TOMAS POV
how dare she even think leaving me was on the table for her, if anyone was going to leave anyone it would be me leaving her. I was not going to let her leave me for any reason. I left her room angry that she had tried to escape, for some reason what made me all the more angry was the fact that she was making me feel like I was some kind of monster and she was blaming me for it. I mean it wasn't my fault that she was an Omega and wasn't fit to be Luna
I also couldn't help the way I wanted her all the time, all the time and I couldn’t get enough of her, I lusted for her so much to the extent that I was now even risking getting caught with her just to get to touch her body. I wished Miranda was not an Omega because that would make this whole thing easier for me and maybe I would be able to leave Cindy for her. But she was an Omega and had no parents, how were the pack members going to respect either of us if she was my Luna?
Lately, I had been sleeping better and that was probably because I had started getting intimate with Miranda but I knew I would sleep even better if I was spending the whole night in the same bed with her, and that was because I had spent the previous night with her. I didn't even want to imagine how I would live without her close to me.
MIRANDA’S POV
After my unsuccessful attempt to escape Tomas, I was in so much pain. The pain felt like it wasn't only caused by the beating that Tomas had given me and I felt that there was more to it. Tomas had beaten me before but never had the pains felt like they were coming from the inside, so this was new to me.
I thought if I slept I would wake up feeling better but I was still feeling the same way the following morning.
Tomas never came to give me breakfast and that made me feel worse, for some reason I really wanted to see him.
“Are you ok?” asked Sandra the Omega who had been serving me, she had finally reminded me of her name. She has been a little surprised by the fact that I had forgotten her name since we had worked together but ever since I had been locked up, my brain was barely functioning.
“Yeah I am fine,” I said after throwing up for what felt like the millionth time
“You don’t look too good, do you want me to get you the prince?” she asked and I shook my head rapidly
“Do you want to get me killed?” I asked sarcastically
“No Miranda, I am not stupid. I know I am not supposed to say anything and I have tried to ignore everything that I see here but I know what’s going on. You are Prince Tomas’s mate and he has rejected you, the fact that he is keeping you locked up here and not introducing you to the pack is a sign that he is embarrassed by you and doesn’t want you” she said and I rolled my eyes
“If you know all this then why don’t you help me escape?” I asked her and she shook her head
“He said he will kill me, I am not even allowed to speak to you,” she said and I felt another shot of pain run through my body and I let out a low cry, she ran to me and rubbed my back
“You are in heat Miranda,” she said
“Please don’t tell him, he will punish me” I begged her
“But being in heat is not your fault, it’s nobody’s fault,” she said and I could see the compassion in her eyes
“Everything is my fault,” I said as a tear escaped my eye, I wished I had parents to defend and support me
“I will speak to him” she offered
“Please Sandra, I beg you don’t say anything,” I said
“Miranda he might kill me for even mentioning your name to him but I have to help, that’s just the way I was brought up,” she said and then stood up and left my room
If she did speak to Tomas I was surely going to die today.
TOMAS’S POV
“Prince may I have a word with you?” asked Sandra the omega that I had put in charge of Miranda
“What is it?” I snapped
“It’s about Miranda,” she said and I raised my head and faced her I could feel my anger slowly rising because if this Omega wanted to discuss Miranda it meant they had been communicating
“What about her?” I asked
“She is in heat my prince,” she said her head bowed
“And so what?” I asked her
“I just wanted to tell you that,” she said
“fine then, you are dismissed,” I said, I could see she wanted to say more but realized that I was not in the mood to entertain her concerns.
So Miranda was in heat, I should’ve known this would happen as soon as I got intimate with her. I felt like punching myself for my stupid decision and allowing my lust to take control of my brain. What was I going to do now?
I stood up from my bed and started pacing around, she must’ve been in immense pain for Sandra to even notice. Soon every male wolf in this palace would pick her scent and they would go crazy and that included my father. What could I do, surely I couldn’t just kill her now not after she made me feel the way I was feeling.
I decided to head into her room to see how bad it was, I could already pick up her faint scent on the corridors and I knew that it was only a matter of time before all the other wolves did too, I had to act fast.
When I entered her room her scent hit me so hard that I immediately had a hard-on and I got in as quickly as I could not wanting her scent to escape her room not that that was even going to help my situation.
She was lying on the bed naked, he perfect little body covered in sweat and her hair was wet. It appeared that she had just taken a bath in an attempt to cool her body and from where I stood it hadn’t worked.
