Malachi POV.After the portal closed. I went in search of Mindy. I need to find her. We need to have the conversation.“Don’t be too hard on her. She was only a baby when the attack happened.” Hyde reminds me. Even though I know he is right, something is off with this whole thing.“I know buddy, it’s just I need answers.” I say as I move through the packhouse and find one of the omegas.“Hey, Carley. That female I asked you to show to a room. Where is she?” I ask her and she smiles at me.“I placed her on the guest floor. I think she is showering and changing. Malachi, who is she? She seemed so scared. The poor thing has been through a lot.” She says, and I nod my head. She isn’t wrong.Mindy came here, bruised and bleeding. That was before Aura pounced on her. She was skin and bone. Clearly living like a nomad for a goddess knows how long.“Thank you, I will find her.” I say as I head in the direction of the guest floor. I take the steps two at a time, knowing I don’t have long befor
Dahlia POV.Thorn and I are in the trees surveying the area that surrounds the Silver Moon Pack and Alpha Training Camp. So far, there is nothing untoward. All is quiet, too quiet. So that means either everyone is dead or they have abandoned the area.“This is strange.” I say through the link to Thorn, and he looks at me from his spot in the tree to my left.“I agree. This is something eerily quiet. Too damn quiet, Dah. This could be a trap to lure you out.” He says, and I know I have thought the same thing. But I will not go down without a fight.“Lia, we are coming up behind you.” Brent’s voice enters my head and I turn, looking down when I see them. I smile and nod my head as I look at Thorn, and we both jump down from the trees. Landing gracefully, I wait for them all to approach.“Well, I knew you couldn’t stay away from us.” Dex is the first to hug me and I chuckle, hugging him back.“I know. What can I say? I love you so much.” I say with a chuckle as I’m pulled from him into a
Dahlia POV.I stare down at the man who is the cause of this. The man I didn’t know I was supposed to be mated to.“You brought this on yourself, Silas. All you had to do was come to me and tell me. But you didn’t. Instead, you focused on wanting revenge more. You gave the order to have me raped. How could you do that? It is my right to break the mate bond. I didn’t know I had two mates. You knew and just like Mal, you did nothing, yet I’m to blame. No, fuck you Silas.” I say as I raise the gun and point it at his head. My hand shakes slightly, but I grip it.“Dahlia, don’t do this. You do this, then you are no better than he is.” Thorn says from the side, but I don’t move as I glare down at Silas who is on the floor fighting for his pathetic life.“Dah, Thorn is right. You do this, then you are going down a rabbit hole.” Cel says to me, but I ignore her as I growl and place my finger on the trigger. A silver bullet to his brain will make me feel better.I step closer and press the ba
Dahlia POV.I run from Malchi’s house to the pack house and up the steps I find my mom and tell her what Silas told me and she growls.“She won’t be so stupid to take him straight to her father. We need to track her down and now!” She says as she storms past me.She shifts when she leaves the pack house and I shift as well.“I need something of his.” My mom says and I nod my head as she bolts towards Malchi’s house and I hang back slightly. Malachi is right. This is my fault.“Celeste, move your ass!” my mom shouts and we trot forward.“Mom, I think it’s best I wait here. Malachi won’t want to see me.” I say to her and she looks at me over her shoulder.“Why is that?” she asks, and I look away from her.“Why?” she asks and I tell her what happened and she sighs, shaking her head.“Give him time to cool down. I will go in.” She says as she shifts before knocking on his door. I stay back and sit on my haunches.“Dahlia, don’t let his words get to you. He is just upset.” Cel tries to mak
Malachi POV.I didn’t mean what I said to Dahlia, and I deserved what she did to me. I know it’s not her fault she was helping someone she thought was her friend. But me, I invited the bitch into my home. That is on me. So is my pups kidnapping.“You are a moron, Mal. Dahlia is never going to want us now. If I could, I would fucking kill you,” Hyde snarls out in my mind as he runs alongside Aura and a few warriors. When Aura slows and turns back the way we have just came from.“What’s happening?” I ask and Aura turns her head to me.“She is at the Nightshade Pack. Dahlia is there with her team. We need to move now.” She says and howls, calling the others back to her.“She said she wanted to go home. But Nightshade was never her home. Solar Eclipse was.” I say to her and she nods in agreement as we gain speed, running through trees and leaping over small creeks. What do I do when I see my sister again?“That shouldn’t even be a fucking question, Mal. She drugged us and stole our pup. Y
Dahlia POV.I smirk as I watch the wolves step out. Some have pack scent, others don’t. The nomads. I drag Mindy up by her hair and she screams. I yank her head back as I set my eyes on one wolf in particular.I smirk towards him as he steps forward. He growls at me and I grin like the cheshire cat. I holster my gun. My pack moves to stand behind me. I move her further forward as she whimpers her hand, clawing at my wrist to release her. Oh, I will release her when she is dead.“Alpha Carlise. So nice of you to join us. Come on, you want the bitch? Come and take her.” I say when he doesn’t move. I roll my eyes as I drag her forward again. I can see the anger in his eyes.“Ohhh, I get it. You aren’t here for her, you are here for the prize. For me! Well, if is she is of no further use to you …” He shifts back and holds his hand out. I pull her back to my chest.“Alpha Dahlia, you do this …”“What? It will be war? Please, you already started this war by trying to have me killed and atta
Dahlia POV.Stretching awake, the sunlight fills the room as I sit up in bed, fixing my vest top. Why does this always happen when wearing a vest top to bed? The girls just have to make an appearance out of the sides. Quickly rearranging my top, I pull the quilt back and make my way to the bathroom.Rubbing my eyes, I take in my appearance. Why? I have the worse case of bedhead. And the indentations on my face from the pillow. Fabulous. I grab the toothbrush and brush my teeth, turning on the shower at the same time. Once I have brushed my teeth, I use the toilet and strip out of my clothes, stepping under the hot fall of the water.Letting out a yawn that turns into a sigh, I get to work. Washing my skin and shampooing my hair. Once I’m ready, I switch the shower off and wrap my hair first up in a towel and grab another one to wrap around my body. I leave the bathroom and enter the bedroom.“Fucking hell Lucius. Could you have not told me you were here? You trying to kill me?” I say,
Malachi POV.I watch as Dahlia walks away with Alpha Lucius and I know I’m acting jealous and I shouldn’t be he is mated but it is the way he holds her and smirks at me that I know he is trying to rile me up and it’s working.I wait until they have left and leave the pack house and head to the training grounds. I begin to train the warriors harder than before, trying to release this pent up anger and frustration. After everything that transpired yesterday, I need to release it.“Well, you were a grade A moron, Mal. That we can both agree on.” Hyde has been so kindly pointing out my mistakes since last night and I try my best to block him out, but he is right. I fucked up again. I shouldn’t have said what I did to her. But words can’t be taken back and words hurt more than actually being physically wounded.“Will you give it a fucking rest? I know what I’ve done. I don’t need you reminding me about that.” I snap at him as I slam the warrior to the ground, who whimpers. Shit. I pull him