Karen Later that afternoon, while out in the garden with Raine, she saw the child playing happily, even trying to ask Helga to dance with her, much to her amusement. Karen raised her hands to hide her grin, trying and failing to look sympathetic in front of a disappointed Helga. Helga gave her a quick look, begging to be saved, and with a small laugh she couldn't contain, Karen got to her feet, intending to help her friend by distracting the excited child. Just as she took the first step to intervene, her eyes widened, her breath caught in her throat as if she had been punched in the face, and she froze. Someone was here, barely noticed among the many different auras of scent emanating from Xavier's pack house, but undoubtedly he was here. Without thinking or warning her friends, she turned on her heel so fast that the bones in her ankle cracked and ran towards the front gate guarding the mansion, almost tripping over the clothes Helga had put on. She tried to grab a few strands
Karen At first, she wanted to say something, to help her "friend" when it was obvious that he was worried that Carolina would think he was involved in a romantic relationship with her, but no words came out, her voice stolen by the pain she felt at his rejection of her - in favor of another woman. "You don't have to explain yourself to me," Carolina interrupted. "Do what you want, Rylan. Spend time with my cousin, as I know you've wanted to for a long time." Then Carolina noticed Xavier's presence and nodded her head respectfully before looking meaningfully at a guard. Then Xavier had the man escort her to a room in his pack house. Carolina walked right past Rylan, ignoring him when he called out to her and continued on. As she stared into his face, Karen saw the longing in Rylan's golden eyes that followed Carolina as she walked away, she saw the old love and pain reflected there. Once again, she remembered what he had said, how he had let her go, and she felt completely shattere
Xavier He tightly grasped the small girl beside him, not only to keep her from falling out of his arms as they were running fast but also because he needed the physical closeness with her to mask the discomfort that he was experiencing - as if with the return of her beloved friend, the man she 'loved' was taking her further away from him even though she was still in front of his eyes. For the second time today, another man dared to touch what belonged to him even though it was clear from the scent of her body that she was the mate that he desired. Although the scent of her betrothal wasn't really a true sign since she didn't get it through sexual intercourse as usual, still that scent of him enveloped her body inside and out, which was a very major and clear declaration that she was taken. The first time with the Alpha of the Midnight Pack, Kayden Black almost made him bare his fangs, especially after hearing that the jackass had tried to claim her as his own in the past. Little di
Xavier She must have heard the strange tone in his voice because she looked at him strangely. All he secretly wanted was for her to speak, to answer, to put him out of his misery, because he had to know for sure that it was over for them, even if it would only be the beginning of his despair, he was sure. And hopelessness was what he felt. A miserable and unexciting feeling. A feeling he couldn't escape even if he tried. "Who? Rylan of course," she said with some surprise, as if the answer was obvious, and maybe it was, but not to his clouded mind. "Rylan," he repeated stupidly. Now it was her that seemed desperate, her face showing more than just sorrow as she took a hesitant step towards him. "I meant it back then when I said I wanted to be with you," she wailed, her hands raised and clutched to her chest as if her heart was aching as much as his. Eventually, a surge of hope washed over the pain and lifted him out of his agony. "Please, you have to believe me," she begged, spe
Rylan There were many things he wanted to say to Carolina, but he didn't want any strangers to overhear such an intimate conversation, so he kept quiet, both dreading and impatiently waiting for them to arrive at their destination. When the guard tried to take him in a different direction to his own room, he bared his fangs and rudely told the man to mind his own business. He didn't care that he looked inappropriate following a woman to her room, to be locked up together. The gossipers can speculate to their heart's content without caring. They did not care. What mattered was that he was talking to her. Now, after finally being confined inside her room, his mouth was open but no voice came out. What the hell could he say? He tried to call out to her but stopped before actually saying anything. Before he could understand what was on his mind and voice it, she was ahead of him, and what she said pierced his heart like no other. Walking behind her, just inches from her back, he said c
Maya She now remembered her dream from that night. She was holding her beloved Karen in her arms when all of a sudden Nathaniel aka Nathan killed her right in front of her eyes. Gasping for breath, she stumbled over to the wall and leaned her hands against the solid wall. She was struggling to breathe. She could not get enough air into her lungs. She felt suffocated. "It was only a dream," she said breathlessly, trying to use her own voice to separate truth from fiction. "It's just a dream! It's not real." But not for long. If Chase Goldstein wants something, he wants to be able to get that thing. Her hand trembled in her throat with terror. If she didn't do something to save Karen now, she would die, and she couldn't stand that. Love won out over honor with just a hint of consciousness. Once again she ran through the corridors of the house, ignoring the guards who blocked her way. But what could she do? Her presence and her adamant refusal to allow Chase to kill Karen could lead
Karen If he attacked her, would she really stand a chance against an Alpha? And if there was a fight, would she try to kill him? Surely she would start a war between the Bloodmoon Pack and the Westwood Pack if she managed to kill Chase before he killed her, which she couldn't do. Should she bind him? At least long enough for her to escape? Rage turned the handsome face of the Alpha Bloodmoon Pack into a terrible snarl. "You had the audacity to wound my daughter with one of your spirit arrows, and even attempt to kill her, and then take her from me. I have come here to pay you back with your miserable life, you filthy hybrid." She didn't have a chance to answer. Instead, Chase lunged at her. With a surge of her spiritual energy, she fell to the ground with the speed of a wolf's aura energy, forming a barrier around her bent form. The smaller the barrier, the less energy she had to use to create it. It didn't matter. Chase lunged with such force that her shield swayed. He growled
Xavier His mind was sharp, his goal was to find his target and eliminate him once and for all, but as he took his next running step, the shock almost froze him in place. Karenina. Her scent wafted here, not at his pack house where she would be safe. The scent was fresh, so strong in the air, she must have passed this way only moments ago. And there was something else. Helga's scent was here, too. A snarl curled up his upper lip, revealing fangs pointed with unusual fury. What was her servant doing taking Karen from his place? His heart thudded as he realized where the two women's tracks led - to the gap in the barrier Nathaniel had created. And then he was there, standing where Nathan had broken through, but as if it had never happened, the barrier was solid, the hole patched. Before he could answer the questions swirling through his mind, Rylan arrived with Carolina. "Xavier! Where is he?! I know he's here. I can smell that filthy bastard. Where's Nathan?" Rylan shouted. Though