tasha moves around to stand in front of me. Her eyes had changed, they were an amber just like Lucian’s and mine.“You really scared us. I woke from Lucian changing me. You were out cold. They were both trying to shake you awake. Ashley, I have never seen men so scared in all my life. They really care about you.”She looks at me with her bright eyes.“I know we haven’t had chance to speak much…”“Thank you.” I mutter as I try to sit myself up.“For what?”“If you hadn’t come to me, if you hadn’t passed on information from Lucian. I would be dead.”Tasha chews on her bottom lip.“It’s more
A few months has passed since all the craziness with Lucian. Things had settled down massively, well, apart from being thrown into motherhood and raising triplets. I was just glad I wasn’t doing it on my own.Daryl was still getting used to having a smaller pack. Although he had already been out trying to recruit other packs that were smaller than ours. Some had accepted whereas others had told him where to go. The pack was still much smaller than the average wolf pack with less than a hundred people now after many had lost their lives in the fight against my brother, but he was certain he would make it great again. After all, he really wanted to pass on an almighty pack to Daryl Junior, the eldest of the triplets.In just a few months the three of them had grown quite quickly, instead of being like three-month-olds, they looked more like eighteen month olds and certainly liked to keep me busy and on my toes, especially since they were already walking and running. I assumed they were
More bullets come as I keep low, the stench of Lucian’s blood filling the air as he hovers above me. With each bullet, I am splattered in his blood, but it continues to do little more than slow him down.“You have not learnt a thing!” he roars at me as his claws wrap around my neck, lifting me from the ground.I should have been afraid, scared for my own life as I faced death when he suddenly stills. My feet dangling in the air at least ten inches from the ground. His deep amber eyes staring into mine, but he was quiet, no sound was coming from Lucian and yet everyone around us was yelling.His claws pierced the skin of my neck, my own blood trickling down over my cool skin as I watched Lucian’s nostrils flare. He was enjoying my scent, like it was something he had been longing for. This was not in my plan.His teeth sink into my shoulder as I let out a scream, and I see people charging towards Lucian. Daryl was shouting out something about protecting the Luna.Lucian’s jaw refuses to
“I will stop this.” I try to reassure the tiny beast in my arms, but I still didn’t know if I could even kill him, if it was even possible.“She will never be yours!” Lucian’s voice howls around us making Natasha’s little beast cling to me harder. Her tiny claws piercing my skin as they dug into me, her body trembling as his voice echoes around us.“Drop the spell.” I whisper to the small beast. Lucian was using her to put the spell around the dungeons, to stop others from getting any closer, but she was still a baby, could she even understand what I was saying? Could my reassurance be enough?Her small furry body continues to tremble against mine until it suddenly stops, momentarily scaring the crap out of me. When I hear soft snuffles coming from her and gently turn her head. She had fallen asleep on me. She had gone from a terrified little beast to one in a deep sleep, she had needed me so much more than I had ever known, and I feel a shift inside of me. The need to protect her, no
“It’s not that simple is it. I may have some magical abilities, but he still has years over me. Years of training, years of knowledge, years of planning what he calls his redemption.”“But there is something he possibly didn’t account for. A mother’s love, a mate’s love. The fact that a whole pack will be right behind you.”It just didn’t seem true. Maybe I had been looking at this all wrong and it wasn’t just my fight anymore.“Then how am I supposed to make myself stronger?”“You already know Ash, look at the things you have been capable of. Personally, I don’t think you give yourself enough credit.”I was completely soaked from the heavy rain as I stared up into his amber eyes, the blue flecks shining brightly through the storm. It wasn’t just me that had changed but it seemed like he had too. His once sulky and moody self had mellowed out.“What ever happens Ash, you have three babies that need you.”I slowly bob my head, he was right, but I had still left them to check on my best
