Alpha Kade’s POVAnger courses through me as I think about the Omega touching her. “Kade, relax. She didn’t know any better. How was she supposed to know that it wasn’t a regular vase?” Garrett says his voice is soft and quiet as he tries to calm the raging beast inside me. I can feel Ghost’s anger too. One thing we agree on is no one is allowed to touch Leila’s ashes. People have tried to convince me to lay her to rest, but I can’t seem to do it. I need her close to me, so after she was cremated. I kept her ashes in my office. On days where I feel like I can’t handle anything else, I allow myself to hold Leila and think about her. I remember the good times and the bad. Most importantly, I think about the last day I saw her alive and healthy. ************************** *Two years ago** “Marcus, are you sure you got everything handled if I dip early?” I ask my Beta. Marcus laughs and raises his eyebrow at me. “I’m not incompetent, man. I would only worry if you left Garrett by h
Emilia’s POV The rest of the day passed by quickly. Alpha Kade still didn’t want me leaving my room, so he ordered Beta Marcus to bring me my dinner. And then one of the Omegas came and took the plate back to the kitchen for me. Beta Marcus told me he will convince the Alpha to let me out of the room since I didn’t know the value of the urn I had picked up. He can’t punish me for something I didn’t know. But I guess it is still a sore topic for him and I understand that. I think he overreacted about me touching the urn. If I had known, I would have never touched it. I would have cleaned somewhere else. I wish I knew what really happened to her and how long she was in Kade’s life. Beta Marcus refused to give me any more information about the Alpha’s first mate. I feel like there is a lot more to her death than what they are willing to talk about. I wonder if I can get Alexis to tell me what’s going on with her and how she died. I roll off the bed and head to the shower, dea
Emilia’s POVWe start our walk down the hallway in silence, both of us consumed by our thoughts. My thoughts travel to the Alpha and every interaction I have had with him thus far. Beta Marcus told me that he had a first mate but didn’t tell me anything else about her. Maybe I can convince him to tell me about her. And if he isn’t willing to tell me, then maybe Alexis can tell me about her. “Beta Marcus?” I ask softly. “I have a question.” I continue in the same breath.He turns his head to me slightly, acknowledging me with a raise of one of his eyebrows.“Why does the Alpha hate me so much? What did I do to upset him?”Beta Marcus lets out a soft, barely audible sigh before answering my question. “Emilia, you haven’t done anything to the stubborn Alpha. Kade—Alpha Kade—he has a lot he has to work through, and he hasn’t given himself the time to work through it.” He hesitates for a split second before continuing. “If you want to know anything about the Alpha and his first mate, you
Gamma Garrett’s POVI have no fucking idea what I walked in on. I heard the screaming and the yelling. I thought something was really wrong. My gut was screaming at me to hurry; the screaming couldn’t be leading to anything good.This is normally a pretty quiet pack. I generally don’t have to worry about violent fights and altercations. Something about this fight though…As Gamma, I generally have to deal with the punishments for altercations, something that is rare here. Usually, everyone gets along. Sometimes we have petty disagreements between the teenagers and young adults, but after that, I generally don’t worry about the grown adults.Imagine my shock when I turned down the hallway and witnessed Kade and Emilia in the hall, neither of them looking too happy. My first instinct was to call Marcus because he can usually get the hard-headed Alpha to calm down quickly, but then I remember my conversation with Marcus and how he made it sound that he couldn’t be down here. And everythi
Emilia's POV Pain ravishes my body. It's not physical pain; it's the pain of knowing my mate bond is broken. And it shouldn't affect. Nothing about this man should affect me. Yet, I know I would be lying if I said it didn't. Fuck the pain on my neck. Yeah, I am sure the asshole left a huge fucking bruise on my neck, but I don't care about that. Physical pain is what I am used to. I spent months dealing with this type of pain, so it isn't a big deal. The pain I am not used to is the emotional and mental. In the beginning, after going to Black Claw, every little thing hurt me. My emotional state was incredibly fragile, but as time went on, I learned how to control it. And I did control it. Then, when I was betrayed by Ozias, I refused to let anyone close to me. I didn't want to get close to anyone because I never knew the facade they were hiding behind. Yet, here I am. I feel close to Beta Marcus and I feel a connection to that damn hard-headed Alpha. And yeah, I know the connectio
Emilia’s POV I stayed with Alexis and a few of the other Omegas until almost midnight before I told her I needed to get some sleep since I had a training session with Beta Marcus in the morning. I nearly regretted telling her about the training session when she got incredibly excited about it. Apparently, it is quite unheard for the Beta or Gamma to offer private lessons, especially to an Omega. According to Alexis, Omegas are allowed to attend training with the rest of the pack if they choose, but they don’t get any specialized training. As I tried to explain to her, I don’t think I’m getting special treatment. Beta Marcus and even the Gamma are being forced to spend all this time with me because their Alpha is a prick who doesn’t think I can be left alone. On the bright side, she had some spare athletic wear I could borrow. As I stand here looking in the mirror, I groan at the way the outfit looks on me. Alexis is curvy and she weighs at least a good thirty to forty pounds more
Emilia’s POVGamma Garrett is quiet as he thinks about my reasoning. Don’t get me wrong, I wonder the same thing. It wouldn’t have been too hard for me to accept his rejection, and free both of us from this bond. I told him I didn’t want a bond with him. I have had these moments since coming to this pack and finding the Alpha is my mate where I don’t want him. I see the way he acts towards me. He’s rude, careless, and quite frankly, just an asshole. But, have I really scratched the surface with the Alpha? I haven’t been around him besides a few small interactions. Are those interactions really enough to make it to where I hate him to the point I want a rejection? I don’t think so…Then, there is the other part of me. At the end of the day, this decision doesn’t just affect me. It affects Athena too. Although, I haven’t talked to her since he rejected us since she hasn’t fully resurfaced, I felt her pain and anguish when he rejected us in the first place. She felt many of the things I
Emilia’s POV—Two months later The last two months have passed in a whirlwind. I have fallen into a routine. Every morning, I get up and help with getting breakfast rolled out before the warriors finish their morning training, then I meet Beta Marcus at the training building, and we work on training. And I have made a LOT of progress. Beta Marcus thinks I am almost ready to join the high school training classes, skipping over the elementary and junior high classes. I can hit him now without wearing myself out and hurting my hand in the process, unlike that first disastrous training. After training, I take a quick shower before I head down to help Alexis with our general chores, making sure I do everything I can to avoid the Alpha’s office. After chores are done, we get a little break before we have to help with the dinner prep and roll out. After dinner is done and the kitchen is cleaned, we are done for the day. It feels weird. When I was in Black Claw, when I finished the work fo