JAYDEN’S P.O.V. I ran to my room, tears flowing nonstop. I have to get out of here, like right now. I cannot stand Nash’s charade anymore. But Jared was instantly there. Why the fuck was he always there? “Now what happened?” he asked in an unsufferable tone. But I did not respond. I just kept on packing my stuff. “Jay,” he spoke in a much higher tone, but I did not stop. I had no idea my things were spread throughout the room and bathroom in a day! Damn it…! I just shoved everything in my bag, and then closed it. “I am going,” I sighed as I finally looked at him. “I can tell as much, but where are you going?” he demanded. “I will be at the tarmac when it is time to fly out, but I am leaving, like right now!” I spoke. But Jared was right in front of me. “No!” he spoke so sternly that I glared at him. “You are not going anywhere, you are Jayden Esperanza Whitaker La Gualias, do you have any idea how many alphas in here will be willing to kidnap you for ransom or worse?” he as
NASH’S P.O.V.“What are you doing?” Alpha Dimitri asked me. “Do you have death wish, boy?” he thundered.I just stared at him in defiance.“Dad,” Jared started but Alpha Dimitri just raised his hand.“Last night you were fighting my daughter, today my son. Are you hell bent on making La Gualias clan your enemy?” Alpha Dimitri continued.And I snorted. So loudly that his brows furrowed.“Dad,” Jared growled this time, gaining his father’s attention. “Jay…” he spoke.And something went on between the duo and Alpha Dimitri rushed into Jayden’s room and checked it.“Holy fuck!” Alpha Dimitri shouted loudly, so loudly that everyone quivered.“Boy!” Alpha Dimitri called from inside. And I knew he meant me.“Can I go in now?” I asked the security people who were still eyeing me suspiciously.“BOY!” Alpha Dimitri thundered now, and the security just jumped aside.The moment I was in the room, Alpha Dimitri grabbed my collar and pushed me against the wall. I could see his eyes clearly, and his
JAYDEN’S P.O.V.“Hey, yall!” the bartender shouted as I walked out. “Just leave the girl alone.”But they were not having it.When I stepped out, I realized that all these were bikers and they belonged to same gang. They all had a very typical kind of skull tattooed on their arms.‘Jay!’ Faye screamed in my head, trying to take control. But when I did not let her, she did something else. She opened my mind link.‘Jay,’ Jared’s, mom’s, dad’s, Aaron’s voices boomed in my head instantly.‘Damn it, Faye,’ I screeched in my head. ‘You had to open up the link to everyone together.’‘Where are you?’ dad’s super worried voice boomed in my head.‘Umm, I am somewhere, dad,’ I spoke as I stared at the men who were now almost circling me. ‘And believe me, I really need to concentrate right now.’“Come now, sugar, come with us,” one of the men spoke.‘Who is that?’ mom shouted, super scared.‘Umm… I am kind of busy, mom,’ I spoke, trying hard to see how best to defend myself.‘Where are you?’ dad’
NASH’S P.O.V.A few hours agoTo say I was scared was an understatement. The way Alpha Dimitri was sitting on princess’s bed, the bed on which I have fantasized ravishing my beautiful mate so damn often, that I quivered.‘Why did he send out Jared?’ Zues asked me. ‘Do you think we can take him?’ he added with hesitation.‘Don’t event think about it,’ I muttered back to Zues in my head. Was he fucking crazy? If the aura of this alpha was scaring the living shit out me, what would his true anger do?“I do not have whole day, boy,” Alpha Dimitri commanded. “My daughter has run away, something she has never done in her entire life.”He heaved a long sigh. I could tell he was controlling his temper.“Actually, out of all my children, Jay is the most sensible one. She is the most powerful one too, and truth be told, if Jared did not have that raw strength that comes with male genes, Jay would be stronger than him too,” Alpha Dimitri smirked and I could tell he was proud of his daughter. Hel
JAYDEN’S P.O.V.We didn’t go to council house post my great rescue at that bar. I was still wondering what happened with Roy. Neither dad, nor grand dad had talked to me. And I was scared to mind link them. I really did not wish to see what they were up to!When we all stepped out at the tarmac, mom walked up to the other car which had nannies and my other siblings. Jared’s eyes followed her and then he too left. Leaving me with Nash… a very incomprehensible Nash!He did not utter a word to me. He was just standing at a side, as if waiting for me to approach him. But hell if I was going to approach him now. It was because of him I ran away. Because he slept with Clarice, after kissing me!We stood in utter silence when two more cars came to a screeching halt in front of the plane.Very angry dad, no – no – not very angry, incensed, incandescent and fuming with rage dad, jumped out of the car and climbed the stairs of the plane, disappearing in it.“Oh, no!” mom almost cried in panic.