Even if I was going to try and resist making love to her, seeing her in this state made me lose control of every hormone in me.
MIRANDA’S POVHe stood by the entrance and just stared at me, his presence made my pain decrease a little bit but the pain that stayed the same was the pain I felt when he gave me the disgusted look he gave me every time he looked my way.He didn’t say anything to me, he simply started undressing and I knew what that meant.it was as if Tomas was being forced to be intimate with me and he didn't want to. I knew making love to him was the only way I could get better, and immediately after he crashed his lips on mine it was like he silenced all the pain that was coursing through me. I threw my hands around his neck and savoured the pleasure he was giving me, for the first time I felt like we were actually making love and it wasn't some quickie or forced sex.“Tomas, what the fuck did you do?” Cindy asked as she stormed into the room and Tomas got up and started getting dressed, i was just glad he had managed to bring me some kind of relief before we were distuurbed.“Cindy what are you d
TOMAS’S POV“Tomas you have to stay away from Miranda” Cindy said as she walked into my room and I wondered how she knew I had been with Miranda, to begin with“What makes you think and believe I was with her?” I asked“Because I passed by her room and she practically smells like you” she snapped and I could see the hurt in her eyes. No matter how much time Cindy and I spent together my scent seemed to never rub off on her and this could have been the time for me to point out that my scent rubbed off so easily on Miranda because I was her mate but I decided not to add salt to the wound“Sorry I just go there to torture her” I lied, I just couldn’t tell Cindy that I was finding it hard to keep my hands off Miranda“By having sex with her? Tomas I am not stupid you enjoy spending time with her” she said sobbing and throwing herself on the bed dramatically.“I am sorry darling I said as I sat next to her and kissed her check “I will get over it soon enough, I promise it’s probably just a
MIRANDA’S POVAfter Sandra suggested that I could be pregnant I was totally freaking out. The last thing I wanted was to have a fatherless pup. Of course, the pup would be fatherless because I already knew that Tomas would never accept him so there was no point in telling him.If I could get a way to get out of here I would know that I would be safe, of course, I had nothing but I could make it work. There was no way I was allowing my child to stay here in this prison with me and grow up being viewed as trash. I had asked Sandra if she could keep quiet about the whole pregnancy thing but I wasn’t sure if I had convinced her. she told me that if her suspicions were right and I was pregnant I would soon start showing and hiding it was pointless, now getting out of here was more important than ever.“Hello, Miranda” Cindy greeted me as she strolled into my room as if she owned the place or me.“What do you want?’ I asked her as she strolled in her long milky legs and sat next to me. I co
TOMAS’S POV“Are you listening to yourself Cindy, you want me to kill my own mate. Do you know what that will do to me? Or do you not care of the danger I would be putting myself in? I could die with her" I said as I stood up and walked away from her and stood by my window, I couldn’t believe that Cindy even had the guts to suggest I do something that could get me killed.Killing Miranda would be like shooting myself right on my foot especially after I had, mated with her and helped her get through heat. The mate bond was too strong and I was finding it harder and harder to resist being with her. And now was Cindy asking me to kill her and risk my own life not to mention that my father would finally know what I had been up to for the past few months.“Come on Tommy” she said as she came and stood next to me“You know I hate it when you call me that” I said getting even more annoyed“I am not saying that you should kill her yourself, I mean you can start the job and then get someone to
MIRANDA’S POVI woke up at dawn and I was cold even though I had a jacket on, I couldn’t tell where I was because it was all dark and the trees that surrounded me were thick. The last thing I remembered was Tomas kicking me on the stomach. I was still weak and in pain from the attack but I knew if I had any hope of surviving I had to get out of there. I tried standing up but my feet were too weak to carry me.I had to be strong, I had wanted to get out and be free from Tomas for so long so I had to appreciate that I was finally free. Even though that freedom had come at the price of me losing my pup. I hated Tomas for that not only did he fail to protect me but he also failed to protect his own pup. I was never going to go back to that town again and if I ever went back it was going to be for revenge against Tomas and his witch.I balanced myself with a tree when I could no longer walk and took deep breaths in an attempt to ease the pains I was in, every part of my body hurt and it wa
Miranda’s POV“Oh it’s nothing,” I said and my tears immediately sold me out as they started welling up in my eyes.“That can’t be nothing honey, and the way I found you it was like you had just escaped a horrible encounter,” she said brushing the bruises on my face and wiping the tears that had escaped my eyes and forming a waterfall on my face.Whatever my response to her probing questions was going to be I had to keep in mind that she was human and she wouldn’t understand anything about wolves and mates. If she did know anything about my world it would only be an unconfirmed and a myth.“It was my fiancé,” I said, this was the only lie that was close to the truth that I could think of“He was very abusive and he used to beat me, he didn’t really want me, and he cheated on me and abused me in front of her and he probably thinks I am dead because after he attacked me with his girlfriend they dumped me in the forest and that is the reason I didn't want you to call the cops,” I said so
