Siya’s Point of View I knew my body was fucked the moment I emerged out of the cell. Knew that between the beating Killian had given me, shitty meal rotations and my too fast metabolism that I was going to run out of fuel sooner rather than later. A healer could fix it. Rewrite my cells in that weird way that they did and I would carry on. But even staring death in the face, Killian still refused to heal me. “Over my dead fucking corpse,” He hissed at Michael, spit flying everywhere as he spoke. Michael, to my utter surprise, rolled his fucking eyes like an irate child. Cocked up one hand on his hip, the one with the knife still in it. “Well that’s not very fucking nice of you. Mind losing your elbow joint in the process?” He mocked, smirking all the way. This made Killian blanche. The world titled sideways for a moment. Blood roared loudly in my ears. Screamed at me to sit down or lay down. Maybe both. Everything was on fire. Every muscle ached with the smallest of movements.
Adelia’s Point of View The charges were set. All of the guards who had joined our side had prepared their families for evacuation. Everyone was in place, ready to blow this place wide open and then some. Aiden paced considerably as I stared at him. His thumbnail was nothing but a nub at this point. Had no nail to speak of. “What if we are caught? Tortured? I haven’t ever been-“ He swallowed hard, face turning into a mask of pain. “What if I tell them about Nessa? How I’m her mate? They’ll go looking for her just to spite me, I’m sure of it.” He bleated for the hundredth time tonight. The moon was rising steadily above the small walled-in garden. The very same one where I had started falling for Siya. Or rather, where I finally accepted that we were mates. It was only fitting that we waited it out here. With my mother firmly shoved into Phaedra’s ass since I left this morning with the guards, I didn’t have to worry about what she thought was going on. Too busy planning the death o
Adelia’s Point of ViewThere was a brief second between inhaling and exhaling where I thought I might pass out. Vomit. Both. Not only was Michael drenched in blood but Siya had a limp. A significant limp. And I could smell his blood, clear as day, in the air.Before I could move, Aiden was already there. Lifted half of Siya’s body weight onto himself and off of Michael. The human looked elated at the shift of the weight. Nearly sagged against the wall beside him with relief.“Are you alright, captain? ‘Aiden asked beside my mate, studying his side profile, no doubt trying to figure out where the bleeding was coming from.When no distinguishable wounds were visible, Aiden looked back at me with wide eyes riddled with doubt.I only forced my face into neutrality.There was no need to show an already panicked male how much this scared me. Affected me. Siya’s extraction was supposed to come through easily and with minimal complications. But it looked like the two of them had endured a wa
Michael’s Point of ViewFrom the look on Adelia’s face, I knew something was off the moment I finished explaining to her what had happened. Like she knew exactly what I was talking about but felt too conflicted to tell any of us.Siya, on the other hand, looked near death. Stumbled upright when Adelia told us we were leaving right away.Thanks to Aiden, the captain was caught beneath his shoulders and dragged upright. A cringe morphed his face, followed closely by shame.This was a man who was in charge for most of his life. Someone who didn’t rely on anyone else, from the looks of it. Now he was stuck with being babied by us. A hard knock to his ego.There wasn’t much time to consider what he was feeling or what Adelai was scheming, though. Aiden hurriedly plucked a walkie-talkie from his combat pants and hit the talk button. “We are go for exit. I repeat, we are go for exit. Light them up.” He spoke into the thing, his eyes staring off into space as he did so. He had lived here hi
Adelia’s Point of View As we went, the halls started filling up more. People started moving in and out of rooms. Some screamed whilst others calmly escorted what looked to be elderly people out of the burning wing. Most of the elderly residents looked like the spouses of the general I had been presented to with Siya. Some had younger children with them as well. None of them looked our way. Not even at Siya. Luckily, no guards moved with them. Well, none of the guards that we hadn’t recruited. Here and there a familiar face would spot us. Steered the people they were with in a different direction. Kept all of their attention firmly on the tasks at hand. Once we were close enough to the burning wing, we headed left, down a dank corridor clearly not being used often. The air smelt of mould and stagnant water. The stones were covered in moss at the edges. An escape route seldom used anymore. Michael remained a pillar in front of me. Halted and waited at every corner and turn, scan
Adelia’s Point of View The sewers were as bad as I had expected. Worse, in some places, especially when an unknown floating object would make its way toward you. For the most part, we remained firmly out of the water. Walked silently on the side of the sewer on a little service walkway. But where the tunnels grew smaller, we had no choice but to walk in the muck. “This is going to take me forever to get out of my hair,” I half-whispered as I tried desperately not to inhale through my nose. To say my gag reflex was bad, would be the understatement of the century. “How can you be thinking about that at a time like this?” Michael asked in front of me, his gruff voice echoing off of the walls all around us. From those very same echoing sounds came Siya’s labored breathing. Despite Aiden’s best efforts to keep up with us whilst still keeping Siya upright, we had to pause every few minutes to give him a break. The wariness in his eyes told me enough. He was running on low. Which w
