~Hazel's POV~ I tightly held hands with Lexi and she closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and cleared her throat, "I... I was in my room working to find the spell that was used on that cufflink and handkerchief when I felt someone stabbing me in the back. It... It hurt so bad..." In her back? But I didn't find any injury. I examined her back again and Liam cleared his throat, "Hazel... She felt her father's pain. You know... The blood bond..." The blood bond... I know how painful it can be. I felt that once when Mom had a cut on her palm while cooking. I didn't feel a bit of it when I lost her or Dad; otherwise, that night, I would have lost myself as well. But Lexi... She did not only feel it... She saw her father getting hurt. She hiccuped and I caressed her back, "It was so... So bad... It felt like someone was cutting my insides over and over again... But I didn't find any injury. The pain traveled from my back to my arm and leg and that's when I heard Dad's painful
~Third Person's POV~ "Our plan failed..." A woman dressed in a purple long fitted dress voiced while entering the dark room. Her focus was on the man who was sitting on the chair behind the dark brown table placed in the center of the room but since the room was dark, with only one small light in the corner of the room, she couldn't see the man. She could only feel his presence in the room because of his dark aura. Every inch of the room was radiating with a powerful and dark aura but it didn't scare her away. She knew where she was and who was in front of her. Though his whole army feared him, she was the only one who never feared him or cared how powerful he was. Because she was the one having his back all the time. "I don't think it did... Fully... Somewhat it did but not fully. At least now we know that Lexi Haywood is a hybrid," The man said in a deep voice. Chuckles left her mouth and she tapped her five-inch heels to the table so confidently in the darkness as if sh
~Hazel's POV~ Lexi was quiet the whole time. From searching in the library for some answers to coming back to the packhouse after visiting her house, she didn't say a word and just kept humming to all my questions all the time with her eyes getting glassy. Her father was back from the hospital, still in bandages and healing, but the pain and this incident had brought so much terror into her heart that she couldn't stand the thought of being alone in the room. She couldn't eat, she couldn't close her eyes... All she wanted was to forget it all... Forget all the pain and memory of her father getting stabbed all over again, but that wasn't possible. She had to deal with it just like she had been dealing with all the painful memories till now. I don't know what was wrong with me, but since noon, I have been having a weird kind of nagging feeling in my abdomen that sometimes feels like pain and sometimes feels like a tickle. The pain becomes so unbearable that I have to sit on t
~Hazel's POV~ The sound of 'we have things to discuss' pained my ears and heart. Why...? Why can't we have one normal night where we don't have to worry about our lives falling apart? I thought this night was about to relax and forget about all the bad things happening to us but the way Lexi sounded told me that I shouldn't think about relaxing at all. Not until our problem is solved for once and all. God! When will this happen? "What things are you referring to? And how bad they are?" Nora asked, her voice low but filled with worry. "Good and bad both..." Lexi shrugged. "Then I want to hear the bad part first so I can be happy later on," I said with a groan coming out of my mouth. "As you say..." She replied with a small smile on her face. I mind-linked Liam, telling him to be here at the earliest, and caressed my belly; I thought we already had enough surprises for the day, but I was wrong. At least I can do one thing the way I want before my baby or I lose my cool
~Liam's POV~ I wish I could snap the fingers and toes, one by one, of the man walking in my territory with invisibility. He freaking barged into her house again! The good thing is she was in the packhouse surrounded by loads of people while her father was in the hospital under the strict watch of doctors and my men. What the fuck do they want with her? I still don't understand why he attacked her in the first place. If he wanted to kill her, he would have done so without making a scene by trying to kill her father, but he didn't... Instead, he hurt him badly and tried to kill him. Then what? He just ended up dying instead of completing whatever task he was assigned. "Tell me everything..." I told Lexi. She nodded her head, "I don't know who it was or why he was there, but that person walked through my entire house. He didn't even leave the extra rooms that we never stepped into. His presence in every inch of the house felt as if he was searching for something. Right after
~Liam's POV~ After seven constant tries and sleeping only for three hours, Lexi was finally able to do the magic the way she wanted. No matter the timeline, if we stick together and don't go far more than thirty meters, her invisibility magic works perfectly for us. A sigh left my mouth as I finally gave rest to my butt and sat on the ground, in front of the couch on which Hazel was sleeping. We had a long night... The whole night, Lexi was working to make the potion and on her skills to make the magic work for us while Hazel and I accompanied her. We didn't understand even a bit of her witch stuff, but being there with her and not leaving her alone was the only thing that we could do for her. Nora and Axel left after Lexi was done making the potion while Hazle and I stayed behind to give her company. Though Hazel couldn't stay awake longer due to that unknown pain in her abdomen and being tired, still she stayed back, not wanting to leave Lexi working on the problem alone.
