KANEMy eyes rested on Zane's face, he couldn't deny that he had been caught, he and Maya had been busy creating secrets behind my father's back. He might have tried to hide it but Maya hadn't been discreet enough, she had no idea that we were in the bathroom. Zane, ignoring us, walked towards the bed where Sierra lay. I stopped him by grabbing him by the arm."What was that all about?" I asked trying not to sound too controlling or angry.Zane shrugged off my hand as though he was disgusted by my hold. "It's nothing." He muttered making me scoff in disbelief."Nothing?" I asked trying to keep my voice low and my anger in check."Yes, it's nothing." He replied diverting his movements as he walked towards Sierra's dressing table. "We heard everything she said, what was it all about?" Dane asked standing beside me.What was it that Maya and Sierra were hiding? Zane too must have discovered it but he was tight-lipped, he would rather remain silent than reveal what it was.How bad was
THANE"What is that you just said?" I asked, stunned at Kane's outburst. Zane sighed before looking away with his fingers lacing through his silky hair.The boys remained silent avoiding my gaze. "I will take it that you're just throwing childish tantrums as a result of late puberty," I said, choosing to ignore them."Don't mind him, Dad," Dane said laughing nervously. "What are you-" Kane began but was cut off by Zane's hands slamming over his mouth. "I think he ate a little too much." Zane laughed nervously."Aff.. tuu.. oomph!" Kane kept trying to speak but his brothers were not giving him a chance."Have a nice day Dad, I think Kane needs to res- ouch!" Zane sent Kane a look holding his bitten hand to his chest.I raised my brows at their exchange. For some reason best known to them, they were acting weird. "I'm fine really." Zane grinned, showing me his palm, "He was practicing how to scratch." He laughed nervously.Kane began, "Dad, you need t-" This time it was Dane that
MAYA"Who might that be?" Thane mumbled as he got up from the chair. Approaching footsteps reached my ears as the visitor drew near."Our very own Lycan King." A voice called from outside the chambers.I felt all the hairs stand tall on my body as the familiar voice rang into my ears. What was he doing here? How on earth did he find me?My breathing stilled as the memories of what he had put me through flooded my mind. I wanted nothing more than to run away from here before he arrived but my legs refused to move, I sat with my feet rooted in one spot. Thane sat tall on the throne as he waited patiently for the visitor to arrive. My hands trembled uncontrollably as the footsteps approached. I wanted to hold Thane and beg him never to open the door, I wanted to tell him to ignore the beast that came visiting but I couldn't, I sat still like a statue in fright as I watched the door pulled open by the guard standing outside.I swallowed hard as the face of the man I spent my nights p
SIERRAThose two words brought fear to my heart, I didn't need to ask who because there was only one person who could make my mom quiver in fear. It wasn't even Beta Orion, it was only Alpha Elvis that could."Mom, calm down," I muttered struggling to get up from the bed. She tried her best to stop shaking but she couldn't. Her whole body trembled while she tried to speak. I wrapped my arms around her in a bid to calm her down.A series of thoughts ran through my head as I tried to process the whole situation, what was Alpha Elvis doing here? How did he find us?I shook my head, that wasn't even supposed to be a bone of contention, Beta Orion knew where we were so it was only a matter of seconds before he told his master. If Alpha Elvis was here, then he must've already met Thane. Judging from the way my mom was trembling, something must have happened while I was asleep. Mom hated anything that had to do with Alpha Elvis, he had traumatized her so that she didn't want to hear the s
SIERRAAfter staying at home for what seemed like forever, Thane decided that it was time we resumed school.That morning, I woke up having mixed feelings, it seemed like ages since I had been in school but I missed Hailey, and the thought of seeing her sent me to the bathroom in a hurry. After taking my bath, I hurried over to my wardrobe to select my outfit for the day. I stared at the jeans I had picked out earlier with dissatisfaction. I wanted to dress like a girly girl so I returned the jeans and then picked out a dress. It was a flowery knee-length gown, its brown color complimented my skin giving me a princess kind of look. Standing before my mirror, I twirled grinning with satisfaction at what I saw. I slid into my shoes before picking up my bag and books."I see someone is excited to go to school today." My head shot towards the direction of the voice, my mother stood at the door with a smile on her face."I'm not excited to go to school, I just want to see Hailey, it's be
SIERRAI released a painful growl as my eyes opened, I was back in the library lying on the bare floor with water drenching my dress. "Sierra!" Hailey's eyes looked panicked as she fused over me. "Thank goodness, you're awake." She muttered as her shoulders slumped down in relief."Who on earth spills water in the library without informing the cleaners?" Hailey shouted ignoring the decorum ethic that surrounded the library rules and regulations."I'm okay now," I grumbled trying to stand up. Hailey held out a hand which I took gratefully. As soon as I stood on my feet, the gazes of the students in the library feasted on me. "Ignore them." Hailey said picking up her bag, "News spread immediately after you fell, they ran over here to find out what had happened." She explained not bothering to look at the faces that were staring. "Freak!" A boy shouted from the other end of the library.I kept my head down as I walked with Hailey while we headed out of the library. "They pry on peop
