I left a name, and I think that we are going to have a little more trouble on our plates, don't you?
Arianna: My heart raced against my ribcage as I saw the news. My father’s men were the ones sending the news reporters, wanting to cause a scene, and knowing that they never did that unless he was behind this worried me more than ever. “Pick up the fucking phone,” I said, glaring at the device, calling my father through the safe line. If he was here, then the last thing that I wanted was for him to find out about me being here. And the idea of him being here was frightening enough to begin with. “Dad, you can’t be killing innocent people right now. You got what you wanted,” I said, shaking my head as I glared at the phone before letting out a low growl as I realized that he wouldn’t answer. The man was either too busy or was avoiding my calls, either way, I knew that this was not going to end well. ‘’Fucking hell!” I snapped before throwing my phone on the wall, smashing it as I called and was ignored for the sixth time. I glared at the door for a second before looking around the
Dean: I had to fight back the growl that almost escaped my lips as I heard and processed my mate’s words. The way she looked at Lorenzo, and the way he looked at her, clearly surprised to see her. The replica, the necklace, hung from his neck, and I couldn’t help but shake my head as I realized that she stole the necklace from me to give to him. “You came to Russia? To our enemy?” He asked, glaring at the woman who stood a step behind me. Her heart raced against her chest and she let out a low growl that I had to admit, even I was surprised of. The fact that she was here, trying to get the kids out didn’t escape my mind, but I knew not to trust her act. The woman could have easily been lying to get what she wanted, and that wasn’t something that I was going to drop or let go of. “You and the Alpha can have your feuds amongst one another as enemies. But there are innocent women and elderly people, and I will not start with the kids.” She said, glaring at him and he chuckled. The r
Arianna: I stared at my pack members for a second too long before shooting the first of them. My heart raced at the sight of his body dropping, and though I knew that all the men were surprised at my reaction. It wasn’t one that I was going to regret. If anything, I didn’t sign up to be a killer of innocent people, nor did I sign up to harm those who have done nothing wrong. Them being part of the pack was not their fault, and even if they were members by choice, those who were kids shouldn’t have been dragged into this. “Arianna, what are you doing?” Luca, one of the pack members asked. He was an omega, a friend of mine, and to see that he was part of this made my chest ache. The man knew that I had a soft spot for him. The two of us were more or less intimate, and the last thing that I would have expected was to see him here. What kind of monsters did I unleash? “I should be asking the same thing, Luca.” I said, shaking my head at him. “The last person that I expected to be part
Dean: I watched as they put Arianna on the stretcher, her chest rising and falling as she looked around the people who were either on the ground, some were dead with bags or white blankets on top of them. Others were being tended to on stretchers or in ambulances. Her hand was on her stomach, and I couldn’t help but worry about both her and the child as I took sight of the situation. Though my mate, she was the last person that I would be concerned about. But considering the fact that she was carrying my baby, I was forced to drop my own anger, if a bit, in order not to shoot her here and now for what she has caused. Her heart raced, but she didn’t speak or look at me as she watched the paramedics tend to her wounds. They slowly took her heels off, before one of them looked at me. “Boss, considering that she is with child, we are going to have to get her to the hospital as fast as we can.” I nodded at the paramedic as I turned to Viktor. He nodded in assurance, letting me know
Arianna: “Mama,” I called, walking around the empty house. The smell of cookies in the oven made my chest swell, it was something that mom always made for me when she wanted to give me a treat. Her presence always meant that there was food and dessert being cooked, and that was something that I loved. “Yes, baby girl?” She said, peeking her head from the kitchen’s door. I ran toward her and she smiled before lifting me in her arms. She was away with daddy for a few days, and I was at preschool when the two of them arrived. “You came!” I said, clapping my hands as I looked at her before she laughed and wrapped her arms around me. She kissed my cheeks, and purred as I giggled. “It seems to me that I have no place in that hug, do I?” Daddy said, making me squeal. Mom laughed and put me down before I ran to him. He was my hero, and though I didn’t know what it was that he did, I knew that he was always protecting the pack against those who wanted to hurt us. It was something that ma
Dean: I took a deep few breaths before entering the room where my mate was laying on the hospital bed. I had to admit, my anger was getting the best of me the more I thought of what happened, but I also knew that it was something that I was forced to deal with. To say the least, it was something that I dragged on myself when I let my guard down, and that was a reminder to me why I shouldn’t be doing so. However, the idea of her being my mate was something too surreal for me to believe and the fact that she would betray the bond was something that I wouldn’t have expected. But then again, for someone who masked her scent for months, lied and played a whole act, only choosing to admit when she saw that the humans would have been killed, I shouldn’t have expected any less from her. She looked up at me, her eyes meeting mine momentarily before I walked toward her as she curled up under the blanket. Her heart raced against her chest, and though she had a heart monitor, I didn’t bother
