Alpha Colt.âWhy donât you ladies go grab something to eat. I need to speak to Grant.â I try and offer a smile but Lilah wasn't buying it. Instead she frowns at me. She never liked it when I said I needed to speak to someone. I had no doubt that she would question me later.âYou better be nice to him.â She mutters through our mindlink as she walks away.âOnly if he is telling the truth.âShe flicks her long raven hair over her shoulder and scowls. âWhat is that supposed to mean?ââI will explain later.âGrant watches them walk away as well. âYou let her come here but you wouldnât let Sophie?ââIt was the only way I could get Lilah to come back.ââWhy?ââFor some reason Lilah likes her. They get along so well. She actually doesnât seem to force the friendship not like she did with that other girl, Halle. Halle was a friend, but not in the same way as these are.ââI donât trust her.ââYou donât have too. But you need to play nice. She is Lilahâs friend. She is Lincâs⌠Well I donât know
Lilah âAre you sure that you have never met him?â I ask for the tenth time. Daphne groans into the table. She had been resting her forehead on the wood since she sat down. âI swear. Sophie would never let anyone meet him. He was this huge secret. Obviously I know why now. But she would tell us things and then when questioned. She would shut us down.â âWho is âusâ?â âMum, Dad and me. If we started asking questions first, she would lose her shit. It would always have to be on her terms. Still, they couldnât see how vile she was. Do you think they know? Would Alpha Colt have sent them a message or something?â âI havenât asked, but something tells me he would. They would only start a missing person's claim otherwise. Do you miss them?â She finally lifts her head and shakes it a little. âThey made my life hell in the final few years.â âYour mum, sheâs not a wolf?â âNoâŚWell nothing suggested she was. It means my dad isnât my real dad. Itâs like one surprise after another since comin
DaphneThey were freaking me out. Staring at me like I held all the answers. âThere are more like me?â I mumble and Lilah beams at me.âIt would seem that way. Callie, did you get a chance to find out about Daphneâs past?âCallie shakes her head. âNo. That was when I found out about the bloodline. Iâve been a bit busy since.ââYou were going to do some digging on me? Lilah, you could have just asked, you know that I donât have a problem with telling you.ââWe need to know who your father is. Maybe he knows more about people that are mixed breeds, you know, seeing as he fathered one.â Lilah muttersâDo we have too? Iâm not really bothered about him. He didnât raise me.ââDonât you want to know if your birth father is still alive?â Callie asks surprised.âDo you think he cared to stay in my life?ââMaybe he didnât know.â Lilah suggests. âItâs not like anyone is going to go around saying that they had sex with a human is it?âI hear a stifled laugh come from Callie. She turns away as I
LincâIâm serious Daphne. If you want our bond to be fixed, you will keep your mouth shut. You wonât say anything to Lilah about what I have just told you.â I had fucked up by telling her. Yet at the same time, I felt like I had to tell her.She glares at me as she presses her lips into a thin line. Her arms fold across her chest, pushing her rounding belly out a little further. âYou canât be serious? She deserves to know.ââHe has changed. He does not do it anymore. He stopped when he realised what Lilah was. We havenât come across any half-breeds not until now and we have travelled the world chasing Lilah.ââBut he still killed thousands. You know he threatened your pup!â She snaps at meâHe wouldnâtââWhy would I bother lying about something like that? He has an evil side and you just canât see it.â She drops her gaze, frowning into her lap and sighs. âNone of you make anything easy, do you?ââOur way is straight forward.ââWhat, the constant lies? The secrets? You may think that,
Alpha ColtIt was the only thing that was making sense. If Linc had rejected her too, Daphne would have felt more pain. If he had accepted, then the mark on her neck should have faded away. As much as I was happy that he still had a chance. I was pissed with the information that he had told Daphne. It was supposed to stay buried, but then so was Kaitlin.âWhat should I do?â Linc asks, but I was too busy thinking to answer him. I was going to have to tell Lilah. All I could hope for is that she would understand why.âDo what you want Linc. Make sure Daphne keeps her mouth shut until at least I have spoken to Lilah.ââYouâre going to tell her?ââI have no choice, you have forced me too.âHe nods his head at me. âIt wonât go down well.ââDonât you think I already know that?!âHe pauses for a second and tells me that he is going to take Kaitlin away.âIâve already told you she needs to wait until she has had the pup.â I mutterâShe doesnât feel safe here. Maybe I can take her to another L
