Tyler’s POV Rage filled me that Lexie was wanting to dance with Samuel and I had to leave before I made a scene at my sister’s wedding. I knew it was customary but she could have chosen to dance with me over him and no one would have thought any different of it. I decided to go to Xavier’s office where I knew there was a good fifth of bourbon stashed. As I poured myself a drink I thought about Lexie and how I was leaving tomorrow for Jamaica to take care of the problem down there with Stephen before he brought the fight here where Lexie could get caught in the crossfire. I didn’t need another Chase situation on my hands. Stephen, I knew would eventually come for her and now with the death of his brother I was sure he would try and take her from me and I couldn’t let that happen. My plan was to tell her that I was leaving on a business trip because I didn’t want her to know what was really going on especially in her state. I know she thought that I was going over the top carrying
Lexie’s POV When I began to wake, I felt like my head was going to explode almost like when I had drunk too much the night before. But I knew that couldn’t be the case since I was pregnant and hadn’t had a drink. I went to reach for my head, but my arms felt restrained. Opening my eyes slowly trying to adjust to the light in the room, I looked down to see my arms were tied to the bed and I tried to pull them free, but I couldn’t. That’s when I realized I was no longer in the exam room. The room had a familiar look but it didn’t hit me until a breeze came through the wind and the scent of fresh saltwater hit me. No this couldn’t be. I closed my eyes once again as the pain returned to my head with a vengeance. I must have been drugged but the question is by whom. The door to the room opens and I open my eyes to see Stephen walking towards the bed. I had figured that he was involved when I smelled the saltwater and I was tied to the bed. “I am so glad you are awake my Queen. I was
Tyler’s POV A growl slips from Samuel’s lips as he caught onto what he was sniffing out and then he said, “Rogues, that mother fucker, he used my own kind to get to her.” I knew at that moment that my worse fear had come true and that Stephen had her once again. This time he not only had her but the babies too and I had no clue what he would do to her or the babies, in the state he was in, with the loss of his brother. My initial plan was to go myself and deal with this matter one on one but now that he has Lexie I would need to change my plans. I needed to ensure that if I failed that there was backup to make sure Lexie was brought home safely and I knew the one person I could count on was the one person I hated to admit. Samuel, I knew thought these babies were his and I knew that he would do everything in his power to bring Lexie and the babies home. Samuel then turned to me and said, “I know what you were planning tomorrow and I want in on accompanying you. I failed her on
Lexie’s POV After spending just one day here, the pain in my stomach area has seemed to disappear and I wondered if the sea was healing me being so close to it. I had no clue what my siren side was capable of because the last time I was here, I really didn’t get the opportunity to question the sirens about it. But this time something about me being held captive was different. Stephen was not trying to force the mate issue on me, and I wondered if it was because I was pregnant. If anything, he was being an attentive host and wondered if he was trying to earn my trust. Throughout the day, he would check on me and ask if there was anything that I needed and would make sure that I was comfortable in my condition. This was not the traits of someone that was an adductor but more of a mate and I wonder what his intentions were with me. I found myself questioning his reasonings for the way he was treating me. Was he still wanting to be with me even though I was clearly pregnant with anoth
Lexie's POV As I walked to the front door of Stephen’s mansion, I knew what I needed to do and for the sake of my babies, I was determined to do it. Sylvia was on my heels and I knew all she was worried about was her son and to be honest I felt for her since he was all she had left since Jacob was dead. A part of me felt responsible for his death since I was the reason Tyler had come here in the first place. But ultimately Tyler was the reason I was surrounded by all this kidnapping and death around me. Opening the front door, I took a deep breath, knowing what I was up against. As I walked out onto the front lawn, I saw Tyler holding in front of him a very battered Stephen who looked almost unable to stand on his own. The sight of his battered body sent chills through me knowing that Tyler had done this to him. “Lexie!” Tyler called out to me and then added, “Come to me.” Stopping about twenty feet in front of him, I stared at him and the rage that filled his eyes. I had neve
Lexie’s POV It took me months to recover from what happened to where I finally could function as a somewhat normal person. The countless therapy sessions, with a supernatural therapist, that Emily had introduced me to, helped me to regain my sanity to move forward. But I often found myself wandering onto pack lands to visit the grave of my two babies, that were laid to rest there. After an autopsy was done on their tiny little bodies, it came back that Samuel was indeed the father of them. Sometimes we run into one another at their grave, but Samuel has never spoken a word to me to this day. I could see in his eyes that he is in just as much pain as I am over their loss and there are days that I dream of a life that the four of us could have had together. But they are all just dreams that were taken away from me by a selfless act of Tyler. Since the day in the hospital when I called him a murderer, Tyler has tried to contact me, and I keep avoiding him not wanting to relive the me
