Elsa“Deadly Nightshade?”“Humans may also know it as ‘Belladonna’.” Rosa is staring back at her cottage “I’m sorry, Alpha Rex. I should have recognised it. When I saw her stomach, I should have known.”“Rosa, you recognised it eventually.” Rex mutters but his grey eyes are on me.“No. This isn’t good enough.” Rosa scolds herself. “I could have killed her.”“But you didn’t.” Rex tries to reassure her as she continues to blame herself.“What did you mean that he wasn’t playing around? Where would Nate have even found it?”“Deadly Nightshade is a poison that can be harmful to many creatures. There are only a few who can consume it without serious consequences. The man that stabbed you, ensured it would latch on to your organs. He wanted you dead. As to where he came in to possession? I do not know."“He never suggested that he wanted me dead.” I look into Rex’s grey eyes. “There was never any sign of it. Never…. He asked me to speak to him about things. Tell him whatever was on my mind.
RexAs the elevator doors shut. I just stare at Lola. The girl that played innocent.“Are you going to kill me?” She locks eyes with me.I should. I should end her miserable life. Elsa had made it clear what she wanted. Yet, my instincts told me that Elsa would regret it. That in a few days, weeks or maybe even months, she would hate knowing that she was responsible for Lola’s death. “No. I should, but I won’t.”“You’re going to lie to her, after you have just marked her? You're going to fake my death and hide me away somewhere?"“No. When the time is right, you are going to apologise to Elsa and until then, you are going to spend your days with Rosa.”“The witch? I would rather be dead.”“She isn’t a witch. And if you want to kill yourself, by all means, go ahead. I have no problem with that. And no one here will care.”“I will tell Nate everything!”“No you won’t. Rosa will make sure you're unable to tell anyone anything.”She stares at me with her dark eyes. “You are going to sile
Elsa “Did you kill her? What did you do to her body? Did you bury her, take her out to the forest?” I needed to know. He studies me with his grey eyes. It had been hours since I had walked away from him and Lola. I had taken refuge in his bedroom. Hoping that he would come and find me when he was done. Rex hadn’t even fully made it into the room before I started firing questions at him. “Lola is alive.” He pulls his shirt off, making his way across the room. He seemed annoyed. His brow crinkled up almost into a frown, but not quite. “You let her live?” “I considered killing her. Right up until you said she was family.” The bed sinks as he sits down, facing me. “You have never called anyone ;’family’. You care about her more than you let on.” He beckons me to him. As I stand in front of him, his hands hold on to my hips. “And then I thought about killing her again.” “Okay…..Why?” “She gave the blade to Nate.” I must have tensed because his grip on my hips tightens. “Lola
RexElsa sleeps heavily until I start to move away. As soon as my hand leaves her, her face screws up like she is in pain. But at least she wasn't saying his name anymore.I had planned to speak to Oliver, and check to see if Rosa was awake, or if she had managed to get a chance to look at Lola’s bedroom. I needed answers and I wasn't going to get them lying here, yet I couldn't bring myself to leave her.Instead, I settle for the remote and flick on the television. I had stopped paying attention to the reports that were coming from England. It was hard to know what the truth was. Oliver kept up with it for me, reading between the lines and keeping me informed.I had asked him not to mention anything in front of or to Elsa, I wanted her to focus on herself first.The first thing I see when I switch to the news is Finn’s blood soaked face. His yellow eyes stare at me through the screen. He looked like a psychotic monster. He talks about how they have won, that he now rules the U.K. Tha
Nate It hits me hard in the chest. Making me sit up in bed. A deep rooted sickening feeling. At first I thought it was Elsa, but my connection to her had already been broken. It could only mean one thing. Lola was dead. Could Elsa have gone as far as to kill her? It didn’t seem likely. But nothing seems real anymore. After all, she had threatened me. I bumble out of my room, half hoping that it was just a dream. Making my way down the stairs, I notice the light in the office was on. Pushing it open, I see Finn striding around, his fists lashing out at random spots along the wall. “She’s dead.” He growls “She’s fucking dead.” How did he know? He seemed unbothered by her when I told him I knew the truth. He acted like it wasn’t a problem that he had changed her. “You were talking to her?” It appears that I still don’t know everything about what I signed up for. “Of course I fucking was, you dipshit.” “You lied to me. You told me you didn’t know she was the child you bit. Then
Elsa“She’s actually dead?”Rex nods his head at me. “She was lying to you, Elsa, to all of us. It wasn’t Nate she was sharing information with, it was Finn. He knew about her all along.”“Really? She’s dead?” I could feel the corners of my lips involuntary turning up.“She was jeopardising my pack. I won’t have that. I know you probably never really wanted to kill her, but I had to make the call in the moment.”“That’s brilliant news!”He raises an eyebrow, “I was expecting you to be upset.”I shake my head at him. “I’ve wanted her dead since I found out what she did, what she’s been responsible for.”“You are very calm about this.”“Do you realise how many times I wish I had the ability to kill someone? Before I was turned into a Wolf, I mean. Every asshole that hurt me. Every person that caused me pain. My tormentors. And I was never able to.”“That’s the Lycan blood talking.”“Or maybe it’s who I truly am.” I mutterSlouching down in a chair, I felt relieved, at least it hadn’t be
