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Chapter Mara's POV I groaned as I felt Andrea gently shake me awake. “Miss Mara, it’s time to get up,” she said, her voice soothing but firm.I pulled the covers over my head, muttering, “Can’t I just stay in bed a little longer?” I couldn't remember the last time I had to get out of bed unless I wanted to, back with Ethan I even got tired of staying in bed and was itching to do something else.“No, Miss Mara. You need to get up. There are things that need your attention.” Andrea was having none of it. “You’re still Luna and the pack needs you, Alpha Rhys needs you.”I rolled over to face her, my eyes squinting against the light that streamed in through the curtains. “What do you mean? I’m still tired, no one knows I'm back right?”“Unfortunately one thing that flies around is rumors and everyone knows you're back but that isn't the worst of them, Alpha Rhys has been neglecting his duties as Alpha. There are rumors that he might lose his position, the council gave their verdict yes
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Mara’s POV I held on tight to the wall, leaning closer to the door wanting to listen to all of what he had to say, knowing fully well that I wasn't meant to be seen. “When I say complicated, I mean complicated,” Duncan continued, his hands digging into the shelves of Rhy's desk as though he’d lost something. “He wasn't meant to save her, and now bringing her here has somehow in a way made things worse,” He scowled. ‘Worse?’ I thought to myself, as I had my ears glued to the door, making sure not to make a sound in calling the attention of Duncan and whomever it was he’d been speaking to. “When I had paved the way for the attacks on the pack, I wasn't expecting it all to still turn out this peaceful,” Duncan said. “Attacks?” My eyes widened in shock, as I held a hand over my mouth trying so hard not to make a sound. “I wanted it all easy, after all, I’d wanted to gain Rhy’s trust thereby losing my chances of becoming Alpha, just like the Council had wanted,” He continued. I felt
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Mara’s POVOur footsteps echoed in the cavernous place and the further we walked in, the nervous I became. “How long have I been away,” I asked, feeling a bit lost on all that had been happening. Rhys pulled me behind him and I struggled to follow, favoring my leg. As the door swung closed, the lights became a diminishing silver. The mall smell of marble and rot, but the wind swept away the worst of it, whistling in through the shattered floor “I fucking knew it!” He scowled running a hand through his hair as he placed a hand on his sides, with his eyes glued to the floor. Mara's heart pounded in her ears. The cavern was a labyrinth of shadows, and with each creak and groan of the building, her anxiety spiked. She glanced around, trying to commit the darkness to memory, in case they needed to retrace their steps."What do we do now?" she whispered, her voice trembling slightly. She was aware of Rhys's intense focus, but she needed him to speak, to reassure her. The silence was deaf
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Mara's POVRhy's, looked at me, "Do you know how mad, and angry I am right now? I trusted him so much, and this is what he wants to use to pay me back.I am not sure I have ever trusted someone like I have with Duncan. Take a look at the pack, take a look at what the rogues have done. They destroyed everything, things that took years, and decades to build and erect.They all went crumbling to the ground, they all went up in ashes," as he spoke I could feel the pain and anguish he felt. He was trying to not shed tears, but you could tell he was hurt.He paused and turned towards me. He took my hands, and pressed them warmly, "Thank you, but you need to remain in my room."He let go of my hands, but I held his hands. "Where are you going to?"He exhaled, "I am going to do what I should have done what I should have done a long time ago."I knew what that meant, if Duncan was still in the mansion. It's definitely all over for him. I slowly let go of his hands, and we he walked out. The pa
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Talia's POVI was seated at my favorite spot going through my favorite part of the newspaper, when the door burst open. I jolted, and I quickly got on my feet. I recognized who it was instantly, It was Duncan.He had blood all over him, I didn't need a soothsayer to tell me he escaped being killed. "Talia, help me, please help me," he cried weakly with a weak tone.Immediately I walked away from him and walked to my room to get the first aid box. I ran out of my room and placed the first aid kit on the table. I walked towards him and helped him up to his feet.My god, dude was fucking weighty. "What the fuck do you eat? Why will you be this weighty?""Is that the question to ask right now? I fucking need help, please help me," he cried."What does it look like I am doing? Perhaps you are a wolf, it's not like you are going to die. You will self-heal," I muttered, as he gently sat down on the couch. I sat down beside him, examining him for a few minutes.He was badly beaten, whoever d