LilahI could hear him. I could hear every single word that was coming out of his mouth, but I was speechless. Usually I had an answer for everything, but not this time.Betrayed. Sad, Angry. Annoyed. I felt them all. It was worse than when he claim clean about his relationship with Kaitlin.Coltâs hand keeps waving in front of my face. His fingers clicked, he called my name, trying to snap me out of this trance I had fallen in.âMe?â I mutter after what felt like forever. âYou stopped because of me?ââYes.ââIf I had never chosen you, would you have stopped?â I was trying to make sense of it. Trying to get answers for the gaps in his story.Itâs his turn to be quiet. He sits back on his heels, crouched in front of me. His bright cobalt blue eyes pleading with me.âWhen my father died, yes.ââIf my parents hadn't plotted against him. He would still be alive.â It just didn't sound right. What if everything had been different?âBut he isnât Lilah and I havenât killed any half-breeds for
Alpha Colt Lilah was sobbing in between screams as I ran her across to the pack hospital. Either begging me to make it stop, or threatening me for putting a pup in her. Her breath quickens and her heart races as I burst in through the hospital doors. The doctors and nurses stare at me stunned. âHelp her!â They frantically rush around. Pulling on aprons and gloves as I put Lilah on a bed. âShe shouldnât be having this pup yet.â The doctor tells me over Lilahâs screams. âI know. Why is it happening?â Even as a wolf, Lilah was barely half way through her pregnancy. Another nurse runs an ultrasound doppler over her stomach. âIt canât be,â She mutters. âWhat? What is it?â âThe pup. Itâs reached its full gestation.â âGive me that.â The doctor pulls the doppler from the nurse and runs it over Lilahâs stomach. Her eyes are wide with confusion as she looks to me for help, before she starts screaming again. âSheâs right. This pup is coming and it isnât hanging about.â It all happene
Linc What was I seeing? She looked possessed. The mother of my unborn pup is still. Her chocolate hair blowing in the wind. But her eyes, it was like they had rolled into the back of her head and all I could see were the whites. She looks like she is standing on the tips of her toes as she focusses on the sky. What the fuck was happening to her. As I called her name. The Alpha turns to look. His head flicking between Daphne and Kaitlin. Was Daphne the one stopping Kaitlin from using witchcraft? If so, that would make Daphne a witch too. How? As Kaitlins hands hit the ground again. She screams as ropes appear locking Kaitlin against the grass, almost as if her own magic was working against her. Still, Daphne hasnât moved. The guards that had surrounded Kaitlin disintegrate, just as they had in Alpha Coltâs bedroom. Turning to dust and floating away in the wind. Kaitlin was all alone and pinned to the ground. Screaming out words in another language. But no matter what, her witchcra
Lilah The next morning, I find Colt packing up the office. âGoing somewhere?â I look around at all the half packed boxes in amusement. âWe are.â âWe are? Did you try talking to me when I was asleep?" He laughs at me, âNo, you said you wanted to live in the apartment.â âYouâre joking right? None of this shit is going to fit in there.â 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. âI thought thatâs what you wanted?!â He stops packing and places his hands on my small bump âOnce, but there was barely enough room for me and âŚ.â I hadnât 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. âYou can say her name. She canât hurt you anymore.â âNo. 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.â 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. âYou survived.â He mutters, running his eyes over me, âNot very many of the others did.âAs 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 Ivyâs body, surrounded by dead Lycans. âCOLT!ââHere,â His voice is faint in my head. He was still flat on his back, from where Daphne had knocked him down. âYou have to burn her.âMy eyes flicker across
