Linc“Am I actually hearing you right? Are you trying to tell me that Daphne is a half-breed?” I was in shock. The doctor bobs his head up and down.“She doesn’t have a wolf scent. Nor does she show any characteristics of being a wolf. Are you certain?” I ask again, hoping that there must be something else.“Linc, the doctor has already said yes.” Alpha Colt rests his hands on my shoulders.“How did you not know about this, you are our King? Isn't this kind of thing supposed to be reported?”The Alpha shakes his head at me, “I don’t know, maybe a Rogue, maybe someone fell in love with a human. It would have been when we were young. She is the same age as Lilah. If my father was alive, we could have asked him.”“But…”“Linc, I don’t know what you want me to say. The doctor has the facts.” He turns to the doctor. “How many is she carrying?”“Just the one.”“What is it?” I needed to know what I was bringing into the world.“Sorry, but I’m not following.” The doctor has his head tilted t
Alpha Colt“What are you doing Colt?”I was just staring at her belly. There was a little change, not the greatest, but enough for me to notice. Lilah pulls the hoodie down further, annoyed that I was staring at her.“How are you feeling?” I ask, trying to remain calm. I think Linc was right, she was only going to carry for a few months. Especially if she was showing already.“There’s four of them growing inside of me. How do you think I feel? I told you it better not be a litter!” Her grey eyes are shining brightly even though she sounded annoyed.“Yes, I have been informed, several times in fact. But there is a lot to do.”“Uh huh,” she mutters as we leave the pack hospital. “Daphne isn’t happy.”“About being pregnant or the other news?”“Everything. I didn’t know Colt. There is nothing about her that would suggest she is half wolf.”“Linc said the same thing.”“It’s weird right? She is my best friend and yet…” She trails off, looking back towards the hospital.“What is it?”“She as
Alpha Colt“Are you serious? You are willing to take a pup from its mother?” Callie shakes her head at me. “That’s low even for you.”“It’s Lincs pup.” I mutter, I had already made my mind up. If Daphne was going to act like a child. She didn’t deserve to care for her pup. The pup, whatever it may be should be with it's Lycan father.“Linc is my brother. He may be an idiot some times, but he is still my brother and he wouldn't want the pup being taken away from Daphne.I cannot stand by and let you do that. How would you feel if it was happening to Lilah?”“It won’t happen to Lilah!”“But what if it was the other way around? What if you were the Beta and Linc was the King? How would you feel if he was taking Lilah’s pups from her?”“Fine, you have a point. But we don’t even know what she is carrying. Is it a human half-breed? Will it inherit the wolf gene or could it be a Lycan? I can’t risk having a pup out there like that. If it does inherit the Lycan gene, Daphne isn’t going to be a
LincAnnoyed, frustrated, angry, betrayed. That didn’t even cover what I was feeling right now! I still couldn’t believe that I had been rejected and by a half-breed.My heart felt like it had been torn into tiny pieces. She had barely been in my life and yet the breaking if my heart was making it feel like we had known each other forever. The girl I loved and despised was gone and with my pup.What if the Alpha had been right? If I was mirroring Daphne’s emotions, then in a way, she rejected me because of herself. It was the only thing that made sense.I head to Magnus’s gym, if I wasn’t allowed to leave the house then this was the next best thing. I needed to burn off the anger.The gym wasn’t empty. Magnus was busy lifting weights. He stops as I push the door open and eyes me suspiciously. “Why are you here? This is private.”“Orders,” I mutter, setting up a punch bag.“My nephew has put orders on you? What the hell did you do?” He was even more curious now.“My mate rejected me.”