Arianna: I glared at the door for a second too long before shaking my head, knowing that at this point, I wasn’t going to be able to do anything about it. I clenched my fists, trying to control my anger as I did before shaking my head as I took a deep and slow breath. Not only was I held against my will with a stupid cuff, but I was also going to be dragged to my enemy’s home. “You brought this upon yourself, Arianna.” I muttered to myself as I looked down at my stomach. “Why didn’t I take the stupid pill when I was supposed to? Hell, it would have saved me a whole fuss. Sexual active or not, why the fuck did you not take the pill, Arianna?” I shook my head at myself. I was getting angry with myself over something that I wouldn’t have predicted, but that was the main mistake that I had. I didn’t put different plans IF things went wrong, and it wasn’t me being pregnant that was wrong. It was the fact that I created a monster out of the man that I was supposed to call father. And
Dean: “You do realize that you are going to be a lot easier than your mother is, right?” Dad asked and I shrugged. “At this point, it didn’t really matter. She made her choice when she chose to lie to me, and that is something that she will be paying for.” I said, and dad smirked. “I am going to ask you this question, as your father and Alpha, Dean.” He said, making me frown in confusion. "I do believe that you remember how your mother and I met. It was a story that we told you a thousand times.” “She almost killed you to ensure that her father became Alpha.” I said and he smiled and nodded. “She was loyal to her family and her cause, and that is exactly what that woman inside there is.” He said, making me frown in confusion. “I am not going to defend her as I do not know the real story behind her stealing the necklace. But I am going to remind you that IF I judged your mother the way that you are judging her at the time; neither you nor Irina would be born right now.” “She caus
“You called for me,” the Alpha asked, entering the hotel. Arianna looked at him and he smiled before opening his arms for her. She looked at her mate for a second before taking a step toward the Alpha. He hugged her tightly before pulling away to shake the Alpha’s hand. “You need not worry about me trying to steal your mate, Alpha Dean.” He said, looking down at the woman as she walked back to her mate. “She wouldn’t spare me a second glance anyway.” Arianna laughed and ran her finger over her mate’s chest as he wrapped his arm around her. “How are you, Alpha Alessandro?” “I am well, Alpha. However, I am more or less curious as to why you would call me for a meeting in Vegas when we could have met in either my house or yours.” He said, raising an eyebrow at the Alpha. “Lucius is back.” Arianna said, and the man’s face dropped. “You’ve heard the rumors.” He said, and she nodded. “Do you believe them?” “I have no reason not to.” She said, taking a step closer as she showed him her
“The body isn’t here.” Arianna said, looking at Alpha Dean who frowned in confusion. The man had followed her to ensure that she was okay, but the last thing that he expected to hear was that the body of his enemy or more specifically, her mother, wasn’t there. “Arianna…” “We are being played, but by who, why, I don’t know.” She said, her voice cold. The Alpha knew that his mate was speaking out of anger and torment. The pain that she was feeling was one that she did not understand, and judging by Lyov’s expression, he felt the same way. “Mariana?” Alpha Kai asked, shaking his head in question. “She never arrived with the Alpha and yet her scent…” “As I said, we are being played.” Arianna said, taking a step back to hide her tears. The Alpha, her mate, grabbed her hand, stopping her before pulling her to his chest. “I know that it hurts…” “You don’t.” She said, her voice coming out colder than she intended for it to. His eyes dropped to the ground but she took a deep breath. “Don
Dean: I watched as Arianna sat on the couch, facing her mother whose eyes met mine for a second. I had to fight back, glaring at the woman as I reminded myself of the fact that she might have been, most likely, forced into staying away from her daughter. I could see it in her eyes when Arianna looked at her, and I could tell that things ended up taking a turn that she did not want for them. However, there was nothing that we could do about it right now. We were going to have to deal with what we had the way that we had them, and one way or the other, we were going to have to be able to cross the mountains together the way that we climbed them. “You have ten minutes to explain to me the basics of what I need to know.” Arianna said, and I shook my head at my mate, knowing that she was having the impatience of a toddler. “Because believe me right now, if I am sitting in front of you, it is because of my mate. However, if it were up to me, I would have been in my bedroom alongside my d
