Eden povCold shivers ran down my spine at the mention of the name of the very man who had crushed my heart with the help of my wicked step-mother. Richard knew better than to bring him up, especially in situations as such. I needed to get him out of here, not to chit-chat about a man that held no value in my life. Besides, I still had to think of how to avoid everyone, who apparently wanted to sell me off to some mysterious giants. I had my whole life ahead, but so did Richard and that baby who just lost his mother, so I had to move faster. As I got back to the task of freeing Richard, the door to the cells opened and shut with such force, the sound echoed against the walls. I froze and held my breath, for some reason, thinking no one would notice me standing there if only I didn’t breathe. Not that I left two dismembered bodies behind either, eh? “Told you she’s a wild one. Knew that ever since I saw that spark in her eyes.” Although his voice was laced in so much pride, I felt
Unknown pov“Is she near?” I asked the general. “I believe so,” the general grunted, skimming through the paperwork. I still had no idea why he wanted that bug-sized girl. He had mentioned something about how precious her blood was, but even without her, we could survive for a couple of hundred years on the frozen reserves we had. Deep down, I knew there had to be more than blood. The general had never acted this out of character, he had never wandered the place like a lost child, stuck in his mind. But what could be the reason for a man such as a general to act like that? Ever since I had known him, he has been the most level-headed individual I’ve had the pleasure to meet. A loud groan caught my attention and pulled me out of my thoughts. General sat down and tossed some of the paper pages away, making more frustrated sounds. “What’s wrong?” I asked, careful not to appear too excited to find out more. Out of all of us, he was the one who hated any display of curiousness the
Eden povEverything happened so fast, I couldn’t follow it all. At this point, unbeknownst to me, somehow I had managed to position Titus in a way his head laid on my thighs and my hand cupped his cheek. His breathing was labored and eyes kept closing. I didn’t feel the burning in my throat, despite the blood that gushed out of him and even Kanox did nothing but howl in agony. “Don’t you dare to die on me, Titus! Don’t you dare!” I hissed at him as I tried to focus on nothing but his heartbeat. Although I wanted to watch how Xabat dealt with Asher and his fucking friend, I couldn’t bring myself to pull my gaze away from Titus. I feared he would give up if I didn’t keep watching him. “Do I look like a dead giveaway?” Titus chuckled, still finding a way to add another joke even in a situation as such. I couldn’t hold back the tears anymore. I had always known Titus was important to us, but I barely found out that he was so much more than I thought just minutes ago. I couldn’t lose
Lucius povAll I saw was red. Not for a second did Xabat allow me to see what was happening. He didn’t stop at locking me out of the body, no, he locked me out completely. I could still hear Eden’s screams in the background, but I couldn’t tell even one word apart. Xabat claimed she was cheering us on, demanding bloodbath, but I wasn’t that sure anymore as he was blinded by rage and hurt. It felt like we found our third piece of happiness just moments ago, all for those fuckers to take it away from us. Neither of us was willing to give up on Titus. We refused to let the guilty ones live for what they did. Only when Xabat stopped did he let me see the aftermath. I had seen many awful things, burned down my fair share of vicious packs and killed even more, but the view… I think I vomited in my mouth a little. Within a second, I stood next to my lovers, completely naked. Eden couldn’t stop muttering something, but what worried me more was the fact that I could barely hear Titus’ hea
Lucius povOne by one, seconds passed and turned into minutes. Then, minutes turned into hours and at one point, I realized the night had passed by without any changes. Xabat was growling restless. He insisted Eden was looking for us and the fact that Titus didn’t open his eyes started to worry us both. It couldn’t be that this didn’t work. Doing what I did was the biggest damn risk I had taken in my life, but I still refused to let myself think of the possibility of failure. Titus had to live. If I didn’t manage to keep him alive, I would find someone to bring him from dead and then kill him myself simply because he didn’t fight for his life. Our mate wasn’t a coward, he never gave up, so I hoped he wouldn’t give up now either. “It’s still a possibility,” Xabat muttered, catching me off guard. “Huh?” Was the only word I could form, stuck in the haunting thoughts. “Titus, not making it. Don’t get me wrong, the same as you, I refuse to believe it could be a possibility, but we c
Eden povI couldn’t deny that although I knew Lucius asked me to leave for a reason, I still felt hurt. The fact that I couldn’t be near while Titus was in critical condition broke me. Titus was as much mine as he was Lucius, wasn’t he? Besides, I wasn’t starving, even with all that blood surrounding me. And yet, I did what I was told and left them behind. It had to be the hardest thing I had ever done, but deep down, I knew it was for the best. Even as I navigated my way through the forest, Kanox tried to calm me. At first, I didn’t walk far from the castle. I hid aside for about ten minutes just to return, free Richard and get him the medical attention he needed. Then, I found the baby those bastards were hiding and locked the men in the cell that was used to torture Richard. There were a couple of men I recognized, so I ensured they caught all the newcomers and locked them away until Lucius could deal with the traitors. During the process, I found out that the new head of sec
Eden povAll anger and annoyance faded from Kanox as the hunters were getting closer. Once they were in a distance I could see them, I realized he was right. They were, indeed, carrying a massive metal cage. Now, that made me think about their target. Who were they planning to catch? Clearly, they didn’t think of killing anyone if they brought that cage. Their intention had to be to kidnap someone. “Help!” I screamed and dug my nails in my leg, to add more pain to my voice. The men dropped the cage and ran towards me. It was getting a little hard to fake fear and pain without breaking out in laughter. But, since I had changed and learned so many things about hunters from the hunters themselves, I knew the only thing they did was make the so-called ‘monsters’ forget their humanity. If they didn’t go out of their way to hurt and kill, no one would bother them. “There. A girl! See, I told you I heard a scream!” One of the men shouted as he was getting closer to me. To up my game,
Lucius povThat day, when I took Titus back home, both of us were excited to see Eden. What we didn’t expect was to meet her in front of the castle just as we returned, covered in blood from head to toes. She refused to tell us what had happened even after a whole week passed. During the week, we carefully followed Titus’ recovery step by step. He got better, almost perfect health and it seemed that he was adjusting to his new self. Leo took the change pretty easily so that was a massive weight that was taken off my chest. And yet, up to this day, Eden still refused to tell either of us what she did in the woods that night we spent in the damn cave. It didn't matter how many times Titus and I asked the questions. We even tried to bribe her with the weirdest offers and she still refused to budge.What we did find out from her was that Asher was connected to giants somehow. He had gotten a family member in, that was how he found an easy access to the castle. The thoughts ran throug