Jason's Pov“Don't play around with your food bean” I corrected Adriana again for the third time. Ares has just been watching us argue back and forth about the food for the last minute.“You should listen to your Dad baby. It's bad to play with food” Ares said to Adriana who immediately became docile. My daughter no longer obeys me, she has a new captain. I chose to ignore it.I watch them converse as they eat. Like mother and daughter. Best friends. I lock this memory somewhere in my mind. If all else goes bad, I can go back to this moment.“Alpha. Justin's back”One of the guys on the border patrol mind linked me. Justin was one of the guys we sent out with the other three.“Is he hurt?” I asked in concern. The dead can't share information, my priority is making sure he's alive first.“He only has a few scratches. Nothing too major” he said. That's good news. Any news is good news at this point. We've been waiting for a while now. Although no one said it. I knew they were losing hop
“He's sending a message.” I said “he could have found us since, if he searched well” was he holding back or he couldn't find us?. This was very weird. Bizarre.“There's a reason he hasn't found our pack yet. Let's not push our luck by sending more guys out until we're battle ready.” Luke said. We need to thank whoever was protecting us.“You did great Justin. You should go and rest now. We'll take it from here” Josh patted his shoulders.Justin nodded and stood up on his shaky legs, turning to leave.“One more thing.” He said “there was a room, separate from the others. Two guards were stationed outside the door at all times. He's protecting something or someone there.”It must be the person Cain said. “Is it a male or a female?”“I couldn't see. The door never opened and he never went in. The guards never left their post unless there was someone there to protect the door. They were robotic about it.” he said before leaving finally.This unknown entity might turn out to be a problem f
Ares' Pov.“Did you notice how jumpy Justin has been since he got back?” I asked Jason as we prepared for bed.“It's not something I can help him with. He's refused to talk to anyone. He prefers locking himself in his room.” He answered “I can't force him to do something he's not comfortable with. It's only been a few days. He'll snap out of it soon.”“It's our fault he's like that. Let's do something about it” I sincerely felt guilty. I feel like I had a hand in pushing him to the state he's in.I know he might even blame me deep down, but he'd never say it out. He might also blame me for his friends. Hell, I blame myself.“He's going to be fine, but if you want, I'll send someone to check on him to ease your mind,” he said. “Do you promise?” I asked“yes. Now, go to bed” “Hmm” I answer before I let the night lull me into a peaceful sleep in his arms. ***“Come on, Josh. You can't seriously expect me to stop training just because I agreed to stay in the
After Allison's little side of the story, we all left the hospital to give her some rest. The only useful thing she said was the unknown entity we have been trying to find.“Do you buy her story?” I asked both of them. I wasn't worried about her overhearing our conversation. We asked the doctor to give her a sedative while her body worked on healing itself.“Only the part about the girl. Everything else is to be determined.” Jason answered.“Knowing Allison, her injuries could be self-inflicted.” Josh added. At least they weren't buying into her spawned tale.“I'll have Carlton watch her for some days to see if she does anything suspicious,” Jason said.“I'm guessing training's being cancelled?” I turned to Josh in question. He nodded his head so fast, it looked like he was glad Allison interrupted our schedule.“Please try to show your happiness a little more would you” I rolled my eyes at him.“Home?” Jason asked. He made a conscious effort to hide his smile. “Yeah” I whispered.I d
Jason's PovSomething's wrong. I could feel it in my bones. I dump everything I'm doing and head down to the hospital. Ares wouldn't have called me like that if she was safe. I sincerely hope I'm just over reacting.“Has anybody seen Ares?!” I yelled the moment I stepped foot inside the building. Looking around frantically.“She was here earlier, but she left quickly.” Someone answered.“How long again was that?” I questioned him.“About two minutes ago,”he replied.“What about Allison? Where is she? She was the last person that saw her” I asked frantically.“She's still in her room” a nurse answered. I don't bother saying thank you before I dash through the corridors heading straight for that swine. Although Carlton didn't see anything strange about her, I shouldn't have let my guard down.“Where is she?” I asked as I stepped foot into her room. She was packing her bags, getting ready for the discharge.“Alpha” she answered in that meek tone of hers. I don't have time for pleasantr
Maverick's PovI wasn't expecting her to come through. If she hadn't brought her out after the three days mark we agreed, I had planned to storm in and take her myself. Now that I graciously knew where she was hiding.Whoever was hiding her did not account for internal betrayal. Amateur. So, Imagine my surprise when she dragged a very unconscious Ares to me.Now, I have this little butterfly in my possession. After running away for so long, she's back in my hands.“Pack up faster!. They know where we are. I'm sure someone would be coming for her!” I yell across the field at them.It's only been a few hours since I've had her. I have to keep pumping her full of wolfsbane to keep her sedated. The seer is finally being useful. She made something that can break off her connection to her mate. Whosoever the dick was.“Wait! You have to take me with you” a loud voice yelled. Ugh She's back.“I thought you said you didn't care what happened to her as long as you were not here?” I turned in h
Ares PovThe cold air makes me shiver. I wasn't in my clothes and I was wet and a maniac was standing in front of me. 'Allison!'. I remember what happened. She knocked me out and gave me this twat.“What? Are you too big to say hi now?” He asked sarcastically. I try pulling at the chains so I can wrap my hands around his neck and squeeze the life out of him.“Don't waste your time. I had these modified for you.” He winked “especially after your growth. Tell me, what exactly can you do now?”“Release me and I can show you”“You know, it's very unladylike to threaten someone. Didn't your parents ever teach you that?” He then answered himself “oh, that's right. You don't have one. Your parents are dead and the other don't really care” he tuts“What do you want?” I finally asked.“Your powers. See if you had told me about them before, I wouldn't have rejected you and ended up killing people searching for you.” He sighed “all those deaths are your fault.”“Well I can't share what I don't h
I've been mulling over telling the main psychopath that his partner was another contender at my throat or waiting to see who'll rip who out first before I have my chance with the last man standing.After she graciously shared her plans with me, she forced something into my mouth and made me swallow it. She said it won't kill me. It was to help survive Maverick's incoming wrath. I lost consciousness after that.I have no idea what day it is. My sense of time has already been misplaced since Allison knocked me out. I'm not sure if it's been two days or more.After last night, I've been getting injected with wolfsbane every four hours. I was weak, both mentally and physically. No matter how hard I try to contact Jason, I just can't seem to reach him. It's like there's a fog between our connections. I also can't reach Athena. I can feel at the back of my mind, but she felt so out of reach.I don't even remember the last time I ate. Coupled with the wolfsbane, I doubt my body can take anym