Up next will be Tyre's perspective with Faye.
TYRE Kade and I always longed to find the one that the Goddess chose specifically for us. Every wolf desired their mate because only through them would true completion be found. Part of us had slowly started giving up hope of finding her because six years had gone by since it became possible. Little did we realize it was because our mate had not reached eighteen until right before we met her. Mate was everything that we could ever desire. She was strong, fierce, gorgeous inside and out, and took care of her people no matter what it cost her. It tore us apart to know what pain she suffered all these years. She was a child thrust into Hell and nobody came for her. She had Gabriel, but not even that fully saved her. They had to endure things that nearly everyone would never be able to relate to. It killed us that our own pack members hurt Mate. However, she still carried on and still survived. She was a warrior and completely unbreakable. Then we had Faye, my kitty. I had never laid e
ELLE “Do you plan on cluing us into why you have a medieval torture table set up?” I asked Dante. The table was laden with everything from different blades to jars to syringes to bowls of herbs. He called us all into his suite but did not explain the reason. That was how Glenn, Cara, Kade, I, Chris, Lindsey, Apollo, Gabriel, their mates, and my parents all came to be standing around, looking at Dante curiously. “Trust me that this is not a torture table. It would be far more fucking creative if it was. This is our table of fucking protection and peace of mind,” he quipped. I loved his personality so damn much. He had a witty response to everything and loved the word fuck, but it was purely Dante, and it made me happy to see that he was not afraid to be himself. Dante pulled out a chair for me and waited until I was sitting to explain the purpose of this all. “I read through the book and came to some disturbing conclusions. Before I get into that, this table will be used to not o
ELLE I blinked my eyes to refocus on the room. Concern laced everyone’s gazes as they looked at me. “You all okay?” I asked, looking around the room. “Are we okay? What the fucking hell just happened to you? Your eyes went completely white, and nothing we said or did could get you to respond,” Dante explained. That would definitely explain the concern. I was still trying to wrap my head around what I just witnessed and learned. It was so far outside of my wheelhouse, but I bet Dante would be able to help me understand it all. “I’ll explain everything if I can get a piece of plain paper and pencil or something to draw with,” I said, taking a long drink of the refreshing water that Gabriel handed to me. Dante wasted no time in grabbing a sketchbook and a set of charcoal pencils. This would definitely work well. This was either Dante’s or Chris’ drawing tools. I set to work drawing Bandore while I explained what happened with excruciating detail because I did not want even the slig
ELLE “Why do you call me Lady Elle instead of just Elle?” I asked him curiously. “Does it bother you?” he asked instead of just answering. I shook my head. “You are my charge and very important. It is the way of my kind. My mother would smack me if I did not show you the respect that you deserve.” His eyes narrowed at the mischievous smirk that found its way onto my face. I just held my hands up in surrender. “Janina is a friend of mine and reached out to me, inquiring about Light Fae essence for a remedy to disrupt a tracker of Dark Fae. I asked her who it was for, so that is why I insisted it be mine. I had a feeling that she knew I was your Protector which is why she contacted me directly. Please explain to me what happened with the Zeltenea.” I looked to Dante because this was his area of expertise, and he seemed to enjoy talking about it when given the chance. He leaned forward with a smirk and recounted the story. My eyes remained on Caiathus because I wanted to see what ty
KADE I had held my mate while she slept last night. Part of me was wary of falling asleep because I felt like I was failing to protect her at every fucking turn lately. Elle had been through so much horror in her life, but more was still coming for her. She had always been a strong pillar of support for her people, and the only way that she could get through each day was to push aside what she could just to keep moving forward. My heart shattered for her when she broke down about feeling those bastards. People always took what they wanted from her, and I had no idea how she was so fucking strong to keep going, but she did. I wanted to destroy every single entity that ever forced a tear from her eye or touched what never belonged to them. Sadly, reality did not work like that. “Here you go,” Apollo said, breaking me away from my thoughts. I took the coffee and thanked him. I was not certain how much sleep I actually got last night, but I knew that it was not much. “Darling, you h
ELLE Cara had been all for helping out. It was like I offered cotton candy to a toddler. That was her level of pure excitement. I should be wary, but it was endearing. That was how we found ourselves seated in a large conference room. My mother, Ansley, Vienna, and those females from my previous pack were also accounted for during this planning phase. I rethought the fact that it was endearing when Cara opened up a large binder and a detailed slide show. “Wipe that fear off your face, sweetheart. Every detail will pull together until your mate has the breath ripped away from him as he finally sets eyes upon you,” Cara said the exact words that I needed to hear in order to push it all away. I gave her a grateful smile. There was no way in hell I would even know where to start with planning, so I was thankful to have guidance. Five hours ticked by until we had everything planned out, assigned, and were confident in our choices. Kareena had already fitted me for the dress and took
KADE Hold on. Please just hold on. ‘He dared to hurt Mate,’ Tyre snarled in my head. Failure again. I promised her that she would be safe, but I could not even keep her safe when I was three feet away from her. My body would not stay still, so I was pacing the length of the hallway while I waited to hear an update. Anything. I just needed to know that she was okay. It was like a clip stuck on repeat. Apollo must have picked something up from Troy because he lunged for him, but the hidden knife left his hand before Apollo ripped him away. The knife was thrown straight for my mate’s neck and hit the mark. I would never be able to unsee what she looked like with a knife sticking out of her neck. I was a shit mate. Elle deserved so much better than me. My love was not enough to keep her safe, and I never once thought that my fucking pack would end up causing my mate so much pain. Troy was a dead man. I would bask in his screams of agony as I fileted his flesh from his fucking body.
ELLE “I don’t think that’s an appropriate outfit, darling,” Kade said as his eyes swept over every inch of my look. My body turned towards the mirror, and I did not see the problem. I had black skinny jeans on with a maroon top with capped sleeves that tucked at my waist and had embellishments around my chest. The jeans were paired with a pair of leather boots that went up to mid-calf. “What’s wrong with it?” I asked. I actually really liked it, but if it was not appropriate then I could change. My mate wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me back into his body. His tongue traced my earlobe before nipping it. “It’ll take every ounce of patience I have in order to fuck you wherever we are.” ‘He really should start doing that. It’ll keep all the other females away from him,’ Faye supplied. ‘And all the males away from Mate. Good thinking, Kitty,’ Tyre purred. My head turned to take in the time and I wanted to scream. Now I was horny and had to go deal with stupidity instead