Carena:“What did you do?” I entered the hotel to find my sister yelling at me. It made me wonder if Sawyer had spread the news so quickly. He was obviously going to use my family to force me into accepting him. But why?Was he really that desperately in love with me, or had I become merely an object of his ego?It didn’t matter. The crimes he had committed made me afraid of him.“So, you heard,” I rolled my eyes, trying to head to my room when she grabbed my bag, and I almost tripped.“What the heck are you doing?” I yelled at her, freeing my bag’s strap. She went silent and hugged herself.This was the first time I had snapped at her like that. I was tired of her nagging and constant tears.“You will not yell at my daughter,” my father rushed out of his room, his finger pointing and his eyes red.I knew who he was defending, but the petty part of me wanted to show him he was not only her father but mine too.“Thank you, Dad. She was throwing tantrums at me,” I folded my arms and wat
Carena:"This is a big mistake. I didn't do anything," I protested, feeling every inch of my body heat up as the warriors surrounded me, one of them roughly handcuffing me."You must remain silent," the warrior hissed, applying too much pressure on my wrists.Something told me I needed to stop explaining and start resisting. It wasn't even my human side. I knew in cases like these I must let the warriors do their job, but my wolf didn't understand. She didn't know it was a crime to transition during an arrest.So, she did what we were not supposed to do. She began to transition. However, the moment my lips let out a small howl, I felt something pierce the back of my neck.I knew what had been injected into my body. My nerves started to feel the itch of wolfsbane while the warriors carried me to the troop vehicle.Soon, I drifted off. I wasn't supposed to. Wolfsbane shouldn't have caused me that much unease. I had been feeling tired long before the wolfsbane had even entered my body. I
Carena:Once Sawyer arrived, my mind began to be at ease. Crazy that I knew he was a killer, yet I felt a sudden comfort from his presence.He walked inside, taking long strides. His black suit looked so neat on him. Even in a dark room like this, his eyes shone beautifully."Come in here and tell me why she is tied to a chair like a criminal?" Sawyer yelled at his loudest, making them shiver and struggle to walk toward him."I didn't do anything," I almost whimpered, and he instantly ignored them, kneeling down to cup my face in his hands."I know," he uttered under his breath."We will let her go right now," Gavin whispered, but stood aside, waiting for Sawyer’s orders to proceed."She told us she knows Theodore and that we should call him for her, but we thought--" as Jim continued to explain himself, I saw something shift in Sawyer’s eyes."He is right. If she had used your name instead of calling for Theodore, we would have informed you and kept her in a much more respectful plac
Carena: He had left again and returned half an hour later. This time, he seemed like he had taken a shower and was holding a chicken wrap in his hand. The smell of food gave me so much pleasure. I had been starving, and I didn't even know how many days had gone by since I passed out at the bakery.“Here,” he said, sitting on the chair in front of me. He gently held my chin to bring the wrap near my lips. I didn't hesitate and took a big bite, consuming it instantly. The taste had never been so good. He made me eat half of it, and once my stomach was no longer growling, I focused on the main issue.“I have done nothing wrong,” I uttered, pleading with him.“I know. Don’t worry, I will get you out of here and take care of everything after you are done eating,” he spoke softly, using a tone that comforted my aching heart.“Thank you,” I replied with a smile. “I am not hungry anymore. Can you please get me out of here?” I was still shaking and feeling the wolfsbane in my system.“I will,
Carena:“You gotta answer me, Carena. You are wasting time at this point. I am here to help you but you need to meet me halfway,” he shrugged, his hands still in his pockets and his eyes sticking to my face without blinking.“Will we be married? Or will you release me after helping me out?” my voice trembled and so did my body but I wanted to know the answer to these questions before I made a decision.“Carena!” he shook his head in disappointment, his lips forming a pout, “in this life or next, i will never reject you. So, we are married forever.”I took a deep breath but it wasn't something that relieved me.“I'm being honest with you. And why would you be upset about it? Mates die to be with their mates and your mate is giving you his word that he wouldn't reject no matter what,” he was not wrong. I would have considered myself lucky had he not been going around murdering people.“Carena—Carena! Come on, you are taking way too much time,” he rolled his eyes casually as if it wasn't
Carena:“Huh!” as she scoffed loudly, she broke my attention back to her. Oh I have not missed her face. Leaving this mansion was so relieving. I remember my soul getting tortured here.“I am not even going to ask you where Sawyer is. I know you wouldn’t answer,” I hissed at her, remembering how she used to answer my every humble query.“Because you know where he is,” she shrugged her shoulders. I stared into her face in silence before she added, “wrapped around your fingers like nothing else matters to him anymore.”The way she hissed in my face, I felt her breath fanning on my skin. So, that is what had been bothering her?I rolled my eyes and pushed her aside, probably even shocking her because I heard a gasp from her. I wanted to go see what was going on. I had heard Sawyer talking about the pack members vandalizing whatever was left of my home and leaving weird notes via spray paint. He told me they were enraged and wouldn't back down until they got their hands on either me or my