CLAIREThe entire house was quiet, Dad had a meeting with his friends, wanting to be all by himself. I sent out all the servants and guards earlier. There was no sound heard except for the occasional chirping of birds that found their homes in the trees that surrounded the house. I made a mental note to tell the head of servants to bring down the nest.I rolled over on my bed with my eyes glued to my phone and a glass of wine in my hands. The only thing missing was him. Kane.The doorbell rang out loud, almost making me jump. Just as I was about to ignore the person at the door, Beta Orion's voice spoke through the intercom."Is anyone home?" I contemplated telling him to come some other time but I remained silent, he would leave when no one replied to him. Or so I thought."I'm coming in." He said I heard the door creak open, those maids dared to leave the door open. I groaned struggling up to my feet as I headed downstairs. The main door leading to the house was locked, it was jus
ORIONI couldn't help but sigh as the packhouse came into sight, that spoiled brat sure has a way of ruining my plans. As much as I was back home, I feared for my life. Alpha Elvis did not tolerate sloppy jobs."Beta Orion!" My head snapped at the direction of the voice. It belonged to the head of guards of the packhouse. "Do you have to scream my head off?" I frowned at him."I have been calling your name for about five minutes now." He said, shaking his head. "Where has your mind wandered to?" He asked."You don't want to know," I muttered gazing towards the door where my judgment lies in wait. "How was your trip?" He asked, it was obvious he was ready for a chit chat but I wasn't in the mood."Is the Alpha home?" I asked feeling stupid, I knew fully well that he was home, if he wasn't why then would he ask me to report?"Yes, he's in the study." The head guard replied, giving me a questioning look. "Well then, go on with your duties." With that, I walked towards the door in fear
ERINI watched as the dagger meant for arrogant Kane sank deep into Thane's chest, and he fell to the ground in pain. The young man knelt by his side as though checking if he was alive. He threw a glance at my way before picking his father up and running into the forest."Thane," I said softly to myself, "you left just as I imagined," I laughed watching as the young man tried to balance the weight of his father as he ran."That stupid child thinks he could stand before me?" I laughed recalling the look on his face when he saw his father was wounded.I called after them, "Keep running, slow down and my dogs would have your legs for breakfast."He could hear me, the wind carried my voice down into the woods. "Thane never considered his weight, he was proud of those muscles, now see him weighing you down." I mocked as I watched Kane slow a little trying to adjust his wounded father in his arms."Should we go after them?" My guard who led the reinforcements asked.I turned to him, and beh
KANEI stepped into the way, blocking off Erin's attack. Our weapons clashed hard. My eyes landed on Dane running out of the mansion with an unconscious Zane on his back and Maya by his side. Before Erin could notice what was happening, I immediately averted my gaze.Erin needed to be distracted so they could leave and that was my assignment."This fight isn't for little boys." Erin huffed angrily, he moved his foot so discreetly but I was quick to notice, Using one hand to hold his weapon, I blocked his leg with the other hand. In one swift movement, using his leg, I threw him off me.He flew a few metres away from me but his legs were strong so he landed on his feet.My eyes quickly flickered around the mansion, Dane and the others were no longer in sight, they had managed to escape, I heaved a sigh of relief as I turned back to Alpha Erin."Not a move you expected from a little boy huh?" I sent him a mocking smile. For once, I was grateful for the numerous battle classes that Dad h
KANE"Calm down Kane, let's trust Dad," Dane said trying to calm me down, I couldn't stop pacing about the room."Calm down?" I scoffed in disbelief, "how can you be calm when everything is in chaos?" I asked staring at him."But what can we do other than trust Dad and let him do what he thinks is best," Dane said trying to act reasonably."Yes, there's nothing we can do, but we could have prevented this from happening." I snapped, I knew this wasn't his fault but I couldn't contain my anger, our decision had caused this."How?" He asked, "Just pack up let's leave.""We could have rejected Sierra and none of this could have happened!" I shouted."Look Kane, we decided to accept her and bear the consequences in case you have forgotten." Dane's words stung but I was past caring."I wouldn't have done so if I knew that the consequences were this dire." I covered my face with my hands.I felt Dane's hand on my shoulder, "Relax Kane, everything will be fine.""No," I shook my head, "Everyt
