Derek POV“He is my father” Alexandria finally responds, the box of mysteries that is my mate, no wonder she doesn’t really talk about her family, but why didn’t she tell me something like that, till when will she continue to hide things? When will she really let go and trust me?“Just another shocking secret… how many more do you have … mate?” I ask calmly, almost too calmly for the situation“A couple… maybe” she says not really looking me in the eyes, sounding almost guilty, “When will you trust me Alexandria? When will you let me in?” I ask frustrated “It’s not about that and you know it, some things are just not easy to talk about… you never talk about your father” she says trying to defend herself “Yeah, but at least you know who he is” I say “Derek, it’s time” Dean says,“Max is it… you says you are her best friend who saved her once” I ask “Yes, and I’ll do it again in a heartbeat” he says without hesitation and I try to suppress my jealousy “Good, then help Dylan” I tel
Derek POV I turn my attention to my next victims and the other three alphas are shifting and coming for me all at once, good, lance went down to fast I was almost bored, let’s have fun now. “Hmm, who to kill first?” i ask Rex “The coward” he chooses “You got it” I don’t wait for them to reach me, I run towards the one in the middle, Benjamin, and before he is fully shifted I grab his head and twist it ripping it off his shoulders, the other two now are in their wolf form snapping their jaws and snarling at me . “Can I come out and play now human?”“It would be my pleasure” I shift to Rex and we share control, Samuel charge at me and I dunk, he flies over me while I go for Hanson’s throat, but he steps aside at the last second and I miss him by an inch, he then tries to copy my attack coming for my throat and I just jump over him and land on top of Samuel whom I grab by the back of his neck with my jaws before I throw him across the room, I now turn to Hanson who looks angry
Dylan POVShe is just asleep… she is just resting, she is always sleepy and tired when she is pregnant… she is fine, our pup is fine… everything will be okay… she’ll open her eyes any second now… its fine… she is just tired.I hear muffled voices but I don’t pay attention, nothing is more important than the woman in my arms. I See hands reaching for my mate, they want to take her away from me“No one will take mate” Dome let’s out a menacing growl and the hands retract, yes, she is safe with us, no one will hurt her. Someone grabs my face and yells at me, I can’t really understand who it is or what they are saying… Sophia is just asleep… she is just resting, I keep chanting in my head“Our Luna is calling for us” “What?”“Gamma, Snap out of it” I start to register my surroundings, and it’s Alexandria“Luna?” I ask confused, why is she shouting, doesn’t she see that Sophia is asleep“Dylan…we have to take Sophia to the hospital now” Alexandria says slowly like I don’t understand wh
Natalia POV It been days since we were sent to the dungeon, I know it’s not that long but the days just seem the same, we survive on only bread and water, but Sean sometimes smuggles us food saying that we need our strength for what’s coming, I just nod and welcome the extra meals but I have no idea what is he talking about.Today the portions he brought were even bigger, "be ready", is what he said but he didn’t say for what, we don’t talk about the fight but we mind-link about other stuff including Sean’s suspicious behavior, some of us seem to know what he is talking about but some like me seem to be oblivious, but we all agreed it wasn’t something good and that we can’t tell anyone about it until we know what it is,I hear my cell door unlock and it’s sandy standing by the door, how the hell did she get out?“Hurry up Nat, it’s time” Sandy says in a rush, time for what, why can’t they give a complete piece of information?I follow her and see that Sean and a couple of the others,
Derek POV“Noooooo” I fiercely growl and run towards the monster that is my father, I rip him off of my mate and throw him across the room, I hold her tightly and she is barely conscious, what has he done? “Hey love … I’m here… you are okay” I tell my mate, but she doesn’t respond“Luna?” Dylan says horrified as he drops next to us, Dean Stands in the doorway shocked next to a sobbing Natalia,“YOU ARE A DEAD MAN” I growl as I tighten my grip on Alexandria “You can’t kill me, I’ve marked her…you don’t know how that will affect her now… isn’t that beautiful?” the asshole says just sitting on the floor smirking “Let me out”“I can’t, you will kill him…he is right, we don’t know what will that do to Alexandria”“She is our mate”“She’ll always be our mate”“I might not be able to kill you now, but sure as hell I can make you suffer” I snarl“Dean” I just call his name and he understands what I want to say, “I know…to the special room in the dungeons” Dean says as he picks the piece o
Alexandria POVI wake up by the river shore, the beautiful spot where Derek took me before the rejection, wait… the last time something like that happened I saw Luke, am I going to see him again? But this is me and Derek’s special place … or it was meant to be at least, why am I meeting Luke in Derek’s place, or am I meeting Derek? Does that mean Derek is… no, no, that’s not right, I was the one who got hurt… does this mean that I’m the dead one?“Well fuck you Moon goddess for giving me everything and just ripping it away” I start yelling out loud to the open space hoping the bitch can hear me“You are a sick asshole, you know that?... tormenting your children as you call them, giving them hope and love then just like that… it all disappears… you are a cold fucking bitch” I keep yelling“You do have a filthy mouth child” What the fuck? Who said that? Then a woman appears from … I really don’t know, she just appearedHer skin is the color of the midnight sky, her hair is the color of
Derek POV“They are my brothers” My mate answers“The guardians are hunters?” Dean asks stunned“Yes, we are the shunned ones” both guardians answer simultaneously in a very haunting way and i could swear that their grey eyes glowed a little “I thought you said your twin brothers were dead” I ask narrowing my eyes … she turns to face me again still in my arms, yes, I’m literally not letting her go again.“no, I said we lost my brothers, never said they were dead” she says, avoiding my gaze“The guardians are our Luna’s brothers, how special” one of the pack members says too excited for the situation we are in“If the guardians are hunters and they are the Luna’s brothers… does that mean the Luna is a hunter?” another one asksI feel Alexandria’s hand tighten on my arm, I look at her and she looks like she is about to faint“Let’s get you back to the hospital love” I tell her as I pick her up bridal style“We’ll take her” guardian … let’s call him guardian 1 says“We’ll make sure she
warning, the following might be triggering to some, please be careful Elizabeth POVPain… all I feel is pain, like my heart is being ripped out of my chest, my neck is burning like someone poured acid on it, one moment I was sitting in our house’s basement till the attack is over, the second I was curled on the floor screaming , what is happening?“He is marking another” my wolf says whimpering, no, not after all what I did for him, it can’t be true.The pain somehow gets even worse, my vision is blurring and I can hardly breath, is this how I die? Alone in a basement betrayed by my mate. I faintly hear the basement’s door break “Luna Elizabeth, it’s okay, the beta sent us for you” is the last thing I hear before the pain takes over me and I go unconscious - “Wake up, it’s okay, the pain is gone”“What do you mean? How?”“I don’t know but it just did”“What the hell is going on?” I hear Derek shouting from across the hall and I open my eyes“ANSWER ME” I hear Derek command and I j