PHOENIXAn angry voice has me jolting awake. With my heart pounding in my chest, I sit up, trying to blink away the sleep from my eyes. I look around the room, as confused as I was scared when I hear the voice again, still in that same high annoyed pitch.“Get up this instant!” Now that I’m not half asleep, I know it is Lady Gloria yelling. Why am I not surprised by that? What is she doing here in the middle of the night? I need to wake up early for my—“You’re late!”That single sentence makes the sleep disappear from my eyes and with wide eyes, I stare at her. It hits me like a slap on t
PHOENIXI walked out of Prince Zanders’ room without giving him a reply to his question. I feel like it doesn’t need a verbal response, or any kind of response even.Although I don’t waste my time with him, I’m still thinking about what he said, and it doesn’t matter how much I try to distract myself with other thoughts. It always comes back to that.There is no way I can leave Prince Ezra and go to work for his brother. With the obvious bad blood between them, I don’t want to cause any problems, or to be in the middle of any type of drama. I
PHOENIXA small gasp of surprise is the only sound I’m able to muster. I keep my head up even as Sibel wraps her hand around my throat and shoves me against the wall. Trapping me with her armored body.“What do you think?” Sibel spits with venom coating her tone. “That using the prince would frighten me?” she laughs but it holds no mirth. “Don’t be stupid,” her lips turn down in an ugly sneer. “Do. No. Ever. Use him. To. Try. And. Scare. Me. Again.” she stresses, putting emphasis on each word.I only give her a blank loo
PHOENIX“Phoenix, I asked if your face hurts.” I blink a few times to clear whatever haze appeared in my eyes. My cheeks instantly flame when I see the look in his eyes. It is like he can see that he can see the dirty thoughts I’m having on my face.He moves back, a deep laugh rumbling in his chest. It makes my insides quiver again and I feel my wolf stir, she is as confused about our reaction to him as I am which makes me feel a little better. I don’t like any funny business, especially when he is involved.
EZRAI can’t explain the anger I felt seeing that mark on my mate’s face, though she gave me an excuse that is somewhat believable, a part of me still thinks there is more to it than her just hitting her face.I mean, I am not dumb and the finger marks are very obvious. Someone hit her and they won’t like what I’ll do to them when I find out.“Hey man,” Nate says, stepping in line beside me. I haven’t seen him since he told me about what he learned from Phoenix’s parents. He even sat out on the meeting earlier, he is that tired.
PHOENIXMy sweet sleep is disturbed by the sound of a door opening, even then I reach for the pillow and place it over my head with the hopes of cutting off the sound. It doesn’t work.“What do you think you’re doing?!” something cold splashes on me and I scream before jumping off the bed, my eyes widen in shock as I take in the room, my now wet hair sticking to my forehead. “What is wrong with you?” Lady Gloria yells, coming into view, her usual scowl on her face and that death glare being sent my way.“I…I,” I blink, trying to get my bearings right. I’m still sleepy, my body is more than ready to shut off again due to exhaustion.“Are you going to talk or have you lost that ability too?” my wolf growls angrily, being as annoyed by this intrusion as I am. I block her out and focus on Lady Gloria, my eyes are more than open now. “It is past lunch time, and Prince Ezra has been waiting for you for the past two hours.”My eyes bulge out and I curse, running to the bathroom to fix myself
EZRAAfter waiting for Phoenix for more than fifteen minutes, I decided to go and find her myself. I tell myself it is because I’m worried she got lost or maybe someone stopped her, specifically Zanders. I’ve also planned how I was going to break all the bones in his body if that turned out to be the case.I didn’t find her anywhere, I even checked the kitchen. I think the last time I was there was when my mother was alive. She loved cooking and even though she didn’t have to ever touch anything in the name of working, she cooked when she needed to get her mind off something. There were a lot of things she wanted to get her off.Phoenix wasn’t there either, at this point, I started to panic, because where could she be? The palace is big but I don’t think she will go out and get lost on her way back. She doesn’t look like the type that intentionally goes looking for trouble.‘No, she is the type that trouble comes to find. It is an amazing trait.’ I block out my wolf before he has me s
