Chapter 129Orion's POV My desk was filled with urgent work I had to attend to and yet all I could think about was Ciara and how she was doing. After Bryan showed up here last week, it got me thinking that perhaps I had been foolish to trust Sophia so blindly. After all she could have taken a picture of Ciara at another date or perhaps she sent Brianna to take the picture that day but didn't end up capturing Ciara. For all we knew, Ciara was in the hands of some unknown people while Sophia was here milking me for all I had. It was clear she wanted me and was obsessed with me. She could just be using this situation to force my hand. I clenched my jaw and slammed my fists on the table. If that woman was just deceiving me, I would snap her neck before she could even blink. Someone knocked on the door as I leaned back in my seat and I sighed. I muttered a gentle response and closed my eyes not really interested in socializing at the moment. “I have been knocking! Didn't you hear
Chapter 130 Unknown Person's POV “My King,” one of my men walked in and bowed his head. I grunted and he raised his head. “Speak,” “My King, the killings got the desired reaction from the people.” I nodded, pleased with the reports. “Do you think this is the perfect time to strike?” I asked as I turned my head towards the man seated beside me. Sage Wells grunted but didn't reply. I gritted my teeth not liking his obvious show of disrespect for me but I shrugged it off. He was the oldest man in the werewolf community and people looked up to him. He had been kidnapped and brought to me forcefully so I didn't expect him to be responsive to me. However, he should be scared that I might have his head whenever he is disrespected. He knew, oh but he knew that I needed him and that gave him the confidence to show me up in front of my men. “Well, what do you think Sage?” “I don't have anything to say King.” Even the way he said King felt fake and insulting. I clenched
Chapter 1 Ciara's POV Bang The door closed behind me and I squeezed my purse tightly. I would never understand why Lucas would want us to meet here of all places when he knew I didn't like clubs. But on second thoughts, he doesn't care about me. I'm still surprised he actually wants to talk to me, especially since he hasn’t said a word to me since we broke up weeks ago. I saw his message earlier in the day and I felt overwhelmed with all kinds of emotions. Perhaps the good thing about our meeting is that he could finally give me an explanation about why he cheated on me with my best friend Bella. It still hurts to remember how he had slapped me with his words after I had caught them shamelessly having sex on the day of our anniversary. Lucas had been my friend since I arrived at the pack and we connected instantly before becoming lovers. Then Bella came into the picture and also became my best friend. I always thought we had no secrets but she took my boyfriend, claiming he was
Chapter two Ciara's POV The faint rays of sunlight hit my face and I opened my eyes gently. My eyes were still blurry as I sat up. This most definitely wasn't my room. Where was I? I couldn’t remember coming to this place yesterday night, in fact, I couldn't remember much of anything except those scary men that had tried to force themselves on me. I deeply wished it wasn't the men I remembered walking in on that brought me here. What happened? “Let go of her..” I remembered something just then! The stranger that had walked into the room while I had been struggling to run away. Did he save me? Was this his house? His bed? I immediately pulled the blankets up to check myself and a cry of alarm left me as I realized I was naked. I had a one night stand with a stranger! What have I done? "Looks like you're finally awake." That same voice from last night said and I looked forward. My breath caught as I saw the same man from last night standing there in his robe with his rock-ha
Chapter three Ciara's POV I stood in front of the mirror after the maids finished dressing me for the ball at the Alpha's mansion and sighed. Today was the day of my engagement to Alpha Orion. My grandmother, step-grandmother, had somehow managed to convince my grandfather to agree to this union because Sophie had escaped. Tears clouded my vision as I studied the silver dress I had been asked to wear. I looked like Cinderella on the night of the ball after her fairy godmother had transformed her rags into a beautiful dress. The dress was beautiful. A knock on the door pulled me out of my thoughts and I watched as my personal maid walked into the room with a smile on her face. She looked every bit like a bride whereas I looked like I was being sent to the gallows. “Ms Clara, it is time.” Lydia announced and I nodded, walking towards her as she led the way. I walked down the hallway and walked past a slightly opened door, clenching my gloved hands. Sophie’s room was still the sa
Chapter four Orion's POV The thought of not getting married to Sophia after all made me furious but oday had to go as planned. It was my chance to finally prove to my father that I can handle the affairs of the pack and I won’t let anything ruin it. I was quite relieved that Omega from the other night never noticed the mate bond between us. I could never end up with an Omega, never. On second thoughts, it would have been nice to marry her inside of the substitute bride the Heartfield family would be forcing down my throat. When she had run out of the hotel room that day, I had hoped to never run into her again but fate had something else planned. Why was she here at my coronation ceremony? "Meet me on the balcony." I mind linked her immediately and made my way to the balcony to wait for her. I didn’t want to be seen with her and I didn’t want anyone knowing we were mates either. I waited for a few minutes before she joined me. Her scent was heavenly and I was suddenly tempted t