Michael’s Point of ViewHoisting Siya onto my back felt like loading a bunch of rocks into a backpack. He weighed me down instantly. Made me feel like the earth could swallow me up at any moment.He was one hulking mass of dead muscles. Labored breathing filled my ears the moment he was on, securely seated and all. And it wasn’t his breathing.Aiden looked ten times happier with the small load I had given back to him. My backup bag was filled with ammo and guns.On a good day, I would have complained about its weight.Now? Now I wished it was my backup bag instead of this large ass frame.“Are you alright?” Adelia asked by my side, poking and prodding the space where I started and Siya ended. To find a weakness or an unbalanced spot, perhaps.Or to make sure we were flush and I wouldn’t drop her mate.The second thought sent a jolt of jealousy curving through me. It hissed and screeched as it passed, urging me to dump the man on my back on the cold, wet, filthy ground and leave him th
Dear Readers I want to come on here and apologize for chapters 80, 81, 82, 83, 86, 87 and chapter 91. South Africa experienced a nationwide Internet outage over the last two weeks that affected all of our work greatly. I wrote and published these chapters on Goodnovel itself, meaning online, and with the horrid internet conditions, they cut off my chapters at my last saved when published. I have fixed all of these issues now and hope that there won't be such a problem again for a long while. And then for those of you who read four chapters that didn't fit into the book (70, 71, 72, and 73)... Well... I mixed up my Word files a while back and accidentally posted the new book I am working on (I know, I am not always the brightest.) But I hope you enjoyed the teaser for the new release. Thank you so much for your kindness and patience. All my love. Lexa
Adelia's Point of ViewThey both cleaned up well. Looked dashing in their suits. But the scene in front of me was obscenely strange. Two fully grown men hiding behind a bush. One with an empty glass of some type of alcohol in hand. The other laughing maniacally into the dark If it hadn't been for me noticing their scents nearby, we wouldn't have found them at all.With their vantage, they could see the entire party perfectly. Still, they chose to hide away. Watched from the outside.And the moment they turned around to look at us, both of their jaws dropped to the floor.I knew Nessa had done a good job of styling me. Knew I looked better than I had ever done before. But their reactions were priceless. Worth every single burn Nessa had given me when she tried to curl my hair for the updo."Close your mouths, boys, it's fly season." Nessa joked from beside me. Chortled when all Michael could do was curse again, eyes digging up my flesh inch by inch. Siya wasn't far behind. Let his ey
Siya's Point of ViewI was a mated male.For one, I couldn't believe I wasn't dead yet. At the end of my twenties and I was still alive and well. Or as well as I could be, given that my body was a royal fuck up at the moment.But not dead. Not yet. And not anytime soon. Second, I was mated and in a new pack. Watched now as my old pack members streamed into a lush and vibrant garden made up for them and only them. To welcome them into a new and more stable home.If only the rest of my pack could have followed as well. Could have escaped the hell that was now Noha Khoeli.My mother would have been proud to see me now. Would have loved to know that her son was not only living but thriving. Saddened by the fact that her daughter had turned into such a cruel monster, yes, but glad to know her son had escaped that reality."Well, don't you clean up well," Michael crooned as he approached me from behind.I was standing in the shadows. Avoided anyone looking at me yet. Speaking to me. Mainly
Adelia's Point of View"Stop fussing! Everything has been sorted outside. It is two hours before the ceremony starts, we need to get ready!" I screeched at Nessa, hand clamped around her wrist and pulling her furiously into my walk-in closet.She was finding every reason in the book not to go inside and look at all of her options. From the decor to the food and everything in between. "Shit needs to be perfect and that fucking florist put one too many fucking roses in the centerpieces," She argued back whilst pulling away from me.A child with a new toy, that's what she was acting like right now."One too many roses isn't going to kill anyone, Nessa! But we can't be late for our own party," I hissed again and finally dragged her the rest of the way into the closet.The overhead lights flickered on the second they detected us. Flooded the small but packed space with light. And shimmers and sparkles from the clothes around us. This was where I kept most of my fancy clothes. The kind t
