Caelen’s POVIf this had been two years ago, I probably would have killed Roman. But right now I could not bring myself to stop him; perhaps it was because a part of me secretly wished I could do what he was doing. But since my eyes locked with those amber eyes that have haunted my dream, I couldn’t even bring myself to speak.Roman held Amarie by the throat, dragging her away from the boardroom and into a private room. It was probably for the best because, as I can tell, things are about to get incredibly ugly. “You have no idea how long I have been wanting to slit your throat,” Roman glows, pinning Amarie to the wall.Despite having her air supply cut, she still manages to laugh. “You can’t do shit to me.”Her face grows pale when Roman starts to chuckle. It was something he hardly ever did; it was something he did when he was on the verge of shedding someone’s blood. And Amarie knew that.“You seem to have forgotten who I am. I am not Caelen; I do not hesitate.”Roman’s pupils dil
Meredith’s POVI used to read books about people who would be sentenced to life imprisonment. I see how they are treated like animals and tortured for days without any food or water. I always felt bad for them, despite knowing their crime. I never believed that a human being should be deprived of such basic necessities of life. But it is different when you read all of this in a book and actually experience it. All those days I spent growing up cuddling on my favorite sofa and wrapped around my favorite blanket I would always sit beside the furnace with a hot cup of cocoa during the winter. There would always be a book in my hand, and I remember vividly that between the ages of twelve and fifteen, I was obsessed with crime documentaries. Any book I would find based on true events and how they punished their criminals like they were demons from another race. I felt pity for them, even sympathy. But never empathy. I don’t think anyone can feel empathy for someone going through somet
Roman’s POVYou have got to be fucking kidding me.We lost her. again.A groan leaves my lips as I lift my head off the steering wheel. My fingers lift to my temple, and when I pull them back, there is nothing but red liquid on my hands. Blood. I look to my left to see Caelen with his head against the headboard, blood seeping out of his skull, and I silently pray that he did not suffer a severe blow like Saul.“Caelen?”I could not even begin to describe my relief when he groaned in response. He lifts his head off the headboard, blood trickling down his head like different streams of rivers. He looks at me, then at our shattered windscreen, then curses.He takes out his phone from his pocket and calls, who I assume to be one of our men, “They went down Talisman Road; they should be cutting the corner in a few minutes. Do not lose them.”There is a moment of silence as Caelen listens attentively to what he is being told. I catch his left eyelid twitch before he shuts his eyes and take
Reid’s POVThat damn bitch.She just had to get caught. She is so fucking useless, I swear. I do not think anyone has managed to piss me off the way she does. I am honestly relieved that the Lycan trio has gotten her; she has already betrayed them once, so I should know better than to think that they would ever release her to me.Mate or not, they would be doing me a favor by getting rid of her. Yes, she is my mate, but she could also serve as a potential weakness. I feel absolutely nothing for her, but that does not mean if something happened to her, it would not affect me in some way.I just pray they get rid of her as quickly as possible. The last thing I need right now is a weakness or an obstacle. Nothing must stand in my way, not now that I am so close to finally getting all that I have desired and fulfilling the prophecy. I just wish she had fulfilled her mission before allowing herself to foolishly get caught. An irritated sigh leaves my lips as I pinch the bridge of my nos
Roman’s POVSilence. That is all that fills the room. Caelen and I sit together at the ends of the table, our fingers intertwined as the wheel spins and our brains turn faster than ever before. It has already been established that Reid is the one in possession of our ring. He also has Meredith for reasons that are still very much unknown to us. We tried getting the information out of Amarie, but she has been a wailing mess after the phone call with Reid.Personally, I could not care less if she was on the verge of death. I still needed to know what Reid planned on doing with Meredith. But Caelen, being the more reasonable one, thought it would be better to leave her be in the meantime and ‘grieve’.I snorted at the last word. Grieve for what? She should have known that the psychopath would do something like this. To think that she decided to betray us for a man like him, we never, not even in a million years would have betrayed Amarie or done anything to hurt her. we would have ra
Meredith’s POVNot again.Goddess, please not again.Reid walks into the room with his face as red as a tomato. He is furious. That can’t be good, especially for me.Reid begins to pace the room back and forth, muttering things that I cannot comprehend or know anything about. His eyelids start to twitch, and he looks almost deranged. He is losing his mind.“Nothing must stop me now. This is just a little setback; it will all be resolved soon. I will have all the power; I must.” Is what he mutters to himself over and over again. He really is Amarie’s soulmate; they are absolutely perfect for each other.Two mentally deranged lunatics would do anything to get what they wanted.Reid pauses his pacing and looks at me.Ah, fuck, he has noticed me. A part of me was hoping he would just pace the room and mutter to himself, then leave. Why did he have to notice me?“The ritual is in two days; prepare yourself. If you were harboring any plans to disrupt this, then you better get rid of it.” He
Meredith's POV I pull away from him, and he wipes my tears away. That is when a thought came into my mind, raising my eyebrows in confusion. “But how did you find me? and how did you get in?” He chuckles lightly, tucking some of my hair behind my ear. “Really? You are asking me this now? I thought after our last meeting it would have been established that I am capable of finding you anywhere.” I laugh lightly. Well, I suppose that is true. “But it isn’t safe here,” I inform him, and he nods in agreement. “I know, which is precisely why you can’t stay in here any longer. I am breaking you out.” My eyes grow wider than they ever have before. I blink up at him, wondering if I had heard him correctly. Once again, tears find their way to my eyes. “My savior,” I mutter, and he doesn’t hide his amusement. This is the second time he has risked his life to save me. What have I done to deserve a friend like him? To think that our last time speaking before all this madness star
Meredith’s POVAs soon as those words leave my lips, I instantly regret them. I watch the strongest man I have ever met crumble before my very eyes from those words. I do not know why I expected it not to work, just like the last time. Maybe it was because I really did mean it. and unlike last time, my wolf didn’t try to fight it.Come to think of it, she has been awfully quiet since we were captured by Reid. Who knows what all those drugs they were injecting into me were doing to her? But if there was one thing I knew for certain, it was that she wasn’t fighting the rejection. She silently accepted it.Suddenly, it feels as though my chest has been set ablaze, and pain erupts from within me. It consumed me from the inside out, making me crumble to my knees. “Meredith!” Idris panics, coming to my side and helping me to my feet. Roman just watches the both of us, looking utterly broken. For the first time since I have known the man, I have seen his eyes glaze over. He was on the ver