POV: Heather“Heather,” he called out to her, calling me by my name which is a bit unusual for him. I guess I’ve been too quiet and he is not cool with it. I looked up at him and saw him staring at me strangely, making me even more guilty. In his eyes, I saw innocence and genuine love. He is just so real, so innocent. Why would anyone want to hurt him, what has he ever done to them?“You are not saying anything to me, butterfly. Is anything wrong?” He asked me, coming to sit beside me.“What?No… of course not. There is absolutely nothing wrong with me. I just can’t believe that the rogues would dare to break into this building. How could they be so bold?” I responded immediately, feigning anger and trying to keep a straight face. He looked at me strangely, tipping his head to the side as if he was studying me or trying to figure out something.“That’s not what I said last, Heath, I was asking you about Alexia and her brother. I just asked you if you noticed or suspected anything abou
POV: Xander“Aurora is restless, Butterfly. You have been running non-stop for three hours straight. She needs a break, cupcake. As a matter of fact, I think you need a break too. If there is something bothering you, why don’t you just let it out so we can sort it out together. I’m already stressed out, I can’t have you breaking down at this point. You are the reason I’m still standing strong, you are my source of strength at this point in my life. I can’t trust anyone around me, but I know I can trust and depend on you. Why don’t you take a break with me, come on, let’s sit for a while.” I coaxed her, begging and hoping that she would listen to me. She shifted into her beast the moment we left the house, not minding if anyone discovered her wolf or not. She just kept running deeper into the woods, stressing her wolf and mine for no reason at all.If I didn’t know better, I would think that she is being chased by something or someone. I couldn’t keep up with her speed, and it wasn’t f
POV: Xander“Thank you,” I muttered softly, kissing her even more. It’s nice to know that someone has my back despite all the traitors around me. We were still at the waterfall and she lay peacefully in my arms as the waters cascaded down into the river next to us. The sounds from the waterfall are enough to hide our scent and block out our conversation from anyone trying to listen in on our conversation. Even our wolves knew about the danger we were facing, so our inner thoughts were being shielded from outsiders as we created a bond that was stronger than any other.It seems I’m considered a daddy’s boy who has to seek permission from my father before taking any action. This is why I’m being taken for granted by everyone, including my lycan brothers. My father is still the king, so basically, I still take orders from him before taking any action. And sometimes he makes it a bit difficult for me and he makes me look incompetent and dependent on him.I guess that is what the rogues ar
POV: Xander“I don’t care about the rogues, and I don’t fucking care if they burn in hell or not. But please, Xan, save my brother. He’s the only family I have now, and apart from you, he is the only one I can depend on if things don’t go the way we planned. I will never forgive him for what he did to my family, but at the same time, I don’t want to lose him, Xan. I want to hate him forever, but I still want him alive, I want to know within my heart that I’m not the last of my family, I want to know that I have a brother somewhere who may realize his mistakes one day and turn a new leaf. He could continue our bloodline and help us convince some unrepentant traitors that we are not as bad as the rogues paint us to be. I could talk to him and make him change, I just need to spend some time with him without the other rogue leaders whispering in his ears and telling him what to do.” She said sadly, holding my hand firmly to prove her point.I could tell from her eyes that she hadn’t slept
POV: Heather“Hello little pea, how was your night?” Richard asked me, startling me from my thoughts. I was in the bathroom getting ready to leave just like Xander instructed. Alexia was here the moment Xander left and she had tears in her eyes. I don’t think she had any sleep all through the night as well. She looked so sad a troubled, I’m guessing she hid somewhere and waited for Xander to leave. Then she sneaked in here to speak with me.“Heather, you have to believe me, I swear to you that it wasn’t my brother, I can swear on my life. He loves Xander more than anything in the world, he would never betray him for anything in the world. Someone tried to set him up, and I’m sure he wouldn’t have fallen into their trap if I didn’t call him to meet me up. He did not do it, he hates the rogues as much as Xander, and he will never be seen near any of them. Besides, as Twins, we have a special bond that makes it impossible for him to lie to me. Until we find our mates, our bond as twins s
POV: Xander“Where the fuck are you, Xan?You need to get back here as soon as possible, Heather has been taken by the rogues. They attacked again and they took her away. Why would they take her, why not just kill her like they always do?It’s not their way to kidnap a victim, they are not known to threaten and ask for ransom. They are known to kill and destroy. So why did they take her away?Except she is one of them, Xan. Now I’m beginning to put the pieces together. They never showed their faces until she arrived, I think she is the mole you are talking about, I think she went with them willingly and only pretended to be kidnapped just to get us to believe that she was in trouble. You have been literally sleeping with the enemy, Xander. Yet you stand there and accuse me of being a mole after everything we have been through.” Alexis mind linked me, sounding pissed and relieved at the same time.I simply shook my head at his message, trying not to get pissed by his mean words about H
