Meredith's POV This has to be one of the creepiest and most disgusting things I have ever witnessed.I don't understand the road my life is taking anymore. The past few days have been beyond weird. First, I realize that the maid I have been living with is actually the lover of the men I have grown to greatly admire and she was out to kill me! Then I lose consciousness, and somehow I am able to see what is happening outside my body.I mean, can we take a pause there for a bit? Is that even normal? I know I never finished that book on the origin of the omegas, but I am certain none of them witnessed things like this.Then, just when I am about to be moved and feel a bit safe, I am involved in a car accident that leaves one of the men I care about in a fatal condition. Yes, a fatal condition, because I absolutely refuse to believe that Saul was dead. It just wasn't possible.He is stronger than that.And to add to my list of crazy experiences of the last three days, I was captured and
Roman’s POV“Calm yourself, man; you look like you are about to explode with rage,” Caelen says, but I completely ignore him as I storm up to the entrance of the gallows. The guards stand before the rather large black gates with pistols in their grasp. It is clear that they were ready for war at any time.Well, so was I.“We are here to see Councilor Reid,” Caelen says coolly, and the men only look at us in disapproval.“Councilor Reid is not available at the moment,” one of them replies, and before Caelen could get another word out, I held the guard by the throat and lifted him into the air.His pistol drops as his feet dangle in the air, and he struggles for breath. His associate reaches out for his gun, but Caelen stops him by simply placing a hand on his shoulder.“I wouldn’t do that if I were you,” he says, his eyes flashing a menacing shade of amber.“I am not a fan of repeating myself, but I will do so now because it is clear you have no idea who the fuck I am. My name is Roma
Meredith’s POVThe beeping of the heart monitor is the only sound that manages to infiltrate my ears. I could feel people moving around me, but I could not quite make out who they were. I couldn’t even keep my eyes open for too long.Never in my life have my eyelids felt so heavy. And I feel incredibly tired, too. All I want to do is have a nice long nap, but then didn’t I just wake up? My body screams for sleep, but my mind is fighting against it. It is telling me to get up and run, but I can’t.The fatigue is one thing, but I am actually unable to move any of my limbs right now. Whenever I managed to open my eyes, even if it was for just a second, I would see a bright white light hovering above me. Is this heaven? Am I dead? I always thought I would feel a lot lighter when I was dead. I always thought that I would be free and able to move around, but that isn’t the case right now.The next time my eyes open and shut, there is a figure standing above me. I believe it is a woman. A
Roman’s POVWe are a few meters away from the gallows, our men armed to the teeth, ready to go in with everything they have. I make sure to check if my gun is loaded and if I have a few extra bullets in my strap. There are other weapons in my holster too, such as blades and grenades.From the corner of my eye, I see Caelen watch all of his with uncertainty in his eyes. He is no coward; I know for a fact that he wasn’t scared. He just didn’t think that Meredith was all of this.That’s the difference between him and me. She was worth more than any of this. “Gather around men!” My voice instantly grasps all their attention as they await my orders. “We are going in to take back what these bastards took from us, Meredith. You all know her. When we march in there, I want you to shoot down everything that moves apart from her. Do you understand?” “Yes, alpha!” they say synonymously, and I nod once.As I pull my mask down, they all do the same. “Let’s go.” I say this before getting into m
Amarie’s POV"Sorry, love. But this is going to hurt you a lot more than it will hurt me.”The nurse opens her mouth to scream, but I strike her square on the temple with my fists. Her body falls lightly to the floor, and I look around quickly to make sure no one has seen that. I take her by her ankles and drag her into the nearest room, my senses alert for any sign of an unwanted audience.Once I manage to get her into the room, I start to undress her. I quickly switch our dresses and make sure to shield my face with a nose mask and hair net. My gaze falls on the poor nurse. I may have hit a kitten too hard because now the side of her head is bleeding profusely.I crouch down beside her and tap her bleeding head lightly. “Don’t worry, I just need your identity for a little while. In the meantime, I hope someone will find you soon. We don’t want you bleeding to death now, do we?” I place a finger on my chin, then shrug. “Not like I even care.”Rising to my feet, I make my way to the
Caelen’s POVA breath of relief leaves my lips as Roman and I step into the infirmary and find our brother still laying on the stretcher, completely unharmed. My fingers run through my hair as Roman walks up to Saul and inspects him closely.“Okay, I think we were wrong. Maybe none of this was a set-up,” I say, but Roman doesn’t say a word. He continues to search the room with his eyes narrowed. When he starts sniffing the air, my eyebrows furrow in confusion. “What are you doing?” I ask him, and instead of giving me a verbal response, he raises a finger to silence me.“Do you smell that?” he asks, and that is when I start to sniff the air myself. It was faint, but that delicate scent of sunflowers could not go unmissed. My eyes widen as the realization dawns on me. She was just here.Roman and I curse beneath our breath as we make our way out of the infirmary and back outside. “That reminds me of that nurse we saw. Why was she covering her face? We specifically made that rule so w
Reid’s POV I sit alone in my office, not bothering to turn on the lights, as I allow myself to get swept away by my thoughts. I just can’t believe that after all these years, I have finally found the key the prophecy had talked about. The key to the door would unlock the doors of unimaginable power. And that key is Meredith Amman. Who would have thought that after all these years of searching, what I have been looking for was right under my nose all along? I never would have thought that Amman’s daughter would be an omega. That damn bastard, he fooled me for many years. Amman was once my best friend back in the day, but when we became leaders of our various entities, I suppose we drifted apart. Our friendship weakened until it was no longer there. I have met Meredith once before, back when she was just a little girl. About the tender age of three, I believe. I never expected her to remember me, and it is a good thing she didn’t. That day was the last time I saw both Amman and
Meredith’s POV This feels like the millionth time I am waking up today. Or at least I feel it is the same day. I have lost track of how long I have actually been here. But then again, where is it here? A groan leaves my lips as I sit up slowly. I am surprised that my body isn’t strapped to the bed like it was the last time I was awake. And I can’t even begin to describe how relieved I am that I did not wake up in a cage again. I would just lose my mind. I throw my legs over the edge of the bed, and a chill goes up my body as my feet make contact with the cold tile. The sensation feels strange; it was as though my feet had forgotten what it felt like to be mounted on the ground. The room I am in is plain. Incredibly plain. And when I mean plain, I mean there is nothing but this bed I am on in it. The walls are crystal white, and a chill goes up my spine. The scent of drugs is heavy in the air, and something about the entire place feels like an asylum. But one thing is for sure