PHOENIXI walk out of Prince Ezra’s chambers like someone is following me with a bat. The only thing that is following me is the risk of getting fired and that is worse than a bat. My wolf may have bad healing abilities but that didn’t mean she didn’t have any at all. I’ll survive a bat, getting fired? Not so much.I hold down the need to rejoice when I see the kitchen empty, I get to work immediately and prepare the only thing that comes to my mind, and also the fastest thing I can get ready.The time
PHOENIX It felt like I had been sleeping for years on end, and when I finally woke up, my entire body felt fatigued. Too heavy for me to lift even a finger. Ezra was beside me, he was wide awake and he was just watching me. I was aware of his presence, even in my unconscious state and that just made me realize how extremely lucky I am to have him in my life. “Hi,” he whispers, moving closer and pulling my body to his. I sigh when I feel his warmth surround me. He felt like peace, like home. “Hey,” my voice was weak from lack of use so I cleared my throat and tried again. it wasn’t any better not that he seemed to mind. “I feel like I have been sleeping for years.” I mutter, stretch and yawn as my bones make satisfactory pops all around. I felt slightly better after that stretch. “Three days,” Ezra says, his voice gentle and calm. I knew something was wrong from the way he sounded. Pushing back the heaviness I was feeling and the voice in my head telling me this was going to b
EZRA We have Alejandro and Hank in custody now, with audio and video proof of them admitting to all the things they had done.Yesterday had taken multiple unexpected turns but it turned out perfectly well if you asked me. I just had one thing to cross off my list before I can finally be at peace.I’m careful as I get out of bed. Phoenix is sleeping beside me. She has been out since last night when we came back with Nate and the cars they brought with them. I refused any medical checkup and instead stayed by my mate's side until she was cleared.The doctor, who thankfully knew what was happening, had stepped in for their actual doctor. They couldn’t deal with her face to face beforehand since they didn’t want their identity to be known, which made it easier for that to happen. A little overhaul and show of power by Nate had the actual doctor spilling, which allowed them to bring our doctor in.I was only able to alert Nate of what was happening but the second they drugged me, our conn
PHOENIX Alejandro is your typical bad guy, who would sit for hours and tell you how he came up with his perfect plans, the steps he followed, the moves you made that made it easy for him to win.I think I fell asleep five times during his anecdote, and each time I woke up, I prayed he would be done but my prayers weren't answered. We were all exhausted. In fact, he was the only one that didn’t seem tired of hearing himself.I started to feel sorry for him, because he clearly had issues. I couldn’t pinpoint where it stemmed from but he was more than due for therapy. And thanks to his torture, we all might too.“Enough.” Alpha Hank growls, getting off the wall he’d been resting on during his brother’s long history lesson.I have to admit, that is the one twist to the story I didn’t see coming. And though it doesn’t seem that significant, something tells me we need to be careful. I still have those dreams I’m not sure I translated well.At least, I feel better knowing Ezra is going to b
PHOENIX“Are you okay?” the doctor asks, looking over her shoulder in fear.“Do I look okay to you?” I mutter drily. I know I sound like a bitch but I couldn’t care less what she thought of me right now.She heaves a sigh and comes to stand in front me, she rethinks and immediately steps back, putting a little space between us. I only rolled my eyes because if I wanted to get to her, I would have since when Alpha Hank and Sibel’s dad were here. I’m not scared of them, even in the slightest bit.I’m biding my time because if I let whatever I’m feeling crackling under my skin take over, then I would rather it be worth it. I have a feeling there will be no going back from there.“You’re right, that is not the right question.” She huffs out a breath.I watched her, trying to look past the anger I’m feeling at her betrayal, to try and give her the benefit of the doubt but it doesn’t work. Maya just wants to tear her apart and it is taking everything I have in me to stop her from acting on
