Zirah's POV The car was moving at a steady pace with our car in the middle, while two cars were flanking us both at the front and at the rear of the car.While I understood the need for security, I felt four cars were a bit overkill and I said so to Noah."No, it's not. We have no idea what we're going to meet out here, not to mention we're also going to pick up precious cargo," he cooed, tapping at Amber's cheeks while he spoke. "I didn't want to leave anything to chance.""That makes sense," I murmured, seeing the logic in his decision.His gaze lingered on my bloody and soot-filled face, trying to figure out what happened but I was in no mood to start explaining, not after the day I'd had.After a hot meal, warm bed, and several days of rest, not necessarily in that order I might be willing to talk more about the experience I had here.He seemed to get that and swallowed back what he had to say."I was so worried about you."He moved closer to me, surrounding me with his warmth wh
Damon's POV IT ALL started with the letter.After I'd sent Zirah away and was tired of the incessant meetings, I was outside sipping my scotch trying to blot away the ever-present image of Helen's dead body when I got it.I'd just been debating on how it seemed like Tristan had disappeared off the face of the earth, every effort expended to find him was futile neither was he picking up my calls.I got that he didn't agree with what I did and was frustrated with me, but he was my brother, who shouldn't have abandoned me when I needed him the most.Nevertheless, I would shrug off his betrayal and show him that I could be a stronger and better Alpha without him.I was done with my late evening walk and was about to walk into the house when I saw the piece of paper fluttering on the wide steps of the back porch.The paper which turns out to actually be a letter was held down by a rock.I looked around the area, not hearing or seeing anyone, and approached cautiously to pick up the paper
Damon's POV I Jumped blindly into the fray with no weapon except my fists.The first man came my way and I made quick work of him, grabbing his gun and emptying several bullets into his body.I hoisted the gun and made my way to the front of the house, careful that I remained out of sight of others.From here, I could see men shifters, coming down from armored trucks with guns drawn and their claws unsheathed, out to attack their fellow shifters.I looked around in confusion, wondering what madness this was.Fellow shifters attacking their own.I kept on trying to clear a path between the men coming at us and my own people, seeing some of my men gone reinvigorated me to get to the root of this.As I came closer to the entrance, another boom rocked the house and I peeked out the window, I saw some men get a missile ready to launch.I wondered if they wanted to level the house to the ground, luckily, my men intercepted them and killed them.Out front, more men started to pour in throug
Damon's POV Diego and Jack were able to get out communication system up and running again, and this way we could communicate with all our pack members, ushering them to safe locations and trying to keep a secure line open so anyone could reach out to us.I called all my betas, enforcers, and some lesser alphas scattered around the city to the, soliciting their help to keep our city safe from intruders.Unfortunately, a few had defected and was fighting alongside Ramsey but we still had the larger percentage on our side.With that, I gave out orders and went out myself with my highly skilled team to protect my city.So far, we have managed to drive them out of the city's square, killing or capturing the traitors that we could but they were still very much present in the lower part of the city.They were not easy opponents to deal with, and we sustained a lot of casualties on our side but we kept on using our strategy which had worked excellently up till now.Attack with force and prec
Zirah's POV "Hey!" The sound of Noah's voice floating into the room jolted me from my wayward thoughts, and I guilty dropped the phone on the table, face down before I turned to look at him."You okay?" He searches my face before looking down at the phone and back at my face."Yeah, I'm good." I hastily replied trying to keep my expression vacant but I could still see the suspicion in his eyes."I just wanted to ask if you'll come down for dinner." He said let it go."I'll be right down," I replied, pasting a bright smile on my face.Once he left, however, the smile slipped from my face and I fell back into the cushion of the pillows, letting out a small scream which was muffled by the number of pillows surrounding me.Ever since we got back, Noah was still himself but after asking me again what transpired in there, I was nervous and fumbled.I mixed up the story before hastily correcting it but now he doesn't believe me anymore, he thinks there's more to why I hightailed it out of t
Damon's POV "Tristan!" I yelled out his name as he ran along with his comrades, planning to escape using the air vents.He skidded to a stop upon hearing my voice, before turning slowly to face me.His men were running away while some were regrouping, and he looked torn between going to join them or hearing me out.Seeing his indecision, I jumped into that moment of weakness."Brother, please don't do this." I was pleased hoping to sway him to change his mind and ditch these traitors.He was the only family I had left, I didn't want to lose him.His face twisted into anger upon my sentence, before morphing into blazing hatred."Brother?"He spat out, mocking me. "I am not your brother, never have been."I was stunned at his hatred for me."Look, I don't know what I did to make you feel this way but whatever it is, I'm sorry Tristan.I just want you back home.""Home?This has never been my home, it's always been yours!"My brows furrowed in confusion, as I sought to make sense of wha
Zirah's POV Noah has been avoiding me for some days, and I was tired of it so I went looking for him.Being here already made me so uncomfortable, if he wasn't fine with me staying, the least he could have the decency to say it to my face.After checking his office, the training room, the woods, and the gardens and not finding him anywhere I decided to give up my search, feeling deflated.As I passed by, I spied the guard and I perked up after getting the genius idea to ask him."Hey, have you seen Noah?"I asked the ever-unsmiling guard stationed outside the entrance.He jumped a bit as if surprised that I spoke to him before composing himself, folding his body into his former position."No, ma'am." I wait for him to expatriate but after a couple of seconds of his stony silence, I realized that was all he was going to say.Just 'No'.Nevertheless, I tried not to be discouraged."Do you know where he is?"I turn towards him trying to get him to look at me."I don't know ma'am."He st
Damon's POV The pain of losing Zirah compiled with the grief of losing my best friend, my brother was just too much to bear.S o I hibernated for a while.I retreated from the pack and went far away I told Diego I needed some time away from my duties and responsibilities as an Alpha to the Autumn pack so I handed him the temporary reins of the pack, rest assured it was in safe hands.Before I left though, I made sure all the traitors had been apprehended, then I marched over to Ramsey's place and rounded up who I could, but unfortunately, the bastard escaped. I declared a manhunt for his head, claiming the person to find it would be rewarded handsomely.I was still bitter from the loss of my brother, my only family the pain I felt could only be resolved by watching the blood drain from Peytr's body with my own hands.I sent people to look for him. I wouldn't rest until he's dead or six feet below the ground.Looking for anything to fill the emptiness in my heart, I steered my thoughts