Ava's POV:The flash of the camera made me really uncomfortable, but Iris had his hand on my waist.“Relax, I've got you," Iris whispered to me and I faced him. His eyes seemed warm; maybe it was the trick of the lights, but I found solace in his gaze.“That's a wrap, you guys are the best couple I've worked with in a while. The chemistry was tangible and watching your woman trust you like that renewed my belief in love!" The photographer said to us and I felt my cheeks heat up.Iris had drawn this elaborate itinerary for a supposed low-key wedding. I received the magazine this morning that announced his wedding to take place in six months. Meanwhile, we were scheduled to be in court at ten a.m. tomorrow.“Thank you. As expected; see you tomorrow," Iris said to the photographer who flashed him a smile before he left.Then Iris turned to look at me. I suddenly felt shy and looked away.“Don't do that, you look too beautiful to just be stared at," Iris said to me as he came to stand in
Ava's POV:My dress was ripped to shreds!I sank to my knees as I gathered the pieces of the material. I liked this dress, I made it with scraps of my mother's old clothes.Tears blurred my vision and then there was a loud knock on the door.“Ava, you have exactly five seconds to move from where you are currently sitting," I heard Iris say, and just as I got to my feet, he kicked down the door.Iris looked murderous; his eyes had taken on the golden hue that I had come to associate Lucien with. He was mad as he looked the room over.He fingers the strips I had in my hands before looking over me.“Are you hurt?" Iris asked me, his voice was gruff, a clear sign that he was in a half shift.“No, I just found this. I was very fond of the dress, it's just a shame," I said to Iris who took the strips from me and placed them on the bench.“Okay, let me ask them to get you something else to wear. I'll get to the bottom of the matter. Sit down for a minute," Iris said to me and helped me into
Iris' POV:I saw the hooded figure make a run for it through the mirror that was in front of me just as Ava gasped.I made eye contact with the guard who was standing there and he gave me a curt nod before going after the person. I buried my nose in Ava's neck; her scent had been calming my beast from the first time I caught a whiff of it.“Is everything alright? There are a lot of guards," Ava said to me and my lips stretched into a smirk. She was too cute for her own good.“Mhmm, someone just made the miss of messing with you," I said to her and she stood up to look at me.“They are here because of me? But I'm okay, see, not even a scratch," Ava said to me as she showed me that she was scratch-free. My cute wife.“You might be scratch-free, but messing with you equals messing with me, and nobody messes with me," I said to her, and she just blinked at me.Commotion from outside caught our attention and I looked up to see the person in a hood being dragged in.“Let me go, you big bull
Ava's POV:The sound of the crash caused a ringing in my ears. I was suddenly crushed by a weight and glass flew everywhere.The car swerved but was soon steadied by the driver.“Sir! Is everybody alright!" I could hear the driver ask through the ringing sound in my ears. I felt hands run all over my body and began to panic until I realized that it was Iris.His eyes glowed golden as he checked me all over.“Are you okay? Does anything hurt? Hold on, let me get you out of here," Iris said to me and helped me out of the car. Everything was going well until I felt a sharp pain in my thigh that caused me to cry out.I looked down to see a glass shard in my thigh. Iris quickly examined me before pulling it out."It's not deep enough to cause any issues. Just hold on, backup will be here soon,” Iris said to me. Just as he scooped me into his arms, I heard a groan. Iris must have heard and recognized the groan because his body stiffened. I just knew that I shouldn't let him investigate the
Ava's POV:It was in the early hours of the morning when Lucien was coherent enough to talk and he didn't look happy at all.Iris on the other hand still looked like he wanted to throw him through a wall.“Lucien, what happened to you? How did you end up on the road like that?" I finally broke the silence and asked Lucien. He only spared me a glance before returning his gaze to his hands.I sighed as I watched him, whatever had happened must have been quite the ordeal.“I got wind of the location of my mate so I went in search of her. I did find her, and as always I thought she was going to let me at least have a word with her. But the moment she set her eyes on me, she first of all froze all my limps, then she threw me through a void," Lucien said to us and I gasped. I don't know the full details of his interactions but throwing him through a void seems a bit excessive.What if he landed in another realm? Or worse, what if he died?“I'm so sorry, Lucien. Maybe it's time to take a ste
Ava’s Pov“Try not to wear that pathetic expression, you are sucking the joy out of the room for everyone else,” my stepmother hissed into my ear. Each word that came out of her mouth was more painful than the last.I forced a smile, brittle and hollow. It felt foreign on my face, a mask I wore to survive this nightmare. My eyes burned, but I refused to let the tears fall. Not here. Not now.“You may now kiss the bride,” the priest announced. The room stilled for a heartbeat as the groom leaned in, his face with happiness. His lips brushed hers in a kiss so tender it felt like mockery.The crowd erupted in applause, their cheers booming through the room. Around me, smiles beamed, hands clapped, and voices shouted congratulations. I clapped too, forcing my shaking hands to mimic their rhythm. But inside, I was sad, angry too. This was the man I had loved. The man I had vowed to spend my life with—Alpha Robertson Hastings. My husband. And now, he was holding my sister as if she were
