Dear readers, I hope this meets you well. Forgive the typos in this chapter if there are any—I’ve hardly slept in two days between studying for my upcoming exams next week, classes, tests, etc. It’s an exhausting, surprisingly heady rush, though I’m not entirely sure it’s healthy. What’s the saying, so much to do, so little time? That’s my life currently: Will be going to study for a couple hours more before turning in after this goes up, so wish me luck. (Seriously, I’ll be needing it.) In the meantime, I appreciate the support on MBTA so far and really hope you enjoyed the double update! Mathieu.
Hector’s POVThe journey back to Greensborough was silent when Palmer finally gave up after the multiple failed attempts at trying to wheedle answers out of me on what I planned to do once we got in.Taking in the strange scene we presented now—the blonde sat at a spot in the limo that was farthest
Hector’s POVThe words did not immediately register, but as soon as they did I felt myself freeze as my mind immediately went to the grainy loop of an older woman walking into frame and lowering her head to kiss Jasper.She had positioned herself in a way that made it practically impossible to tell
Hector’s POVInitially I thought that I misheard Michael, and I continued to stare at the older man, who never glanced away, meeting my gaze with a levelled look of his own that made the hairs at the nape of my neck prickle as the futility of that hope evaporated slowly. No, I wasn’t going to be th
But hearing Michael say it, a man more prone to understatement than exaggeration… by the Moon Goddess. It left me cold. Eventually, I recovered enough to the question that now loomed over both of us.“If what you say is true, then why haven’t I ever heard of them?”He didn’t miss a beat. “Because
Hector’s POV“I grew up knowing of the Crimson Shadow Pack,” Michael confessed. I watched his gaze go soft and unfocused as he was mentally transported back to that time.“This was not because they weren’t reclusive back then, because they were. Back then, when people knew of them, they hardly made
“For weeks, she was the talk of the Pack, but I paid no mind to the chatter because by then, I was practically already running the Pack. The situation with the Hunters was already coming to a head, which left my father busy in other areas. “There was hardly an opportunity for Elaine and me to even
After he didn’t hear from Elaine again for over a decade, though he moved on, taking a mate and having Xavier. “I didn’t know what had come of her—didn’t even know if she was ever found again, because that was the last time they ever came to our Pack like that. I wouldn’t have been able to search i
Hector’s POVIt was an interesting proposition, of course. But more importantly: I called bullshit. “I had the same reaction,” was Michael’s response as his enigmatic smile made a brief comeback. “Elaine was no pushover, but she wasn’t a gifted fighter, either. I raised the same concerns, and when