*LAIN*"What the actual fuck Freya?"She looked away refusing to meet my gaze and I cupped both of her cheeks and made her look into my eyes.It was clear that things between us weren't settled and we had to figure out where our relationship was actually standing."It was a moment of weakness just because we kissed doesn't mean that we have chemistry or any sort of relationship."I stared at her in disbelief."Seriously? You're just going to pretend like you didn't feel a single thing?" She rolled her eyes at me."I have a mate and his name is Tate and when he finds out what happened between us he's going to be pissed off."I scoffed in annoyance."Come on, stop denying it already, there's nothing going on between you and the vampire, you're just playing this game to get back at me."I sighed deeply trying to reason with her."I won't end his life because he took you in when you had no one and I'll get on my knees to thank him if that's what he wants but you belong to me Freya."She
*FREYA*His gaze meets mine and I feel like Tate can see through my lies and that makes me very nervous.I don't want to hurt him, he's the only person that has actually been there throughout the trouble I've been in.He cupped one of my cheeks staring into my eyes."You look nervous, what is it Freya?"I swallowed hard and looked away, refusing to meet his gaze."Tell me the truth, did Lain do something to you?" He asked curiously and I quickly shook my head negatively.I had to think of an excuse if Lain gets involved. Things will end badly between them and I'll be the one responsible.I sighed deeply and wrapped my arms around him burying my face in the crook of his neck inhaling his scent."I've never seen this sensitive side of you....Tate and I just can't believe what I'm seeing or hearing. It's like I'm on a different planet."He chuckled softly, kissing my hair."I know Freya...and I'm sorry it has taken me this long to admit my feelings for you... I've wanted you since the ni
*LAIN*After the meeting was over, I went back to my study and poured myself a drink. If I don't do something to improve the pack they might replace me and I can't let that happen because this is my father's pack.No amount of money would ever compensate the women who lost their mates during the attack and I couldn't help but feel guilty for depriving children of their fathers.That's how Aniko lost her mate back in my father's era and she has never been the same since that day.The poor woman is always locked in her room or either keeping herself busy in the kitchen.There was a knock on the door."Come in."The door opened and Velvet walked and she looked out of it.Was she fucking drunk right now?I groaned deeply.The elders of the pack have already made my day harder than it is and I didn't need Velvet to put the finishing touches.I placed my glass on the table pointing towards the door she came in from."Get out."She pouted her lips."Come on alpha Lain are you really going t
*FREYA*When I finally open my eyes I feel like I've been hit by a truck. My body feels numb and I cannot fucking move a muscle and I don't know why.I wince in pain when I detect the pain between my legs.What the hell?Memories of the dark tide start flooding in and I close my ears blocking out the man's nasty voice.He can't hurt me anymore and I made sure of it whatever I'm feeling right now is just fear and nothing more.I wear my robe and head to the bathroom to take a shower and after a cold shower I feel much better.I'm all dressed up and I head downstairs to have some breakfast and somewhat the pack house is really silent which is really strange because kids are always running around this place making so much noise.I'm kinda used to it now and maybe that's the reason I don't want to go back.I find Aniko in the kitchen and her face is crimson red when I find her talking to a guy. A smirk curved my lips.The man sees me and excuses himself. He looks a little shy and once he
*EMBER POV*When I open my eyes I'm not surprised to find myself tied to a chair against my will. My hands are bound behind my back so that I can't use my powers on them.The people who kidnapped me this time around are smart. I'll give them a standing ovation for that.The room is filled with darkness and on top of that it smells horrible, almost making me gag.The door opens and a figure walks in and I can't make out their face due to the lack of light in this room."Ah you're finally awake" a woman's voice mutters and I immediately recognize the voice. It belongs to the woman who tricked me into coming here in the first place.I let out a growl glaring at her."You think these chains will keep me forever? Then you're more naive than I thought lady."She chuckled wickedly."Oh no did I forget to introduce myself? Well many people here call me the mistress of darkness since it's kind of my thing but don't worry my dear I believe that we'll get along very nicely" she taunts.She takes
*FREYA*When I finally slip back into my body Ember is exhausted and weak and it's because these people are at it extracting my blood like some experimental guinea pig.The mistress of darkness walks in with a huge injection and when our eyes locked she smirks at me."Time for your medicine little one" she murmurs, stabbing the injection into my neck making me wince in pain.I want to cuss at her so badly and today I don't have the strength to rain all types of insults on her."Please..." I whispered tiredly.She looked up meeting my gaze."Please what?" She asked curiously, faking it."You already got gallons of my blood. My body won't be able to take it if you continue...I don't want anything bad to happen to my baby."She looked unconcerned."Don't worry your little bastard will survive. Besides I was once a child so I'm not that evil just trust me baby girl." She took out the injection and transferred the blood to herself.As soon as the blood hit her veins her entire body glowed