Carena:“Get away from me.” I bent my knee to hit him between his legs, but he caught it and spread my legs, positioning his body between mine.“What are you—” My lips formed a big O, my eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.“What? You can hit me, but I can't make love to you?” he pouted, his eyes shamelessly examining my face.It was getting awkward as I was now bound to him, and subconsciously I was aware of what he was.A monster!“Where is my family?” I asked. Thankfully, he stepped away and set me free.“I have them in a safe place,” he uttered, walking away to his closet and taking off his coat.“Where? I want to meet my family. I want to know if they are fine.” I was yammering, using one breath to express all my concerns to him.“They are fine, Carena. They are in my care. And I will release them once you are done marking me. It is just that simple,” he spoke very casually, not even caring what I thought of him.“How can you be so—” he helped me finish what I was going to s
Carena: “The dinner went well, but you didn’t eat much,” Sawyer shrugged, walking ahead of me to the room.“You didn’t feel like talking to me first before planning a mating ceremony?” I grunted, and he barely slowed down to look at me.“You were fine with marking me. You were even going to mark me right now. So what is wrong with the mating ceremony? I think it’s about time that I tell the pack members their alpha king has found a mate, the best one,” he reached the bedroom door and held it open for me, making me hiss at him as I walked inside.My body was burning deep inside, my fists clenching.“We are not sleeping on the same bed, are we?” I instantly stopped when I saw him get into the room and head straight for the bed.“Why not? We are mates,” he shrugged, suddenly taking off his shirt. His abs were even more prominent than I remembered them from the last time. The cuts in his muscles made him look so ripped. I turned my head away and sat down on the couch.“I will sleep on th
Carena: “I have put them to bed; we’re all set,” Sawyer announced, his shirt disheveled before he quickly straightened it, though he didn’t roll down his sleeves.I gave him a smile and got up from my seat to welcome him. He took the main chair, and I sat down beside him, wearing a beautiful red dress.“You are the best father and husband,” I whispered, leaning over to kiss his cheek while the maid served us food.“You two need to get a room,” Ronan joked, making us smile and turn to him. He looked so happy with Yamin. The two had welcomed twins--a baby girl and a baby boy--last year.“And my brother is truly proving himself to be a good role model too,” Payton added proudly.Lady Jane smiled at her sons, delighted with their perfect lives.“And Payton is taking good care of business,” Louis grinned at her, giving her a wink. I knew something was brewing between the two, and they had recently opened up about it. They were set to get married in two months.I didn’t think there could b
Carena:“What do you mean?” My heart revived even more, my grip tightening around my child.“Kelly, don’t fucking make up stories,” Jack yelled, his fists clenched.“I am not. You fool. You really bought my lie about Carena being so powerful to get pregnant already and then giving birth in seven months. Carena didn’t have a proper sense of date and time because there were days she would sleep without waking up for two days. But you, you knew everything. Yet you didn’t question anything?” Kelly smirked at Jack, who was finally hit with the realization.That’s when my baby let out a little cry and opened his eyes. He had the same eyes as Sawyer.“He is my baby?” Sawyer rushed toward me, taking him from my hands and then smiling, “No wonder I felt such a strong connection.”“No! You did not betray me like that,” Jack yelled, rushing to wrap his hands around Kelly’s neck, but Martin raised his legs and kicked him, making Jack drop back like a pathetic weakling.“How dare you--,” it was as
Carena: After I beat him up, Sawyer handed me my baby while he tied the couple to a tree. I was curious about what he was planning to do.“I am so sorry I got you into this mess,” Kelly cried to Martin, the two tied side by side.“No! If I have to do that again, I will do it. All for you,” the guy was hopelessly in love with her but also an idiot for partaking in her crazy schemes.She was a doctor; if she had remained committed to her job, the two would be living a very good life by now.While the two cried and talked, I held my son and smiled with teary eyes. My baby was perfect. There was no way he was Jack’s child. How could such a beautiful baby belong to that monster?“My perfect child,” I cried happily, rocking my baby in my arms. All these months, not once did I hate my child. I had grown so much in love with my baby that I didn’t understand why and how."Why would you want us dead? You already have your baby and your mate by your side now. Don't you have everything already?"