Adelia's Point of ViewI left Michael at the pack house with Aiden.Both men were walking around the place, making sure that every security measure under the sun was well in place. Nukes weren't the only threat we had to face. If Phaedra wanted to she could send an entire army to come and eviscerate us for what we had done to her pack. A tit for tat kind of thing. So the men peacocked around, trying to figure out every single weak point within the pack house grounds."I'm back," I called into the house and closed the door behind me.Groans sounded throughout the house, coming from upstairs. Groans. Moans. A few curses every once in a while. This was followed by a shrill voice that I couldn't make out the words from.Making my way up the stairs, I felt my teeth grind together as the groans intensified. Nessa was doing a number on her brother and showed zero remorse.When I walked in, she was straddling his ass, working her hands up and down the length of his spine. Siya's face was tw
Adelia's Point of ViewHis lips were as soft as I had remembered them. As intoxicating as well. But this time, his hands roamed my body freely. Hungrily. Claiming every inch as if he would never have the chance again. As if he needed to feel me to believe that we were doing this.Settling my own hands in his hair, I pulled his face away and smiled at him softly. Felt my heart still beating a mile a minute as he stared down at me. Blue eyes were half-lidded and twinkling when he looked down at me. Smiling like a damned fool.Ever so slowly he brushed a hand down the side of my face. Swept some of my baby hair back behind my ear. "You are so utterly beautiful that I might just die from looking at you too long." He whispered, breathing fanning my face in a minty puff. I rolled my eyes and shook his head for him. "That was maybe the cheesiest thing you have ever said to me," I bemoaned, unable to look even a tad bit disgusted by it.Because he could say those things to me my entire lif
Adelia's Point of ViewFor the first night where both of my mates were with me, we all collectively decided to sleep on our own. Not because I wouldn't have loved it to be the filling between both men but rather because neither of them felt very comfortable with that yet.Which was to be understood.I wouldn't know how to feel sleeping with my mate and his other mate.But Nessa's couches slept like utter shit! The girl had really said 'fashion and fuck the rest'. They were lovely to look at. Wonderful to curl up on. Horrendous for the back. So, when I finally woke up, I felt like an old woman climbing out of her coffin. My spine was shot to hell. Knees creaked from having had to curl them to my chest for the entire night.And if I felt this way, I didn't even want to know how Michael must have felt."We really should have brought another mattress," I groaned and stretched. Some of my limbs popped in their sockets, making me wince.Siya grumbled something into his pillow on the mattre
Adelia's Point of View"And you made sure to ask him that everything was disabled? Thrown away? Burned?" Nessa screeched, hands on her hips as she paced the length of the living room.Every time she passed Aiden, he reached for her but she was having none of it. Dodged his efforts every single time with a dip of her shoulder. Or a sneer when he got too close to calming her down."Ozias asked Dargan to check everything. He even sent over a plan of the house and where Ciaran placed everything," Michael explained and let his eyes dance over to mine. "He also apologized profusely for what his Alpha has done." "In what regard? Because everything he has done has been more than fucked up from what I hear." Nessa seethed again.Aiden made a last lunge towards her and when she dodged out of his way, he threw his hands up in exasperation. Looked done with trying. Hell, with living at this point.It was funny to witness them together.Him, the pragmatic planner who thought shit through. Her, wh
Michael's Point of ViewShe was fine. More than fine, actually, from the looks of things. Adelia was joking and laughing. Kidding around with Siya and his lack of cooking skills. Made fun of the fact that a carrot nearly took him out. And her with him, if she hadn't stopped healing him when she had. But she was bubbly and happy. Looked relaxed, even when I tried to tickle her feet. Or got her to snort coffee through her nose by accident.This felt comfortable. Easy. Like this was the place I had always been destined to find. A home I always needed to occupy.Logically she had tried several times to get back to planning. Or tried to sneak away with her phone, just to make a few calls, she had assured us. Neither of us let her, on orders of the Beta of the pack.Your first healing was as taxing on the body as your first shift. Something I had to keep in mind once I won her over and got her to turn me. The process and changes of it all were grueling enough that even Alpha pups were
Adelia's Point of ViewI was helped down the stairs. Helped, like a damned invalid. All because my body had decided healing a gash on an arm was one too much.Sure, give it a kidnapping. Nearly being killed. Being held captive by your deranged mother. Escaping said Mother. Organizing one large ass ceremony. And everything in between. But goddess forbid I tried healing someone. That was just fucking unacceptable.At first, both had offered to help me down. Neither wanted the other to help. A few glares had been exchanfged. Maybe a profanity or two, said through their eyes and luckily not their mouths.By the time they were done with their pissing contest, I was already at the door, tired of their bullshit. Scolded them for handling me like I was broken and not just tired. That had been the final straw for them to back off. Michael had been the winner in the end, to my utter dismay.His hand around my waist and my arm around his shoulders caused us to touch all up my side. Forced so m