Ava's Pov“Make it stop!” I muttered, clutching my head as a sharp pain throbbed behind my eyes. Each ring of my phone seemed to drill deeper, increasing the ache.Who could be calling me so early? The question barely registered in my mind. But then—suddenly—I felt a bit of clarity, like a switch flipping. My eyes flew open, and I sat up straight, heart pounding as a strange panic found its way up my chest. I scanned the room, suddenly feeling strange. “What the…?” I whispered, confusion taking over my kind. “Where the hell am I?”I clutched my pounding head, trying to make sense of my surroundings. I was in a room that felt foreign, almost impossible to understand. It was hard to process how I had even ended up here. “What is going on?” I grumbled, looking down to find my clothes scattered across the floor, yet I was completely alone in the room.I gasped, my mouth falling open at the sight in front of me. I wanted to remember what had happened, but my mind was blank—like my memory h
Ava's Pov I couldn’t believe what I was seeing, nor could I tell if the universe was playing a cruel trick on me at that moment.I was pregnant? I asked myself just to be sure as I stared at the pregnancy test in my hands that clearly showcased double lines.Three weeks had passed since that entire event. Robert had made sure to stay distant from me, avoiding me like the plague, while Betty hadn’t wasted any time in making my life a living hell.I had been feeling a little off, a little sick. At first, I thought it was just the effect of the stress my unfortunate sister and vile mother had been putting me under, but then I realized it wasn’t that at all. Instead, I was pregnant!Curiosity prompted me to take the test, and this is what I found out? How? Just how has this happened? A knock on my door interrupted my thoughts, and I quickly scurried to hide the pregnancy test away. A maid walked in and said, “Madam Betty has requested your presence downstairs.” I nodded, understanding t
Ava's POV:It was in the early hours of the morning when Lucien was coherent enough to talk and he didn't look happy at all.Iris on the other hand still looked like he wanted to throw him through a wall.“Lucien, what happened to you? How did you end up on the road like that?" I finally broke the silence and asked Lucien. He only spared me a glance before returning his gaze to his hands.I sighed as I watched him, whatever had happened must have been quite the ordeal.“I got wind of the location of my mate so I went in search of her. I did find her, and as always I thought she was going to let me at least have a word with her. But the moment she set her eyes on me, she first of all froze all my limps, then she threw me through a void," Lucien said to us and I gasped. I don't know the full details of his interactions but throwing him through a void seems a bit excessive.What if he landed in another realm? Or worse, what if he died?“I'm so sorry, Lucien. Maybe it's time to take a ste
Ava's POV:The sound of the crash caused a ringing in my ears. I was suddenly crushed by a weight and glass flew everywhere.The car swerved but was soon steadied by the driver.“Sir! Is everybody alright!" I could hear the driver ask through the ringing sound in my ears. I felt hands run all over my body and began to panic until I realized that it was Iris.His eyes glowed golden as he checked me all over.“Are you okay? Does anything hurt? Hold on, let me get you out of here," Iris said to me and helped me out of the car. Everything was going well until I felt a sharp pain in my thigh that caused me to cry out.I looked down to see a glass shard in my thigh. Iris quickly examined me before pulling it out."It's not deep enough to cause any issues. Just hold on, backup will be here soon,” Iris said to me. Just as he scooped me into his arms, I heard a groan. Iris must have heard and recognized the groan because his body stiffened. I just knew that I shouldn't let him investigate the
Iris' POV:I saw the hooded figure make a run for it through the mirror that was in front of me just as Ava gasped.I made eye contact with the guard who was standing there and he gave me a curt nod before going after the person. I buried my nose in Ava's neck; her scent had been calming my beast from the first time I caught a whiff of it.“Is everything alright? There are a lot of guards," Ava said to me and my lips stretched into a smirk. She was too cute for her own good.“Mhmm, someone just made the miss of messing with you," I said to her and she stood up to look at me.“They are here because of me? But I'm okay, see, not even a scratch," Ava said to me as she showed me that she was scratch-free. My cute wife.“You might be scratch-free, but messing with you equals messing with me, and nobody messes with me," I said to her, and she just blinked at me.Commotion from outside caught our attention and I looked up to see the person in a hood being dragged in.“Let me go, you big bull