POV: Heather“Tell me, little par, how did you do it?How the hell did you get him to fall in love with you so soon?You must be so good in bed, you fucked his brains out and got him dancing to your tone, didn’t you?That is quite commendable, I’m so proud of you. No woman has ever been able to get his attention since the death of that whore he has for a mate. Many girls have tried, hell, even her sister who happens to be a whore has also tried to get him out of his misery. But none succeeded until you came along. I’m guessing you fucked pretty good, and now I’m jealous.You see, I knew Celia, and I had a lot of fun with her when her stupid husband was out of town chasing shadows in a sorry attempt to get us. She was quite the pornstar if you know what I mean. She fucked me real good, and I knew that was how she got the prince to love her. Then after we killed her I got in bed with her sister too. Damn, she was good, but not as hot and flexible as Celia.Even if she was good in bed to
POV: Heather“Don’t you want to know why we fucked the lycan princesses?” he asked me, looking at me for the first time since Richard left, trying to read me or so I guess anyway.I really want to know why they had affairs with Xander's dead wife and her sister, I want to know everything, but I don’t know if he is just being sincere with me or maybe he is just testing me to see my reaction. He kept scrutinizing me, weighing my reaction to determine his next words. I tried to keep a straight face so I didn’t look too desperate, but he saw right through my act and he laughed out so loudly that the other rogue leaders turned around to look at us suspiciously, wondering what we were talking about.“Don’t ever play poker, sweetheart. You’ll lose terribly,” he laughed at me, making me feel stupid for trying to outsmart a rogue leader. He squatted in front of me, looking straight into my eyes as if he were daring me to look away. His eyes, there was something about them that held my gaze the
POV: Heather“I’ll be your sister, Alexis. I’ll love you like Alexia did and I will always look out for you, just like she did. I have no family and neither do you, so we can both look out for each other and protect each other.” I told him, smiling up at him hoping he would accept my offer. Taking care of her brother and always looking out for him is the only way I can honor her memory and prove to her that she is still my best friend, even in death. Doing this would ease my conscience and make me forgive myself a little for all the terrible things I’ve done.“That would be perfect, Heath. I’ll be a good big brother, I promise.” He responded excitedly, pulling me in for a hug. I sobbed in his arms and I felt my heart getting lighter as I unburdened the load weighing on my chest. After a few minutes in his arms, he helped me wipe off my tears like Richard used to do for me when we were kids. I smiled at the gesture, loving him like a brother already.“And lest I forget, my first duty a
POV: Heather“Please, Xan, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to defy your orders, I just wanted to help my mom, I thought she had changed. I honestly thought she would realize that I love her and accept me as her family. I wanted her to be the mom I used to know, I wanted the Marie who stood by me and protected me from bullies in the pack house. I never knew she hated me that much, I never thought she would try to kill me.” I sobbed, trying to get him to at least look at my face. But he wouldn’t spare me a glance because he is still pissed off at me.He was so scared when he heard the gunshot, and felt the pain in his heart. He thought he’d lost me and that really scared him. The truth is, if he had come in one minute later, I’m not sure I would have survived it. I had already passed out when they arrived, and Alexia was lying in a pool of blood, unable to help me because Leon shot her right after he shot me. This time he did not use the poison that was used before because I just administered
POV: XanderI started suspecting Leon after Lewis was killed by the rogues. Of all my friends, he is the only one who has not done anything suspicious since all this started. He is always quick to support me and as far as I’m concerned, he has been loyal to me from the beginning. He is my beta, and yes, I expect him to be loyal, but not this loyal. Not to the point where he never questions my decision or even challenges my wrong choices. He just lets me do whatever I please, whether good or bad, he just doesn’t care.When I first accused Alexis of being a traitor, he did everything he could to convince me that he was not working with my enemies. He was so agitated and he wouldn’t stop trying to prove his innocence to me, not even when I was branded a trait by my own father. Alexis stayed close by and he offered to help me find the trait if I would let him. He claimed he was framed by someone in this house and he wanted to find out who had tried to frame him.I didn’t really trust him
