RISSA'S POVWhen Drax saw me return with several bags of ice cream, his face squeezed in and his eyes twitched in anger. I think he was feeling sour because I disobeyed the explicit instruction he gave us the previous night about not leaving the room for any reason whatsoever.His jaw hung low as he gave me that long blank stare of disapproval while I walked into the room and sat on the bed.He was about to protest when I quickly opened up one ice-cream cup and shoved a spoonful into his mouth, making him swallow his words alongside the ice cream.Lily bursted out a muffled chuckle as she saw him swallow the ice cream silently. Her laugh made me burst out laughing too.Drax kept a straight face, staring at us coldly. Although, I don't know he couldn't take practical jokes, or he didn't laugh because it was probably one of the things that triggered his wolfing out—But still...Come on. That shit was funny as fuck. You have to give me credit—His dead eyes oscillated between the both o
RISSA'S POVFor the record, I'll pick this option a thousand times and over if asked to choose between amusement park and rotting in that monotonous inn all day. No matter the consequences. "Oh God! I haven't had this much fun in fucking ages." I screamed immediately we stepped out of the roller coaster cars, unable to hide my excitement.Thankfully, this city of ruins still had something interesting to offer. Something that adds life to the already dying city.Something to make the already impoverished people happy, and forget their problems. To me that sounds like an award-winning strategy.The citizens are too poor and oppressed...Then find a way to keep them happy. When they're happy, they'll most likely forget the bigger problems. No wonder the roller coaster ride was very affordable. Well, they had all better be affordable—because I plan on milking them for every bit of excitement they have to offer."See?! I told you it was worth it..." Lily jumped out and said excitedly. "Wha
DRAX'S POVSlowly, all the sleepiness began to clear from my eyes, and the memories of the previous night slowly crawled it's way into my mind. The kicks, the punches... Only now did I start to feel the effects of that fight. It has been ages since I did as little as dodge a punch, let alone throw one.When my father was still alive, he used to teach me how to fight hand-to-hand combat. We would train together all day at the palace gym house.My father was a skilled fighter. Not just as a wolf, but also in human form too. So he taught me a lot about martial arts.Thanks to all his lessons, I was able to defeat those thugs that had attacked Rissa and Lily. Normally I would have opted for us to run away and avoid any physical confrontations, but then I overheard what they said to Rissa, and I understood what they were planning to do with them, and my intentions changed.I combined the leftover rage I had for those bounty hunters that raped Rissa, with the one that I felt for those thug
RISSA'S POVHe made my safety his own priority. To be honest, Drax has really grown from the nonchalant, sad, wounded man I rescued from that trap weeks ago."He may be pretending, waiting for us to lower our guard, so he can kill us or escape and alert whoever is working with him." Drax whispered back.I don't know what his talking about, because the prisoner I'm looking at right now is clearly in a deep sleep. I'm sure we could put him in a car and move him across the country without him moving a muscle.I was feeling very sleepy, but my conscience wouldn't let me leave Drax awake and all alone. It would be unfair on my part, so I got up and sat with him on the bed.Lily was sleeping on the other bed, and the prisoner was on the chair tied up. We were the only ones awake. It was dark, and the only source of illumination was the dim yellow light from the table lamp, and the scattered light rays that came from the street lights. I sat close with him on the bed with our bodies only in
DRAX'S POVThere was a coffee shop next to the inn building that had glass walls in front of the building. I peeked into the shop and my eye caught the television hanging up on the wall.My heart banged as I saw what was being displayed on the screen.It was the news, and I and Rissa's pictures were boldly plastered on the screen, announcing us as dangerous fugitives.From what was being displayed on the news, it seemed like our bounty had been increased to twenty-five million dollars.I facepalmed as I realized our mistake. How could we have expected to find solace in a land that was also controlled by our enemy?My uncle has monopolized the media, the power... everything. He made the people poor, thereby making himself the richest person around here.So, I'm not surprised that so many people turned up for a man hunt as big and dangerous as this. "Shit! I think they followed us here..." Rissa sighed in frustration."Followed?!" I exclaimed. "These posters are at least two days old.
RISSA'S POVSeeing that these people had no plans of letting us go, I had to take action. What do I have to lose? I do nothing, and they rape us and beat us to stupor. I fight back and I earn myself a chance of escape, no matter how small. So, I bit the hand over my mouth hard untill it was bleeding. Then I hit one the other man with my elbow. He bellowed in pain with his hands on his belly.Lily observed that I was trying to fight back, so she took the hint and joined in. Like she did at the club the previous night, she kicked the leader in his balls with her knee—I guess she has a thing for making men impotent."RUN!"We took off, but unfortunately we did not get far before a couple of hands grabbed us from behind and pulled us back. We tried our best, but we were outmatched from the beginning.These are big, fast, muscular wolves with killer instincts, and we're just---an inexperienced human and a shewolf. They pulled us backwards and tried to take us back to the dark area.In the
DRAX'S POVThe fact that there are people who stand by me is a huge confidence boost. It makes me realize that I'm not just fighting for myself... But I'm fighting for every other person who has stood beside me in my weakness.There are people who look up to me and expect me to do something about the current state of the packs-- I cannot let them down.Not now when they need me the most. Not now when the people are in a state of despair and unrest."Uncle Bart, how is my brother?" I asked as I remembered one more person I wasn't going to let down. My baby brother, Asher.Bart sighed, and I immediately knew it was bad news. "Tell me!" I bellowed as I itched to know what my brother's state was."It's still the same old routine – only worse... Damian doesn't let him out of his room at all. I haven't seen him in nearly a week now. Sometimes Damian even starves him, but I instructed Rebecca to sneak some food to him even when Damian says otherwise."My chest constricted as I heard my broth
DRAX'S POV"I stopped seeing him like a threat, and started believing that we were in love. Soon, we found other rogues that were in a similar situation with us, and then we formed a group." She said."So that's why I decided to tag along with you guys." She smiled. "I'm tired of living the same old boring life with Ryker. I want something different."I guess she must not have known that I knew about my uncle's excapades already, courtesy of my wolf's consciousness, Alef.Most of the information she gave about my uncle, my wolf had already told me two nights ago."...and I find traveling with a sexy Alpha to be the right kind of distraction I need right now." She winked at me seductively. I understand that she's naturally a flirty person, perhaps because of all those years she spent servicing Ryker."Can you not do that—please?" I told her with a straight face."What? I'm just kidding with you..." She said, playfully."Well, you're going to get us killed." Rissa scolded her angrily.