*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*Tears rolled down my cheeks and I couldn't believe that Tate was gone forever. Axel soon arrived at the Edevane pack territory and he relaxed a bit, slowing down his pace.My mind was reeling elsewhere and the ringing in my ears wouldn't stop.His memories.His scent.His smile.His touch.His voice.Everything about him seemed to be going in a circle around my head and I felt sick to my stomach.We shouldn't have abandoned him.What if he had survived the explosion? He's probably hurt and he needs my help.A gasp escaped my lips when the pack house came into view and Lain used the back entrance and shifted back into his human form.The door opened and Drex handed him a pair of shorts.He looked more relieved to see Lain alive."I'm glad that you showed up. I was getting worried and the elders of the pack were about to skin me alive while I tried to keep them distracted."Lain got dressed and after he was done he gave Drex a pat on the shoulder."Thanks for everything man and
*LAIN*Drex sighed deeply and sat on one of the chairs in my office. It looked like something was bothering him."What is it?" I asked curiously because the Drex I know was very talkative and for him to remain silent it means that it was very serious."It's about your mate."This quickly caught my attention and I cocked a brow at him in question.He raised his hands in defense."Don't give me that look, it's nothing sinister but I just think that she still doesn't like me. Did you see the way she looked at me?"I nodded quietly.There was definitely some unresolved tension between Freya And Drex. They really mean a lot to me and it would be wonderful if they could just get along or at least be friends."Yeah I noticed that she gave you the cold shoulder... she's going through a lot right now but I'll talk to her."He smiled at me."Losing Tate really hit her hard and I finally accept that they were really mates now that he's gone and I guess the pregnancy is a contributing factor to m