EZRAJax is losing his mind not knowing where Phoenix is or how she is managing.I’m calm for some reason, because I know she is alright. I don’t know how I know it, but I just di=o.‘Calm down, she is fine.’ I reply in a calming way, hoping it would help him relax but he just growls at me too. I sigh and throw my head back then almost immediately regret it when the wood dug into the back of my neck.They could have at least gotten comfortable chairs if they wanted to kidnap me. The chair is the most uncomfortable I have ever sat in.‘How can you be calm at a time like this?!’‘I trust Phoenix, if she was in danger she would have reached out to me by now.’ He just grunts. Not believing what I’m saying, or more accurately it wasn’t enough to make him calm down.‘And how can you be of help? Last I checked, you’re tied up.’‘I have you,’ I say with a small laugh. ‘I’m kidding.’ I immediately add before he does something dumb like try and hit me. Which is impossible but annoyance is a gre
PHOENIX I was tied up. It was the first thing I noticed when I woke up.I panicked immediately and tried to fight against the restraints but it was pointless. I didn’t even think to check to see if the person that has me tied up is still here. I just knew I needed to get out of here, I didn’t know how but I’ll be damned if I stay here for any moment longer.Ezra! The realization makes me stop struggling. I look around the room frantically, trying to see if I can see him but I’m alone.Everywhere is dark, if not for my wolf vision, I wouldn’t have been able to even make out anything.I’m on a wooden chair that is not comfortable in the least and my hands are tied behind me, so tightly that I fear that if I move the wrong way, I will pull them right out of their sockets.I couldn’t believe Jake’s dad was doing this. I didn’t even understand what he meant by the power I had was his. I never wanted it, but now that he so obviously wants it so he could hurt more people. He would have to k
PHOENIXI thought I was hearing things when I heard my old alpha’s voice. Jake’s dad. But when I turned, almost completely confident that I would find a different person, I saw him and my blood immediately went cold.Ezra’s hands tighten around me like he could feel the same negative energy I feel rolling off the man in waves.For the entire time I dated Jake, I wouldn’t say we were particularly close with his dad. I stayed away from him as much as I could because he just had this scary aura I didn’t like. Now, I’m seeing it as a different thing, especially as he bares his teeth in what I assume was supposed to be a smile.“What are you doing here?” I ask, my voice shaking slightly.He looks down at me, literally, and his lips turn down in distaste. He never really liked me but he never openly hated me. He just made it clear that he didn’t care what his son did with me. He looked like he wanted to slit my throat right now.“Shu—”“I would be careful how I finished that sentence if I w
EZRA Multiple times, I almost stopped Phoenix so I could kiss her and many more things. I managed to get my wolf to shut the hell up. This is extremely important for her—for both of us and our life. Our future.“Do you know where you’re going?” I ask her, circling my arm around her waist and pulling her to my side. She stretches and covers her mouth with her hand, yawning loudly.“I think I do,” she rests her head on my shoulder. I kiss the top of her head and hum in response.“I should have let you sleep more,” I murmured, steering her away from a tree root she hadn’t noticed.“I’m fine.” I only hum in response.She is stubborn but I loved her determination. I don’t know how she is doing it but i commend her hard work and efforts.Dealing with uncertainty and not knowing what to do or what is going to happen sucks. I’m unable to focus on anything, my mind is constantly running, thinking of things that could go wrong or another threat toward her.We have gone far from the main buildi
PHOENIX “Are you okay?” Ezra asks, his voice shaky as he holds both my shoulders. He wraps his arms around me, looks over my body, he is touching every part of me like he doesn’t even know where to check or where to stop.I’m not looking at him, instead I’m staring at his back, right at the large imposing building I have never seen before. We are not at the palace, this place looked unfamiliar but I feel like I have been here before. I feel the same feeling of déjà vu and I shake my head.“Phoenix?” I look back at Ezra, his amber eyes are filled with worry and he is panicking. I can read it in his body language.“I’m fine.” I’m surprised by how steady my voice sounds. “What happened?”I move out of his hold, a pained look crosses over his eyes but he doesn’t reach out for me, instead he stood to his feet when I did the same. Still standing at a safe distance, he reaches for my hand which I don’t offer.The way he looked like a scorned child made me feel bad but I don’t let that emoti