TOMAS’S POV Ever since I got rid of Miranda a few days ago, my life had been feeling a little empty and even though she was my mate I still hated feeling this way. It was not like I loved her; we had a romantic relationship. Cindy had been coming less and less to my house and that made me feel worse about the whole thing. For some reason, after I did what she asked me to do and got rid of Miranda, Cindy had been acting very distant and it was like she didn’t appreciate or acknowledge that I had done what I did for her. My father was still on my back about finding a mate and his ultimatum for me to take over as Alpha was that I find a mate. That would have been easier to deal with if Miranda was actually dead because then my father would never find out I had a mate and rejected him without knowing. But Miranda was alive and it was like I could feel every breath she took and the fight she had put up for survival. “Tomas” my father called out as he stood outside my door, I had been a
MIRANDA’S POVLife in this small town was pretty simple Ms. Caroline had a bakery and I had started working there with two other girls, she had employed me as the cashier and she was teaching me how to bake while the other girls were waitresses, she also mentioned that I would occasionally be required to help the waitresses. When she offered me a salary I declined because I felt like she had already gone out of her way to make me feel at home but she told me she didn't feel want to feel like she was taking advantage of me. I hadn’t made any friends yet but I was content with the quality of life that I was living. Tomas and Cindy seemed to be a distant memory and the nightmares I used to have when I first got here had been visiting me only once in a while I could dream of a better future here where I was sure no one could find me.The scars that I bore from my time locked away by Thomas had started healing and disappearing and that was something that I never thought would happen. The
ELIZABETH'S POV“Did you really have to be that rude Liam?” I asked“Lizzy sometimes you tend to be too kind and too trusting” he snapped and he was right but I really believed that Ashley was being genuine I could see the grief and the pain in her eyes. Her father might have been a bad influence in her life but she was clearly fond of him and she loved him very much.“I know that but I think we should have been nicer to her,” I said“if we had been even a little nicer to her she would have asked us if we could let her sleep since it was already dark and she would have asked if it was ok if she slept with us in the same room and in the middle,” he said and I laughed, now he was just exaggerating“Just stop Liam,” I said through my laughs and he joined me“I am serious they say once bitten twice shy and trust me I have been bitten by Ashley so I am not allowing her to fool me so easily this time, so you need to stop trusting people that you shouldn’t trust and stop being so easily fool
ELIZABETH’S POVThe following day I woke up feeling very tired and I was feeling like I had spent the night running a marathon. Liam told me that I had passed out right after drinking the wolfsbane and that he had to carry me home after that. I was glad that we were done with the crowning part of the rituals and now the next thing would be for Liam to drink the wolfsbane.I didn’t understand why Liam had to do that because he was already part of the pack and therefore he had no former tied to break and I also felt like there was no need for him to prove his loyalty to the pack because they already knew him. He explained to me that he wouldn’t be swearing his loyalty to the pack only but also to me. and he said that the ritual was going to be important in proving that his intentions for the pack were not selfish and we're nothing like what his father had done.When I woke up I had to attend to Ryan who had grown a lot in the past couple of days and he was now crawling, I just couldn’t
ELIZABETH'S POVThere was a note that was left on a rock and Liam recognized the handwriting as his father’s, the message on the note was that he would wait for us in the mansion since we wanted to be pack leaders and live in the mansion so badly.Liam, Anthony, and I immediately turned and started running to the mansion immediately, none of us cared that our clothes were ripped off as we turned. Liam and I just wanted our baby back and Anthony was just after his mate. At this point, we were all aware that Liam’s father was a danger even to his own children and he had to be stopped from causing any more harm to anyone else.We raced to the mention afraid that we could be too late and Liam’s father could have done something to Anna and the baby. The thought of him hurting my baby just made me angry and made my feet very much lighter. I got to the mansion first and I immediately spotted Liam’s father in the garden with the baby in his arms and Anna was tied