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Mara’s POVA stinging ache at the center of my forehead precedes the movement of my eyelids—showing the first glimpse of a blurry ceiling over me as my eyes fluttered open slowly to find that I was all alone in my bedroom.I felt a sharp pain in my head as I ran a hand through my hair, trying to recall all that had happened previously resulting in me blacking out. I grunted in my pillow looking over to the clock wondering how long I’d been out.In a couple of minutes, I perked up to my feet with my eyes glued to the curtains of my bedroom as I had it pulled open in seconds letting in all the light I could at a time.The garden afar reflected the full heat of noon and though it ought to have been filled with the noise of the servants of the house and guards, lawn mowers, it was quiet. I squinted through the day’s brightness trying to catch a glimpse of what was happening downstairs and why there were suddenly guards mounted everywhere.“Was there an attack?” I asked myself, holding on
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Duncan's POV "This is so frustrating, I was this close, so close to getting it," I muttered, hitting my fist on the table. "Come on, it wasn't your fault. If you knew Mara would be there, you would have done better. I know you, and I know you aren't dumb," Tails muttered looking out of the window. "I know right? But come on if I had what I was looking for. It would be a different story right now. We won't even be talking about this," I walked towards the mirror. "That's what you think right? You never can tell if it was the moon goddess at work. Who knows what was going to happen if you got the file you were looking for?" She asked, tilting her head towards me. I chuckled, shaking my head, "Are you trying to say there's something positive from me not having the file?" She nodded her head, placing her hands on my shoulder. "Listen to me Duncan. Sometimes things happen in life that make us think we could do better. But at times, it's just nature helping us to experience something g
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Mara's POV My jaw ticked at the sight of Talia in front of me. Her laughter echoed through the hallway as they all had her surrounded. The elders, the guests, and other maidens of the house. I paused for a second, watching her from a distance. Knowing she was bound to put up a show. "Talia!" I called out through gritted teeth. Headed in her direction with a forced smile creased on my face. I moved forward with my arms stretched out, Pulling her in for a hug. Talia's eyes narrowed for a second as I approached her, but she just smiled and opened her arms to reciprocate the hug. "Mara, darling!" Talia exclaimed, her voice dripping with false sincerity. "It's so wonderful to see you!" I pulled back from her embrace, my weird smile still spreading across my face. "Talia, you look good," I said, scanning her from head to toe. "I see you’re still surrounded by admirers." Talia laughed, her eyes filled with amusement. "Mara, you know me too well. I'm just a social butterfly, you know I
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Rhys's eyes were locked onto Mara’s irises as she held onto her silver flowing dress, with a soft smile creased on her face as she walked down the stairs.He couldn't help but stare at how beautiful she looked, walking down the stairs, graced in her beautiful silver dress.She was truly breathtaking, with her long red hair wrapped around in long waves with a small ribbon placed right on top. Her well-defined juicy lips with the upper lip almost in the shape of a heart that lingered a sweet, caring smile painted with deep crimson lipstick, and her pinkish cheeks and small apart little freckles all came into view when she came up close to Rhys. The space between them slowly closed up as the music by the garden sort of increased when he grabbed her by the hand.“You…” Rhys stuttered, staring into her eyes unable to look away. He’d slowly gone lost in them. Just when she etched closer, he leaned forward whispering into her ears. “You look so beautiful,” He said, with a smile creaesd on
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Rhy’s POV Two rogues came barreling in. They were running right for me as I ducked taking both rogues down to the floor in seconds making sure to have them both wounded.I watched both rogues squirming on the floor as they clenched their throats and then I knelt on the floor and started shifting, seeing that I was slowly getting outnumbered. I stepped forward and then grabbed one of them stepping over top of him. And then I bared my teeth into his flesh, growling, forcing a permanent hole as I had him killed instantly as the others stood by watching the scene. A lot of rogue men hurried my way, coming in groups of four, and twos headed in my direction.My eyes for some annoying reason, slowly had its color changed under the influence of me being completely angry over the fact that she was being taken away by Giovanni and I was getting attacked by some unknown rogue men.“Where the hell are they coming from?” I scowled, trying to make my way through angry rogue men as they attacked.