LilahThe pain was unbearable. Linc and Callie help me down the stairs. Shouting at each other about getting me to the doctor.“Just call the King!” Callie shouts over my screams“He will think that I did something!” Linc shouts back“Did you?” Callie sounded horrified.“No, we were just talking.”“AHHHHH!” I clutch at my stomach, desperate for the pain to stop.“We haven’t got time for this!” He scoops me up into his arms and races out of the packhouse and across the grounds.“Stay with me Lilah, please stay with me.” His voice fades in and out as I try to keep myself together. My insides felt like they were being ripped apart. Like something was trying to get out of me.The doctor beckons us into one of the rooms and Linc hauls me on to the bed. “What is wrong with her?” I hear his demands over my screams.My shirt is ripped up and something cold is placed on my stomach. “She’s losing them.”“All of them?”The doctor is quiet and I see the fear on Lincs face.“We can’t find a single
Alpha ColtDaphne’s dark eyes linger on me as I wait for Callie to take Lilah upstairs. As soon as they are out of sight, Daphne opens her mouth to speak. I shake my head, because I could still hear Callie and Lilah talking to each other as they walked along the hallway. I wanted to wait until they were completely out of earshot before I spoke to the half-breed.As soon as that bedroom door closes, I round on Daphne. “You will not antagonise my mate!”“She told me I deserved it. I wasn’t going to stand here and just take it!”Half a smile creeps over my face. “Because she understands our ways. She is carrying my pup inside of her. If you are the reason she loses it, I will tear that unborn pup from your stomach and watch you die slowly and painfully.”Her mouth drops open, “You wouldn’t” she stutters.“Do you want to test me?” I growl quietly. "I have done much worse."She shakes her head, the blood draining from her face and turning her pure white.“Then I suggest you start figuring
Daphne The house was massive. I had been back just over a day and I was still struggling to find my way around. It made it worse knowing that my best friend wasn’t even speaking to me. That Callie girl, Linc’s brother had escorted Lilah away, glaring at me as if I was going to attack her. But that was never my plan. I just wanted her to know that Colt is more of a monster than what she thinks he is. Strolling through the house, I try to remember the way to the kitchen. Since I became pregnant, it always felt like I was starving, that nothing would satisfy my appetite. Any Lycan that I passed curled its lip up in disgust, calling me a half-breed and spitting in my direction. I was certain that if I had never rejected Linc, they wouldn’t be saying such things. But that’s what they all called me. A half-breed and they made it sound worse than being a human. At least before the news about me was out, they would just ignore me. At least that was better. At least I didn’t feel as hated. T
Lilah“After everything that I did for her!” I scowl at Callie as she quietly closes the door. “She dared to call me a bitch.”“You need to chill, Lilah. The Alpha said you need to rest. This is not resting. Now park your butt on the bed!”“I just don’t get it. I’ve tried and I’ve tried.”“Exactly. You can’t do anymore, Lilah. It’s on her and my brother. They need to figure this out. Not you.”“Do you think they will?” I give in and reluctantly sit on the edge of the bed. “Honestly? I haven’t got a clue. It’s unheard of Lilah.”“There has to be someone else that has done it!”“I mean, there might be. The Alpha didn’t know of Daphne’s existence. But she wasn't born as part of a mate bond.”“Will you help me?” I askShe eyes me suspiciously and shakes her head. “Any other time, I would. You know that. But you have just lost three pups. You can’t risk losing a fourth. Whatever it is can wait.”“It’s nothing bad, I swear. And I can stay on bed rest.”She rolls her eyes at me. “Hit me wit
Lilah The next morning, I find Colt packing up the office. “Going somewhere?” I look around at all the half packed boxes in amusement. “We are.” “We are? Did you try talking to me when I was asleep?" He laughs at me, “No, you said you wanted to live in the apartment.” “You’re joking right? None of this shit is going to fit in there.” He had more than enough boxes to fill the bedrooms. Plus it would have remnants of her and I couldn't be somewhere like that. “I thought that’s what you wanted?!” He stops packing and places his hands on my small bump “Once, but there was barely enough room for me and ….” I hadn’t mentioned her name since I had set her on fire. Any time there was a fleeting thought, I would push it away and focus on something else. “You can say her name. She can’t hurt you anymore.” “No. Even thinking of her is giving her time. Anyway, what about when this one comes along? A town centre is hardly a place for a newborn wolf or Lycan.” He presses his lips to my ch
LilahPulling the blade from my chest. My lungs quickly expand, desperate to suck in some oxygen after what had just happened.The wound above my heart, knits itself together, removing almost all trace of nearly being stabbed to death. All that was left was my blood soaked top. For just a single moment, I was afraid to move. Afraid to look at the damage she had done.Linc appears in front of me. His dark eyes searching mine, her blood coated the skin around his mouth and his chin. He stretches a hand out towards me and pulls me to my feet. “You survived.” He mutters, running his eyes over me, “Not very many of the others did.”As I look around, I see that Callie had stopped jerking about, but her eyes were closed and her body was now motionless. Aiden was hunched over, weeping over Ivy’s body, surrounded by dead Lycans. “COLT!”“Here,” His voice is faint in my head. He was still flat on his back, from where Daphne had knocked him down. “You have to burn her.”My eyes flicker across