Arianna: I laid on our bed as Dean entered the room. “I really don’t want you telling me to hear her out first, Dean.” I said, not bothering to raise my head from the pillow. The two of us still had blood on our hands and clothes, and I knew that we were going to need to change the sheets before bed. But at this point, I didn’t care. I just wanted to lay in bed for a while. “I didn’t come to tell you anything, malyshka.” He said, wrapping his arm around me as he got on bed behind me. He pulled me toward his chest and a sob escaped my lips before I could stop it. The thing was, at this point, regardless of everything, I was grieving. I was grieving for the man that I called father for years. The man has abused me more than anyone could have, mentally, I mean, and yet, I knew no one but him. I lost my mother to find out that she was alive, seeming to be by our side for so long and yet, not once did she bother to make an appearance. The man that took her away from me was the one fam
Gabriella: I watched as Arianna looked at me, trying to process whether or not I was really there. It was a habit that she had when she was younger; therefore, I wasn’t really surprised when I saw that she was frightened and worried. “Do you want to drink anything, Gabriella?” Lyov asked, and I shook my head. The fact that I saw the man with his wife and son was something that I was thankful for. I knew that he missed a lot as he looked for me. “I am fine, Lyov.” I said, and Arianna shook her head. “You couldn’t have been alive through all this time and yet I’ve never noticed you. The two of us know the number of times that we moved around. Hell, Lorenzo was sure to never have us staying in one place for more than…” “Do you really believe that I am a lookalike that looks exactly like your mother, knows you by heart…” “You know nothing about who I am, what I am, or about me.” Arianna said, and I smiled. “I know that you have a heart of gold, and I know very well that you chose y
Dean: I growled as I ordered my pack members to attack the man who dared call himself Alpha on my grounds. The man didn’t know what he was getting himself into, but I was more than a little sure that he was getting ready for more trouble than he could afford. “I take it that you are taking the habit of hiding behind your mate.” Lorenzo said, and I chuckled. The man was taunting both Arianna and I, but what he didn’t understand was that I was not going to allow him to get between my mate and I. However, judging by how Lyov was looking at the woman, I doubted that she was ONLY a lookalike, and considering the fact that even Arianna, despite not wanting to admit it, didn’t shoot the woman, then something was most likely up. “And I believe that you really don’t know who you are messing with; but then again, I doubt that you ever knew that.” I said, and he growled. The man believed that he could taunt my mate in front of me, but I was going to be sure that I taught him a lesson that he
Arianna: I froze, staring at my mother for a second too long before shaking my head. She wasn’t alive, this was just a game that Lorenzo was playing. He wouldn’t have been able to cheat on the mating bond with Mariana throughout this whole time when she was still alive. I knew that he wouldn’t. “Arianna…” “You are playing a very bad game, Lorenzo.” I said, stopping Lyov from saying a word. The idea and fact that I knew that he would easily try telling me against this was something that I couldn’t deny. But I knew for fact that he was just as delusional. The woman died, I saw the building burning with her inside it. “Am I, child?” He asked, knowing that he was testing me. “Do you really believe that I am playing a game?” “She died.” I stated, my voice becoming colder than it ever was. He chuckled and pushed her in front of us. Lyov growled, and both Yaroslav and Viktor tensed. Yelena, who stood a few steps away from her mate, froze, looking down at the woman before whispering. ‘
Dean: “I want the pack ready, and for the humans to go inside. Protect the kids and I want no one who isn’t ready to fight to go out.” I said, speaking to the pack’s headmistress. She and the other maids were trained for such fights, and I knew that they would be having both Alina and Ray with them. “Until I call you, you stay in the underground tunnels. And if things backfire, you know what to do.” “Yes, Alpha.” She said, and I nodded. My one concern right now was my sister, but I wasn’t dumb, she was in the basement, away from all of this, and hidden. Needless to say, IF things did backfire, then I doubted that she would be affected. If anything, she might end up getting a reward for what she did. “Go,” I said, looking at my daughter for a second. My heart ached at the fact that they were to run with her being this young, but right now, I knew that we were not going to have another option. I ran my finger over Ray’s hair, the guilt that I felt for him was one that I couldn’t des
Arianna: I frowned as I took a deep breath, processing that I was in a room that I didn’t recognize. My heart raced, and I tried sitting up only to find myself cuffed to the bed that I was laying on. The memories of Lorenzo filled my head, and noticing that I couldn’t see Kai, I couldn’t help but feel like my heart was going to burst at how fast it was beating. “Kai?” I called, looking around frantically. “Hey, easy,” Dean’s voice echoed through the room and I growled, not wanting this to be another mind game from Lorenzo. The man has put me through enough torment to get me to process that he wanted me to kill my mate, and that wasn’t something that I wanted. “For the last fucking time, Lorenzo, I am not going to kill him.” I said, and Dean frowned in confusion before he took a deep breath. “Lorenzo is not here, malyshka.” “As if I would be falling for that lie again,” I said, and the man frowned. “What has he put you through, baby girl?” He asked, looking me in the eye, and I