Aiden's POVAiden’s POVThe weight of the past few days remained in the air, unresolved like some storm that I couldn’t dismiss. It was all weird – Skylar returned, got to Zoey, and told her she was her mother, the pack looking unsafe. Shenaya had barely left Zoey’s side, and even when she did for a little bit, she was overly cautious for the fear that Skylar might come through the portal and find her at night.I couldn’t blame her.This means that we had been operating on adrenalin for weeks, with little sleep and lots of anxiety. The witch—the very one who has tormented me in the past, is back, actively messing with our lives.I glanced at the clock. It was already dead in the night, and I thought to get some rest, but something in me told me I needed to go and see Shenaya in the pups' room. Even though I knew they would be fast asleep by now, I still wanted to check and be sure.The whole mansion was quiet except for the faint sound of the guards moving around the perimeter of the
Shenaya' POVShenaya’s PovI blinked myself awake slowly, realizing I was lying on the soft surface of Zoey’s small bed. It was early morning, and even the curtains did not let much sunlight in the room. So, as soon as I managed to open my eyes and look around, memories of the horrifying events of last night came flooding in like a tsunami. Aiden said Zoey stood above me with a knife in her hands, her cleaver face looking like a different person than she isn’t. Picturing it alone gave me goosebumps. Instantly, I sat up, looking around frantically.Zoey wasn’t beside me.I looked in the direction of Leo’s bed across the room. It was Empty as well.Where were they?My heart was beating hard against my chest. Darker thoughts began to run through my head, and questions came to life: Did Skylar get to them while I was asleep? Could I be too tired to notice her slipping into the room?I slid off the bed, and the touch of the bare floor sent shivers through my feet. I needed to find them now
Andrew’s POVI was standing at the side of the room looking at Aiden, and he was handcuffed and seated on a chair in the middle of a slightly dark room. Seeing him like that gave me a grim of satisfaction. He didn’t know how long I had waited for this moment. The great Alpha Aiden Caesar, currently tied and gagged right in front of me, could have no clue of just how much dominance I possessed.I gave a low chuckle, and Aiden pulled his head up. His eyes looked angry, bewildered, and perhaps scared a little. I couldn’t say.“Do you know who I am?” I asked, my voice laced with mockery.Aiden didn’t respond immediately, and his gaze locked on me as he tried to place my face. The anger in his eyes grew. I could see it dawning on him—realizing who I was.“Andrew,” he spat, “Shenaya’s friend. You traitorous snake.”I grinned at his words, crossing the room to stand before him. “Ah, so you do remember me. But I’m not just her friend, Aiden. I’m much more than that. You see, there’s somethin
Ethan’s POVI opened my eyes slowly and yawned, feeling the bright light that shined through the blinds entering the room. My phone buzzed from the bedside table, and I stretched out an arm and, with blinking eyes, tried to focus my gaze on the screen. A message from Aiden. Odd. We didn’t usually chat outside of pack business, but the following cryptic message caught my attention. It was a GPS location tracker linked to his phone.“What the hell...?” I muttered, sitting up. Why would Aiden send me his location? He will never run to me for personal help despite us being allies. My internal voice said something was not okay, and I sensed that my time to move on had not yet come. We were not close friends by any means, but because we began training partners, I had learned to think of him almost as more than a friend. Plus, I noticed that he and Shenaya had marked each other but were keeping it secret. Wolves like us could sense things like that.I didn’t waste any more time thinking. I g
When Lilah said she would take us to Andrew’s house after I explained the situation to her, my little spark of hope lit up. I didn’t feel right the moment we entered the house, and I had this strange intuition that something was wrong.The house was quiet as death, and now the door stood half-opened as if mocking us. We gingerly moved into the room, looking under tables and chairs and all around, hoping we could find something that would lead us to them. Unfortunately, nothing was found. The furniture was still the same, untouched, with the smell of Andrew’s cologne still pervading the room. He had been here recently.Ethan picked up a note that was lying on the kitchen counter. He unfolded it, his eyes scanning the words before handing it to me.I read it aloud, my voice hard as stone.*"I already got my woman and my daughter. Next is your pack, Aiden. Watch out for me. And as for Skylar, the only way you can get rid of her is if her body is burnt. Unless you do that, she is still co
Aiden's POVI stood at the edge of the training ground with every sense on high alert, my wolf, Smoke was pacing just beneath the surface. The air felt different, It was the kind of tension that reminded me of the ambush that had shattered my world seven years ago. Back then, I had been caught off guard, but not this time. This time, I was ready. I had prepared for this moment, for this war.I reached out with my senses, the familiar hum of Aunt Belle’s protective magic wrapping around my territory like an impenetrable shield. Her enchantments were powerful and ancient, and no magic could breach this place now. If Andrew thought he could sneak in with his usual tricks, appearing as his faceless shadow to strike from the darkness, he was in for a surprise. There would be no more ambushes. No more tricks.This time, it was blood for blood—life for life.As I turned to walk back toward my pack house, I felt the air shift again. A chill ran down my spine, but this time, it wasn’t fear; it
Andrew's POVThe cave was cold, damp, and barely lit, just like my mood. The rest of my wolves stumbled into the dark, hidden space, each of them tired and battered from the battle we barely survived. I could feel the weight of their gazes on me—some confused, some disappointed, others downright angry. Even I felt disoriented. This wasn’t the outcome I had anticipated. Aiden’s strength, I expected. But the complete magical lockdown of his territory? That was unexpected, and it caught me completely off guard. I should’ve known better. His aunt Belle was known for her abilities, but I had underestimated her influence.As my wolves settled in, licking their wounds both physical and mental, I retreated further into the cave toward the section I had claimed as my own—a hollowed-out room deep within, where I had kept Shenaya and Zoey. My heartbeat quickened as I neared the door, with adrenaline still coursing through my veins from the fight.Shenaya and Zoey were mine now, whether they like
Shenaya’s POVIt was clear that Andrew was afraid for his little life because of the way his round eyes seemed glued to Zoey as if she were some monster that had enticed him into a cage instead of a shy seven-year-old girl. The look on his face was too stunned for a man like Andrew, who was the worst of the worst, and I sat there absolutely stunned by the sheer aura Zoey had just released. Somewhere deep within me, I knew that Zoey has powers – or, at least, that there was something inside her that made me think so – but I did not expect her to be able to consciously use them so clearly and, perhaps, so dangerously.I moved closer to her as discreetly as I could. I felt like my heart was about to pound out of my chest. I lay on the floor, softly taking her tiny hand in mine as she trembled gently.“Zo, honey, how.. how did you do that?” I asked, my voice barely above a whisper.Zoey was just an innocent pup, but her eyes showed something far older than the rest of the pups around her.