*LAIN*I was running out of options at this time and I felt like Freya was slipping through my fingers like sand. The more I felt like I was getting close to her finding her the more she went further away from me and I kept finding myself in a dead end.I don't think the dark tide were the only people involved in this kidnapping. There has to be a third party playing the game and calling the shots.I'm sure that while I was gone they hired someone to keep an eye on Freya Allan and I know one person who has betrayed me in the past and I'm sure that she'll be capable of doing it again just to get rid of my mate.A leopard never changes its spots and I'm certain that this has Velvet written all over it.Drex cocked a brow at me."What are you thinking?" He asked curiously and I shrugged carelessly.I looked up, meeting his gaze."I should have thought about this earlier and now I feel like I've wasted a lot of time by going in circles."He gave me a puzzled look."I can't really be usefu
*TATE*This was it.The moment I've been waiting for was finally here yet I didn't feel happy or satisfied that everything was going according to my plan.I wanted to get revenge on Lain by using Freya to make him suffer. I know it's wrong but I didn't have much of any option and Freya was an easy target to manipulate.It wasn't difficult to mold her into a killing machine without hesitation because she was heartbroken.But now all of that doesn't feel worth looking back on.My happiness seems to be in black and white and Freya Allan was the only thing that added color to my life.Was it too late to go back?I told them not to hurt Freya and each day they keep extracting more blood from her.I didn't want her to pay for his mistakes, in fact she wasn't supposed to be here in the first place but the kidnapping had to happen to push Lain to the limit.Without Freya by his side he would be reckless and make mistakes and that's what we wanted.The mistress of the dark tide handed me a dri
*FREYA*I got on my knees and let out a scream as tears blurred my vision.I don't know what happened but raw power filled me and I let my fire take over. Something my mother had warned me about and in an instant I was standing face to face with Galen who looked horrified and dropped the gun he was holding.His lips trembled in fear."Freya Allan... don't kill me we can talk about this...I made a mistake" he pleaded but it was already too late.My fire consumed him as the night was filled with his screams of pain and watched him without any remorse until his body became nothing but a mere skeleton.I let go of it and it dropped to the ground in a pile of ashes.Whatever was controlling me it wasn't Ember and it was something more powerful.I rushed to my mother's side to make sure that she was okay. Luckily the bullet only hit her shoulder.Her face softened."I'm okay don't worry about it...but Rogue needs that antidote." I nodded quietly.I wasn't going to let anything happen to
*FREYA*My mind was still reeling from the shock.I can't believe that he cut me off but I sighed with relief because I had figured out Rogue's location."Don't do anything hasty Freya Allan you need to inform Alpha Lain so that he can help you" Ember muttered in a worried tone.I scoffed in annoyance."If I hadn't listened to Lain in the first place none of this would have happened and Rogue would be still with us. I know that once I tell him he's going to screw up the rest and put our daughter in more danger." Ember sighed deeply."I get why you're scared Freya Allan but Alpha Lain is now our mate and husband so we can't handle this situation alone."I nodded quietly."I'll tell him about the dream link and Rogue's location but I'm mad at him for risking our daughter's sake for some rivalry with his old boss or whoever that man is."Ember sighed with relief.Once I cooled down I explained about my father's message using the dream link and my mother and Lain seemed surprised that my
*ROGUE*I slowly opened my eyes trying to adjust to the bright light and I groaned deeply because I couldn't move.I was bound to something.I took a deep breath trying to calm myself so that I don't alert them that I'm awake.I closed my eyes when I heard footsteps in the room.Deep down I still couldn't get over what Tate did to me. I stupidly thought we were friends or mates as my mother put it but I was wrong and I fell into his trap.Why did it hurt so much? He was the first friend that accepted me even though people used to mock me because they believed that I wasn't my father's daughter.I heard the door being closed and opened my eyes, sat upright and noticed that my wrist was tied to some rope like a little puppy.I didn't like it.I slowly untied the rope and got out of bed.There was no one in the room and it had so many doors.I felt like I was trapped in some horror show.My bare feet felt numb as I wobbled trying to walk to the door. Once I was close enough I opened the