Chapter fiveCiara's POVI charged at the wolf that was standing before me with all the speed I could muster but it was useless. Before I could reach him, he jumped on me and attacked me."That's enough." A voice called. "Miss Ciara, you should train on your stamina more."It was my coach, Spencer. I sank to the floor defeated. Despite all the training classes I had undergone, I was still weak."Aww, is someone feeling weak and useless again?" I heard the voice of the last person I wanted to see and sighed, feeling devastated."What do you want Bella?" I stood to my feet and turned to look at her."It seems you forget we have the same coach. Has your memory gone with your shattered heart?" She asked mockingly and I brushed off the hurt I felt at her words."How could you do that to me, Bella?" I asked her, angry tears stinging my eyes. "I trusted you, Bella. I thought you were my friend but all you did was take him from me and you know how much I loved Lucas Bella."She rolled her eyes
Chapter Six Orion's POVThat stupid girl.What had been running through the moon goddess's mind when she made her my fated mate? How can an Alpha bred like me be paired with the likes of her?I walked towards the pictures and picked one up, choking back my emotions.Where are you, Sophia?Sophia is the first woman to make my heart beat, the first woman to make me experience butterflies in my belly. I met her as a young boy and my heart accepted that she alone was the one for me.I was so sure she felt the same way I did, I mean before I went abroad, we had made a pact. Not some weird blood oath people took, no ours was different. We simply pinky swore.Everyone knows how sacred a pinky swear is so I felt secure because she had promised to wait for me. I never expected she would run off with some other man before I showed up.What woman wouldn't want an Alpha as her partner for the rest of her life?I sighed, placed the picture frame back where it had been on the cupboard and turned,
Chapter 130 Unknown Person's POV “My King,” one of my men walked in and bowed his head. I grunted and he raised his head. “Speak,” “My King, the killings got the desired reaction from the people.” I nodded, pleased with the reports. “Do you think this is the perfect time to strike?” I asked as I turned my head towards the man seated beside me. Sage Wells grunted but didn't reply. I gritted my teeth not liking his obvious show of disrespect for me but I shrugged it off. He was the oldest man in the werewolf community and people looked up to him. He had been kidnapped and brought to me forcefully so I didn't expect him to be responsive to me. However, he should be scared that I might have his head whenever he is disrespected. He knew, oh but he knew that I needed him and that gave him the confidence to show me up in front of my men. “Well, what do you think Sage?” “I don't have anything to say King.” Even the way he said King felt fake and insulting. I clenched
Chapter 129Orion's POV My desk was filled with urgent work I had to attend to and yet all I could think about was Ciara and how she was doing. After Bryan showed up here last week, it got me thinking that perhaps I had been foolish to trust Sophia so blindly. After all she could have taken a picture of Ciara at another date or perhaps she sent Brianna to take the picture that day but didn't end up capturing Ciara. For all we knew, Ciara was in the hands of some unknown people while Sophia was here milking me for all I had. It was clear she wanted me and was obsessed with me. She could just be using this situation to force my hand. I clenched my jaw and slammed my fists on the table. If that woman was just deceiving me, I would snap her neck before she could even blink. Someone knocked on the door as I leaned back in my seat and I sighed. I muttered a gentle response and closed my eyes not really interested in socializing at the moment. “I have been knocking! Didn't you hear
Chapter 128 Ciara's POV “Here's your food ma'am,” I leaned back in my seat and stared at the food that had been placed in front of me. Who kidnapped someone only to spoil them and make them eat to their satisfaction? Since I got here all I had received was treatment fit for a Queen. It didn't make any sense. The room shouldn't be so organized and well lit. In the movies when someone was kidnapped, they were usually thrown in a basement with poor lighting. I didn't hate the fact that I was receiving great treatment, it was just very suspicious. It had me questioning when the punch would come, when I'd fall and when their true intentions would be revealed. I wasn't complaining because If they hadn't killed me off yet it meant they weren't done with me and I was valuable to them. It also meant they needed me to stay alive until they got whatever they needed. “Look who finally decided to wake up,” My whole body tensed as the familiar voice reached my ears. I looked
Chapter 127 Bryan's POV Ryan walked into the dining room and shook his head. “Alpha there's still no news from your brother,” I frowned. It wasn't like Orion to do this. He had never disappeared like this before so why would he do it now? We had both been pooling our resources and connections together. Finding her becane the ultimate goal and we had been doing so great. Why would he suddenly back down like this? I leaned back in my seat and took a deep breath. “Let's just have the meeting to discuss and we can talk about that later.” He nodded and walked out to call in Gamma Luke and Delta Storm. Once they were all seated, we started the meeting but no matter how much I tried, I couldn't concentrate. Ryan noticed how distracted I was and didn't call me up to comment, he simply handled the entire process like a true Alpha would. Orion's silence was disturbing and I couldn't help but feel like something wasn't right. “The meeting is adjourned,” Ryan announced and I loo
Chapter 126 Orion's POV “Hey, how did it go with Sophia? Were you able to grill her? Did she tell you about Ciara?* Bryan fired question after question at me as soon as I set the door in his office. My shoulders sagged at the hope in his voice and I took my feet gathering my thoughts. “Well I take it from your silence that the meeting didn't go as planned.” I shook my head. “I'm sorry but she refuses to give any information. She denied having anything to do with it.” He scoffed and rose to his feet. “Of course she would but I can feel it Bryan, I know they're both behind it.” I sighed. “We need evidence,...” “Until when?” He snapped, cutting me off. “It's obvious that witch and he'd sidekick are behind this and we keep waiting for evidence and a way to prove it so we might be too late to save Ciara.” I opened my mouth to speak and then closed it again. He has a point. “I just want my mate Orion. We were finally in a good place and everything was working out fine.
