QUINN POVMoon Drop.A dangerous, deadly aphrodisiac. My body shook as I struggled against the materials of my dress that held me. I rubbed my legs together, a desperate coping mechanism at that moment. It was the only thing that could control the stupid feeling of intense lust building inside me, a fire I couldn't put out."Alpha Perrin..." My voice cracked, the words barely leaving my lips as tears made my vision blurry. Why would he do this to me? What kind of monster was he?Moon Drop wasn’t just an aphrodisiac; it was a curse. It didn't just heighten your sexual desires; it attacked your wolf, pushing it into a frenzy. If I couldn’t find relief, the only thing I would feel would be pain. Excruciating pain, pain so intense that I would beg for anything, even any man for sex just to stop it.Alpha Perrin’s expression told me everything I needed to know. He wasn’t here to help me. He wasn’t even interested in touching me. No, he wanted to see me suffer. And that small, cruel smile
QUINN POV Bastard!Freaking bastard!He put me in this situation on purpose, just to make me agree to that. Why?“How am I supposed to heal your leg in seven days?” I asked, my chest rising and falling with each breath I took .That was almost impossible! If I tried to heal him in seven days, the pain would be unbearable. I could even die in the process, that is if it was even possible.“I don’t know…” I said, tears rolling down my cheeks. “I really don’t know how to do it. If I try, I could die…”“Could die…” he repeated. “But you will die right now if I don’t give you what you need.”He was right. I could feel the pain getting worse inside me, intensifying with every move I tried to make.It was excruciating. I couldn’t do this. I couldn’t live like this.“Seven days isn’t enough,” I said. “Give me a month, and I will make it work. But healing your leg completely in seven days? I don’t have that kind of power.”“Okay then…” he said as he stood up. “I will leave you here and have
QUNN POV“If we get caught…” I hesitated, glancing outside again to make sure no one was listening. What Adler was suggesting was terrifying, but it seemed like the most logical thing I could do in this situation.“We are not going to get caught as long as we are careful,” Adler whispered, leaning in. “I know this prison inside and out, okay? I used to be a guard here. Around midnight, only one guard will be on duty. I also know a secret passage we can take.”“But what about you after you escape?” I asked, raising a brow in confusion. “You might become a rogue without a pack. What will happen to you?”“Don’t worry about that,” he said. “I have a cousin in the Silver Grey Pack. His father is a high councilman, and when he hears about my situation, he will have mercy on me and talk to their alpha. I can easily join the pack, and Alpha Perrin won’t bother chasing me there. I am not that important to him.”I nodded, his words starting to make sense. I took a deep breath, carefully thi
QUINN POV"Rough night?" Adler asked the moment I opened my eyes.Morning had already arrived. I could tell from the bright rays of sunlight slipping through the tiny window, barely brightening our dark, miserable cell.I let out a tired sigh. "Well, considering we are locked up in a dungeon, I wouldn’t exactly call it a five-star stay." My tone was dry, but Adler chuckled like I had just cracked the funniest joke."Don’t worry, Luna. It is only temporary," he said, sounding way too confident for someone trapped in a cell. He spoke as if escaping tonight was guaranteed. I wasn’t so sure, but at this point, hope was all I had left.I glanced at him and sighed again. "You don’t have to call me Luna," I muttered, biting my lower lip. "Just call me Quinn. Given the circumstances, I am hardly fit to be anyone’s Luna." My eyes wandered to the damp, cracked walls of the dungeon. "So yeah… no need for the formalities."Adler didn’t respond right away. There was a brief silence before he gav
QUINN POVI didn’t need anyone to tell me how dangerous this situation was. I already knew.Too dangerous.What the hell did she mean by saying Alpha Perrin had left for an emergency and put her in charge of me?Why would Perrin trust her with me? Where did he go, and what is this vile woman planning to do to me now?“I am still waiting. Eat it off the floor like the animal you are…” she said, a cruel smile on her lips, her eyes fixed on the scattered chips on the ground. She was actually waiting for me to get down and eat them like a dog.“I don’t want people thinking I am mistreating you or anything. There is no harm in you doing this, is there?” she continued, her voice sickeningly sweet. “So why don’t you get on all fours and do as you are told?”Her smile was pure evil. One I would give anything to wipe off her face that very moment."I will not," I said, my voice strong as I locked eyes with her, refusing to look away. She wasn’t going to force me to do something I didn’t wa
Quinn's POV The only sound in the silence was the echo of our footsteps, even though we were trying to be as quiet as possible, ducking around corners, barely breathing. This was already going sideways, but strangely, with Adler by my side, I felt like we had a shot. Still, my heart was pounding so hard it might as well have been announcing our escape. What if we got caught? What if this was a setup? What if we ran straight into a trap? That would be a freaking nightmare, one I wouldn’t wake up from. Adler must have noticed because he grabbed my hand, his grip firm, his gaze locking onto mine. "You have nothing to worry about. We got this." Easy for him to say. I forced a nod, faking confidence I didn’t feel. What we were doing was beyond reckless. Sneaking along the castle walls like thieves in the night? Yeah, that had never been on my list of escape plans. And even now, as we pressed forward, every instinct was screaming at me to turn back. But it was too late for tha