~Liam's POV~ "No matter what, don't let Hazel leave this room. I will be back as soon as we are done. Tell her to mind link me after waking up," I told Nora and she nodded her head. I left plenty of messages for Hazel on her phone and notes beside her pillow. I didn't want to wake her up alone but with all the crazy thoughts swirling in my head, but I couldn't delay our visit to Lexi's house. Whatever Lexi felt in there couldn't be wrong and now we have to know what it was so we can make it right before things get more ugly. "Are you sure it won't affect me while crossing the boundaries of the packhouse?" I asked Lexi as she gave me a leaf to chew to prevent the magic from capturing me while stepping out of the boundaries of the packhouse. "It won't... You just have to stay in touch with me while crossing the boundaries," She answered. While I chewed the leaf, Lexi sprayed the potion that she made to make the invisibility magic work on both of us and taking my hand in
~Liam's POV~We walked into the house side by side, and a silent sigh came out of my mouth; this place looked terrible. With that attacker's body getting attacked in the morgue, I couldn't tell people to work on the renovation of her house. Everyone in the pack was busy finding out the person who lit the morgue. The living room looked as terrible as yesterday. Every wall of the room was black with all the furniture burned. The blood spots were still there but they were dry with no smell in them. I moved my eyes all over the place... It looks the same as yesterday and I don't feel anything different in here. But one look at Lexi told me that she did feel something different again... "Do you feel anything different again? Because I don't," I asked Lexi in the mind link. "I do... I feel like someone came here again. I don't know what they are looking for, but for sure, they want something from me about which I don't have any idea," She answered. "From where do you feel the
*One year later* ~Liam's POV~ Last year and Christmas were the craziest of all that I ever had in my life. I found my mate, got rid of the problem which my parents fought hard for years, and had my baby... No babies to be precise. Dylan, Kol, and Rosyln... Dylan turned one today whereas Kol and Rosyln, my little sweetpeas completed 3 months a few days back. Living with a human trait Hazel was patient, slow, and loving... But living with a werewolf Hazel was a whole different level of craziness that was adventurous, wild, and oh god... Way too intense. I always admired the beauty she was, doesn't matter whether with clothes or without, outside or inside, but the way she turned the tables after becoming one with her wolf, was commendable. Especially in bed. Sometimes she can be the shy Hazel she used to be but sometimes she overpowers me which I enjoy a lot. I never thought I would take commands from anyone but she was the only woman who could use that voice on me withou
~Hazel's POV~ I haven't been so relieved in my life before. Everything seemed perfect for the first time in my life. My baby was finally in my arms, softly snoring on my bare chest while his tiny fingers were on my neck. He was giving me the comfort that I needed most this time. The touch of his tiny bare body against mine was the most beautiful and calmest feeling that I have ever had in my life and the movements of his chest with each breath that he took relaxed my heart and mind so much that I know I will keep holding my baby like that for hours. I longed for this moment for so long... I was looking forward to the day when I would finally hold him without any barriers between us. Be it the barrier of him being inside me or all the exteriors barriers that we had till now. Today... Finally... Finally, all of those barriers were not between us anymore and I could happily be with him without any tension in my mind. I don't have to worry about someone attacking us from somewh
~Hazel's POV~Hudson kept looking back at Charlotte while Victoria dragged his ass out of our sight and for the first time, I saw tears in Hudson's eyes. I don't care about him feeling bad... He has put Charlotte in a worse place than he was in right now.Liam and I took our attention back to Charlotte, who took a deep breath, "For a month, I thought my brother and his mate, I mean your parents, died in a car accident, but later on, I learned it was a rogue attack. That night... That night I heard Ethan talking over the call with someone. I couldn't hear what the other person was saying but I heard every single word that came out of Ethan's mouth. He was praising his brother's skills. He was praising his brother for moving Nathaniel's car towards the cliff. Arthur was the one who forced Nathaniel to turn his car towards the cliff but it was Ethan who pushed Nathaneil's car into the cliff." Tears rolled down her cheeks while she sought support from Liam and I took her hand in mine. I
