Gavin’s POVIt was obvious now; the whole reason that Bane wanted Erin for himself. The only reason why he knew about her in the first place was that he was being controlled by the Slayers.The darkness circled around his eyes and the small tint of gold outlining his pupils told Gavin everything he needed to know.Bane was talking about something that Gavin had tuned out long ago; he no longer wished to entertain the Slayers.Gavin was incredibly powerful and able to get the old Bane back; not that the old Bane was any better. He was still an arrogant prick. But at least he was a harmless prick.He grabbed onto both of Bane’s shoulders, keeping him steady. Bane’s eyes widened, shocked by the quick motion and force that Gavin had used. He was about to fight back, thinking he was being attacked again, but his eyes locked onto Gavin’s, and his entire body froze.Gavin channeled his inner powers to meddle with Bane’s mind. Unlinking all the ties that the Slayers had on Bane’s brain. Bane’
Erin’s POV“No, we aren’t done here,” I protested, rushing to catch up to him. We were in the forest just outside of his pack and I wanted to reach him before he left. “Why don’t you remember anything.”“There’s nothing to remember,” he muttered; he sounded so disinterested in anything that was going on. He had to be curious as to why he had no memory.“Are there just gaps of memory loss?” I asked.He finally stopped walking and growled in my face; it didn’t frighten me. If anything, I grew annoyed with his resistance.“You are relentless,” he sneered. “Why does this matter to you?”“Because I think something happened to you. This note isn’t a joke to me, and I saw you leaving it with my own eyes,” I say to him. “Just tell me what you remember last.”“Gavin,” he muttered. “I remember Gavin.”He said his name like it was a bad taste on his tongue.“Alpha Gavin?” I asked, raising my brows. “What do you remember about him?”“I don’t know. One minute I was walking here and the next he was
Gavin’s POVThere was something different about Erin, something that Gavin was liking and yet was so curious about. There was a fire in her eyes when she pieced together the different clues she had gathered. It was like this was a passion of hers; or a long-lost passion that she had forgotten about and was just now regaining.She was even more beautiful when she was passionate about something.But what made her so passionate about this?It was like she’s done this type of thing many times before. Danger didn’t seem to frighten her.She certainly wasn’t the same Erin he knew back in high school, and he wasn’t displeased by it. But he wished she would act with more thought and not jump into action, putting herself in such danger.“The woman in the red cloak could be the leader of the Slayers,” she whispered, trying to process the new information. “Or a vessel. There’s no way for us to know for sure.” Gavin had to admit to himself that the thought worried him. What could the Slayers pos
Gavin’s POV“I’m afraid you have mistaken me for someone incapable and weak, Susanna,” Gavin said with an unbothered tone. “I’m quite the opposite. I don’t need your followers and I certainly don’t need your family’s support.”“With everything going on right now, I beg to differ,” Susanna argued. “Look around, Gavin. You might have bought yourself time, but I hear the whispers around the hospital. You are losing your pack’s support and respect. If you don’t have their support and respect, then you can forget about making something of yourself during this Alpha convention. Your pack will crumble before your eyes. You need me more than ever.”“I will manage just fine,” Gavin said, his tone hardening. “The status of my pack is not your concern. I can assure you that I have things handled. Now, if you’ll excuse me…”Her mouth was gaping open as he turned away; he left without another word..…Erin’s POVI heard a woman’s voice on the other end of the phone when Gavin answered it. I knew
Erin’s POV“Are you out of your mind? You can’t just walk up to the Slayers and start fighting. They will fuck you up,” Henry said shaking his head. He could see how badly I wanted to do just that.“We can’t just sit by and let them do more damage. Now that we know that they are back with a new leader, we need to jump into action,” I said, narrowing my eyes at him.I hoped he wasn’t going to argue with me on this.“I get that; I do. But we need to think rationally. We should go to the headquarters and speak with Theo. He wouldn’t want us to go there without a team,” he said in a hushed whisper.The coffee shop was filling with others at that point and talking out loud about this was starting to get risky. I took a casual sip of my coffee and Henry did the same.“As your partner, I will back you up no matter what. But what you want to do is a suicide mission if we aren’t prepared,” he said in a mindlink. “You said it yourself that they are much more powerful now. We have to act with i
Erin’s POVIt was about an hour’s drive back to our old home from Gavin’s pack. Henry had come to pick me up much to Gavin’s dismay.We didn’t speak much during the morning as I packed my things, but we said our goodbyes, and I even said my goodbyes to Seth who seemed as if he was actually going to miss me. I wasn’t sure at what point I fell asleep. But one moment I was sitting beside Henry in his car, and the next I was staring at Jessie in her face.It was the moment I found out what she was; she had blood all over her face and soaked through her clothes. Her eyes were red and piercing; it was like she was no longer the Jessie I had known.It’s been a couple of months since I had seen her; when I joined the Moonshadow organization, I hadn’t had a lot of time for her. Perhaps it was my fault for being too busy to notice the changes in her.I saw the drained human on the ground; he was long dead and Jessie was standing over his body.“Jessie…” I croaked, rushing toward her with tears
Gavin’s POVThe next morning. Gavin had a secret; something he had never told anyone, including Erin.Something he didn’t think would surface until this morning.“A letter came in the mail for you,” Seth said, placing an envelope on Gavin’s desk.Gavin frowned at the envelope; there was no return address or name indicating whom it was sent by, but Gavin’s name was sprawled out on the front of it. His heart was pounding in his chest once he recognized the handwriting.Receiving and dealing with this letter was not on his agenda today; what he aspired to do for the day was seek out Bane and make him remember the details of his time as a vessel. He wanted to find out as much information as he could so he could storm the Slayer organization.Seth didn’t stick around for Gavin to open the letter; once Gavin didn’t speak, he turned away and left the office.Gavin took a deep breath and grabbed the envelope, opening it slowly until it recovered a piece of paper.It was a note, and he knew e
Erin’s POVBane had the location of the Slayer organization. I stared at Henry from across the kitchen table with the small radio placed between us.Gavin had done exactly what we wanted him to do without his knowledge that he was actually helping us. He was able to make Bane remember everything and now we had more than enough information.“We should inform Theo of this information,” Henry suggested as he turned off the radio.He had written down the coordinates of the organization and written some notes on what Bane was saying. I hoped that Gavin would be able to get out of there without getting hurt or being harmed in the process. As confused as Bane was, there was a part of me that still didn’t trust him.Maybe it was because of the rumors I had heard about him, or maybe it was because of the way he was when I first encountered him.Or perhaps it was an intuitive feeling.Whatever it may be, I felt like there was something off with Bane. Like he wasn’t telling us the entire story a