KADE Elle’s eyes looked around at her people, and it looked like she was overwhelmed with their choice to come out and search for Jesse. However, I also saw the hesitancy in her eyes. “I appreciate the fact that you guys want to help, but I refuse risk you out there. Dulaney’s the one who’s responsible. Please just stay here,” she begged them. There were fifteen of them, and each of them shook their head to her request. Their decision was absolute and would not change. There was determination in their eyes that said she would not win this fight. “Elle, we all love you and would do anything for you. That’s why we’re going. You saved us from him time and again, taking all of those punishments onto yourself even when we begged you not to. We’re not letting you go without us,” one of the guys said adamantly. My eyes shot to Gabriel in question. I was starting to understand why Elle, him, and Paula had their reactions to this Dulaney guy. I was not entirely certain if I wanted to find
ELLE I really had intended to tell him everything by now, but it was like the universe was keeping this conversation at a standstill. It was annoying, but there was nothing that I could do about it. We would discuss it once we got Jesse to safety. He was understanding despite the lack of an explanation. ‘I had to wait until the proper time to showcase the truth of our power,’ Faye said. I always knew that Faye was a very special wolf. I did not realize just how special she was. We kept her away from everyone. Gabriel had been the only other person that had seen Faye because Selene advised me to keep her identity a secret from the pack. I was very surprised when the Council’s warriors bowed towards Faye. She was not surprised at all though. Like I often said – she was privy to a lot that I was not. ‘Why did they bow?’ I asked her. ‘We’re descendants of Selene. Wolves are drawn to her aura, wishing to be in her presence. Their wolves could feel our power and recognized the same type
KADE Vince linked Tyre about all of this because it was dangerous knowledge for anyone else to know about her. ‘She was visited by Selene the first time when she was ten and told that she’d face great adversity, but it would make her stronger and would need that strength in the future. Elle was told that her destiny would be painful but would be worth it. The night that she was rejected, Selene brought Elle to her realm and told her the truth that she was Selene’s descendant. There’s great power inside of her that’ll make her pack prosper, become unstoppable, and become the most powerful pack in history. The pack will do many great things for our kind according to Selene. Her power will be blocked for now until the right time comes and is where she needs to be in your pack. This is the destiny that you both share.’ I was absolutely stunned as I listened to what he was telling me. That was the truth that she wanted to share with me. The one that she felt I could be trusted with. I re
KADE “Thompson we have a problem. Someone used a missing and attacked Omega to lure all of us out to the woods, knowing that Elle wouldn’t leave him there. They utilized many rogues as a distraction to get to her. They knocked her out with wolfsbane and disappeared with her before we realized what even happened. They used scent blockers to cover their scent as well as hers. We tried to find her trail but couldn’t,” I explained. I heard him let out a few profanities and heard a door slam shut in the background. It was silent on his end until the other Alphas were also brought into the call. How much did I tell them about who she was, her destiny, and her lack of memories? ‘All of it,’ the Goddess responded to my thoughts. So, I told them everything from start to finish what Gabriel shared with me tonight. They listed carefully and did not interrupt. Then I also added in everything else this pack was allowed to do. I aired out the Alpha’s dirty laundry, and Gabriel added in many thi
KADE ‘Have them take the collar and shackles off Eric for a minute. I will give his wolf complete control. Since Elle is not here to give him some final words, I want you to do it. Give him solace and tell him that I will bring Elle to visit him before I give him to another human. I have selected his counterpart, and he is from an allied pack of yours. The wolf will remember everything when he is reborn. It will allow them both to help their future mate,’ the Goddess told me. “The Goddess wishes for you to unshackle and uncollar Eric. She’ll be giving full control to his wolf and wants some specific things said to him before it’s time,” I told Thompson. He knew that I meant before he died. He nodded his head and removed them before helping him to sit in a chair. Green shimmers showed that his wolf was in control, so I sat in a chair in front of him and waved Gabriel over too. “I’m Kade. What’s your name?” I asked him. “Grant,” he said quietly. He lowered his eyes away from mine.
ELLE My body felt weighed down by some unseen force within the darkness. Everything hurt. Goddess, I had never once felt pain like this before even though I was personally acquainted with all types of pain. This felt like lava was flooding through my veins. My body was stuck in limbo while the pain raged without mercy. That was until the burning lava began to diminish. It was not done quickly, but the fact that it lessened at all was an answer to my unspoken prayers. The first thing that I noticed was that there were other people here too. My senses came back little by little. My hearing was the first sense, so I did my best to remain unmoving as the rest made their journey from the Valley of Bones into the land of the living. “How long do you think it’ll take for the bastard Alpha to give up looking for her?” My mind was still foggy, but I would recognize that voice anywhere. It was one I often heard in my nightmares. The ones when I was asleep and awake. Dulaney was the last per
KADE Everyone was giving me breathing room because I was wound up very tightly. We needed to find her, and we needed to find her now. The ticking of the clock did nothing but crank up my anxiety. Apollo noticed my glare earlier and had already removed both clocks in the room. He was too good of a friend and Beta. I always prided myself on control. It was required as an Alpha. Gramps and my father both instilled that into me from a very young age. Temper tantrums as a pup were used as teaching moments. There was a time when I was four that cried and wailed because the wheel on my toy car broke off. That was not an issue at all looking back, but it was devastating as a pup. My father came to me and asked me what was wrong. I showed him the car and held it out for him to fix. My father shook his head and told me that he would not fix it. He shattered my heart into a million pieces with his words. “I won’t fix it, son. But I’ll sit with you and help you learn to fix it yourself. You ca
GABRIEL I met my best friend on the worst day of my life. It was that moment that drew us together, creating an inseparable bond that was eventually blessed by Selene. My parents joined the Blue Crest pack right around the time that Alpha Andrew took his title. Life was not as bad for Omegas back then. Alpha Andrew believed that his father had been too weak in ruling the over the pack, and the Omegas began being used as bargaining chips to strengthen the pack. My parents died when I was nine, but nobody told me what happened to them. It was not until I was older that I learned the truth. The warriors got carried away with taking out their frustrations. That was what our kind was used for after all. That was our purpose in this godforsaken pack. I was sitting underneath the tree that my father taught me to climb. My heart was broken, and I was crying for their loss. I did not know what to do. I had no parents or family now and was all alone. A girl my age knelt down in front of me