Eloise’s POV:“I’m done being friendly.” He spits before his fist punches me in the stomach.My mouth falls open, and I drop to my knees.Yet my knees didn’t touch the ground as he catches me, his lips colliding with mine forcefully while I struggle with the pain through my stomach. Panic fills me as I think of my babies. My hand instantly moving to cover my stomach before he grabs my wrists, pinning them above my head. His knees press between my legs, the sudden movement doubling the pain making me want to crunch over, yet he refuses to let me go. He buries his nose in my neck and inhales loudly.“Dex, please,” I beg as tears stream down my face, dripping down my chin. He doesn’t listen and instead, he began licking and nipping at my skin. He let out a lewd moan that made my skin crawl for good reason.From the corner of my eye, I see him pull out a white cloth, and my brows push together.“Dexter?” Another wave of panic settles in my stomach, that gut-wrenching feeling telling you
Eloise’s POV:It was like a never-ending cycle. Not a day goes by without Dexter snapping photos of me, recording me and him while he makes me perform every sick fucked-up delusions he carved in his head. Every day has become a nightmare to me since that fateful night. Afraid he’d hurt my babies, I did everything he asked me of me. Anything just to keep them safe. Every night, his camera sits at the foot of the bed where I am strapped most time of the day, except when I ask him to use the bathroom. When I do, however, have to use the bathroom, I use it under his ever-watchful gaze, and without clothes as he prefers it that way.Each time he does, a part of me breaks, and my wolf once again disappeared after that night. The night she told me the truth about him. Dexter. It turns out it was him who spread those scandalous photos of me to the media, which in turn had be kicked out of my house, by my father and rejected by my mate. I should have known, I should have seen right through him
Eloise’s POV:The drive on the way was quiet. Too quiet. Dexter hadn’t said a thing to me in the past hour since we got in the car. Before getting in, however, my eyes wandered to the forest. For a moment, I thought I could make a run for it, but Dex was already watching me.“Don’t even think about it, El.” He says, his sharp gaze piercing into me, and I had no choice but to climb in without complaint.I thought about it, but I also knew what I would be risking. I drop my eyes to my stomach which is getting bigger and rounder by the day. After that punch, I was worried and felt that I needed to consult an obstetrician, yet I couldn’t bring myself to ask him. Maybe later, I will.Glancing at him, his eyes are on the road as he hums the same tune. A melody I have grown to hate. It was that tune I recall him singing the night of the scandal, and I knew it would haunt me forever.Each time I glance at him, I couldn’t help but stare. He seems happy, energetic even, yet everything he had do
Kaden’s POV:Each fucking day, it comes and goes. The pain. The most brutal, intolerable pain that rips your heart from inside out. Suddenly, you couldn’t breathe. Couldn’t see the world around you because everything has faded to dark. And each fucking time, I hated her more. So much more.‘We have to find her.’ Rictus speaks out.‘Yeah. No shit.’ I cuss, making my wolf growl.‘What the fuck is the problem with you?’ he barks at me. How I wanted to see my wolf face to face for the opportunity of punching him right in the muzzle. For once, I actually worried my wolf might be stupid.‘Look at you, desperate to find her.’ ‘Of course I’m fucking desperate, she’s our mate!’ he growled.‘Mate or not, I decide what to do with her once we find her.’‘What do you mean? You’re not…”I could feel his fear. I wanted to laugh. ‘She betrayed us.’ I growl. Nothing, not even my wolf, would make me think otherwise.‘You don’t know that,’ he growls back. It’s the first time my wolf and I ever had a d
Kaden’s POV:Once her scent hits me, I force back my control and ran straight to it. The only building around, and it looked worse than it did on the outside. The sign I passed by says it’s a clinic. Why the fuck would she come here out of all places?Rictus’ worry immediately rushed through me and his panic. ‘Something’s wrong.’ He says just as the metallic scent of blood so pungent it punches me in the face, I recoil. What the—Our senses are on high alert, and I was already preparing myself for what I was about to see. My wolf whimpers, and I knew instantly what caused his fear.Death. It loomed in the air like the blood it gives off so strongly. The moment we stepped foot into the building, I caught sight of a lone head sitting on the floor.My heart raced, Rictus’ panic was getting the better of me as I shook my head.‘It’s not her.’ He suddenly says, and for some reason I felt relief. I shook my head. ‘So you are worried about her.’ Rictus chuckles. I resist the urge to roll
Eloise’s POV:“I don’t want to be Alpha.” There. I said it. My father freezes instantly, his one hand up in mid-air as he had been keeping me up to teach me all about the basics and whatnot on becoming his pack’s Alpha.“I beg your pardon?” He raises an eyebrow.“For the last time, Dad. Can’t I enjoy my youth far away from here before you hand me over the title?” I sigh, sitting down on his fancy leather couch. I folded my arms across my chest.“I want to travel, see the world, maybe even go to university. Dad, you know I always wanted to be a teacher.” I hear Dad sigh, heavy footsteps coming to me before the couch dips as he takes a seat beside me.“I know that. You told me a thousand times.” He chuckles. I pout.“But we’re talking about the pack.” He says.“Of course. More important than your own daughter.” I mumble.I know I was being a bitch. Yet, sometimes I just wanted my father to listen.My father, Alpha Viktor Sage, is the present Alpha of Heaven Moon Pack. I’m the only da