Lexie’s POV It was a short drive to the Raven estate, but I looked out the window during the drive there to take in the beauty of the island. A feeling of power flooded into me as I took in the fresh scent of the saltwater making me feel alive for the first time in a long time. There was something magical about this place and I now know why Mr. Conner wanted me to come here. Mr. Conner knew that I was not doing well and he had reached out to me in hopes that he could help me regain a somewhat normal life. When he suggested that I come here and learn about my siren side, I agreed knowing that it would put distance between Tyler and me. That was exactly what I needed, especially after what happened between us before I left. But now being here on this island, I can clearly see why Mr. Conner thought I should come here. Instantly I was beginning to have the feeling inside of me like I was at home and a feeling of peacefulness was washing over me. My fingers went to the heart charm t
Lexie’s POV Last night after Lena and I came back from the beach, she showed me to my room that I would be staying in. It didn’t take long for me to find myself falling to sleep, because I felt more at peace than I have since the day I lost the twins. When I dreamt, it was of a woman that looked similar to me but a little older with two children and I wondered if it was my mother and my babies that were telling me that they were all together and happy. Even if it was just my mind wanting to see that, it brought peace to me, and I took it as what I saw it for. Walking downstairs this morning, I felt so different than how I felt yesterday. It was as if this place awoke a side to me that had been dormant my whole life. My senses all seemed heightened here as the smell of bacon and coffee filled the air clear to my room, calling to me to join my family for breakfast. As I made my way to the dining room, Cash joined me on my walk there and asked, “Did you sleep well last night, cuz?”
Lexie’s POV One could say I was a bit nervous as I was to say my vows once again. This time things were a bit different than the last time and this time I had my best friend by my side as I waited for the wedding to start. Xavier then entered the room I was waiting in with Emily and quickly moved to her, placing his hand on her now extremely large belly. “How are you feeling?” He asked her concerned that she was ready to pop at any moment. She swatted his hand away and said to him, “I am not having this baby until I see my best friend marry my brother.” Xavier chuckled at her and then gave her a kiss before he turned to me and said, “I am happy for you today and I know that my brother is happy to see you are happy once again too. Tyler and Samuel may not have seen eye to eye on a lot of things, but the one thing that the both of them agreed on was that you were the one for them.” I could feel tears starting to pool behind my lids and Emily says to Xavier, “Get out of here before
Lexie’s POV After my talk with Emily, I headed home to my empty house. Pulling into the driveway with only the motion senser light turning on to my arrival and then opening a locked door with no one waiting on the other side to greet me, made me realize how alone in this world I really was. Laying my purse on the counter I walked over and slumped onto my couch with a million things now running through my head. Maybe Emily shouldn’t have told me about Tyler’s situation, like he asked her not to. I had been fine before all of this. I was beginning to be able to function normally in this world on my own. I was on my way to recovering and now I am sitting here thinking about him, trying to convince myself that I am happy all in this world alone without him. Yes, the last couple months had been rough, but I made it through them without him. I didn’t need him in my life and I was perfectly happy without him in it, I kept telling myself, but my heart began to ache the more I thought ab
Lexie’s POV Today was a huge milestone as it has been two months now on my own without Derrick by my side and I have been taking baby steps daily towards my old lifestyle. Each day has been a challenge for me but I have been trying to be positive moving forward in my life. It has also been months since I have talked to Tyler and I had met up with Lena and Emily a few times for lunch, but Lena seemed a little bit standoffish towards me and I don’t blame her. I knew she and Tyler were trying to make their marriage work even though that is what she had run from in the first place, but I could tell that she had resentment towards me, and I had no clue why. I had stayed away from Tyler not wanting to interfere in their relationship and I thought I was doing the right thing by doing so. Lena was my sister, there was no doubt about that but the two of us had been raised so differently that we really didn’t have much in common, unlike her and Emily. I had been asked many times to go sho
