JAYDEN’S P.O.V. Shock! Absolute, resolute shock! I could not believe it. I waited someone to laugh at the joke, but no one did! And dad won’t lie like this. He loves me, more than anyone else, well, maybe mom perhaps! “What?” was all I could say. “Nash found you almost dead beside him. He ran down carrying you, and dad brought you to the medical dorm,” Jared informed. “Why I am not dead? Blue wolfsbane is lethal to our kind,” I started. “My theory is because you were already having antidote in your system. Any other day, or if you were poisoned, within a few hours, you would have been dead,” Dr Serena sighed. “Who did it?” I asked. “Maia, who else?” Jared looked confused. “What?” I was shocked. “When did she?” “She laced a flower with it and tricked you to smell it,” Jared continued. “Luckily you took only one whiff, so only bits of it went into your system, but it caused enough damage.” “I remember waking up a while ago…” I recalled. “Your mind woke up because I h
NASH’S P.O.V. What do you do when the girl you love is repeatedly attacked or hurt! What was the count now? Three, if I start from the moment I had met her… And last two months have been a nightmare. I could not believe my eyes when Alpha had put her on a medical dorm’s bed and she had looked white, as if she was already dead. Thanks to Dr Serena administrations, she was stable, but it had taken almost four weeks for her colour to return to her skin, and that too happened because Faye started healing her. Ever since Faye woke up, she was better. But not enough. I spent most of my time in medical dorm, slept in it too, just could not leave my mate alone there. But she was never alone. She always had a hoard of people around her and one of her family always stayed. Jared and alpha had to literally push me and her mother out of the dormitories the first time. And ever since then, Jared and I have been taking it in turns to stay with her. We had the closest link to her, and we didn
JAYDEN’S P.O.V. I could not believe he was crying. He was actually crying. First dad, then mom, and now Nash… everyone was crying on my return! “I promise, but you do know that none of this was my doing!” I sighed. “I mean, I put myself in danger back in Switzerland, but these two times here, was not my fault.” He sniffed and nodded. “My fault, truly,” he sighed and I wanted to hit him but could not. “Can we stop with the crying and blaming and everything, please,” I groaned. “And will you please kiss me already now?” And a grin flashed on face, first smile ever since I woke up… “I didn’t know if you were up for it yet,” he started. “Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!” I babbled, “less talking, more kissing please,” I spoke hastily, pulling his hands towards me because that was the extent of my movement as of now. And without any further ado, he bent down and pressed his lips firmly on mine. A relief, a gasp of relief, then a moan of relief escaped my lips consecutively as he kissed
JAYDEN’S P.O.V. “Gotten quite close, have we? Talking about ‘sniffing’ me to her!” I asked grinning but rolling my eyes at Nash. “Anyone will be if they spend days and nights here,” Nash laughed as he caressed my face lovingly. “What?” I asked again, as he stared at my face with such vulnerable expression that I felt smitten. “Ah… I could just look at you forever,” he smiled. “I love you much… too damn much, Jayden.” And I pouted. “What?” he asked seriously. “I don’t like it when you call me Jayden,” I whispered softly. “But you asked me to call you Jayden… I remember you telling me the same specifically that night…” Nash exclaimed. “I know… I know… Jared said the same too, but I am telling you now, that I don’t like it when you call me Jayden,” I replied staring at my nails. They were incredibly yellow now… Ew! “You don’t want me to call you princess, you don’t want me to call you Jayden, oh Goddess, help me please!” Nash exclaimed. I pouted again. “What should
JAYDEN’S P.O.V. I wanted Nash and incredibly so. My entire body was aching now and for very different reasons than me falling in a coma type sleep! I just wanted to lock myself with that boy and have my way with him for days and nights. But it was not happening! “You have to endure a few more hours without your mate,” mom sighed as she pulled me in her office, rather than take me to my room where I knew for sure Nash was waiting for me. I could sense his agitation in my head. “Why so?” I asked glumly. “Because,” mom sighed even deeply, “we need to address the public.” And when I stared at her with the utmost incredulous expressions, she added, “I feel the same way for your dad as you feel for your mate, alright. So, keep that tone away from me…” “I did not even say a damn word, out loud or through mind link,” I complained. “I am your mother, Jay…” and mom narrowed her eyes stating that just because she was our mom, she knew whatever shit was going on in our heads. “And
JAYDEN’S P.O.V. And mom was right. People were agitated that mom had summoned them. I felt their hostility through our mind link but of course, they had to obey a direct alpha command. Normally, for a formal occasion, where mom or dad or both addressed our clan, I dressed in quite a fancy attire, that made girls jealous and boys swoon over me. But today, I picked up a simple knee length black dress, tied my hair in a neat bun and without any make up or accessories, well, except for a small black diamond pendant around my neck and black diamond studded earrings, I walked down. Mom had asked for the gathering to start at 7, and it was 6:55 PM and every man, woman and child from our clan was here, at least who could make at such short notice. People were eying me angrily. Some were even filled with rage. Mom dad must have sensed my unease because they directly took me to the stage we have now built for such occasions. “My fellow wolves,” dad started. And a soft applaud answered h
JAYDEN’S P.O.V. “Princess,” the woman on the camera fell to the floor and cried. “Please forgive us princess, we had no idea…” and she cried. “I am fine,” I nodded. “Even if you forgive us princess,” the man spoke glumly, “I will not forgive us. It was our blood who almost killed you. And – and – and – we …” and he trailled off. “Everyone is here to know what has really happened?” mom intervened. “Can you tell us all?” The man nodded. “I am Abraham Gonzales, Maia’s father…” he started. “We are not banished, as many of you are speculating, the alpha had been very kind to us. He has not punished us, though he should have killed us…” Everyone looked at one another. “We chose to leave our home as our penance,” Abraham Gonzales sighed. “Maia, our daughter, was delusional. She believed that Nash, the new alpha male in our home, is in love with her, which he wasn’t,” Abraham Gonzales continued. “She – she got very jealous when the alpha male was kidnapped with princess. Sh
JAYDEN’S P.O.V. One month later. “Are you sure you have to go,” mom asked for the umpteenth time as I packed. “I have to, mom,” I sighed. She looked so sad that I had no strength to argue with her. And of course, she was sad and worried… I have never set foot out of our clan without my parents and a hoard of security. But today, well, technically, tomorrow morning, we – as in Nash and I – are flying off to India. The thought in itself sent severe jitters down my spine. All that I have heard of India, and his family, a part of me did not wish to even to go there. A part of me wanted to beg him to stay here, with me, forever. But he was the heir of Shakti clan. And being the first in line, i.e. first born, and the only alpha male of the alpha family in Indian subcontinent, he had to go… sigh! “You will stay in constant touch with me, won’t you?” mom continued. And I tried so hard, so damn hard to not roll my eyes at her. We had this conversation a hundred times as well.
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