Eloise’s POV: I groan and will my body to move, only to find moving so much more difficult when you spent the last night heavily drunk. And with who I can’t even remember. Hell, I can’t even remember at all what had transpired last night and why am I in this room? Did I crawl my ass back to bed only this isn’t my bed. My bed is fuchsia in color and is covered with fur, yet why am I seeing cool gray and with a lot of red stains, I might add. Groaning, I force my body to sit up, rubbing my eyes. Hangover’s a bitch, that much I could say. “Good morning, mate.” I jump and yelp, the shock of a deep, gravelly voice sending me back and I fall flat on my ass to the bloody carpeted floor. What the— I quickly snatch the duvet up when my eyes drop on my naked breasts. Turns out they’re not the only ones naked because so is my cutely shaved vajayjay. Getting up, I wince, my mouth shaping into a small ‘o’, realizing what I had done. What he had done. “What are you doing here?!” I all but s
Eloise’s POV:He growls menacingly, cutting me off. A smirk plays on my lips.So he is afraid of something. The feared, most despicable Alpha is afraid of rejection.I continue, “reject you, Alpha Kaden Kyson of the Blood Hounds Pack.” Leaving the hotel, I am carrying my heels with one hand and the other my purse and phone. Glancing around, I furrow my brows when I realize I am not in my father’s territory. I feel eyes glaring daggers at me from somewhere above, and I look up, only to make eye contact with the same asshole I rejected. His strange onyx eyes glinted mischievously as he stared down at me.“You will be back, mate.” I remember him say calmly and confidently after he’d pinned me on his bed, planting kisses everywhere on my skin before I shoved him off. The truth is, I was shocked with the way my body reacted to his touch. Inexplicable sparks danced across my skin, erupting from all the places he had touched. “Admit it. You cannot escape the bond,” he purred. I shake away
Kaden’s POV:Once her scent hits me, I force back my control and ran straight to it. The only building around, and it looked worse than it did on the outside. The sign I passed by says it’s a clinic. Why the fuck would she come here out of all places?Rictus’ worry immediately rushed through me and his panic. ‘Something’s wrong.’ He says just as the metallic scent of blood so pungent it punches me in the face, I recoil. What the—Our senses are on high alert, and I was already preparing myself for what I was about to see. My wolf whimpers, and I knew instantly what caused his fear.Death. It loomed in the air like the blood it gives off so strongly. The moment we stepped foot into the building, I caught sight of a lone head sitting on the floor.My heart raced, Rictus’ panic was getting the better of me as I shook my head.‘It’s not her.’ He suddenly says, and for some reason I felt relief. I shook my head. ‘So you are worried about her.’ Rictus chuckles. I resist the urge to roll
Kaden’s POV:Each fucking day, it comes and goes. The pain. The most brutal, intolerable pain that rips your heart from inside out. Suddenly, you couldn’t breathe. Couldn’t see the world around you because everything has faded to dark. And each fucking time, I hated her more. So much more.‘We have to find her.’ Rictus speaks out.‘Yeah. No shit.’ I cuss, making my wolf growl.‘What the fuck is the problem with you?’ he barks at me. How I wanted to see my wolf face to face for the opportunity of punching him right in the muzzle. For once, I actually worried my wolf might be stupid.‘Look at you, desperate to find her.’ ‘Of course I’m fucking desperate, she’s our mate!’ he growled.‘Mate or not, I decide what to do with her once we find her.’‘What do you mean? You’re not…”I could feel his fear. I wanted to laugh. ‘She betrayed us.’ I growl. Nothing, not even my wolf, would make me think otherwise.‘You don’t know that,’ he growls back. It’s the first time my wolf and I ever had a d
Eloise’s POV:The drive on the way was quiet. Too quiet. Dexter hadn’t said a thing to me in the past hour since we got in the car. Before getting in, however, my eyes wandered to the forest. For a moment, I thought I could make a run for it, but Dex was already watching me.“Don’t even think about it, El.” He says, his sharp gaze piercing into me, and I had no choice but to climb in without complaint.I thought about it, but I also knew what I would be risking. I drop my eyes to my stomach which is getting bigger and rounder by the day. After that punch, I was worried and felt that I needed to consult an obstetrician, yet I couldn’t bring myself to ask him. Maybe later, I will.Glancing at him, his eyes are on the road as he hums the same tune. A melody I have grown to hate. It was that tune I recall him singing the night of the scandal, and I knew it would haunt me forever.Each time I glance at him, I couldn’t help but stare. He seems happy, energetic even, yet everything he had do
