Lorena’s POVI stood in silence and held on to Kaya tightly. My heart was beating rapidly. The Lady in White had told me not to come here but I chose to anyway.In my head, it all felt like I had made a big mistake. Was I really putting my life and Kaya’s life in danger by coming here?I watched as Alpha Draco stepped forward. He dusted away a part of the tombstone to reveal a seal, the same seal that sealed the vault.We all watched as he bared his fangs and bit hard into the palm of his hand. The blood oozed and he smeared his open palm on the seal and muttered something that none of us could quite make out.It was like an earthquake and the tombstone rumbled and on it’s own, it rolled out the way.We all looked at it flabbergasted.“How did that happen?” I asked. “When we got the first part of the Amulet, we didn’t have to do all of this.”“You got in through the vault, didn’t you? So, there was no need to,” said Alpha Draco.One by one, we all began to go inside. I hesitated at t
Ryder’s POVI held Lorena in my arms and soon her blood was oozing from between her legs and onto the stone floor.“No! No! No!”Cassie rushed to my side while the others were huddled together around us. The shadows had attacked and we were completely surrounded.“Lorena! Wake up!”I shook her violently but nothing worked. She was getting paler and paler.“She is going into labour!” yelled Cassie. “We need to get her out of here and to a hospital as soon as possible!”My head began to spin. Labour? How was that even possible? She was barely two months pregnant. She couldn’t possibly be going into labour now.I turned around and saw that the shadows had surrounded us and backed us tightly into a corner. I saw a bright light glow and heard a loud growl. Kaya was about to shift into her wolf but suddenly, I heard her shrill scream.I looked up and saw that the Shadows had picked her up and she was suspended on the high ceiling.I left Lorena’s side and shifted into my wolf and tried to g
Hazel’s POVWe carried Lorena’s limp body into the car and laid her on the seat. Her blood stained the chairs a terrible crimson and her skin was losing its color.“Logan! Hurry! She’s dying!”I couldn’t help the tears in my eyes. Lorena and her baby’s life were slipping through my hands.Logan sped off and Jasper and Cassie followed us closely behind in Jasper’s car.I felt Lorena’s pulse and it was weak. The bleeding still continued and I had no idea how to stop it. I had never felt so helpless before.“Lorena, stay with me. Don’t go. Just stay alive.”I patted her cheek to make sure that she was still awake and she groaned weakly.Logan drove recklessly and was running red lights. The situation had us all tense.Soon the hospital was just ahead and Logan swerved into the parking lot and came to a screeching halt.He jumped out of the car and ran into the hospital and in a few minutes, he came back with nurses and a stretcher.“Ma’am please get out of the way. We will handle this.”
Lorena’s POVI tried not to cry but it was pointless. Every time I closed my eyes, even to just blink, I always saw her. I saw my child.I was awake when they pulled her out of me. She was so tiny but because of my stubbornness, I was making her suffer a difficult life. She had done nothing. This was all because of me.I could feel Hazel’s eyes on me. She was looking at me with sadness in her eyes, waiting for me to tell her what I meant by all this being my fault.I was filled with shame. How could I say that I had caused the demise of my children?“Lorena? What do you mean by this is your fault? This just happened. It has nothing to do with you. It’s Ragnar’s fault. He planned this. We are going to make him pay for everything that he did to you. I promise.”I gripped at my sheets and tried not to burst into tears and hold on to the steady stream of tears that were flowing down my cheeks.“You won’t understand, Hazel. This is bigger than Ragnar.”“Well make me understand,” she said s
Hazel’s POVWe all walked out and left Lorena and Ryder alone. We were all still perplexed by what Lorena had told us.“Lady in White? Who is this Lady?” asked Draco, quite confused.“I have no idea who she really is. But when we first began the quest, Chelsea told us that she was going to help us out if we ever needed it…”“But she knew that this was going to happen to Lorena. She knew. The question is: How did she know?”Jasper looked at me confused and I was about to say something but then Alpha Draco cut in.“It’s because she works for Ragnar.”“What?!” said the rest of us in surprise.Alpha Draco sighed and folded his arms.“Keep in mind that the dead can’t predict the future. She is working under the orders of a living being that can. Kaya’s kidnap was planned by him and he knew that this was going to happen. It either means that she is working for him or she stalks him and knows what he is going to do next.”I gulped. If this was true, that means that we have been spied on the
Ragnar’s POVI smiled and stood up and walked to my brother but he glared at me angrily and I stopped dead in my tracks.“What are you doing here Ragnar?”I chuckled.“Is this how you greet your bother after all these years? You seem to have lost your manners and sense of family, Draco.”He growled at me and took a step forward.“You shouldn’t be here? We made an agreement.”“Ahh yes. The agreement. I got a little bored in my pack so I thought to pay you a visit. Surely the agreement shouldn’t stop a simple brotherly visit.”I smirked and turned to go and have a seat.“Where is Kaya?!”A feminine voice stopped me and I turned around to see who it was. I smiled as I clashed eyes with the brave lady. My red pierced her deep blue pupils.“Ahhh. You must be the Hazel I have heard so much about.”I licked my lips hungrily and surveyed her.“Delicate and beautiful yet strong. I admire you very much. You have pulled through despite everything. It’s a miracle.”I offered her my hand for a han
Ragnar’s POVI guessed my message had sunk in as I relished the fear in their eyes.“With that out of the way,” I said lightly. “Have a nice day brother.”In a flash and a gust of wind, I was gone. I wished I could see the look on their faces as I disappeared right in front of them.It has been nice to see my brother again. The smile on my face widened. He would never tell me but I could feel it. He was scared of me. I felt it and smelled it all over him.He knew I was more powerful than him and he feared what I could do. And he was wise to do so.I was soon back in my pack and in my palace. It was all quiet at first and then a piercing scream filled the air followed by the sound of running footsteps.“My Lord!”I turned and saw that it was my Beta and he was kneeling at my feet.“What is it now, West?”“Forgive me my Lord, but we seem to have a problem with the prisoner.”“The girl?” I asked with an eyebrow raised.“Yes, Alpha Ragnar.”How much trouble could a five or six year old wo
Hazel’s POVI stood in place in shock. He had vanished. All that was left him was mist and smoke. We all turned to Alpha Draco but he looked just as confused as the rest of us.“What are we going to do?” Cassie asked. “Are we just going to give him the Amulet or do we actually have a plan for all of this?”Alpha Draco sat down on the sofa and buried his head in his hands.“This is all my fault. I should have put an end to him a long time ago and now you all are suffering from my mistake.”I felt my heart sink. It wasn’t his fault I knew it wasn’t and we weren’t going to get anywhere with all this self pity.“I think we should give him the Amulet,” I said sadly.“What?” said Logan angrily. “Are you crazy? There is no way that we are just going to give him the Amulet…”“We need Kaya back safely. We have to play by his rules…”“We can kidnap Kaya back. We don’t need to exchange anything for her”Alpha Draco stood up.“Kidnapping Kaya won’t work. He has a horde of shadows that keep an ey