Amber’s PoVRyan sighed in frustration as he waited for Tom to get back in touch with him with more information. He had reached out multiple times but received the same answer.They hadn’t found her and nor did they have any information on who the unknown woman was although honestly, if all of what she had said was true, I couldn’t see it being anyone else other than my mother. She simply knew too much.“Ryan,” I said gently, “Let’s not think about this now. I’m sorry I brought the mood down. It’s our wedding night.”“You didn’t bring the mood down at all, Amber. Don’t ever apologize for being honest with me.”I shifted closer to him and he reached for my face tenderly, brushing his finger gently across my cheek. My eyes closed as a pleasurable shiver of anticipation ran down my spine and I reached for him, my hands running along his well-defined abs and down to the belt of his trousers as he sucked a sharp breath in.“Our first night as man and wife,” He murmured, allowing his finger
“What the fuck did you just call her?” Ryan snarled furiously.“Why? What are you gonna do about it?” The guard laughed as Ryan’s eyes flashed dangerously.“Keep going and you’ll find out.”The guards that held him by the arms were suddenly thrown forward as Ryan’s snarl of fury rippled through the room. Shouts of surprise filled the air as he lunged forward and shifted mid-air, his jaws closing around the now horrified guard's throat.I didn’t scream. I should have been horrified, but I wasn’t.These men had burst in here, into our sanctuary at the worst time possible. Of course, Ryan was going to be aggressive and protective, especially with the way he was being spoken to.“How could we have murdered him?!” I yelled angrily as Ryan shook the now deceased guard's body left and right, blood spraying across the faces of everyone gathered close as they tried to pry him off him, “We were both here, consummating our damn marriage!”“He was poisoned, by your hands!” someone yelled furiousl
Amber’s PoVI couldn’t believe that this was happening…on our wedding night of all nights too. But then, I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised. Kelly had quite obviously had it in for me since the beginning, she had just hidden it well.I was angry that she had managed to pull this off though, in Ryan’s home, and rallied the other Alpha’s behind her.How could they believe this so easily? He had done nothing but support King Andrew and he had worked hard to get his pack to where it was now. Did I make him a target by association? Or had he been a target all along?They had put us in separate cells but thankfully, we were still able to utilize the mind link that our wolves shared to communicate. It was tiring, as I hadn’t ever had the need to use it too much before, but Ryan was proficient at it.“Amber?” he probed gently, “Are you okay?”“Yeah, I’m fine.” I sigh, “I’m just irritated that we didn’t see this coming before now.”I could feel his brooding silence as he contemplated the same
Tom’s PoVI couldn’t believe what was happening. I had left to see Lilly safely back to our room as everyone was leaving the main entrance hall, satisfied that there wasn’t anything that could possibly go wrong now that the main groups who usually clashed had left, and just as I was going to go back and check on the reports from the guards, I received an urgent mind link from Ryan.“What are we going to do?” Lily whispered anxiously as I paced the floor.“This is insanity,” I murmured, “Ryan and Amber would never conspire to do anything like this. I don’t know how any of those disloyal bastards could believe this.”“Why would they think to question her though? She was the King’s devoted wife after all…”“Obviously not,” I laughed coldly, “She’s claiming that the bottle of wine we retrieved from the cellar was the bottle that King Andrew drank from.”“But that implicates us as well!” She gasped, her beautiful eyes so wide and fearful that my wolf wanted to rip Kelly’s throat out for th
Tom’s PoVBy the time we reached the safe house, I could tell that Lily was exhausted and as soon as we were inside I had one of the mercenaries show us to the room that we were allocated to.“Will you be okay while I go and catch up with everything?” I asked her and she smiled, although I could still feel the worry oozing out of her.“Sure. I’ll get unpacked and take a shower then I’ll turn in for the night.” She paused as she bit her lip and looked at me uncertainly, “Will….will you still be able to share a room with me?”I blinked at her and laughed humorlessly.“Of course. If you think I’m leaving you alone tonight then you don’t know me very well at all. I just need to brief everyone on what’s happening. I’ll be as quick as I can, but they need to know so adjustments can be made.”“No problem. I’ll see you soon then.” She smiled as she stood on her tiptoes and planted a soft kiss on my cheek.“If you need anything, let me know though, okay?”She nodded and I left her to it, headi
“If we can just take a moment to think about this rationally and calm down..” I said in a placating tone, but it did little good. “Calm down? While she is locked up in a cell with Goddess knows who, being forced to do Goddess knows what-” “Can we please stop taking the Lady’s name in vain-” Delores sighed irritably with a pointed look towards the Mercenary leader. “Sorry,” he mumbled, having the good grace to look a little abashed in front of one of her priestesses, “But now is really not the time to be sitting around on our hands.” “And going in guns blazing straight through the front door is?” I snorted, “All we’ll be doing is handing them the ammunition they need to make a bold move…one that none of us will ever forgive ourselves for.” His lips pressed into a thin line and he stared at me furiously until finally, he sank down in his chair with a grunt. “Then what do you propose?” He mumbled, his fists still clenched tightly in front
Viola’s PoVThe journey to see Peter had been too long for my liking, but my mother reminded me before I left that how we conducted ourselves now would determine our future. I hadn’t realized just how much she had been doing behind the scenes to try and elevate both her future and my own.So as much as I despised the fact that all Peter would talk about was my fucking step sister, I had decided to suck it up and keep the rage inside for now. I would be the one marrying the prince, not her. It would be me with the crown and the authority, not her, and my children? They would be of royal blood. What I did now, was for them, my future children.I already had Luna …no, Queen Kelly on my side, and she supported my marriage to Peter so the hard part was done.The car pulled to a stop in front of the guardhouse and I frowned as the mean-looking guards peered into the back windows, leering as soon as their eyes landed on me.“Well
Viola’s PoVAs much as I wanted to sink into the ground to avoid his gaze, I knew that I couldn’t succumb to that desire. If I was going to stand any chance of holding my head above water with Peter as my mate, he needed to know that I wouldn’t take any abuse, otherwise, it would be no different to my mother's relationship with my father.“Well? I’m fucking waiting for you to answer. Did you come all this way just to waste my time?” He sneered.“Actually no,” I answered, summoning all the strength that I had to keep my voice even, “I came here to release you and take you home.”Peter snorted loudly and tipped his head back and laughed.“Really? You and what fucking army?” He spat, “I was exiled, there is no going back for me and even if there was, you are not the mate that would be able to break me out of here. You’re a fucking weak, pathetic excuse for a she-wolf but then I can’t really expect more from the daughter of Alpha Luke and his second mate.”This time, it was my turn to lau