Lexie’s POV I watched as the real Lena walked directly to Tyler wrapping her arms around him and I could see the happiness in her eyes from being with him. It was a happiness that I used to have long ago when the two of us were together. “Lena, I want to introduce your twin sister to you, Lexie.” Tyler said to her and she turned my way like she hadn’t noticed me when she walked up to Tyler. “Wow, Tyler wasn’t kidding when he said we looked identical. I’m sorry where are my manners, it’s a pleasure to finally meet you. You will have to forgive my hesitation to embrace you, after what I have been through with our family. I hope that we can get to know one another, and I can find it in me to trust you. Tyler told me what happened to all of you on the island and I am sorry for your loss.” I knew exactly what she meant by having to find it in her to trust me because I also had the same feeling inside of me after what I had been through. “Don’t feel sorry for the way you feel, I hav
Lexie’s POV It’s now been a month since we returned from Boracay and still no word from Tyler and I am beginning to worry that something has happened to him too. The walls of the packhouse are starting to feel like a prison and I don’t know how much longer I can stay here. The only time I have left the pack lands is when Emily takes me to see a psychiatrist. After one of my breakdowns, Emily decided it would be a good idea to seek help for me with everything I had been through. Of course, the psychiatrist was a wolf and I could talk freely with her about what really happened. At first, we focused on the deaths of the twins and Samuel but then moved on to my fear of people shapeshifting, which seemed to be my biggest fear. Unfortunately, the treatments weren’t working so well and it was due to the amount of trauma I had been through in such a short period of time. I had no clue if I would ever live a normal life after everything I had seen. Derrick was once again assigned to me
Lexie’s POV Today was the second hardest day of my life laying Samuel to rest between his twin brother and our twins. Sophia didn’t blame me for her son’s death but welcomed me with open arms to their family. Even though Samuel’s family held no ill will against me for his death, I still felt the guilt on my shoulders. As Samuel’s celebration of life gathering happens, I sit in the corner of the room with my head down not knowing exactly if I belonged here. Yes, we were celebrating the life he lived and I was certainly a part of that life, but I felt out of place now among the wolves without him by my side. It had been a full week that I have been here at the packhouse and Emily has done her best to be by my side, but I feel so lost being here in Samuel’s room alone. Each day that passes I ask Emily if she has heard anything from Tyler and each day it is the same response of no. I had promised Tyler before I left the island that I would stay at the packhouse for my safety, but th
Lexie’s POV When Tyler and Xavier emerged from the packhouse I thought it was all over with but I was so wrong, by the look on their faces. Quickly, I stood up from the step I was sitting on as they walked towards me. I knew I had to look like a hot mess after all the crying I have been doing but I could care less. “What is it?” I asked them, wanting to know why they had the look on their faces that they had. Tyler shook his head, not able to say what needed to be said, which left Xavier to tell me, “It’s about Lena.” “What about Lena?” I asked him, confused as I looked up at the door to the house like she was going to walk out of it. “That wasn’t Lena I just killed in the house.” Xavier tells me and I furrow my eyebrows at him confused at what he is telling me. “Then who was it?” I asked him wanting to know who it could have possibly had been if it wasn’t Lena. “We don’t know who she was but we know it wasn’t Lena.” Xavier says and I start shaking my head not understand
Lexie’s POV “Derrick, is everyone okay?” I asked him as I looked at the gate to the packhouse. “Lexie, you shouldn’t be here, its not fully secured yet.” Derrick tells me and I begin to worry what is happening behind that broken down gate. “Have they found Xavier?” I asked him, hoping he would at least know that to tell me. “Yes, he was being held in one of the cabins on the property. He is with Tyler and they are securing the area as we speak.” Derrick told me and I felt a bit of relief wash over me but there was still the fact that I hadn’t heard from Samuel yet. “What about Samuel and my family?” I asked him and I noticed a change in his posture when I mentioned Samuel. “Lexie, I think it would be best if Xavier talks to you.” Derrick says to me and the pain that was there last night overtook me and I knew in my heart that it had to do with Samuel. “I want to speak with Xavier now.” I told Derrick and he began to shake his head no to me. Before he could say a word, I
Lexie’s POV It wasn’t quite morning when I heard Tyler’s voice talking to someone and as I listened, I realized that his men had arrived. Rolling over in the bed I watched him as he was giving the man on the other end of the line orders. He was in his element and he was used to people listening to him, unlike myself. Tyler looked over at the bed and he saw my eyes on him and he quickly finished the call as he walked over to the bed to me. With a groggy morning voice, I asked him, “What time is it?” “It’s almost four am. Why don’t you go back to sleep and I will wake you later.” Tyler said to me as he sat on the edge of the bed and ran his fingers through my hair and I closed my eyes relishing his gentle touch. I knew it was wrong of me to love the feel of it but my body was craving him and what he was doing was innocent or at least that was what I was telling myself. “Will you hold me in your arms again till I fall back to sleep.” I asked him as I curled up in the blanket. Tyl