QUINN’S POV I glared at Gianna, my hands clenched into a fist, so tight my nails were digging into my palms. The anger inside me was almost impossible to contain. It was desperately begging to be let out, despite the fact that I knew I would not win if I was to engage in any kind of fight right here. If only… if only I could just land a punch on her stupid face, that would be so satisfying. Watching her in pain would bring a little bit of joy to my otherwise sorrowful life. "Take them away. We need to get them back to the castle," Gianna ordered, her voice as cold as ice. Her eyes went up and down me, slowly, before she smirked; a small, cruel thing that did nothing but make me even more afraid. She was enjoying this. Probably already thinking of all the ways she was going to make me suffer. What did I ever do to this woman? Adler’s eyes darkened. I knew that look. He wasn’t going to let that happen. Neither was I. No way in hell were we getting dragged back after every
QUINN POV I didn’t dare look back. I knew if I did, even for a second, it would be over. They would catch me, drag me back, tear me apart like I was nothing. So I just ran. As fast as I could. My legs hurt, my lungs screamed for air, but I didn’t stop. I couldn’t stop . Balls of sweat ran down my forehead, stinging my eyes. My heart was pounding so hard it felt like it might burst out of my chest. Every sound around me, rustling leaves, snapping twigs made me flinch. Were they still chasing me? Were they right behind me? I didn’t know. I wasn’t about to check. I just kept running. After a while, I could not hear the loud sounds of their paws running behind me anymore. The snarls, the growls, everything was gone. Had I lost them? No. I wasn’t stupid enough to believe that just yet. I pushed forward, muscles hurting so much, breathing extremely hard. I ran for a little while longer and still, nothing. No scent of wolves. No sound of footsteps. Just silence. I finally slowe
Perrin's.It came as a shock and it all happened too fast. It had been two days since Quinn had been abducted, two days of consistent searching and spying yet to no avail.I had my Beta, Gamma, and also one of my trusted allies amongst the pack show up in my study room. Gianna was the only one who knew I was going in search of Quinn, she speculated but I was so sure I didn't confirm her presumption; My Gamma was out of town and he just resumed then to my trusted ally, he knew me more than enough to do what I have done, it was obvious to him and I was a little shocked when he didn't mention or tried to question my authority.My mind was set up in chaos, stewing in rage as curiosity devoured my demeanor, leaving me battling with questions flooding my mind.I set back my head to the office chair I was sitting on while I anticipated the arrival of my knights I called upon. Different knots to be entangled yet left with no idea where to start, everything seemed fishy. I clenched my fist in
QUINNI slowly opened my eyes only for my gaze to meet with an unfamiliar environment.I rubbed my eyes, confused. "Where is this place? What am I doing here?" I kept asking, still confused, but my vision was still so blurry that I couldn't even name the things around me yet."Hmm..." I growled, realizing that I couldn't move my body as well as I wanted to.After some seconds, I was finally feeling a bit better and sane, at least sane enough to know that I was in a cage in an unknown environment.The last few things that I could recall were going to the safe place in the pack house with an omega who was asked to watch over me.I'm certain something happened after that. I couldn't point a finger at anything in particular until my eyes fell on the back of someone outside the age I was in."Wait... You're that omega, right?" I asked, trying to see her face well, but I couldn't. I knew she was the one, and she must have had something to do with this.Logically, if we were both invaded, th
~Chapter~Perrin's.It all happened like lightning, I thought I got it under control, I thought my assumption was correct until he showed up looking worried.The silent support I had turned against me. They all kept muted when I told them my assumption and now that Theodore showed up shattered and disoriented, I realized the silence has been impregnated with unsaid words.Theodore left in rage, turning the table against me and pinning me as the villian. He got the upper hand since she was his mate and I couldn't counter his opinion even though deep down,I know he had a lot of role and ploy to play in this game.His rage, his action, his words…they all displayed the authenticity he wanted the pack to see but to me it was nothing but another lawn in his game.My back facing the door while I dipped my hands in my sides pocket staring through the ceiling to floor window of my study into the space, my gaze affixed as changes in the climate took into action from broad to dusk. It has been s
Perrin I was not just in search of Theodore, but I needed to find Quinn too. I ran my hand through my hair, thinking of where Quinn must have gone to.At this point, I needed to find a way to stop the killing and help my pack members."Hey!" I called the second my eyes fell on Theodore in the crowd, trying to escape the circle of conflict."Theodore!" I called again, and then he turned to me; his gaze was so passive that if it were any other day, I would have demanded an apology for his rudeness."They're leaving, if that's what you came to talk to me about. I don't know how you were able to make Quinn feel so attracted to you that even with the mate bond pulling us together, she ignores it!""She keeps on acting like she's not seeing me, and when we were little, we were so close that I would say that we were never apart from each other!" Theodore said, but none of what he said made sense. I wanted him to leave, or, in other words, I didn't want him around."Where's Quinn?" I asked.