Ava's POV:My dress was ripped to shreds!I sank to my knees as I gathered the pieces of the material. I liked this dress, I made it with scraps of my mother's old clothes.Tears blurred my vision and then there was a loud knock on the door.“Ava, you have exactly five seconds to move from where you are currently sitting," I heard Iris say, and just as I got to my feet, he kicked down the door.Iris looked murderous; his eyes had taken on the golden hue that I had come to associate Lucien with. He was mad as he looked the room over.He fingers the strips I had in my hands before looking over me.“Are you hurt?" Iris asked me, his voice was gruff, a clear sign that he was in a half shift.“No, I just found this. I was very fond of the dress, it's just a shame," I said to Iris who took the strips from me and placed them on the bench.“Okay, let me ask them to get you something else to wear. I'll get to the bottom of the matter. Sit down for a minute," Iris said to me and helped me into
Ava's POV:The flash of the camera made me really uncomfortable, but Iris had his hand on my waist.“Relax, I've got you," Iris whispered to me and I faced him. His eyes seemed warm; maybe it was the trick of the lights, but I found solace in his gaze.“That's a wrap, you guys are the best couple I've worked with in a while. The chemistry was tangible and watching your woman trust you like that renewed my belief in love!" The photographer said to us and I felt my cheeks heat up.Iris had drawn this elaborate itinerary for a supposed low-key wedding. I received the magazine this morning that announced his wedding to take place in six months. Meanwhile, we were scheduled to be in court at ten a.m. tomorrow.“Thank you. As expected; see you tomorrow," Iris said to the photographer who flashed him a smile before he left.Then Iris turned to look at me. I suddenly felt shy and looked away.“Don't do that, you look too beautiful to just be stared at," Iris said to me as he came to stand in
Alpha Rob's POV:I ran my hand through my hair as I stared at the newspaper in front of me. This was truly happening, I was truly losing my mate right in front of my eyes.I was truly a bastard for everything that I had done to Ava. But seeing her draped all over my brother in this photo was messing with my mind.It galled me to admit that she was looking so much better under his care. Her dress sense, her hairstyle, even her meal choices from the other night were different. I could have sworn that I knew Ava like the back of my hand but the recent events have proved to me that I didn't know her at all.I didn't know that she would demand for a divorce after my wedding to her sister. I always believed that she would stay by my side no matter what happened. But she proved me wrong by not only divorcing me but by killing my pup as well.The magazine was another proof that I didn't know Ava at all. Though the picture was taken in such a way that her identity wasn't exposed, I recognized
Evelyn's POV:Betty and I were to return to the doctor's office today to see the results from the last test that he conducted on her. I warned him not to tell me anything inconclusive and to have a remedy on ground before calling us in.The doctor came in and took his seat.“Good day, Betty, Evelyn. Betty, has anything changed since your last visit,” the doctor said to Betty, completely ignoring me. I scowled at him but had enough sense to know that this wasn't about me but about Betty.Betty shook her head no.“Alright, that is good at least. I'm afraid I have some grave news for you, Betty. That little stunt you pulled earlier has caused more harm than we anticipated. If you look at this, you will see your recent X-ray and scan,” the doctor went on to speak to Betty, yapping some medical jargon that I didn't care for at the moment.Betty to her credit kept a straight face."In all these things that you have said, you haven't given us the remedy that you have thought about,” I said t
Lycan Iris’ POV:I watched Ava as she walked away to go to bed. For some reason my beast was drawn to her, he liked her being within his line of vision. I did too. I personally enjoyed having her in my arms. It's just a pity that she was a part of this elaborate plan to hit Rob where it would hurt him the most.Her question had hit home. Because there was truly no particular reason as to why we became the way we were. And no, there was no way to broker peace, even though I left the pack for him to run.The pain of losing our parents and my birthright birthed a hunger for success in me. So I worked myself to the bones to build this life that I now had.But when I heard about the mate crisis in the pack, I saw an opportunity that I couldn't allow to pass me by.That pack meant everything to me, but Rob took it. And I had to play along for the sake of the lives of the pack members. A civil war was imminent so I gave it up. But now, I was going to take something from him.He was just luck
Ava's POV:“What the hell, Iris?" Lucien asked as he walked into the dining room. He looked like he had been dragged through hell and back and Iris putting a bullet in him was the icing on the cake for a very horrible day.“Stay away from my property and you will be fine,” Iris said in a disinterested tone. I felt sorry for Lucien."Lucien, are you okay? What happened to you?" I asked him as I got out of my seat and went to the sink to soak one of the kitchen towels I found. Iris' butler wouldn't mind me damaging one of his precious tools.“I'll live, your man is an ass!" Lucien said to me as I got close to him and began to wipe around the wound. I wasn't really sure what to do with a bullet wound.“Don't baby him, he'll be fine," Iris said to me as he nursed a glass of wine. I turned to scowl at him and caught Lucien smirking at him. I rolled my eyes, grown men acting like children.“How do I treat that?" I asked Lucien who glanced at his arm and simply squeezed it. Causing more blo