JAYDEN’S P.O.V.Mom rubbed my back as we were about to land… I do not know how long we were in the plane, in air, maybe ten, twelve or maybe for infinite hours, I just did not know! My thoughts were on Nash, the man who broke my heart so brutally.“We are almost home, darling,” mom soothed.For her, I was homesick. For her, anything and everything that was bothering me was left behind in Switzerland. For her, maybe, she felt it was all because of nostalgia about what had happened with her all those years ago. And while it was traumatic, yes, it was now not bothering me.“Is dad alright?” I asked simply.I had dreaded to go into his chambers. And for the first time, like ever, dad had not come check up on us in the plane. These plane rides, whenever we took them, used to be our family time. Up in the air, with limited technology, mom always insisted that we all spend time together. Dad, who is always so busy otherwise, obeyed her, obviously. Because whatever it maybe, a fated mate ofte
JAYDEN’S P.O.V. We landed, and while always Jared and I stayed glued to each other, he sat in other car with dad and uncle Taron. Uncle Taron had to leave the very day we had arrived at Switzerland due to some emergency back home, but he was here to pick us up. He must have heard what I did, because the moment I stepped out of the plane, he pulled me in an incredible hug and whispered, “Please, don’t you ever do that to us… alright?” “Yes, uncle Taron,” I whispered in his arms so softly that only his wolf ears could listen to me. “Will they be okay?” I asked in the same tone. “Give them time,” he patted my cheeks lovingly. “Most people don’t get over things like that easily, and alphas in your family most certainly would not!” And he was right. Because the cold shoulder my dad and Jared gave me, I knew I was in for a long ride. ** Back home, I was taken straight to my room. When we left for Switzerland, we had packed our bags in the dormitories to shift to our respective rooms
JAYDEN’S P.O.V. I stayed away from Jared and dad from then on. Not just Jake, even I remembered those horrifying marks on mom’s neck when I was around 5. Just that I did not know back then that it was dad who had done it to her. Mom had lied to us saying she got injured by a plant and that the plant was poisonous. I mean, I cannot believe it. How can mom even forgive dad for all the shit he has pulled on her over the course of years, mate or not, how could he! And also, I very well knew now how an alpha given wound can be healed. And in no way, no fucking way, I was going to apply dad’s saliva on my body! Yuck! The thought of it gave me heebie-jeebies. So, yeah I stayed away but I went about my work. I monitor security and training of all in the clan. I have been doing it since I was twelve years old, and I was good at it. My special focus was on girls of our clan, they should be independent. Another thing I learnt observing my mom. If she knew how to fight, I am sure the way she i
Three years later. The stage was set, and the ceremonies were done. Well, at least the ones for which humans were invited as well. And now was the time to perform the most important ceremony of all… and now only the wolves remained! And among those were Nash’s family – immediate and extended, my parents, grandparents, my brothers and sisters, Dr Serena, Rhea and Taron uncle’s family."Why are so many bollywood actors here?" I asked Devi as we all sat in our seats, staring expectantly at the stage, where Nash's father was standing."They all are wolves, did you not know?" Devi grinned. "Dad let's them use their charm to get popular and stuff. Helps keep control," she winked."Wow! Isn't it like dangerous? What if they lose control?" I was shocked."Well," Devi shrugged. "Nothing super dangerous has happened so far..."I was about to ask her what has happened so far, but Nash's father cleared his throat and I looked up ahead.“I am your Alpha,” Nash’s father spoke to the assembled crowd