~Chapter ~Perrin's.I wasn't expecting Quinn to turn to them and asked for their help but this is something we would have to talk about.Their bloodlust was all over the air, the fangs gnawing against each other ready to devour anyone who comes their way.There glared affixed on me like a predator studying its prey.“This is not about a rival pack, this is not just a fight breaking down because they want the pack…..This is clearly more like an assassin and the only difference I could point out was they came through in a day and didn't seem to care about other beings.” I thought.I checked around to see if others were still where they are, this seems to look more like my fight as it was so obvious that their mission was to terminate me, the pack was just an additional bonus to their goals.They set aback almost in their four, leaning backward, their claws all set out while their bloodlust eyes scaled through me sending a shiver through my spine, a shiver that came with nostalgia. I co
QUINNIn the days that followed, everything was a blur of repairs, funerals, and silence. The pack had suffered trials by bond-smithing and sheer treachery, and trust was the first victim. Worse, no one had any idea how the Bloodfangs could strike so accurately, at least officially. Perrin had not told them. He would not until he proved it. I saw it in the way he looked at me.He did not blame me; he knew it was because of my foolishness that Theodore had gotten so close.And I couldn't fault him for that.Because, if I were to delve deep, I would have wanted to believe in Theodore.I would have wanted to believe someone from my past could still be this same boy I had once trusted.But Theodore was never going to save me.He was after my claim.---The letter showed up late on the night of the fourth day.A single folded note left at the gates, sealed with wax and stamped with a familiar crest-a wolf wrapped in thorns.Quinn,You deserve better than a cage dressed up as a home.I ga
PERRIN The stench of blood permeated the walls, long after the battlefield had gone silent.Even days later, it seemed to be seeping into everything - soil, stone, air. It brought back terrible memories of an earlier time, another night when I was too young and far too innocent.When I had believed in the word "alliance."When I had believed in mercy.---Seventeen was the age at which, one dark night, my parents were murdered.It was a violent attack, completely without reason- the rogues had come easy in the storm, covered from rain and wind; when the alarms were sounded from our warriors, the packhouse was already alight.I had already fought. I was too young to be Alpha but was old enough to know what bleeding for your people meant.I held my mother while the last of her life slipped away. The waning light in her eyes: the message came from my father, torn throat whispering:"Protect them."I did what I could: the youngest, the eldest, the too wounded to stand - huddled them toge
QUINNShall I say they felt extraordinarily long? Indeed, they did.Waking every morning with a wish for peace inside, it was but a wish-I would never find it. Though Perrin lay beside me, holding me as if nothing else mattered, whispering false, insincere promises that I was safe now, worry would not leave my heart leaden and mind restless. I should be happy. I had Perrin. I had returned to the pack. Freedom.Deep inside, I felt that something was amiss. It kept gnawing away at me — all that had happened. About Theodore. About the lies. About the danger I didn’t see coming.And always, the voice in my head said:What if it happens again?That day, Perrin had gone out on pack business, and I sat alone on the wall-less bed, gazing into the empty expanse around me. Only the old, relentless ticking of the clock could be heard that day throughout the unusual quietness in the house. My heart felt tight in my chest.I couldn't take it anymore.It was answers I longed for. I needed help. I
QUINN POVThe days that followed seemed quiet but heavy. The events left me unable to stop thinking about everything that had happened. Theodore’s duplicity, how he deceived me, and how Perrin finally found me. My heart felt like it was still catching up to all the pain and the shock.But Perrin stayed close. He never left me alone, not once. When I woke up, he was there. His hand was in mine when I walked.“Are you okay?” he asked me over and over.I would nod. I was trying to be okay. I had to be.The pack circled around us, stepping away. Everybody seemed to know something big had happened, but no one asked questions. They stared at me with soft eyes and sometimes sad smiles, but Perrin kept them all away. He knew I needed time.I sat outside the pack house on the steps one morning. The sun warmed my face, and Perrin was quiet, simply holding my hand.“I’m sorry,” I finally said after a long silence.He turned his head fast. “Why?”“For that day when I hugged him,” I whispered. “Fo