ALEXANDER"Do you see anything?" A honey-like voice crept behind me as my gorgeous mate carefully sailed the ground while we hid behind a tree and looked ahead of us. The mountains offered everything verdant, except my brother's presence. I turned to the woman and eyed her face."What?" She asked, her brow arching.I pushed back the urge to chuckle. With our situation, laughing should be the last thing I ought to be doing. Instead, I exhaled and leaned against the tree, my head popping as I scrutinized the place. Northwest, the letter said, in between my mate's pack and the next. The neutral space between was similar to an abandoned lot, an empty land that was servant to none."I don't see any cave here." I stepped away from the tree and advanced to the field lying peacefully before me. There was no scent lingering other than the lush greenery. A hand tugged the hem of my shirt to make me stop in my tracks. I turned my head to the person and asked, "Something wrong?""Are you kidding
ALEXANDERFamiliar.That's the right word for it. Familiar. The scent of my brother lingering around my nose. The sight of my mate's eyes melting for my presence. The repulsed and jealous look in Victor's face as he stabbed me silently in his mind. These were all too familiar for me not to recognize.But the man covering my mate's mouth while holding a dagger to her neck was a different matter. The cloaked man standing between my brother and Eleanor's father was someone I have never met before. The twisted look on Adrian's face as he clutched the chain was something I have never witnessed in the past. And more than anything, the pack of rogue wolves that gathered around us with their fangs whet for the sanguine was anything but familiar.Ambush. This was an ambush. A trap I walked straight into despite knowing the danger that was waiting for me and Eleanor all in the name of finding the person that stood nonchalantly in front of me. It would be worth it, I said. He's my brother. I'd d
ELEANORAdrian hauled the chain on my mate's neck and a splitting crack echoed in the air! Alexander's head suspended from his shoulders, and although I could not feel his pain, I knew he was suffering an agonizing hell. More than the torture, to discover that your own brother had betrayed you, no pain must compare to how Alex was feeling right now.The blade that kissed my neck pressed harder, causing me to clamp my eyes and breathe carefully. I bit the man's hand earlier, so he dared not place his hand on my mouth again. I looked around. Thirty, no. There were more than thirty shifted wolves bolstered for mauling. I gnashed my fangs as my eyes dropped to my mate. His face was a mess. His neck was bleeding nonstop, covering his whole chest with the dark hue of betrayal. I gritted, "How could you do this to him?! He's your brother!"Adrian turned to me. His head propped to the side as his eyes forgot pieces of emotion, leaving only the cold and psychotic look in his face, "So, what?" H
ELEANORI screamed my heart and lungs and everything pulsating inside. After hearing the words of Marcus, how could I halt the trail of my tears down my cheeks? My shoulders bucked while my face got fucked by the pain that came with these revelations. Horror and rain overwhelmed my eyes, forcing me to jab my fists onto the ground as if that would help clear my vision. A man stooped down and fettered his arms around my neck. His scent was alien but his face wasn't. If anything, it was the only thing that reminded me of something. I held Marcus, gripped his arms and bursted like a child in his chest. He caressed my back and nuzzled my hair, quiet and gentle with his touch. I poured my eyes out, cried and cried and cried as if those tears were bottled for a million years and I was only beginning to open them. I sobbed and pulled away from him. He smiled at me and wiped the tear on my face, "My darling Ellie, don't you shed a single tear in front of me. Remember, you only have me and I o
ELIJAH“Any news?” A voice cracked, and I whip my head to see Vera stop, looking straight at me. Her brows knitted tightly to one another. Vera had been pacing back and forth inside the office room, thinking deeply with her jaw clenched for the past twenty minutes or so.We had sent every tracker we have left. Still, they all came back empty-handed. No one could even sense their scent. It was as if they just…disappeared.I see her eyes glistening with unshed tears as she bit her lip, leaning forward and staring at me with a look of hope and anticipation in her red, puffy eyes.I shook my head. She tensed, tearing her gaze from me.Closing my eyes, I sighed as frustration began to consume me. My claws scratched on the edge of the table. I growled, turning it over abruptly sending the papers flying everywhere in the room. Vera screamed, reaching for my arm but I shrugged her hand off. Instantly regretting it when I saw the startled look on her small face.I hung my head, banged my foreh
ALEXANDERTEN YEARS AGO... "Dad? Dad wake up! Please, Dad!" I tried shaking his nightshade black wolf, running my fingers through his fur that was covered in blood in a bid to feel if he was still breathing. If my Dad was still alive. His skin was ice cold. I noticed he wasn't even breathing anymore as I frantically circled around him to check. Tears ran down my cheeks instantly when the gray, lifeless color of his eyes confirmed that Dad was already dead. My knees gave up on me and my ass landed on the ground. I could feel my heart being stabbed a million times over as I stared at my Dad's wolf. He was huge, bigger than all the wolves in our pack. Stronger than any other wolf I've ever known. Despite that, he died. He died protecting the pack. Most of all, he died protecting me when an enemy wolf suddenly attacked me jumping out from the bushes. The gray wolf bared his fangs at me and almost got close enough to rip my head clean off. But Dad stopped him while he was still battling t
ELIJAH“Did you find anything?” I ask the tracker through mind link. He sniffs the ground a couple times more before shaking his head.“No movement around here, beta. But if there were, it must have been a couple of days earlier,” Rams says, coming over towards me.I drop my eyes to the ground, drawing in a deep breath as I closed my eyes.“It’s getting dark. Should we head back now?” One of the warriors asked.They all gathered around me, waiting for my next command.Is it really over? No, I could sense him from a distance here. I could feel it.He has to be here. Somewhere.I lift my head, glaring at the tree just nearby. I can’t let my alpha take another damn day out here. They could be trapped, for all I know. Something must have happened, and it’s stopping them from making their way back.“We need to go now, beta. If the rogues come, we’ll be outnumbered.” Another warrior stepped forward, making me groan knowing he’s right. We won’t stand a chance with just the five of us. I rec
ALEXANDERMy mind went blank. And for the second time, I handed over the reins to the monster lurking within me. I felt numb. Like I had been stripped off of life itself, and my purpose. Suddenly I couldn’t seem to remember who I was. My name… I couldn’t remember it.Why I was here…was well beyond me.I could feel hot liquid rushing down my face, and for some reason they wouldn’t stop. I tried, but I remembered I had no control over my body at this moment.It was under his control now. A sinister laugh echoed through the darkness surrounding me, and I stared into the empty space, unmoving. It felt like I wasn’t even breathing, as though I wasn’t alive somehow.What the fuck is wrong with me?I groaned, running my fingers through my hair before plopping my ass down an unseen surface. I gripped my hair between my fingers, groaning.I hear Loki somewhere in the distance, whimpering. But then, confusion rises as I attempt to recall his face. What my wolf looked like. I pull my brows to