JAYDEN’S P.O.V.“You maybe too modern, Jayden to not care, but I am not… so for you new dad’s sake, put this shirt on,” he spoke without even looking at me. “I also want to see what he is saying, and for that, you need this!”And I smiled at Nash’s father’s words and put on the shirt. And he finally looked in our direction.“Who hired you to kidnap Devi?” I demanded as he certainly cannot be a mastermind behind all this.“One look, please,” and he hissed.“Are you a vampire?” I asked, confused.“He is in the sun,” Jared muttered.But then who was he?“He is a human,” Nash muttered. “He was not affected by wolfsbane, and he is not affected by sun!”“He is stupid, Jayden,” Myra spoke from her spot. “Very stupid. He was taking orders from someone else… we could not hear because our wolves are dormant, but he has been saying and doing whatever the man on the phone was saying!”And at this, Jared searched the man’s pocket and pulled out his phone.“A temporary phone,” Jared informed as he
JAYDEN’S P.O.V. Putting down first four was no problem. Jared and I were unmatched fighters, and those who know about us, would not dare face us. But I guess these men did not know about us, because they did fight, no, they tried to fight and well, now they are dead! We climbed to the second floor and instead of two men as Nash told us, we found three, but no issues, they were dealt with as well. But as the third one caught us by surprise, it was thrown down two floors with loud clattering sound and thuds. And it rendered all the occupants of the top floor quiet. ‘Fuck!’ Jared swore in my head. ‘Well,’ I sighed as we looked up, and saw two men looking down at us. They yelled and started climbing down stairs in anger. ‘Let them come,’ I spoke to Jared who took his stance to fight. And the moment the men approached us, I used my inhuman speed and pushed them down two floors, and they went tumbling down with another thud... Jared twisted his mouth and looked down at their crumpled
JAYDEN’S P.O.V. ‘Worse,’ Nash’s father whispered. ‘They want you to come out or they will rape and kill Devi in front of my own eyes.’ I halted for a moment as Devi’s happy face flashed in front of my eyes. ‘I am coming in,’ I spoke determinedly. I could sense Jared’s and Nash’s retort coming but it was Nash’s father who spoke first, ‘NO!’ he thundered. ‘Whatever may happen, I will not trade one daughter for another… this is not how things are done in my family!’ And my heart thudded. ‘Daughter?’ I whispered to myself. ‘You may consider me a devil, Jayden, but I do consider you as my daughter. I may not love you as much your parents love you, or I love Devi, please excuse that but you just came in my life, but you are my daughter. Always remember that…’ And my eyes welled. ‘Not the time to get emotional,’ Faye barked in my head. ‘Or have you forgotten what that man said about you?’ ‘What did he say about you?’ Nash and Jared demanded. ‘Later!’ I hissed. ‘Focus!’ ‘
JAYDEN’S P.O.V. ‘Jayden… Jayden…’ both Nash and Jared were growling in my head. ‘Stop distracting me, and Nash, link me to your dad so I know what shit is unfurling inside…’ I ordered. ‘I am going to kill you woman,’ Nash growled. ‘First, let me become a woman,’ I laughed but then I heard Nash’s dad’s voice in my head too. ‘Where are you, Avinash?’ Nash’s father asked. ‘Very close,’ Nash informed. ‘How many men inside, alpha,’ I asked as I crouched low in the shed. ‘Half a dozen,’ Nash’s father was not at all surprised that I had linked to him like this. ‘Weapons?’ I asked as I looked back, and found a man snoozing in the shed. ‘Guns, grenades, automatics, these men are prepared to eradicate us,’ Nash’s father informed. ‘Not if we kill them first, isn’t it?’ I spoke as I crept over to the sleeping men and spoke, ‘hold on to the line, Nash…’ and I snapped the neck of the sleeping men in a heartbeat. ‘One down,’ I spoke with a smile as I looked around. There were
