CHAPTER 63 – KENDALL’S POVI know I have to move by the time I wake up. My mother and sister are missing and I can’t keep wasting the little time I have, frolicking around and enjoying my husband and every other thing.For all I knew, they were probably in mortal danger, even right now.I needed to find them, and I needed to bring them home. There was going to be nothing else that I could do and be sufficiently proud of myself for doing if I was not first able to bring them home.Declan was being even more bossy and commanding than usual, and I had not found a way to go above his direct orders so far. There was no sneaking around in his house. The most I could do was inform him about what I wanted to do and hope for the best.I walked up to him while he was in the living room, staring out to skies-know-where again, and I cleared my throat.“Declan.”“Alpha Declan,” he amended for me. I frowned.“I’m your wife. I can call you whatever I like.”Declan turned to me and gave me a pointed l
CHAPTER 64 – KENDALL’S POVHe stopped abruptly in front of me, breathing hard. I considered him for a while, visibly shaken, but trying to hold my composure.“What?” I asked.He said nothing, only continued to stare at me.“What?”But Declan would not give me an answer. He just straightened himself and stalked off without saying a word. I groaned inwardly. For a man who knew how to do just about every near damn thing on Earth, he was still the most unreadable man who did absolutely batshit crazy things.I went back to my room and lay on the bed, but it was of no use. I knew I would not be able to sleep. My body was thrumming with nervous energy. Every single fibre of my being ached with it—the knowledge that there was now a search party out there looking for my mother.I didn’t vet who was on the party, but I trusted Caden. He was going to make sure that the best trackers and searchers would be there. Now that I thought about it, perhaps being found by strangers might freak out my mot
CHAPTER 65 – KENDALL’S POVIt took longer than expected. I had not wanted to enjoy it, but it was a distraction that was needed, at least then while we made love. Once he was done, however, my mind picked up its panicked frenzy, churning up more thoughts of my mother and sister, the problem with my father, and so many other things until I could not even bother to pretend to be exhausted from the lovemaking.Declan was sprawled in his office chair, looking grand and kingly. I pulled my clothes over myself and looked at him. Then I swept out of the office. I went straight to the maids, like I had been doing ever since I had gotten the letter that said that my mother and sister were in the human world.“Any news?”“Yes, ma’am,” one of the maids helpfully supplied. She produced a letter from nowhere and placed it in my hand. I tore it open without even reading who or where it was from. My heart clenched. It was a letter from the search party. Caden hadn’t called, but this was as good a ne
CHAPTER 66 – KENDALL’S POVI stood triumphant over Olivia who was milking her situation for all it was worth. She was still pretending to be pregnant and lying helplessly on the floor of my room. Rage empowered me and I pulled her up.Declan entered. I cursed inwardly. Olivia ran immediately to him, putting on her most intimate art of deception. Declan looked at the both of us from one to the other, observed my bag and stared hard at the floor where Olivia had previously lain.His voice was a blade of ice.“What is happening here?”Olivia burst into tears, rambling and muttering and at the end, refusing to say anything coherent. My face twisted into a more and more complex mask of anger, and I could almost feel my wolf threaten to burst out from inside and end the stupid bitch’s life.Declan calmed her down enough to hear that I had pushed Olivia to the ground and he gave a loud growl and rushed me.“You pushed her?!” He held me by the hand.“I did.”He roared into the room and drove
CHAPTER 67 – KENDALL’S POVThe human world was even more confusing than what I had expected. Everything seemed almost too different from the way we lived normally as werewolves, even though I knew it couldn’t have been much different. I had the directions to the motel, so I drove straight there, hoping and praying that rogues had not sniffed them out first.The search party would have no doubt, returned back to the pack by now. Caden still hadn’t called or left any messages. I wondered what was up with him exactly, but my mind focused on the more pressing matter at hand.I swerved to avoid incoming traffic and drove crazily like a woman possessed, all through. I was getting tired and the surge of adrenaline that had been pumping through my veins upon leaving Declan’s house had almost completely worn off.Now, fear and fatigue were slowly setting in. I wondered how Declan was doing back at the house. I wondered what would happen to Olivia. I wondered if my mother and sister had already
CHAPTER 68 – DECLAN’S POVOlivia had been lying to me. Everything so far had been one great big lie. She was never pregnant, and I couldn’t trust a thing that came out of her mouth.I couldn’t even bring myself to begin to think about every other thing that she might have said or done. Everything was a lie. My head felt it was going to split open, and I felt like my world was crashing at my feet.She was still trying to talk, but all I could hear were her efforts to spew more lies. I felt rage rippling through my skin, and I could no longer stomach the thought of even seeing her. I had her thrown in the dungeons, but I still couldn’t get her out of my mind.In the midst of my troubles, I remembered that Kendall had been in the room with us. I sprung up and walked briskly to Kendall’s room.I knocked once.“Kendall, we need to talk.” I said thickly through the wood. No answer Still, I wasn’t going to beg. I was an Alpha, and even though Kendall was right about Olivia, she was still the
CHAPTER 69DECLAN’S POV“Are you liking the food?” I asked Kendall nervously, he wasn’t used to much, the number of burnt dishes in the kitchen further proved that fact.There was a pin drop silence in the whole dining room as the chefs and servant watched from the corners with anxiety. When Kendall nodded, the chill in the atmosphere dissipated and as if granted amnesty, everyone let out a deep breath.I ordered the servants to leave as we ate in silence. I knew Kendall was still upset with me and I don’t really like it but there’s no talking about that now. I put some more food into her plate watching the candlelight reflecting in Kendall’s eyes. It was a rare moment of peace and serenity when we heard a loud bang and scream.We immediately stopped what we were doing and ran outside the house. Outside, there was a piercing scream, filled with terror that shattered the night.Instincts honed over countless moons surged within us and we ran to the source of the sound, and saw, borderi
Chapter 70Kendalls POVHow was this happening? How did it happen? A part of me didn’t want to believe what happened but at the same time, it didn’t seem like a joke.I didn’t want to believe it, no it wasn’t true but the emotions in his eyes told me otherwise: he looked so serious and he was gripped by fear and guilt. It can’t be, it just can’t be.I paced around not knowing what exactly to do about this information. It gripped me that this was reality and I wasn’t fat dreaming.I walked from one place to another just to calm my nerves but it didn’t seem to change anything. My heart kept on pacing and pounding as I feared what the aftermath might be.Cold sweat dropped off my forehead and I didn’t even bother wiping it off. Tears gathered up at the corner of my eyes and I didn’t bother wiping them off. It was okay to cry.I started running, I didn’t know exactly where I was running to but I ran through the corridors. I needed to be safe, a safe space. Everywhere where I didn't feel