*HEROD*I sighed with relief when we came back to the headquarters of the dark tide without any complications.But we weren't alone because Tate had joined and I must say this kid had some nerve to betray his best and act like shit didn't happen."You doing okay?" I asked curiously because his gaze was lingered on the girls face.He looked up meeting my gaze and his face remained motionless."I'm perfectly fine it's just going to suck for Rogue when she realizes that she can't get the princess treatment anymore."I shrugged carelessly."I thought she was your friend."His lips turned into a thin line and he remained silent as he debated his next words."I thought she was my friend but that was until her father ruined my family. I know that I can't take my revenge on her father so she'll just have to take the fall for him."I nodded quitely.Once we reached the location I carried Rogue in my arms and placed her on the bed.Her skin had turned pale and black veins were appearing on her
*Drex*Lain looked like he was on the verge of losing his mind when I stepped out of the torture room for a few minutes.This guy wasn't willing to talk and Rogue was running out of time if Freya Allan finds out about this all hell is going to break loose.I groaned deeply as I ran my fingers through my hair, closing my eyes as I took in the crisp cold night air.I heard footsteps at a distance."Having a rough night?"That was a woman's voice.My eyes slowly opened as a woman holding a suitcase stood in front of me but she wasn't just an ordinary woman.She was my woman.My eyes widened in shock."Elisa?" She gave me a small smile and put on her heels on the ground."Uh that's not the welcome I was expecting but it's not to see you too love of my life"she taunted .I frowned at her still trying to recover from the shock.I grabbed her arm."What the hell are you doing here?" She narrowed her eyes at me."I came to stay with you since we can't be together in New York. You love your
*ROGUE*I stayed close to my grandmother Hestia when a lot of pack members surrounded my parents. I guess they were pretty happy that my parents finally ended up together.But I wanted to give them a hug too.Someone tapped me on the shoulder and when I spun around I was stunned to find Tate staring at me.A big smile curved my lips and I wrapped my arms around us.He pulled away and gave me a small smile."I thought you hated me. '' I muttered quietly and crossed my arms over my chest.He had given me the cold shoulder.My grandmother looked between us."A friend of yours honey?" She asked curiously with a mischievous smirk on her face.I shrugged carelessly."I don't know about that grandma Hestia, someone told me that we weren't friends anymore and yet he came looking for me."Tate looked at my grandmother nervously."I'm sorry but can I talk to Rogue alone?" He asked.I turned to look at my grandmother."You guys can talk, just don't go anywhere far because your mom and dad we'll
*FREYA*Today was the day of my wedding but I felt more nervous than ever and it wasn't because I was getting cold feet it was rather because of Lain's plan.I couldn't shake off this feeling that something was going to go horribly wrong and we would only endanger many people if we went on with this plan.Aniko had only given birth a few days ago and the pack doctor advised her to get plenty of rest but here she was helping me do my hair and makeup because she couldn't bear the thought of missing my big day.Brandon was stuck babysitting their newborn Hunter.If she only knew the truth.We decided to keep the wedding real and only Lain, Drex and I knew about the plan to lure out the dark tide.I looked in the mirror and couldn't even find the urge to smile and Aniko noticed that something was up.She crossed her arms over her chest."I feel like you're hiding something from me so spill the tea, what is it?" I forced a smile and made it look as natural as possible."I'm just nervous b
*HEROD*Just as expected Lain had fallen into our trap and went ahead to plan the wedding despite what the mistress had left him behind.What happened to that kid was too cruel and her death still hangs over my head because I am filled with guilt."You didn't have to kill that little girl, we could have murdered someone else or even one of her parents."Her screams still filled my ears and on top of that I couldn't get that gruesome scene out of my head.It kept replaying in my head over and over again and I couldn't shake off the feeling that something dark was always lurking in the darkness.Missy put on her bra and I have a strong feeling that Galen is going to give her an earful because she's been avoiding his calls and she hasn't gone back to his house since we left the hospital.It's been two fucking days.When I say fucking days I actually mean that bedroom shit.She pouted her lips."Come on, Herod , it was necessary to kill a little girl so that Lain doesn't get too comfortab
*LAIN*My head was still reeling from the shock and when I tried to call that number again the line wouldn't even go through.I groaned deeply, running my fingers through my hair.Freya Allan was always right about these people and they'll never leave us alone and now that Rogue is in the picture her life is in danger as well.A few days earlier Freya Allan had insisted that I do another DNA test secretly and I was against the idea but eventually I had to give in and when the results finally came back they were positive.Rogue is my flesh and blood and nothing will ever change that.But the revelation of the first DNA test only means that someone tampered with the first test and I have a strong feeling that Velvet had something to do with it.I sat in my office chair debating my next move because I wasn't letting the dark tide ruin my happiness. They did it years ago and I won't let history repeat itself.There was a knock on the door and I snapped out of my thoughts.I had to get ba