JAYDEN’S P.O.V. I was contemplating how to go about the situation when a voice boomed in my head. ‘Don’t you dare!’ It was Jared. ‘Oh, you are awake,’ I replied sarcastically. ‘Jay, no…’ he added. ‘We are not even fifteen minutes out, wait for us…’ he ordered. ‘Where are you?’ I demanded as I felt rather weird through this mind link. ‘You will see,’ Jared informed, and I checked the skies. I hope they were not coming via chopper because that will announce our arrival. ‘This is normal, Jar,’ I sighed. ‘I can take them out…’ “She is not listening,” Jared shouted out loud, almost making me jump. ‘Jayden,’ now Nash’s voice boomed in my head. ‘Great, so you are awake too,’ and I connected him to my link with Jared. ‘We are not even ten minutes out,’ Nash spoke. ‘Covered five minutes distance in few seconds, are you guys flying?’ I snorted. ‘Something of the sort,’ Jared spoke and this time I did peer towards the sky. ‘Jay, remember your promise to dad. You will n
JAYDEN’S P.O.V. “I am not surprised that we don’t have any wolves here,” I spoke as I stared around. Beggars, hawkers, and many random people were littered around the city. “How do we even find our princess?” the driver asked. But then alpha opened his eyes and spoke, “No, I cannot locate or contact either of the girls.” I sighed. I had not expected it, but I would not lie that I was not disappointed. “We are at least in the right city!” the security guard pointed. But then suddenly, the alpha exclaimed. He exclaimed so loudly that the driver almost lost control of the car and I jumped at least two feet in the air, banging my head on the side. “What happened?” I demanded, clutching my head. “The bar,” he spoke. “Where we left the money?” I asked. “Yes, it is gone…” he whispered. “Gone? As in?” I asked suspiciously. “There was a blast in it, and it is totally ablaze… two of our men standing outside are dead!” he whispered sadly. “Why would they blast half a mil
JAYDEN’S P.O.V. “We have informed the princes about this and they are also re-routing towards Kashid,” the man beside the driver informed me. Both my mate and my brother were in the city but none had mind linked me. I had tried to establish contact but none allowed. Why? Were they avoiding me to keep me safe or were they so damn busy that they had their minds closed to any outside distraction. Hoping for the latter, I focused on the situation on hand. And what a situation it was! I wanted to be with Nash and Jared. Discuss strategy with them, but I didn’t know where they were, and I did not wish to leave Nash’s father alone right now. “If we find my daughter,” Nash’s father started. “We will kill everyone who took her, yes,” I nodded. He looked at me for a fleeting second, as if assessing me if I had the stomach to digest cold blooded murder, but then he nodded. “Kashid is how big?” I asked. “Not that big,” Nash’s father informed me. “So, they will see us coming,” I t
JAYDEN’S P.O.V. “Claws…” Nash’s father fell on to the floor in shock. “They are my baby’s claws.” I was surprised. Faye did not sense anything regarding Devi or Myra in that box. I took the box from Nash’s father’s hands and felt repulsed immediately. Who the fuck does that? Who was so cruel to – to – Faye growled in my head at the sight of pulled out claws. But did not transform again. I sniffed, and stared at crumpled form of Nash’s father. “Did you catch a familiar scent from these, Alpha?” I asked sceptically. “My baby!” he choked. “No, these do not belong to either Devi or Myra,” I assured him. And he looked up at me hopefully. “Devi and Myra were tied up in that room but that room is devoid of any other wolf’s scent. Humans, yes, but no wolves… and these,” I pointed at the box, “don’t belong to either girl.” Nash’s father stood up and nodded. “Then we must leave this place…” Nash’s father spoke, totally unabashed. I nodded and followed him. But then his secu