*FREYA*I held on to my baby tightly as people began surrounding me and the man I came with stepped in front of me to protect me from them.What is this place?"Hold fire this woman and her baby were banished from their pack and she needs our help."A lone tear rolled down my cheek and the people that had formed a circle around me looked more friendly.I was soon shown to a room where I would be staying and let's just say that many people weren't on board with the idea when they learnt that I wasn't a werewolf.I could hear them talking about me and it was precisely one woman who was trying to get on my nerves.She probably had a thing for the owner.A few minutes later I put my daughter to sleep and there was a knock on the door. "It's open, come in."The man who brought me here walked in and I realized that he never gave me his name.He offered me his hand."I'm sorry we didn't have a proper introduction, my name is Dax," he muttered while offering me his hand.I grasped his hand a
*ROGUE*My mother had put me to sleep and tucked me in but a few later I heard the door being closed softly and I opened one eye and made sure that the cost was clear. The last thing I wanted to do was to blow my cover but I really need to find my daddy.I got out of bed and went to lock the door so that I could do my search without any interruptions and I had only five minutes before my mother came to check on me again.I opened her phone and fired up the search engine inputting my father's name and unfortunately I couldn't find anything useful with just his first name so this wasn't going to work.I needed personal information and I know that the gossip of the pack will be more than willing to share a few details.I cleared the search and unlocked the door and went to sleep and right on cue I heard the door being opened and groaned deeply and woke up.I rubbed my eyes sleepily."Did I wake you up honey?" She asked curiously and I nodded quietly."You're usually asleep for hours. I
*ROGUE*I take in a few details about him and I'm happy that we share the same jet-black hair unlike my mother who has fierce red hair that always stands out.He gave me a puzzled look."That's a strange name, little girl, did your mother name you that because you're a rogue wolf?" He taunted me, making me feel annoyed.I smirked at him."You have a strange name too isn't Lain weird it's almost like the word line" I fired back crossing my arms over my chest.His face twisted in anger and his friend burst out laughing and gave me a high five.I liked his sense of humor."Alpha Lain, this kid is on fire. I like her, can I keep her?" He pleaded while looking at me.Alpha Lain turned to look at him with a deadly glare."Shut up Drex, she's not a pet we can randomly put on a leash. I'm sure that her parents must be worried sick about her."I shrugged carelessly."Actually my mother doesn't know that I'm gone so I kinda sneaked out and I don't want to make her upset. Can we please not invo
*FREYA*It's been a busy day and I haven't even had the opportunity to check in on Rogue since she woke up.It's like every time I want to check up on her something will always interrupt me and I'll have to delay my plans."Freya" someone called behind me and when I turned around I found Alpha Dax walking towards me.I smiled at him."Alpha, how may I help you?" I asked curiously.He shrugged carelessly."I just wanted to thank you for your advice and I finally had the courage to ask Mira on a date. She's one of the women who always seemed intimidating and hard to impress so when she accepted to go out with me I was certainly over the moon."I gave him a quick hug."Congratulations I'm so happy for you guys."He pulled back, chuckling."Thank you but this wouldn't have been possible without your help Freya and I'm really grateful." I nodded quietly."Sorry but have you seen Rogue? The last we spoke she mentioned that she wanted to come out for some fresh air."He looked deep in thoug
*FREYA*Seeing him again brought back memories that I wasn't ready to acknowledge. I still felt hurt from his rejection and I can't seem to get over how he abandoned me and Rogue.This war was only happening because he brought it upon herself.Confusion swam through his gray eyes when I carried our unconscious daughter in my arms."Freya?" Our eyes locked and the anger I felt seemed to only get worse.The war that broke between the wolves and the rogues came to a standstill and all their gazes were burning through us.They were probably wondering what the hell was going on."Rogue has a chance of surviving if you let her stay here with my pack doctor."I narrowed my eyes at him.He had a point. It would take a lot of time if I took rogue back to our territory to get treated by one of our pack doctors.I gave him a stern nod and he led the way.Dax and I locked eyes and I spoke to him through the mind link. "It's safe to retreat, trust I'll handle everything from here."He still was
*LAIN*I didn't want to argue with Freya anymore so I decided to give her some space because this won't be the last time she's hearing from me.One way or another that DNA will have to be carried out so that I can clear all these new doubts that have creeped into my mind.This whole situation just made me feel puzzled and I didn't even know how to explain what I was feeling.We were back at my office and Drex kept pacing around the room."The moment she told me that Freya Allan was her mother it was easy to put two and two together but whenever I wanted to tell you the truth something always interrupted us and perhaps it was fate."I cocked a brow at him."There was something special about this kid and I felt it the moment I saw her Lain and I believe that she's really your daughter. Do you regret not giving Freya a chance to explain herself ten years ago?" He asked curiously.I haven't stopped thinking about that moment since I left the hospital and it's crazy because I never thought
*FREYA*I sighed deeply and sat down beside Rogue.The mere sight of Lain always invoked a lot of anger and unwanted negativity in me and I couldn't bear looking at him because I always felt like punching him in the face and on top of that he had the audacity of demanding for a DNA test from me like nothing happened.He's the one who banished me ten years ago and I just find it nerve-racking when he wants to pretend like we're on the same page.I could hear Rogue sniffling softly."Honey, does your leg hurt? Do you need me to call the doctor?"She turned to look at me and the mere sight shattered my heart into a thousand pieces.She shook head negatively, wiping her tears away."It's not my leg mom but my heart hurts a lot."I grasped her hand giving it a gentle squeeze assuring her that everything was going to be alright."Oh honey you know that you can always tell me what's on your mind right?" She nodded quietly."When Alpha Lain came to see me when you weren't here I asked him wh
*LAIN*This is the reaction I wanted to see from Freya Allan.I hurt her pride and I could see the hurt in her eyes. They were full of tears and a sly smirk curved my lips.One way or another I was going to have my way and I know that she'll have no choice but to give into my demands."I hate you."Her words were full of venom and I touched the spot where she slapped me. It must have definitely left a mark.I sighed deeply."Why must you always resort to violence?" I taunted quietly, making her frown at me.She scoffed in annoyance."You think insulting me will force me to change my mind? You can call the names in the world but I won't dare change my fucking mind."How did she even figure out my game plan?I narrowed my eyes at her.She is probably some kind of mind reader so I should probably keep my dirty thoughts to myself from now on."Do you think that I would honestly stoop that low to get what I want? I'm not that type of Person Freya Allan have a little faith in me."She cross
*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