Dear readers, I SURVIVED. Still have about two papers left to write—both a week apart—but you’ll be happy to know that the hard part is over. I know I am. This chapter was supposed to go up as a double update at 22:30-ish GMT, but I decided to put it up slightly ahead of schedule so you’d get a taste of what’s coming. A week of no writing and only studying has left me a bit rusty, but I really hope you enjoyed this. See you soon! Mathieu.
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
Slowly, I released a breath I hadn’t realised I was holding as Michael eased out of his chair, leaning forward onto his desk as his gaze turned firmly to me. Every bit of his face seemed cast in stark relief against the dim glow his fireplace gave as he croaked.“She told me that no matter how stro
I squinted, feeling more confused than I had ever been in my life.What are you saying? I wanted to ask him. The Mind or the Body?Inside me, Hal stirred with discontent.‘WE ARE WASTING TIME,’ my wolf growled.Michael, oblivious to all of this, continued on smoothly.“It was hard to wrap my head ar
Hector’s POVMichael’s statement—spoken in that matter-of-fact, no nonsense tone of his—struck right to the heart of things, stopping me short. I flinched without meaning to.It was more of a knee jerk reaction than shock, but as we considered ourselves in the growing silence of his office, the rea
“Because, the Crimson Shadows for reasons I can only speculate on, had decided to systematically wipe out knowledge of even their existence from the surface of the earth.”I felt a chill settle through me at this response, and I shifted in my chair, frowning as he proceeded on, telling me of everyth