RexI hurry across the grounds. Elsa runs quietly behind me.“Did he say what’s wrong?” She asks.We slow to a walk as we approach their house“No, but it didn’t sound good.”Rosa comes out of the house first. She shakes her head a little, signalling that the twin in question didn’t make it.Oliver appears with the dead pup in his arms. There was so much pain etched in his eyes as he looked straight ahead. “He didn’t survive.” Oliver whispers“I thought everything was good?” I look at Rosa as Oliver answers“He stopped breathing. There was nothing that we or Rosa could do. He wasn’t strong enough. His lungs and heart were too weak.”His words were coming out in a singular tone. Repeating the words he had been told.“I’m sorry,” Elsa whispers from behind me.Oliver locks on to Elsa. “You’re sorry? If it weren’t for you. He would be thriving.”I place myself between them, blocking his view of her. “It’s not Elsa’s fault.”“No, she’s right. It’s yours.” He shakes his head at me. “Zara w
RexOliver and Zara eventually return for James. Oliver appeared calmer, though his eyes searched the room.“She isn’t here.” I mutter, knowing full well he was looking for Elsa.“I wanted to apologise. I was out of order.” Oliver mumbles.“You held a knife to her throat. She’s pretty upset.”“And he thoroughly regrets it!” Zara tells me while glaring at Oliver with her hands on her hips“I do. I was out of line. Rosa gave me something to calm me and now I see how I reacted. That it was my own grief for my child.”“Oliver, you are my Beta, my best friend. But if you ever pull that shit again, there will be no second chance. I won’t wait for Rosa. I will snap your neck myself.”“Understood. It won’t happen again.”“Good.”“Will you tell her I’m sorry?”“Oh no!” Zara mutters. “You will be telling her yourself!”“You will have to wait until morning anyway. She has gone to bed. Zara, why don’t you take James home, I need to have a word with Oliver.”She nods her head, kissing Oliver on th
Elsa Five months had passed since I killed Kyra. Some nights, her face still haunts me and Rex needs to remind me that I killed her. That there was no way she was coming back this time. There had been no sightings of Vampires, making Kyra right about one thing. She took us on alone. Maybe she really had been ready to die. Fingers click in my face. “Daydreaming?” I smile at Rex as he hands me a juice. He kisses me on the cheek and then kisses my very swollen belly. “I can’t help it.” I whisper, taking a mouthful of the juice. “There hasn’t been a problem in months. Everyone is happy.” “What about Oliver? he still hasn’t forgiven you.” “He never will. I was the reason he lost his mate.” “But…” “It doesn’t matter. I would be the same if I lost you. Now drink, I want our boy to be strong.” I roll my eyes at him. It still wasn’t a hundred percent certain that we were having a boy or girl. “Why don’t we just go and see Fern? She has a machine that can tell us.” He pleads. He h
RexIt takes a few hours for one of the guards to locate Rosa. They find her unconscious and in her underwear. Tied to a tree and gagged in the deepest part of the forest.Her blonde hair was a mess, she had scrapes and bruises all over her, but she insisted she is fine. That worse things have happened to her.She stands next to me as we both look on over Elsa.“Still no sign.” I mutter. She had been barely conscious when we found Kyra. By the time Elsa was dropped to the ground, she was completely unconscious and she had been that way since. That was three days ago.I couldn’t find a single mark on her. No bullet holes. No strange scent coming from her mouth. The baby’s heart was beating normally too and yet, she couldn’t wake up.“I have tried everything.” Rosa murmurs.“I know.”“No, you don’t understand. There is nothing else. No other medicine. No herbal remedy. No concoction. Her heart is beating perfectly and so is the heart of the unborn pup. I cannot find anything wrong.”“I
RexNo one had seen Rosa. She had just vanished.For a brief second, I feel Elsa. Pure dread washes over her.‘Elsa, talk to me.’ I link as I hurry back towards Rosa’s cottage. "Is something wrong? Is it the pup?"Links start coming in from Oliver and other guards in the forest. Lycans had been found dead. Silver bullets in their heads or their hearts.‘It’s not Rosa’. Elsa is somehow keeping calm. ‘It’s Kyra. I can kill her.’‘Elsa, you can’t shift. You are pregnant.’Her fear kicks in as she realises she is at a massive disadvantage.As I approach Rosa’s cottage, I feel Elsa’s pain.‘Elsa you need to keep talking.’ But there was silence and she wasn't here.‘Elsa?’Pushing open the door of the cottage, I find it empty, the fire in the fireplace had gone out a long time ago.‘Elsa, where are you?’‘Forest.’ She whispers back which is followed by a cry of pain.Zara and Oliver come running towards me.“We have been breached.” Oliver mutters.“I know that. It’s Kyra, she portrayed hers
