Lia:My heart dropped to my chest as I heard the number of bullets that were fired.The smell of blood filled my nostrils, and I closed my eyes, avoiding looking at the bodies of men and women that hit the ground as they took their last breaths.Ezra, who was in the center, watching them as they fell, didn’t say a word. He turned around to face me, and I dared look behind him at the bodies that fell. His mum who was sitting on a chair, cried as she watched the result of her actions. I knew that the vision of the bodies would remain in my head, but I also knew that it was needed to ensure the pack’s safety. If anyone found out about this, ignoring the fact that those who have betrayed could have hurt the pack itself from the inside, others would have tried to dare do something similar, and that is something that I knew Ezra couldn’t risk living through.He nodded at me, allowing me to go inside, but I shook my head, letting him know that I was there for him.Having a public execution
Ezra: “You do know that I am not going to hurt you, right?” I asked Lia, breaking the silence between us. It has been almost an hour since we left the house, and Lia has been quiet since. “I am aware, but I figured that you would need to calm down a bit and I chose to give you your space before saying anything.” She said, looking at me. “I am fine, I just needed time to actually process what happened.” I said, and Lia nodded. I took her hand in mine, gently squeezing it as she intertwined our fingers. “Your parents are going to hate me, you do know that?” She asked and I chuckled, shaking my head. “No, they won’t. They chose to cross their limits, and as their Alpha, I was forced to put them in place. My respect for them as my parents is something that I will never deny, but that doesn’t mean that they have the right to think that they can think that they are allowed to use that against me as Alpha. It is something that I cannot allow as it would mean that I would easily forgi
Lia: My chest ached, and my heart raced. His scent filled my nostrils, and despite the pain that I was in, my body forced me to wake up. I opened my eyes, a gasp escaping my mouth before I could stop it when I saw Killian grabbing my hand. His eyes darkening when he realized that I was awake, his grip tight around my wrist as he went to stop me. The man knew for fact that this was one of the pieces that could easily kill him, and that was exactly the reason why he killed my parents and I was on the constant run from him. Alone, the eye couldn’t kill him, but I didn’t know where the last ornaments were and that was one of the reasons why I needed Ezra’s help when I first married him. Ignoring the pain on my back and head, I wrapped my hand around his wrist, stopping him as I bared my canines, giving him my warning. “Now, now, Lia Arnesto.” He said, his tone darkening as he used my real last name, the name that I was forced to keep secret for years now. Him saying and calling
Ezra:I frowned at Lia’s words before processing the fact that she had burnt her wrist to break the cuffs. Her eyes were fixed on mine, and it wasn’t until mom walked toward her, wrapping her arms around her shoulders, pushing her to sit on the bed that I snapped out of the sudden daze that I was in. “Lia, what do you mean that Killian was the one that did this?” Mom asked, looking at Lia whose eyes dropped to her lap. “I never said that it was Killian who did it. I said, if anyone did anything, it was not my parents. He came to us one night and brought the Dragon’s Eye, despite being sixteen at the time, I was my father’s only heir, and a threat to Killian.” Lia said, looking at mom. “My existence itself was a threat to Killian, and hence why I was always hidden from him. He saw me once and believed that I was a maid, at least, that was what we told him. One of the reasons why he stopped my mother from giving birth, poisoning her whenever she grew pregnant was a story or more spec
Lia: “Hello.” Maddie said, smiling as she walked into the infirmary room. I smiled, sitting up on bed, getting more comfortable as she brought in a tray of food. “Hey.” I said, watching as she put it on top of my lap, and I raised an eyebrow. “Ezra said that you’re yet to eat anything, and as your new partner in crime, I can’t have you starving to death.” She said, making me laugh. Ezra left the room a while ago to tend to his pack and the issues that were rising as they started asking questions. I didn’t know the damage that happened, but I wasn’t stupid enough not to guess that they were not startled and shaken about who their Alpha, Luna, beta, and the Alpha’s parents came home the way they did. The man needed to maintain order within the pack, and he also needed to find out whether or not someone was giving out information about the pack. Killian being at the airport when he was, wasn’t a coincidence, that was something that both Ezra and I knew. Therefore, it was either s
Ezra:I carried Lia in my arms, holding her to my chest as I took her to our bedroom.I knew that she could walk, but due to the impact that she got when she hit her back, the pack doctor recommended that she rests and relaxes as much as she could to ensure that she doesn’t end up getting more hurt than she already was, and minimal movements until she had fully recovered. Of course, that was something that Lia didn’t want, and wasn’t thoroughly convinced about, but seeing as I wouldn’t put her down if she wanted me to, she stopped arguing a few minutes into me lifting her in my arms as Armando opened the infirmary’s door for us.“Thank you, Ariana, we can handle the rest.” I said, watching as my maid opened the door for us to walk into the room. She closed the door once we were inside, and I lay Lia on the center of the bed, on top of the blanket. She was yet to say a word to me since she realized what I initially planned to do, but I wasn’t going to leave it at that. If the two of
Lia: I woke up to Ezra running his finger over my shoulder, gently drawing random patterns over it. I opened my eyes to look at him and couldn’t help the small smile that formed on my lips as he leaned in to kiss me. His kiss was gentle. Softer than those that he used to give me before, and I wasn’t sure what really changed, but I could tell that something did. He cupped my cheek, gently running his finger over it, smiling at me as he rested his forehead against mine, and though I actually thought that he would end up going to work early, I was surprised to find that he was in bed with me. “Don’t you have work, Ezra?” I asked, and he chuckled. This was the third day he’s skipped going to work, and despite the pack doctor assuring him that I was fine to stand on my own yesterday. The past three days in bed have been hectic enough on me, but I still knew that they were necessary for my body to recover after everything that happened. I still didn’t know how we were going to manage
Ezra: “Lia, his scent doesn’t need to set you on edge already.” I said, teasing my wife as the two of us entered the building. “You know, when a man tried to kill me a few days ago, I can’t really find myself sitting on his same table without the urge to slit his throat. I will try my best though.” Lia said, playfully glaring at me, making me laugh. The two of us walked toward the meeting room, ignoring the number of gazes that we got. Most of the employees barely heard of my wife, but most didn’t even know what she looked like. I nodded at Armando who smirked when he saw Lia, knowing that Killian wasn’t going to like this. He opened the door for us, and we walked inside, and I nodded at the men to take a seat as they got up from their chairs, well, all except Killian who stayed seated. “Thank you all for showing up on short notice.” I said, pulling my wife’s chair for her, motioning for her to sit beside me at the head of the table. “As you know that my wife and I have joined pa