LilahâSnare?â My voice breaks when I say his name. I thought he was long behind us. âWhat does he have to do with this?â âYou should have listened to him. He was watching you. Just as grandmother requested.ââYour grandmother?â 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.âIt really was you. You are the one that made the hospital cave in on us. You almost killed yourself!âShe chuckles. âI knew I wouldnât die well not completely. But the pissy Hybrid had to get involved, didnât she. Sharing things that shouldnât 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.ââWhat about the photo?â 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. âYouâre wrong, Colt.â âWhy 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.ââShe wonât lie to me.ââHow many times have you heard that? How many times are you going to keep forgiving her?ââShe doesnât need forgiveness this time because it isnât her!ââThen who? Who do you think it is? And donât you dare say me, again!ââThat Ivy girl.âI wasnât about to tell her that Aiden isnât certain about her, because that would just give Lilah more reason to blame her instead of the real culprit. âIvy was with you.ââMaybe she planned something, maybe she set something up.ââYou donât believe that. You are just trying to convince yourself.ââFuck off, Colt.â She sits down on the chair, crossin
Lilah Making my way down the steps, Iâm 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. âDaphne?â She stops crying and her hands appear through the bars of her cell, âLilah? Is that really you?â Stepping in front of her cell, she pulls me in for an awkward hug, holding on tightly. âLilah, you have to make them understand.â âIâm trying.â I mutter. âBut Colt still thinks you still want revenge, thatâs why he is blaming you. He is refusing to listen to me.â âYouâre 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.â âDo you know what happened with the hospital?â I ask quietly She shakes her head. âLinc told me, but it doesnât make any sense. Ho
AidenâYou want me to find out if she had something to do with the explosion? Dad, she was with me and mum when it happened.ââWell someone is hiding something.â he snaps.âI agree,â Linc nods his head at meâItâs not me, at least, I donât think it is.â Daphne mutters from her corner. âIt just doesnât make sense.âI tell her what Ivy told me, and what she had said to my mother. Daphne violently shakes her head. âI have already said, it wouldnât work that way.â She glances up to my father, âI donât know what you saw, Colt, And I donât know what you mean by the light being under my skin. But I am not responsible for everything. You have to stop blaming me.â She leans her head back against the stone wall. I could see the light flickering along her neck.âYouâre doing it now.â I stare at herâWhat?ââThe light that dad spoke of.âShe looks down at her hands and rolls the sleeves up. Her mouth falls open as she stares at them. âWhatâs happening to me?ââYouâve not seen this before? What
Alpha Colt.âClear the room.âCallie, Aiden and Ivy all make their way out carefully stepping over the shards of china, when Lilah starts to follow, I grab her arm. âNot you. We need to talk.âShe 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.âDonât bother, Colt.â Lilah growls at me.âWith what?ââYou are going to try talking me around. Convince me that Daphne is the bad person. But itâs not her Colt, itâs you.ââWhat are you talking about?ââThis is what itâs all been about, isnât it?ââLilah, you are not making any sense.â I literally had no idea what she was going on about.âYou 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?ââIt doesnât mean itâs all my fault.â I snap in frustrat
Alpha ColtâNo,no,no,no,no.â 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.âSheâs dead!â 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.âI will go and help.â She declares and starts climbing over the rubble towards my mate and son.âWell, I guess we didnât need to kill her after all.â I mutter to LincâIf sheâs dead, so is her magic.â He shows me that he can move around freely. âIt's gone.â 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.âMum, just calm down.â Aiden is growing frustrated with my pacing. âPlease, just sit down.ââYou are my son, why are you keeping me locked up?ââIâm just following Dadâs orders. What the hell happened in there?ââI donât know.ââHow can you not know? You were in there when the first explosion went off.ââDaphne 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. HeâŚ.â I knew he was blaming Daphne, but there had to be more to it. There just had to be.âAiden, you need to let me go out there!ââNo mum. Dad made it clear, you are to stay here with me and Ivy.ââDaphne is my sister!ââAnd she is the one who did this!â He glares at me with his grey eyesâIâm not so sure.â Ivy mutters from the window.âWhat?â Both Aiden and I speak in unison.Ivy hadnât 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