ElsaHis grey eyes don’t leave mine as his brain puts together what I was trying to say. It was the birth of Zara and Olivers twins that had freaked me out. The fact that one twin was fine and the next minute, he was gone and nothing could have helped him. I was certain it was me, that I had brought my bad luck with me and I was afraid of something happening to James.The day that I realised I was late on my period. I freaked out because I didn’t want children. Knowing that I would be a bad mother. Nor was I ready for them. Not with everything that's happening right now.Rosa had taken one look at me and said I was pregnant. One single look. She told me that she would find me a test to confirm it.I hadn’t said anything to anyone. I didn’t understand how she knew. She encouraged me to talk to Rex, she told me that he would be happy. Of course he would. He had openly said it. I was the problem. Me not him.It was now. I had to tell him now before he got himself killed.His hand pushes
Rex“She’s panicking.” I mutter as Oliver hangs up the phone to one of the Alpha’s“Do you want to go and check on her? I can keep making calls.”“She said she stubbed her toe.”He smiles as he tries not to laugh. “She doesn’t quite understand the matebond does she?”“No. Our bond is different to what she had with Nate. She probably doesn’t understand that I know she’s lying or the fact I can feel it.”“You should tell her.”“I will, but not right now. It's only something she has heard. It's nothing major. Plus, she’s with Rosa, maybe it’s something Rosa has said, but right now, we need to prepare for the meeting at two.”He rings around to a few other packs. Oliver was pretty much getting the same response I was. They weren't happy, but they agreed to the meeting.“That’s the last of the Alpha’s.” Oliver mutters as he hangs up. “They have all agreed.”“And they are all pissed about it.” I groan“Do you blame them? We haven’t had to discuss Vampires in a long time. They’re not stupid
Elsa“You hit me?” I mutter, rubbing my cheek after I slammed my hand against her face.“You are not yourself. I need you to snap out of it. We all do.”“I’m fine.” I mutter, but I wasn’t sure if that was true. My mind seemed to be running at a million miles an hour. Different images popping into my head. I was trying to remember what Kyra had said the last time I saw her. If there was even a hint of a plan in her words. I couldn’t. All I could remember was her horrible smug smile. “Elsa?” Rex smiles, slipping his hand between the front seats and reaching for mine.I take his warm fingers in mine. His calmness was reassuring. How he was always calm when chaos surrounded me, I will never understand.“Just breathe.”For a few moments, I do as he says. Pushing all the bad thoughts from my head. Trying to give myself a clear mind so that I could think straight.“She’s here.”All three of them nod.“I’m not crazy?”“No. You are right.” Rex’s brow furrows. “Somehow, she is alive.”“Or sh
Rex“Elsa, Kyra is dead. I killed her myself.”“You’re wrong!” She snaps at me as she tries to look around me.“Elsa, I broke her neck. She couldn’t have survived that. Humans don't survive that.”Her eyes are wide. “I know what I saw.”“I know. But it’s just your mind playing tricks on you after everything you have been through.”“Tricks?”“You have been through a lot and it’s finally catching up with you.” I try to wrap my arms around her, but she shakes her head at me.“She survived once.” She mutters. “Someone saved her before.”“This time it’s different. You have to trust me.” I should have asked Rosa for some help before I left. Maybe a tonic or something that could have helped Elsa.Her eyes refocus on mine. The darkness slowly disappears until I see those beautiful baby blues.She gets back in the car. Her knee jiggles as we pull away. Her hands tie themselves up in knots.She keeps looking behind us.“There is no one there.” I rest my hand on her thigh and her knee stops jigg
RexElsa was gone by the time I woke up. In her place in my arms was her pillow. She was pretty good at getting away if she needed to. I was massive in comparrison to her.She hadn’t been gone long, her scent was still strong. Maybe an hour tops.Dressing, I follow her scent through the house and out the front door. “Alpha Rex!” Zara calls out to me. She hurriedly paces towards me with James strapped to her chest“Zara, I’m a little busy.”“I know.” She matches my strides. “You’re looking for Elsa. I can save you the trouble. She’s with Rosa.”“Why?”She shrugs her shoulders at me. “It seemed important but I didn’t think it was my place to ask. Maybe she has gone to ask Rosa for some help. Elsa hasn’t really said much since the plane or the meeting. I’m sure she must be grieving to a point.”“Maybe, maybe not.” I turn ready to head in Rosa’s direction. Thinking about how she broke down in the shower yesterday.“Has she said anything to you? About how she killed Corina?”“No.”“Alpha,
ElsaThe plane touched down and just like before, there were cars waiting for us. People looking on eagerly. Rex must have told them already.Oliver runs towards us, embracing Zara and lifting her off the ground. He thanks Rex for bringing her home. And quickly starts asking questions, wanting to know what happened.“Debrief back at the house.” Rex mutters. His hand had been on mine the entire time since he had pulled me on his lap. Almost afraid to let me go.The car ride is quiet. Rex’s eyes would fall on me every few minutes. I could feel his worry. The concern that he had for me. He wanted to ask me questions but I knew he would wait until we were alone.Even when Rex invites them in so they could talk, he still refuses to let go of me. Maybe it was his touch, holding me together like glue. Preventing me from having some kind of melt down.They sit around the glass table. Already talking about what had happened like it was some kind of history story. But it was me. I was the one w