Carena:He was watching me with so many emotions in his eyes. In that moment, Jack and the others decided to flee because they knew they couldn't fight Sawyer.Jack was so frightened that he didn't even wait to grab me. Instead, he just started running after seizing Kelly.“My son--!” I yelled, but before I could get up, I saw Sawyer gesture for me not to go after them.“They cannot escape the woods.”His confidence made me sit back. But what about my son? What if they hurt him?"Sawyer!" I uttered his name as he deepened his stare into my eyes, filled with nothing but love for me."My love!" He knelt down and instantly pulled me into a warm and comforting embrace."No! Don't touch me before you know my truth." It broke my heart that even after our reunion, I had to keep my distance from him.He needed to understand that I had given birth to Jack's child so he could decide whether he still wanted to be with me. It would shatter my heart if he didn't want to stay with me, but I could n
Sawyer:“Ronan, keep your eyes peeled at the border. Make sure your men remain hidden in dugouts around the portal,” I advised him as we marched away from the entrance. Tonight was the Wolf Moon, and after midnight, I knew Jack would arrive with Carena. Certainly, Jack would use Carena to try to lure us away so that he could cross the portal, but I would jump right in with them. That was the plan.“I have informed my guards not to stop them from enticing the bridge, but do let us know when they arrive,” Ronan confirmed. I didn't want to provoke Jack into attacking Carena out of anger. Of course, he would threaten us with her life when he was surrounded by the warriors.“Yamin is taking care of the roads--” Suddenly, Ronan's voice began to fade. My mind started to wander off, and I knew it wasn’t the first time this had happened. I had felt this before, only when someone stepped into my woods--the woods of which I was king.“They are here.”I closed my eyes, focusing on the whispers of
Carena:“AHHHHH!” My screams had deafened me at this point. The pain was unbearable, and being out in the wild was not helping at all. I was worried for my baby and how giving birth in the wilderness would negatively impact everything. Dr. Kelly had asked Jack and Martin to grab some supplies while she assisted me with the delivery.“Just keep going. I know you can do it,” she said, rubbing a damp cloth over my forehead in an attempt to comfort me, but I was far from comfortable. The open air and sky, combined with the fact that my mate was not with me, broke my heart.“Why can’t we go to a hospital?” I asked, letting out heavy breaths, but the pain kept intensifying.“Because Sawyer must have informed all the hospitals and packs about you and Jack,” she replied. “Besides, we are passing through Sawyer’s pack, so--” The minute she said that, goosebumps covered my body. I looked around and noticed the woods. What the hell!We were in the terrifying part of the woods? The crazy and poss
Carena: Jack was shocked to see the old man confronting him. It seemed like Jack had run out of words.“I don’t know what you are--talking about,” Jack tried to sound normal, but none of the words he uttered came out in a confident tone.His hesitation alone gave him a guilty appearance.I had stepped way back from them while Dr. Kelly ensured she stayed with me."I heard it all. You played me only so you could use my kin to escape the werewolf world--the world where you have messed up so much that you can’t even remain in it anymore,” Vincent finally seemed to have caught on to Jack’s scheme.It took him months and many wasted attempts to open his eyes. But what struck me as odd was that Jack steadily fixed his posture and approached him.For someone who had been caught in a lie by his only support, he was remarkably calm.“I think you’re taking this way too seriously. It’s not that grave of a matter,” he placed his hand on Vincent’s shoulder, but Vincent shrugged it off aggressivel
Carena:"What did you just say?" he asked, a harshness in his voice warning me not to say the wrong thing."Jack lied to you. He told me that if he told you the truth, you would kill me and my baby." I gulped, realizing it could be true. I was taking a risk here. If I wasn’t pregnant, I would have found a way to escape the chains and transition. But that was no longer an option."Huh!" He looked rightfully confused. "You are the reason my poor daughter is dead. Sawyer killed her because of you." Now that we were talking, he started revealing what he truly thought of me.The fact that he claimed Sawyer had killed Tabitha proved that Jack had lied to him about many things."That’s not true. Listen--" I took a deep breath, knowing I was about to admit who was really responsible for Tabitha’s death and the deaths of his other children.His expression grew even harsher as he continued to watch me, waiting for an explanation as to why I believed Jack had been lying."Tabitha did cheat on Ja
Carena:I was heavily pregnant and miserable, but I kept going for the sake of my baby and the hope of seeing Sawyer again one day. I just didn’t know how he would react to the fact that my child belonged to someone else.“You shouldn’t starve yourself,” the maid they had hired for me said, causing me to roll my eyes.I didn’t get along with any of these people.They were all enemies of both me and Sawyer, working for that despicable man.“I’m full,” I sighed. “Before you start lecturing me, I had breakfast less than two hours ago,” I scoffed, irritated.She rolled her eyes and left the hut. We had been on the run—or rather, they had kept me on the run—for months.Every time Sawyer got close, they would pack up and flee again. They’d managed to evade him many times by threatening my life, and of course, Sawyer always relented.“Hey,” Jack entered, having taken care of the food and other necessities for the night. He smiled at me.The mattress I sat on was uncomfortable, lacking the fa