— Eveline —
Darren and I were sitting in the sun room with Kevin, Kate, and Fred, chatting and drinking tea.
I liked Kate, she was a little older than me, but we seemed to get along well.
The sun was beginning to peek through the clouds after the rain spell we’ve had early this morning
— Eveline —Darren nodded at his Mother’s invitation, which made her smile. I put my hand upon his and squeezed gently.Fifteen minutes later, we were coming to the dining room as everyone else was joining us. When James came in and saw Darren he said, “Hope you’re not going to embarrass us now.” Under his breath.
— Mishka —“So are you lot a sort of mini pack?” I asked Elijah.“Sorta,” he said.“Pretty small pack if you ask me.”“Does it matter?&rd
— Eveline —“Hey there,” I said to my brother.“Hi,” he said, his eyes locked on his computer.“I heard things might be getting heated?”&ldquo
— Darren —It’s been a few weeks now, and I’ve gotten the hang of the new job.It’s actually more demanding than my previous internship. Well, not at first. But they have this weird philosophy here that if you can take more, then you will. So my workload has been steadily increasing. I’ve been changed office a few times too.
—Kaden —I’d spent most of the week at Monaweard. Organizing with the Alphas, putting things in motions, getting more information, and preparing for an imminent battle.That part had been the hardest to convince the others of.Most wanted things to be taking care of rapidly and as peacefully as possible.
— Darren —I’ve never truly seen death before.It took us a little while to retrieve the whole body. I was glad when Kaden put him face down. I wasn’t sure I could handle seeing his face right now. After that, we used the coat as support to carry out the broken body. We had to move excruciatingly slow. It took us a while.
— Kaden —I was in my office with my Beta Jayson, my Gammas Nathan and Henry, and my Delta Marcus. I had insisted on Tahmina to take a few days off with Benedict. He hadn’t been seriously injured, but they were awaiting a child, and in the incoming days, there would be a lot for Benedict to take care of. In the meantime, I had a few people pick up the slack to let them recharge.Brandon was in a corner taking notes about ev
— Mishka —It turns out that when there is smoke, there is a fire. Who knew?I feel like a complete idiot, for taking this gig in the first place. I knew from the get go, this was not going in the right direction. Not to say anything about the jobs themselves.I don’t generally have an issue with st
— Eveline —Darren and I needed a little time to ourselves. We needed to re-energize ourselves. It hadn’t been long since the earthquake, then the attack on Ghealach. It was too much.We didn’t go anywhere fancy. No glitzy resort. It wasn’t the sun we needed but each other. Everyone let us have our space. Blakemore has a big territory, so we went to a waterfall one day, a lake the other, we would hike in the woo
— Kaden —“What is the status?” I asked Jaxx.“72% of location covered for information extraction, phase three nearly complete,” Jaxx told me.“Jayson?” I said a little louder.
— Ylva —We were flying back to Blakemore. The little twit in tow. Kaden had left his office to his sister and her mate and he was sitting calmly with his men, his head back, eyes closed. I knew he wasn’t sleeping.I received a text.“You had one of them tortured,” I
— Kaden —Once Eva has been secured. It took us around eight minutes to rush the fortress and take it. Vanargand was with us, and guided a team to where there could be survivors. He’d been good to his words.Before we went in, Rayner—who was the man who secured Eva in the woods—told me how Eva pleaded with him to return Mads’ body. I would have done it regardless, but still. It didn&rsq
— Darren —I was pacing for the thousandth time the length of the small room inside the cabin we set base in. Brandon was sitting in a corner trying to ignore me and focus on the comm system and occasional buzzing of voices.“Target acquired.” Was the only one that really got through to me.
— Eveline —“When are they—?” I started asking but Mishka raised his hand sharply, shutting me up, and swung around, putting himself at my back facing the other way.I turned and heard footsteps coming our way.Before I could see who it was, Mishka unsheathed a gun as long
— Mishka —“So?” Ethan asked me.Hellhound Girl and I entered the kitchen. Ethan, Amir, Karl and John were there. And so was what was left of the Alpha.He was not walking out of there. There was only one eye left and a slew of broken bones, some giving odd shape to his lim
— Kaden —We were in my office Darren, Stellan and I.It took me maybe three seconds for my brain to connect all the pieces.“Stellan. Call all the warriors, have then ready. I want the plane ready in fifteen, and contact established with someone at Ghaelach. Now.”
— Eveline —My body got shoved hard and I hit the floor in bone-shattering strength, and got dragged sideways in the blink of an eye.I was dazed. My head had hit the floor hard enough to see stars, my mind confused for a moment.“NO!” said Mads more firmly in a half-scream