Eloise’s POV:It was like a never-ending cycle. Not a day goes by without Dexter snapping photos of me, recording me and him while he makes me perform every sick fucked-up delusions he carved in his head. Every day has become a nightmare to me since that fateful night. Afraid he’d hurt my babies, I did everything he asked me of me. Anything just to keep them safe. Every night, his camera sits at the foot of the bed where I am strapped most time of the day, except when I ask him to use the bathroom. When I do, however, have to use the bathroom, I use it under his ever-watchful gaze, and without clothes as he prefers it that way.Each time he does, a part of me breaks, and my wolf once again disappeared after that night. The night she told me the truth about him. Dexter. It turns out it was him who spread those scandalous photos of me to the media, which in turn had be kicked out of my house, by my father and rejected by my mate. I should have known, I should have seen right through him
Eloise’s POV:“I’m done being friendly.” He spits before his fist punches me in the stomach.My mouth falls open, and I drop to my knees.Yet my knees didn’t touch the ground as he catches me, his lips colliding with mine forcefully while I struggle with the pain through my stomach. Panic fills me as I think of my babies. My hand instantly moving to cover my stomach before he grabs my wrists, pinning them above my head. His knees press between my legs, the sudden movement doubling the pain making me want to crunch over, yet he refuses to let me go. He buries his nose in my neck and inhales loudly.“Dex, please,” I beg as tears stream down my face, dripping down my chin. He doesn’t listen and instead, he began licking and nipping at my skin. He let out a lewd moan that made my skin crawl for good reason.From the corner of my eye, I see him pull out a white cloth, and my brows push together.“Dexter?” Another wave of panic settles in my stomach, that gut-wrenching feeling telling you
Kaden’s POV:“Alpha Kaden, is something wrong?” I look up and see Alpha John, one of the alphas attending this council meeting, furrow his brows, watching me. My eyes scan the entire room to see the other alphas had stopped to look at me, before falling on my beta who was leaning against the wall, a confused look on his face. My eyes flashed dangerously, and I grit my teeth. My hand shaking terribly wrapped around my glass. A little bit tighter, and it would break.“Yes… Yes, continue.” I mutter. Even saying those two words took much effort as I fought against my wolf. He wants blood. And he couldn’t wait. I tap my foot on the floor impatiently, pretending to listen to Alpha John go on about a new law forbidding first-born females to be alphas. I would listen some other time but not now. Not when I’m this close to shifting and tearing into every alpha I see.Sweat trails down the side of my face, and my jaw clenches. This isn’t good. I have to get out of here before I fucking explod
Eloise’s POV:The next few weeks passed by like a breeze. After that day, Dex has been sweet and loving towards me, making me wonder if I just imagined the whole thing, him shouting at me in the car and targeting my babies. Yet, his actions in the past few weeks contradicted what he said. Making me question whether it was just hormones, making me exaggerate everything I see and hear. Dex never raised his voice at me in the five years we’ve known each other. In fact, he even bought a crib, and we had just finished setting up a whole room for the nursery once they arrive. To my confusion, mom hasn’t called me since. It was so unlike her, since the last time we saw each other, she was so excited about the triplets. I wondered while I went about my day in the house while Dex was out running his own errands. He doesn’t tell me where he was going so I wasn’t sure when he’ll be back, so I set out to cleaning. First, I cleaned up the kitchen and vacuumed the entire place before doing the l
Eloise’s POV:Mom laughed whilst I still can’t believe she said that in front of my best friend. Thankfully, she said no more of the matter and we spent the next hour eating lunch and talking some more. Leaving the café, mom insisted I go to the doctor for a check-up. I had thought about it, constantly worrying about my babies since it has been months since my last one, so why not? My mom happens to know a doctor who agreed to keep my results completely off the record in case one of Kaden’s spies happen to be snooping around my mom, keeping tabs of her tracks.Dex drove us there without complaint, always flashing his friendly smiles and I was relieved. It took us another two hours to get there, and when we did, mom introduced me to her friend, doctor Kim.She was in her mid-thirties, and looked rather friendly. After a thorough check-up, she congratulated me, announcing three healthy little babies are definitely on the way. Mom took the news pretty well, and even cried knowing she w
Eloise’s POV:The drive took about four and a half hours going back to the city. I received a text an hour ago, and saw it was my mom. She was waiting in the hidden café, and Dexter had to take the lengthy twists and turns around the border to avoid getting caught and in turn, alerting the Alpha who I hear now owns the city—Alpha Kaden. Good thing Dex knows someone on patrol today to cover for us while we enter the city.Dexter opens the door for me at the café and I walk in. My eyes scan the room before I eventually spot my mother sitting near the glass window. “Mom?” I call out first once I got closer, and I’m pretty sure she heard the crack in my voice as she turned around. Her eyes glowed and widened when she saw me, and she stood right before crashing into my arms, squeezing the life of me when she gasps and stumbles back. Her eyes drop to my giant belly, and I watch her eyes become glassy.“Look at you,” she sniffles. Dex and I both look at her looking like she’s about to tear