NATALIA'S POVSince my return from the palace the other day after I met up with Beth, my heart hasn't been at rest till now. I tried to engage myself in different activities just so I could get my head to focus on other parts of my life other than that but no matter what I did, no matter how engrossed I got in a particular, my heart just never stop to think about that and the fact that it has been feeding off my curiosity slowly was maddening.I want to go back there and discover what on earth was going on, I want to figure out the whole new change system, and above all I want to know why and how James managed to find himself a spot and not just any mere spot but that of a beta. Something was going on and the reality that I was sitting here clueless of whatever it may be was irking me to no end.I have done everything. Everything I could engage in just to keep myself occupied before it was the right time for my return but nothing did work and in the end, I was forced by my instinct to
NATALIA'S POVThat again gave me a tough time thinking through it and at the end, I realized there was no way I could get Beth to step out of the kitchen. As I lurked by the door, I could hear the clattering sounds of cutleries and other kitchen equipment which indicated that there were a bit of workers still left in the kitchen and as far as I was concerned, Beth might not even be there. With that newly found possibility, I decided to check her room. Navigating my way through the maid's quarters was pretty easy and in no time, I located her room. After a few series of knocks with no response, I made the bold move of turning the door handle to get the door opened but it was locked, which confirmed a single fact, she was still in the kitchen.And so I headed back and ducked behind a large flower pot placed at the opposite side of the kitchen door and waited for hours or perhaps minutes on end, I really couldn't tell as I had lost track of time. I watched as the familiar faces stepped
NATALIA'S POVBeth was nowhere to be found.I showed up three days later and I couldn't find her or anything that could prove her existence. Her room was exactly how I remembered it to be the last time I checked in on her. The bed was neatly made, everything placed in its rightful place and the blinds were closed. This only indicated a single thing, for the past two to three days, she had not set foot in her room. That single fact called for immediate panicking. Beth doesn't engage in any activity that would require her to leave the palace for this long amount of time. That was so unlike her. I did not give up the search nonetheless, I couldn't even do that if I tried to. The fact that she is out there, somewhere, and as long as I was concerned, might be in danger doesn't sit well with me. I wanted to know what was happening, I wanted to find her and help her in any way that I could. With that thought, fuelled by determination, I set to check every possible go-to area in the whole
NATALIA'S POVI stopped, dead in my tracks, and closed my eyes tightly as if that would help take me back in time and guide me out of this place before I could reach such a situation. I took a few minutes to register what just happened in my head, my hand had been held by someone from behind me. In a more simpler terms, I have been caught.I swallowed loudly at that fact and let my eyes open slowly in other to finally face my reality. I couldn't allow myself to get captured and taken to the Alpha. My gaze instinctive fell to my bulging belly and I knew instantly that I had to escape, I had to find a way out. I have no idea how I would do that but I have to leave.Looking around for any convenient way out, I spotted an open chamber door that leads to the stairs, if I could make a run for the door, I might be able to outrun him and narrowly escape dead. The key word there is "narrowly" as there might be a bunch of guards down the stairs that I can't flee from. But I couldn't just sit he
STEVE’S POVThe night was still young when I got ready for my night shift. For the past two days, James has been making me go through lots of investigations in other to find out where the prison has escaped to or perhaps how she was able to pull that undictated. Of course, I was going with the flow, carrying out every task he instructed and even more just to push his suspicions away from me some more. It did work and I have watched him suspect and cancel out lots of people from his list. It was fascinating to watch knowing damn well that my mate his safe wherever she was not and no matter the degree of his investigation and even if he ended up finding the truth, there was no way he could get to her.To search for someone within your pack and its surroundings is something doable while to search for someone around the whole werewolf's pack or rather should I say around the whole world is an entirely different situation that not a lot of people could be able to pull off.If he thinks he
NATALIA’S POVI followed behind me, not sure if I should trust him as blindly as I was doing or should just use the opportunity to slip away while he was distractedly walking in front of me. I could just leave and save myself the need to be in a more riskier situation than this but then again I couldn't just leave when he had something very important to share with me about Beth. I frankly needed to know what happened following just a few days I had not come to the palace to check up on her. She didn't even seem terrified or worrisome in any way, her life was up and going when I met her last.I still couldn't wrap my head around the fact that she left. Why will Beth ever do that? The Beth I was familiar with would never, not unless she was in danger. But again the Beth I know would never put herself in a situation that would endanger her life. She would rather stick to her boundaries and stay within them. “Then what has actually happened?” I can't help but rummage through my brain f
STEVE'S POVFrom the beginning of this all, I have always blamed the friend for putting Beth in the spotlight and getting her in trouble but now, now that I get to be in the presence of said friend and even get to communicate with her, I wasn't so sure. Just as Beth had risked her life for her, she too was also willing to do the same and even more for Beth."What do we do?" She asked, running her hands into her already disheveled hair. She did that a couple of times in an attempt to get it out of her face but all she managed to do was get it on the face even more. "What do we do?" I repeated her question, not expecting an answer from her but from myself. I was saying it out to see if I had an answer for that and I did. "We wait" I replied curtly to both her and myself, my eyes focused on a single corner of the room, deep in thought."We wait? Do we just wait? There is no way I can get to her? She didn't tell you where she would be or how I would get to see her. We can't just wait whe
STEVE'S POV"What?" She mumbled out in disbelief and all I did was nod in affirmation. "There are a lot of secrets that were buried deep down beneath and anyone that dared to open them up is putting his life on the line. When these secrets were buried, I was present and had helped in burying some of them" "I uhm....have to say this. I am not comprehending the message you are trying to pass across because you keep speaking in riddles and that is not easy information to decipher, especially for someone like me, who has a lot to deal with already" She chanted, her hands never failing to stop combing through her hair. I realized this was more of a habit out of nervousness and frustration rather than an attempt to get the hair in place. Hence even if she managed to get it in place, she would still rummage her hands through it and create a bird nest out of it."It seems a lot of things are not how you take them to be. I am not blaming you for that because most people are clueless as to h