DONOVAN'S POVI race with the soldiers into the woods and as they shift into their human forms, ready to attack me, I shift back to my human form too and deal them with heavy blows before they could sneak up on me. By the time the training is over, they are all sprawled across the ground, groaning in pain. I shut my eyes and try to catch my breath before lending the boys my hands and helping get up their feet again. "Come on, Donovan." Lewis is one of the guys who I have beaten to the ground and he whines and rubs the spot where his body aches. "What's going on in your mind? You've been pretty harsh on us these days."I ignore him and walk out of the woods and back to the castle again. Lewis wasn't wrong. I have had so much in my mind and wouldn't lie that I had been taking it out on others these past days. It has been three whole weeks and yet, there has been no sighting of Alexis or any white wolf straying off. I have personally searched for her everywhere, including all her frien
DONOVAN'S POVLucky for me, there is an elder council meeting holding today and I intend to use this opportunity to convey the message that the spy had delivered to me. As I dress up for the meeting in my room, a knock comes on my door and before I could invite the person in, the door is gently pushed open and Lori steps in, catwalking majestically as though she already owns the place. It is funny how she is more confident around here now that Alexis is out of sight.I bet she would die from shock once I bring Alexis back to the castle. "I didn't ask you to come in." I look past her and focus on buttoning my regalia. "Why? Does my presence falter you?" I feel her arms wrap around me and I disentangle her hands from my body and distance myself from her a little. "You have to leave. My presence is needed at the assembly gathering."But as always, Lori is hard headed and stubborn. She closes the distance between us again and I set my jaw when her hands land on my crotch. She locks a d
ALEXIS' POVFor days, no one has come to see me in this room where I am held prisoner. It doesn't bother me. At least, I would be spared from bullying until whenever they decide to resume their maltreatment. I haven't seen Randall either but I know he is the one who sends the servants to bring me fruits and healthy supplements for my pregnancy. Sometimes, I worry that his father could see through all his lies one day and find out that he is against his own pack and working to take me back to Redwood. I don't want to be the reason for someone else's death. Especially not a close friend like Randall. During the day and at night, my thoughts still rest on Donovan and grandma Rivera. They probably think I am dead by now. For the millionth time, I worry about Grandma Rivera and pray fervently in my heart that the gods protect keep her safe and alive till whenever I am able to return back to her.I raise my gaze and someone unlocks the door and pushes it open. Rachel catwalks into the roo
ALEXIS' POVI throw the block of chains outside my window and tie the end to a hook by the window. Testing the risk of the chains, I pull against it strongly and thankfully, it stays strong and doesn't budge. I cast the room one last look and try to control my breath, while trying so hard not to panic. For the hundredth time since I had the wild idea of an escape plan crossed my mind last night, I try to convince myself that this is the best escape plan. I have to protect my child from them. I have to escape for my child. That same night, I had come up with the idea of utilizing the same chains I had been tied up with to escape.It is barely dusk now and I have calculated that if I would be able to run as fast as my legs can carry and escape the grounds of Coral pack, I would shift into my werewolf form and continue to run until I know that I am safe and far away from the claws of Alpha Crane. I shut my eyes briefly and take a deep exhale before carefully lowering my frame over the
ALEXIS' POVAfter Randall sneaks me back into the castle, he warns me not to get the idea of running off again until he comes up with an escape plan. Reluctantly, I agree and he leaves me at the doorstep of my room and walks away again. With a deep exhale, I push open the door and walk in but as soon as I step a foot into the room, I freeze to my feet and my eyes widens with fear to see Rachel waiting for me in the room, the block of chains that I had used to escape in her grips. She has a mischievous smirk on her face as she plays with the block of chains in her hand."Were you trying to escape from us?" She asks me and I gulp nervously and walk into the room, trying to fake confidence and nonchalance. I am sure she would pick on me even further if she notices any sign of weakness or vulnerability in me. "I am still standing right before you, aren't I? Or perhaps you have an issue with your sight?"Rachel laughs now and continues to play with the block of chains in her hand."I can
ALEXIS' POVIf anyone had told me that I would be able to sustain a hundred lashes of cane on my body, I would have argued and maintained that I would die and not survive the first five strokes of cane. Who would have thought I would actually sustain a hundred lashes of flogging and still be alive? Although I can almost not call it surviving. My whole body aches terribly. I can barely stand on my own and my legs are shaky and can hardly support themselves. The Alpha had ordered for me to be chained again and locked up in my room after the flooging and to be left without food and water for the rest of the day.As I sit across the bare floors of the room, my back pressed depressingly by the door, I cry. For the first time, I cry in pity for my own self. Sorry that I was ever born only to live a life of torture and pain. I cry, wishing that grandma Rivera never spared my life and that she had rather left me to die with my parents. I cry over and over again until the tears in my eyes are
ALEXIS' POVI follow Randall as he leads me out of the room and down the staircase. There is no guard in sight and we walk cautiously down the hallway, carefully tiptoeing and sneaking behind the walls whenever we see a sleeping guard or a guard on patrol. Until Randall takes a turn and we disappear under an array of stairs, going further underground and appearing in front of a sealed tunnel. Randall enters a set of secret pins that turn it open and he takes my hand and leads me in. It is a hundreds of years old looking dark tunnel that smells funky. There are thick spider webs hanging at the sides of the walls and in this tunnel, bats take refuge. I jerk in fright as a big rat runs past me and Randall holds me steady so that I would not trip and fall. "Hey, hey. Steady." He whispers to me and we continue to venture deeper into the tunnel. "This secret passageway was created by my great grandfather hundreds of years ago as a means of escape should we ever get attacked from the insi
ALEXIS' POVI am drowning deep into the water, holding my hands out for someone to help me. Anyone. I sink deeper and deeper and just as my eyes are beginning to shut close, he reaches for my hand and starts to pull me away again. I look into my savior's eyes and his gaze holds mine.Donovan.………My eyes slowly flutter open as I regain consciousness. I am lying on the bare floors of my room and my head aches badly as I try to raise my head from the ground. A flashback of last night rushes through my head and I panic at the thought of Randall being caught trying to help me. Where is he? What if they have done something to him? My panic skyrockets but I console myself again and I remind myself that Randall is the Alpha's son. He wouldn't be so malicious and cruel enough to kill his own son. It is myself that I should be worried about. I doubt that I would be able to get out of this situation alive this time around. I decide to take the risk and try to escape one last time. I might get