Meredith’s POVA sigh leaves my lips as I stretch my limbs on the comfortable mattress. This has to be the best bed I have laid on in weeks. It was a lot better than the one I had fallen asleep in. That was Idris’s bed.My eyelids fly apart, and I shoot up in a sitting position. My eyes lock with Roman’s dark, waiting eyes, and my heart skips a beat. Caelen is also in the room. He is leaning on the wall beside the door with his eyes trained solely on me. They were watching me with such intensity that if they looked away for even a second, I would vanish from their sight. The memory of what had happened comes flooding into my memory, and it feels as though I have just been hit on the head with a hammer.My fingers find their way to my temple, and I pinch my eyes shut. “Here,” Roman says, and I open my eyes to find him holding out a glass of water and two pills towards me. I take them from him and swallow the pills with water without question. The water replenishes me, and I relax in
Caelen’s POVI ran. When the second one of the nurses came to tell us that Saul was awake, I bolted out of the room. The sensation I get in my heart is not one I could easily describe; I have only felt this way once before, and that was on the day Meredith was recovered.It was something in between relief and joy; it made my heart feel warm. It was strange, but I loved it.Roman followed closely behind me, and I practically kicked down the door to the infirmary. Our eyes fall on Saul, sitting on the bed and talking to Meredith casually. It was almost hard for us to believe our own eyes. He looked as good as new.His blue eyes fall on us, and he grins. “Long time, no see, ladies.”“You fucking bastard,” I say, feeling a sting in my eyes as I walk up to his bed and engulf him in a brief bro hug. When we pull away, Roman only gives him a brief handshake before stepping away from him.“I know you ladies missed me,” Saul chuckles, wiggling his eyebrows playfully, and I roll my eyes.“You
Meredith’s POVTen minutes earlier…“A lot has happened these past few weeks; you have been knocked out,” Caelen tells Saul, and I take that as my cue to leave. I did not want to sit here and take a trip down memory lane. I hop off the bed and clear my throat loudly, catching all their attention. “I am feeling a bit suffocated here. I am going to get some fresh air. I will leave you three to catch up,” I say hurriedly, but Saul grabs my wrist before I can leave.“Are you okay?” he asks, and I hate how he looks at me with so much confusion and oblivion. He has absolutely no idea what I have been through these past few weeks.“Uh, yeah, I am,” I lie, unable to meet his eyes. I can tell that he still wants to ask me more questions, but I yanked my wrist free before he could get the chance. I make sure not to meet any of their gazes as I walk out of the room.My vision blurs a bit as I step outside and breathe in the fresh evening sun. The sky is one of the prettiest shades of orange I
Saul’s POVI have never seen Roman this livid before.I always knew he was a mad man, but this was just utter insanity I was witnessing. Caelen was doing his best to keep Roman from killing the guards at the gate, but it was futile. The fuming man has already killed two of the poor fellas.“Bloody hell, Roman! Control yourself!” Caelen yelled, grabbing the fist that was repeatedly slamming into the skull of the half-dead guard. But it was no use because Roman just shook him off like he was some piece of paper.Caelen is strong but nowhere near as strong as Roman, especially when he is angry. I always knew from right back when we were kids that Roman always gained supernatural strength whenever he was upset. It was why I didn’t even bother to go near him. I preferred to just watch the whole scene from the sidelines.But I do hope they stop this banter soon. That bastard Reid fucking broke into our home and stole my girl. The only thing these idiots are meant to be focusing on is how t
Meredith’s POV“What did you just say to me?”Reid takes a step back. His head tilts backwards as he releases a menacing laugh. It only made me angrier. What was the joke here? What did he find so funny?My heart pounds wildly against my chest, to the point where I fear it might shatter my ribcage. I hoped and prayed that he was just speaking because he had a fucking mouth to do so. Nothing has happened to my father.Nothing can ever happen to my father.Reid’s laughter was so hearty, tears even started to slip past his eye. He places a hand on his chest as he calms down. “Oh, I am sure you haven’t gotten the chance to sit down and see the news with all this madness going on. I suppose I will be the one to break the news down to you.”He inched closer to me, and all I wanted was to push him away. No, actually, all I wanted was to smack him over the head really, really hard, to the point that his skull would crush into a million pieces. I hated him that much and more.Reid is almost f
Roman’s POVTen minutes earlier…I can feel her. She is close by.Despite our broken bond, I was able to track her down, but her traces were getting fainter and fainter. I did not know why, but I could feel this burning sensation at my nape, like I had just sustained a deep cut. I tried to ignore it, but the pain was rather alarming. “Is there something on my neck?” I asked Saul, who was seated right behind me. Caelen shoots me a glance, and I see Saul’s eyebrows furrow through the rearview mirror.“No,” he draws out slowly, clearly confused by my question.I scraped at my neck; the sensation slowly turned into a burning sting, and it was driving me insane. “Are you fucking sure? Check again.”“Bro, I am telling you that there is nothing on your damn neck,” Saul says with clear irritation. There is a moment of silence, and I catch his eyes widening when they fall on my neck once again. “Holy sh*t,” Saul mutters.“What? What is it?” I ask, doing my best to keep my focus on the road a
Meredith’s POVAm I dead?I feel like I am dead.I don’t feel normal. Everywhere is so cold and lonely. Why? I thought I saw a bright light, one so warm and comforting. So why do I feel this way? Why do I feel this hollowness and great fatigue? Why do I feel this great weight on my shoulders, and how do I get rid of it?I just want to finally be at peace. Is that so wrong? Maybe it is.My eyes stay shut, afraid to be parted from what I might see. I am not entirely sure where exactly I am, but I got the feeling that this was neither heaven nor hell.Why is it that when matters come to me, they are always different? Why couldn’t I be normal like everyone else? Why?A tear trickles down my face as I bring my knees up to my chest. I wrap my arms around them and drop my head on them. My shoulders began to shake as more tears spilled out of my eyes like a waterfall. All I wanted was to go home. I wanted to feel the warmth of my blanket and smell the scent of my pillows as I lay in the comf
Caelen’s POV“No!”I lift my gaze as Reid’s roar fills my ears. His eyes are focused on Roman, who has his canines deep in Meredith’s neck. He is marking her.But why would he mark a corpse?My brain wracks for the answer, and when it dawns on me, I curse beneath my breath. Roman is a mad man. He should fucking know that if there is even the slightest bit of life in Meredith, marking her is sure to kill her. Mating was one of the most powerful processes in both Lycan and Wolf history. She is fighting for her life, and marking her would weaken her a great deal.I look around and curse at the sight of all our fallen soldiers. The majority of them have been torn to pieces; others have their necks twisted at odd angles. The bottom line was that they were all dead. I release a breath. I did not even know I was holding in when I saw Saul lying on the cement floor nearby with all his body parts still intact. His chest heaved up and down to show that he was still very much alive. He must h