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RHYS POVMy knuckles gripped the steering wheel, turning white as I imagined all the ways I'd kill whoever must have done this.I wanted to make sure his death was so agonizingly painful that when I was done with him, he'd be begging for the blessings of death.Lost In my thoughts of torture, I didn't notice how much time had passed. I recognized the area immediately and felt relief pour through me as I neared the motel.I pulled up to the garage, squinting through the dark as I hopped out of my car. I walked close to the building, holding up my flashlight in the air.As I walked into the building, I realized there happened to be no locks on the door. I had my foot against the door, and in seconds the door creaked open.I flashed my light in the direction of the dark, knowing down my guts that it was somewhat dangerous being out here all alone. But I didn't care…Mara was all I cared about.I trudged further into the dark, with my eyes locked on the empty hallways up ahead. I wondered
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Rhys POVI watched Talia walking out of the mansion quietly, a couple of days later. Her movements seemed quite suspicious as she hopped into her zooming off.I couldn't stand my Wolf from growling at the thought of her knowing something about Mara’s disappearance.I decided to follow her to find out where she was headed. The fact that I could have her whereabouts tracked by her scent made it quite easier.She took about four turns and then into an unknown part of the city before stopping in front of a bar. A bar is known only to be visited, by rebellions.“What the hell is she doing here?” I whispered to myself as I parked a few meters away from her, making sure to take full cover.I peeped through the rearview mirror of my car and saw that there was a black Benz parked behind me, blocking me from driving out. I lowered my head, to avoid being caught in the game.My eyes widened in shock at the realization of whom it was that had stepped out of the car.The one man I never imagined I
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RHY’S POV I had my head lowered as I rummaged through the papers on my desk. I tried extremely hard to focus but the conversation from a couple of weeks ago with Yara, kept whirling in my head. “Go on,” My voice was short and my eyes never left the stack of papers. Ignoring the fact that I’d been on one paragraph for the last couple of hours. “We’ve already upped patrol on the border, but still no sign of her,” Dante spoke up, distressed all over his face as he stared back at me.“I'm open to more orders,” He added, as I leaned back in the chair keeping my eyes low.“We stay on the course, we stay scouting, we have to keep searching,” I said frustratingly.“We can't be sitting ducks, we have to do something—” I grimaced but then paused, the minute I realized I was beginning to over react.It had been a couple of months since she’d suddenly disappeared. A couple of months since we had dinner together and a couple of months since I’ve seen her smile.“Perhaps we could send out a few
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Rhys's Pov.Yara's words pierced through my heart. "Rhys, listen to me. Mara would come to me if she needed help. She trusts me."Something stirred within me. A spark of hope."Mara would come to you?" I repeated.Yara nodded. "Of course, She has no one else."No one else? The weight of those words crushed me. Mara's isolation, Her loneliness, My failure.But Yara's next words ignited a fire. "Rhys, Mara didn't come to me. She didn't leave you."I felt a glimmer of hope, A chance. "Mara's still out there, in Giovanni's custody," I whispered.Waiting For me. Waiting for me to find her. To make it right.Yara's grip on my arm tightened. "Find her Rhys, Make it right."Determination coursed through me. I'd find Mara. Explain everything. Prove my love, With newfound purpose.Yara's warning echoed in my mind. "Remember, Rhys, Talia's a snake. Has been always will be," she said.I nodded, determination etched on my face. "I'll be careful," I said.Yara's eyes narrowed. "Careful isn't enough
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Rhys's PovI was left all alone at home. I paced through the darkness of my bedroom with bottles of Alcohol in both hands.Mara's note echoed in my mind. "I thought our love was stronger.""I thought you loved me." "I was wrong."Talia's words sliced through my haze. "Rhys, I'm here for you."Her hand touched my shoulder. I shrugged it off. "Leave me alone, Talia," I screamed at her."Rhys, please—""Get out!" I roared.Talia's eyes widened. "Rhys, I just want to help.""Help?" I sneered. "You've done enough."My anger boiled over. "You and your games, Your lies, Your manipulations."Talia stepped back. "Rhys, I'm sorry—""Sorry?" I laughed harshly. "Sorry isn't enough."I stood, swaying. The room spun.Talia's face blurred."Get out," I repeated. My voice cracked.Talia hesitated. Then turned and ran.The door slammed shut, I collapsed onto the couch.Whiskey spilled from my hand. Mara's face haunted me. Her smile, Her laughter, Her tears.My regret suffocated me. Why hadn't I told h
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Rhys povI couldn't shake off the feeling that Talia was involved in Mara's disappearance.Her manipulations knew no bounds. But what if she'd played me from the start?A sudden memory flashed in my mind.How Talia had approached me with Her offer."I can work as a double spy for you and Giovanni," she'd said."I'll feed him false information while keeping you informed."Her expression was somber. "I have something to tell you, Rhys," she'd said."About Giovanni?" I prompted.Talia nodded. "And my involvement," she saidI gestured for her to continue."It all started months ago," Talia began. "Giovanni approached me, charming and persuasive, He promised me wealth, status, and power.""And you believed him?" I asked.Talia's eyes dropped. "I did. I thought he could offer me more than you could, Rhys."More than I could? The words stung."But then I realized..." Talia's voice trailed off."Realized what?" I asked."That I was just a tool," Talia said, her voice barely above a whisper."
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Rhys POVI pulled into the driveway, exhausted from the trip.Finally home, finally, I'll be able to make things right with Mara.But as I entered the house, a sense of unease crept in within me."Mara?" I called out. But there was no answer, I frowned.Where was she? Where could she be by this time?I searched the house but I couldn't find her.'Maybe she wasn't home, or maybe she must have gone to her friend's place' I thought.But Mara wasn't the type to leave the house without letting anyone know.I checked our bedroom, and there was no sign of Mara and to my greatest shock, Her luggage was gone.A shiver ran down my spine. "Mara?" I called again, louder this time.But only silence replied. Panic set in.No! She wouldn't leave, Not like this, Not without talking to me.Fear gripped my heart. Where was she? Was she safe? Where could she be? The orphanage?The questions consumed my mind. I grabbed my phone and dialed Mara's number.Voicemail, Again, And again. I was so scared that p
