Derrick’s POV.“Argghhh!”, I groaned as a silver blade tore through my thigh. The pain was excruciating and numbing. I felt myself almost passing out but my eyes were wide open.“Isn't that one working as well?”, the man in a red mask asked in disbelief.“No boss. It tore through but he is quickly healing”. The servant who held the handle of the silver blade stuck inside of me said. He turned back to my thigh and pulled the knife out in the blink of an eye. I shouted.“If I get the chance to be freed, you are all going to die!”.Blood streamed down from my forehead. Sweat and saliva drooled from my mouth as I stood with my kegs apart, chained by the wrist to the ceiling. They were strong chains, far stronger than anything I had ever seen. With every pull I tried to make in an attempt to free myself, it dug deeper into my skin.“The witch assured us this could kill him, did she lie?”. The masked man skeptically asked his subordinate. He had three other servants gathered there.“I don’t
Derrick’s Pov.I ran back as fast as I could to the mansion, hoping to the moon goddess that I would see Sophia hidden in that secret cabinet.As I ascended the stairs and looked around my room, I couldn’t find her. The secret compartment in my room was yet to be touched.“Could she have escaped?”, I asked as I searched also for any signs of her blood but couldn’t find any. It would have been my heart’s greatest joy if she had escaped but I had an eerie feeling when I traced her lingering scent down to the staircase and couldn’t find it anymore.I searched through the front gate and back but I couldn’t find her.My wolf asked me to check behind the mansion and when I did, I managed to pick up her faint smell.“She escaped.”Since marking her, Sophia’s scent was much stronger for me to track than any other person.“This way”, my wolf led me. I managed to track her to a highway before I lost her scent again. “What do we do?”“Do you think she is in danger?” my wolf asked.I nodded, “Wit
Brandon's POV.I shook my head gently as I tried to wash my face. I sighed heavily.It was stressed already from everything that had been happening.Receiving the call for help from Derrick seemed to be the best thing that could have happened to me at that time. I felt elated and I continued to feel that way up until a few hours ago.It was simple."Bring her over, protect her as a friend, graduate to a sibling love, and then make her fall for me," I said loudly as I stared at my reflection in the mirror.It sounded easy too. In and out."What could have possibly gone wrong?", My palm found its way to my forehead and in a painful way too."Ouch!", I hissed.Everything was going as planned, I wondered when it all went bad. "Caleb". That bastard! He was the cause of this. He just had to meddle in affairs that didn't concern him.He had always been envious of what I had as we were kids. Little wonder why we had to stop being friends."He needs to be stopped… "I grunted as my clenched fi
Alpha Caleb."Let no one bother me again. I am not in the best of moods today and I promise you, I will behead whoever dares me", I said with a deadly glare as I walked into my mansion and stormed past my maids and everyone else who was present.It seemed likthereey were many guests. I banged the door to my room so loudly, I was sure everyone could hear it. As soon as I was j, I made sure to wash my face first. I tried to help make relax but nothing was happening.I pressed a button, "Get me. My beta wolf".It rang through and a few seconds later, Kigan was standing at my door. He knocked gently, "Alpha, you asked for me"."Yes, come in", I commanded with a dry voice. "I'm troubled. Make me happy".My beta was used for that too. He came up with ideas to make me look smart and to make me look good.He had wonderful ideas on what to do so I could become happy since I was terrible at handling emotions. "Is there something bothering you, Alpha?". He took his hands from their sides to th
Alpha Caleb's PoV.Sophia was on my mind all through. I just could not get her off my mind."I don't think we need to go that far". I gave him my final word and walked out on him. "But Alpha. You don't want to show her never to disrespect you again?"He cut me in and stopped me by the door. "The 'you' I knew would not take such disrespect lightly".I stared into his steady blue eyes and waited for a reaction. A threat or a warning."Is this it?". I sighed, "I will wait for some months to pass before I act on anything. We will not hurt her or touch anyone else until then".I pushed him off and got out of the door. In my room, I sat to think. Had I grown too weak that she had no respect for me? Was I to react?I tried to take my mind off it but when I couldn't, I decided to take a walk. Maybe a gush of cold wind on my face would help me."Alpha, where are you going?".I found my be
Sophia's POV.I was deep in slumber when I felt something go up my thigh. It felt cold and slippery.I shrieked under his touch."Do you like it?". I heard a deep voice groan.I took a raspy breath, hoping to control my now-racing heart. I began feeling scared. Had a dream become so real I could feel it on my skin?Was it Derrick?"I like it too". My keen attention to the owner of the voice helped me realize quickly that it was not Derrick.Besides, his hands were not as dry as what I was feeling.I shot my eyes open at once, flipped to my other side, and opened my mouth to scream when out of nowhere, someone held my mouth and pinned me back to the bed."Hello Sophia", a set of reddish grey eyes stare at me."Caleb!", I muttered underneath his chokehold. What was he doing here? My eyes widened in surprise."Surprised to see me?" He held out a devilish smile before me, wiggling his tongue in different directions. His saliva drooling from his mouth and nearing my forehead."I told you I
Sophia's POV.My heart pounded as I caught a glimpse of Alpha Caleb standing before me. The imposing figure of the alpha werewolf sent shivers down my spine, and I couldn't help but feel a sense of dread. It had been some days since I had seen him last, and I had hoped Brandon would settle him before he got the chance to see me again.Caleb's golden eyes locked onto mine, a mixture of intensity and longing reflected in them. "Sophia," he rumbled, his voice carrying a peculiar blend of authority and desperation. "Come with me."I jumped from my bed and took a step back, my eyes widening with surprise. I had thought I was safe in the confines of my room, yet here he was, standing in front of me like a specter from my past. The memories of their last encounter flooded her mind, leaving me on edge."No, Caleb," I stammered, trying to keep my voice steady despite the fear welling up inside me. "I told you before, I can't be a part of your world. I won't."Caleb's expression hardened, and a
Sophia's POV."You mean my baby is out!!", I felt a heavy block roll out of me again."Isn't it too early?!", I moved uncomfortably as I began panicking, my hands had started shaking at this point and my breath became heavy.The doctor asked me to steady myself. "Breathe easy. You need to take it easy so we can pull through", she urged me and begged me to be calm."I… I.. I can't". There was more coming out of me. I could feel the weight of something moving."The head is out now, you just need to push the baby out.", She turned to her assistant, "We're having a premature delivery, ready the incubator and call the hospital, ask them to send an ambulance".She faced me again, "Breath!. I'm sorry about this but you need to be the one to push this child".A hot tear rolled down my eyes. The nurse widened my legs and tore off my skirt. She said I needed air to touch me."Fan her". She yelled.All the maids and women in Brandon's mansion came out to help."It'll be alright Luna, you can do