~Hazel's POV~ I have seen a ton of crazy things happening in this pack ever since I turned eighteen but this... This was... Insane? I don't even know what to call it... Charlotte killed Ethan... Charlotte... Not Liam but Charlotte! Charlotte shot him straight four times in the chest, one time on the head, and one time on the neck, exactly where the mark given by her was sitting on his neck. Goddess... I never thought I would see a mate killing her better half or a mate choosing someone else over his mate and betraying her for others. This was actually insane... He hurt her so badly that even after being bonded with him, she gathered the courage to end his life. Not that Ethan didn't deserve to die but I didn't imagine this happening... Hudson reached his mother with wide eyes and placed his hand on her shoulder but she took his hand away and gazed at him, "Leave, Hudson... Leave with your mate before I kill you as well..." That's... Bold for a mother to say... Hudson looked at
(Trigger Warning- Violent fight)~Liam's POV~ I thought I had enough betrayals when Ethan confessed everything but that wasn't all. Victoria had to be a part of all this! All these months, I kept telling Hazel how wrong she was about Victoria, not knowing that she was the one who was right about her, not me. It was me who thought that she was a true friend to me, not a snake. I was way too happy when I saw her taking Sophia down but the moment Arthur said a few words about her, my faith in friendship also fell apart. I don't think I would ever be able to trust anyone again... Family or friends... My trust has been broken repeatedly, I would freaking never be able to put my faith in anyone but Hazel. My blood was boiling and all I could see were the red dots in front of my eyes. I was craving blood... My mind was looking to kill and today... I won't stop until Ethan is dead. I planned to capture the killer of my parents and give him a hard life filled with torture but I don't
~Hazel's POV~ What the heck? Victoria out of all people? How... I mean just... How? It's not that I am not happy for her tearing Sophia apart at the right time but why did she come here? Oh god... My petty jealousy issues! Liam was still her friend... Of course, she would have come here to visit him or she must have heard about the attack. Victoria threw Sophia on the ground while her gaze was still fixed on Ethan. She was snarling at Ethan way too aggressively which... Kind of gave me a doubt that I couldn't figure out. She looked furious... She was furious all the time like... Like the same way I was... Wait, don't tell me she was doing this all to impress Liam. "I better hope she wasn't," Hope, my wolf said. "I was never so happy to see you before, Vic," Liam said. The bright smile on his face while praising Victoria made my blood boil, and Hope growled in a low voice, but I shut my eyes. I need to calm down... This was not a situation to be jealous of, especial
~Hazel's POV~Ethan brought his attention back to Liam and chuckled, "I just wanted to kill you and your father, so I could take over the pack, but damn, my good luck; Peter joined the pack with his family at the right time. I didn't have to go on a hunt for silver wolves as the last set of silver wolves already arrived here. But those dead wolves... They locked her wolf and made my task more difficult than before." Dead wolves... My parents? "I swear I will not think twice if you talk about my parents like that again!" I growled at Ethan in the mind link. "You will not think twice, but thrice," Ethan laughed and pointed at my pack members. "Tell everyone to leave..." I told Axel in the mind link. We can't fight them if they would keep threatening us like this. He had done enough damage, I can't let him ruin us more. "Axel, Nick, Scarlett... Leave..." "No, way. We aren't leaving!" Scarlett said in the mind link. "I don't want them to blackmail us with your pres
~Hazel's POV~Murmurs from the pack members started reaching our ears and I sighed as the realization drew up on me. He was the one who made Charlotte kill Zoey, Zoey took that box away on his command to know what our parents were hiding, he set that invisible man's body on fire, and he was the one who placed hidden cameras in Lexi's house. He is such a bastard! But why didn't Charlotte note all these things? Why did she never doubt his actions? She was the only one who was around him then why? Or maybe my wolf was right. Maybe she was also a part of this... "You made her kill Zoey?" Liam asked Ethan. Ethan nodded his head, "Zoey did everything on my command. I had to take her out of my way before she became a threat to me. I didn't want to risk my identity before she had become one with her wolf." "Why the heck did you stage all of that? Why did you make us believe that Hudson was the only one stabbing Liam in the back by making Hudson attack you?" Axel asked. "Wasn't
~Hazel's POV~ What the fuck is wrong with him? Does that mean Liam was right all along? Was he the insider who was giving all the pack information to our enemies? How could he do that? How could he hold his mate hostage? "Or what if she is also involved with him? This whole pack is filled with deceivers," Hope, my wolf, said with a growl coming out of her mouth. I can't agree more but... The way I am looking at Charlotte tells me otherwise. Tears were running down her face while her wide open, mirroring the betrayal that we all were feeling right now. Her lips were shivering and her hair... Ethan was holding her by the hair. Oh god... How can he be such a monster to her? She is his freaking mate! Partners in crime or not but this... And if she is involved with him as well, then I have to give her a standing ovation before killing her. They freaking both played Liam for years! "Charlotte..." I tried to mind-link and she looked at me with horrifying eyes. "Don't... He