No one stops me, no one even comes after me as I race through the forest towards her house. She had to be here, it was where it had all started.As I break out of the forest, I see it, her small house sitting on the opposite side of the road. A trail of blood leading up the few steps as the door sat open. Anyone could walk in here, anything could have found her.Creeping towards the house, I knew the trail of blood belonged to her. It was dry though and had been sat here for a while, but it didn't remove her scent.“Tasha?” I call out her name as I step in through the front door, hoping for some kind of response but I was met with silence and what was worse is the trail of blood ended in the middle of the room. There was nothing, no body, no pool of dried red, but more importantly there was no sound.The floorboards didn’t creak like I was used to, no weird smell from all the herbal teas she had scattered around.“Can you hear her?” I mutter to Reaper. I didn’t even know why I was ask
The omega keeps her head low, not speaking as she remained in the room. She was our biggest risk right now; she was the only one to know that I had had a third baby and I couldn’t have her revealing that information, not to anyone.“You can’t say anything!” I plead with her, hoping that she would understand.“They need to be checked over.” She mumbles back at me and Daryl shakes his head“Kiera, you cannot tell anyone, you cannot share the news of Ash having a third child. Do you understand?” He was using his Alpha tone, a tone that I was only to familiar with.The omega gulps, her eyes wide as she slowly nods her head.“I need you to say it Kiera!”“I won’t tell anyone, but how are you going to hide her, what if she is a poorly pup?”Daryl looks between me and the omega as I gently rock our little girl.“Kiera, you will become Ashley’s personal maid. You will do nothing else in the house except for helping Ash and tending to the children and monitoring any changes in them!”“But the
“For you!” Lucian punches the stone wall of his cell, splitting the skin on his knuckles which heals instantly.“I don’t understand”“Of course you don’t sister.” He laughs manically as he tries to pull the bars apart. I was glad Daryl had reinforced them.“You weren’t to know I was going to have children.”He looks at me from the corner of his eye. I was so stupid, I had told him of the vision, the one where I was left alone with twins, the one where Daryl was not in the picture. How could I have been so stupid?“You told me that not all visions were correct that some were just created in my own mind!”“Yes, but I saw that vision too, sister. Getting into your head was much easier than you trying to get into mine. Any time your wolf was dormant, it left an opening. A chance for me to see everything!”“Just kill him Ash” Daryl links me"Whicjh is why you wanted Amber to trap me?"He starts clapping."About time you figured that out."“You would never have found me without Daryl!” I ye
The omega hands her to me, she was much smaller than the boys with tufts of dark hair that matched Daryl’s, bright amber eyes peeping out under her eyelids.I still didn’t understand, the doctor had shown me the monitor, pointed out the two boys, how could he have missed a third baby or even a third heartbeat.Silent tears run down my face as I look at the three of them, how could I protect them? How could I protect my daughter from my brother? He was so set on taking her.“You did well.” The omega smiles at me as she drapes something over my legs, but I glance at the door. I had a bad feeling growing in the pit of my stomach.“He’s coming.” I mutter.There is fear on the omegas face as her eyes widen and her body stills.“You’re scared of him?”“Every omega is.” She sits next to me.“You know I’m not talking about Daryl, don’t you?”She nods her head and mutters Lucian’s name back to me.“What did he do to you?”He didn’t have anything to do with the omegas.“You don’t know?” she que
It was strange after experiencing Amber's world!Being able to run through Lucian’s mind with his beast chasing me was something I had never considered happening, nor did I think it was even possible and yet here I am. To be in someone’s mind was almost disgusting, you never know what they might be hiding and it was apparent that Lucian had been hiding alot.I had never bothered to ask the name of his beast, but something tells me it’s up there like mine. Reaper, another name for death and she certainly did have a dark side.“Tell me where she is!” I scream as I continue to run.“Give us your daughter!”“I have already told Lucian, they are boys, no females.”“You lie! I can smell it. You are carrying a girl!”Here I had no bump, if anything my stomach was flatter than flat. Was this how Lucian really saw me?He chases me through the greyness of Lucians mind. There was no colour, like he only saw things a certain way. Anytime I get a chance to grab something to throw, I do. Lucian con