POV: XanderHe felt it the moment it happened, he felt his sister's pain the moment she was shot and he screamed in pain, holding his heart as if he were the victim. We were in my dad's office, going through the videos one after the other and compiling the names of the different parts that betrayed the kingdom. At first, Dad didn’t want to believe it, he nearly kicked me out of his office and he called me a bloody liar and a traitor. We argued, and fought, and then argued some more before he finally agreed to see the evidence that I claim to have against his precious lycan royals that he considers family.It took a few minutes to sort out the videos because they were all jumbled up on my system. While I sorted out the videos, Dad called a few lycans from each family to his office, and he called in the committee he had put together to judge Heather and I. He wanted them to see that he was not a part of this baseless accusation, and he wanted them to get more points to use against me in
POV: Heather“What the hell are you doing?” I asked her furiously, jerking her so hard to get her to snap out of it. Her eyes came back to normal and she glared furiously at me, turning with her lycan speed to threaten me with her look.“Are you fucking insane, Heather?Do you have a death wish?Can’t you smell the danger lurking in the dark, can’t you see that we are not supposed to be here?You should have let me speak with Xander, we need his help to get out of here?” She yelled at my face. More like crying out in frustration because she doesn’t want to be here and I’m forcing her to stay with me.“I won’t let you ruin this for me because I warned you to stay back but you wouldn’t listen to me. Now I’m here already, and there is no going back. I don’t know if our enemies are close by, but ill be damn if I let you keep me away from my mom for one more minute. You stood up for your brother when he needed you, now it’s time for me to save my mom.” I yelled in her face, glaring angrily
POV: Heather“How is she, why won’t she come along with you?” I asked him the moment he picked up my call. Alexia was busy checking around the house, searching for explosives or something. She did not see me going through my phone, but when she heard my voice she looked up immediately and she came running towards me, looking so shocked.“What the hell are you doing?” She yelled at me, trying to snatch my phone from me, but I put out my hand, stopping her from reaching for my phone. I gave her a look that said,“Calm down, I know what I’m doing.” She seemed to get the point, and she stood still, folding her hands on her chest. She did not try to take my phone again, but I could tell that she was still not comfortable with my decision. I ignored her and kept talking to Leon, telling him how grateful I was that he chose to look out for me. He was never this nice to me, I wonder what I did to make him like me this much. I guess he just wanted to take his time and get to know the real me b
POV: HeatherI marveled at her courage to pick up her phone, call Xander, and say all this trash to him. If I were her, I would be catching the next flight out of the country already. To think that she even tried to bargain with him, telling him to cl it even and let her and her family go after many years of betrayal and plotting evil against the prince. Then she threatened him with war, she threatened his life and mine, claiming she wouldn’t go down without a fight. If this is a trick to stall Xander while she escapes, then she is doing a good job. But if it’s not, then she had made a terrible mistake by threatening an already furious Lycan prince.I don’t know what he is planning, but I’m pretty sure that she would not make it out alive. The death she wished for me is coming right back to her, and just the way she plotted with my brother and the rogues and killed my entire family, that is the same way her entire family would go down. I would love to see that happening, but first, I
POV: HeatherHe read my thoughts and discovered that I’d known about his ex-wife and Vinnie, and yet I didn’t say anything about it. That made him so pissed and he walked away from me, calling me a freaking liar. I felt a sharp pain in my heart as he swore never to forgive me for lying to him. It felt as if my whole world was crumbling before my very eyes. I’ve felt his anger before, but it was never this much, and he never looked this disappointed before.Everyone in the room looked so confused as he walked out on me, leaving me to either follow him out or remain in there with the remains of my family. Only Alexia understood what was going on between us. She came to me before I could fall down and cry my eyes out. She held me so right, holding me in her arms as the tears flowed freely down my cheeks.“What did I do?” I thought to myself as Alexia led me to the car. I’m sure if we didn’t come out on time, Xander would have left us behind. He looks so angry that it scares me to even lo
POV: XanderWhen I first saw that app that is very similar to the app Celia likes using to store information she wants to keep secret, believe me, I thought it was just a huge coincidence. I mean it’s just an app that can be installed if you know the right people to go to, so I wasn’t expecting anything else. I just assumed that maybe he got the app the same way Celia got hers, that was just the thought in my head before I started viewing the damn files.Yes, I know Vinnie is a damn whore, and when she started aligning herself with the Alphas, I knew she has a mean trick up her sleeve. I assumed she was taking advantage of the Alpha's mistake to make them do her bidding, and I suspected she was dealing with the rogues as well, but I wasn’t too sure about that until I saw her meeting with Richard, making out with him even in the presence of other guys. From their interactions, you could tell that they go way back. They were more like close friends and not just acquaintances.There are