THANE"King Erin! King Erin!! King Erin!!!" The chants were getting louder as the army drew closer.Maya turned to me with wide eyes, "Isn't this treason? What are we going to do?" She was glancing over her shoulders in fear."Relax Maya." That was the only words I could say. This was purely treason, they had already crowned another person as their king and they were chanting his name.For the look of things, Erin had taken time to carefully plan this. He had reached out to numerous people and had successfully poisoned their minds against me."I will take care of it," I said walking towards the inner rooms with Maya in my arms. "First, we need to get you to somewhere safe.""What about Zane?" She asked."That's where we are going, you'll stay with him while I try to reason with them, hopefully, they will calm down." As soon as the words left my mouth, I regretted saying it, a loud crashing sound filled my ears, and one of the rebels had driven straight into my mansion creating a crack
KANEI closed my eyes as a sharp pain ran up from my thigh and reverberated all through my body making me want to pull my hair out and cry. The pain I felt was not mine, I could tell that it was Sierra's, she was going through a series of pains that it was probably too much for her to handle."Sierra, She's in trouble." I was panting as I managed to walk, and my legs shook as I hurried away from where I stood, we were on our way back home, but I couldn't walk properly because of the pain I was feeling.I turned to Dane, "Can you track her?" I asked groaning. If I was in this much pain, I could only imagine what Sierra could be going through."N… no." He stammered holding his head, "There's this sharp pain in my head." He groaned. "I can't concentrate."I tried to breathe it out, I tried to close my eyes and concentrate on the mate bond trying to locate her but it was impossible, all I could think of was trying to ease the pain that I was feeling.My legs gave way, I flopped down on th
SIERRA"Get me the hot coals!" Alpha Elvis shouted he was fuming in anger.I trembled at the mention of coals, I knew he would do anything to hurt me, his eyes screamed anger. I knew he wasn't going to hesitate to hurt me with anything he wanted.My eyes flickered to the surroundings, it was empty save from Beta Orion who stood with a large grin on his face, I didn't need a soothsayer to tell me that he was enjoying the scene before him."Now look at that," Alpha Elvis turned to Beta Orion with a smile on his face, "She's scared of me." He looked excited as he pointed to me with his index finger.I shook, I wanted nothing more than to enter into the ground and die but Alpha was taking his time, he was careful enough to know that he didn't hit any vital part that would take my life while he was sure enough to hit me so hard that I wanted to die.We were in a room with no door and window safe for a few boxes that lay on the other end of the room. After taking me away from my so-called f
KANEPure shock was written over Maya's face and My Dad's, they couldn't believe their eyes. Maya's scream pierced through my ears."That's not my child, this was edited." She was panting as she spoke. She turned towards my father holding his face in her palms, "Videos like this can be edited, isn't that right Thane?" She asked with tears pooling her eyes.My Dad nodded, "There's no way Sierra would do such a vile act." He agreed.Alpha Erin laughed, "I know you're in shock that's why you're denying the evidence right before your eyes.""There's no way the video is fake, you can verify its authenticity if you like," Claire said with a grin on her face. I could tell that she was enjoying this as much as her father."This is not true.." Maya shaking her head in denial, "Sierra would never hurt Zane.""Something is wrong somewhere." My Dad agreed nodding his head. My dad's wrinkles deepened as he frowned, the past hour had been so stressful on him that he appeared to have aged more than
MAYAI watched the two boys as they exchanged nervous gazes, I prayed I heard wrong, They kept exchanging gazes as though they were wondering what to say."What do you mean by mate bond?" I asked again trying to clear the confusion I felt."Oh that, It's a bracelet that we made for us." Dane began turning to Kane who nodded."Yes, every one of us has it, Zane, Dane, and I." Kane opined."So we thought it wise that Sierra too should have one," Dane said and I nodded.It made perfect sense, they had bonded with Sierra in their way and at their own pace. Giving her something precious to them must have made her feel welcome. If the situation wasn't so dire, I would have appreciated them for taking good care of Sierra and making her feel at home."We are thinking about searching for her, we are hoping the bond might help," Kane explained."Alright, if you say so," I said nodding, I was too stressed to think of any other thing.I could only imagine how my child was feeling, she was sufferin
SIERRASlowly, my eyes opened to the noises in the surroundings, My head felt foggy and I wanted nothing but to sink into the comfort of my bed in Thane's mansion. My whole body felt exhausted from running too much. I tried to stretch my legs only to end up with a stinging pain that reverberated through my brain cells.I took in my surroundings slowly, I was in a cage so small that I couldn't risk standing up, I could only sit and I had to do so by bending my neck."You have to pay me better, I can't take a dog share for capturing someone your man took years to capture." The hair on my skin stood tall.I knew that voice, I could recognize it even in my sleep. What was he doing here? My heart sped up in panic, I didn't want to see him, I wanted to crawl into a hole and hide."You should be happy that I'm paying you." Alpha Elvis said in his calm yet chilling voice."She's worth a few more bucks, just give me then I'll be on my way." He replied.I knew they were talking about me, what k