Bailey's POVI was so scared that I was unable to look at my dad."Bailey, I am very disappointed in you. How could you just rush in like that during such an important meeting. You made a fool of yourself, Grey and I.""I'm sorry dad. I really am sorry."My dad was silent for a while and my face dropped even lower. I could feel the tension in the air and it suddenly made breathing hard and I was all sweaty."You are grounded till further notice. You will go to school tomorrow and every other day, except weekends and prepare for your final exams. That is the most important thing right now and not you meddling in this war business. Let I and Grey, along with the council, handle it."I didn't utter a single word. I didn't want to annoy him further. I actually didn't want to go to school the next day but now I had to because I was being punished. I knew it was a bid to keep me out of the pack house and away from the discussions about the war. It was fair enough."I have nothing more to say
Bailey's POVKatie stood up angrily and looked at me. she had tears in her eyes and her voice was hoarse and croaky."What did you do Bailey?!"I looked at her and was stunned. She had never yelled at me before. I was also really confused."What do you mean, 'what did i do'? I haven't done anything."my reply just made Katie even angrier."You know what you did!""Katie calm down. What happened? Where is Tyler?"I could see that Katie was boiling and she was not going to calm down."Tyler called me yesterday and told me that his dad said that you stormed their council meeting and brought up stuff about the codex. Now Tyler is being grounded because of you and that is why he isn't in school today!"I was taken aback by her words. I didn't mean to get Tyler in trouble."I'm...I'm...I'm sorry Katie."Katie scoffed with the tears in her eyes."Sorry? Sorry isn't going to unground Tyler. You just don't think when you do stuff, do you? Tyler and I called you back when we saw you rush back ho
Miguel's POVI had been very ill for quite a while now. All that time in the dungeons really took an awful toll on me.I had been in bed for days and hadn't been able to get up. Mum came around every now and then but I wasn't in the talking mood. I didn't want to talk to her, not after all that she had done.I managed to sit up and I looked around the room. The incense of wolfbane and rosemary was still burning on the table beside me. I took a deep breath and stood up on my feet and took a few steps around the room. Soon there was a rough knock at my door. A servant girl came in holding me meal. She looked very pale and scared.I looked up at her and gave her a cold stare. She hastily dropped it on the table and hurried away. The guards that had brought my meals previously were really giving me a hard time. They threw glances at me and murmured unpleasant comments under their breaths. I ignored them of course. I didn't have time to get into petty squabbles with them.I sat down and ate
Bailey's POVI woke up so miserable on Saturday. Friday was officially the worst day of my life. I had tried to call Katie and Tyler, all day on Friday but every attempt was futile. I even used the telephone in the kitchen and Katie picked up the phone, but as soon as she heard my voice, she cut the call on me.I tried the same with Tyler but he didn't pick either. I reckoned that Katie had told him that I would try to call with the telephone and that he shouldn't answer it. Mum even called Katie's mum and asked to speak with Katie but she said that Katie didn't want to speak with me.I was all groggy in bed and I didn't want to get up. Grey came by that evening but he saw that I was in a terrible mood. He even brought a carton of mango juice for me but I left it undrunk on my dressing table. I couldn't read and I didn't want to do anything at all. I had skipped dinner and when mum brought me breakfast in the morning, I told her that I wasn't hungry. I just wanted to be in bed and be a
Bailey's POVI was unsure of where I was. I opened my eyes and all I could see were blurry faces. Where was I?"She's awake! She's awake!""Oh my goodness! Her forehead is burning up!"I felt a gentle pressure on my forehead and soon I felt a cold wet towel. I shivered at the temperature shock and soon the faces became clearer and clearer. I was in my bed and my mum was sitting beside me while Grey and Dad were standing up watching me witth worry on their faces."Mum?""Yes sweety. I'm here. Alpha Grey and your father are here as well."I exhaled and soon tears began to roll down my cheeks. I turned to look at Grey."He was really dead, wasn't he."Grey was silent and i knew that he was unwilling to answer my question. His silence had spoken more than enough."He is dead mum! Miguel is dead! Zane and Tiffany killed him!"My sobbing was uncontrollable and mum tried her best to calm me down."It's okay baby. Just calm down.""How could they treat him like that? How could Tiffany do that
Chapter 180Alpha Grey's POVI was in my office. I sat down at my newly refurbished desk and I began to wonder. I had spent so much time with Tiffany and I knew her so well. I knew that was her handwriting on Miguel's back and it was the same one I saw on Bailey after we rescued her from Blemish Pack. What did this all mean? Why did Tiffany kill Miguel? Is she the one that killed Miguel or Zane? Whatever the reason, why?I exhaled and continued to think. The words on his back blazed across my mind. We hadn't told Miguel anything. We hadn't sent him back as a spy. He wasn't working for us. This only meant that he intended to double cross Zane and Tiffany and paid for it with his life. Poor boy. I didn't like him, not since what happpened between Bailey and I. That little urchin was always in the centre of things but despite all that had happened between the both of us, he didn't deserve to die the way he did.I groaned as the image of his nearly decapitated body flashed through my mind.
Alpha Zane's POVI walked around my bedroom in slight worry. The things that councilor Zeph had told me made me worried. Grey had found out about th codex and I was very sure that he had already begun to look for it. If he found it, it would spoil my plans. I relaxed a little though when I recalled that Zeph said that no one has seen the codex in years and that Grey's father died with the knowledge. But I knew Grey. He was relentless. He would turn his entire pack upside down to find it if he had to.I was happy to have Zeph on the inside, feeding me information. This is what fear could do to your enemies. When the Sapphire was initially stolen, Zeph came to my door step to pledge his loyalty to me and agreed to work for me if I spared his life in the war. He was a smart and cunning man, brave as well, considering the fact that he chose to go against one of the most powerful Alphas. He was smart to recognise that I was now superior to Grey and soon I would take over his pack.I heard a
Bailey's POVI woke up and looked around. It was late and sky was getting darker; I wasn't even sure how long I slept.I got out of bed and headed to the window. I looked out and saw the moon in the sky. It was just a cresent; a new moon was coming in a couple of days. The sky was gradually dotted with starts and the evening air smelled crisp. Soon, my nose picked up a familiar scent. I looked to the door and saw a shadow and it was standing just outside the door. Was it my dad? What was he doing in front of my door. Wait, my dad didn't smell like that. The shadow was there for a few minutes and soon it left. I was terrified. Who had been outside my door? I had percieved this scent somewhere before but I just couldn't place where exactly. Something about it was sinister and it made me very uncomfortable. Was someone stalking me?I looked back outside and I saw a hooded figure gliding out of the pack house and soon, the figure disappeared into the forest. I didn't understand what was go