Chapter 125 Orion's POV I sighed as I watched Bryan go, my heart breaking for him. If I had been only a minute late, Brianna would be dead. “You should talk to him, you know? If he continues like this,...” Brianna started to say but I wasn't having it. I snapped my head back and glared at her. “Don't confuse things, I don't give a shit about you Brianna and the fact that you are my aunt doesn't mean jack to me.” She gulped but didn't interrupt. Wise woman. I continued “Let's just say I need you temporarily to find out something about my mate, however the minute I realize you're not useful to me, I will snuff the life out of you myself.” I stood up and pushed the plate so hard she flinched from the sound. Smirking, I stormed out in search of Bryan. This was harder for him than it could ever be for me. Ciara might be my mate but we haven't been together for over three years. Whereas he had been sleeping and waking up by her side everyday for the last three years so I co
Chapter 124 Bryan's POV Orion's shoulders sagged in relief but he had a worried look on his face. I ran my hands through my hair frantically. “Well?” I was trying to remain cool but his silence wasn't helping. He looked at me and offered me a small smile. “Nothing about this is related to Ciara.” I let out a sigh of relief but a sense of dread filled me. “She's still out there.” He nodded and we fell into a tense silence. We understood the implications of this. If Sophia’s letter had contained some kind of information on Ciara's kidnapping then at least we'd have a lead to work with. Now we were back to square one and we had no idea where she was. “I don't know how to explain it but I have this feeling that Sophia is behind this.” I just listened to him, my mind swirling with different thoughts. “Don't you find it strange that all this happened and then suddenly Ciara goes missing?” I nodded because I was thinking the same thing. I found it incredibly suspicious
Chapter 123Bryan's POV “Hey, have you seen Ciara?” I asked as I stormed into Orion's room. I paused when I saw him leaning over the baby bed where one of his sons, Jeremy was sleeping. “Sorry,” I wshoepred and stepped outside. As I waited for him to join me, I paced the hall wonderingly where Ciara could have gone. Affair our talk from before, she had been very torn and ridden by guilt. I had meant well when I advised her to whatever made her happy and it had nothing to do with me trying to get back at my brother. Those days were far behind us and now I was in support of him but I wouldn't risk Ciara's happiness for him. If I had to choose between them, I'd easily pick her and Orion would do the same in a heartbeat. I stopped pacing as the door opened and watched as he walked out. “What's going on?” He asked as he closed the door behind him. “Why do you look so worried?” “Ciara has gone missing.” I summarized. “Her phone is switched off and I can't pick up her scent anywhe
Chapter 122 Ciara's POV I eyed Orion once, twice then a couple more times before I turned to Bryan with a raised eyebrow. I mean I had no issues with him being here but it was weird that he was here. He has been hanging around here a lot lately. Bryan avoided my gaze and continued eating. I scowled and eyed Orion. There was something different about him. He looked a lot thinner than normal but that could be because he had been working out too much. But it wasn't just weight loss, it was also his eyes. They had sunk inside and he always walked like he had no life left in him. I knew something was wrong but I was obviously not going to get the answer from him. I turned to Bryan who was focused on his food. “Sophia cheated on me,” I choked on the meat I was chewing and turned to look at Orion in surprise. Of all the things I had been expecting him to see, that had been the last. He sighed and dropped his fork at the same time Bryan finally stopped pretending he was