Liam's POVAfter dinner, we all went to our separate rooms and I was very happy to finally have Liam all to myself. There was a lot I wanted to discuss with him and most of it involved his father and I couldn’t hold out any longer.“Baby, are you ok?” I asked“Yes why?” he asked as he put on his pajamas“I mean I just killed your father and I would understand if you need a little time to mourn his death,” I said sitting on the huge king-sized bed.“Lizzy are you feeling bad about what happened?” he asked and I wasn’t sure how to respond to that question, of course, I felt guilty about killing his dad despite his crimes. If I felt nothing after killing him that would mean that I was exactly like him.“a little bit, I mean your father had it coming that’s no doubt but that doesn’t make me feel any better about the fact that I killed him and the impact of what his death did to you and I wouldn’t blame you if you felt some type of way about the way
LIAM’S POVWe stayed up the whole night listening to Denis as he filled us in on the plans that my father had for us. We had to keep in mind that they probably didn’t tell him everything out of fear that he would come and give that information back to us. What I didn’t understand until now was why Anthony had decided to join us and not run his small pack himself, I mean he was next in line to be Alpha after all. Their presence here with us made me very uncomfortable but I also had to admit that we needed them, but there was no way that I was going to agree with Lizzy if she decided to let them stay here for good.After Denis told us everything we needed to know we had to change the plan of our plans because they already knew our plan of attack. Lizzy was right when she said that she would heal herself and be strong enough to fight, as I watched her take the lead in the plans I could see that she was a natural-born leader and that was probably the reason why she cou
LIAM’S POVI woke up in the middle of the night to find the bed empty on Lizzy’s side. I knew that she had been restless because I allowed the wolves from the diamond pack to stay with us but I had to think on my feet and it was best that we had them with us rather than with my father. They probably chose to come to us because they were impressed that Lizzy had killed their Alpha. Even after I had accepted their request to join us, I was still worried about the true intentions of their new Alpha, Anthony had been known to idolize his father and I knew that he probably wanted to seek revenge against us.The only thing I could do now was to make sure I keep an eye on them and make sure they never got up to any good or even tried to betray us, as hard as that was going to prove to be.I got out of bed and started searching for Sabina around the house and she was not there, I even went to Anna’s room and she wasn’t there. I thought maybe she was in her mother’s room as she n
Elizabeth's Pov The following day Liam, Anna, and I woke up a little late because we were all tired from the events of the previous day. We were not going to be getting any form of rest for the next coming days because of all the training that we had to do. Liam woke up and went to the mansion to meet with the elders and his father because he had to find out when they planned for this challenge to take place.Anna and I prepared the backyard for all the wolves that were going to come for the training. It was a pure blessing that my mother had chosen a corner house with the biggest backyard that was big enough to accommodate a lot of wolves. I still couldn’t believe that all those wolves had actually chosen my side and I didn’t even know most of them. But I assumed that they chose me because they already knew and trusted Liam and they were like his followers.After we were done preparing the grounds for training Liam returned from the meeting and he seemed like he h
LIAM'S POVI had known from the day that I found out that Lizzy was the rightful heir to the throne and the rightful Alpha queen that there were things that she would have to do and I wouldn’t be a part of them. I knew that she was more powerful than I was and that all the Alpha duties that I had been training for my whole life would be taken over by her. But right now I felt like a wimp and I found myself struggling to find my place in the entire kingdom.Don’t get me wrong I wanted the best for Lizzy and I felt insulted when she suggested that I was power-hungry and motivated by my hunger for power. For her to say that was like her saying that I was like my father and that I would easily kill and take someone’s life simply because I wanted to be in charge of the pack. But imagine growing up and being prepared for one thing only to grow and realize that that thing you were being trained for was never yours, to begin with, having Lizzy as my mate made it easie
LIAM’S POVI wasn’t in full support of Lizzy tying our lives to that of the pack but I had to trust that she had a plan. I knew she was probably right when she said that the elders were up to no good. There was an upside to all this and the upside was that if they had any intentions of purposely placing her life in danger along with mine, she had successfully destroyed that plan.When we got home, Lizzy and I were both so tired that we just headed straight for bed and fell asleep immediately. We were supposed to catch the other pack by surprise and attack them before they attacked us. The plan was that we would meet at around three in the morning and then we would all run to the neighboring pack. The elders said that they had gotten a letter that we would be attacked anytime during that day. My main concern was that the pack would be attacked when we were gone and there would be no one left to defend those that were going to be left behind. Beta John told me that a few