Alice looked at Devon, who stopped what he was doing. She wondered what was wrong. Devon dropped his hand from the doorknob and turned to Lilac out, who stood a few feet away from them. Lilac forward and asked what was wrong “What’s going on Devon?” “I need you to stay here with Alice,” He replied to her, and she nodded. Devon turned to look at his mate and gave her an assuring smile before walking out of the room. Alice attempted to follow him out but Lilac stopped by holding her arm lightly.“He will be back, don’t worry,” she assured her brother’s mate.“Why can’t we leave?” Devon asked as soon as he saw Lucas.“Kace just informed me about the shapeshifters attacking the packs around our territory,” Lucas replied in a downcast tone.“What! Ash cant be doing this alone? Someone must be helping him,” Devon said, and Lucas thought of someone.“Alpha, do you think Alpha Raphael may be involved?” “Raphael, I don’t think so. He might be against me, but he wouldn’t try something like
Alice stood uncomfortably behind Devon throughout the meeting. She couldn’t avoid the piercing gazes of the Alphas of the other packs. They gazed at Alice in bewilderment, with curiosity etched on their faces. This made Alice really uncomfortable.“The recent attacks on the Packs were planned and came at an unexpected time!” One of the Alpha, who Alice learned was Alpha victor said.“We aren’t safe in our homes anymore and they easily got past our men at the western border, ‘’ Another Alpha added ."The vampires may be involved in the Attacks, we need to show them their place" Alpha Victor said and all the Alphas started giving their opinions causing the entire conference room to be really noisy.“Stop!” Devon said in a cold, calm but warning voice and the conference room became silent, a pin could be heard dropping. The Alphas couldn’t help but bend their head in submission, when they heard Devon’s authoritative command. No one wanted to get on Alpha Devon’s bad side.“We apologize Su
“Ash?” Raphael said the name again in disbelief, with his eyes wide with shock. Devon nodded, and Raphael began to shake his head.His mind reverted to the past and to what he did. The memory still haunted him after so many years. It was like he was reliving his past again and again. And now Devon was Telling him, the most shocking thing.“No, it can’t be true… I___ I… I killed him myself,” Raphael stuttered and Lilac stood up and walked to where he stood. Her problems were only getting bigger, she could feel a headache form at the back of her. Devon just added to her troubles by telling Raphael, she thought.Raphael looked up at Lilac with bewilderment etched on his face, He wanted her to tell him Devon was lying, but Lilac nodded, affirming what Devon said. Raphael let out an exasperated sigh and left the office in a hurry slamming the door loudly, before Lilac could say anything.“Why did you do that?” Lilac turned to Devon, with visible annoyance on her face.“He has the right t
“I have something to tell you,” Came Alice’s soft voice. Devon caressed his Mates face tenderly when he felt how tense she became after her words.“You don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to,” He said softly, but Alice shook her head.“No, I want to,” she replied, looking down.“Ok love,” Devon said softly.As Alice opened her mouth to talk, the door flew wide open to reveal Devon’s Beta and Gamma.They both have the look of confusion etched on their faces. Devon looked at Alice and whispered.“You can tell me later, okay?” He said In a low voice, and she nodded faintly.“What’s going on, Devon, is what Lilac said true?” Lucas started and Devon nodded, confirming his words.Lucas sighed exasperatedly and walked further into the office with curious Kace trailing behind him.“Lilac looked pissed about it,” Lucas continued, taking a seat on the couch opposite Devon.He smiled slightly at Alice, and she returned the smile. Kace sat beside him and waited for Devon’s response eagerly.“
Gladys stood in the kitchen with Joan in front of her. She sighed exasperatedly and then handed a tray to her.“I don’t know why I’m doing this. Just drop the tray and come right back down, okay,” the woman said, and Joan nodded excitedly.“Oh, aunt, I will be right back,” Joan responded humbly, leaving the kitchen to where she was sent.Joan rushed the stairs, as she was curious to take a look at the upper interior of the house. It was only her second day there and Gladys, the woman who helped her get the job, had been watching her like a hawk, so she didn’t have a chance to look around.She walked up the stairs excitedly but missed her step when she almost got to Liam’s room. The tray in her hand fell to the ground and cause a loud noise, she closed her eyes as this happened. And opened them slowly after she heard the shatter of the broken glasses.“No!” Joan squatted down immediately when she saw the broken glass. She began to pack them up back into the tray before anyone saw her.
The sound of birds chirping could be heard as the morning sunlight illuminated the room, making it bright. Alice’s eyes fluttered open, only to be closed short quickly when the sunlight invaded her eyes.After yawning, she opened her eyes again and shielded them from the light with her hands. The next second, she turned to the side of the bed to find it empty.She discovered she was in the room alone.. Devon wasn’t beside her. she got up quickly when she realized this. Her nervous eyes scrutinized the entire room quickly as she got up, ready to leave. But she stopped in her tracks when she heard the sound of running water from the bathroom. This made her let out a sigh of relief.Devon took a quick shower. He was uncomfortable leaving Alice in the room all by herself; he didn’t want her to start panicking when she woke up, so after his shower, he came out of the bathroom with just a towel tied around his waist to check on her. Alice was sitting on the bed and when she saw Devon’s perfe
Alice soon fell asleep as she was exhausted from the long Drive, but it wasn’t a deep slumber. She stirred awake by a faint tingling sensation that lingered on her back and hips. Her eyes fluttered open when she realized someone was tracing mindless circles on her arm. She stared straight into Devon’s eyes, and her breath hitched. Her eyes flew wide open when she realized how close they were. Their noses were almost touching.“You are finally awake, it worked,” He said softly, Devon continued tracing mindless circles around her arm, when he felt how tense she had become.Looking at her sleeping face, and caressing her face was the only way Devon could think of to wake his mate up. and she finally did wake up After all the troubles they had encountered for the past few days, the sight of her sleeping gave him peace. listening to her heart rhythm gave him comfort, and life to his dead soul.Meanwhile, Alice, who was still a little disoriented after waking up, finally relaxed because sh
Alice continued to stare outside the window, but the smile Devon wanted to see didn’t return to her face. She was in a daze, like something was in her mind weighing her down. This caused him to be a little concerned.They drove until, and they got to what looked like a forest, with many tall trees on each side of the road. It was quiet as they drove, and the road was long. The more they drove, the more the buildings grew lesser, till there were no cars or houses and even people seen.After driving along the road for almost ten minutes, they finally emerged in what seemed to be a small town. There were fewer people in the town and no large buildings, only beautiful cottage-like houses. With small shops on each side of the road after. There was a bookshop, a local library and also a small restaurant at an intersection they took and Alice, curious eyes, scrutinized the entire area. She loved how peaceful the whole place seemed.The people there didn’t seem to be a bit curious about why a