Lilah“Snare?” My voice breaks when I say his name. I thought he was long behind us. “What does he have to do with this?” “You should have listened to him. He was watching you. Just as grandmother requested.”“Your grandmother?” Everything was quickly unravelling. Everything that Daphne had ever done or said was all lies. Out of everyone, she had played me the most, lied to me the most. She had used my emotions to get what she wanted and I had fallen for it, again and again and again.“It really was you. You are the one that made the hospital cave in on us. You almost killed yourself!”She chuckles. “I knew I wouldn’t die well not completely. But the pissy Hybrid had to get involved, didn’t she. Sharing things that shouldn’t be shared. You and I, we could have been great together. A descendant of The Greats and me, a strong and powerful witch. But you ruined that. No matter what I did, you and your special Colt could not be torn apart.”“What about the photo?” Colt croaks from the gr
Alpha ColtHer breath quickened as she kept her hand steady on my chest. Annoyance maybe, or maybe she finally accepted that someone was lying to her. And that someone was Daphne.She shakes her head at me and moves away. “You’re wrong, Colt.” “Why are you refusing to see what is right in front of you? Even after all the shit you have been through, you still want to believe her.”“She won’t lie to me.”“How many times have you heard that? How many times are you going to keep forgiving her?”“She doesn’t need forgiveness this time because it isn’t her!”“Then who? Who do you think it is? And don’t you dare say me, again!”“That Ivy girl.”I wasn’t about to tell her that Aiden isn’t certain about her, because that would just give Lilah more reason to blame her instead of the real culprit. “Ivy was with you.”“Maybe she planned something, maybe she set something up.”“You don’t believe that. You are just trying to convince yourself.”“Fuck off, Colt.” She sits down on the chair, crossin
Lilah Making my way down the steps, I’m hit with a cold breeze that almost takes my breath away. Looking back, I see Colt and Linc deep in discussion, but at the same time, I could hear Daphne down below, her quiet sobs filling the silence. “Daphne?” She stops crying and her hands appear through the bars of her cell, “Lilah? Is that really you?” Stepping in front of her cell, she pulls me in for an awkward hug, holding on tightly. “Lilah, you have to make them understand.” “I’m trying.” I mutter. “But Colt still thinks you still want revenge, that’s why he is blaming you. He is refusing to listen to me.” “You’re not wrong. I did want revenge, but only because I was angry. When I saw Linc's dead body, anger was all I felt but then… I saw him, standing in front of me, like he had never died, only his eyes were black and all the anger, it disappeared.” “Do you know what happened with the hospital?” I ask quietly She shakes her head. “Linc told me, but it doesn’t make any sense. Ho
Aiden“You want me to find out if she had something to do with the explosion? Dad, she was with me and mum when it happened.”“Well someone is hiding something.” he snaps.“I agree,” Linc nods his head at me“It’s not me, at least, I don’t think it is.” Daphne mutters from her corner. “It just doesn’t make sense.”I tell her what Ivy told me, and what she had said to my mother. Daphne violently shakes her head. “I have already said, it wouldn’t work that way.” She glances up to my father, “I don’t know what you saw, Colt, And I don’t know what you mean by the light being under my skin. But I am not responsible for everything. You have to stop blaming me.” She leans her head back against the stone wall. I could see the light flickering along her neck.“You’re doing it now.” I stare at her“What?”“The light that dad spoke of.”She looks down at her hands and rolls the sleeves up. Her mouth falls open as she stares at them. “What’s happening to me?”“You’ve not seen this before? What
Alpha Colt.“Clear the room.”Callie, Aiden and Ivy all make their way out carefully stepping over the shards of china, when Lilah starts to follow, I grab her arm. “Not you. We need to talk.”She scowls at me and tugs her arm away, letting out a groan. I wait for the door to be closed and to listen to their footsteps as they walk away.“Don’t bother, Colt.” Lilah growls at me.“With what?”“You are going to try talking me around. Convince me that Daphne is the bad person. But it’s not her Colt, it’s you.”“What are you talking about?”“This is what it’s all been about, isn’t it?”“Lilah, you are not making any sense.” I literally had no idea what she was going on about.“You never wanted me to have a sister. You wanted me for yourself, with no one around to get involved. But one by one, everyone that has been a part of my life has died. Dad, my mother. Halle, Drake, Grant, my children. The list goes on and on Colt. Who is next?”“It doesn’t mean it’s all my fault.” I snap in frustrat
Alpha Colt“No,no,no,no,no.” Linc mutters from next to me as his hand starts disappearing. His dark eyes flick up to where my mate is and back to his hand.“She’s dead!” It was the only thing that made sense. It was why Aiden was hugging his mother, it was why I could hear my mate crying. And it was why Linc was losing his hand all over again.Ivy says nothing. She watches my son and Lilah with wide blue eyes. A slight frown forming, but the frown quickly disappears when she sees me looking at her.“I will go and help.” She declares and starts climbing over the rubble towards my mate and son.“Well, I guess we didn’t need to kill her after all.” I mutter to Linc“If she’s dead, so is her magic.” He shows me that he can move around freely. “It's gone.” He beams at me but those dark eyes show an emptiness that seemed to go on forever. I could deal with Linc later, right now my mate needed me more.Aiden carries Daphne's body over the rubble back towards me. While Ivy helps to keep Lila
Lilah.“Mum, just calm down.” Aiden is growing frustrated with my pacing. “Please, just sit down.”“You are my son, why are you keeping me locked up?”“I’m just following Dad’s orders. What the hell happened in there?”“I don’t know.”“How can you not know? You were in there when the first explosion went off.”“Daphne was still unconscious. I was holding her hand when the roof started caving in. Colt, he pulled me away. He blocked me from the falling ceiling. He….” I knew he was blaming Daphne, but there had to be more to it. There just had to be.“Aiden, you need to let me go out there!”“No mum. Dad made it clear, you are to stay here with me and Ivy.”“Daphne is my sister!”“And she is the one who did this!” He glares at me with his grey eyes“I’m not so sure.” Ivy mutters from the window.“What?” Both Aiden and I speak in unison.Ivy hadn’t spoken a word since we had been in the house, well not to me anyway. She had spent the entire time watching what was happening from the window